Author's Note: I'm back! Three chapters within a four day time span! Why do I update so fast? Well, for starters I go to a cyber school, so I'm home all day and can do my school work at my own pace, so I can easily take time out to write new chapters. Second of all, since this a new story for me, I'm full of enthusiasm and I really want to write. Third, I write all my chapters completely improv. I have a general idea of the plot when I begin, but the actual chapter is made up on the spot, so I'm just as excited to see what happens as you guys.

Oh, and I forgot to mention in the last chapter, but this Little Mac is the black haired Little Mac from the NES Punch-Out!, not the blond haired "he-might-be-Mac-but-he-might-not-be-Mac" from Super Punch Out! for the SNES.

But enough rambling from me. You guys want some story, don't you? Well then, buckle your seat belts and hang on! Here we go with Chapter 3! Looks like a long chapter too.

Disclaimer: I still own nothing. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Doesn't matter whether it's Nintendo related or some other company. None of it is mine.

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Brawl Saga

Chapter 3: Float Like a Cucco, Sting Like an Octorok

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In a small deserted ally, a bright light flashed and five figures were standing in the ally.

"Woah! That was...dizzying. Just where are we anyways?" Link said, rubbing his head.

"According to the data I have, we've arrived in the Punch-Out world. We're in a small back ally where no one can see us. Also, Master Hand classifies this as a realistic world. That means there is no magic, futuristic technology, or unusual creatures. Kirby, this means you'll have to hide and we'll have to keep Pikachu in his Pokeball. Further more, we'll have to change our outfits to blend in," Samus said. She pulled out Pikachu's Pokeball and tossed it to Kirby to watch. She then pressed a button on her suit. It immediately folded up and stored itself as a belt on Samus. Underneath she was wearing her Zero-Suit.

"So, how are we going to disguise our clothes without any locals spotting us?" Dr. Mario said. Link could have sworn that the same angry tone he had spoke in earlier had leaked back into his speech, but he decided he must have been hearing things.

"That's actually a simple matter. One of the technology in the watches in clothing adaptation technology. It transforms out clothing into something that would be considered 'normal' by that world's standards. Master Hand said we only really have to use it in these so called realistic worlds. Watch and learn," Samus said. She pressed a button on her watch and was engulfed by a bright orange light. Moments later, it receded and her outfit had changed. Instead of her usual blue jumpsuit, she was wearing a blue v-cut t-shirt and a pair of tight blue jeans. Samus reached up and quickly undid whatever hair style her hair had been in. He long blond hair fell down, reaching her shoulders.

Kirby whistled. "Nice. I don't think I've ever seen you so hot before. Man, sometimes I forget you even have boobs," the pink star warrior said. Link rolled his eyes. Despite his appearances, Kirby was actually the most perverted of the Smashers. He also seemed to be one of the most violent, and the one most prone to egotistical comments. Link would never understand why a pink puffball would end up as a violent, egotistic pervert. It just seemed to weird.

Samus's response to Kirby's comments, of course, was to kick him into a wall. Samus sighed. She was probably the least feminine of all the female Smashers, but she did occasionally like to let it all out and actually look feminine sometimes. She looked at Link and raised her eyebrows. "Anyone else have any lewd comments?" she said.

"Not me!" Link said with a chuckle. He then looked at his watch and found the button Samus had pressed. Giving it a press, he closed his eyes as green light engulfed him. When he opened them, he was wearing blue jeans and a green t-shirt with a picture of the Link from the first Legend of Zelda on it. His hat was gone, leaving his blond hair sticking up at odd angles.

"Nice hat hair," Kirby said as he painfully pulled himself off the wall Samus had plastered him into. Link chuckled. Why did everyone seem to notice his hat hair? He reached a hand up and tried his best to smooth his hair out a bit. After a little work, he made it look slightly less messy.

"That'll do. By the way, you are technically still wearing your tunic, so all you items can be found by reaching into your shirt. Your Master Sword and Hylian Shield are in there too. Just like technically, I'm still wearing my Power Suit. It's just in storage mode. I just need to press the hidden button on my belt buckle and it'll come out," she said, pointing to her waist. Link had just now noticed that she was wearing a belt. It had a gold buckle on it with an image of Samus's helmet on it.

They looked over and saw Dr. Mario had already changed his outfit. He was wearing a simple black suit. "Thought it looked doctorish," was all the medic said.

