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Chapter 24

Tabuu, Toon Link, and (more) Trouble

As the five of them went up into the stands to see the fight, Firestar asked Mario something he'd been wondering for a while. "Who exactly is Tabuu? The guy Taebus mentioned?"

"Well, you know Scourge," Mario said. "Tabuu is Scourge with more power. The only reason Tabuu needs Scourge is because he was weakened badly by his battle with us, the Super Smash Brothers. Before he came to us, he was capable of killing a group of people just by flapping wings that appeared from nowhere. I admittedly thought he was dead until you told us what Taebus said. And, considering Taebus is almost never wrong- and when he is, it's only about minor things- I'd say we should listen to him."

"Well, how did you meet Taebus?" Graystripe asked.

"That's a long story," Mario said.

"Oddly enough, it's the same story as how we met Tabuu," Luigi commented. "And a few others."

"This is changing the subject," Firestar said as they climbed up, "but are we basically heading up to see a couple of people fight, not in a brawl?"

"Yeah," Zelda said. "It's almost more exciting than normal brawling." As she said this, she opened a door and walked through, holding it open for the others.

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On walking in, they saw a group of other smashers, including Link, Ganondorf, Meta Knight, Bowser, and a bunch of others standing around watching the fight in the middle of the room. Mario, Luigi, Zelda, Firestar, and Graystripe stood to the side to watch. Toon Link currently had Lucario pinned to the ground. As they watched, he began speaking.

"You want to know how I got these scars?" he asked, gesturing at his face.

You don't have any scars, you lunatic! Lucario said, looking around at him. Firestar and Graystripe leaned forward to check: Lucario was right.

Ignoring this fact completely, Toon Link started talking again. "My friend, Link, was a great sword-maker," he said.

"You made swords, Link?" Luigi asked, looking at Link.

"No, I just use them," Link said, looking down at the two.

Once again ignoring the facts, Toon Link continued. "So one day, a green-skinned, red-haired man comes in to ask Link to make the best sword that had ever been made, offering a very good price."

Everyone turned to look at Ganondorf. "Hey, even if I did ask for a sword from him," Ganondorf said, giving a short nod in Link's direction, "I wouldn't pay him for it."

"Naturally, Link couldn't resist it," Toon Link went on, still ignoring them. "He made a sword so good that it came to be known as the Master Sword."

"Likes teh Master Hand?" said a voice. Looking around, everyone noticed Crazy sitting there.

"You gonna stop Toon Link?" Ganondorf said, hoping not.

"Nah, it too fun!" Crazy said happily.

Continuing, Toon Link said, "Anyways, the day after it was finnished, the green-skinned, red-haired man came in and asked for the sword, but at one-one thousandth of the original price."

"Now that sounds more like Ganondorf," Graystripe commented in Firestar's ear. Firestar nodded, smiling a little.

"Naturally," Toon Link continued, "Link refused. Without a word, the green-skinned man took out his sword and slashed him through the heart. Of course, this made me a little angry, and, completely ignoring the fact that he was going to be reincarnated exactly as he was before upwards of eight dozen times before the goddesses even considered letting him die for good, I jumped forward and challenged him to a duel."

"Wait, you have a sword, Ganondorf?" Bowser asked, looking at Ganondorf.

"I lost, and even though he let me live, he gave me-"

The scars, I know, I know! Lucario shouted.

"No, he didn't give me any scars," Toon Link said, looking at him in confusion. "No, he knew I was due in court for speeding the next day, so he gave me some trouble by giving the judge twenty-seven 8x10 glossy photographs with circles and arrows all over and a paragraph on the back of each one, explaining what each one was, to be used as evidence against me. Or, at least, he tried. I pleaded guilty so that he wouldn't have a chance to use them."

"Would he do that?" Graystripe asked, looking at Link, who nodded.

"So, I had to pay a fine, and by this time, Link had been reincarnated, and was the exact same age he was when he died, and the red-skinned man gave up, gave me the pictures, and walked away. Unfortunately, as I walked back home, I tripped and got paper cuts on my face from a couple of the twenty-seven 8x10 glossy photographs with circles and arrows all over and a paragraph on the back of each one."

"Sorry to rain on your parade, Toon Link," Link said, "but I think I'd remember if any of this happened."

"Me too," Ganondorf said. "How is it that even when I win, I lose?"

"Maybe you're just that bad," Firestar commented. Ganondorf glared at him, but didn't do anything else.

Meanwhile, as soon as Toon Link had finished his story, Lucario had flipped over onto his back, and the mini-fight had continued. Suddenly, the Master Hand's voice echoed through the room. "All right, break it up, you two, break it up."

He floated over the crowd and landed next to the two, pushing them apart with his finger and thumb. Looking around at them all, he raised his voice, probably so everyone in the stands could hear. "I want everyone to go to the dining room immediately! I have an urgent announcement to make before we eat dinner!"

"Oh, what now?" Luigi asked as the five turned to leave, with Toon Link and Lucario following.

Well, it's probably not good, whatever it is, Lucario said. He had a worried aura around him.

"Well," Toon Link said, sounding not at all worried, "Master Hand can probably fix it. He built a lot of our technology IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!"

Oh, shut up, Lucario said, sounding a little tired. The five left them as they started shouting at each other.

"Did Master Hand really make most of your technology in a cave with a box of scraps?" Graystripe asked curiously.

"No, it's just another one of Toon Link's things," Luigi answered. "Anyways, it looks like we should hurry to the dining room. Toon Link is right: Master Hand is powerful, but Lucario was right too: if the Master Hand is worried about it, it can't be too good. Even when he heard about Tabuu starting to come back, he didn't sound too worried."

"His reaction would probably have been different if it had been news about Tabuu being back to his original power, though," Zelda commented.

"Oh, yes," Mario agreed.

"Why? You beat him once before, didn't you?" Firestar asked.

"That was only because we had help at exactly the moment we needed it, from Sonic, combined with an insane amount of sheer, dumb luck," Luigi said. "Master Hand actually died trying to fight him."

"What?" Firestar asked, looking confused.

"It's a long story," Zelda said. "We should probably just talk about it later. That's how we do it, that's how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far." It took her a couple seconds to realize what she'd just done; she looked at the others, looking embarrassed.

"You know," Luigi said, looking at her, "I think Zelda's starting to catch whatever Toon Link's got."

Well, that's all for now. Thanks to everyone who's reviewing, it means a lot. Just a couple of things before my usual last note. First, does anyone know if there's a limit on how many chapters a story can have? If there is, I'd really appreciate knowing it. Second, (another random question,) can anyone guess the references in the chapter? Just another random thing, to see if anyone will get it right. Anyways, please R&R, constructive criticism is fine, flaming is bad. Gamer4 out.