" Mr. Snake? " shouted a manly voice. " Why are you cleaning your class? The year ain't finished... "
Snake sighed and answered: " Ah, of course... The year is just beginning! Well... For you, Ike... Because I got fired by Sakurai. "
Ike got suddently sad. " Fired? W-why? "
He didn't answer and walked toward the door. He sighed again before he answered: " Looks like my place ain't at Nintendo, with all of you. I guess I gotta return at PlayStation... I won't be in the next Smash Bros, Ike... "
The Radiant Hero replied nothing. He ran outside of the class, letting Snake alone. As he was going, Snake slowly shook his hand, as a goodbye. He closed the lights and the door, and walked down the hall.
Ike ran into Sakurai's office. " Mr. Sakurai! Why does Mr. Snake got fired?
Sakurai smiled, laughed and even giggled. " We don't need him anymore. And.... "
Ike was listening carefully at Sakurai's sayings. " and... I will fire the Ice Climbers, Lucas, Mewtwo, Wolf, Young Link, Pichu and Roy, as well! " As he was saying that, he was staring into Ike's eyes.
" Is there any way for them to stay in the game? " asked Ike.
" Players gotta vote for them in the Smash Ballot... And if they have enough vote, I will put them again... " answered the director.
Pit entered in the room with Link, Robin and Dark Pit.
" Hi, Mr. Sakurai! We received the results of the Smash Ballot! "
Sakurai smiled and asked to know the results.
Pit shouted: " First place! We have Mewtwo with [INSERT A NUMBER HERE] votes! Second Place, we have Roy with [INSERT A NUMBER HERE] votes! And in Third Place! We have Lucas with [INSERT A NUMBER HERE] votes! "
Sakurai pouted: " Pff, no newcomers? Only oldcomers? How sad. "
Ike smiled and slowly walked out of the office. As soon as he made a step out, Marth came to talk with him. " Kon'nichiwa, raibaru. Sōdofaitingukurasu no junbi wa dekimashita ka? [Hi, Rival. Ready for the Sword Fighting class?] "
" Oh, hi, Marth. " replied Ike. " Well, not really... I'm not feeling so well... I saw that nice characters are going to be fir-- .... "
" Sonogo, ushinau tame ni jibun de junbi. [Then, prepare yourself to lose.] " shouted Marth, as he was walking away.
" MARTHA-SENPAAAAI!! Wait for me!! " screamed Roy, who was running after him.
" Watashi wa anata ga kore o teishi suru yō ni iimashita, baka. [I told you to stop with this, idiot.] " shouted Marth as he was walking down the hall.
Dark Pit suddently appears in the corridor with Link, Robin and Pit. They ran all the way down the hall, screaming: " We need to ship something! No more "Zelink"! "
" Zelink ain't that bad, after all... ", said Link.
Dark Pit stopped running and stared into Link's eyes: " Are you crazy?! Zelink is... THE. WORST. SHIP. EVER! "
Link stopped talking and sighed, while Pit and Robin were humming a song and looking everywhere, to calm the tension.
Ike smiled at them and kept walking in the hall.
" Hey, Ike!~ ", shouted a green-haired woman.
" Ah, it's you, Palutena-chan... Hi! ", he answered while rubbing the back of his head, " How are you, today? "
As Ike was talking with Palutena, Pit had the revelation of the century.
" Palutena x Ike !! ", he screamed.
Dark Pit, with sparkle in his eyes, answered: " AHHHH, YES! What a good idea, I had! "
" What is your idea, boss? ", asked the crew.
Dark Pit shouted, proud of his idea: " Ike x Palutena! "
Pit pouted and replied: " Pittoo-Sama... That was my idea... "
Link and Robin looked at each others, then looked at Pit, motioning him to stop, but it was too late. Dark Pit turned around, with all his anger in his eyes.....
