Hey viewers. I'm going to have to apologize for how vacant I've been with this story. My phone was confiscated by my irrelevant school, and I had a 1-week period to get it back. -.-

Other than that, enjoy chapter 5!

Today was the day. It took awhile for the tournament to arrive, but it was finally here. Little Mac had thought about it all night. He was so anxious that he woke up at 6:00 a.m. in an effort to get a headstart in his training.

"Come on Doc! We gotta get up!" Little Mac yelled as he jumped on the bed of a sleeping Doc Louis. Because he wanted to prepare Mac for the tournament, Doc slept on the extra bed in Little Mac's room. He also wanted to watch Little Mac's first match, so it was an opportunity for some extra training. Doc Louis gave out his morning yawn before opening his eyes to see a smiling Little Mac above him. "Come on! We gotta go run a few laps before the big match!" Little Mac screamed.

"Okay okay! Calm down Mac! " Doc Louis said laughing. Despite not being a morning person, Doc was very used to waking up early. Being Mac's coach, he would always wake up early for his fights. And now the process of waking up early repeated itself once again. Little Mac ran out the door as soon as Doc Louis got out of bed. It wasn't long before Mac peered his head at the doorway.

"U coming?" Little Mac asked. Doc could see how eager he was, so he had quickly put on his shoes.

"Race you there!" Doc Louis screamed as he ran out of the room and ran past Little Mac. Mac laughed and ran after him as they both dashed down the hallway.

After taking a warm shower, Samus didn't even bother trying to go back to sleep. There was no point in trying if she was going to have the same nightmare over and over, so she decided to stay awake until the tournament would start. Her first attempt at forgetting the nightmare even happened was to take a long shower. Unfortunately, that didn't help at all because she was still thinking about it. If a warm shower wasn't the solution, then perhaps physical exhaustion would do the trick. Samus opened up her drawer and pulled out a white tank top that completely covered up her breasts and cleavage.

Crazy Hand had complained to her that she needed to cover up a little more since she was the most "well-fit" female on the roster. Rolling her eyes at the thought, she then put on her blue zip up jacket, a pair of old running shoes, and her favorite red scrunchy to wrap her hair in a ponytail. She then heard a knock on her door, which was very peculiar to her. No one really visits Samus because everyone is afraid of her. "Come in," Samus said. The door opened slowly, and Samus's was astonished to see who it was.

"Hey Princess. Remember me?" Anthony teased.

"Anthony," Samus shockingly said as she walked up to him and embraced him. Anthony Higgs was a good friend of Samus as well as a trusted soldier in the Galatic Federation. They used to be on the 7th platoon together under the command of chairman Adam Malkovich, who sadly died in battle. Other than Adam, Anthony was comrade that Samus could trust.

"Hey Princess. I haven't seen you since you left for your cooperation with Smash Bros. I also heard on the news that Smash Bros. is hosting a tournament. I figured you'd be in it," Anthony said.

"So you came all the way down here to see me fight huh? I appreciate your thoughtfulness Anthony," Samus said.

"Yeah I know I'm thoughtful. My fiance says that's one of the many things she likes about me," Anthony said. Samus nodded her head and froze when she realized what he just said.

"Your fiance? Wait...are you saying?"

"Yep," Anthony held out his hand and Samus gasped at the shiny engagement ring on Anthony's finger. Shecouldn't be any happier for her friend.

"Oh that's wonderful Anthony!" Samus embraced him once again.

"Thanks. I plan on getting married next year. Samus, when I tell you she's the best that's happened to me...I just... I can't explain it to be honest. I love her so much. She's the best thing that's happened to me," Anthony said.

"I couldn't be any happier for you Anthony. So now that you're engaged, are you planning to detach from the army?" Samus asked.

"Well at first I was thinking about it. But then I realized that it's best if I stay so I could be able to support my soon to be wife and our child. That is if we have one. What about you Samus? How's it going for Smash?" Anthony asked.

"Nothing much. I'm just basically fighting foes from different worlds. It's just like bounty hunting, except that I'm not allowed to kill my enemies," Samus said.

"It does doesn't i? I still remember the time you first became a soldier for the army," Anthony laughed. Samus stopped smiling and looked at the floor. Anthony noticed how quiet she became and looked down at her to see if she was okay, "Samus? " Anthony said with compassion. Anthony knows little about Samus's past life. But he knew that her past life had made her into the person she was today. That was why he was very careful with her feelings.

