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NOTE: if you can't tell, I changed the style of the writing some due to some complaints I got. PLEASE contact me and let me know if you prefer the way this chapter is written over he way the past two have been written, so I know whether or not to make the change permanent. Also give a shout-out to my friend Jesse. He revised this chapter, and he's a whizz at English stuff, so that equals NON-SUCKISH GRAMMAR AND SPELLING FOR ALL! . Anyways ENJOY!

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Chapter 3

Meta Knight

6:00 P.M. 6/10

I stayed in my room for a few hours just thinking about how I was going to make it through this vacation without going insane, considering all the people that were here with me. (Why don't I ever end up with normal people?) I thought. I glanced at the clock to find it was already 6:00 P.M.; it would be time to eat dinner shortly, so I decided to walk out of my room and head back down to the main living room to wait on the food. The mansion was bustling with people now; there were too many people walking around now than I felt like counting. Although, I estimated that there were nearly 40 or 50.

As I was walking towards the staircase to go back down to the first floor, I happened to pass by Kirby. His eyes widened nice and big when he saw me, but he said nothing as I walked by him. I couldn't help but laugh in my head when I saw the look of surprise on his face. (It seems the puffball finally made it to the party) I thought. But I didn't really care that someone finally knew where I was. I was sure Kirby would go home to Dreamland and tell Dedede, but he couldn't force me to come back and I didn't plan on going back any time in the near future. After that little distraction, I stepped down the staircase and into the main living room.

There were less people then I expected, but there were more than when I had previously been here. I glanced around the room again, a man in blue overalls and a red shirt was talking to the girl who'd previously been watching the TV. The hedgehog who talked to me earlier was speaking with a man in a blue shirt, his blonde hair tied back into a pony-tail and a sword sheathed by his side. I saw the cloaked man from before again, too; this time though, he was speaking with Mell. His posture made him seem sort of uneasy, but then again how comfortable can a guy be when he's around an alien? There were many more people standing around and talking but I didn't get a chance to look at them more closely because I saw someone running towards me out of the corner of my eye. I turned to see who it was to find the girl who'd spoken to me earlier.

"Hiya Meta" she said, her cheerful voice immediately irritating me.

"Hi...ummm..." I thought for a moment. "Rikku," I finally said. (Odd,) I thought, (usually people's names don't come to me that quickly.)

"Where'd you go? I thought you followed me in here but I turned around and didn't see you" Rikku said.

"I went back up to my room" I replied.

"Why?" she immediately asked.

"Because I wanted to be alone" I said.

"How come?" she replied.

"Because people annoy me," I said bluntly. (Why hasn't this girl been kicked out by now?) I thought; she was already annoying me and we'd only been talking for about a minute.

"Hey how come you always walk around with that mask on?" Rikku asked me.

I sighed and said, "Because people tend to mistake me for someone else, and it angers me very much."

"I wanna see, I wanna see!" Rikku said, tugging at my mask.

"HEY, STOP IT!" I came close to yelling that but managed to keep it in "raised voice" status. It didn't stop her from pulling at my mask though.

"You've got me curious. I wanna see!" she said. I got an urge to shove her away and say some inappropriate words, but decided against it.

In the end, she succeeded in pulling it off, and of course the first thing she said was "Hey, you look like Kirby!"

I snatched my mask back from her, and put it back on. I'd finally lost my temper. "THAT'S WHAT I MEANT! SHEEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW IRRITATING YOU ARE!!! HOW THE HELL DO PEOPLE STAND TO BE AROUND YOU!!" I was going to say more but people were staring at me. I hated being the center of attention for the wrong reasons, so instead of continuing, I stormed off instead.

I walked across the room, with people still staring at me. I didn't bother to look back at Rikku; I didn't need to know what the look on her face was right now. Someone tapped me on the shoulder before I made into the kitchen; however, I turned around to find Mell, the cloaked man still close to her.

"What was that all about!?!" she said. She seemed angry.

