Author's Note:

Didn't know this until recently, but it's Donkey Kong's 40th anniversary! A lot of video game anniversaries this year, huh? I could've done a Donkey Kong chapter if I had known about the anniversary earlier, but it is what it is. Let's see what reviews I got this time:

"This might be too much to ask, but are there plans to have an NBA Finals chapter, since this time the finals won't have LeBron or GSW?"

Ah, yes, the first NBA Finals since 2010 to not have LeBron OR Steph...depending on how the series goes, I might have enough time to do a nod or reference. This anonymous review is in response to Underdog Emiya's review, about a lacking of "smashing" in Smash Life:

"My theory is, since the episodes usually took place on Fridays (sometimes on Thursdays or Saturdays too), I'm guessing that the Smash fights were held on either on Wednesdays or Sundays, since there's a Movie Monday and Taco Tuesday held in the mansion, so that leaves Wednesday and Sunday. And I think Sunday makes more sense, since it's Sunday and all? Is this right, Mr. CG01?"

Smashing on Sunday would make a ton of sense. It even rhymes, too! On to The Reader:

"You know, since The Turks had recurring appearances, do you think you can have Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine on recurring appearances, too? Since they appeared to watch over the residents in the 2019 Halloween episode, and nothing came out of it. Are they onto something spicy?"

That would be a possibility, just to have them serve as the Turks' foil - and also investigate the group as well. The Turks will appear again soon, so Jill and Chris might show up then. And last but not least, David.

"Since Dante is now in the Smash Mansion, will Vergil, Nero, Lady, Trish, Lucia, and Nico pop up once in a while? Does Dante now have his attire from DMC5 or does he still have his DMC2 attire? Have you included a reference to the Minecraft Creepypasta Herobrine? Is Steve gonna stop with his Impa obsession? An Astral Chain redux chapter in the future? And finally, which Switch games are you anticipating to see coming out this July?"

Yes! He has his DMC5 attire. Haven't done a reference to the Minecraft Creepypasta Herobrine. Steve may stop by the end of the arc, or sooner. I have plans to do an Astral Chain redux, just to redeem myself from the chapter I wrote in 2019. And the Switch games I'm looking forward to this month are Skyward Sword (one of my favorite Zelda games, now in HD) and maybe Neo: The World Ends With You. Imagine if the Neo characters are in the next Kingdom Hearts game...


Episode 290: Lice

As a stay-at-home mom, Krystal had a lot on her plate in regards to raising her son. She had to handle most of the parenting duties - feeding Marcus, changing Marcus' diaper, playing with Marcus, and even stomaching through a baby-centric program on TV just to keep her son placated.

Of course, when your husband was one of the authority figures of a record label named Star Records, the parenting duties were more pronounced. And so with Fox helping an idol singer with their newest project, or overseeing the latest episode of Force Five, the duties just kept piling on for Krystal. It wouldn't be a reach to say that Krystal was feeling stressed.

With Fox away from home at the moment, and with Anna being the only other company that she had, Krystal felt more stressed than ever. The vixen didn't trust Anna enough to take care of Marcus, so she only put more on her plate and made her even more stressed in the process. So much so, that there was a bit of negative energy permeating in the McCloud household.

"Good morning, Krystal," Anna greeted the vixen, who passed through the kitchen without saying a single word. Very uncharacteristic of Krystal. "I said, good morning, Krystal?"

"What?" Krystal snapped on Anna, giving the merchant a face that looked as if the vixen was going through some stuff. Which she kinda was.

"Oh, sorry, Krystal. Yikes." Knowing that it was wise not to bother Krystal, Anna backed off as she continued with making her breakfast.

Krystal: Fox has been spending a week in Spokane and I'm not going to lie, it's been challenging. Yesterday, things took a turn for the worse. I found out Marcus has lice. So I was up all night disinfecting every sheet, towel, toy, item of clothing in the entire house. I'm exhausted. But don't tell Fox. He and Falco have a huge meeting today, under a lot of pressure and he's doing it all for the family. But not the one at his house, mind you. His other family.


Fox: Falco and I have been meeting with Gex today, famed lizard and one of our personal heroes. We're having negotiations with him for future Star Records projects. But I have to be careful not to rub it in Krystal's face because let's be honest, how would I feel if I was at home stuck with Marcus while she was go-carting with John Stamos?

Before he could embark on his important meeting with his "personal hero" Gex, Fox first had to call Krystal and see how his wife was handling things. He knew how much parental stress Krystal was under, being the only parent at home with Anna being no help at all.

"You sound tired," Fox spoke with Krystal on the phone, conducting his phone conversation on a street in Spokane. "Is everything okay?"

"Great. Everything's great," assured Krystal, although the sullen tone of her voice seemed to strongly suggest otherwise. "Hey, are you nervous about your big meeting?"

"Uhh, a little bit. It's a lot of pressure, you know since Gex is kind of a big deal." Fox could literally feel Krystal rolling her eyes when he said that.

"Fox, limo's here," Falco called out to the pilot, as he pointed this thumb back at the limousine that rolled up to the curb.

"Uh, you know what, I gotta hop off because my, uh, taxi is here to take me and Falco to the meeting."

"Oh, call me later!" Krystal said to Fox, knowing better than to keep the phone call going on when Fox had some important matters to handle. "Good luck!"

"Thanks!"

"Love you."

"Love you too. Bye."


If you might recall, Ganondorf had some romantic feelings for Rosalina - and those feelings were reciprocated by Rosalina. You could say that the two were in love, and it was a best-kept secret at the mansion. But as time went on, the magic between the demon lord and the mother of Lumas wasn't the same as it used to be. Ganondorf felt like he reached a point where he felt like...gasp...severing his relationship with Rosalina, and move on.

"How are you doing?" Rosalina asked Ganondorf, as she encountered the demon lord in the foyer. Ganondorf, sitting on a couch, was looking down at the floor as he let out a sigh.

"Alright," replied Ganondorf, as Rosalina felt the demon lord's pain and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "I mean, it's what you want, so..."

"It's how it has to be."

"I know, I know. It's just hard."

Ganondorf: Rosalina and I were going nowhere and since things between us are dead in the water, I'm going to need my freedom back. So, I convinced Rosalina to break up with me. I found a way to do it. You say, "What are you going to do, break up with me?" Like it's a joke, and then you gain a lot of weight.

"I'll never be sorry, not for a moment of it," said Ganondorf as he stood up from the couch, looking at Rosalina as he sucked up his pride.

"Me neither. Come here," Rosalina beckoned to Ganondorf with open arms, as she hugged the demon lord. Ganondorf wrapped his arms around Rosalina, smiling behind her back.


Escaping from the rigors of single parenthood, Krystal escaped to the mansion's gaming room for some much-needed comfort. The vixen was lying on a couch, resting her worries away as she heard her stomach growling.

"Hey Shantae, I need you to grab me a snack from the vending machine," Krystal called out to the half-genie, who was trying to mind her own business. Shantae groaned; she already had to give Krystal a bottle of water a few moments ago.

"My goodness, will you stop your nagging already?" Shantae frowned at Krystal, not liking the way that she was being treated. Especially as one of the newer folks living at the mansion. "No wonder Fox left you."

"He didn't leave me. He's just out of town for the time being." Krystal noticed Shantae scratching her head, and it was of slight concern to the vixen and several others in the gaming room. "Can you give me a snack, please?"

"If you really want one, sure." Shantae left the gaming room, as she continued to scratch her head. Krystal was looking to the side, hoping that she wasn't in any way responsible.

Krystal: I'm sure she's just confused. People scratch their heads when they're confused. Not always like an ape, the way Shantae just did, but it happens.


Because he intended to get rid of the RWBY gang in the previous episode, Hunter was forced by Mario to undergo some counseling. Mario didn't have to look far and wide for a counselor, for he found one at the mansion in Tom Nook. Tom Nook had plenty of counseling experience under his belt, so he was the right man to make Hunter put his grudge with the RWBY gang behind him.

