How it must have been awkward to fight the guardian of the child you comforted back at generation Melee...
Friendship Blooms in such a strange way for the two swordsman.
Set in Generation Brawl after the Subspace Emissary.
Generation Brawl was new to everyone in Generation Melee. First off, some characters were scrapped and removed for who knows what, secondly, new faces pops up from every corner, thirdly, the Subspace Emissary.
The incident that delayed a party that Master and Crazy Hand had planned due to them being controlled by Tabuu. Everyone came in together to stop this threat and emerge victoriously. At the same time, old fighters meet faces of old and new, even not from their timelines and such.
During the party, a certain prince was pretty much lonely when Roy wasn't going to return for this generation. When he asked Master Hand why, all information on why were classified. Marth sighed as he drank his drink, he met Ike earlier, the mercenary wasn't that bad of guy, he's friendly and quite impressive with his swordsmanship, so that's a neat.
"Poyo...?"
Marth looked down to see a familiar pink friend gazing at him with concern and curiosity. That familiar comforting and gorgeous blue eyes stared back into his own beautiful blues.
"Oh, Kirby..."
Marth bends down to pick the child up. He only noticed right now something in the child's hand, a lollipop. Something native from Kirby's home- an Invisibility Lollipops. It's white with strawberry swirls with a star sticking on it. On the stick there was a tag with Marth's name on it.
"For me?"
The baby eagerly nodded as he handed Marth the lollipop. "Thank you..." Although the lollipop was sweet and all, there was still some sadness of not seeing Roy again for this generation.
He placed Kirby down and patted his head, Kirby smiled as he went off to who knows where; probably went to greet his friends. He wondered how Kirby could write his name so well on the tag. He knew the baby couldn't write, just draw actually, so he must have gotten help from his guardian.
Whoever his guardian his- Meta Knight, if he could remember the name of the kind and warm guardian that gave Kirby the plush toy- he would be happy to meet who this person is.
Kirby came back with someone in tow.
Someone Marth was familiar with briefly- the same person that attacked him head on in the Subspace Emissary. That blue masked puffball, he remembered him when both clashed their swords.
"Poyo...Marth!"
"Hello, Kirby... and...you." Although he knew who this masked figure is. He just didn't get the name because they really didn't have the time to introduce each other when they're on a serious mission to save the world.
"Marth poyo- Meta Knight!"
That alone made Marth froze. This masked puffball right in front of him; the one that attacked him because he thought he was an enemy; he is Kirby's guardian, Meta Knight.
"Ah, so he is this 'Marth' person you were talking about..." Meta Knight spoke.
Kirby nodded eagerly. "Poya! Poyo-Poyoyo!"
"He's the one who stood up for you when you were being picked on...?"
Affirmative. The child bounced up and down happily in his spot.
"I see..."
In the spot, Marth felt awkward to speak a word. It seems like Kirby didn't know what happened during the Subspace Emissary when he and Meta Knight clashed swords. It must have been awkward to attack the knight- then again it was rather an act of self-defense since Meta Knight was the one who attacked him first.
Kirby bounced away happily to give Lollipops to Ness and Lucas, leaving Marth alone with Meta Knight. This is quite awkward. He looked down at the blue puffball who is staring at him with his golden eyes. He is very intimidating, yet he looks...
Cute...
Wait what?!
Marth gulped down the drink and went for another round, he quickly buried that thought inside his mind. He looked down to see Meta Knight extending a hand towards him. "I believe we met... but never introduced ourselves..."
"Er... y-yeah..." Marth kept his composure and shook his hand.
"Prince Marth, I assume..."
"Sir Meta Knight of Dreamland... I heard lots about you..." Marth said.
"Only from Kirby..." Meta Knight glanced at the child happily mingling with Popo and Nana. "I heard about you through him..."
"Oh...?"
"I suppose I made a terrible impression to the one who took care of my student while he was here..." Meta Knight said.
"Oh, it's really nothing... all I did was cheer him up a bit and defended him from people who bullied him, but it wasn't much a big deal..." Marth said.
"I would be crestfallen if something bad happens to my student..." he said as he glance at the child, the lollipop Kirby was going to give to Dedede was stolen by Wario. The child started to whimper while the king glared at the yellow clad biker.
"Excuse me..."
Meta Knight left Marth's side as he made a mad dash to give Wario a pained lesson. Marth was there at the refreshment table alone as he watches the scene plays out. The prince saw something about the knight- he wasn't like that when they first met.
Ferocious, cold, and brutal to his foes that took his battleship, but to the said child who was crying over his lollipop being taken away- he was sweet and gentle. Marth took another sip from his drink and placed the empty cup down on the table.
"Ugh..."
"You shouldn't have drink that much..." Link came over as he said that.
"I'm just... have you seen that man over there?"