"What!?! She annoys me!" I snapped back.

"So!?! That's no reason to yell at people!! You barely know anyone here!" she said.

"So? I know all I need to know: that these people are all annoying" I again snapped back.

"It's people like you that make this universe the way it is now!" she said. Her voice was rising, and she was getting so mad her scales were turning purple. "This universe doesn't deserve its freedom, ours is struggling to survive and all you people think about is yourselves! None of you deserve what you have, NONE OF YOU!" Mell was yelling now. Something was wrong, not only was she now purple, her eyes were getting darker. I heard the cloaked man laugh, and glanced over at him, he was taking his cloak off.

He was about average height and weight, nothing special there. His skin, however, was a very pale purple color, and his hair seemed a light purple too. It was also long for a guy; it fell in front of his face but only on one side, the back fell on his neck. His eyes were a bright reddish color, one which I'd never seen a human have before. He had a scar that went across one of his eyeballs too. The clothes he was wearing looked rather strange; they were almost all purple: a purple hat with a red gem in the center of the brim that was too big, and tipped over the back of his head over his hair, a purple robe, and white-ish purple-ish pants on under the robe.

I glanced back over at Mell. Her entire body was purple, and her eyes were even darker. That couldn't be good. Other people had taken notice, and it seemed word had spread to Ultima rather quickly, because he came bursting into the room.

"Mell, what the hell's the matter with you? You're scaring everyone!" Ultima said.

Mell turned around to look at him and said rather darkly, "I'm afraid Mell is no longer with you all...I've taken over her body. You see that little display just now made Mell so angry that she wanted to force the whole universe to change its ways. And I've been living in her body as a parasite for so long, I couldn't stand to see her hurt, so I think I'll grant her that wish...just through a different method."

"You...you're not Mell... Get out of her mind and her body now before I force you!" Ultima said. His voice was ringing through the entire room; everyone had gotten quiet. Ultima rose into the air, flying. (How the hell did he do that!?! He doesn't have any wings!) I thought, but I could do nothing but ponder.

"I wouldn't if I were you. This is still Mell's body, and you know she'll feel any pain I feel...but you're right…I'm not Mell…Call me...well...hmm...call me Mellora!" She said with an evil grin.

"What!?!...no...she's right...I can't attack Mell...I can't..." Ultima said.

It seemed he didn't hear anything past the "you hurt me you hurt Mell" part of Mellora's speech. Ultima clutched his head and lowered back onto the ground; he fell on his knees, and started shaking violently as if having a mental breakdown.

"Well now that he's out of the way, it's time for a little fun..." Mellora said.

She raised her hand and gestured towards an empty part of the room. Almost immediately, a black portal opened up and a monster stepped out. It was tall, taller then your average human and it was completely black. It didn't really have much of a face, there was no mouth and the eyes were so small and dark that they blended in with the creature's skin and made them hard to see at all. There was some kind of stone mask above their face, and above that a few long strands of black hair came out and over the monster's back. The monster was hunched over, walking with the help of its hands, like a gorilla. There were long sharp claws on each of its hands, and its feet looked like they could crush someone easily. Mellora quickly made the same gesture in several more spots around the room, and even more of the monsters came out, sometimes 5 or 10 coming out of the same portal at once.

"Now my pets, attack and kill them all!" Mellora said, laughing.

(Heh...finally some fun,) I thought, going into my battle-pose. Now everyone would see how powerful I was first-hand, something I'd wanted to happen for a while. But I had no intention of fighting these stupid doll monsters, oh no. I intended to take out Mellora; sure Ultima had trouble coping with slaying her, but I wouldn't. Better yet, it seemed she'd forgotten I was here, she was so caught up in her long-winded speech on how evil she was that she forgot her assassin was right behind her. I raised my sword up to strike her in the back, and quickly swung it downward towards her. Out of nowhere however, a katana of some sort came down on my blade and knocked it out of range. I quickly jumped back, expecting a second strike, and looked at the person who'd stopped me, to find the man who'd been previously wearing the cloak gazing at me with those blood-red eyes of his.