"What's something that you..." Tom Nook started his counseling session with Hunter, which took place in the tanuki's room. Had it looking professional, with a comfy chair for Hunter to sit on. Hunter would cut off Tom Nook as he sighed.

"This is the worst! You are the worst!" the cheetah shouted as he angrily stood up and pointed in Tom Nook's face. "I hate looking at your face! I wanna smash it!"

Hunter: Okay, you know what? I made a mistake. I almost got away with murder. My bad. It's over. It's done. But my punishment is...um... worse than I've ever imagined. My counselor is a perpetually high raccoon guy.

Tom Nook: Hunter has been assigned six hours of mandatory counseling with a trained professional. I actually have a minor's degree in social work. I mean, I know a lot of people would ask a few standard questions, and check off a few boxes, but I've got a chance to do some good here.

"I know what you want to ask me," Hunter said to Tom Nook, now acting more tranquil as he sat back down in his comfy chair. "'Did your mom ever see you naked?' I'll have you know that my mom's seen me naked my entire life!"

"We can do this with more privacy," suggested Tom Nook, not wishing to ask about Hunter's nakedness. Even though Hunter was pretty much naked all of the time.

"So you can molest me? Oh, okay. I don't think so. We're going to leave the blinds open so everyone can see what a big failure of a counselor you are. That's the key."


Mario wanted to make up to the RWBY gang for Hunter's actions, and he knew the best way to do it...by taking them to a local mall, so they could treat themselves. The plumber took Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang to a mall, giving them the freedom to shop till they dropped. Or go window shopping, if they chose to. Zelda and Impa tagged along - but only because Impa wished to keep her distance from Steve.

"Whatever's in-a this mall, you are free to buy," Mario explained to Ruby and friends as he led them through the mall. Impa and Zelda were following closely behind. "Spend-a as much as you like!"

"So this means we can buy this fountain?" Yang asked Mario as she ran over to a fountain in the middle of the mall, staking her claim as she placed her hand on it. Mario frowned and shook his head. "Hey, I'm just going by what you said..."

"This is a nice break from our daily wedding planning, I suppose," Zelda discussed with Impa, as Yang walked away from the fountain. "Cloud finally being onboard should ease our workload going forward."

"Told you ladies that he would be the right fit," a slightly vindicated Impareplied, while also being grateful that Link came around with Cloud. As the two ladies kept on walking, Steve poked his head out from a mall plant.

"You can run, Impa...but you cannot hide," the craftsman said in a somewhat creepy tone - although creepy wasn't the best way to describe him. Steve was purely a man of class.


Shantae would come through for Krystal, grabbing a snack for the vixen from the vending machine room. The half-genie was still scratching her head when she returned to the gaming room, and Kairi and Fiora had to inspect her.

"Hurry up already," Shantae said to Kairi and Fiora, as Krystal was sheepishly looking on as guilt began to build up inside of her.

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing," Fiora assured Shantae as she and Kairi plucked out the half-genie's hair for lice. "Between my old residence and this mansion, I had lice 22 times."

"Oh my, that's a big one," remarked Kairi as she plucked out a large lice insect from Shantae's hair. "Alright, everyone, don't freak out - we got lice!"

"Shantae, lice, really?" Viridi frowned at the half-genie, thinking of her to be some kind of bad omen already. Krystal was feeling all sorts of bad. "Did you not sign a pledge to shower?"

"What? Lice?" inquired Link as he and Cloud entered the gaming room, overhearing the bedlam from the hallway. "Oh, Hylia. Someone tell Master Hand to lock the doors, we are in full quarantine."

"Link, relax, it's just lice," Cloud did his best to calm the Hylian, as Krystal found herself siding with the swordsman. "Maybe, possibly."

"Just lice, Cloud?" Link gave Cloud a skeptical glance, as Krystal nervously looked on while biting her nails. What if she had to do with Shantae's lice problem?

Futaba: Of all of the disgusting bugs on this earth, lice are the ones I hate the most. On my first day of school, I had lice, and no one would play with me. For years, they called me a freak and four eyes and sci-fi nerd and boy puncher. All because I had lice when I was 7.

"Make way, nope, inspect me," Link said Kairi and Fiora as he pushed his way through his fellow residents, en route to the two ladies. Link took off his hat, and Kairi and Fiora inspected the Hylian's scalp for any signs of lice.

"Oh, this is the cleanest scalp I've ever seen," Fiora said to Link, who looked relieved as he placed his hat back on his head. You are all clear."

"Should be. I use shampoo every morning. And just as a slight precaution..." Link took out a bottle of disinfectant and sprayed it on some of the others. The residents begged Link to stop.

"Next!" shouted Kairi, as Viridi was next in line to have her scalp examined. Viridi's hair had fully grown back in about a year after she drank that hair loss potion from Ashley; she couldn't afford to lose it all again.

"Geez Shantae, you know, this is a mansion not one of your bean bag orgies," Viridi frowned at the half-genie, still thinking of her as a bad omen. Shantae was feeling down, and Krystal took it upon herself to defend her.

"Alright, let's give her a break," Krystal stood up for Shantae as she addressed everyone in the gaming room, wanting her guilt to go away. "We don't know for sure this is Shantae's fault."

"Krystal, really? Come on," Ike shook his head at the vixen; Krystal felt defeated as she sat back down on the couch, keeping to herself.

"Hey, what do you want?" questioned Shantae, who was receiving all of the blame for bringing lice to the mansion. "I know who I am. Nobody's taken Shantae to the opera to meet the queen."

"Lice. More lice," confirmed Kairi, as Viridi shrieked in disgust. That poor goddess of nature might be losing her luscious hair again. "Viridi has lice."

"Ewwww, gross!" exclaimed an extremely grossed-out Viridi, scratching her head profusely as she walked away. It was Doc Louis' turn to have his head inspected, as the boxing trainer went over to Kairi and Fiora.

"Ooh, lice!" exclaimed Fiora, as Doc Louis grumbled and walked away. Krystal went over to Fiora and Kairi to have her head inspected next. "Yikes, you have lice as well."

"No! How? I'm so clean!" wondered Krystal, as the guilt building up inside of her was reaching an all-time high. The vixen walked away, as Ike was next in line to have his head inspected.

"Oh yeah, big-time lice. We got ourselves an infestation..."

Ike: I wash my hands at least six times a day. Toilet seat covers? Yes, even when I pee. Apparently, none of that is protection enough. Not when it comes to the new guys, like Shantae.


Kamui was walking through the mansion when she passed by Tom Nook's room, with the door creaked slightly open. The princess took a peek inside the room and saw Tom Nook with Hunter.

"I'd like you to imagine a place where you feel very peaceful," Tom Nook said to Hunter, who tried to relax but just couldn't bring himself to do it. "For me, it's the walk from the yogurt shop to the mansion with Timmy and Tommy."

Kamui: I'm glad Hunter is getting help. He has a lot of issues, and he's stupid.


When he wasn't handling business, Kazuya was often seen stopping by Cafe Leblanc for some of Pit and Joker's (but mainly Joker's) curry. The businessman was sitting at the cafe counter enjoying his curry, while Pit poured him a cup of tea.

"A cup of tea, for the bossman himself!" Pit said to Kazuya after he poured him his cup of tea. Kazuya smiled in appreciation. "Drink up!"

"Much appreciated," Kazuya thanked Pit, who immediately went back to making some curry. Kazuya sipped from his cup of tea, very much delighted by the taste and aroma. "You run a fine coffee shop, Joker."

"What can I say, I learned from the best," replied Joker, giving credit to Sojiro Sakura as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "I know a thing or two about running a business."

"Yes, I can tell. I trust your business acumen more than that peon Ice Climber..." And would you know it, Popo entered the cafe with Lloyd, right after Kazuya was done speaking.

