Round 3

Luigi vs. Daisy

If there was any trepidation about what was to come, neither part of Sarasaland's it-couple showed it. Luigi's finger guns flew on one side while Daisy beckoned the camera forward, assuming a boxing stance, an ear-to-ear smile on her face.

"Man oh man oh man," Daisy squealed in a pre-recorded interview, "This is it isn't it? The match I've always wanted in Smash, it's here!"

"But don't you guys compete against all the time?" asked Nikki, "I mean, Tokyo, Rio, Sochi…"

"Yeah, but this is Smash! I think a lot of people forget Weegee really came into his own here. He might not be very public about it, but Smash is one of his favorite events."

"If there's a bigger Smash superfan than Daisy, I have yet to meet them," Luigi laughed as his interview cut in, "She's wanted in ever since I told her about it, and I get why. Here, we really get to cut loose and be ourselves, Daisy especially."

Now Daisy was back on screen,"Luigi doesn't act like he's my hero because he's never saved me. It's so much bigger than that. He's cast aside so much fear, so much insecurity to do as best he can in his matches, and it'd be rude for me to not give my all."

"Sometimes I look in the mirror and I wonder what she sees in me," Luigi admitted, "But I'm glad she does, because when she's around, I'm at my most motivated. I've mastered my Green Missile, which is something I've been struggling with for a long time."

"I'm at my physical peak and I get to put that to the test against the person I admire the most when he's at his physical peak. That's it, that's all." giggled Daisy excitedly.

"Real immovable object versus irresistible force stuff," Luigi nodded, "It'll be fun."

The video package over with, all that was left was Cranky's gagging.

"What's the matter with you?" demanded 9-Volt.

"All I'm saying is Mario better be grateful I'm happy with the ridiculous amount of money we're making for this, otherwise I wouldn't put up with this lovey dovey crap."

"Didn't you compete against your wife's ghost in the Jungle Jam competition?"

"Yeah, but we didn't have to kiss each other's asses for twenty minutes beforehand."

"It's called being complimentary, and I think it's nice compared to some of the matches we've had so far."

"Yeah yeah yeah," Cranky spat dismissively, "Hey Futaba, predict away."

"Gotta go with Luigi," Futaba said matter of factly, "If he's mastered his Green Missile, he's way more of a shark in this tournament than we thought."

"Alright, let's throw it down to entrances."

Hm, hm, hm, hm ya hm muh

Luigi playfully conducted once again as the whole of Smash Stadium hummed along to his pre-recorded humming. Spinning a circle as he pointed out to the crowd, Smash Stadium's occupants were more than happy to hum even louder as he walked the rest of the way to the center of Smash Stadium,

Luigi's humming faded out natural, basking the stadium in an anticipatory chatter. Suddenly, soft strings and tapped drums began to play over the speakers. Flutes took center stage as, carried by a quartet of Toads upon a golden thrown was Daisy, waving royally as the Toads carried the throne.

The audience was abuzz, but none were more abuzz than the Smashers Box. Mario glanced over at Peach, who had a smile on her face so fiendish it almost made him jump back.

"She's going to do it," Peach declared, nearly shaking from glee.

"Do what?"

"Royal tradition is that the princess be presented on a golden thrown to the suitor she intends to marry.

Mario could only stare at the video screen. Mills, his introduction, both Luigi and Daisy playing to the crowd. None of it seemed real at the moment.

"What the hell-a?" was all Mario could muster, a smile brimming on his face.

"Yes. Daisy's been a thorn in the former Council's side ever since she met Luigi," Pushing for women to initiate marriage ceremonies. The governors must've known their time was nearly up, hence the coup."

Mario watched Luigi kiss Daisy on the back of the hand when she offered her hand for a handshake, sending them both into giggles.

"I know Daisy fell for Luigi quick, I just didn't know it took her this long to get everything situated."

"Is that why you blew both of us off on the moon?" Bowser asked.

"What?" Mario asked.

"When we gout out of the chapel on the moon, and she blew us both off."

"I know idiot-a, I was there. What do you mean?"

"She blew us off because she didn't want to show up her best buddy."

"Uh Mario? We're still waiting to get the production cue," Shulk informed them.

Mario looked at the screen. Luigi and Daisy were playing rock paper scissors, the Heihachi Dojo displayed above them as the arena for their battle.

"Two seconds Shulk. Is that true Peach?"

"Yes,' Peach finally stated, "I've always been lucky in that the Mushroom Kingdom has always been for gender equality, so I could have proposed to you…"

"Or me!" Bowser bellowed.

