CHAPTER 14: LOSING AT LOVE
Dedede, Marx, and Magolor met Taranza at the junkyard and he was resting in his web like a ham mock. He came down to talk to the three.
"Are you going to tell the truth or do I have to beat it out of you?" said Magolor threateningly like an angry pair of blue and yellow pliers.
Taranza sweated a lot and nodded. "I don't want this guy on me tail any longer, so I hope you can defeat him before he gets me or anyone else."
"What suspects do we have to work with?" asked Marx as he took out his notebook.
"There are three that I can think of. One that you all probably suspect. Kirby."
Dedede gasped. "I always knew that puffball was a menace!"
Magolor crossed his arms. "I know, me too."
"Who are the other two?" asked Marx when he wrote down Kirby in the book.
"I don't trust Tuff. Ever since Prince Fluff's death, he has been acting a bit strange lately. He didn't even cry about it. He almost looks like a zombie now," explained Taranza.
"But he did cry about Banada Dee…" noted Magolor.
"The last guy I think about is a kid named Burning Leo. I've seen him hanging around in shady places lately. Like a criminal." Said Taranza.
"This is good intel," said Marx. "I think I have an idea. Maybe the murderer isn't actually any of these three, not directly…"
"What do you mean 'not directly'?" askedMagoloar with his eyebrow cocked.
"I think we've got our selves a bigger issue than you relise," said Marx. "Maybe the culprit is not even among us, but from an entirely different realm…"
"Good assumption, " said Dedede. "But if you are considereing the multiverse theery. Then where do we go from here?"
Marx smiled. "We need someone with good experience on the door side of society. Luckily for you young'uns, old Marx knows a few veterans…"
And so the next day came, Dedede went to school with his friends because Marx said that there would be time to talk after the day's clubs.
It was kind of a surprising day because Magolor finally came back to class. It appeared that Dedede's good word had given the egg-shaped mage a second chance. Now the whole gain was back together again, except for Prince Fluff who was dead in Dedede's freezer.
Knuckle Joe was really nervous about Magolor being back. "You're kind of a horrible person. How do we know that you aren't actually the murderer?" said Joe.
Magolor hated the accusation and was ready to punch Knuckle Joe hard. He just stopped just in time when the teacher walked in. Thank goodness he didn't get caught in the violence or else he would have been expelled a third time!
"All right, Class. Do your test today. Then you can leave early to your clubs," said the history teacher Mr. Curio.
"I really hate Mr. curio's,' said Dedede and everyone nodded in agreement. Luckily they all finished the test. Magolor didn't do very well and mostly cheated, but it was only because he was absent and was unable to hear the content over the unit.
When class ended, everyone left to go to their clubs. Magolor tapped Dedede on the shoulder. "Make sure you keep a lookful eye on Tuff. I still don't trust him."
Dedede agreed and went to the Surprise Club.
He saw Adeleine outside the door and looking very nervous.
"What is going on, Ad?" asked Dedede to his friend. "Are you doing good in high school?"
Adeleine made a angry face at Dedede. "Dedede I am very stressed out about all the things that have to do with the murderer!"
"My brother and friends are trying to get everything sorted out. Everything is gonna be fine," said Dedede.
"I'm still so nervous. What if all your snooping ends with you getting killed by the murderer?" asked Adeleine.
"don't worry about me, Adeleine!" shouted Dedede, but in a friendly way.
"I can't stop worrying!" shouted Adeleine with rage in her voice. She hated how easygoing Dedede was being. "Don't you know how much I care about you?"
Dedede was shocked to hear this. "Adeleine, I did not know you cared about me."
"I do, Dedede. You're the first guy I ever meet that I've ever grown such feelings for. I really, really like you!" Adeleine started crying. "Don't you like me a lot too?"
Dedede was too nervous to respond to something like a love accusation. Adeleine was so annoyed by Dedede's lack of confidence. "Rash Butt!" she yelled at him and ran away crying.
"Uh-oh!" said Tuff as he and Lololo came out the door to find out what all the noise was. They saw Adeleine run away crying.
"Dedede what have you done?" asked Lololo still thinking about the murders.
Dedede felt so sad and looked up at the sky. "I think I just lost my one shot at true love…"