"The trick to delivering food is to know your people," Lloyd offered these tips to Popo, whom Kazuya was frowning at. Kazuya kept frowning as Popo and Lloyd sat at the counter. "In some cases, you might have to go full Chris Hansen on them."

"Go full Chris Hansen on them?" Popo raised an eyebrow, as Kazuya was shaking his head at the Ice Climber...and Lloyd as well. "Are you saying that the people I will deal with might be members of the fighting game community?"

"No! What I'm saying is, you'll have to interrogate people if you wanna sell your stuff. If they show any indifference, then take them home...or something."

"Okay, you're really making it seem like I'm going to be dealing with child predators every day. Can I just be nice and cordial?"

"You could, but that won't win people over. You have to pull other tricks out of your bag if you wanna make a profit."

"Popo sure is learning a lot from Lloyd," Pit said to Kazuya as he watched the conversation between Popo and Lloyd. Kazuya shook his head in disagreement. "Lloyd's delivery service was a huge success!"

"Don't know how..." grumbled Kazuya as he took a sip from his curry. Lloyd running a successful food delivery service still sounded like a fairy tale to him.


Link knew that he couldn't let a lice outbreak happen within the mansion, so he had to nip the situation in the bud. The Hylian went to one of the closets in the hallway and pulled out a hazmat suit as he put it on.

"Link, what are you wearing?" Cloud asked his friend, encountering him in the hallway just after he put on the hazmat suit. Link turned around and saw Cloud, along with Adeleine.

"It's a Hazmat suit," Link explained to Cloud, astonished that his best friend had never seen a Hazmat suit before. "That stands for hazardous materials men's suit-wearing. I think. If you rent more than four times a year, it just makes sense to buy. Is there anyone else in the mansion that is lice-free?"

"Just did a quick check-around - no lice anywhere. Must be a problem only in the gaming room."

"Excellent! We'll just have the gaming room quarantined only, then. Do you have your own hazmat suits?"

"I think I'm too small to wear a hazmat suit," responded Adeleine, as Link took the painter's answer as a resounding no. He knew that Cloud would say no, it was inevitable."

"Renters. Okay Cloud, I'm gonna need you to gather up all the wedding assistants, retreat to the basement, and conduct business there until the infected have been deloused. Let's get going. I'm gonna stay here and fight. If you don't hear from me by lunch, call me. I might want lunch."


"Uh...what was your favorite flavor of ice cream growing up?" Tom Nook asked Hunter, trying to understand the cheetah's personality. Hunter refused to answer, for he wondered what his favorite ice cream flavor had to do with anything.

"One hour, we've done one hour," said Hunter as he was looking at the clock. The cheetah started clapping his hands. "Let's just speed this up, okay? Keep it moving. I want to do all six hours today."

"Okay, I can't count the hour if you don't talk."

"No, no, no! I know my rights! All I had to do was sit here for six hours. Do my time."

"Hunter, it's up to me to check off the boxes, and I can't do that unless I honestly..."

"You know, do you have any idea how angry this is making me?

"Tell me!" Tom Nook was just dying to know, as he had his pen and notepad ready to go.

Tom Nook: I think we might be about to maybe really get somewhere.

Hunter: Yes, I will. I will talk alright. Be careful what you wish for, Tom Nook...


Cloud gathered up all the wedding assistants - Rex, Iris, Adeleine, Makoto, Haru, and Adeleine - and took them down to the basement so they could conduct their work in peace. Which would be hard already, since the Rabbids and the Creepers lived in the basement.

"Waluigi why are you here, you're not what Link would consider an assistant," Rex said to the lanky man, who tagged along with the swordsman as he went with the group down the basement stairs.

"Well, I'm part of the wedding band, so technically..." started Waluigi, only to stop when Cloud and company saw a certain demon lord in the basement, keeping to himself. It was Ganondorf, and he was brooding.

"Ganondorf?" Cloud uttered the demon lord's name, as Ganondorf was receiving assuring pats on the back by the Rabbids. "You look pretty sad. What's got you feeling down?"

"Rosalina and I...broke up," replied Ganondorf, as everyone except for Cloud gasped. Despite not gasping, Cloud was the most shocked since he knew about Ganondorf's love for Rosalina more than everyone present.

"You got dumped?" Iris asked Ganondorf, amazed that the demon lord was able to find love. The former champion always thought of Ganondorf as being ugly. Ganondorf solemnly nodded his head in response to Iris's question.

"Yes, she ended things. It was for the best." It was perhaps the saddest that anyone had ever seen Ganondorf, and it was quite alarming to see.

"Breakups are the worst," said Makoto as she sympathized with Ganondorf - something that she never thought she would ever do. "I remember when my sister Sae was going through a breakup. The only thing that got her through her breakup were large amounts of shepherd's pie and Brandy. The singer, not the drink."

"Here man," Waluigi offered Ganondorf a slice of chocolate cake that he got from the tower. Keep in mind that the chocolate cake was off-limits. "You need that more than me."

"Thanks, Waluigi," Ganondorf accepted the cake, even though he wasn't feeling too hungry at the moment. Heartbreak was eating him up inside.

"Yeah, man." Waluigi would kiss Ganondorf on the cheek, and Ganondorf had never felt so disgusted in his entire life. Even Cloud and Rex were cringing.


Until the lice problem was resolved, everyone that was in the gaming room was forced to quarantine. No one was allowed to enter or exit the room until further notice. All the while, Shantae was receiving the brunt of the blame for bringing lice to the mansion.

"Guys, I think we should all ease up on Shantae," Krystal stressed to the others, as she noticed how bummed out Shantae was. Not a single soul wanted to even be near the half-genie. "This has got to be hard for her."

"Oh no, I have not yet begun to shame," scowled Viridi as she had her arms folded; if the goddess of nature lost a lot of her hair, poor Shantae would never hear the end of it.

"That's it, I'm getting out of here," said Samurai Goroh, who was previously playing pool with Captain Falcon before the lice invaded, as he made a mad dash towards the gaming room exit. "I'm leaving for the day."

"No! Samurai Goroh!" Fiora called out to the samurai, as she and Kairi ran over to him and grabbed his arms to restrict his movement. "If you leave now and return to the tower, everyone over there will have the lice!"

"Get off me!" Samurai Goroh tried to push Fiora and Kairi away, but it was no use - the two ladies had a strong vice grip on the samurai's arms.

"We're trying to save you from yourself!" Kairi said to Samurai Goroh, as she and Fiora refused to let him leave. Samurai was a few feet away from the gaming room exit when he finally gave up resisting.

"Alright, I'll stay!" Satisfied with Samurai Goroh's decision, Kairi and Fiora both let go of the samurai. "I can free up Captain Falcon at pool once more."

Krystal: Maybe it was Shantae. Maybe she brought in lice that are totally different than the lice that I got from Marcus. So let's not jump to the simplest conclusion that she got her lice from me. That is how wars get started. *pauses* Fine, I'll tell her it was me.


Fox and Falco were riding in a limousine, and it was a pretty sweet ride. Plenty of snacks for the pilots to chow down on. The fun would soon come to an end, as the limousine finally reached its destination.

"Oh man, that's fresh-squeezed!" remarked Fox after he drank from a bottle of fruit punch. Hands down the best fruit punch he ever had. "And, uh are all the snacks complimentary?"

"Yeah, take some home if you want," replied the limo driver as he pulled up into a parking space, and parked the limousine.

"Oh no, that's okay." Fox shoved some snacks in his pockets, and Falco would do the same. Fox and Falco then got out of the limo and got a good look at the building they were standing in front of...and it was not what they expected.

"Um, I'm sorry, is this the conference center?" Falco asked the limo driver, who got out of the limousine. The building the pilots were standing in front of was definitely not a conference center.