"Well, with all that settled, let's go looking for this Little Mac. Kirby, I want you to stay here and stay out of trouble. If we need you, we'll call you. Watch Pikachu. You can let him out if you want, but keep him in this ally, understood?" Samus said.

"Yes ma'am! I would do anything for you ma'am!" Kirby said with a mock salute.

"Hey, aren't I supposed to be the leader?" Link said.

"Well then, lead us," Samus said with a grin on her face. Link just rolled his eyes and walked onto the street, followed by Samus and Dr. Mario. After about an hour of searching with no luck, they found a small gym.

"If I remember correctly, this Little Mac guy we're searching for is a boxer. Maybe we can find him here," Samus said. Link nodded his head and the group went inside. After looking around a bit, they found somebody.

"Hello there. We're looking for Little Mac. Have you seen him?" Link asked.

"I would hope so! I'm his trainer! My name's Doc Louis. Why are you looking for Mac?" the man replied, stretching his hand out. Link shook his hand and looked at Samus. She nodded her head. Link then turned back to Doc Louis.

"My name's Link, and I'm here to extend an invitation to Little Mac on the behalf of Master Hand to join the Super Smash Bros. tournament. It's a fighting tournament made up of various Nintendo stars from different worlds all coming together to see who's the strongest. Now, this invitation doesn't guarantee a spot in the tournament. It's just to let Little Mac know that he is one of the candidates we're considering for the position," Link said. Doc Louis just laughed.

"'Bout time you guys came here! I was wondering when Mac would get an invite. He's the best fighter I've ever seen, and I know he could take the best of you down. Although, you may have some problems convincing Mac to join right now," Doc Louis said.

"Problems? What kind of problems?" Samus asked.

"Well, tomorrow there is a big boxing tournament that Little Mac's been training for for months. He's got his heart set on this," Doc Louis said.

"Well, it's not like we expect him to come right away. He doesn't have to go to the Smash Mansion until he's either excepted, or is being called in for a tryout," Link said.

"No, no...you don't get it. On the day before a fight, Mac will train all morning, and then shut himself in his apartment until the next day, not talking to anyone. Personally, I have no clue what he does in there. And this tournament is three days long. The only way you would be able to talk to him is after the tournament is over. Not to mention the fact that Little Mac has heard of your Super Smash Bros. tournament and he's never seemed that interested in it. You know, maybe if one of you entered the tournament and gave him a good fight, it would help convince him to join your tournament," Doc Louis explained.

"Sounds like a plan, we'll do it!" Dr. Mario said. Link and Samus gasped. They new Mario was always ready for a challenge, and that Dr. Mario shared this enthusiasm. Yet, Dr. Mario usually preferred intellectual challenges as opposed to physical ones. This seemed like an odd challenge for him to accept.

Moments later, the three Smashers had gathered in a corner of the gym.

"Alright, who here has ever boxed before? This tournament probably isn't going to be a place for a rookie fighter, so we need someone with some experience," Dr. Mario said.

"I thought you knew how to when you volunteered us to fight Little Mac!" Samus said.

"Me? No! I'm a doctor! I can't box...well, except for on the Wii," Dr. Mario said.

Link gulped. He knew he was going to regret this. He meekly raised his hand and said, "Err, I boxed once. At least one of the many Links did. In Oracle of Seasons, I fought Might Punch. Not to mention the fact that Ricky the Kangaroo trained me a bit in boxing. And as we all know, I have the skills off all Links except for Wind Waker and the Four Swords Links. So yeah, I can box."

Samus grinned. "Well then, we'll have to make sure you're up to date on your boxing skills," the bounty hunter said. She grabbed Link and dragged him off.

Moments later, Link was standing in a boxing ring with Doc Louis. Link was wearing some green shorts, green boxing shoes, and green gloves with a Triforce symbol on each glove. His shirt was off, revealing his surprisingly muscular build for someone so thin looking. Doc Louis stood across from him, holding two pads in his hand that Link could punch. He also had a padded helmet on to protect his face. Sometimes when training with Little Mac, the young boxer would get too into the spirit of things and go for Doc Louis's head. The retired boxer had since learned to start wearing a helmet when training.

"Alright, let's see what you got! Just punch at me as if I was another boxer, don't hold back," Doc Louis said as he got into a defensive stance.

