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Boyz Chillin

Today is Thursday. It is time for the boys to come together and chiiiilll. Popo eagerly waited for his guests to come over. He went to the market to buy some alcohol and snacks. As he was walking back home, he saw Nana at the front of his door.

Popo: "What the!"

Nana: "Popo! I-I've been waiting for you."

Popo: *Lets out a frustrated sigh* "The fuck are you doin' here?"

Nana: "I want to apologize."

Popo: "It's been a month since the crazy and now you want to apologize?"

Nana: "I was scared before."

Popo: "Nah, move outta the way."

Nana: "Popo, c'mon, I'm trying to mend our relationship."

Popo: "Hell nah."

Nana: "I still love you."

Popo: "That's why you slept with Nate, right?"

Nana: "You mean Ness's clone? The one that lied about his identity? If I knew he was a clone, I would've never talked to him."

Popo: "The fact that you did talk to him and forced him to sleep with you is enough for me to never wanna talk to you."

Nana: "I didn't force him!"

Popo: "I heard everything in MY bathroom by the way."

Nana: "What did you hear?"

She put her hand on her hip and gave him a sassy look.

Popo: "You threatened if he didn't sleep with you, then you'd tell that Pokemon Trainer girl."

Nana: "Well you heard wrong."

Popo: "Oh yeah?"

Nana: "You were high. Not in your right mind. Of course you didn't get the full story."

Popo: *Scoffs* "Are you serious?"

Nana: "Dead serious."

Popo: "So you're gaslighting me now?"

Nana: "I'm not! You are! I'm the victim."

Popo: "Nah because you also fucking recorded it. I watched the whole thing."

Nana: "He made me pretend that I liked it so he would get others to be on his side which fucking worked."

Popo: "Then you did a hell of a good job pretending that you liked it."

Nana: "I was scared and I'm a good actress. I took drama class. You know this."

Popo: "He didn't sound too thrilled fuckin' your crazy ass."

Nana: "He pretended not to like it. He set the whole thing up."

Popo: "Yeah, ok, suuuure. That's why you downloaded the video on your laptop."

Nana: "Yeah as proof that he raped me."

Popo: "Nah, you wanted to use that as leverage against him. I know you, Nana. You're a petty bitch."

Nana: "No one ever listens to the woman."

Popo: "Enough with this sexist bullshit! It's not because you're a woman. You're a fucking snake is why. The women here aren't fucked up like you."

Nana: "I-

Popo: "You're the only woman I know that uses this sexist shit to get what you want."

Nana: "Let me talk!"

Popo: "Nah because I'm done with you. Move out of the way."

Nana: "I'm not moving."

Popo called up Toon Link.

[- Toon Link

Calling Toon Link…

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Toon: "Yello."

Popo: "Can you come over right now. I need your help."

Toon: "Shiiit alright, Mate. I'm on my way."

Click!

Nana: "Gonna get your friend to jump me?"

Popo: "We ain't gonna fuckin' attack you."

Nana: "Then why did you call up Toon?"

Popo ignored her and waited. Once Toon Link arrived, Popo explained to him what's happening.

Toon: "Da fuck?"

Popo: "Help me get her out of here."

Nana: "I'm not leaving until Popo forgives me."

Popo: "Bro, what should I do?"

Toon: "I'd say let's rough her up."

Nana: "SEE! I knew it!"

Popo: "Nah, dude. We're gonna get in trouble. Also I'm a pacifist."

Toon: "Let's call the guards. I'm a witness. It's two against one."

Popo: "Good idea."

Popo took out his phone to call the guards, but Nana tackled him on the ground. Toon pulled her off and she bitch slapped him. The young swordsman ended up shoving her against the wall. He grabbed Popo's arm and hauled him into the room.

Toon: "Bro, she's fuckin' crazy."

Popo: "I know."

Toon: "Has she been doing this?"

Popo: "Nah, it's the first time she showed up."

Toon: "Yeesh. You gotta get a restraining order."

Popo: "I dunno how."

Toon: "Neither do I. I think Ness knows how."

Popo: "Oh yeah, huh?"

Toon: "Luckily he's coming over today."

Popo: "Unless he bails."

