A Tale Of Two Brawlers
Chapter 2

Two Brawlers were walking through a place known as Port Town.

Zelda continued on towards her destination, and Pit followed behind her. Zelda sighed and turned towards the angel. "Why do you follow me?"

Pit smiled. "Well, you owe me some answers!"

Zelda stood haughtily. "I owe you nothing!"

Pit shrugged. "Well, maybe we're friends now."

Zelda sighed. "How would you get such a preposterous notion in your head?"

"Well, you spared my life! So we must be friends now!"

"No! Most certainly not!"

Pit shrugged again. "Well, maybe I feel that if I stick with you, there will come a time when I can save your life."

Zelda smiled slightly. "Well, if you feel indebted to me, than I give you permission to accompany me on my quest, angel."

Zelda started walking again, and Pit followed. "So, where are we going?"

"We are going to the Temple. It is a place that is very sacred to me. It is my home."

"Is it far away?"

Zelda nodded. "We must travel across a great distance. Much of the Smash land will be explored in the process."

"So, what's our first destination?"

Whatever Zelda was going to say was interrupted by someone screaming, "FALCON PUNCH!"

Pit and Zelda turned around, and someone moving at a fast speed came up and punched Zelda in the face, knocking her to the ground and on to a racetrack.

Pit turned on this mysterious assailant and notched an arrow. "Who are you?" he asked fiercely. He figured that if he distracted the assailant Zelda would have enough time to recover.

The mysterious opponent stood up tall. "I am Captain Falcon!"

Pit rolled his eyes. "Why did you attack Princess Zelda?"

"I am a bounty hunter! It's what I do!"

"So someone hired you to attack Zelda?"

Captain Falcon nodded. "Yes, that is what happened! And if you get in my way, I will attack you as well!"

Captain Falcon came running at the angel so fast that Pit almost got hit. Pit was able to move a second before Captain Falcon's fist came crashing down. Pit snuck a glance at the racetrack and Zelda was still laying down there. There was also a strange blinking light…

"Yah!" Pit called, shooting an arrow at Captain Falcon. Captain Falcon, though, was able to dodge it with no problem.

"Haha!" Captain Falcon laughed. "You cannot defeat an enemy that you cannot hit!"

Pit grimaced. Captain Falcon was right. He was about to say something back, but he heard a great rumbling, like many vehicles were coming rumbling down a racetrack.

Pit grew a look of horror on his face. A racetrack. He turned back to the racetrack and Zelda was still lying there – but now there were about a dozen racecars coming towards her.

"ZELDA!" Pit screamed, temporarily distracted.

This gave Captain Falcon the perfect time to strike. "HI-YAH!" he screeched as a powerful punch knocked Pit onto the ground, too far away from the racetrack.

But someone emerged onto the racetrack, snatched up Zelda, and took her to the opposite side just before the racecars would've struck her. The mysterious savior turned to Pit and called, "She'll be safe! Defeat the bounty hunter!"

Pit jumped back on his feet to see Captain Falcon racing towards him. Not sure of what to do next, Pit raised his shield – and Captain Falcon ran right into it. But instead of Pit getting knocked back, Captain Falcon was, ricocheting off of the shield.

"What-?" Captain Falcon asked, momentarily fazed.

"YAH!" Pit cried, kicking Captain Falcon off of his feet.

"NO!" Captain Falcon screeched as he was flying through the air. He landed amidst the racecars, and than his screams stopped.

Once the racecars were gone, there was no sign of Captain Falcon's body.

Zelda's savior carried her safely across, back to Pit. The savior was a boy with blue hair and blue armor, carrying a sword. He laid Zelda safely on the ground, and said to Pit, "Here is your princess."

Pit looked at the unconscious princess. "Who are you?" Pit asked.

The savior straightened. "I am Prince Marth of Altea. I am a Smasher."

Pit grinned. "Thank goodness for you saving Zelda!" But his grin soon faded. "How is it that you were here at the exact moment to save her?"

Marth shrugged. "I'd been following Captain Falcon for some time now. He led me here, and than to you two."

Zelda started stirring, and Pit said, "Marth, thanks for all your help. I'm not sure how many more opponents Zelda will meet in the future, so I'd like to ask you to accompany us on her quest."

Marth seemed to consider this. "All right, I guess I'll accompany you. Zelda seems like an important figure, especially if she's a princess. If someone hired Captain Falcon to get her, there must be others out there as well. You might need me. I'm in."

Zelda opened her eyes, and Pit helped her to her feet. "So, Pit, who is this… and what happened?" she asked.

Pit and Marth exchanged a look before beginning to tell the princess what had happened.