Link gritted his teeth and got into a basic boxing stance. He closed his eyes and focused and felt the skills of another Link return to him. Opening his eyes, he stared at Doc Louis with a look of determination on his face. He began to punch very rapidly, at a speed Doc Louis hadn't seen in his entire life. This guy was agile, fast, and relentless. Most boxers relied on raw strength and endurance. Link was instead using his naturally agile frame and his near-limitless stamina to unleash a flurry of punches that were difficult to track. Link just continues to punch and punch, and Doc Louis was having trouble keeping up. Link then brought his left hand back and seemed to focus for a moment. A dull golden glow began to shine from his left hand. Then, with incredible speed he thrust his hand forward and punched Doc Louis three times in a triangle pattern. Each blow carried a large amount of force, and with the third blow Link managed to cause Doc Louis to stumble and leave an opening in his defense. Link lunged forward with his left fist, but stopped right before he hit Doc Louis's face.

"Are you left handed?" was all that Doc Louis said.

"Uh, yeah. I am. Does it matter?" Link said.

"Well, not really. It's just unusual. Little Mac is right handed , and I think most the other boxers you'll face are too. So you may catch them off guard with how much you prefer your left hand," Doc Louis explained. Link grinned. This would come in handy. "By the way kid, what do you call that move?" Doc Louis suddenly asked.

"Huh? What move?" Link asked.

"That move where you pull back your left hand, and then punch with it three times in a triangle pattern," Doc Louis said.

"Oh...I guess I don't really have a name for it. But if I ever use it again, I'll be sure to give it a name," the Hylian hero said. He looked at his left hand. He had remembered that move. Right before he used it, he had subconsciously channeled the power of the Triforce of Courage to make his blows stronger. An idea began to form in his head, and he grinned.

"Well then Link, why don't we do some more training that should be a bit easier on me," Doc Louis said. Link nodded his head. They spent the next two hours making sure Link was ready for the tournament. After they were done training, they went and rented two hotel rooms and told Kirby to sneak into it by flying up into the window. He soon arrived and looked around.

"Nice place! How did we afford it?" Kirby asked.

"Well, Master Hand gave us a budget of $10,000. He also gave us a device that instantly converts our funds into the local currency, even following current exchange rates so we don't loose or gain any money. Lucky for us, this world uses dollars," Samus explained.

"Cool. So Samus, where are you sleeping?" Kirby said.

"I have my own room, and you boys get to share this one. There's only two beds, but Kirby should be small enough to sleep on a chair or something. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to my room and relaxing. Today didn't really go as planned," Samus replied. She then left the room and went across the hall to hers.

"I'm going to bed guys. I'm really tired after all that training. Don't bother me," Link said. He immediately proceeded to fall directly onto a bed. He was asleep the moment he hit the bed.

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The next morning, Link awoke to the loud snoring. He looked around and saw the source of the snoring was Kirby. Link threw a pillow at the small puffball, who immediately bolted awake.

"Huh...wha? Aw man, I was having such a nice dream. I had turned into Samus's washcloth," Kirby said sleepily. This caused Link to throw another pillow.

"Pervy puffball," Link said. He looked around and saw Dr. Mario had already left. He then swapped his dirty clothes for an identical set of clean ones and straightened his hair a bit. He then headed down to the lobby, where he found Dr. Mario and Samus waiting, a cup of coffee in the later's hand.

"Bought time you woke up. The tournament starts in an hour. Don't worry, the ring is only twenty minutes from this hotel, and I already signed you up. Let's go," Samus said as she grabbed another cup of coffee off of a nearby table and handed it to Link. The Hylian took a sip of it and nearly spit it out.

"Strong stuff," he said.

"I like my coffee black. Don't tell me you can't handle it that way," Samus said. Link grimaced and finished it off.

After a short walk, they arrived at the gym. By the time they arrived, Link was feeling the effects of the coffee. He was wide awake now, and even felt a bit energetic. Samus pointed out the directions of the locker room where he was to change. He made his way there and looked around. Eight boxers were gather in there, most of them already in their shorts. Link ducked behind a locker and quickly changed into his shorts. He same out and sat beside a young man with black hair who seemed kind of thin.

"So, you must be the rookie I heard about. This your first tournament?" the black-haired boxer said to Link.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. My first tournament. But I must say, I'm pretty sure I can win. I got a magic punch that'll knock anyone down," Link said with a goofy grin on his face. He loved witty banter. It was what made all his fights so enjoyable.