"No, Gex called - said he'd rather meet you two at his private court," replied the limo driver, leaving the pilots impressed that Gex had a private basketball court to call his own. The legend of Gex was surely strong.

"You gotta be kidding me..." Falco didn't mind the change, and neither did Fox - getting to school Gex at basketball on his own court would be a dream come true for the pilots.


Hunter was bored out of his mind, as Tom Nook was asking mundane questions that he couldn't be bothered to answer. That's when the cheetah decided to shift the counseling service in his direction...and make things more fun.

"Tom Nook, can I really tell you anything?" Hunter asked the tanuki, having a few things that he needed to get off his chest.

"Of course!" Tom Nook happily replied, giving Hunter all the time in the world to say what was on his mind.

"Well, the other night, I was sitting in my room, eating my penis
I mean peas. That was weird. I don't even have a penis! I think that was...I was probed. By an alien life form. An A.L.F. Alf, you know, I might have actually been probed by Alf. You might think he's a puppet. You never see the lower half. But there is a lower half."


To avoid all the constant blame, Shantae kept to herself in a far corner of the gaming room. Wishing to make amends quickly, Krystal approached Shantae, who appeared to be doing something with her hair.

"Hey, Shantae, I need to tell you something," Krystal said to the half-genie, who turned around at the vixen. In Shantae's hand was a shaver.

"Yes, Krystal, what do you want?" asked Shantae as she was shaving her own head. The thought of the half-genie doing such a thing was inconceivable.

"Oh my goodness, Shantae what are you doing?!"

"Baking a cake, what does it look like I'm doing? I'm getting rid of the lice."

"Oh stop! I am so sorry! Please stop shaving, I beg of you..."

"Oh, can you hold that thought? That's my wax. You know, I think these critters migrated from down south. What were you saying?

"Nothing..." Being mindful of the jar of wax that was on the floor next to her feet, Krystal saved her confession for later as she walked away. The image of Shantae shaving her head was hard for the vixen to shake off.

Krystal: I am going to tell her, but now is clearly not the time. I will buy her a wig, we'll have a few laughs. There's a right way to do this.

Shantae: My hair grows back pretty easily, and I have plenty of magic hair gel to make sure that it does. I will be fine.


"...and I was raised by wolves," Hunter continued telling fake stories, as Tom Nook was forcing himself to listen. "I was 25 years old before I saw a human being in Avalar. Wait, is it a full moon tonight?" Hunter got up and howled, before growling like a werewolf.

"Come on Hunter, those are all fake stories," Tom Nook said to the cheetah, who stopped growling as he sat back down in his chair.

"Yes. They are all fake stories. What sort of twisted mind would come up with weird stories like that?" Hunter looked up, glancing at the clock on the wall. "Three hours. We're halfway done!"


Steve was at the mall, and he was on the hunt for Impa. The craftsman was following the Sheikah's every move, keeping him concealed behind several hiding spaces so that no one would see him. But being that Steve couldn't bend his knees at all, hiding was a challenge for him.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave," a mall cop said to Steve, who he spotted hiding behind a mall sign. Steve was peering at Impa, who was with Mario and company at a clothing store.

"Not now, I am analyzing my lover," Steve said quietly to the mall cop as if he was running stuff around the mall. Refusing to take Steve's crap, the mall cop took out his baton.

"I'm not going to ask you again...please leave." But Steve refused to move a muscle, for his attention was purely focused on Impa. The mall cop whacked Steve with his baton...and Steve didn't even flinch!

"Haha, that tickles." The fact that Steve laughed off being attacked brought concern to the mall cop, who turned away from Steve as he pulled out his walkie-talkie from his belt holster.

"I need backup, I repeat, I need backup," the mall cop said into his walkie-talkie, keeping his voice low. "There is a loiter near the jewelry store..." As the mall cop turned back around, he saw that Steve was already gone. "...huh? Where did he go?"


Link knew that he couldn't take care of the lice alone. If he wanted the lice expelled from the mansion forever, he was going to need a second party. Thankfully Researcher Zelda - who stayed behind while Zelda was with Mario and the others - came through for the Hylian.

"Scalp leeches, skull vampires, follicle gypsies, hair lawyers," Link addressed everyone in the gaming room, as Researcher Zelda was standing at his side. "One thing is clear...it's kill or be killed."

"No, no, it's more of a nuisance really," stated Researcher Zelda, fearful that Link might be blowing things out of proportion. "It's not that big a deal. So, I collected your clothes..."

"To be burned?" asked Yoshi as he clutched his pearls. Being that he had no hair, Yoshi was literally the only person free to leave the gaming room...but he chose to stick around, for whatever reason.

"...to be washed," Researcher Zelda finished her sentence, as Yoshi let out a sigh of relief. That dinosaur probably didn't have that many clothes anyway.

"What do we do about our heads?" Viridi asked Link and Researcher Zelda as she was vigorously scratching her head. Any sign of hair loss for the goddess would make her faint.

"Lye would be our best course of action," replied Link, thinking that Master Hand had some amount of lye stored up somewhere. "I'm not gonna...lye. Meh, I did my best..."

"No, all we need is mayonnaise," replied Researcher Zelda, as Viridi wasn't particularly down with the idea. The others had the same line of thinking, as they murmured among themselves.

"She's right, it works," Krystal agreed with Researcher Zelda, looking for any way to get herself and the others out of the mess that they were in. "I would imagine."

"Yes, it helps to suffocate the little bugs and it's a really healthy alternative to the chemicals found in most lice shampoos."

"I can appreciate that," said Male Wii Fit Trainer, slowly starting to believe that Researcher Zelda's mayonnaise suggestion had a ton of merit to it. "I also only eat local, organic produce."

"Shaboom!" exclaimed Shantae, ready to make her reappearing, as she emerged from the far corner of the gaming room...completely bald. Seeing the half-genie without her famous ponytail was a little unnerving for some. "How do you like me now?!"

"Oh...wow," remarked Chrom, who like everyone else in the gaming room was left practically speechless. As Shantae expected.

"Take a picture. It will last longer." Shante seemed to embrace her baldness, commanding everyone's attention as she held her arms out wide.

"We don't want it to last longer, it's horrible," Viriid offered her take on Shantae's baldness, wishing for the half-genie to grow her hair back real soon.

"Bald people make me sick," remarked Snake - perhaps his history with Psycho Mantis would have something to do with that.

"Yeah, yeah, everybody keep piling on," Shantae encouraged the others, as their verbal spats no longer affected her. "But I'm the only one with the guts to show the lice who's boss!"

"Okay, nobody panic," Researcher Zelda advised everyone in the gaming room, as Shantae being bald left her shaken. "If everybody just follows my instructions, then nobody else needs to end up bald. Not that it looks bad, Shantae. It looks...it looks awesome. You look like a baby who suddenly aged fifty years. A cute baby, but one that still looks like a prostitute. I'm so sorry. We need mayonnaise! We need it now."

"Oh! Uh, uh I'll go," volunteered Krystal, who was willing to go first; she thought that it made sense, given that she might've had a hand in the lice being at the mansion.

"Alright, Krystal!" Ike cheered on the vixen as he found himself clapping; several others were clapping along with the swordsman. "You are a saint!"

"No, no, it's not a big deal, please." Before she left the gaming room, Krystal first had to speak with Shantae. "Um, Shantae, can I get you something special while I'm at the store, candy, or...or one of those stylish turbans?"

"Thanks, Krystal!" Shantae thanked the vixen; she didn't care for a turban that much, but she sure could go for some candy. "I'll take a pack of bubblegum and a pack of Skittles."

"Let's talk pubes, everyone," Link said to the residents, as Krystal left the gaming room to get some mayonnaise. "What's with all the weird faces?"


To see if Ganondorf had really broken up with Rosalina, Cloud asked the demon lord to stand outside the basement. Cloud and company were peeking through the creaked basement door, as they and Ganondorf saw Rosalina coming down the hallway.

