The Meta-Menace
"Poyo! Poyo, poyo!" Kirby shouted, chasing after Tuff.
"Jeez Kirby!" Tuff laughed, holding the watermelon high above his head. Kirby tackled Tuff, sending the melon rolling down the hill.
"POYO!" Kirby yelled, scrambling to catch the fruit as it rolled farther and farther away from Kirby's empty tummy. He walked all over Tuff's face before rolling himself down the hill after it.
"Kirby!" Tiff yelled after him.
"He is still quite young." Meta Knight said quietly, standing on a boulder opposite of Tiff and Tuff.
"I know. But he needs too grow up and quit messing around. He's gonna get himself killed if he keeps acting like this." Tiff said, hands on her hips.
"Indeed. But then again, as one your age might say, you are not his mother."
Tiff didn't reply, merely looking down to where Kirby sat, about to shove the entire green oval in his mouth. He stopped, noticing Tiff, and waved to her. She turned to say something in reply to Meta Knight—.
He was gone.
"All right, come on Kirby." Tiff yelled, wincing when Kirby swallowed the watermelon without any problems.
"Poyo?" Kirby said, confused why a donut dare float in front of him and not into his mouth.
"Come on Kirby, just follow the donut." Tuff said, as he tied the donut on a string to a stick and then onto Kirby's head.
"Poyo, poyo!" Kirby yelled happily, trying to reach out and grab the sprinkled fiend. He frowned. His hands wouldn't reach.
Tuff laughed, watching Kirby follow the donut all the way to Dedede's castle. Kirby often walked into walls and once into Tiff.
"Kirby!" She shrieked after the two who had started to run.
Poyo, poyo, po-." THUD
Kirby had run right into DeDeDe.
"Who let this little menace in my castle?" Dedede boomed, his arms waving angrily like he was trying to fly.
"I did, my Lord." Meta Knight said from out of nowhere. Tuff however, was nowhere to be seen. Meta Knight jumped down from his perch upon a statue and pulled the donut from its string. Kirby instantly sucked the treat out of Meta Knight's hand. Meta Knight started, looking at his hand where the donut had been a moment before.
"ESCARGOON!" DeDeDe whined. The snail appeared a minute later, out of breath.
"Yes, lord?" He gasped.
"Show these two buffoons outta here! I need to think."
"But, sir—." Meta Knight started, intending to remind the King that he lived in the castle.
The waddledees ganged up and carried the two star warriors out of the castle, tossing them about a foot forward.
"Poyo," Kirby said, obviously finding this new game fascinating.
Meta Knight sighed. "You are very, very young." Meta Knight pulled a taco out of his cape and tried to figure out how he might eat it.
"I need me a monster!" Dedede said.
The screen above Dedede's chair displayed a scary looking guy with sunglasses.
"You might want to be more specific." The man said, seeming disinterested.
"I need someone to replace Meta Knight." Dedede said, crossing his arms with a humph. "He's been causin' to much trouble around here!"
"Oh, I do believe I have the perfect thing for you then," He chuckled as if at some inside joke. "I'll send Falacis right over."
"Hey, Kirby, how's it going buddy?" Kawasaki said, momentarily putting down his pot of hot curry to rub his hands together.
"Poyo!" Kirby said.
"Oh, hi Meta Knight! I didn't even see you come in."
"Maybe." The figure said quietly with quite a different accent, "That is because I am not Meta Knight."
From the shadows stepped a different star warrior. One with light blue eyes and golden armor. A sword with a hilt similar to the Galaxia hung at his hip.
"I am Falacis."
"What? That is impossible!" Meta Knight spun to face Tiff.
"I know! What're we gonna do?" Tiff said, pacing back and forth. "I checked it out. The King is using him to replace you! He already gave Falacis your room."
"Ah. Wonderful." Meta Knight sighed, one hand on the hilt of the Galaxia.
"So, what are we gonna do?" Tiff exclaimed.
Meta Knight looked away, facing the expanse of green grass that lay in front of them.
"First," He said after a moment of thought. "I must find a place to stay."
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