"Hehehe, well good luck with that!" the black-haired boxer said.

Suddenly, a referee that looked eerily similar to Mario stepped into the locker room. "First fight! Link vs. Glass Joe! Fighters, report to the ring!" the ref announced. Link got up and headed to the ring, followed by his opponent. Once in the ring, Link got a good look at him. He was blond-haired boxer with a prominent jaw and a very uncertain look on his face. Link shrugged his shoulders. This looked like it would be an easy match.

"Alright Link, this should be a piece of cake. I beat you'll take him out in round one!" a familiar female voice said behind him. Link turned around and saw Samus was standing behind him, wearing an orange sweatshirt and orange sweat pants.

"Samus? You're my corner man?" Link said, slightly surprised.

"Corner woman. And yes. Dr. Mario didn't want to do it, Kirby and Pikachu can't, and Doc Louis is Little Mac's corner man. The rules stated you have to have a corner person, so I volunteered," Samus said.

Link shrugged his shoulders and said, "Ok, whatever. What do you know about this guy?"

Samus smiled and said, "Well, I talked to Doc Louis about all the boxers in this tournament. According to him, this Glass Joe guy has a really weak jaw. You could even say he has a glass jaw." Samus chuckled a bit at the small pun, while Link just groaned.

"Alright fighters, to the center. I want this to be a clean fight," the referee said. Link shuddered. It still bothered him how much this guy looked like Mario.

"Please, just make it quick. I don't even know why I joined this tournament," Glass Joe said in a French accent, nervousness apparent in every syllable. Link did his best to stifle a laugh. This was going to be easy.

The two boxers faced each other, hands raised and ready to fight. Glass Joe made an attempt to punch Link, but the Hylian hero easily blocked it. Link then landed a flurry of several punches to Glass Joe's body. It didn't even seem like he was trying! Grinning, Link pulled back his left hand a delivered a single punch to Glass Joe's jaw. Needless to say, Glass Joe immediately fell to the floor. He didn't even try to get up.

"1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10! KO! Link wins!" the ref said. Link just grinned as he ran over to his corner and high fived Samus through his glove.

"Nice work Link, but don't get cocky. You got lucky. All the other fighters in this tournament are a lot tougher. However, since you did win, I say we celebrate. How about pizza back at the hotel?" Samus said.

"I'm already there," Link said, as he leaped out of the ring. He quickly removed his gloves and ran to the hotel.

Five hours, and 35 boxes of pizza later, Link and Kirby were sick. Kirby had challenged Link to a pizza eating contest, which Link was stupid enough to accept. Kirby won, 30 boxes to Link's mere 5. Two other boxes sat to the side for Samus and Dr. Mario to enjoy.

"You totally cheated. Using your sucking powers doesn't count," Link said as he clutched his stomach. He felt like he would barf.

"Hehehe, you're just jealous I can pack away more than you," Kirby said. Samus just rolled her eyes.

"Pika? Pika pikachu," Pikachu said he walked over and began to poke Link.

"Not right now Pikachu...I don't feel so good," Link said as he slowly got up.

"Well, you shouldn't have eaten so much so fast! And you have a fight tomorrow too! Why are men so stupid?" Samus said as she rolled her eyes. He finished the slice she was eating, set her box on the floor for Pikachu to finish and went to her room. The electric type Pokemon quickly ran to the pizza box and sniffed its contents. After deciding it wasn't dangerous and wouldn't give him a stomach ache like it had done to Link, Pikachu happily picked up a slice and began to eat it. Link and Kirby just groaned and turned to Dr. Mario.

"You're a doctor! You should have something to fix this!" Kirby said.

Dr. Mario reached into his pocket and searched around a bit. He frowned and seemed to be trying to remember something. He then pulled out a bottle of a pink liquid and tossed it to Kirby.

"This should help. Just take a little...bit," Dr Mario began, but before he could finish, Kirby had already downed the whole bottle. He grumbled and pulled out another bottle of pink liquid and handed it to Link, who only drank a little bit of it. His stomach felt a little better.

"Well guys, let's hope I can sleep this off. I'm going to bed," Link said as he walked through the numerous pizza boxes littering the floor. He collapsed onto his bed, and fell asleep.