Peach's eyes narrowed, "I could've proposed to you, Mario, at any time,"

Mario suppressed a chuckle. Rarely was Peach flustered by stupidity, but Bowser pushed her buttons like no other.

"But I realized that I've flounced through life relatively easily, where Daisy has only just now broken free from the shackles of politics, and that I've been entirely too hard on her."

"And you realized this just now?" Mario asked.

The crowd cheered. The rock paper scissors game was tied.

" It's something I've been thinking about for a while, but somehow, being locked in combat with her last round confirmed it to me," Peach continued, "She's never been a tomboy for the specific purpose of acquiring my ire, it's because when she's with us, she's free."

"Beautifully said, but," Otis interrupted, "Can we give them the go cue?"

"Go for it," Mario nodded, "I guess the proposal will happen after the match?"

Peach nodded as finally, the plumber and princess locked in battle were whisked away.

Stage: Mishima Dojo

Rules: 3-stock, items medium

Music: Heat Haze Shadow 1st and 2nd (Tekken 7)

3

Daisy appeared in a blast of yellow flowers, shouting, "YOOOOOOOOO," as she did.

2

Luigi popped out of a warp pipe, once again unleashing the legendary finger guns. Daisy mimed being shot in the heart, fanning her blushing face.

1

Both put their hands up, smiling around their guard.

GO!

Luigi charged into his running flurry of punches.
She managed to parry all of them.

Taping her temple with a gloved finger, she laughed triumphantly, hunching her shoulders arms swinging her pointed fingers outward as she walked. Finally, throwing up the horns, she declared." HI I'M DAISY!"

Luigi bent over, laughing uncontrollably as Daisy turned back around.

"I didn't think you'd do it," he wheezed.

Daisy gave a lazy grin, "You got the Terminator joke off, so I had to get that one off. You ready?"

Luigi nodded silently, and the two charged. Luigi was quickest on the draw, slamming his hips into her unexpecting abdomen. Staggering backward, Daisy braced as Luigi conjured a fireball, left completely off guard as a fireball and the classic punch flurry poked through her guard.

"Did he just outrun the fireball?" Cranky gasped.

"Yep! He's definitely been putting in miles on the treadmill that's for sure!" 9-Volt agreed

Daisy had bounced off the wall of the dojo into another flurry of punches, followed by another. Daisy shuffled backward, only to be pulled into a grab via a plunger from the Poltergust.

"Hey baby," Luigi put on as smooth a voice as he possibly could, "You come here often?"

Even through the pain of being thrown into a wall, Daisy laughed. She kicked off of the wall, gliding towards Luigi, who now held a Beam Sword. A few punches from the princess didn't stagger Luigi, the plumber swiping at the floating princess to no avail.

"Um, bro," she guffawed jokingly, "My fists are up here!"

Slamming into a downward punch finally staggered Luigi, but it left her open for several slashes of the Beam Sword, again sending her into the rightmost wall. Daisy kipped up, but too late to stop Luigi from getting an Assist Trophy. Daisy could only turn and run as Luigi chased after her, the visage of Guile throwing Sonic Booms in their wake.

"C'mon c'mon c'mon," Daisy begged.

She imagined a turnip, plucking it from the ground, and revealing a Bob-omb.

"YES!" she cheered.

Her confident throw of the bomb turned into a slack-jawwed expression of disbelief as Luigi channeled his chi, performing a successful parry of the explosion. A plunger sucked her back into the explosion.

"You alright?" Luigi asked nervously.

"Um, yeah!" Daisy pouted, "Forgive me if it takes a bit to pick my spot against Hercules over here."

"You should…" Luigi stammered, "Call me that every night."

"Noted, now please sir, take my stock, I'll be coming for yours in a hot minute."

"As you wish milady!"

Luigi through his beloved into a Flash Kick, sending her to the Blast Zone."

Luigi: 3

Daisy: 2

"Are they…" Quinn asked as the score disappeared off the TV in the Smashers' Box, "Always like this?"

"Yeah," Yoshi, who had taken the seat next, "Daisy talks a lot when she's excited, and Luigi likes it. Wario and DK think it's annoying, but I respect it honestly."

"Agreed," Quinn nodded.

Daisy jumped off the Revival Platform, hitting Luigi with some fluttering downward kicks, causing him to drop the Beam Sword, palm thrusting up into the air to keep Luigi up, and swinging the dropped Beam Sword as hard as she could, breaking the left dojo wall, and sending Luigi to the Blast Zone.

Luigi: 2

Daisy: 2

"And," Daisy dramatically bowed as Luigi appeared on the Revival Platform, "Spot picked."

"Yeah," Luigi nodded, "Should know to keep bludgeoning weapons away from you by now."

