Happy holidays to all my readers out there! Now…disclaimer! Which I never do, but I know I should! Since no Yoshi characters are in the chapter (sniff), Bruise will do the disclaimer!
Bruise: Sadly, KingCouch does not any Nintendo characters.
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Just a few seconds from impact, Jigglypuff braced herself.
Shocks were sent through her body as Jigglypuff entered the cold water. She opened her eyes. The water was murky from pollution. Realizing she was sinking, she puffed herself up and floated toward the surface. She looked around. No civilization. She was in the middle of nowhere.
For minutes she sat there, shivering, hoping a ship would come and rescue her. Her wishes came true when she noticed a gray submarine had surfaced.
The submarine looked like one that tourists would ride in, with glass windows around the side of it. Jigglypuff dove underwater and knocked on the glass, hoping to get the driver's attention. She succeeded, and the submarine's hatchet opened.
She jumped into the vessel. The first words to come out of her mouth were, "Thank you so much! I'm Jigglypuff, and you?"
Another puffball, blue in color, but with a mask and purple cape, turned around. "Meta Knight," he answered.
Jigglypuff sat down on one of the submarine benches. "Well, thanks. Can you take me to shore? It's a long story on how I got all the way down to this place, but depending on how long the drive is, I could tell you."
Meta Knight turned back to the submarine's large steer, and said, "We should be there in ten minutes."
"Hmm, okay. Probably not enough time. But anyways, is this your submarine?"
"No," Meta Knight tersely replied.
"Really? Is it a friend's?" Jigglypuff asked.
"It is a rental."
"A rental? Don't they usually come with a submarine captain or something?" Jigglypuff said, smiling, hoping to get the man to laugh.
She failed. "I prefer to drive myself," he answered.
"Okay… so where are we going?" she asked.
"Smash City."
"Really? That's sounds… cool, I guess. I come from the Sky lands, and I've always wondered what your cities are like."
Meta Knight remained silent. Jigglypuff sat there awkwardly, trying to find something to talk about. For about five minutes, she looked out into the ocean, when a question came to her mind.
"Could… I stay at your house tonight? I don't have anywhere to go until I can go back up to my parents."
"Fine," Meta Knight replied, in a slightly exasperated voice.
"Cool, thanks again!" Jigglypuff said with excitement.
The pair finally reached Smash City. Jigglypuff had many questions for Meta Knight, such as, "what building is that?" or, "do you know that guy?" Meta Knight answered most of the questions in a one to two words, but there was one question that he explained quite thoroughly.
Smash City had many small buildings settled around one big stadium[*1]. The buildings were mostly gray, and most seemed fairly old or in need of fixing up. Even though the city was right next to the ocean, it looked nothing like the beautiful cities with sunshine and palm trees that Jigglypuff had heard about. The roads were made out of dirt, but most were muddy. The clouds were big and gray, and they covered up the sun almost all the time.
The gargantuan stadium definitely stood out compared to the other buildings. It truly was huge, and had
"Hey, that's a big stadium… what is it used for? Sports or something?" Jigglypuff asked.
Meta Knight sighed. "That is called 'Brawl Stadium,' and it is operated by Master Hand and his brother, Crazy Hand. Sometimes villagers will enter the stadium to fight other villagers, or to endure other challenges. Master Hand is like the tyrant of this city, he is partially fair, but ignores most of the citizen's pleas. He is obsessed over this 'Brawl' system, and sometimes forces citizens to enter in its challenges."
Jigglypuff was surprised. "Wow… have you ever fought in it?"
"Twice. Now come on, we have to get to my house."
Meta Knight called on a horse chariot, and told him where to go. Minutes passed, with Jigglypuff looking at the city, seeing several different business shops. Peach's Bed & Breakfast, Zelda's Tailor Shop, Snake's Artillary, and more.
Jigglypuff noticed they were seemingly leaving the city. "Hey, where are we going?"
"My house, remember?"
"Yeah… but… never mind," Jigglypuff said, (attempting to) cross her stubby arms.
Finally, the carriage stopped. Meta Knight gave the man some money, and Jigglypuff got off. Meta Knight too had a business, called The Smith. When she questioned him about it, he told her that he was a blacksmith.
Entering the house, she saw tons of different swords of different lengths. Some were as small as daggers, some were much taller than she was. She also noticed different weapons and utilities, such as hammers, axes, maces, horshoes, pots and pans, silverware, and more.
"Woah… this is so cool! You make all this stuff?"
Jigglypuff didn't notice Meta Knight heading upstairs. "Hey, wait!" she called after him.
The upstairs was relatively small, with basically two bedrooms and a bathroom. "You may sleep in there," Meta Knight said, pointing toward one room. Jigglypuff nodded, before heading toward it and jumping on the bed.
