Note: this chapter is only meant to be a short chapter, meaning that it is not supposed to be lengthy as previous ones. Enjoy!
Short Chapter: A dish best served cold
"Ughhh! How much longer are we gonna have to wait?" Knuckles complained.
"Oh calm down Knuckles. We've only been in this line for ten minutes! You can stare at that emerald all day, so you definetly stand in this line!" Rouge scolded.
"I'd rather watch the emerald all day than to watch Sonic fight in this stupid competition!" Knuckles said.
"What? You don't wanna see Sonic's match?" Tails asked. Knuckles looked down at the young fox and pouted.
"Of course not! The only reason why I'm here is because she dragged me here!" Knuckles while pointing at the pink hedgehog, who rolled her eyes at Knuckle's dramatic behavior.
"Yes, I did drag you here. But only because we should all be here to support my future husband! I hope he wins his match! That way when he does, I can jump in his arms and give him a congratulations kiss. Ohhh it's going to be wonderful!" Amy cheered. Everyone including Rouge rolled their eyes at Amy's delusions. It's no surprise that Sonic desperately tries to avoid her as much as he can.
"Keep dreaming sweethart. If you really wanna learn how to make a guy fall in love with you, the first thing you should do is to stop stalking them," Rouge explained. Amy stopped daydreaming and began give to Rouge the evil eye. Of all the people Amy would take dating advice from, a jewel thief is the last person she would listen to. Several bystanders in the line had heard Rouge & Amy's argument and tuned in for their entertainment. Tails noticed this as the girls were too busy fighting.
"Hey they're really starting to gain some attention. We should stop them," Tails whispered to Knuckles.
"No way! This is too entertaining to watch! It's also killing time away!" Knuckles whispered. Tails sighed. He felt as if he was the only sophisticated one out of all of them.
"Hmph. You know Rouge, I'm not even surprised that you know all the advice about dating, counting the number of guys you've been with," Amy said. Rouge's left eye twitched at her statement. Rouge could have easily wiped the floor with Amy if she wanted to, but she wasn't going to let a silly comment about her love life faze her; especially if it came from a delusional teenager who chases after one guy.
"F.Y.I. Amy, the number of guys that I've dated is equivalent to the number of times Sonic has asked you out on a date... oh wait. Those numbers don't exist," Rouge said. Tails covered his mouth as even he couldn't take Rouge's stylish comeback.
"OHHHHHHHHH!" several people in the line reacted to Rouge's come back as well.
"BURRRRNNNN!" A bystander yelled.
"Well for your information, Sonic has attempted to ask me out MULTIPLE times. The only reason we've never dated is because he's always too busy saving the world," Amy said. As much as she wanted that to be true, she knew it wasn't, and Rouge laughed.
"Well good for you. I don't understand why anyone would want a hedgehog who lets human teenage princesses kiss them, but he's all yours," Rouge said.
"OHHHHHHHHHH!" The crowd yelled. At this point, the entire line had circled around the entire group, completley intrigued by Rouge & Amy's showdown. They weren't even interested in the tournament anymore.
"Sonic was dead at that point. Elise ONLY kissed him because she was trying to revive him!" Amy yelled. Rouge could tell that she was at her breaking point, and she liked that.
"And I thought you liked bad guys, so why haven't you dated Knuckles yet?" Amy asked.
"Huh?" Knuckles blushed at her comment.
"You're right. I have to admit I do like bad boys, and that's the reason why I don't like Sonic. However you're wrong about me liking Knuckles," Rouge said. Knuckles stopped blushing when she said that, "Knuckles isn't my type. He's too goody goody for me. You understand, right Knuckles?" Rouge said. Knuckles did nothing but glare at her. How could she think that he was too good for her? He does hang out with the Sonic team, but only for his benefits.
"Plus even if we did date, Knuckles wouldn't have any time for me. He would just stare at the Master Emerald all day," Rouge added.
"Well you're right. I would stare at the Master Emerald all day, only because it would be more appealing to look at," Knuckles said.
"OHHHHHHH!" the crowd yelled. Rouge's eye twitched once again while Amy snickered.
Amy: 1 Rouge: 2
Knuckles: 1 Rouge: 0
"Whew we're finally at the front gate! Good thing the entire line is paying attention to that group in the back! Now we can finally have our chance of getting into Smash Bros.!" Nana said.
"Nana! I don't think we're allowed to be here. Crazy Hand said we weren't on the roster anymore!" Popo said.
"Look, I'm sure once we get on the battlefield, Crazy Hand will see how strong we are, and he'll change his mind!" Nana said.
"Are you kids lost?" A voice said behind Nana. The Ice Climbers both looked up to see a blue haired man wearing a red vest with a handful of tickets in his hands.
"Uhh no. We're here for the tournament. Two tickets please!" Nana said.
"Ok, where are your parents?" The man asked.
"Our parents are... on a cruise! Anyway, two tickets!" Nana said.
"Sorry, but I can't allow you to pass unless if your parents are here, or if you have I.D.,"the man explained.
"Oh come on," Nana looked at the man's name tag, "Chrooooom. We are the Ice Climbers! We're one of Nintendo's classics. We should have free entry ASAP!" Nana argued.
"You guys think you have it bad? I wanted to join the battle for Smash Brothers, but Crazy Hand refused to let me join because he didn't want to have two Ikes'," Chrom said.
"Oh. So you have the same problem as us huh?" Nana had a devilish grin on her face, and Chrom began to get creeped out by it, "why don't you join forces with the two of us so we can show Crazy Hand that we deserve a spot in Smash?"
"Hmmm. I don't think that's something I should get into. As much as I want to join Smash, I don't want to ruin my reputation if we get caught," Chrom said.