"Sorry. I was just thinking about the other soldiers on Platoon 07. I was a handful to Adam when I first joined," Samus said. Anthony could tell where this conversation was headed, and he didn't like it. He knew that when Samus first joined the Federation military, it was difficult for her to fit in because she was the first woman to be in the military. To other woman, it would seem like an honor of being the first woman to fight in the military, but that wasn't the case. In fact, it was a living hell for Samus.

"Hello. I'm Samus Aran. I was scheduled to show up for the initiation of the Galatic Federation Army," an eighteen year old Samus said. She was finally old enough to serve as a soldier for the Galatic Federation Army. It wasn't her biggest thrill to join the army. In fact, she never wanted to do it. The reason why she had to do it was because of the alien race that said it was her destiny to do so: the Chozo. However, Samus always thought they meant it in a wrong way. Samus continued to wait for an answer from the lady that was at the desk. The lady held a finger in her face which signaled her to wait. Samus waited for about 30 seconds until the lady finally got off the phone and looked up at her.

"You're who?" the lady asked.

"Samus Aran," Samus said. The lady nodded her head and looked at her computer. She then took the pencil that was wedged in between her ear and wrote on a small note and handed it to Samus. The note read: Samus Aran. Registration no.13756. Platoon 7.

"Head into room number 13," the lady said pointing into the large hallway with huge windows. Samus nodded and started walking to her destination. As she was walking, a number of guys had looked at her up and down, giving her winks or whistles that had hinted at her that she was attractive. Samus rolled her eyes in disgust. The male dominance never shows the female race any mutual respect without having to look at them in a pervert perspective. Samus prayed that she wouldn't have to work with those type of men on her mission. She finally reached her destination: Room 13. Today was the day she would hopefully become a GF soldier. If not, then it really wouldn't bother her.

She opened the door slowly to face a handful of men. Some were a bit muscular while others were a little bit scrawny to even be soldiers. As expected from Samus, they all stared at her. They never expected a female to arrive at a place like this. Most of them thought that she walked in the wrong room. Samus counted all of them mentally; There were at least 5 of them. This told her that this team was going to be pretty small compared to what she was expecting.

"Ahhhhh a bug! Get away from me!" a soldier screamed as he jumped up and started stomping on the ground violently.

"Lyle, it's just a lady bug. You're so overreacting," a soldier said while trying to calm him down.

"Shut it Maurice! You don't understand how horrible bugs can be!" Lyle screamed. Samus sighed to herself as she felt the ignorance in the air and sat down on one of the benches alone. While doing so, she couldn't help but noticed one of the soldiers looking at her. The man smirked at Samus and slowly rose up from his chair to approach her. She noticed him approaching her, but kept her attitude stable. She wasn't going to defend herself unless it was necessary.

"So I guess you're gonna be one of us huh? Tell me sweet cheeks, what's your name?" the man asked. Samus could tell by his speech patterns that he was flirting with her, but she was of course uninterested. She was trying her best to ignore the man's presence despite the fact that he was completely invading her space. The other men were at looking at Samus as if they were curious to know what her name was as well. Regretfully, She bit her lip and finally spoke out.

"I'm Samus Aran," the others looked at each other.

"Samus huh? That's a manly name for a sweet cheeks like you," the man said.

"James, leave her alone man. The commander will be on your tail if he sees you flirting with another soldier," the scrawny soldier said.

"Up yours GAY.G!" James screamed. K.G. glared at him, but stayed quiet. He knew he was weaker than any of the other soldiers in the room, so he kept his distance.

"Yeah James. I don't think you should mess with her," another soldier said.

"Calm down Anthony. You'll get your turn soon,"James said. Anthony sighed to himself and cursed under his breath.

Samus looked down at Jame's name tag that read: James Pierce. Registration no. 20846. James looked back at Samus who was still looking at his name tag. He then slowly leaned in closer to Samus in order to kiss her. Finally looking up and noticed what he was doing, Samus put her hand on Jame's face and pushed him straight to the wall. James shrieked at the sudden jolt of pain, while the soldiers looked at Samus with complete shock. K.G. was fearful yet relieved that someone had finally stood up to that butt of a soldier James. Anthony slowly got up and approached Samus. She started to glare at him which gave him a warning that she would do the same thing to him if he would slip up. Before he could speak to her, the door opened. Everyone including Samus turned around to face the person who came in.