Toon: "He better not! This time we actually need him."

Popo: "I don't wanna bring him into my drama. He doesn't deserve that."

Toon: "Bro, it's about courtesy. If he's a true friend, he'll help."

Popo: "What if he says no and flakes out again?"

Toon: "Then fuck him."

Popo: "But-

Toon: "No, if he wants to keep flakin' out on us, then he's not invited anymore. In fact, we won't be friends. He doesn't deserve us."

Popo: "Seems a lil harsh."

Toon: "I don't care!"

Popo: "You good, bro?"

Toon: "No! I'm fuckin' pissed! I'm mad at Nana and at Ness."

Popo: "Bro, calm down. Here."

Popo passed him a joint.

Popo: "Smoke this shit. It helps calm the nerves."

Toon: "No, Mate. I don't need this!"

Popo: "Trust me, bro. It'll make you happy."

Toon Link didn't want to lose his fuel. Instead he grabbed a can of beer and started chugging it down. He kept drinking until he got drunk.

This is the one time he felt brave enough to tell anyone off. When Ness bailed out on them, he was pissed. Sure it's because his job needed him, but Thursdays are their thing.

Ness always finds excuses to not hang out with them. It made him feel unimportant because he genuinely enjoys Ness's company. The psychic was one of the first friends he made when he was invited to brawl.

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-Flashback-

Toon Link was invited to brawl. He was excited yet nervous. What if he doesn't make any friends? What if the other smashers find him weird?

He entered his room and unpacked. Once he was finished with that, he walked around the mansion taking it all in. This place is beautiful. He's lucky to even be here!

He introduced himself to other smashers and they happily greeted him back. Everyone seems ok so far, but they're all older. He kept walking until he saw a kid his age. A blonde boy. He looked new like him. He walked up to him and said hi.

Toon: "Hey, Mate. The name's Toon."

?: ["H-hi. I'm Lucas."]

Toon: "What was that?"

Lucas: "Lucas."

Toon: "Cool name. Are you new here too?"

Lucas: "Y-yeah."

Toon: "You're a shy one, aren't ya?"

Lucas: "Yeah."

Toon: "Well I hope that we can become friends."

Lucas: "Ok."

Toon: "You want to?"

Lucas: ["Y-yeah."]

Toon: "What did you say?"

Lucas: "I'm sorry. Uh…"

Yeesh, this guy is really hard to talk to. He wasn't confident that he could be friends with him.

?: "Hey, guys!"

Suddenly another boy walked up to them. He had black hair with a red and blue hat on. He was wearing a blue and yellow striped shirt similar to this Lucas guy. Are they in the same game?

Toon: "Oh hi! Are you new here too?"

?: "Me? No way! I've been here since 64."

Toon: "Whaaaat!"

?: "My name's Ness. What's yours?"

Toon: "Toon Link."

Ness: "Little cartoony Link!"

Toon: "Yep. That's why I'm called Toon Link."

Ness: "Your name is funny. Hahaha~"

Toon: "Ness is a weird name too."

Ness: "I know! My name is so punnable too!"

Toon snickered. This kid is funny.

Toon: "Say, how old are ya?"

Ness: "Thirteen."

Toon: "I'm fourteen."

Ness: "So is Lucas!"

Toon: "Haha! You're the youngest."

Ness: "Not by a lot! I'm about to turn fourteen soon."

Toon: "Still older~"

Ness: "Well, I've been here in smash the longest so ha!"

Ness put his arm on Lucas's shoulder. The blonde frowned and walked off.

Toon: "What's his deal?"

Ness: "He doesn't really like me."

Toon: "Why?"

Ness: "I'm not sure…"

Ness stared at the floor and frowned.

Toon: "That kid doesn't look friendly. I tried talking to him, but it's impossible."

Ness: "He's shy."

Toon: "Yeah I got that."

Ness: "Did he look at you with disgust too?"

Toon: "No?"

Ness: "I've noticed he only does that to me."

Toon: "Gee, I wonder why. You seem like a cool guy."

Ness: "That's because I am~"

Toon: "You sure are! Wanna play?"

Ness: "Yeah! Let's go to the playground!"

Toon: "Ok!"

