The Fighters that Don't Fight
After a long period of traveling, the pair finally made it to the train where the fighters will be taken to the mansion. Nobody questions why they take a special train, but that doesn't mean they haven't thought of asking. Everyone gave an excited 'hello' or 'hey'. The pair gave equally happy 'hello's'.
Kirby noticed a few newcomers, for example, a large purple dragon in another car, seemingly alone. Another would be a rather round crocodile brandishing a red cape that connected around his neck with a blue gem, and a crown atop his head, and is surprisingly next to the big dragon. There were about 11 newcomers, each one surprising Kirby- as he never saw them before. They were very excited, of course, and gave a loud or excited 'Hello!'. Except for the dragon, King crocodile. The dragon looked at Kirby as if he was planning the pink boy's murder, and the crocodile looked at Kirby and Meta with a condescending smirk.
'What's with these guys..?' Kirby thought and internally questioning why they were there.
"Two more stops until we get to the mansion!" The person over the PA system says, very clearly so everyone can hear and understand.
"I wonder who's left..? Then again, I did see a lot of newcomers. Though, not as many as we saw at the fourth tournament." Kirby notes, still looking around.
"Indeed, there are plenty of new fighters, but I hear that the 2 stops are actually of a special kind. We are, apparently, not going to see the last two fighters very often in the arena." Meta Knight says while they keep moving to find an empty seat by going to different cars, surprising Kirby with the last thing he said.
"Huh? Why?" Kirby asks, curious as to why they would be fighters if they won't be fighting often.
Meta Knight, oddly enough, shrugs. "It is the hands' choice, but I am as curious as you, Kirby."
They finally find a seat in an almost empty car and sit down. Kirby thinks for a moment and then speaks up.
"So, are we ever going to... see them?" Kirby asks, looking up to a monitor on the wall to see how close they are to the next station.
"We are going to see them, outside of battle if that's what you meant, just not in battle. Or, rather, not often." Meta concludes, answering Kirby's question in a way that made him stop speaking.
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After about an hour of the train rushing on the track and inconsistent chatter, they finally made it to a retro looking station with a small brown pot waiting. Kirby, as childish as he usually is, runs to the window closest to the door.
"Is this one of the special fighters? A pot...?"
Meta Knight gets next to Kirby and points a bit farther to the side of where Kirby was looking.
"Wait... Is that-?!"
"Yes. That is Piranha Plant." Meta Knight calmly replies, before sighing. "I heard from Peach that there was another fighter from her world. It took me a while before I could think of an acceptable result from her claim."
"As usual, you always think ahead..." Kirby sweatdrops.
Piranha Plant gets on the train and disappears from sight.
"How odd... I wonder who the last person will be, Meta!" Kirby says playfully as they get back into a seat, talking with the other passengers about the new plant.
"Last stop until we get to the mansion! We are almost there!" The PA person says excitedly.
"Now I'm even more excited! How about you? Are you curious too?" Kirby pokes at Meta, practically jumping up and down in his seat.
"Yes, I am curious, but we will have to wait until we get there, Kirby. Calm down-" Meta Knight gets cut off.
"How can I not be?! I mean, these people are special enough to not have to fight often and-" Kirby also gets cut off, but instead by Meta shushing him and motioning for him to stand up and look out the window, where the rest of the fighters in that car were.
"We have made it to the last stop! Once this fighter boards, we are on the way to the mansion!" The PA says in finality.
There was faint talking outside the windows, but once some realized the last person was talking, they opened the windows (The only reason they opened was that it was courtesy of the sponsors of the tournaments) Kirby and Meta Knight couldn't see who was talking, but they could hear what they were saying.
"See you in Mementos, Joker!" An unfamiliar soft high-pitched voice says, sounding kind and polite.
"It seems this is goodbye for now." A voice similar to Meta's said notably sorrowful, giving off a tone that sounded loyal.
"No worries, Inari! We're gonna see 'im in Mementos, yeah?" Another voice, this time friendly.
"Alright, Joker! Let's get going!" This one sounded like a... child? A boyish voice said to the one called 'Joker', also sounding loyal, but serious.
"Goodbye, everyone. Mementos?" Said a deep-ish voice. One that sounded of confidence.
'Is that Joker's voice?' Kirby thought, getting more and more excited.