"Commander Adam?" Anthony said.

"Ah, good to see you Anthony," Adam said. He then looked at Samus who gave him a glare as well, though it didn't intimidate him all. He noticed something that was wrong. He glanced at the huge dent in the wall and saw James getting up, still recovering from Samus's attack.

"James, why did you make that huge dent?" Adam asked.

"Why don't you ask Sweetcheeks over there? " James said pointing at Samus. Adam looked at Samus and smirked.

"So you're the one who was scheduled to be here?" Adam asked.

"That's right, my name is-"

"I know who you are," Adam said cutting her off in the middle of her sentence. Samus stopped talking and mentally went into defense mode as Adam got closer to her. He looked down upon her as if he was disgusted at what he was looking at.

"Look Samus. I know what you're thinking. You think that since you're new here, you expect to be treated respectfully here and I get that. But don't think you'll get off the hook easily just because you're a woman," Adam scolded. He wasn't mad at Samus at all. In fact, he was glad that someone finally taught James some was merely testing Samus to see if she had resentment. Samus looked at him with no expression which slowly turned into a smile.

"Understood... Adam," Samus spit out.

"You mean Commander Adam.," Adam corrected her. Samus rolled her eyes. Adam smirked at her. He knew Samus was going to be a handful on his platoon, but he knew he was going to enjoy it.

"Now everyone. Follow me to the briefing room. We have an upcoming mission to discuss, " Adam said. Everyone stood up and followed Adam to the door. James followed out as he stared coldly at Samus and she returned the favor. As Samus was about to exit, she was stopped by Anthony.

"Hey Samus, I know its so far been rough for you to fit in right now, but trust me, you'll like it here," Anthony said smiling at her. He expected a smile back from her, but was only greeted with a glare.

"I don't have to fit in. "I'm not here to fit in and I don't plan to impress Adam. So you can get that thought out of your head," Samus said coldly as she walked right past Anthony who stopped smiling, "But thanks for trying," she said.

"Um thanks?" Anthony said confused.

"I was being sarcastic," Samus said.

"Oh right. Yeah I knew that," Anthony said. Samus rolled her eyes at Anthony's naive nature.

"Let's catch up with the others. They might be wondering where we are by now," Samus said. They quickly head out of the room.

"Samus?" Anthony said. Samus finally looked up and looked at Anthony.

"Sorry. I was caught up in my thoughts," Samus chuckled.

"That's okay, I understand. Were you planning to work out or something?" Anthony asked.

"Yeah I was planning to take a small jog. I wouldn't mind if you'd come with." Samus told him.

"Ok let's go," Anthony smiled. Samus lead the way. Anthony was finally glad he could spend time with his long time friend. He hasn't seen her in awhile and knowing Samus, she's a busy person. But Samus felt the same way too. She couldn't help but smile at the thought of him being here. She even forgot about her nightmare.


Ike hasn't seen Samus in two days, and he began to worry. It wasn't a big surprise that he couldn't find her. The female fighter's dorm was on the East side of the Mansion while the male fighter's dorm was on the West. He wanted to give Samus some space after what he said to her, but he couldn't risk the bond that he had with her be destroyed. He walked to the mess hall that had the longest table ever. Marth was having breakfast with Lucina. Lucina looked up at Ike and smiled.

"Good morning Ike," Lucina greeted while eating her toast.

"Good morning," he said back, "where's Chrom?"

"Chrom had gotten caught up in a meeting with Master Hand. He won't be back until the tournament starts," she explained while sipping her tea.

"Cool. So are you and Chrom participating in the tournament?" Ike asked.

Lucina stopped sipping and sighed, "There's a chance Chrom will be fighting but I probably won't. It's due to this...clone situation," Lucina said while looking at Marth. Marth rolled his eyes and began to explain.

"Apparently, there's been a controversial argument lingering in the Smash community. People think Lucina is a clone of me and think that she's a waste of a fighter," Marth said while flipping his hair.

"Well I could kind of understand why. Marth already looks like a girl, so if you would add Lucina to the picture, you guys would kinda look like sisters," Ike said. Lucina giggled at Ike's joke. Marth turned bright red and stood up from his chair.

