A new chapter in a matter of days? Wowzers! Maybe the next poll won't end on the 20th this time. It's going to be July soon, so when I finish this the next poll will be on the 9th. Why the 9th? It'll be my birthday on that day! Whoopee!


NEWS FLASH - PART 2


'...after Captain Falcon was finished with beating on an innocent boy and attacking our intrepid reporters, he fought through the castle's law enforcement and made a clean getaway. However, his actions were not forgotten and was printed in the very newspaper that you're reading. Please bring this hardened criminal to justice!'

A large group of Smashers was surrounding Captain Falcon while the reporters were patting themselves on the back for their good work. Except Meta Knight, who was in the process of scolding Falco.

"Fought through the castle's law enforcement? That never happened!" scolded Meta Knight.

"Hey, if we didn't knock him out, he would have done that anyway. Besides..." Falco looked at a screen displaying upcoming brawls. "I was due for a fight with that nut later anyway. One, two, three..." They heard Captain Falcon getting beaten up as the match schedule featuring him and Falco dissappared off the list. "...there you go. Now I have more freetime."

"I'm not letting you get away with another act of treachery." said Meta Knight.


- The next day -

'...this picture shows Marth smooching with Roy in the men's locker room. While this would most certainly make fangirls swoon, a little research by reporter Lucario revealed that Marth has a wife back in his universe. Meanwhile, fangirls continue to stick with their Marth/Roy OTP, although some of them have begun to stick Shiida with them for smutty fanfiction. Who doesn't want to be romantically involved with both Marth and Roy at the same time? However, people who don't support Marth/Roy/Shiida is likely to be peeved by the fact that Marth is cheating on her...'

Marth was trapped against a wall as the ladies of Smash Castle stomped toward him.

"How dare you cheat on your wife!" yelled Peach, wielding her frying pan.

"Please, that photo was faked! Plus, Roy would remember it!" pleaded Marth.

"Unless you drugged me!" yelled Roy, standing in the crowd of people wanting to see a fight.

"Thanks for the support."

"I will sing to you. I will sing you to your death." said Jigglypuff.

"No! Don't hurt me or my hair!"

And so the female Smashers begun their brutal beatdown of Marth in honor of his wife. Go girl power! The Normals were sitting at their table, enjoying a nice victory breakfast. Except for Meta Knight again.

"How dare you lie to everyone? Do you have a reason to get Marth beaten up?" said Meta Knight.

"He owed me some money." said Falco, casually sipping coffee. "I made a bet on the match between him and Pikachu, and I voted for Pikachu. Now that Marth's out, Pikachu wins by default and I recieve my reward. Not bad of a plan, huh?"

"You're despicable."

"...Hey, how did you even fake that anyway?" asked Dedede.

"I didn't. I just took it from an angle while Marth and Roy was talking and bingo, they looked like they were kissing."

Meta Knight then glared at Lucario. "And you! How could you support this lie?"

"Hey!" defended Lucario. "I thought it was legit. Plus, at least I reported a fact instead of a lie."

"Touche."


Later that night, Falco went into Mr. Game and Watch's office, plopping a folder of evidence (read as: lies) for some new topics on his desk. Falco left the room whistling. Maybe if he continued his 'excellent' reporting, he could get promoted. Heck, maybe the Ancient Minister might replace Mr. Game and Watch with him. And then he'll practically be in control of the newspaper... While he was too busy fantasizing, he failed to notice Meta Knight running into the office.

"Your days of tampering with the news ends now, Falco..." Meta Knight whispered to himself. He carefully strided over to the desk and looked inside the folder. Everything inside was mostly negative things that were either true but exaggerated and things that were completely made up. Meta Knight grabbed the folder and ran out the door, when he suddenly bumped into someone.

"GOING SOMEWHERE?" asked Mr. Game and Watch.

"Oh, I'm sorry-" apoogized Meta Knight.

"WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT'S THAT?" the 2D man snatched the folder from his hands. "THIS IS FALCO'S HANDWRITING! ...OH I GET IT NOW! YOU'RE JEALOUS OF FALCO'S SUCCESS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SABOTAGE HIM!"

"No, just listen-"

"NOT ANOTHER WORD MISTER. I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU WOULD GET JEALOUS... HEY, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO PUT INSIDE THE GOSSIP SECTION!"

"Please don't." said Meta Knight.

"WHOOPS SORRY TOO LATE NOW." Mr. Game and Watch went inside of his office and locked the door. All Meta Knight could do was bang his head against said door.


'..Meta Knight was fired last night, being accused of sabotage by the editor Mr. Game and Watch. He was also accused of corruption by Falco, whom Meta Knight was trying to sabotage. This is most likely true. We here at the staff of the Smash Gazette are deeply disappointed in him. We're pretty sure that you readers are disappointed in him as well.'

"Darn it Falco." muttered Meta Knight, watching Falco get surrounded by admirers. "I can't believe he's getting away with this."

"Hey, at least he didn't spread rumors about your face." said King Dedede. He unfolded the paper and continued reading.

'It is believed that the face under Meta Knight's mask is very hairy. See the artist's representation (by the editor) to see his magnificent beard.'

King Dedede casually smacked Meta Knight's newspaper out of his hand. "Don't read that."

"What's wrong?" asked Lucario. He continued reading through his paper and saw what the problem was. "...Wow, that is quite the beard."

"That's it, I refuse to let him spread anymore lies." said Meta Knight. "In fact... let's beat him at his own game, for irony's sake."

"What do you have in mind?" asked Lucario.

"We'll beat him using lies and rumors. I've heard of this rumor going around the other Smashers..." Meta Knight began whispering said rumor into King Dedede's and Lucario's ears, and they begin to create a plan...

To be continued...


A short one, but it's mainly because I'll be writing up the rest of the arc for the next chapter.

To those confused, Shiida is the original name of Marth's wife, which is known as Caeda in the translation. The more you know...