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Link awoke and looked around. He could here some light snoring coming from underneath a pile of pizza boxes where Kirby had decided to fall asleep the night before. Pikachu was curled up sleeping in an open pizza box, a half eaten piece of pizza still in his hands. Dr. Mario was already gone again. He glanced out the window, and the light streaming in told him it was morning already. He glanced at the clock on the night stand beside his bed. He swore in Hylian as he realized that he had thirty minutes to get to the tournament. Racing out of the room, he changed into his boxing shorts using the watch and pulled out the Bunny Hood. Placing it on his head, the boost of speed was enough to easily get him to the ring with ten minutes to spare.

"Where were you!" Samus shouted. She looked really mad as she handed Link his gloves. "If we want to convince Little Mac to accept our invitation, you have to do good in this tournament! And last time I checked, that's kind of hard to do when you're disqualified!" she continued to rant. Luckily, Link made it into the locker room just as the ref walked in.

"First fight! Link vs Soda Popinski! Fighters, report to the ring!" the ref said. This time, Link was following his opponent. He was a large bald man, who was constantly drinking from a green bottle labeled "Pop," though Link doubted that was what was really in the bottle. He climbed into the ring and sat in his corner. Samus was already waiting for him.

"Alright, time to get serious. This guys is much tougher. Doc Louis says he can be beat with basic 'stick and move' tactics. But I have no clue what that means, since I've never boxed in my entire life. So, you know...just improvise," Samus said. All traces of her earlier anger were gone. Link was glad. An angry Samus was a dangerous Samus.

The two fighters moved to the center of the ring. The ref gave his usual clean fight comment. Soda Popinski just laughed and threw his bottle back to his corner. "Alright, comrade! I'll have you seeing double, just like me! Ah ha ha! Ah ha ha! Ah ha ha!" the large Russian man said. The two fighters got in their ready stances, and the fight began.

Immediately, Soda began to punch Link. Link blocked a couple punches before responding with his own flurry of punches, some which got through to Soda Popinski, although the large man easily shrugged them off.

"After I beat you, I think I'll make myself a plate of chocolate spaghetti you stupid elf! Ah ha ha! Ah ha ha! Ah ha ha!" Soda Popinski shouted. Unfortunately for Soda, he had just made a fatal mistake.

A vein began to throb in Link's forehead as a look of pure fury crossed his face. His mouth opened in a snarl as he shouted, "I AM NOT AN ELF!" Pulling back his left fist, his glove once again began to glow a dull gold. Thrusting his left hand forward, Link then shouted, "Triforce Punch!" as he punched Soda Popinski three times in a triangle shape. While Soda managed to block all three hits, the force of the blow, partially aided by the fact that Soda actually was slightly drunk, caused the large boxer to stumble backwards and leave his face open. Taking his opportunity, Link leaped high into the air. He slammed his face into Soda's face, causing the man to fall backwards. Soda hit the mat with a large thud.

Link struck a very cool looking pose as the ref began to count. "...8...9...10! KO! Link wins!" the ref said as he finished counting, Soda Popinski not even trying to get back up. In fact, Link could have sworn he heard snoring. He walked over to his corner and sat down.

"Nice work Link. Remind me to never call you an elf," Samus said. Link laughed. He climbed out of the ring.

"So, shall we celebrate tonight's victory too? Just as long as it isn't pizza," Link said with a laugh. Samus laughed too as the they headed back to the hotel.

A few hours later, the five Smashers sat in the guys' room with several boxes of Chinese scattered throughout the room. About twenty of the boxes belonged to Kirby, although this time Link was smart enough not to engage the pink puffball in an eating contest. Dr. Mario mumbled something and left the room. Immediately, Link turned to Samus.

"The Doc has been acting strange lately. He's not as friendly as usual, and I think I've actual heard him get angry a couple of times," Link said.

Samus shrugged and said, "Well, it's not the surprising considering the rumors going about."

"Rumors?" was the response from the bewildered Hylian.

"Oh yeah, I know what Samus is talking about! Apparently, Doc is one of the more unpopular characters from the Melee tournament, and people are saying he's probably going to be cut from the Brawl Tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if he is. He's totally just a lame Mario clone, literally! I mean, it's bad enough we have you and your younger incarnation, but that can easily be explained by holes in the space-time continuum cause by all your time stream meddling in Ocarina of Time. How do you explain Dr. Mario and Mario though? I mean, they're the same person! I mean, I know what Master Hand did was use his powers to separate Mario's doctor persona and make him a separate person from the main Mario, but that's still kind of lame," Kirby said.