"I've waited too long for a chance like this, and your not going to ruin it little warrior" the man said. Mellora turned back around to look at us.

"Ah yes, the little annoying thing...I'd forgotten you were there..." she turned to face the purple man, "You, on the other hand, don't seem to mean me any harm."

"Yes...I could sense you inside of Mell, and thought we could be allies" the man replied.

I couldn't believe it...this man was a traitor! I was so angry I was about to bust a blood vessel, and readied myself to attack the both of them. Before I could, however, I saw a claw coming towards me out of the corner of my eye and I had side-stepped just in time to dodge it; and I looked up at the monster that it belonged to. At that moment I snapped back to the reality that there were monsters all over the place now. Almost everyone else had already begun battling them, but they were still pouring out of portals in the room. (Humph, maybe I could use a warm-up after all,) I thought. Besides, some people seemed to be having trouble already.

Without a second thought I jumped up in the air and sent a fatal slice at the throat of the monster that had just attacked me. If it had a mouth it would have screamed, but alas it could only fall to the ground bleeding. That was one down, but there would soon be more. I saw another monster attacking a moustached man, and I jumped on its back, stabbing my sword into its head.

"Thank-a you" I heard the man say, and he looked around for another target.

I'd already found mine; I hopped off the now-dead carcass I was on top of and charged at another one, delivering several swift slashes across its chest. It quickly fell to the ground, severely injured. Another monster decided to attack me, swinging its claws towards me. I flipped over its attack and over the monster itself and thrust my sword into the creature's back, bringing it down. (This is just plain too easy,) I thought; the monsters were tall and lumbering but they were far too slow to keep up with me. I was about to lunge at another monster, but I happened to see a missile coming at me, barely seeing it in time to dodge it. I ducked myself down low and it flew over my head exploding against a wall.

"Sorry," I heard a voice say, looking up to see Samus Aran again, firing at monsters. I finally took the time to see how the fight was going for everyone else.

The first thing I noticed was that the room was wrecked: the furniture and decorations and such were destroyed. The couch had several large scratch marks in it. The TV had a gaping hole in the center, probably from a stab attempt. Parts of the walls and floor were red and black, from the blood of the monsters and some of the other Smashers I guess. All in all the room just seemed pitiful; it was going to be hard cleaning up the mess from this fight. But that was Ultima's concern, not mine, so I prepared to jump back into the battle. I charged, leaped into air, over another monster, quickly turning around and dealing a blow to its throat. I looked for my next target, and happened to see one close to me fighting someone else. I was shocked however at who that someone else was, by some stroke of some kind of luck (I wasn't sure if it was good or bad) I'd ended up near her. I ended up near Rikku.

She was fighting with two very small weapons that kind of looked like a cross between a small sword and a dagger. There were circles for hilts, with a bar going across the center for the wielder to hold them with. Near one end, the circle stretched out into the actual blade of the weapon. I decided to watch and see how she'd do. The monster she was fighting was giving her trouble, swiping at her over and over continuously. She didn't have many good moments to get in hits; the monster made a high swipe and she ducked underneath it and landed a low slash, bring the monster on its knees but not killing it. It swiped at her again, but she jumped backwards and then forwards again with another slash, this time to the monster's head and chest. The monster still wasn't dead but it was wounded to the point where it could no longer fight and would bleed to death shortly.

"Shouldn't you be hiding or something?" I finally said now that she was no longer occupied.

She turned to look at me and said, "I'll be fine..." her cheerful tone gone.