"Excuse me, I'm a newcomer for Smash Brothers," a young female said. Chrom looked up to see who it was and couldn't be anymore shocked.
"Corrin!? You're a fighter?" Chrom said.
"Oh hi Chrom. What are you doing out here? I thought you said they accepted you," Corrin asked.
"W-well I... they kinda didn't. I'm a ticket handler instead," Chrom said with slight disapointment.
"Oh! I see. Well, just to let you know, I got into Smash. And you didn't," Corrin taunted. Chrom crumbled the tickets in his hand out of anger .
"Also, here's the invitation to prove that I'm in it. You know, the invitation that you didn't get," Corrin taunted more. She giggled and ran right into the gate.
"That's it! I've had enough of this nonsense! I will not stand by and let the entire waifu community of Fire Emblem get into Smash unless if I'm getting in! Count me in your devious plan!" Chrom finally agreed.
"Perfect. The plan will commence now!" Nana said.
"But if Crazy Hand catches us, he'll kick us out! Plus all of the doors in the mansion are locked! How will the plan work?" Chrom asked.
"Oh don't you worry. I already know another way in," Nana said with a devilish grin.
"Oh I know this is gonna backfire," Popo said to himself.
"Climbing in the air shafts of the mansion wasn't what I had in mind. Why couldn't we just break open a window and climb in?" Chrom asked .
"Because this is the only way to get to the battlefield without being detected. Plus I feel like a spy in here," Nana said.
"How do you know where we're going?" Popo asked.
"I practiced how to break in over the summer. It was the perfect time," Nana said.
"Ugh. I can't leave you alone for one second without you plotting an evil scheme!" Popo said.
"Alright Chrom, go left!" Nana commanded. Chrom obeyed her because he knew she was familiar with the area around her. He struggled to turn to the left to but managed his way into the tiny air shaft. He looked at the air shaft beneath him to see Link sleeping peacefully on his hospital bed.
"Hey, why don't we just drop in Link's room? He's asleep," Chrom suggested.
"No way! We can't risk getting caught by someone!" Nana said.
"I doubt Link even cares what we're up to, plus it's starting to get really hot in here!" Popo said.
"I agree! I really need to stretch my spine, or else I'll be stuck this," Chrom said. Nana sighed to herself and rubbed her forehead in frustration.
"Fine, just be quick and don't make a sound on the way down!" Nana warned.
"I won't! Chrom said. He grabbed his sword and placed the tip of it into one of the nails that fastened it. One by one, he unscrewed the nails and placed them beside him. He slowly, but gently pulled the air vent from its socket.
"Here, hold this!" Chrom said as he passed the vent to Nana, "Alright, I'm going in!" Chrom crawled over the socket and lowered his waist into the opening. He then lowered his entire body into the slot.
"Alright. Now all I need to do is get to that side over there," Chrom thought to himself. Being incredibly athletic, he begins to swing from the opening, carefully avoiding Link's head in the process. In a timed manner, he lets go of the edge and safely lands on the marble floor in front of Link's bed. After recovering, he gives Nana the thumbs up to give her the signal.
"Alright, I'm up next. Here hold this," Nana said as she handed the vent to Popo.
"Be careful," Popo told her.
"I'll be fine. Just don't mess up yourself," she told him. Popo nodded his head, and she soon the repeats the same process Chrom did, except that one of the nails gets tangled by her fur coat and rips it. She almost misses, but Chrom catches her in time before she landed on Link's bed.
"Oh man! I ripped my coat! It took my mom years to knit this. Alright, Popo. It's your turn!" Nana whispered. Popo looked at the sleeping Link and gulped; he was afraid that he miss and land on Link. He wish he never went along with the plan in the first place.
"Come on Popo, I got ya," Chrom whispered with his arms raised out.
"OK. I can do this!" Popo encouraged himself. He carefully lowered his legs in the opening and got into the swinging position. As he began to swing, the A/C suddenly turns on, and the force from the air pushes the nails out of the opening.
"Yeow!" Chrom yelled as the nails stabbed his hands, making him withdraw them. Popo let go of the edges of the slot and landed right on Link's bruised leg.
"Hyaaaaahhh!" Link screamed as he awoken from his slumber. Nana covered her mouth in awe when Link awoke. Popo quickly rolled off the bed and began panicking after realizing what he just caused.
"Ow! My leg! Nana? Popo!?" Link yelled.
"Oh no! Yuhhh!" Popo released an icy blast at Link which had completley frozen him.
"POPO! What have you done?!" Nana yelled.
"I'm sorry! I just panicked! I didn't know what he was going to do!" Popo said.
"I can't believe it! You kids are insane!" Chrom said as he panicked as well.
"Both of you guys calm down! As long as you don't touch him, he's fine!" Nana said while trying to calm them down.
"What happens if you touch him?" Chrom asked.
"Nothing much. He'll just disintegrate into tiny snowflakes," Nana said. She looked at Chrom and knew it was a bad idea telling him that.
"Oh no! I knew something bad was going to happen. I gotta get out of here!" Chrom said as he ran out of the room, only to run into Crazy Hand, "Ooof! Owww."
"Ah Chrom! You're just who I was looking for!" Crazy Hand said.
"I am?" Chrom said.
"Come with me! We have something to discuss about. I'll fill you in on our way to the Transport Room!" Crazy Hand said as he grabbed Chrom's arm with his middle & index finger. Nana watched as Crazy Hand dragged Chrom away.
"What happened?" Polo asked her.
"Chrom saved our butts from getting caught. We gotta get out of here! Forget the tournament!" Nana said.
"What? But what about Link? We can't leave him like this!" Popo said.
"Link will get defrosted very soon. We can't stay here because someone is gonna come by and know we did it! Now come on! We gotta get going!" Nana said as she grabbed his hand and ran out the room.
~The ShineSparkers