"I am not a woman! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go blow dry my hair before the tournament," Marth said before walking off. Ike bursted out laughing. He couldn't help but make fun of March's feminism. Lucina started laughing with him as well. As Marth stomped away, the mess hall became quiet once again. The silence made Ike remember why he was there.

"Hey Lucina, have you seen Samus?" Ike asked.

"Samus Aran the bounty hunter? I'm not sure. Is she the one with the long ponytail?"

"Maybe. Where did she run off too?" Ike asked.

Before Lucina could give him information about the whereabouts of Samus, Crazy Hand's voice had echoed in the whole mansion.

"ATTENTION PARTICIPATING FIGHTERS, REPORT TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM. THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE STARTING IN 2 HOURS."


"That's right Mac! Keep going!" Doc Louis said. Him and Mac had been running for the tournament since they both woke up. Although he was proud to see Little Mac having a positive attitude towards the tournament, he was worried that he would over exhaust himself before he could even fight.

"Ok Mac let's take a break," Doc Louis said out of breath.

"Oh come on Doc! Can I just run one more lap around?" Little Mac whined. He hate to sound like a little kid, but he didn't want to let the opportunity of victory pass right out of his boxing gloves. What if he met that mysterious woman and she would be watching him? Little Mac waited for an answer while Doc Louis gave him a fatherly look. He could tell Doc Louis was worried about him, but what was there to worry about? Doc sighed and looked at the path in front of them before he made up his mind.

"Alright you can go ahead. But one more lap," Doc Louis said. As soon as he said those words, Little Mac had zapped in a full sprint, "I should probably go keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't fall out," Doc Louis said to himself before running after him.

"Almost there," Little Mac said to himself. He could hardly believe that he was fighter for Smash Bros. And now, he was going be in a tournament. On top of everything he started to think about his opponents. He began to think about how tough his opponents were and how they would fight. Out of all the fighters, he began to think about Samus. He was certain that it was a robot, but what kind of robot has an arm cannon? Little Mac was so busy thinking about the tournament that he forgot where he was even running.

"Little Mac, look out!" Doc Louis screamed behind him. Finally he looking up, Little Mac didn't have time to slow down as he ran straight into the woman that he feared the most.

"Ahhhhhh!" Little Mac screamed. He ran right into Samus, knocking her down and making Anthony fall on his face in the process. Doc Louis quickly ran to the accident. Little Mac groaned in pain as he looked at Samus, their eyes locking in with each other. Little Mac couldn't help but blush at how beautiful Samus was. She looked up at Little Mac, (who was very close to her face), with confusion. Feeling angry and humiliated, Samus pushed Little Mac off and quickly stood up, rejecting Anthony's hand to help her up.

"Ow!" Little Mac screamed. Doc Louis had pulled him up on his feet, "Uh, sorry about that. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't bother to look up," Little Mac smiled at Samus trying to make her feel a little better, but he received a glare from her.

"Hey Princess, you know these two? " Anthony asked.

"Your name's Princess?" Little Mac asked her. Samus looked at him with a look of confusion. He didn't even know her name. Suddenly Samus didn't feel so good as she soon begin to think about her nightmare once again.

"Hey Mac, isn't this the girl you said you liked?" Doc Louis whispered.

"What? You...like me?" Samus asked with complete shock.

"Oops," Doc Louis said. He wasn't much of a good whisperer. Little Mac blushed even harder.

"WHAT! NO! I - I DON'T LIKE YOU! I LOVE YOU! NO! I -MEAN YEAH YOU'RE CUTE BUT - NO WAIT- ARRGHH!" Little Mac said. He couldn't believe this was happening to him. The person he had been trying to avoid had soon found out about his secret. Humiliated, Little Mac ran back to the mansion.

"Mac wait!" Doc Louis screamed as he chased after him. It wasn't long before Crazy Hand's voice was heard on the intercom.

"ATTENTION PARTICIPATING FIGHTERS, REPORT TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM. THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE STARTING IN 2 HOURS."

"We should get going, Anthony said.

"Right," Samus said. Aside from all what's happened, they both head into the mansion as well.


"Poor Little Mac! Not only did Samus overhear Mac and Doc's conversation, but she finds out that he actually likes her, does she feel the same way? Find out soon! And please review. Thanks

~The Shinesparkers