"Hey, Ganon," Rosalina greeted the demon lord as she continued on her way, resisting the urge to stop and chat.

"Oh, hey Rosalina," Ganondorf greeted the mother of Lumas, as he was resisting the urge to reel in his ex.

"That was tragic," Makoto said to Ganondorf, who returned to the basement looking defeated as ever. "That was like a car crash. I couldn't look away. You two clearly still have feelings for each other."

"What's gonna make you feel better, Ganon?" Haru asked the demon lord, who was holding his head in shame. Ganondorf lifted his head seconds later.

"At a village in Hyrule I used to stayed at, there was an elderly woman who used to bake me cake when I wasn't feeling good," replied Ganondorf; this was one of the only positive memories that the demon lord was able to recount. "She's not around to do that anymore. I'm sorry...I just need a moment to myself to clear my head." Ganondorf went down the basement stairs, needing some time to be by himself.

"Aw, poor Ganondorf," Adeleine sympathized with the demon lord once more, as Ganondorf sat glumly in a chair. A Rabbid came over to comfort Ganondorf, who kicked the rabbit away with great force. "I can't bear to see him suffer like this."

"I think he needs some hugs, and maybe some chocolate cake," assumed Waluigi as he dug into his pocket and pulled out a slice of chocolate cake. A cake that was meant to be off-limits.

"Listen, let's try and get Ganondorf the one thing in the world he clearly wants and needs the most," Cloud said to the group of wedding assistants, as he refused to see Ganondorf heartbroken any longer. "Aside from the Triforce, maybe."

"An Escalade!" exclaimed Waluigi, as he imagined Ganondorf looking fly in an SUV. Cloud thought otherwise, giving Waluigi a strange look.

"No...Rosalina. We're going to win her back, for Ganon. Who's with me?"


Fox and Falco were on the court with their personal hero, Gex, as the pilots were shooting hoops. And yes, they were having their meeting with Gex - in fact, it was taking place right now!

"I hope you don't mind me bringing you guys out here," Gex said Fox and Falco, as he shot a basketball into the hoop. Nothing but net. "I hate sitting at a desk - it's too mainstream."

"You sure are speaking our language," Falco said to Gex, who went under the net to retrieve his ball. "I can literally scalp tickets to this."

"Well, do you think you can sink one from deep?" Gex tossed the basketball to Falco, wanting to see what the pilot was made of.

"Listen, I don't mean to intimidate you, but I did play a little high school ball. In my dreams, at least."

"Okay." Gex stepped out of the way, giving Falco more than enough space to shoot. Falco shot the basket, and his shot went in. "Wow, Lombardi's got game!"

"Now that's what's up," Fox said to Falco as he exchanged a high five with the avian pilot before he heard his phone ring. "Oh, sorry. I'm so sorry. It's my wife, can I take this?"

"Your wife, Krystal?" inquired Gex, knowing better than to interfere with martial matters. "You better take it."

"Right!" Fox laughed as he went to the back of the private gym before answering the call. "Hey, what's up? Is everything okay?"

"Oh, no everything's great!" replied Krystal, who sounded like she was in a bit of a rush. "Um, I was just calling to see how the meeting went."

"It's still happening right now actually, so uh..."

"He's really making you and Falco work for it, huh?"

"Yes, it is very stressful. You sure everything's okay?"

"Great. I am killing it over here." Krystal stounded as if she dropped a jar of mayonnaise on the ground - would be tragic if the lid came off. "Fox, I gotta go."

"Okay, bye." Fox ended his phone call and put his phone back in his pocket, before rejoining Falco and Gex. "So sorry about that, Gex."

"No problem!" replied Gex as he clicked his fingers at Krystal, happy that the pilot got everything settled. "Hey you two, what size do you wear, man? I got a pair of Japanese Nikes with your names on them. What do you think?

"I love it. These Nikes are size ten, right? Nine or ten works for me."


Tired of having to Hunter's fake stories, Tom Nook decided to switch things up with the counseling session. The tanuki reached into one of the drawers on his nightstand and pulled out a board game.

"You know what Hunter? You're right. You win," Tom Nook conceded to the cheetah as he placed the board game on his bed. "This is pointless. We're not getting anywhere. I got a bunch of fun stuff, in case Timmy and Tommy ever come over. Why don't we just run out the clock by playing games, drawing some pictures, talking?"


Popo had learned a great deal from Lloyd about running a delivery service, learning all the ins and outs and in-betweens. He planned on applying what he learned to his meeting with his ice cream gang, which took place in his room. Sonic, Crash, Banjo, Kazooie, and the female Inklings were present, and as for Nana, Popo's roommate...

"Just call me when your meeting is over," Nana said to Popo before she left the room; Popo tried his hardest to get Nana onboard, but nothing he did or say could work on his friend, sister, girlfriend, wife, second cousin...whatever.

Nana: I've already been used to Popo's egocentrics, and him running an ice cream delivery service will only make it even worse. Even if he has friends helping him out. And personally, I'm not a huge fan of trainwrecks.

"Don't worry about her guys, she'll come around eventually," Popo said to the others concerning Nana, certain that the Ice Climber will soon join the fray. "Now, I invited you all here to discuss..."

"Hey, where's Dante?" the female Inkling inquired as she looked around the Ice Climbers' room for the vigilante. "He's always late to our meetings!"

"Eh, Dante's still a little green...he probably forgot where my room is." Very likely story, Popo. "Anyway, I brought you all here to talk about transportation. Where we'll be delivering the ice cream in."

"Are we gonna steal an ice cream truck?" asked Sonic, knowing of a place where he could theoretically steal an ice cream truck from. Without getting himself in trouble, that is. "That would be our best course of action."

"For the last time, Sonic, we're NOT using an ice cream truck! We'll be going with something different. Toad's vehicle is still in the running, but just in case..."

"Yeah, I'll let him know," Dante spoke into his phone as he entered Popo's room. Popo was more than excited to see the vigilante. "Thanks, Nico, knew I could count on ya. Okay. Bye."

"Dante! About time you showed up!" Sonic said to the vigilante, who ended his call as he placed his phone back in his pocket. "Weren't out chasing demons, were ya?"

"Nah, chasing guys like Kazuya just isn't my thing." Dante flexed his fingers with his arms outstretched, as he had a whimsical smile on his face. "But killing them, now that's my style..."

"We are not killing Kazuya," Kazooie warned Dante as if the vigilante had Kazuya at the top of his hit list. Dante found himself smirking. "If that is where this whole ice cream crap leads to..."

"Relax, Kazooie, Dante isn't going to kill anyone!" Banjo assured the redbird, who tempered her flares while remaining cynical. "Dante just wants to spite Kazuya, not murder him in cold blood."

"I could kill him in cold blood if I wanted to," admitted Dante, raising Kazooie's worries yet again as he took out one of his guns...only to put it back. "But I'll have to go easy on him..."

"Who was that you were speaking with on the phone, Dante?" Popo asked the vigilante, thinking that there was some info he was obligated to know.

"Just some chick I know named Nico - she drives this crazy van around. I asked her if we could borrow it for delivering ice cream."

"And what did she say, will she let us use it?" Popo's face was beaming brightly, anxiously anticipating Dante to say yes. The excitement and joy on his face couldn't be understated.

"That's right! Van's still in the repair shop, but Nico will drive that bad boy up to Seattle once it's fully repaired. It will be free for us to use!"

"Yes! Everything is coming along nicely." Popo was nodding his head in approval, ready to take Nico's van out for a spin. "Nana joining our cause would only make things even better!"

"Leave her out of this..." Kazooie quietly implored, as she respected Nana's decision to stay out of Popo's business. The redbird would've done the same if not for Banjo dragging her around.


Krystal returned to the gaming room, having brought several jars of mayonnaise. The vixen was passing them out to everyone.