Link nodded. "I guess that would explain it a little...still, both Marios have always been so friendly. This just seems like a huge jump in personality for Doc. I feel a bit uneasy about it," he said.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'll talk to Doc," Samus said. She then got up. "Well, I'm off to my room," the bounty hunter said. She again headed across the hall and went into her room.

"I wonder what she does in there?" Link said.

"I bet I know. She slowly takes off her shirt, followed by her–OOF," Kirby began before Link threw a full container of noodles at Kirby, knocking the puffball over and spilling the noodles on the floor. Immediately, Pikachu ran over and began to eat the noodles, occasionally happily saying his name. Link just sighed and flopped onto his bed. He stared at the ceiling until he began to feel his eyes grow heavy. He soon drifted off into sleep.

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For the third time since they had arrived in that world, Link awoke in his hotel room and looked around. For the third time, Dr Mario was already gone. This time, Kirby was sleeping on the floor, with Pikachu curled up next to him sleeping as well. Kirby was lightly snoring. Link checked his clock and his eyes had widened in surprise. He had woken up a whole 5 hours before the fight. He walked into the bathroom to get the first shower he had found time for since he arrived. True, the watches they had instantly cleansed the body when it went through the whole instant clothes changing process, but sometimes it just felt nice to get a shower. Link grinned as he felt the warm water hit his body. After a half hour, Link finished his shower, dried off and put his clothes back on. He messed with his hair a bit for about ten minutes before heading across the hall and knocking on Samus's door. To his surprise, the female bounty hunter answered. Link held back the urge to laugh. Samus was currently dressed in an oversized white t-shirt and a pair of pink pajamas. A tooth brush was in her mouth and her hair was an absolute mess. Most surprisingly, Link noticed she was wearing glasses.

"I never really thought you were a fan of pink. And are those...glasses?" Link said, a smile crossing his face as he thought of all the blackmail he could get out of this. Samus just pulled the tooth brush out of her mouth and blushed.

"For your information, I happed to be nearsighted. I just usually either wear contacts or use my visor to correct my vision. Oh and yes I do like pink," she said with a bit of her usual tough girl attitude, an attitude Link had a hard time buying considering how unbelievably harmless she looked. She rolled her eyes and pulled him inside before anyone else saw her, then shut the door.

"So, nice room. Looks just like ours. Only with one bed," Link said, only to discover Samus had shut herself in the bathroom. Moments later she emerged, wearing her all orange sweat suit and Link assumed she now had her contacts in, as she was no longer wearing any glasses.

"So, shall we get going? You're up kind of early, and I usually go get my coffee right about now. I would assume you want to hang out with me, or you wouldn't have come knocking," Samus said.

"Sure. I have nothing better to do. I mean, Doc has gone off like always, and I don't feel like dealing with Kirby's stupidity. Plus, Pikachu isn't really one of the world's greatest conversationalists, so I guess you're the only one here for me to talk to," Link said. The two Smashers chuckled a little as they walked out of the door.

Moments later, they were walking in front of the building that housed the ring where Link would have to fight today. Samus sipped her coffee as the two leaders of Team Revolution sat on a bench.

"I was talking to Doc Louis. He said Little Mac won all his fights. Looks like you'll be fighting him today. Give him a fight to remember," Samus said.

"No problem! If I can take down that huge Soda guy, I think I can take someone named Little Mac on," Link said with a grin. He had gotten a bottle Mountain Dew, which he drank in sips, savoring the sweet caffeinated flavor.

"So, how are things with you and Zelda?" Samus suddenly asked out of the blue.

Link thought for a moment. The relationship between him and Zelda was possibly every Smashers' favorite piece of gossip. While it was true that most Zelda games seemed to portray a relationship between the two, this Link and Zelda were actually technically not a couple. And by technically, Link knew that Zelda had feelings for him, and he thought he had feelings for her but didn't want something like a committed relationship distracting him, either from his duties or the tournament. At the most, one could say the two were intensely good friends. In fact, Zelda was probably the single Smasher Link spent the most time with, his younger self coming in second and his fellow swordsmen Marth and Roy coming in third. He sighed and said, "We're just friends. I don't see why so many of you guys are obsessed with the thought that the two of us are a couple. I mean, there's nothing between us!" Suddenly, a thought occurred to Link. Why would Samus ask this question? She never gossiped like the other Smashers. Sure, she knew about the rumor with Dr. Mario, but that wasn't gossip. That was possible fact. Could Samus be interested in him? Link began to blush slightly as he looked at her. Sure, she was hot, but Link wasn't interested in a relationship with anyone. Still, he wasn't sure he could muster up the courage to turn Samus down. Suddenly, Samus spoke up and said something that surprised Link.