"Mementos!" The rest of the group cheered. When they cheered out, there were another three voices. One that sounded high pitched, and friendly. Another that sounded medium and wise and the last being one that sounded a little bit higher than medium and a bit mischevious.
"Alright, see you then!" The boyish voice said once more.
'Joker' finally steps onto the train after waving goodbye to the group. As he stepped onto the train, Kirby ran to the doors to at the very least catch a glimpse of this person. And in fact, he was there in plain sight! Kirby was surprised to see this Joker person, as he was met with the sight of... a high school kid? Kirby could only see their back, but what he did see was a black coat that was divided at the ends and curly/messy hair. He could also see something with pointed white-colored edges at the bridge of his nose, just barely crossing over to the back of his head. Though, he did have the frame of a high-schooler.
'How old is this guy..?' Kirby sweat drops.
The train starts moving one the doors close, and surprisingly enough, 'Joker' started toward the car that Meta and Kirby were seated in. Meta, in the middle of the chaos of people standing up and rushing to the window, had sat back at his and Kirby's original seat, reading a book. Kirby made his way back next to him and started up a conversation to not look suspicious when Joker came through.
"Did you see him?" Kirby asks, eyes darting back and forth between the door and his, unusually, reserved boyfriend.
"..." Meta didn't respond, looking as though somebody else was filling his mind with info. He was in a trance, thinking.
"Meta?" Kirby now asks, gently poking at the silent knight.
This seems to get his attention, as Meta flinches at his touch and instinctively reaches for his sword strapped to his back, resting in its sheath. It takes him a second to realize it was Kirby that attempted to get his attention before he stops reaching for Galaxia.
"Oh, Kirby. My apologies, what did you say?" Meta says, looking at Kirby with a sad smile that was saying 'Sorry about that'.
"It's fine! But I asked you what do you think about the- uh..." Kirby cuts himself off awkwardly, as he is now face-to-face with the new fighter himself.
"..." Joker looked at Kirby with an odd stare. As if he was testing Kirby's demeanor, or maybe he was asking something?
"Er... I-I didn't... I um..." Kirby was now awkwardly mumbling things, and soon starts twiddling with his hands.
"Excuse me, what is it do you need? If you're looking for your designated area, it's actually the one after the car." Meta Knight came to the rescue of Kirby and points at the opposing door at the other end of that booth. Joker actually looks a bit surprised, before giving a thankful look.
"Thank you. I didn't really know how to ask you two, so thank you for understanding me. Meta Knight, yes?" Joker says, with his scarily deep-ish voice, sounding thankful. But he actually had another tone hidden in his deep voice. As if he sounded... Embarrassed? Like he regretted not knowing how to ask for help.
Kirby was first praising M.K in his mind as he basically gets spirited away out of embarrassment. But brings himself back together once he realizes what Joker said, and what he sounded like saying it.
'He was trying to ask me where his seat was..? Oh geez, how was anyone supposed to know that?!' Kirby restraining himself or facepalming, all the while internally cursing for making the poor kid embarrassed about attempting to ask something.
"Correct, I hope to meet you in the arena once we get there..?" Meta trails off as a question, signaling for Joker to say his name.
"Joker, and same here." He extends a hand for shaking, and Meta takes it. "See ya." The kid walks away... And Kirby gets a small hit to the top of his head.
"Ow... What was that for?" Kirby asks while he is rubbing the area where he was struck.
"I hope you come to terms with the fact that you can't openly talk about someone like that. You made him embarrassed, on his first day as a Smash brother fighter no less. You do understand, correct?" Meta Knight lectures, while he starts reaching for a book he hid in his cape while he was talking to Joker.
"Yes sir, geez..." Kirby lightly teases the Knight and watches as he searches for the book.
"Where is it..? Oh, is this-" Meta knight pulls out a card, as well as the book.
"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts..?" He says curiously as he starts reading the card.
"Sir Meta Knight, the very kind warrior of Planet Popstar. Our leader thanks you for helping him, as does Mona. We hope that you will continue to be kind to our group in times of need. But should you ever be in need of our assistance, we would be glad to help you. From the Phantom Thieves." Meta reads the small card, mostly in confusion.
"He's the leader of a group of thieves..?" Kirby asks curiously.
"I'm guessing so, from the looks of this. But the 'should we ever need assistance, they would be glad to help us' seems a bit... odd. I wonder if his name is actually Joker, as well. I'll have to ask him when I get the chance. " Meta says as he opens his book.