"Once it's all over your head, just leave it there for four hours," explained Researcher Zelda, as a few folks were begrudgingly placing the mayonnaise jar over their head. "That will be enough time for the lice to fall asleep, suffocate, and then pass away."

"And when you're ready to get serious, come to me to get it done right," added Link as he held up a pair of scissors. Nobody knew what the Hylian planned on doing with the scissors - and they didn't want to find out.

"Put those away before you hurt yourself," Yusuke advised Link, who heeded the artist's advice as he placed the scissors in the pocket of his Hazmat suit. Link punctured a hole through his suit in the process, as he started to panic.

"Okay, it will be easier with a buddy, so everybody, pair up!" encouraged Researcher Zelda, as everyone in the gaming room looked around for someone to partner with. It was a good thing that there was an even number of people present...if you leave out Yoshi, that is.

"Ike, do you want to be my partner?" Viridi asked the swordsman, knowing that no one else would want to be his partner.

"Yeah, sure, I'd love to!" responded Ike; he would've preferred to be partners with Soren, but the wind sage obviously wasn't here today.

"Hey, Kairi, my mayo buddy," Snake approached the red-haired girl as he tossed a five-dollar bill on her lap. "Five-dollar tip, you unclog my ears. Okay?"

"Oh, Snake, I'm so sorry," replied Kairi as she looked around; her eyes soon fell upon Sora, who was sitting a few feet away. "I'm...I'm already partners with Sora, right Sora?"

"Uh, yeah!" replied Sora, smiling as he walked over to Kairi and wrapped his arm around her. Snake was super disappointed. "We promised each other if we ever got lice, we'd buddy up. Sorry, man."

"Hey, Snake, want to be my buddy?" a certain vixen asked the former spy, who turned around as he spotted Krystal.

"Good grief...stuck with the weirdo," groaned Snake as he followed after Krystal. Krystal didn't know what she ever did to qualify as a weirdo, but to each their own, she supposed.


Hunter and Tom Nook were sitting on Tom Nook's bed, playing a casual game of Candy Land. It was a back and forth affair, with neither man refusing to let up and give in.

"We can play something more complicated if you like," Tom Nook suggested to Hunter after he moved his game piece. Hunter, respecting the space that Tom Nook landed on, grabbed the dice.

"This is plenty complicated already," replied Hunter as he rolled the dice, rolling a six. Just what the cheetah wanted.

"So you have played it before?"

"I've played something similar with this guy named Doug. He was my mother's boyfriend, who she married."

"So, her husband, your stepdad?"

"Yeah...guess I never thought about it that way, though.

"Did you guys do much stuff together?"

"Yeah. You know what? He took me to a cat hockey game once at Frozen Altars, I remember. It was weird though. They took the goalie out of the game. I felt really bad because the goalie wasn't able to play with his friends anymore. But Jeff said that the manager was making a really good move by taking the goalie out. He really respected the manager."

Tom Nook: It's working. I'm doing it!


Mario and the RWBY gang were having a swell time at the mall - granted, none of the four girls hadn't bought anything, but that didn't bother Mario any. He was just happy to see the ladies enjoying themselves.

"You can only stare-a at that hat for so long, Ruby," Mario said to the girl, who was admiring a straw hat on a mannequin through a store window. "Why don't you just-a buy it already?"

"Because...I don't have any money," replied Ruby, as Mario looked up in sudden realization. Mario should've known. "We would've bought something already if you gave us an allowance."

"Like I was supposed-a to know that you came back to our universe broke! Does it look like I'm aware-a of your financial situation?"

"Mario, I don't mean to be a bother, but...we're missing someone," Zelda alerted the plumber, as she and Impa drew near; Mario looked around and saw that Ruby, Blake, and Yang were the only ladies present.

"Mama mia, where's-a Weiss?" Mario panicked as he looked around for the huntress, seeing that she was nowhere to be found. "I'd hate to do a missing person report-a for a grown woman...I think she's grown."

"Hey guys, look what I got!" exclaimed Weiss as she rejoined the group, holding a chocolate ice cream cone in her hand. Mario sighed in relief. "It's so delicious..."

"Thank-a goodness, Weiss, you had-a me scared..." As he wiped away the droplets of sweat from his forehead, Mario analyzed the ice cream cone that Weiss was holding. "...where did you get that cone-a from?"

"Well, you said that we could treat ourselves today...so I did just that." Weiss licked her ice cream cone, as a crying child dragged his mom over to the huntress.

"Mommy, that's the evil lady who stole my ice cream!" the crying child said to his mom, sobbing as he pointed at Weiss. Weiss looked around as if she hadn't done anything wrong.

"Young lady, what you did was unacceptable," the mom angrily confronted Weiss, who wasn't intimidated in the slightest. She just savagely licked the ice cream cone in the mom's face. "Apologize to my son this instant!"

"Okay..." Weiss sighed as she got down on one knee, looking at the crying child straight in the eye as she patted his head. "...I'm sorry that your ice cream cone looked enticing." Weiss stood back up, but her apology didn't make the child feel any better.

Weiss: Feel like I might be the only one who's gotten a hang of this "treat yourself" concept. My friends just wanted to look at stuff; I went ahead and took what I wanted, with no regrets!

"Here's some money so your son-a can buy another cone," Mario said to the mom as he handed her a few dollar bills. The mom took the cash, as Impa turned around and gasped. "I apologize for Weiss, she can-a be very..."

"We have to go, now..." Impa said to Mario, grabbing Zelda's hand as she rushed Mario and the RWBY gang away. The mom watched as Impa and the others left abruptly, scratching her head.

"Wonder what that was all about," she wondered, before turning her head around...and seeing Steve, who was standing too close for comfort. The mom shrieked as she pulled her child away from Steve.

"I am getting real close to you, my love," announced Steve as he was hot on Impa's heels; the mom grabbed her child and quickly walked away.


Link and Researcher Zelda stood together at the front of the gaming room, watching everyone put mayonnaise on each other's heads. Some were delicate, while others were a bit too rough.

"Viridi..." Ike frowned at the goddess of nature after she aggressively slapped some mayo on the swordsman's head. Viridi had a strong tendency to be too forceful at times - as it would be expected from Little Miss Cactus.

"You don't want bugs," Viridi said to Ike, as she had a huge disdain for bugs. Probably hated all the bug-type Pokemon in the sanctuary. "Who knows where those bugs will end up?"

"You're getting a bargain," Shantae said to Doc Louis as she smacked some mayo on the boxing trainer's head. "I have no hair anymore!"

"Snake, I'm all done," Krystal said to the former spy after she was done putting may on his head. "My turn." Snake pulled a small mirror out of his pocket to get a good look at himself.

"I'm sorry, Krystal - it looks a little messy," Snake told the vixen, not a huge fan of how he looked. He had mayonnaise all over his face.

"How's that?" Sora asked Kairi after he put some mayo on his lady friend's head. Though his lady friend could be his girlfriend one day...

"I feel it working," replied Kairi, before finding herself in a playful mood as she and Sora started playing around with the mayonnaise. They were pilling the mayo on each other's heads and everything. "Eiffel tower!"


Cloud and the wedding assistants had moved away from the basement, as they now made it their mission to reconnect Ganondorf and Rosalina. The group found Rosalina in the gardens, spending some time alone. The group made their move as they entered the gardens.

"Can I help you?" Rosalina asked Cloud and company, as she was just finished picking out a few flowers. Those flowers could've been for Ganondorf...

"Well, we don't want to pry but we heard you broke up with Ganon," Cloud said to Rosalina, who was momentarily surprised that word about her breakup had reached Cloud's ears.

"Yes, that's true," Rosalina nodded her head, wondering who else knew about the breakup aside from Cloud and the wedding assistants.

"We think you made a big, big mistake!" Iris said to Rosalina, and she couldn't believe that she was getting a literal demon lord and a celestial caretaker to get back together again. "Quite enormous."