The two went to the playground and started playing tag. They kept playing until their legs gave out. They laid on the grass and stared at the blue sky.

Toon: *Huffs* "I'm tired."

Ness: "Me too."

Toon: "So, that kid, uh, is he from the same game as you?"

Ness: "Lucas?"

Toon: "Yeah."

Ness: "Same franchise. Different game."

Toon: "Oh, so you don't know each other."

Ness: "Nope."

Toon: "How do you know his name?"

Ness: "I first met him yesterday. He told me his name and then basically ignored me. For some reason he already knew mine though."

Toon: "Probably because you've been here since 64."

Ness: "But you didn't know me."

Toon: "That's because I'm dumb and I came here blindly."

Ness: "Hahaha! You do look dumb!"

Toon: "Hey! You're the one that looks dumb!"

Ness: "No I don't!"

Toon: "Yes you do!"

Ness: "At least I don't talk funny."

Toon: "To me, you're the one that talks funny."

The two stared at each other and then started laughing.

Ness: "You know what, we're both dumb looking. Truce?"

Toon: "Yeah, ok."

Ness: "Hey guess what?"

Toon: "What?"

Ness slapped Toon's shoulder.

Ness: "Tag!"

The psychic then ran off.

Toon: "Hey! That's not fair. I wasn't ready!"

Ness: "Catch me if you can, slowpoke!"

Toon Link ran after him. Dang, this kid is fast. Toon took out his boomerang and aimed at Ness's legs so he would trip and fall. However, Ness anticipated it and used his telekinetic power to stop it from moving.

Toon watched in amazement as he saw his boomerang hovering in the air.

Toon: "W-what the!"

Ness stopped running and smirked at him.

Ness: "If you wanna play dirty, so can I~"

Toon: "How are you doing that?"

Ness: "Expect the unexpected here in smash. We all have some kind of power, duh."

Toon: "W-what's yours?"

Ness released his power and the boomerang fell on the floor. He waved his hands in the air dramatically and said, "psychic abilities."

Toon: "That's super cool!"

Ness: "I see that you're more of a utility based fighter."

Toon: "I am."

Ness: "Me too! I love being resourceful. We both got that in common."

Toon: "Yeah, but I don't got cool psychic powers like you. Teach me!'

Ness: "I was born with it. I'm not sure I can teach you."

Toon: "No fair!"

Ness: "Hey, I'm sure you got something that I can't do."

Toon: "I am pretty good with a sword. Oh and I got this thing."

Toon Link took out a wand. Ness walked over to him and pointed at it.

Ness: "What's that do?"

Toon: "It can control the sea."

Ness: "See, I can't do that. Plus, I don't know how to use a sword. I use this bat."

Ness took out his bat to show his new friend.

Toon: "That's lame."

Ness: "Compared to a sword yeah. Oh I know! Can you teach me?"

Toon: "Yeah!"

Toon started showing Ness the basics of fencing. The two did that until it got dark out.

Ness: "Well that was fun, but I'm sleepy."

Toon: "Me too."

Ness: "Can we practice again tomorrow?"

Toon: "Of course, Mate."

Ness: "Mate?"

Toon: "It means friend."

Ness: "Ok! See you tomorrow, Mate."

The two split ways. Toon Link went back to his room. He couldn't stop thinking about today. That was an awesome experience and he couldn't wait to play with his new friend tomorrow. Who knows, they might even be paired up together for the tournament. They would be an unstoppable team!

-End Of Flashback-

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Toon Link wished Ness was how he used to be. Suddenly after he turned sixteen, all he wanted to do was hang out with Lucas and that was it. He became distant with everyone else. And if he wasn't with Lucas, he stuck his nose in a book and trained to win tournaments.

Toon: "I swear to god if he doesn't show up, I'm gonna show him a piece of my mind."

Popo: "Duuuude, it's gonna be ok. Ness is gonna show up."

Toon: "He didn't last time!"

Popo: "Yeaaaah that's because of his job thing."

Toon: "He should've told his job-

Knock!

Knock!

Popo got up and opened the door.

Ness: "Hey."

Lucas was behind him. He shyly waved at Popo.

Popo: "Broskiiiis! Come in!"