I was going to say something else but a group of monsters was coming at the two of us. (Great... these damn things are irritating me...) I thought, getting back into my battle position. I saw Rikku reach into the pockets of one of the pouches around her waist and pull out a metal object. She yanked at the top of it and lobbed it towards the group of monsters before I even had time to see what it was. It exploded pretty quickly, and I finally figured out what it was. (Grenades?!? What the hell is a girl like her doing with grenades?!?) I thought. The group of monsters were gone, bits and pieces of them lying around near where the explosion happened. In a flash Rikku had already lobbed another one towards some more beasts. It was clear she had this covered, I could move on to bigger prey at long last. I glanced over at where Mellora was. She was just watching the battle unfold in front of her, an evil smirk on her face. But I wasn't concerned about her, oh no, I was looked at the purple-skinned man standing beside her. He was eyeing me, like he'd been watching me this whole time. He was a traitor to everyone here and I intended to make him pay for it!

He seemed to be able to tell what I was about to do, as he began walking towards me holding his katana by his side. I charged forward, my sword in front and rushed him with a single powerful slash. He brought his katana in front of him, putting an equal amount of strength into it, and stopped my charge dead in its tracks. I hopped back, and slashed forward again. He blocked yet again, and pushed forward in an attempt to knock me off my feet; it didn't have the effect he was looking for but I did stumble a little. He continued regardless bringing his katana down towards me, but I recovered too quickly, and hopped backwards again. His blade slammed onto the floor, and I stepped forward quickly, placing my foot on top of the man's sword and placing my body weight on it trying to keep it down. I thought I had him, but he raised his sword up with amazing strength, sending me off of it, but I managed to flip mid-air in time to land back on my feet. (Heh, this guy's not like those monsters...he actually knows what he's doing...) I thought as I prepared for my next attack.

I raised my sword and charged him another time. I knew that attacking him head-on wouldn't get me very far. I was going to have to pull a trick or two and I had some ideas on how to do it. I got close to him and made it look like I was about to slash forward, he fell for it and put his sword up to block. I immediately hit the floor and swerved to the side, going around him and turning around at the same time, giving me a clear strike. I dashed forward to send a slash into his back, but pulled an amazingly quick turn-around and blocked it. (How does this guy do all this!?!) I thought, I couldn't believe how this man could do all of these feats. He slashed towards me again but I managed to block it. I still had one trick left, one I knew he wouldn't see coming. I hopped backwards and concentrated on my back. Almost immediately two large bat-like wings grew out, but I kept them behind my back so the man wouldn't see. I began running towards him again feigning another average charge. When I got close, I flared my wings out, and took off, flying over his shoulder and turning around quickly. It'd worked. I'd taken him by surprise. I flew down towards his back ready to end this battle even if he could manage to turn around in time he couldn't get his sword in the right position to block me. He turned around to look up at me and quickly raised his hand up to his face, the palm facing towards me. I thought it was just a futile attempt to defend himself but a very strong gust of wind suddenly hit me. I couldn't fight it and I got sent across the room and smacked the wall. I got back up to my foot and looked at him again. He was just standing there looking at me still with those blood-red eyes of his. They longed for blood, not just mine but everyone's. This man was not just a traitor, he was a psychopath. I prepared another attack when I saw a flash of orange go by near the man. (Oh no...please no...) I thought. It was Rikku...she'd jumped at the man and slashed at him. By some miracle he'd been too focused on me to notice her, he had a small scratch of blood running down his face.

I could tell he was angry. He turned to look at her and raised his sword at his side again. I listened as closely as I could and heard him say, "Why do you defend the one who insulted you earlier?"