"He's a real catch and you should take him back," Adeleine told Rosalina, as she wanted nothing more than to cure Ganondorf's aching heart.

"Okay, thank you," Rosalina thanked the group, appreciating Iris and Adeleine for their kind words. "Is that all?"

"No, that is not all. Let me tell you what real life is like," Makoto confronted Rosalina, ready to drive it home for the mother of Lumas. "The men dry up, and the nights get lonely. The only calls on your machine are for collection agencies about that pair of motorcycle boots you never even wore. You stalk your ex-boyfriend online, go to his daughter's soccer games, and make a scene. You buy a diamond ring for yourself, wear it on your right hand, and tell yourself, you're all you need. One day, you're alone, tired. At your feet, a dying bird. But where did it come from? Why did you kill it? Is it because in some strange way it is you?"

"Thank you all for your concern, but I'm gonna have to ask you to leave, okay?" Sadly, Makoto's long spiel didn't work on Rosalina.

"So does this mean you're gonna take Ganondorf back?" Waluigi asked Rosalina, to which Rosalina shook her head no. Much to everyone's disappointment. "Well, then, what do you say to you and me hitting the town? 'Cause I'm free, literally forever."

Rosalina: Yes Waluigi asked me out. I was kinda feeling good about reentering the dating pool, but then Waluigi asked me out. Thought I might trade up to a new level of man. Then Waluigi asked me out.


Hunter and Tom Nook were playing a new board game, Chutes and Ladders, and Tom Nook was learning a lot about Hunter along the way. Some of the things the tanuki was learning were fascinating to him.

"It's really sad that your manta ray swam away," Tom Nook said to Hunter, who had owned multiple manta rays in the past. "Why did it keep you from going to the water park?"

"I was afraid I would find him in the water park, playing with another scuba diver," replied Hunter as he moved his game piece across the game board. "I guess that's why I thought he swam away in the first place. To find a guy he liked better."

"Manta rays don't do that. Or at least that's what my good friend, Blathers, would believe."

"Right. Why would a manta ray do that? That's silly. When I hear myself say it, it sounds ridiculous. But I've never said it out loud, so..."

"You need to be liked, isn't it?" Tom Nook's struck a chord in Hunter, who stopped playing as he looked at the tanuki with a profound stare.

"Well, let's not get too...this isn't a counseling session...okay. Son of a gun. Wow! Okay."

"I'm just trying to help you, Hunter." Tom Nook could tell that Hunter was getting flustered.

"You're very helpful aren't you? You try to help everybody. Do you want to play another game?"

"I just want to help you out. We were doing so good, and now..."

"You are good. But you know what? You can't help people. You couldn't help your marriage. That's why you're still single. I don't need your help. Nobody needs your help. Nobody wants it! You can't help anybody. I don't need your help! Am I going to make you cry?"

"Just fill them out any way you want..." Seeing that Hunter had now reached a boiling point, Tom Nook took out some forms and tossed them to the cheetah. "...I'll have Isabelle fax them, and let Mario look at them later."

"You'll do...okay." Hunter grabbed an ink pen from Tom Nook's desk and filled out the forms in record-breaking fashion - accidentally checking off on the form that he was severely depressed and homicidal. "Filled out. Good. Thank you, doctor, and have a good day." Hunter handed the forms back to Tom Nook, before leaving the tanuki's room.


Since Link needed a phone on him, Cloud was willing to lend his phone to the Hylian. Just in case Cloud needed to call his friend on someone else's phone. Link heard Cloud's phone ringing, and the caller ID didn't belong to Makoto or Haru...but rather McCloud. Someone was calling from the McCloud household.

"Hello?" Link answered the phone, as he put the call on speakerphone. Whatever it was had to be important.

"Hiya Link!" greeted the person on the phone, Anna, sounding chipper as ever. "Is Krystal around?"

"Yes, Anna, I am here," replied Krystal as she walked over to the phone, speaking loudly so that Anna could hear. "What's up?"

"Hi, Krystal! Look, I don't mean to cause much of a hassle, but I thought that you needed to know. Marcus still has lice."

"What, no. That can't...I don't..." The guilt that had gone away from Krystal for a time being had suddenly returned, as everyone was looking at Krystal with frowning faces.

"Now, don't worry, don't worry. I'm trying to fix this, but you might have lice too. You know, lice can be tricky. Sometimes lice, like..." Having heard enough, Krystal snatched Cloud's phone away from Link and ended the call. But it didn't matter - the damage was already done.

"No way..." uttered Viridi, as Krystal nervously looked around the gaming room. Almost everyone wanted the vixen's head.

"Shave her head. Shave her head!" chanted Shantae, as a few others joined in. Now it was Krystal dealing with all of the blame.


When Impa guided the others away, she didn't take them to another spot in the mall...she took them straight out of the mall altogether! The Sheikah implored Mario to go back to his car, and take the RWBY gang back home.

"I don't see what the big-a deal is," Mario said to Impa, as the RWBY gang were all inside the plumber's car. Impa was surveying the mall parking lot. "Was Weiss stealing that ice-a cream that huge? Was there a mall-a cop coming after us?"

"No, but it was someone much, much worse," replied Impa, who gasped out of fright when she saw Steve peeking through the mall doors. "I must know if you have any room in your car."

"Mario's car can only sit five people," Zelda said to Impa; she had never seen the Sheikah so worried before. But she knew what was up. "We can take the bus again if you like."

"We have no time." Impa opened the passenger door, as she grabbed Zelda and threw her inside. "Mario, start the car!" Impa got inside the car herself, as Mario fumbled around for his car keys.

"Uh, on it!" replied Mario as he took out his car keys, and got inside his car. The plumber turned his car on and drove out of the parking lot, as Steve appeared right after the car left.

Steve: Impa's tenacious desire to keep her distance from me is only a testament to how much she will love me in the end. I can now rest easy knowing that I have truly found the one...

As expected, it was super cramped inside Mario's car. The vehicle was meant for only five passengers, but seven people in one car made things difficult for Mario as he drove back to the mansion.

"I apologize in advance if you get a ticket, Mario," Zelda said to the plumber; the princess was thrown on top of Ruby, and was stuck in an uncomfortable position because of it. Impa, on the other hand, was chilling on the floor in the backseat.

"Meh, it won't-a be the first," shrugged Mario, who was bummed out that his day at the mall was cut short. But at least Weiss bought into the "treat yourself" spirit...sort of.


It was a very raucous scene at the gaming room, as everyone was yelling at Krystal for bringing lice to the gaming room. Link and Researcher Zelda were doing their best to ease the tensions.

"You guys, I am so sorry!" Krystal apologized to everyone, standing as far away from the others as possible for her own safety. "It's just been so chaotic with Fox gone for the week, that..."

"Yeah yeah, Princess Fancypants let the half-genie over here take the fall," said Shantae, as she was now fully disgusted with Krystal. She thought that she could be friends with the vixen - but after today? Not a chance.

"Shantae, I am so sorry." Krystal made her apology as sincere as possible, but Shantae didn't want to hear it as she turned her head away."

"Well, a lot of good your sorrys are doing her now, Krystal," Viridi said to the vixen, as she had nearly the same amount of vitriol that Shantae did. She so did not want to lose a huge chunk of her hair again. "She's a monster..."

"I meant to say something earlier. I just..." Krystal was unable to say another word, as she let out an exasperated sigh.

"Just? Just what? Just forgot?

Shantae: Who's the one who didn't bring lice into the mansion? Me. Sure I gave Villager pink eye a few days ago, and I almost sent one of the printers into overdrive. But I didn't bring the lice in. That was all Krystal.

"Attention, people!" shouted Link, as he finally brought reason back to the gaming room. The Hylian pulled out a small grenade, as Researcher Zelda took a few steps back. "You have sixty seconds to evacuate. At that time, I will be tossing this powerful insecticidal grenade, which according to Mega Man contains piperonyl butoxide, as well as..."