"I hope my family is okay," Jigglypuff thought.
"Where is she? Where is the girl Jigglypuff, that bringer of destruction?" Jigglypuff remembered the blue figure,
She quickly drifted into a slumber.
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The next morning, Jigglypuff got up, made the bed, and headed downstairs. She noticed Meta Knight was working, and decided not to disturb him. She headed into his small kitchen and made her some toast.
She heard a knock on the door. Meta Knight walked up and opened it. A human stood before Meta Knight, fairly tall with blonde hair and a pink dress.
"Hi, Mety! I'm here to get my kitchen utensils that I ordered!" She said with much enthusiasm. Meta Knight nodded, disappearing for a second, then reappearing with several dishes, pots, and pans.
"Aww, thanks! My customers were complaining how old the plates were, and my pans were rusty too. Oh, umm, here's your money." Peach said, before giving him a couple of golden coins.
"Hey, who's that? Is that your girlfriend?" Peach pointed at Jigglypuff, and winked at Meta Knight.
Jigglypuff immediately blushed, but Meta Knight didn't react at all. "She is a simple houseguest. You wouldn't mind if we drove back to the city with you, no?"
"Not at all! I'm looking forward to meeting your 'houseguest.'" Peach said, again winking. Meta Knight shook his head, before they all headed into the carriage.
Jigglypuff sat next to Peach. "Hi, I'm Jigglypuff. I saw your Bed and Breakfast business on the way to Meta Knight's house! I wish I could stay!"
Peach smiled. "It's a lovely little place, you should come!"
"I don't have any money, that's the problem."
"Really? Why not?"
Jigglypuff glanced around. "Well… umm, I'm not from here. I didn't plan on coming here either, I was stranded, but Meta Knight found me."
"Oh, no! Well, if you ever come by, I'll give you a two nights for the price of one." Peach said with a smile. She was certainly friendlier than Meta Knight. The carriage reached Peach's business and she got out, saying bye to the two puffballs. Then Jigglypuff remembered to ask Meta Knight where they were going.
"Crazy Hand's Dojo," he told her, as they arrived at a building next to the Brawl Stadium.
They entered, and it was fairly empty. Meta Knight pressed a few buttons, and the dojo transformed into a battlefield. A strange robotic-like figure jumped out at us. Meta Knight pulled out a golden sword and slashed at it, knocking it off the field.
"That was an alloy. I want to see you fight one."
Jigglypuff's eyes went wide at the request. "Are you sure?"
Meta Knight nodded. "I see potential in you."
Jigglypuff nodded, and a green alloy came out at her. Not knowing what to do, she took her small arm and punched at it. The alloy took minimal damage. She decided to try something she'd seen her late father do before. She stood still, and began to charge up a roll. After she was spinning very fast, she launched herself at the enemy, knocking it off the field. Jigglypuff cheered.
More alloys came out at her, and she practiced that one attack, and knocked out about five more.
"Whew... I'm tired, can we take a break?" Jigglypuff asked.
Meta Knight nodded, and the dojo transformed to normal. The two did not know that Crazy Hand was watching.
"Bravo, magnificent fight, really! If Master Hand were here, we would be applauding! Yeah, hard to do with one hand. You have to be a good fighter in this town, you know. Come on, you have to go to the stadium and fight. You really must! You're great! Come on now, erm, what's your name?" the large floating gloved hand asked.
"Wait, no, I don't want to fight!" Jigglypuff shouted.
"That wasn't the question, missy! What's your name, now? Come on, tell ol' Crazy Hand!"
"Erm… Jigglypuff."
"Jigglypuff! Great name! Come on now!" Crazy Hand said, dragging her into the stadium. Meta Knight followed.
Meta Knight whispered to Jigglypuff, "I knew this would happen. I wanted to warm you up before Crazy Hand discovered you were here, and dragged you into a battle before you were ready at all."
Jigglypuff nodded, but was still scared. Crazy Hand threw her out into the Stadium. Suddenly, Jigglypuff heard a booming voice.
"Hello audience! Looks like we have a new challenger! Crazy, what's her name?"
"It's Jigglypuff, Master Hand!" Crazy Hand said.
"Well, as you all know, I am 'M'…aster Hand. This is 'C'…razy Hand, and together, we are your MCs! [*2]"
"Righto, Master Hand! Now the opponent Jigglypuff will be facing is… Kirby!" Crazy Hand shouted, before another pink puffball appeared on the stage.
"3…2…1… fight!" The two hands shouted.
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[*1 – This is not the stadium that appeared in the Subspace Emissary. Just to be clear.]
[*2 – I'm talking about an emcee (aka Master of Ceremonies, making MC) which is the person who hosts an event.]
Jigglypuff has not discovered her other attacks yet.