"You already made a new ally, though! It's one of the special fighters too~ You seem to be a natural at this, Meta!" Kirby cheers, giving Meta a pat on his shoulder.
"I simply wish to not be rude or unpleasant to anybody. It would be unfavorable for them to see me as cumbersome." He says this while reading his book now, so Kirby leaves their conversation at that.
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"We are finally at the place you all were waiting for... THE SMASH MANSION!" The PA system says, waking everyone from the 4-hour long trip here from whatever place Joker came from. Those who were awake the whole time looking tired.
"Kirby... Kirby. We have finally arrived. Wake up, so I don't have to carry you." Meta Knight says, though he must have fallen asleep at some point as well, as he was picking up his book and placing a bookmark in it. He gets his and Kirby's bags and attempts once more to wake Kirby.
"Kirby..." He attempts to wake the Pink character but to no avail.
He sighs and starts to put his bag on his back, and Meta switches the placement of his own bag and switches it to his chest. And then he starts lifting Kirby onto his back, somehow without the sleeping boy waking up.
"Geez... Why must you never wake up when I need you to do so..? Meta Knight sighs and mutters under his breath.
"Excuse me, but would this happen to be yours?" The same deep voice from hours ago asked. Meta turned to find that Joker was holding a star accessory with red ribbons coming out from behind it. It looked as if to be the ribbon Kirby uses to keep his hair off to the side of his head in a ponytail.
Meta turns to check on Kirby, and sure enough, his hair was out of its usual style.
"Joker..! What are you doing? This plant guy is heavy...!" A childish boy voice says.
"One second, Mona."
'Ah- Did he say Mona? So he is indeed the leader of that group, and the Mona person is real...' Meta thinks while turning back to speak with Joker.
"Yes, that is actually Kirby's. Thank you for finding it." Meta says while attempting to free one of his hands to get the Star trinket.
"It seems you have your hands full... I can hold some bags for you if you wish." The masked character offers, crimson eyes sparkling adorably.
Meta chuckles, much to the dismay of said person. "You don't really have to, I'm fine. I'm actually used to this more than I should be..." As Meta finishes his sentence, Kirby stirs in his sleep.
"AKIRA!" The childish boy-like voice yells now.
"Mona..? What did you need?" Akira, which is apparently his real name, turns to look at the... ground? Meta now realizes that 'Mona' is a small cat-like creature who was, unfortunately, holding the presumably heavy Piranha Plant.
"Are you gonna get this thing or what?! He's heavier than you think!" Mona exclaims angrily.
"Sorry, Mona." Joker bends down to get the sleeping plant.
"Is he asleep or..?" Meta trails off for Akira to finish.
"I think he's asleep because he didn't really move, even when the guy said we're here.
Just now realizing that they probably have been keeping a lot of people from leaving, Meta frantically looks behind Mona and Akira.
Nobody was there... How odd.
'How did they..?' Meta is still looking around for people behind them and sees nobody.
"I'm surprised you didn't notice, but your car was empty for a while. Don't worry, the car in front of yours is still unloading, look." Akira mentions this as Meta was looking around.
"Stop... You're moving too much... mm..." Kirby mumbles tiredly, most likely to Meta.
"If you're awake, you need to let go of me." The knight declares, making Kirby move uncomfortably.
"Zzz..." Kirby soon falls back asleep. This causes Meta to curse under his breath.
"I'm not holding a lot, I would be glad to help you," Akira says, looking at him with an expression that explained 'I want to help you, let me help you.'
"If you could get Kirby's bag, that would be very useful." Meta proposes, readjusting Kirby on his back, who was sleeping too peacefully for the situation he had caused.
"Okay-" And quicker than Meta could notice, a little weight was being lifted from his shoulders, and noticed that Joker was beckoning Morgana to come with him. And also the fact that he was now in possession of Kirby's bag.
'That was quick...' And with that, Meta Joined them in leaving the train, and started towards those stairs of what could be called 'Home', to many of the fighters, and an Arena to others.
"Aw~ Kirby's asleep on Meta Knights back!" A high-pitched happy voice says, in what appears to be admiration.
"Isn't that cute, Link? Link..? Hey, wait up!"
"So much chatter... Woah, this place is so huge! Right, Joker?" Mona exclaims, loudly, in fact.
