And here is…The Game of Life! I've said this many times before, but I will say it again: this will be a challenge fic for me; one I'm looking forward to.

Falco: Why say that?

Because this fic will be different than my others. Unlike the rest, this won't necessarily be an adventure or anything like that. We got the smashers in their home in their normal, everyday life. Of course, trouble in paradise means there won't be normal days all the time, but meh, you get the point. (Sweatdrop) So, helping me up here will be Falco, and Dr. Mario, while Marth and Young Link will close the fic.

Dr. Mario: There are only two of us now! Oh well. x)

Falco: Interesting title. What's up?

Well, I had the idea for a bit now, and I think it'll help the fic. This and the epilogue will be the first and last pages of the diary, and much like Blood Links, there will be brief inserts before and after the A/N's. After much though, I decided the owner of the diary to be D.K.

Dr. Mario: RoyalFanatic doesn't own us or SSBM, but she does own her view of our mansion, Smash City, Smash Island, and the Planet Nintendo concept, the human names and appearances of the Hand Brothers, and perhaps other things we can't say/ have forgotten.

Of course, as said in A Forbidden Love, there are a few warnings I feel I should say; safe than sorry folks! So, we have three warnings: Warnings of Yaoi (duh), warnings of unique pairings (like the main one), and warnings of OoCness (which should be considered norm at this point in time, you know, because this is a sequel). Now I'll shut up. Away chapter!

Dear diary? Or is it journal?

A blank book was given to me, by Dr. Mario, and he said it was a diary; where one could keep track of his thoughts. He said he planned on using it a long time ago, but eventually decided against it, and thought I would like it instead.

I guess I'll call it a journal, since I know the females of the mansion call it a diary.

So, my name's Donkey Kong, and I'm from Kong Island. Well, I think it's called Donkey Kong Island, after my ancestor who found it, but I prefer Kong Island. I'm one of a huge family of Kongs, including my nephew Diddy Kong and my pops, Donkey Kong (in the past) now Cranky Kong. I wonder if I name my son Donkey Kong, if my name will change as well in the future. I might as well call him Donkey Kong Jr.

So, I lived on my island, saving it alongside Diddy and my huge family from the Kremlins and their leader, King K Rool, and sometimes I had to be saved myself! That was no fun at all! But I was saved in the end, and that's always a good thing. Then I got an invite to Super Smash Brothers.

Now, I've already had some good friends who I reunited with there: Mario Mario and his brother Luigi, defenders of the Mushroom Kingdom not too far away and its ruler, Princess Peach Toadstool (Peach wasn't in the first Super Smash Brothers, by the way. But she's in this second one going on right now! I'll talk more about that later). I also know Yoshi, who lives on Yoshi's Island not too far away either (it's closer than the Mushroom Kingdom), and boy oh boy was I glad to see them there! I also met new friends: Fox McCloud, Samus Aran, Link Hyral, Ness Onuto, Kirby Star, Captain Falcon, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff. They were all cool. It was led by this strange and giant right handed glove called the Master Hand. He was mean on the battleground, but he was cool too. When Super Smash Brothers ended, I was sorry to go.

But then Super Smash Brothers Melee began! Master Hand had a twin brother (although we didn't know they were twins at the time; we just learned that now), called the Crazy Hand. People said he was a crazy and giant left handed glove, and whenever we fight them in the Classic Mode or the Event Mode, that's what they are. But they have human forms too, and names: Jeffrey (Master Hand) and Jeremy (Crazy Hand). We just call them Master and Crazy Hand though.

So, I saw my old friends, and I met even more new ones too! I was surprised to see Peach, Bowser, and Dr. Mario there though; I can tell you that much! Then Fox's friend Falco was there, as well as Pikachu and Jigglypuff's friend Pichu and foe Mewtwo. Mewtwo was pretty scary; not in an evil way, but in another way. It's hard to explain. Link's younger self, Young Link, was there, his friend Princess Zelda was there too, and then there was his evil rival Ganondorf (I'll talk about him later). I also saw an old acquaintance, Mr. Game and Watch. It was cool seeing him as well. There were also people completely new to everything, like Popo, Nana, Marth, and Roy. They were cool too.

No one really tried talking with Ganondorf though; I noticed that. I think it was because of everything Link was saying. But Marth was nice enough to introduce himself, and I did too. He didn't seem like a bad person, and it almost made me think about Mario, when he captured my pops. And besides, the past is the past, right?

