"Rise and shine sleepy head." a soft voice said. Link slowly opened his eyes and blinked his eyes a couple times. As he regained his vision, he realized that the soft faint voice belonged to Peach. She smiled down at him as she stood close to his hospital bed.

"Feeling any better?" Peach asked. Link looked at her for a good five seconds before slowly lifting up from the covers of the bed. Link grunted as he stomach in pain which was covered up in bandages.

"Don't push yourself too much." Peach helped Link rest up on his pillow so he could be able to sit up.

"Where am I?" Link asked.

"You're in the Smash Hospital silly. After your fight with Ganondorf, you were beaten up pretty badly." Link widened his eyes after she finished her sentence. He forgot that he fought Ganondorf in the hallway of the mansion. Link started to chuckle at the thought.

"I guess I won huh?" Link said as Peach started to giggle as well.

"Of course. Ganondorf was injured more than you were. He's in the hospital too. Zelda was quite worried that you wouldn't survive." Link stopped smiling when she said that.

"Where is Zelda anyway?"

"She traveled back to Hyrule so she could get some to heal you. I'm sure she'll be back soon." Suddenly, the door knob on the hospital door popped off, which made Link and Peach glance at the door. The door roughly swung open to reveal Crazy Hand outside the door.

"Oh darn. Another door to be fixed. Anyway Link, I have some unfortunate-" Crazy Hand stopped talking as he became wedged in the doorway. He began to struggle to get out of the doorway while Peach and Link silently watched.

"Umm, Crazy Hand? Do you need me to help you?" Peach asked. Soon, Peach's question was answered as Crazy Hand roughly yanked himself out of the doorway, causing most of the drywall to collapse around him.

" *sigh* I always told my brother that it would been a good idea to make the doorways wider. What am I gonna do?" Crazy Hand said to himself while Peach and Link looked at him in shock.

"Ummm-" Link managed to catch Crazy Hand's attention, and he floated beside Link hospital bed.

"So Link, how are you feeling?" Crazy Hand asked. Link looked at the floating hand with curiosity. He never had a personal conversation with him because he was always more closer to his brother Master Hand, so it was quite awkward for Link to respond to the hand without feeling weird.

"I'm...feeling well."

"Good. Because unfortunately, I have brought bad news." Peach looked at him with worried eyes. She wondered what were the news that Crazy Hand had for Link.

"Link. Unfortunately, due to the sustained injuries that was inflicted upon you during your fight with Ganondorf, you are officially out of the tournament."

"What! Ow!" Link grabbed his stomach in pain as Peach ran to his aid and slowly placed him on his pillow.

"Link is out of the tournament? But what about Ganondorf?" Peach asked.

"Do not worry. Ganondorf is out of the tournament as well, but I think this punishment will benefit Link and Ganondorf."

"How so? Crazy, you know I've been training for this tournament ever since the newcomers have been announced! I was actually looking forward to fighting this year!" Link whined. He despised sounding like a little kid, but in this situation, he couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry Link, but you being out of the tournament is something that you need to think about. You've been fighting for Super Smash Bros. since the first game was created. You know the premises and how you are expected to behave here. Also, because of you and Ganondorf's irrational decisions, a riot had erupted, which injured many of the civilians."

Link remained silent and started to stare down at the bandages wrapped around his hands. He forgot about the riot in the hallway which was the fault of him and Ganondorf, and he despised the fact that he was the one who started it.

"Okay Crazy Hand. I understand."

"Good. Then I'll be on my way to the Spa. My fingers have been in pain and I really need a massage!" And with that, Crazy Hand took off. Peach stared at the damaged doorway for a second then glanced at Link; she could definitely tell that he was upset about him being kicked out of the tournament.

"Um Link, are you alright?" Link slowly looked up at her with his brown eyes.

"I'm fine. Could you give me some time to think alone?"

Peach looked at Link and then nodded. As she was about to walk to the doorway, Zelda soon appeared outside of the doorway. She scanned the damaged doorway and gave Peach a confusing expression.

"Crazy Hand?" Zelda said. Peach nodded slowly as Zelda gave a disappointing sigh. "Of course." It wasn't a surprise to her that another doorway was soon destroyed because Crazy Hand gave her room a deconstruction.

"Peach, do you mind giving me and Link a little privacy?"

"Oh I was just leaving." And with that, Peach left the room as well. She really wanted to stay with Link to see what Zelda had had in mind for him, but she didn't want to be rude. Zelda slowly walked to the end of Link's hospital bed and sat on the corner of it.

"Hmph. I guess you're here to nag at me."

"Shut up. That is not the reason why I came to visit you. Since everyone finished their matches this week and the semifinals starts tomorrow, I wanted to see how well your injuries were healing. However, since you were expecting me to nag at you, I am going to say that what you did was foolish. You could have killed yourself Link."