"Right. But could you be just a little less loud? I don't think you realized how loud that was. I didn't even know you could be that loud..." Akira says, sweatdropping. But he seemed as excited as Mona was, even though the only thing that hinted to that was his smile when he saw the mansion. A movement was felt on Meta's back as they walked
"yawn... What happened..? Are we here already?" Kirby yawns, almost falling backward when he did. His legs outstretched, as well as his arms when he started his descent backward. Meta catches him before he falls, and Kirby almost kisses the floor just as he was saved.
"Here," Meta says with a soft voice and lowers himself to the floor as he lets Kirby down from his back.
"Thank you... Are we at- Ah, I see we finally made it, right? Did the place get bigger while we were gone?" Kirby comments light-heartedly.
Meta gently smiles, and soon makes a comment himself, "It seems so. But anyways," He glances over at Akira, and says, "Akira helped me while you decided to be Sleeping Beauty."
"Really? Thanks! Your name's Akira, right?" Kirby exclaims. And soon gets anxious once Akira turned around.
"Who told you my name was Akira?" He states this with a cold stare and an odd feeling surrounding Kirby.
"I- ah-um..." Kirby stuttered over his words awkwardly, and Meta Knight speaks up for him.
"We should probably go inside, let's talk tomorrow, alright?" Before any of them could respond, Meta Knight walks away. Kirby runs to catch up with him leaving Mona and Akira(With the sleeping Piranha Plant and Kirby's bag).
"I said your real name by accident on the train earlier. That's most likely where they got it. Sorry, Joker..." Mona says sheepishly.
Joker sighs. "It's fine, Mona. Just... Let's catch up with them." He starts to leave as well, with Mona rushing to catch up with him.
All of the fighters swarm into the grand foyer, where there were the two stairways that led to the upper part of the mansion. Behind the stairs were the big doors that led to the backyard and the mini observatory(As per request by many during the last tournament), along with a conservatory. Next to the stairs were 4 hallways, divided equally to the left and right, leading to various rooms. There was a young man standing at the top of the stairs, with brown hair and a cold look.
"It seems everyone has arrived. Welcome to the fourth Smash Tournament. I'm glad to see our 'Special' Fighters have arrived as well." Though he had a serious gaze, he gave an admirable smile to everyone.
"I didn't know da-" Kirby gets himself cut off by Meta Knight's hand covering his mouth.
"Do not say that out loud, Kirby. Not everyone can go... there like some of us can." Meta says, nodding his head towards a group of friends from a universe they didn't know well.
"Oh, right..." Kirby sweatdrops.
"Anyways, I see most of you are fatigued from having to travel here. I will leave you to your activities. The first match is scheduled two weeks from now, so get some rest and prepare everyone."
The man leaves, and everyone disperses to do their own things. Rosalina most notably leaves through the big doors in the back, and some others leave to find their rooms.
"This place is as busy as Shibuya back in Japan!" Mona exclaims, less loud than before.
"Yes, it would seem so," Joker says, stifling a yawn.
Mona notices, nonetheless. "Are you tired, Joker? We could ask around to see where the rooms are!"
"Would this happen to be yours?"
"Hm? Oh, It's Meta Knight." Joker looks over to the masked knight, his surprise was not hidden very well in his voice.
Meta hands him a letter with a wax stamp of the signature Smash Ball on it, and says, "I figured this would be yours since it has your name on it."
"Where did this come from? How did you find it..?" Joker questions, first putting down Piranha Plant and opening the envelope while talking and admiring the wax stamp.
"When we receive envelopes to this tournament, they make multiple in case we incidentally lose one. Though, we are expected to be responsible and have the envelope while we arrive here. This is the second letter you should have received, as it holds the key to your room and other area restricted to a few people." Meta explains, occasionally glancing around for something. Or, perhaps, someone?
"And where did you find it?" Joker starts inspecting the key and accidentally drops the letter. Mona catches it and checks inside.
"What's this?" Mona takes out a red-and-black piece of paper and holds it up for Meta to look at.
"That is... That looks like it is a sticker of sorts." The masked knight says while crouching down to look at it.
"Is that all?" Meta says while looking around. It seems he's found who he's looking for, as he sees Kirby talking to two people, one of them looked like one of the three Links.