"You should really think about you and Zelda. She cares quite a bit about you. She told me once. If I were you, I would think about what's important in your life. You and Zelda are younger than me, so I can say this with certainty: You may think that a relationship would only distract you, but sometimes the thing that can really distract you is the loneliness. I'm going in. You better get ready for your fight," Samus said. She then got up and went into the building. Link sat there dumbstruck for a few moments before heading back in. He would take Samus's words into consideration, but for now he would have to focus on his fight.

Link sat in the locker room and looked around. He noticed that the only other boxer there was the black-haired boxer that he had spoken with on the first day of the tournament. Dawning came across Link's mind. Never once had he seen any of the other fights. Never once had he asked what Little Mac looked like. And here he was, sitting in the locker room across from Little Mac, who had just wished him good luck two days ago.

"I was hoping I'd get to face you. In fact, I got really excited about what you could do after I saw your fight with Soda Popinski. That Triforce Punch of yours...it was one sweet move. Not to mention that jumping punch you did. I don't think I've ever seen a boxer do that. Ever," Little Mac said as he looked at Link.

Link just stuttered, "I knew you were called Little Mac, but I wasn't expecting...someone so young."

"I'm seventeen. How old are you?" the black-haired boxer replied.

"Er, nineteen. You just look so young. I would have guessed you were only fifteen or sixteen," the dumbfounded Hylian said.

"Link! Little Mac! To the ring!" the referee shouted.

Little Mac looked up as his opponent and said, "Good luck!" He then got up and started heading to the ring. Link got up and quickly followed him.

"Good luck to you too," Link whispered. He wasn't sure if Mac had heard him, but he could have swore he heard a small chuckle escape from the boxer's lips.

Samus stood waiting in Link's corner. "Alright Link, this is it. Doc Louis wouldn't tell me anything about Little Mac, just that the kid is undefeated. However, I asked some of the other boxers. And by other boxers, I mean Soda Popinski. He was pretty impressed by how you took him down, so he told me that you should watch out for Mac's jumping uppercut. Apparently, it's his signature move that he uses to take his opponents down. He's not a big guy either, so he'll probably use similar tactics to you. So just block and counter when you can. Careful Link," Samus said.

The two boxers moved to the center of the ring. They didn't even pay attention to the ref's clean fight comment. They just stared at each other. Finally, without a word they raised gloves and punched each other's hand in a symbolic gesture. The two fighters then backed off from each other and got into their ready stances. As soon as the fight began, it was a flurry of punches. Left, right, left, right, punch after punch came from both opponents. Gloves were flying, sometimes colliding in the air, both fighters in the middle of a punch. Blow after blow they rained on each other. Link ducked, dodged, and gave a left hook. Little Mac blocked, and used a right jab. Link took the hit in the shoulder and countered with a right jab of his own. Ducking, punching, blocking, jabbing, sidestepping, the fight just went on. Then Link thought he saw an opening. He pulled back his left hand, and it began to glow gold. However, Little Mac saw this. To Link, the whole thing almost happened in slow motion. Mac crouched down, and then launched himself into the air, bringing his fist past Link's defenses and landing it squarely on the Hylian's jaw. The blow carried Link upwards for a second before he came crashing back to the mat. Pain shot through his body and he knew one thing. He was defeated. He hadn't even heard the ref begin counting, and yet now he could hear the numbers.

"...9...10! KO! Little Mac wins!" the ref announced. Link blacked out.

Moments later, Link's eyes opened. He was back in the hotel room on his bed. He sat up and noticed that Kirby, Pikachu, Dr. Mario, Doc Louis, Samus, and Little Mac were all around his bed.

"Nice try Link, but you got creamed!" Kirby said as he began to laugh. This caused Link to throw his boxing glove at Kirby.

"What happened?" the Hylian asked.

"Little Mac took you out with his Jumping Uppercut. You lost and blacked out. I carried you back to the hotel room. The Little Mac and Doc Louis came here. I told Mac about his invitation and he said he wasn't going to say anything until you woke up," Samus explained.