Link sighed as he crossed his arms while Zelda turned around to look at him. Looking into her eyes, he could tell that she was definitely worried about him. But breathing down on his neck all the time made Link doubt it.

"I know I know. I know I did something stupid, but at least I beat Ganondorf."

"That's not the point. You acting out on your instincts injured a lot bystanders. You need to start thinking about how your actions will affect others and stop acting like a child."

Link slammed his hand down on the shelf next to him. The sudden noise made Zelda jump from the bed.

"Since when have you become my mother! I'm not a child or a kid! Every time I do something my way, you always have a problem with it! Do yourself a favor and worry about yourself for once!" Link screamed at the top of his lungs. He didn't mean to yell at her, but he couldn't hold back his emotions any further.

I...I act like a mother to you? I am your girlfriend! The role of a girlfriend is to look out for the boyfriend! I guess you don't appreciate the sacrifices I made for the both of us!"

"Sacrifices? What sacrifices! I've always been the one who had protect you! I always sacrificed everything in order to save you from Ganondorf or anything that you couldn't defend yourself from! You've never done anything at all to repay me for things I've sacrificed for you!" Link screamed.

I'm sorry if I've been a burden to you Link, but you aren't the only one who makes sacrifices! I've made some unspeakable decisions that I'm not proud of to protect Hyrule!" Zelda screamed back.

"Heh. You know Zelda? Just forget it."

"What? So now you're refusing to talk to me?"

"No. It's not the argument I'm forgetting about."

"Link. Are you...are you breaking up with me?"

Link sighed to himself as he stared at the ceiling and began think about her question. It was a really important decision if he wanted to continue to have a serious relationship with her. But with the constant arguing, He honestly had enough of Zelda.

"I...think I am Zelda.

...

"Well okay then. I guess that since you have made up your mind that you do not want to be with me anymore, I will leave you alone." Zelda said as she slowly opened the door leave. Link could definitely that she was hurt by his decision, but it was for the best.

"Goodbye Link. I wish for the best that comes your way." And with that, Zelda walked out of the room and closed the door. As she began to walk, tears started to form in her eyes.


"Mario wait!" Rosalina screamed.

"Where is he! Where is that a-backstabber!" Mario screamed as he ran down the hallway. He couldn't come to grips with the earth-shattering news Rosalina told him. He couldn't believe it; he didn't want to believe it. His whole love life had been nothing but a lie; a washed up, tasteless, humiliating lie.

"Mario, please stop!" Rosalina screamed again. But Mario continued to ignore her and ran faster. He turned to the next corridor which led to the male dorm. He ran to the door next to his room and kicked it down to see Luigi jumping from his bed in shock. Mario ran to Luigi, grabbed his overalls and slammed him into a nearby wall.

"Brother! What are you d-doing! Luigi said with fear. He looked into his brother's eyes and could have sworn that he saw fire glowing in them.

"Mario, put him down! It's not his fault!" Rosalina screamed while standing in the doorway. Mario turned his head to give her a hateful glare, which made Rosalina shiver. Mario turned back to his brother and pushed him into the wall even more, which made the frightened Luigi shriek.

"How could you... betray me like a-this brother?" Mario asked him. Luigi's fearful expression had soon turned into a confused look. He had no idea what his brother was talking about.

"Answer me! How could you lie to a-me all these years!?" Mario yelled again. Luigi glanced at Rosalina, and as soon he did so, he automatically knew why Mario was upset.

"M-Mario. I-ooof!" Mario dropped his brother on the ground and looked down at him with disappointment.

"Brother-"

"No Luigi. Don't a-call me that. You lied to me. We aren't a-brothers anymore." Mario said. Luigi looked up at his brother with shock. In all his life he was afraid of hearing his brother say those words; and now, his nightmare has came to reality.

"Mario, it was a painful decision but we had no choice! You should know that the sacrifice was great for the both of us!" Rosalina screamed. Mario slowly turned around to face Rosalina and walked towards her. Rosalina swallowed her saliva as she noticed the flames appearing from his clenched fists.

"The sacrifice that you made doesn't affect you as a-much as me!" Mario screamed as he pushed Rosalina aside and ran down the hall.

"Mario wait!" Rosalina screamed at Mario as he ran down the stairs until she could no longer see him. She turned around to look at a frightened Luigi who was still confused about the sudden change of events.

"Rosalina, what have a-we done?" Luigi asked her. Rosalina looked down at the ground for a moment.

"We've made a terrible mistake Luigi."


This chapter was really short unfortunately. But in due time, the next chapter will be MUCH longer. Other than that ,I wonder what did Rosalina and Luigi do that has him upset! It's also going to focus more on our favorite bounty hunter, Samus Aran! So be patient with me please. It takes time for me to type two stories. 《Review》

~The Shinesparkers