The other was Zelda too, apparently. "You looked so cute when you were asleep, Kirby! Also, I noticed something when Meta was carrying you... Where's the Star accessory that you use?" This gave Kirby a panic attack. "I- Wait... It's gone?!"
"You didn't notice?"
"It seems I have to go. Thank you for carrying it for me." Meta thanks him, and reaches for Kirby's bag.
He is given it, and Joker holds out his hand. In it is the Star hair-ribbon.
"Before I forget. And thank you for helping us out." Joker says, giving a small grin towards Meta Knight.
"It's only right, you needed help. You shouldn't really thank me." Meta mentions
"But still! You really helped us out and-"
"There's no way I lost it!"
Meta nods over to Kirby and Joker nods, giving him the ribbon.
"Joker? That guy over there, the one freaking out? He seems familiar to me. Like I knew him from somewhere." Mona says, looking over at Kirby.
"Same for you too, huh? I know I never met him before, yet I still feel as if I know him..." Joker replies back, wondering about this familiarity.
"Are you sure you didn't lose it, Kirby? Where did you have it last?" Zelda asks, trying to be helpful but only fueling the panic as it set in for Kirby.
"... Oh no. Oh no." Kirby's panic reaching it's peak before Meta walks over there.
"Here," Meta states nonchalantly, and hands Kirby the hair-ribbon.
"..." Kirby looks at it for a second and then bursts into tears.
"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU-" Meta pats Kirby on the head
"You shouldn't be thanking me. Joker is the one who found it." He said all of this while Kirby was crying his eyes out. Meta looks over to find him and sees only Piranha Plant on the ground. He seemed to have woken up during the commotion and started walking to the big doors behind the stairs. "He seems to have left... But next time you see him, be sure to thank him." And suddenly Kirby collapses into Meta Knights chest.
"..."
"Kirby?"
A soft snore was his reply back.
"... Geez, Kirby..." Meta sighed and starts to pick Kirby up and carry him in his arms. "Sorry if he was bothering you two"
"I-It's fine! He wasn't bothering us at all! Right, Link?" Zelda looks to Link for help. Link shakes his head and starts signing. Zelda translates for him, "He wasn't causing any trouble, I enjoy his company."
"If you say so. Goodbye for now, then." Meta says and starts to leave.
"Thanks for backing me, Link. I wonder why Meta thinks Kirby only causes trouble..."
'Maybe because that's because of the fact he can go to the real world? He's certainly the troublemaker, over there and here.' Meta thinks grimly as he listens to Zelda talking and replying from what Link signed to her.
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He starts for the closest hallway, somehow knowing where it would lead. Just as he expected, there was a doorway and a nice-looking stone path leading to a separate building.
"I wonder if they still customize the windows... Then again, why would this year be any different?" Meta says, mostly to himself, or just in case Kirby wasn't completely asleep.
Then he gets close enough to see it. Another building with 8 windows facing the path, or the main mansion. Each window is stained glass, signifying the original fighters. One had the commonly known 'M' for Mario with different shades of red and blue streaks behind the letter. The next had 'DK' in yellow and the color around it was multiple shades of red. The next had the Triforce, and the Triforce of Courage was stained in gold, while the other two pieces were in dark amber. The colors surrounding it was shades of green and a few streaks of baby and electric blue. This continues for everyone, Samus with a sharp looking 'S' and orange, blue, and orange-ish yellow surrounding it, Yoshi's was an egg with spots with multiple colors around it, so on and so forth. Kirby's was a golden star and shades of pink surrounding it, though, it wasn't hard to not see the dark shade of blue in the corner(It contrasted greatly against the pink).
Meta wasn't surprised, as they did this the tournament before, and the one before that. According to Kirby, at least. Though, the dark blue was new. He starts toward the grand doors and is greeted by the other two Links sitting off to the side. Toony, what everyone nicknamed him, seemed to be entranced in a game on one of two flat screens in the lounging area/Foyer. Time, what the other Links and Meta called him, was commenting on his skills. Mostly saying "You suck at this, Toon." or, "I thought you said you were a master at this game."
"Hello," Meta says, which scared both of them. Though, this game was too important to Toony as he didn't take his eyes off the screen.
"We definitely did not set your- Oh, hey, Meta Knight." Time starts to say, but once he sees it's Meta, he relaxes.
"Hey, Meta Knight!" Toony gives a reply, then starts focusing on the game again.
