-The vast Hallways in the Smash Mansion-

Robin strolled aimlessly throughout the mansion's halls as he was trying to come up with a plan to retrieve his poem and bring Falco to justice. He established that the first step into his plan was to interrogate Meta Knight, he had a couple of questions for him. Why did he save him and where is his poem?

Knowing that Meta Knight is a highly disciplined fighter, getting him into a spot to where he will forcefully reveal any vital information will be next to impossible. The masked warrior is so sharp in his senses that he would be aware of his surroundings even when he is asleep, unless he can be forcefully put to sleep by something like Jigglypuff's singing.

An idea suddenly sparked into Robin's head, he remembered hearing about some fancy technological devices that were able to play sounds from Samus and some of the younger smashers. Perhaps he could probably turn a simple audio device into a weapon by making it able to emit Jigglypuff's singing.

"Luigi, is there perhaps a kind of music shop around these parts?" The tactician asked to the plumber accompanying him.

"There is a music shop called GB Music that opened up a few weeks ago, the lady who owns it is an old assist trophy from the previous tournament." Luigi replied.

"That's great! But how are we going to get there?" He asked again.

"Leave it to Luigi!" He then took out a golden amulet with the Smash Bros symbol and tossed it to the ground. The amulet began to open into 4 sections and a glowing portal swirled open.

"A portable Outrealm Gate, how is this possible?" Robin watched in amazement at the portal summoned before him.

"Outrealm? What is that?" Luigi was confused from the Ylissean vocabulary.

"It is what we refer to outside worlds different from our own, this includes worlds of pure beaches and hot springs." Robin explained.

Luigi scratched his head and walked into the portal, Robin followed after slight hesitation.

-Town and City-

It was a fairly sunny day in Smash City, the community cheerful as ever, and the trees were producing the freshest fruit. Although their mayor, Villager was away in the tournament, the people were always happy to see him when he participated in a battle on that platform in the sky.

Meanwhile on the actual ground, a strange glow materialized out of nowhere and a portal formed. Where the plumber and tactician jumped out. Robin looked around the plaza in which they stood in, surrounded by cuddly anthropomorphic animals that were half his height.

"So this is a society that is run by civilized animals? There are so many different species coexisting with one another!" Robin said in fascination, which earned his a few awkward looks and glares from the nearby critters. Words like "Hmmph, tourists!" could be grumpily heard among them.

"So where is the store?" Luigi immediately pointed to a store that significantly stood out from the other buildings, the walls were black and highly decorated with spray painted markings of skulls, flames, and thunder. The ground around it shook like a small earthquake as it emitted loud rock music. The words "GB MUSIC" proudly glowed with neon lights.

despite their ears begging not to approach the shop, the two smashers braved forward and opened the door. The inner walls of the shop were covered with music albums, instruments, and plastic that boxed some bizarre rectangular contraptions composed of a black screen on one side.

"I don't think the owner of this shop is from the same world." Robin whispered out loud.

"Some brave soul dares enter the shop of the Great Barbara?" a smug female voice spoke behind the counter, revealing to be what appeared to be a woman with purple clothes and hair holding a guitar. Robin would have assumed her to be human if it wasn't for the barely noticeable black nose and hair that vaguely suggested the shape of ears.

"Great Barbara? Is that what the GB stands for?" Robin asked the woman.

"Well what else would it stand for?" She smirked.

"A little narcissistic is it not?" He questioned.

"Whatever, so what can I help you boys with?" Barbara put away her guitar and took out one of the small-screened rectangular devises.

"Could I interest you with the latest ITGB Pod? It stands for I The Great Bar-"

"Actually we are looking for a song album." Luigi interrupted who was also growing tired of her self-obsession.

"I can offer you "Great Barbara's Greatest Hits Volume 11" as an added bonus if you or-"

"We are looking specifically for recordings of Jigglypuff's singing." Robin cut her off. Barbara had a blank expression in her face and stood silent for a few seconds before turning off the music playing inside the store.

"Im sorry but, can you repeat that again?" Barbara asked in disbelief, someone in the universe actually wants to buy that little pink ball's "music".

"We are looking for a recording of Jigglypuff singing, is there something wrong?" Robin repeated.

"That little brat kept begging me to sell her albums in my store, the second she left I just threw them away but lucky for you, fate decided to spare one." Barbara started digging into her trashcan and took out what looked like a sandwich of plastic and cardboard.

The album's cover was a horribly crude crayon drawing of the pink balloon pokemon, her left eye was drawn slightly bigger than the right one, and her right foot was longer than the rest of the drawing's limbs. The yellow scribbled mess of a title was impossible to read.

"Gods, is it even functional?" Robin stared at the pitiful display of the little pokemon's attempt at marketing.

"Doubt it, but are sure you want to waste your money on that crud?" Barbara felt concern for the two smashers, for their mental health at least.

"Yes, we really need it." the tactitian assured in a serious tone.

"Alright, ill sell it to you IF you also purchase one of my albums too!" She said.

"Forceful marketing? not even Anna does that!" Robin was surprised at the bat woman.

"Do you want it or not!" Barbara stubbornly stood her ground.

"Fine, Here!" Robin said bluntly and plopped a bag full of Smash coins into the counter. She finally surrendered the plastic casings to him. He opened the casings and revealed a CD in each, which were still foreign to to the tactician.

"So how do we use these?" he asked to Luigi.

"We can put them into a computer or anything that could play CDs." The plumber answered.

"Or you can buy my latest- Hey come back here!" Barbara's customers immediately fled from the store.