Popo moved out of the way. As Ness was about to take a step, a blue blur ran past them which caused Ness's hat to fall off. This also made Lucas lose his balance and he accidentally grabbed onto Ness.

Ness: "Sonic, what the hell!"

Sonic sat on the couch and put his feet up on the coffee table.

Sonic: "Can't let you beat me here."

Ness: "Does everything have to be a competition with you? Look, you made Lucas fall. Apologize."

Sonic: "Oops, sorry."

Ness helped Lucas up. The blonde grabbed Ness's hat and gave it to him. The two then stepped inside and sat on the love couch together.

Popo passed everyone a beer. Of course Ness and Lucas put their cans on the table. They never drink with the others.

Popo: "C'mon, drink it!"

Ness: "No thanks."

Sonic: "Ness is a wet blanket. What about you, Lucas? You don't have to copy him ya know."

Lucas: "Oh it's ok. I don't like the taste of alcohol."

Sonic: "Nobody does. It's what it does to ya that makes it fun."

Lucas: "No, I don't think you guys would like me when I'm drunk."

Popo: "Lucas gets emotional."

Ness: "You've seen him drunk?"

Popo: "Hell yeah I have! He gets all fussy."

Lucas: "I do? I don't remember this."

Popo: "Of course you don't. You were drunk."

Ness: "Like black out drunk?"

Popo: "Yeah, kinda."

Ness: "W-what? When did this happen?"

Popo: "It was when we were partying with your clone."

Ness: "Nate?"

Popo: "Yeah."

Ness: "Did Nate force you?"

Lucas: "No. He was drinking, so I wanted to give it a try."

Ness: "Did he get drunk?"

Popo: "Not really. He didn't drink much. He was buzzed though."

Sonic: "I kinda wanna see Nate drunk."

Popo: "Saaame."

Sonic: "That dude is hilarious. He sounds like he would be the fun drunk."

Ness: "Sounds cringy."

Lucas: "It does sound kinda of funny."

Ness: "Lucas, I can't believe you got drunk."

Lucas: "S-sorry."

Ness: "Don't apologize, I'm just shocked."

Sonic: "I wanna see Lucas drunk."

Ness: (I kinda do too.) *Chuckles*

Lucas: "What're you chuckling for?"

Ness averted his eyes and started laughing to himself.

Ness: "I mean… I am a little curious."

Sonic: "What! No way! Even Ness is on board."

Ness: "Yeaaaah I mean…" *Chuckles*

Lucas: "Wait, seriously? I thought you wouldn't want me to drink."

Ness: "Hey, I never said that! I myself don't want to drink. I don't mind if you do or not."

Lucas: "R-really?"

Ness: "Yeah, go for it."

Lucas: "O-ok!"

Sonic: "Holy shit! Wait, what?"

Popo: "Shiiiit! Is Lucas actually gonna drink?"

Lucas smirked at the group and grabbed a can of beer. He looked at Ness who didn't seem bothered at all. Usually Ness would talk about how bad alcohol is and guilt Lucas into not drinking. It's crazy seeing him acting so chill about it.

Everyone watched as Lucas opened the can and started drinking. They all cheered except Toon Link. Sonic noticed and pointed it out.

Sonic: "Yo, Toon, you good, bro?"

Toon: "I'm fine."

Sonic: "You don't sound fine."

Popo: "Uh, he's… A little under the weather."

Ness: "Why? What happened? Toon, you can tell us. We're all friends here."

Toon: ["Tch! Friends don't flake out on each other."]

Sonic went over and sat next to Popo. He whispered in his ear.

Sonic: ["Is it because of Tetra?"]

Popo: ["No, bro. It's because of Ness."]

Sonic: ["What? Why? What did he do?"]

Popo and Sonic gave Ness a quick glance.

Ness: "Uh… Is everything ok?"

Popo: "Y-yeah, we're all good."

Ness raised a brow and tilted his head to the side.

Ness: "A-are you sure?"

Toon: "No. EVERYTHING IS NOT GOOD!"

Everyone turned to look at Toon Link. The young swordsman's face was beet red. Everyone stared at him in shock. They've never seen the dude this angry.

Toon: "NESS, I'M FUCKIN' PISSED AT YOU!"