So we got into partners not too long afterwards, for doubles tournaments (which was going to be our first tournament) and other stuff. I partnered with Bowser, and that was cool. It was too bad we lost in the second round, but it was fun watching the other battles (I'll talk more about that later). As we were going with the tournament though, something bad happened, and Mario, Yoshi, Marth, Ness, and Pichu were kidnapped!

Later we saw that it was a man named "Superior" Jonathan Hand, Master and Crazy's father! He wanted to unlock Armageddon, and five hearts were required for this: the Five Hearts of Valor, Kindness, Consideration, Understanding, and Generosity. Mario was Valor, Yoshi was Kindness, Marth was Consideration, Ness was Understanding, and Pichu was Generosity. And I never knew!

So we planned a strike on the fortress where Superior lived, and it was then when I really noticed some changes. You see, Ganondorf and Link seemed to be switching personalities, cause Ganondorf was actually really good and stuff, and Link was being a jerk. I think the Winter Festival, one of the Four Festivals Smash Island (where the mansion is and stuff), was a mega boost for Ganondorf (it wasn't until the end of the tourney when we found out/confirmed what that was; I'll talk more about that later too.).

So the team went, and then Master Hand took a team to back the first one up, because the negotiations were fake. When everyone came back, Mario and Ness had lost their hearts. It was…sad.

After some planning (and relaxation to clear out minds), we were going to strike, but Superior beat us to it, and took Pikachu's, Pichu's, and Ganondorf's hearts. I dunno what happened, but from what Zelda told me, Ganondorf saved Marth, taking the loss himself. It sounded really, really tragic…and I think Marth was stunned by what happened as well. Eventually, he and Yoshi ran away from the mansion, deciding to run around the planet; not staying in one place for too long. Master Hand was against it at first, but eventually he ended up letting them go.

I didn't mention, though, that when we were attacked, Superior couldn't get my heart! I helped Crazy Hand, but then I thought I was going to lose my heart, but I didn't. I'm one of the few who have a shield sorta thing around my heart that protects it. I think that is really cool.

But back to other things. Eventually, Dr. Mario and Peach said the doc managed to hear from Superior, who was threatening the permanent extinction of Ganondorf's heart unless we brought him Marth's. In the end, we had no choice to agree, and it was a very costly exchange.

Yoshi was never dragged into this, though, and that's good. We managed to all charge to the fortress, destroy the altar that would've brought Armageddon forward, save the missing hearts, and defeat Superior Hand. It turns out he was really misunderstood though, and in the end, Master Hand killed him. No one saw him do it, so I don't know how, or if Master Hand buried his father.

Everyone was restored back to normal, and the guys were telling Yoshi what happened, and then Link was being a jerk again. They said Ganondorf really took a blow, but in the end, Marth snapped and beat Link up. I wish I saw it; they said it was great.

So, the tournament continued, and we had some interesting teams fighting against each other. Luigi and Samus were really good friends in Super Smash Brothers, and I think the friendship turned to romance when they reunited and became a team in Melee. Roy, who was partnered with Link, fell in love with him, and did his best to stay by Link's side even though Link was being a jerk. I think Link finally saw this after Marth beat some sense into him, and the two are together now. Dr. Mario and Zelda are always seen together, but I think every time Nana sees the doctor, she shoots angry looks at him. Might just be me though. Mario and Peach, shortly after the doubles tournament, tied the knot, and we all were there to watch. It was a very happy occasion (I think Peach might be acting a little strangely recently, but that might just be me though as well). Young Link and Ness can always been seen together, and after Ness' bold move, I can't help but think that the two will end up happily together.

As for Ganondorf, who found acceptance and love from Marth (Like Ness, Marth was the one who pulled off the bold move. I think the two were secretly planning the entire thing as the tournament went on), well, he's doing great too. Both of them are.

And Smash Island is proud of their three homosexual couples. But we're not so sure about the rest of the world. And something tells me that we're going to go through troubles anyway, although I'm sure it'll be nothing like Superior Hand.

Maybe that's just me as well.

I'll write again later. For now, I think I'll go battle.

Donkey Kong

Young Link: And that's the prologue! So, it's pretty much a brief summary of what happened in A Forbidden Love, as well as other things.

Marth: So, as said before, before and after the A/N's of the chapters there will be inserts from D.K.'s diary/journal, and the epilogue will be the last entry.

Young Link: I like the idea: very solid, and we get to see a bit of D.K. as well. So, that's all from us!

Marth: Review!