And yes, this chapter supports Snake and Samus (only a lot), so the fandom (might) rejoice!
Aramai and Samus were sprinting down the hall towards the Brawl entry platforms. Link and Snake were already there standing on their respective platforms waiting for the girls to arrive. Snake looked up when they walked through the door and watched them intently. Link grunted a greeting to the girls, who responded by nodding at him. Aramai stood on the platform next to Snake, across from Link, and Samus stood across from Snake and glared at him.
He glanced at Aramai and saw Samus glaring at him so he looked down at the floor. He then stole a glance up at Samus and felt a horrible wave of guilt wash over him, because he had nearly forgotten how much he loved her. Now realizing how much he had hurt one of her closest friends, he knew she would never love him in return. She'd probably fallen in love with some other guy, possibly Camillo, since he'd noticed the two of them talking a lot as of late. He suddenly felt something in his eyes. Whatever it was, it stung- no, BURNED his eyes. 'What is this burning pain? Are they... tears?' He wiped one of his eyes and plain as day, it was a tear. He was crying.
As Samus was glaring at Snake, she noticed that he had looked up at her. He didn't look up again for a while. When he did, she noticed that he had wiped his eye for no reason. Then she saw the tiny reflection of light that shone on his hand. He was crying, and she knew it was because of her. 'I won't be able to hold it inside for much longer. It's just going to come out all at once.' She then softly whispered to herself: "I love you, Snake."
Aramai did her best to not look at anyone, especially Snake. But she did anyway, and he wasn't looking up. If she knew anything about people, she knew that when they cried, they either vocalized it to exponential levels by looking up towards the sky and screaming, or looking down and trying to hide it. She glanced over at Samus, who was whispering to herself, and came to the conclusion that he was crying because of her. Aramai (along with almost everyone else) knew that Snake had loved Samus long before Aramai even arrived at the Smash Mansion. Along this train of thought, Aramai realized that all of their problems had been all her fault. Had she not even come to the Mansion, none of the drama would have occurred. Snake and Samus would probably be happy together. Without her. Aramai crumpled to her knees and started to cry, filled with self-hatred.
Link knew the history between his three opponents, and it was not a pretty one. Samus and Snake were in love with each other for the longest time, though neither would admit it out loud. Along came Aramai, who became Samus' best friend. Unfortunately, Snake had fallen in love with her as well. It was almost as bad as a Hylian tragedy. He felt very out of place among them, but he knew he had to do something. He would engage Samus, which would anger Snake, who would quickly dispose of him, leaving everything up to the three of them. He looked at all three of them as they waited. He could see that Aramai was crying, Samus was mumbling to herself, and (much to his surprise) Snake was crying as well. Before he could react, the platforms began to rise, carrying them to Final Destination.
Everyone watched the battle on quite possibly the biggest television in the world. Marth, Ike, Kirk and Camillo sat down in the stands along with Princesses Peach and Zelda, who were followed by Jigglypuff and Jen, Laura, Emily and Beckie. Once everyone was settled, the screen showed the stage: a simple stage which the four fighters would battle until there was only one left on the stage. Aramai hadn't even seemed to know what was happening, because she was still on her knees. Snake and Samus stopped looking down and looked around. Link looked down momentarily, sighed, and was ready to fight. Master Hand's "big voice" bellowed from a random no place and counted down, "3...2...1...GO!" It was on.
Link immediately jumped in the air, sailing over Snake and shot an arrow at Samus. She had brought out her paralyzer and nearly shot Link with it, but the arrow went through her hand, causing her to drop it. She dropped to the ground to grab her paralyzer, but when she tried to hold it, the arrow wound caused her pain when she tried to grasp it. Snake noticed this, and immediately charged at Link. He began by throwing a grenade at him, then he started pounding him with his fists. Link had raised his shield just in time to protect himself from Snake's blows. However, he was slowly but surely being pushed closer to the edge of the stage. Link unsheathed his sword and stabbed at Snake, who was so intent on beating Link to pieces, didn't notice his move. Link's stab barely missed him, putting a cut in his side. Snake pushed Link away, leaving him teetering on the edge of the stage. Then when Snake regained his focus, he delivered a roundhouse kick to Link, sending him off the edge and to his defeat. Just as he had planned. He screamed as he fell, but with a smile on his face. Aramai seemed to snap back to her senses when she heard Link screaming. "Wha-? It started?"
"Yeah, about five minutes ago. You're a little late there, newbie," Snake said as he clutched his side and stumbled over towards Samus. Aramai stood up and started running toward them, showing great agility for someone of her size. She jumped over Samus and kicked Snake in the head, then calmly landed on her feet.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Snake and Samus yelled at her at the same time. Aramai then took out a roll of quarters (of all things) and held it in her fist while she punched Samus in the temple, rendering her unconscious. When she hit the ground, Aramai quietly told her that it was for her own good. Snake was absolutely infuriated at this point between Link shooting her with an arrow, Aramai knocking her unconscious and his own feelings which he could not get out.
"IS THAT ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO? HUH? WHAT CAN YOU DO!" he yelled at her.
"No. That isn't all I can do."
She looked around and saw that the stage was over an ocean. "I can do this." Her eyes changed colors to a dark blue, like the ocean was below them. She raised her arms up in the air, and the ocean rose up in a tidal wave as she did so. Snake only stood and watched in awe as the wave rose higher and higher, threatening to engulf the entire stage. She let out a scream as the wave crashed down on the stage, with its main target being Snake. He was thrashed around by the water as it hit the stage. Samus started to come around, and when she did, she started screaming at Aramai. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HIM?"