Link looked at Meta Knight, he gave Kirby the lollipop and the child happily jumped up and down with delight as he finally gave it to Dedede.
"Meta Knight? Yeah, I heard of him- he's Kirby's mentor and guardian... he's seems like a nice guy..." Link said.
"Y-yeah... I suppose..." Marth said.
"I heard what happened back at the Subspace Emissary. Ike told me when you told him... didn't you have a run-in with that guy?"
"Er-well..." Marth wanted to forget about it- it must have been embarrassing to remembered that. "It's so mortifying to attack the guardian of the child I have defended..."
Link was about to stop him, but Marth took for another round again but he must have drank quickly and he began coughing as he dropped the glass on the ground- it shattered and spilled his drink.
The glass shattering noise alerted the people around him and they all looked at him with concern. Kirby was the first but Meta Knight held a hand on him and went over to Marth.
"Stand..."
The prince looked up at him, he was getting tipsy from all the shots he has gotten. "Come... I should take you to your room..."
"Huh...?"
"Careful now, don't step on the glass..."
Meta Knight unfurled his cape and it turned into large majestic bat wings. He went to the same height as Marth and grabbed his hands and carefully guided him. Meanwhile, he didn't notice that the prince is blushing.
"Kirby, can you help guide me to the prince's room?" Meta Knight asked.
"Poyo!"
The child remembered where his room is. He's been here longer, and he sometimes hang with him there with Roy. Slowly, they made for the door while others looked at them exiting the event room. It didn't take long to reach the prince's room, Meta Knight told Kirby to let him handle it and the child obliged, after all, he isn't finished with giving every Smasher a gift.
Meta Knight helped Marth entered his room and guided him to the bed where the prince immediately crashed into the soft mattress.
"I suppose I would be mortified too when we both met..." Meta Knight said.
The prince looked up eyes glazed over, he can't do anything now that he's in a sappy mess. "In truth, I too felt very awkward when I met you... Kirby has talked to me a lot about you and your friend..."
"Y-You mean... Roy?"
"Indeed..."
From the nightstand Meta Knight saw a piece of paper with a familiar doodle. It was Kirby's drawing of Marth. He must have given that to him as a thank you for defending him from being bullied for being tiered weakest among them.
"Kirby is such a sweetheart..."
The knight smiled, he is. A ball of sunshine that can worm his way to the coldest heart and warm them up with a wide smile. "He told me lots about you..."
"Am I...?"
"When Kirby first talked to me about you, you're very reserved and quiet, at times lonely and shy unless someone approaches you. One day, he sent me a drawing of you- I take it that he made a new friend which doesn't surprise me at all. But the drawing actually looked like this..."
Meta Knight took something out of his cape and handed it to Marth. When the prince looked at it he couldn't help but feel emotional- mainly because he's tipsy. The drawing was him comforting Kirby from all the bullying he has suffered, that fateful evening when he came to return the toy and he ended up comforting him instead.
"I see he very much looked up to you as some sort of a guardian as well. In all my life, I have never seen anyone who would treat him like this; anyone who cared and took care of him too... Well, back in my home he has many, but they're very young and naive in some way... you however..."
Marth gave Meta Knight the drawing back as he wiped the tears falling down his face. "I would like to express my gratitude towards you..."
The prince nodded and smiled at him softly. "I wanted to apologize on how I acted earlier... It's just weird to finally meet you and show a different side of yourself. It was also awkward when we clashed..."
"Er... about that, I'm sorry that I attacked you. It was a misunderstanding and I thought you would be you know..." Meta Knight was looking away, ashamed about that past action, but it's all behind him right now.
"I-I get it..." Marth said, "I thought you're with them as well..." he then started laughing, "Imagine if Kirby found out about it..."
"Actually he did..."
"When?"
"He knew when I told him and when Lucas told him. I see how you keep glancing at me every time..." Meta Knight said.
Marth sink in deeper in his bed, "You know... I had a hunch that you and Kirby could be related of sorts but I didn't want to believe it... until now. You're just so... mysterious and dark yet...cute..."
"E-Excuse me?"
If Meta Knight ever to reveal his face, he would be blushing right now. Did he just called him that forbidden word?
"B-be careful w-with you're words, m-my prince..." he stammered.
"Why isn't true?" He laughed.
Wait a minute... The prince suddenly froze at what he said and realized it just now. The drink must be messing up with his brain and stomach because he felt like a need to throw up.
"Forgive me!" He cried.
"Nononono! It's okay! It's fine, just... just keep this between us, no one should know about this...!" Meta Knight hurriedly said.
There was an uncomfortable silence after Marth said that he wouldn't tell. That is until he gagged and dive for the nearest trash can to empty out the meager. Meta Knight went over to rub his back. He swear he is never going to drink again!
More importantly- he is never going to humiliate himself like that again! This could be said to Meta Knight as well, but he knows the lesson of this story.
THE END...