THIS IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER YET!!

And the last one for ten days.

I only own Gwin.

The restaurant was different than it had been during former Smash Bros events.

It sat on a tall hill looking over a river. There had been a park between the Restaurant and the river but this year they had bought the park and now customers could eat at benches and picnic tables on the hill.

I sat alone at one of the picnic tables, Ike had asked Zelda before I could get the chance, she had offered for me to sit with them but I had declined.

So while I sat silently looking at the river, they were in the building, probably chatting away.

A local girl, who had introduced herself as Elly, and whose features were remarkably round compared to mine had sat down on the other side of the table shortly after I had collided with it and nearly knocked it over from running downhill and not paying attention.

"So what brings you here?" she asked, while my mouth was full of food.

"I believe it is a collaboration of dates set up by a couple of the girls." I answered after swallowing.

"Hmm, so what's your name? Are you new here? Did you hear about the concert tonight?"

"I'm Link. And-"

"You mean like Zelda Link?!"

"...Yes?"

"So you're here for the Smash bros tournament! Cool! Anyway, continue."

"I don't live here, though I have toured the town a couple of times while here. No, I haven't."

I took another bite of food as she chattered on.

"Cool, well if you haven't this year then you should, if you've ever been to the art shop then you should go sometime, they've got tons of cool new stuff this year, it's awesome."

I nodded and swallowed, "What's the place named?"

"Elfin treasures. The concert is a local band, it's a mix between folk music, Irish music and rock."

I nodded.

A while after I had finished my meal and she had explained everything that was necessary to know about the town, a few people started to set up equipment on the opposite shore of the river.

"Hey Link, you should go get some of your friends, I could help you if you'd like, I know what you all look like."

Elly stood up without an answer and ran up the hill to retrieve other smashers.

V

Dinner with Ike was pretty nondescript.

He was nice, seeming loud to me, though he probably spoke as often as a normal person, I just was so used to Link's silence.

Peach had managed to get Mei Ling's guy, whom I noticed when the crowd had drifted towards the shoreline to watch the concert.

I chose to drift over to the sidelines, near a small shrubbery garden that had pretty much everything but Lilacs in it.

The bench that sat in the exact center of the garden had a bouquet of the purple flowers resting on it. I smiled, hoping that it wasn't an intrusion, and sat on the bench, picking up the bouquet and smelling it.

After smelling my fill of pretty flowers and satiating my eye's hunger for pretty, I left the garden, leaving the lilacs.

The shore was filled with dancers, all doing a different step, none of which I recognized from Hyrule.

The music was odd, I didn't really like the alien sound of it. It appeared that I was alone in my opinion, anyone who wasn't dancing was sitting down and bobbing their head or showing some form of approval.

I decided to get some dessert while the chaos continued and walked lithely up the path back to the building.

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that Peach's plan had worked, Mei Ling was dancing with the fellow, a look of euphoria lighting up her face.

V

Samus had figured out that Peach was still helping her.

While everyone who gave a (censored) was out at dinner she was pacing in one of the living rooms (the one that no one used) and muttering profanities to herself that I could hear anyway.

"Look at it this way," I said, leaning against the back of the outdated couch, "she did get you two close together."

The bounty hunter in blue scowled at me, I smiled sarcastically.

"I'm going to shoot her. I will. I really will."

"You know what, I support you, the universe could use a little less Peach."

She looked shocked. Then caught on my reverse psychology.

"Why didn't Zelda stop her?" she asked. Probably talking to herself.

"Just throw her into the tar as well I guess." I mumbled.

She ignored me, "I don't even like him! And anyway, he's too old for me."

"Yes, just keep telling yourself that darling."

I heard the door open upstairs.

"Well I'm going to let you simmer for a bit, will you try not to destroy anything?"

She didn't answer, I left the room.

Snake had returned, oh how charming.

"Did the fruit princess send you?" I asked, menace swirling around my words.

"No, I finished eating and came back."

"To get some practice in?"

He headed down the hallway towards the stairwell, probably intending to use one of the lower level training rooms.

I misted in front of him (if you don't know what that is, it's okay, you don't need to.) And held my hand up, he paused.

"Yes?"

"Samus is down there, Peach kind of P--ed her off. She probably think you're in on it. May I suggest another room? Maybe one of the nice new ones that is on this story of the building?"

He walked past me and down the stairs.

I zoomed down the stairs.

Samus, proving me right, was about to stun the foolish legionnaire, I ducked in front of him just in time to feel the ridiculous sensation of electricity run through me.

"G--z Samus, he didn't even know what was going on. Man, did you really want him to spend a --ing week in the hospital?!"

I flicked her on the head and she freaked out in a way that I would have never guessed she could.

About an hour or so later people began returning, Samus had settled down and Snake and I had started a game of chess.

Blondie in blue saw Peach while pacing, she had to be tired by now, and stormed off to her room.

The powder-puff princess looked at me stupidly and asked "What?"

I didn't reply and delivered a kill-move or whatever it's called, winning the game.

"Good game." I mumbled and went to my room.

V

"WHY DID YOU LET HER DO THIS!?" Samus yelled at me, adding a few other things then storming away.

I sat down at my bed and felt my face heating up.

Peach walked in and asked what she had missed.

"A lot of stuff." I whispered, trying to sound poisonous, but my voice broke.

I shoved past her and ran headlong into Gwin who, seeing my face, hugged me and guided me to a nearby room, probably hers, and set me down on the bed.

I started sobbing into her shoulder and she just patted me on the back, I later learned that she wasn't very used to crying people and felt just as awkward as I would, had I been thinking about it.

After a few uncomfortable words of comfort, a cup of cocoa and a good long cry, I felt better than I had in a long time. Gwin was apparently happy too, she told me that she had, for once in her life, actually helped a friend.

We agreed to give Samus her space for a few days, and I left the room to go to bed.

can I has reviews pleaze?

Thank you for those of you who've read it thus far, I really apprieciatepsp? it.

Maybe next um... Friday I think? there will be a fresh new chapter.
Err, sorry about any confusing stuff in the story...