"What did you set on fire, Time?" Meta asks, knowing they probably messed with the oldest Links things. "The first day back at another tournament for you, and you already messed with Link's things..."
"When I get back, I want answers." He mutters, then starts for the stairs.
"He isn't gonna tell big brother, right..?"
"Even though you made a colossal mess up, he most likely won't. Because Kirby's gonna kill you first."
"I thought he was nice!"
"He doesn't miss pranks on anybody for anything. You should look out... because now you're gonna get murdered twice."
Meta is still able to hear them, even though he went up the long stairs and is almost at the end of the hallway. The walls were a gradient of each person's signature color. Kirby's room was in-between Yoshi's and Fox, so the hall went from green to basically white and then to pink. They all were spaced out pretty far so there was enough space for the transition between colors. Each door had a single cushioned chair that was different between each person. Kirby had, for some unknown reason, a black loveseat beside the door. He gently put Kirby beside him on the loveseat and got out the key to open it.
'We finally made it to the mansion... I'll have to remind myself to check on Time and Toony after Link sees what happened.'
He carefully picks Kirby up and makes his way inside the room. What really took him by surprise was the fact the room didn't have as much pink as he thought it would. There were multiple accent colors and it distracts from the otherwise great sea of the cute color. There was a desk with a computer on it, with a few books and a cup of pencil, markers, and pens. There were two loveseats(one dark purple, and dark blue) and a medium-sized sofa(baby pink). There was a flat screen facing the sofa. There was a dark wood table in the middle and a flat screen on the wall facing the sofa. Many small decorations and cute photographs of both of them together. Though, they were mostly of them by themselves. There were four doors in the main room, the left probably leading to the kitchen, the one next to that door the bathroom. The right is the master bedroom and (probably)Meta's bedroom.
'That's how it was last time, I believe.'
Kirby mutters something, though it was low and quiet.
"Kirby? Are you awake?"
Silence...
Then he says it again.
"m... who's...he...?"
"don...persona..."
"Persona? What are you talking about?"
"zzz..."
'I wonder what he was talking about...'
He opens the door to the right and first notices two white doors with a golden handle. Then a small white dresser with a photograph on top of it, showing Kirby surprising Meta with a hug from behind him. He sets down their belongings and looks at the photo for a bit longer.
'I wonder when they got these...'
He drowns out all the other details of the bedroom and moves to delicately lay Kirby on the bed and puts him under the pattern pink and white duvet.
'I wonder what time it is... But since we have been traveling for some time, it would be wise to get some rest for now.'
He lingers for a second, then leaves to the next room. But only after leaving the star hair-ribbon on the pillow next to Kirby's face. It was in dark blue and purple, with black blending in with it. It looked about the same as the main bedroom, with a closet immediately after you walk in and a small dresser with a photo on top. This one had a sleeping Kirby laying his head on a sleeping Meta Knight.
'How'd they get this one specifically?' He thought, embarrassed at the fact someone found this picture of them.
He takes off his mask and sets down his sword, still in its sheath, laying on the dresser. he takes off the excess armor and his boots. He gets into the bed and pulls up the navy blue duvet to climb under.
'Check on Kirby tomorrow, and check on Time and Toony... I'll ask Kirby about when we wake up...'
And with that, Meta finally fell asleep for the day.
---
At some unheavenly time in the morning, Kirby wakes up from an odd dream.
'Somethings off...'
He looks around and notices his hair accessory on the pillow beside him. Instead of Meta sleeping quietly next to him, it was the Star hair-piece.
'I told him it's fine...' Kirby sighs softly and climbs out of bed to look for him.
He notices a door next to "his" bedroom and slowly opens it. Inside he finds what he was looking for. A sleeping Meta Knight, looking rather peaceful albeit confused.
He was muttering something, sounding confused and mad.
"Not right...not right... leave... give it back..."
'Is he thinking about when we first met..? That is what I heard him saying when I took the star rod piece...' Kirby thinks for a second, shakes his head. He walks over near the side of the bed, and climbs under the duvet and puts his arm around Meta. As if on instinct, Meta does the same. Kirby softly giggles then gets closer to Meta Knight. Close enough to put his head in the crook of Meta's neck.
'He's gonna wake up so confused... hah!'
Kirby eventually drifts off to sleep, at first quietly laughing, then slowly stopping.
'He'll be so... flustered...'
'..z...'
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