"Showing him my power." The water stopped all at once, and Snake crashed down to the stage as a dripping wet mess. He slowly stood up and looked at Aramai. "Is that it? Is that all you can do?"
"No. I can do so much more." Her eyes changed to a bright purple color, and a bolt of lightning struck him down. They then burned red, like fire, and out of nowhere, balls of fire began to burn in the air above her hands, and she thrust them at him. They flew at him quickly, but he narrowly avoided both of them. He turned back toward her and was ready to attack her before she could attack him, but he noticed that her eyes were now a light green. He hesitated for just a moment, but that was all she needed. The wind suddenly grew stronger around him, and he was engulfed in a tornado, where the wind threw him around and whipped at him. Samus could only sit and watch in awe and fear as Aramai subjected him to the elements. She let the wind drop him back down to the stage with a horrible "THUD". He started getting up rather slowly roughly a minute later, and she let him. "Don't worry. I'm almost done," Aramai said through shaky breaths. Her eyes became an even deeper shade of brown, and stalagmites started rising from the stage, encircling him. They enclosed in a cave around him, and looked ready to collapse upon him. Samus looked at Aramai, who seemed to be struggling to keep everything together. The dome of earth suddenly disappeared back into the stage, and reappeared around Aramai, collapsing on top of her. All the people who were watching on the screen gasped collectively. Camillo stood up and screamed her name at the screen with a look of sheer horror on his face. Columbia (who he was for unknown reasons) gave him a death glare, which he didn't seem to notice because he was so afraid for Aramai. He watched even more intently (along with everyone else) as Samus stood up and ran over to the pile of earth that was on top of Aramai. Samus started screaming her name as she dug her out.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Samus screamed at her when she finally found her.
"My powers... Can only last so long... before they become... self-destructive... If you're going to tell Snake that you love him... Now's the best time to do so..."
"Aramai..."
"Don't worry about me. It's just that excessive use of my powers is completely exhausting. You must tell him now..." Samus saw her eyes flash light green, just as she said, "Go..." just before she passed out on the stage. The wind carried Samus to the other side of the stage, where she flew over the side, and barely managed to catch the edge. Snake had finally gotten up, and saw Samus hanging from the edge. He ran to her, and just as her grip slipped, causing her to begin to fall, Snake took a dive toward the edge and caught her. "What are you doing? Why are you trying to save me?" Samus cried out as she gripped Snake's arm tightly.
"Because I have to tell you something before it's too late!" Samus looked at him with a baffled look on her face.
"You can tell me later!"
"No I can't! I can't wait any longer! Just hang on!"
"No, Snake. I can't. Just let me go," She said as she let go of his arm, leaving her dangling over the edge, only him keeping her from falling into the abyssmal darkness below.
"I'm not about to let you just give up a brawl like this. I'm not letting go."
"Snake, if you insist on sacrificing your reputation for me, then you should know something." She then used one arm to grab his and start pulling herself up. She wrapped her other arm around his neck and kissed him. Once again, the crowd collectively gasped, but then fell into an affectionate "awwww..." while someone (probably Ike) screamed out the one thought everyone was having: "FINALLY!"
Samus pulled away and rested her forehead against his and calmly whispered to him, "I love you, Snake. And nothing will ever change that." She let go of him, and in his shock, he had let her go as well. As she fell, she smiled at him, and he watched until he couldn't see her anymore. He didn't move at all, simply staring down over the edge of the stage. It wasn't too long before he saw the ocean instead of a black abyss. He noticed that a pillar of water started rising up toward him, and (remembering what had happened the last time), he got away from the edge as quickly as he could. He turned and saw that Aramai had somehow managed to stand up. She looked up at him and smiled. "Finally."
The pillar of water that had been rising up toward Snake now flew by him on the stage, crashing into Aramai, who flew off the stage. He ran to the opposite edge of the stage and watched her fall. She was still smiling, and now she was waving. Once she hit the water, the brawl was over. The platform that would bring him back to the Mansion glowed in the middle of the stage, and he stepped on it. He arrived on the stage that was under the television that everyone was watching. Once he stepped off of the platform, everyone cheered. Link, Samus and Aramai appeared on the stage next to him, and they went to shake his hand in victory. Link was the first to do so, with a nod of respect as well. Aramai walked up to him next, and shook his hand with the same smile on her face. Samus was the last to approach him, and when she did, she did not shake his hand, but instead she kissed him. Everyone stood up and began to cheer and clap for them. When the four of them walked off of the stage (Snake with his arm around Samus), they reentered the mansion.
*Later that night*
There was a party in celebration of Snake's victory, and it was even more energetic because everyone was also celebrating the fact that Snake and Samus were finally a couple. Columbia and Camillo were mysteriously absent, but no one (except Aramai) seemed to notice. After a while, Aramai told everyone that she was tired, and she headed off to bed. As she walked through the halls, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around to see who was following her, hoping it was Camillo. "Hello?" she asked as she turned around. "Who's there?" No one responded. "Hello?" She was getting nervous, so she turned around and started walking toward her room again. She felt a sudden pain in her head before she fell down unconscious.
"Good night, Aramai."
DUN DUN DAHHHHHHH! Well, I hope that this chapter was (at least somewhat) satisfying! I might write another one soon, depending on my level of motivation (which is pretty high up there right now). Reviews please? KTHNXBYE.