Link then looked over to Little Mac, who appeared glad. "Link, that was one of the best fights of my career. You're the hardest opponent I've faced since Mike Tyson and Mr. Dream. And if all of the Smashers are as tough as you, I would be honored to be invited to your tournament. You can count me as one of your candidates," the boxer said with a grin. Samus smiled. Pressing a button on her belt buckle, her Power Suit went from simple belt to full fledged Chozo battle armor. She pressed a button on the side of her suit and pulled out a metal square from a secret compartment in the waist. She pressed a button on it and it folded out into a suitcase. She opened it and pulled out a device that looked like an old-school Gameboy with the Smash Bros. logo on it.

"This device will be used to send you messages from Master Hand. It will also allow you to contact Master Hand if you want a tour of the Smash Bros. facilities, including the luxurious Smash Mansion were all Smashers live. Please don't loose this," Samus said as she handed it to Little Mac, who looked at it and smiled.

Suddenly, Dr. Mario spoke up. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have something to give Link that should make him feel better," he said as he pulled out a purple and orange Megavitamin.

"No thanks! I got my own stuff," Link said. He pressed a button on his watch and his clothing turned back into his familiar green tunic and hat. He reached into his tunic and pulled out a bottle of milk. Link took a swig of it, and instantly he felt better. He noticed half of the bottle was still full, so he returned the milk to his tunic for later. Link jumped out of his bed and stood up. "What's our next mission?" he asked his second in command.

Dr Mario grumbled and put the strangely colored Megavitamin back into his lab coat, which he had put back on as soon as he reached the hotel room. Samus then pressed a few buttons on her arm canon and said, "Looks like another easy mission. We're off to a place called Sinnoh."

Pikachu's eyes lit up as he began to shout, "Pikachu! Pika pika! Pika pikachu!"

"Yes Pikachu, it's one of the may continents in Pokemon world. We're apparently recruiting a new Pokemon. Must be why Pikachu was sent with us," Samus said.

"Alright then! Let's not delay then! It's off to Sinnoh!" Link said.

Samus nodded and turned to Little Mac. "Don't forget to check out for us. I gave you the keys," she said. Little Mac nodded. Then, the boxer and his trainer left the room. Samus pressed a button, and the five watches began to glow. The beeping noise began again. For some reason, Link could have swore he heard a computerized voice say, "Adaption mode activated." Then the bright rainbow colored light engulfed the Smashers and they were gone.

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The sun shone brightly ahead as five beings suddenly teleported into the middle of a field in Sinnoh.

"Looks like we've arrived safely," Samus said.

"Awesome! We're back in Pokemon world!" a voice that sounded vaguely familiar to Link said.

Link closed his eyes and felt the sunlight on his skin. It felt good. His tail began to twitch in enjoyment. Suddenly, Link froze. Tail!? Since when did he have a tail!? Link looked down and saw that he now had green skin. Turning around, he saw behind him was a green tail that looked like it may have been a plant. He panicked and shouted, "Samus!" However, he somehow knew that wasn't want everyone else heard. Team Revolution turned around to where their leader should be. Oddly enough, all they saw was a Treecko in a miniature version of Link's outfit there.

"Cool!" the voice Link had heard earlier said, which Link now realized belonged to Pikachu.

"What happened to me?" Link said. Or at least that's how he understood it. All everyone else heard was, "Tree, treecko treecko!"

Samus shook her head and said, "I think we have a problem."

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MUAHAHAH! I ended it on a cliffhanger! How evil of me! Don't worry, next chapter will explain why Link is now a Treecko. But that still means you have to wait! Muahahahaha!

By the way, I just want to tell you guys ahead of time that for the most part I'm going to avoid any romance in this fic. The one scene was my way of quashing anybody's hopes for a SamusxLink pairing, and while I may occasionally touch upon the idea of LinkxZelda, I'm not going to do anything concrete.

My last little thing I'm going to say is this: Boy this is a long chapter! 15 pages on Word Perfect! The first two chapters were only 5 pages! I guess the whole three day tournament thing just leant it well to a long chapter. Next time I start to get a long chapter like this, I may just divide it into smaller segments and turn it into separate chapters. Or I may not. I kind of like longer chapters.

So with all that said, all I can say is please review! Reviews make me all warm and fuzzy feeling!