Link accidentally dropped the grenade on the floor, resulting in a small explosion that only engulfed him. The others gasped collectively, wondering if Link was seriously hurt.

"Link, are you okay?!" Researcher Zelda asked the Hylian, and once the smoke cleared, it was revealed that Link was just fine. If not a bit woozy.

"Whoa. Hypertoxide has a mild hallucinogenic effect, but I don't think it's kicked in yet," said Link, who looked as if he was on the verge of fainting. "I'm gonna count down from ten. Nine, yellow, cold, sad, purple." The Hylian collapsed on the floor, as the hypertoxide had taken effect.

"Wow. He got to purple," marveled Yoshi, as Male Wii Fit went over to try and wake Link up with some smelling salts.


Mario returned to the mansion premises, and everyone got out of Mario's car except for Impa. The Sheikah wanted to lay low just in case Steve was snooping around. Mario went to the mansion to see how Tom Nook was coming along with Hunter, and he saw the tanuki chilling on the porch.

"Got done with the counseling, here are the forms," Tom Nook said to Mario as he handed the forms to the plumber. Mario took the forms, seeing where Hunter checked off that he was depressed and homicidal.

"So, is this really how you feel about-a Hunter's situation?" asked Mario, under the heavy impression that Hunter was lying on the forms. "You marked severe in all the categories, including at-risk for homicidal behavior."

"Heh, he looked fine to me," replied Tom Nook, but Mario wasn't convinced as he handed the forms back to the tanuki. "Might be more to Hunter than meets the eye."


Those that were affected by the lice were now ready for the next step - washing the lice out. Viridi, Ike, Sora, and Kairi went to a bathroom that had two bathroom sinks to wash their hair out.

Ow!" Ike yelped in pain, as Viridi was rinsing the swordsman's hair and accidentally bumped his head against the sink. "You're waterboarding me!"

"Oops, sorry," Viriid replied without a single care in the world; she was probably fantasying wrangling her arms around Krystal's neck.

"Yeah, I'm kinda sad to see this hairdo go," Sora said to Kairi as he stood next to the sink, running his fingers through his mayonnaise-covered head.

"You do kinda look like a funny anime protagonist, but we should probably wash all the dead lice out," replied Kairi. Silly Kairi, Sora looked like a funny anime protagonist with his spiky hair already!

"Okay, let's get this done." So Sora held his head below the faucet, as Kairi turned on the water and rinsed the Keyblade wielder's hair out.

"Is that too cold? Do I need to turn on the hot water?"

"No, it actually feels kinda nice."


Done brooding in the basement, Ganondorf went to his room just so he could brood some more. As the demon lord was sitting on his bed, he looked and was surprised to see Rosalina standing at the doorway.

"Okay," Rosalina said to Ganondorf as she made her way over to the demon lord.

"Huh?" Ganondorf raised an eyebrow in confusion, as Rosalina sat down on his bed.

"Let's give it a shot. Let's make it work."

"Oh, no. I mean, I want to, I just...I don't want to force you into something you don't want to do."

"You're not. I believe in us."

"But..." Ganondorf didn't say another word, as Rosalina kissed the demon lord on the cheek. Ganondorf just sat there, dumbfounded, as Rosalina smiled and left the room. "...very well then."

Ganondorf: I'm back together with Rosalina. Ganonlina is back on the menu. *frowns* Or is it Rosadorf? Either way, those pet names from Captain Falcon are crappy in their own right.


Link: I had a pretty good day today. Not everything went exactly according to plan, but lice if you are watching, I am ready for you anytime, anywhere. *enters his room and closes the door, as another insecticidal grenade goes off* Dang it...

There was one thing that Sora meant to do while he was at the gaming room - ask Kairi out on a date. The Keyblade wielder missed his chance while he and Kairi were applying mayonnaise to each other's head, but there was still time for him to redeem himself.

"Hey, did Kairi already take off?" Sora asked Ken Amada as he returned to the gaming room; he wanted to ask Kairi out when enough people were looking.

"I guess so," replied Ken as he looked around the gaming room, seeing that Kairi was nowhere to be found. "Might've sneaked out or something."

"Okay." Sora hung his head low in sadness, as he left the gaming room. Ken watched as Sora left the gaming room, feeling like he should do the Keyblade wielder a solid.


Fox and Falco were still playing basketball with Gex, as they were taking turns going up against the lizard one-on-one. Falco got smoked by Gex on the court, and now it was Fox's turn to get some of mama's cookin'.

"You're Karl Malone, the Mailman," Gex said to Fox as he was dribbling the ball, pushing up against the pilot as he showed off a few post moves. "I'm Charles Barkley. Making this shot will be like eating doughnuts at Barkley's house."

"Okay, I'm Karl Malone, that makes total sense," said Fox, who felt some type of way about playing as a former basketball pro who was actually a black hillbilly off the court. Those don't come around that often. "I'm Karl, and you're Charles Barkley."

"And it goes like this." Gex made his shot over Fox, scoring the basket into the net. Fox's phone was ringing, and Fox did not respond.

"No one will believe this back home, but that's okay. Let me show you how it's done."

"Yeah, you show me how." Gex grabbed the basketball and tossed it to Fox. "Show me what you got, Mailman!"


"This is Fox McCloud, leave a message," Fox's voice was heard on the house phone, as Krystal was back at home with her hair saved. The doorbell rang, and Anna went to go answer the door.

"Hey honey, it's me," Krystal started her voice message, as Anna opened the door and saw Shantae. "Just trying to catch you before going home. Um, oh, well just give me a call whenever. Hope your day got better. Love you." Krystal ended her voice message, as Anna welcomed Shantae inside the house.

"Hey, what you doing right now?" Shantae asked Krystal, who was startled from seeing the half-genie. Shantae didn't appear to resent Krystal as much as she did earlier.

"I'm just going to stay here and watch over Marcus. I know Anna's been..."

"Let her watch over Marcus one more hour. Let's go grab a bite to eat."

"Really? That sounds incredible right now."

"No duh. Let's go. You're buying. You got cash, right?"


Having read the forms that were filled out, Mario spoke with Hunter and discussed the forms with the cheetah. The plumber believed that Hunter had accidentally checked off the boxes saying that he was homicidal, and Peach and Spyro - who were both listening in on the discussion - agreed. Hunter agreed as well...and that was why he had a bone to pick with a certain tanuki.

"You forged them! You forged the forms!" Hunter accused Tom Nook as he barged inside the tanuki's room. "You monster!"

"But you filled them in yourself!" Tom Nook pointed out, having no clue why he was being accused. "You remember that.

"Yes, yes I do. But you had me so worked up that I made a mistake."

"Unless part of you made that mistake on purpose."

"You don't make mistakes on purpose, Tom Nook! Then it is no longer a mistake...you said this was faxed, right? Isabelle, she messed it up. She messed up the forms, I bet. Wanna bang this out with some board games?"


Krystal and Shantae went for a bite to eat at a steakhouse in town - the same steakhouse where Ryo Sakazaki's girlfriend, King, worked at. At the steakhouse, Krystal was ready to apologize.

"Shantae, I am so sorry about today," Krystal apologized to the half-genie after she took a small sip of her drink. "I just did not realize how hard it was gonna be without Fox. Being a single mom and all. It whipped my butt a week. I have to say, there are not a lot of people who could pull off a shaved head, but you are rocking it."

"Forget about it," responded Shantae, as whatever worries and concerns that Krystal had quickly vanished away. "I got plenty of hair gel with me. I won't be bald any longer!"

"Oh, thank goodness! Now I don't feel so bad anymore. But I still think you look good bald." That got a laugh out of Shantae, and Krystal was laughing along with her.

For a wife who had to look over the house and take care of her child while her husband was away...Krystal made it out just fine.