-Later in Meta Knight's room-

Meta Knight opened the door to his room and immediately noticed he stepped on a string that ran horizontally on the walls of his room's entrance, clearly someone set up a trap for him.

The star warrior suddenly felt a pair of headphones clamp into his head, he immediately tried to remove them but they were stuck on him. He quickly turned around to point his Galaxia towards Robin and Luigi holding a music player. At the touch of a button, Meta Knight began to hear Jigglypuff's song through the headphones.

"Jiggely-Puuuff-Jiggely-" The song played, but the masked swordsman was still standing with that same intimidating glare. He began to slowly walk towards Robin and Luigi in a threatening manner, with terror filling their eyes.

"If you think a lullaby is enough to to take me down, then you are terribly mistaken..." Meta Knight spoke with his cold, deep voice. His sword Galaxia was positioned ready to cut them down.

"That is why I happen to have a backup plan!" Robin said confidently while a panicked Luigi was frantically changing the CD.

"GAAAUUGGH" Meta Knight screamed in agony when his ears were suddenly attacked by heavy metal music in maximum volume.

"BARBARA IS GREAT, BARBARA IS COOL, BARBARA IS THE VERY BEEEEEESSST!"
The song shrieked in a deafening, growling voice.

Meta Knight stumbled bumping from wall to wall as he desperately tried to remove the headphones that brought him suffering.

"Don't just stand there, END ME!" He yelled at his tormentors.

Robin and Luigi stood watching in amusement and horror at what they have done. The tactician then hesitantly took out a heavy tome that was as thick as a dictionary and slammed it into Meta Knight's face, knocking him out cold.

"Rope him up quickly! We don't know how long he is going to be out for!" Robin commanded superstitiously, he knew he was overestimating Meta Knight's abilities to some degree, but it is foolish to underestimate someone who is infamously known for being the champion of the last tournament.

-Parts Unknown-

Everything was pitch black...

"You have awoken..." A voice spoke when two yellow eyes glowed in the darkness.

"Is this supposed to intimidate me?" A deep voice sourced from the direction of the glowing eyes.

"S-s-silence fool! W-we have uhh... questions, and ummm... y-y-you have the answers." A second voice nervously stuttered, which completely killed the seriousness of the situation.

"Theatrics do not suit you, tactician." The eyes spoke unamused, his voice alone brought a chill into the spines of his captors.

"Fine, where did you leave my poetry?" Robin's default tone of voice returned as he turned on a light bulb, Meta Knight slightly flinched at the sudden light on his eyes and the warmth hitting the surface of his face.

Wait... his face?

"Return my mask this instant!" The blue puffball immediately yelled after realizing he has been unmasked. The intimidation he used to emit was gone, his adorable face was one similar to Kirby's with big, yellow eyes, and pink blushes. Because he was not used to having his face exposed, he unintentionally puffed his cheeks into a cute but grumpy look on him to express anger.

Robin lightly chuckled at his display, the mighty Meta Knight reduced to a helpless ball of cuteness is something to be cherished. The Brawl veteran gave up on struggling to escape and took a deep breath.

"Your work is no longer at my possession, Falco wanted them back after I finished rewriting it. I was going to inform you after the battle between Luigi and Charizard, but then I found you injured and took you to the medical room, which leads to your second question about why I saved you." Robin's eyes went wide at the knight's prediction.

"How did you know that was going to be my second question?" Robin was surprised, was he a mind reader?

"I know we are not the friendliest of acquaintances, so I knew you were going to be asking questions after helping you like that. Additionally, it would be dishonorable of me to leave my opponent succumb to injury outside the battlefield." Meta Knight continued.

"Opponent? Is the tournament the only thing you care about?" Robin asked, he grew a slight respect towards the star warrior, a true knight with a code of honor and only the intent of becoming stronger.

"Yes, I work in secret to help fighters become their strongest. I agreed to help Falco ruin Charizard's pride to make him reach his true potential, without his crippling arrogance, the two of us will learn and improve as warriors when we encounter in combat." Meta Knight looked up and stared at the tactician.

"I also told Falco to place your paper in the room of your loved one." Robin did not take kindly to his words.

"WHAT?!" He yelled in surprise and anger, nearly wanting to strangle Meta Knight right where he stood.

"Your abilities have been hindered by a burden troubling your mind, I took it upon myself to do something about that, whether she will accept you or reject you is not up to me. In the end, both of your minds will be at peace." Robin was in shock at the meddlesome knight, he shouldn't be going into other people's personal business and take control of their situation.

"That is not your place to be doing that!" Robin yelled at him.

"You are right, it is yours. Somebody had to." Meta Knight's words spoke truth into the tactician, Robin has had feelings towards her for a long time. They fought side by side back in their world and sparred together in the tournament. It wasn't long until strange feelings in his heart wished they would become more than comrades. His procrastination of confessing his love for her has taken it's toll, it will all come down to encountering her after she has read his pathetic excuse for romantic poetry.

No, It was not inevitable just yet, there is still a chance he can retrieve them before she enters her room and notices them.

"Before you leave and do what I think you are going to do, untie me." Meta Knight simply demanded.

"Promise not to interfere or attack me and I will." Robin was unsure if letting him go was a good idea.

"Return my mask and I might just not dismember you." Meta Knight grimly threatened.

Robin placed the mask back into the puffball's face, his intimidating glare returned as his Kirby-like features were hidden by that cold, hard, mask. Meta Knight immediately teleported away with his cape, leaving an empty chair and a loose rope. Robin and Luigi were disturbed at their realization.

They never untied him after returning him his mask.

-TO BE CONTINUED...