Daisy could only giggle.

The two charged again, Daisy throwing the Beam Sword at an unsuspecting Luigi, leaving him and a Smash Ball that had just appeared open for Daisy Bomber.

"Hey Weeg!" she laughed, hitting him with another, "Your favorite move!"

A third, and the Smash Ball broke. Doing a ritualistic dance, daisy shaped candies fell from the sky as Luigi was forcefully put to sleep.

"You know," Daisy said, munching down all three enormous lemon and orange candies, "You're the cutest when you sleep,"

A golf club appeared in her hands.

"This wakeup call is gonna be really rude I'm sorry."

With that plea for sympathy, Daisy swung for the fences, knocking Luigi near the Blast Zone, but with a single jump, he gently floated to the dojo floor.

With an impressed nod, Daisy charged, Luigi doing the same. A spinning sweep was met with a parry by Daisy, who grabbed her partner, tossing him behind her, bolting to meet him with a Daisy Bomber. As Luigi flew through the open wall, Daisy followed, spiking him down, only for Luigi to stick his head in the cobblestone beneath the dojo with an overcharged Green Missile.

"Damn boy," Daisy hooted, nodding once again as she landed, "Not bad."

She caught a Pokeball that spawned, throwing it down.

"MEOWTH," screeched the iconic cat Pokemon.

Her one and only being sufficiently pelted with coins, Daisy jogged to get another item, a Super Scope. Aiming and firing, a fully charged blast made its way to Luigi, sending the obstructed plumber to the Blast Zone.

Luigi: 1

Daisy:2

Firing a volley of blasts as soon as the invincibility wore off from the Revival Platform, Daisy sauntered to an Assist Trophy.

"What happened to that fire earlier baby?" she cooed. "Hoping for another Daisy Bomber maybe.

"Nah, I'm plenty spoiled on that thank you," Luigi nodded, gritting his teeth through the pain.

An overcharged Green Missile sent her into the opposite wall, leaving the Assist Trophy open to him. As Sherrif appeared, Luigi dusted himself off.

"But you're overdue for a Green Missile or two baby."

The pixelated bullets were no match for Daisy, who was sent to the Blast Zone with ease.

Luigi: 1

Daisy:1

"I regret asking," Daisy said as she appeared on the Revival Platform, "But on the brightside that's gonna be in the DVD compilations forever."

"So will you, if you win here."

"Touche," Daisy nodded, "Let's fight like our royalty checks depend on it, because they do."

Luigi laughed, "Yep.":

A Smash Ball appeared, Sheriff pelting both Daisy and the Ball with bullets, granting Luigi maximum power with ease.

"Lucky duck," Daisy growled, "You owe me dinner for that, you big meanie."

Luigi laughed at the punctuation on Daisy's sentence, a friendly wink.

"We'll talk about that later, but now it's time to suck you up and out."

"Oooh la la," Daisy mimed fanning herself again, "Don't threaten me with a good time sir."

"POLTERGUST1' Luigi called.

With that, the scourge of Boos everywhere appeared, engulfing the princess. With a cartoonish, 'POP' Daisy was sent to the Blast Zone.

GAME!
Luigi was in the courtyard, having conjured his finger guns.

"This one's for you baby! Good fight! BANG BANG!" wheezed Luigi.

Suddenly, he found himself in the tunnel, but with Daisy standing in front of him.

"Luigi," she sighed nervously, "Now that I'm the sole political authority on Sarasaland, there's something I've wanted to ask you, since the moment I met you."

Daisy knelt on one knee.

"Will you do my people and I the honor of reigning at my side?"

Luigi's jaw was agape,

"Y-yes!" he said.

The two embraced, Luigi carrying Daisy bridal style up the applause of the other Smashers were louder than usual, the girls crowding them, already chittering about the plans.

Mario cleared his throat, silencing the group.

"Before we get started, Daisy, there's something I've wanted to say to you since Lou and you's first date," he said, sniffling,

"Aw Mario, don't call me that kid shit," Luigi whined.

"Bro, I'm talkin' to my sister-in-law shut the hell up," Mario blubbered through tears, "Anyway, uh, welcome to the family."

Daisy cast a teary thumbs up to even more applause.

"With that said," Shulk announced, "Zelda, Lucina, you're up next."

"I'm not looking forward to following that," Lucina mumbled, "But Zelda, good luck out there."

Zelda giggled as Lucina began to work her way towards the tunnel, "Same to you Miss Lucina.

Teleporting in a flashing pop, Zelda found herself down Tunnel A, genuflecting, and holding he hands in prayer as the video package played to the stadium.