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Yes, this chapter is almost like a filler. Oo;; Kinda.

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Well, you know his side B? Oo;; That yellow thing that appears? It's a cape. xD

I guess not. xD

It wasn't.

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There'll be ... two more chapters after that, 1 if there is a sequel. I'm still considering the idea of a sequel ...

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Marth/Zelda's cute! :D Which is also the reason that's the pairing in this fic. Oo;;

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Inside the Smash Mansion, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Some people were biting their nails, others were pacing, and others were gripping things so hard that their knuckles were turning white.

"Where are they?" Samus muttered, pacing back and forth in the living room. "They should've been back a long time ago! What if Marth didn't find Zelda? What if they both died? What if the portal -"

"Samus," Link interrupted, "They will come back. Have faith." He gave a weak smile, clearly not as confident as he seemed.

By then, everyone had already learnt of the two royals' disappearance. It wasn't too common that a smasher would disappear with no trace at all. Anything could have happened to them.

Link suddenly felt a wave of despair wash over him. "Dammit!" he muttered angrily, "I should've paid more attention!" The Hero of Time plopped down into a chair, his head between his hands.

"It's okay, Link," Samus muttered consolingly, "They'll come back safe, I know it." She gave a brief smile, noticing that she was the one doing the comforting instead.

"I should've been the one to save her," Link blurted out without thinking, immediately regretting the words as soon as they came out of his mouth.

The bounty hunter raised an eyebrow. "Then why'd you let Marth go?" she questioned.

Link turned a light shade of pink. "I-I … er … well, you s-see …"

Samus rolled her eyes, "Geezus, you're hopeless, hero."

"S-shut up!"

On the other side of the room, Peach was sobbing uncontrollably, a certain plumber trying to comfort her in vain.

"W-what if t here's someone after us?" the princess sniffled, tears leaking out of her innocent blue eyes, "What if I'm the next to go?"

"Peachie, no one is-a after us-a," Mario patted Peach lightly on the arm, "Marth-a and Zelda will come back-a soon, I'm-a sure."

Peach wiped her eyes with the back of a gloved hand, "But what if they don't, Mario? What're we going to do? I won't have a friend to talk about girly things with me, a friend to go shopping with …"

The red-haired general frowned, gently placing a hand on the Mushroom Kingdom princess' shoulder, "It'll be okay-"

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Peach screamed, shoving Roy away from her, "Since when did you get the right to talk to me?!" she pointed a finger accusingly at the poor general. She gave him one last glare and rushed up the stairs to the dormitories.

Roy was fuming. "FINE!" he bellowed at the stairs, all the smashers staring at him wide-eyed, "If you don't want to talk to good old Roy here, then don't!" he flung himself into a chair, still not noticing all the eyes that were fixed on him.

He turned the TV on, flipping through the channels. All of the sudden, Roy unexpectedly turned around and yelled, "AND DON'T EXPECT ME TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU!" he sunk back into his chair once more, grumpily mumbling to himself.

After a few seconds of a tense silence, Roy stood up, "Fine, I'll come see you, but don't expect me to apologize!"

Once the last of the general was out of view, Mario said happily, "I always-a knew-a Roy was a good boy-a!"

And so, everyone returned to whatever they were doing before.

The room was completely silent. The ticks from the clock seemed magnified to ten times its original volume. Everything seemed to complete still.

All of the sudden, there was a loud shwoop sound as two figures landed in the middle of the room in a tangled mess.

"Ow …" Zelda muttered, shaking her brown hair out of her face. "That was an extraordinary landing. Just extraordinary."

Marth was already on his feet, holding out his hand to help the princess up, his eyes twinkling. "Sorry, princess."

Peach's head peeked out over the railing. Once she saw her fellow princess, she gave a squeal of delight, racing down the stairs followed closely by Roy.

"ZELDA!" she screamed, launching herself at her friend, "You're back!"

Zelda smiled lightly. "Yes, I'm back."

"Marth?"

The prince turned around to come face-to-face with Link. "What is it, Link?"

"Well," Link paused for a moment as if to contemplate what his next words were going to be, "I'm glad Zelda – and you – are back safely, but next time, I'm going to be the one saving her because I'm her protector, got it?"

Marth stared. "But … Okay then."

Link grinned. "Good."

Gah. Short chappie. IT'S SO SHOOOOOOOORT! -dies- Oo;;

Anyways, I've decided to do a sequel. So keep your eyes peeled! :D Don't forget to read it! –stares-

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