Oh no, I knew what was about to happen. I flapped my wings a few times and took off as fast as I could at him. Rikku opened her mouth to answer him...and dropped her guard. I sped as fast as I could but I wasn't going to be able to make it in time. The man seized his chance and struck, his distraction had worked. Rikku fell to the ground, a long and bloody slash mark across her stomach. It had cut through her shirt and fairly deep through her skin. It looked like it could be fatal. Almost a second later, the man turned back to me and blocked as I rammed him head-on. He tried to counter me, but I'd pushed him back and I followed up with several quick slashes over and over again. It took all he had to keep blocking me, and he was being forced backwards. Soon he would hit a wall and then...it would be over, he would only be able to hold me off for so long before he would tire and I would strike a fatal blow. But I couldn't help but look back at Rikku: she was unconscious from the attack and just kind of laid there a bloody mess. She would bleed to death by the end of the hour if no one intervened. I could help her now, and she'd probably make it...but if I did it would mean letting this bastard live too. I instantly decided to finish him and hope for the best for her, so I kept on attacking the man pushing him backwards more. But a feeling of guilt came over me quickly. I couldn't just leave her there to die, it wouldn't be right...but letting this traitor live wouldn't be right either. (No, I can't leave her there...I'm going back,) I thought. I paused briefly on my assault on the man and dashed over to where Rikku was laying. I picked her up rather fast, putting one hand under her knees, and the other on her back, close to the top of her head. I would need a place to treat her...not thinking of any better a spot I decided on my bedroom and made a break for the entrance. I glanced backwards to see the purple man chasing after me. I wouldn't be able to treat Rikku very well if he continued attacking. Out of nowhere however I saw three arrows whizz through the air at the purple man. I looked back to see him roll to the side, and glanced at the direction the arrows came from. The blond boy in the green tunic from earlier today stepped out, an odd-looking sword in his hand.

"Vaati!" the boy screamed as he stared at the purple man.

(Vaati, eh? So that's his name...) I thought. I wouldn't be forgetting it anytime soon but that wasn't important. I had just been given my way out, and I dashed into the entrance and started climbing the stairs.

6:30 P.M. 6/10

I was dashing up the staircase, as quick as I could. I had little time to waste; a single minute could decide whether or not Rikku would make it. Finally I emerged from the staircase on the third floor where my room was. To my surprise, there were people battling Mellora's monsters up here as well. It seemed she'd thought to spread them around the mansion and not just in one spot. Regardless I began running in the direction of my room, going around monsters whenever necessary. One, it seemed, had gotten by my vision. I soon saw a claw coming down towards me. While I was carrying Rikku there was no way I'd be able to dodge it in time. I braced myself for the blow and closed my eyes. Instead of feeling claws across my face however, all I felt was a few...embers? I looked up to see there was a massive flaming hole in the side of the monster. Standing next to it was Kirby, with a headdress of fire on top of his head. 'Where the hell did he find something to eat that gave him that power?' I wondered, but I said nothing. Kirby nodded his head towards me and dashed down the hall in the opposite direction. I continued towards my room, almost throwing the door off of its hinges as I entered.

I laid Rikku on top of my bed, and began thinking. A friend of mine was a decent medic and had taught me a few things. I was definitely no substitute for a real doctor but I could handle things like broken bones and flesh wounds. I was praying at the moment that that would be enough. I looked around for something to work with; there weren't exactly medical supplies in a specific spot in a common bedroom. I walked over to the curtain in front of the window and slashed off some of it with my sword. I took it back over to Rikku and wrapped the wound up so she wouldn't lose so much blood. The best thing around I had to clean up the blood all over her ended up being a box of Kleenex's, but it was better than nothing, I suppose. I got most of the blood off of her body after using up the whole box, and tossed them all to the ground. I opened up the curtain cloth on Rikku to check on the wound. It was still bleeding rather badly; the wound was going to have to be closed. This was going to be hard... I looked around for something to stitch the wound up with, at least for a little while until she could see a real doctor. There was some dental floss in the bathroom...and a pen was lying on a desk by the bed. It was an absurd idea, but I didn't have a better one, so I slowly began poking through parts of Rikku's skin and running the floss through, over and over again. Eventually I had it close enough where I could re-wrap the wound, and it would likely stop bleeding. Chances are the second she regained consciousness, and moved, it would come loose again but for now it might work. I wrapped the wound back up and stepped back to look her over again. (I think I've done all I can do, considering the circumstances...) I thought, 'I should probably be getting back to the battle now...' I didn't move an inch. I just stood there staying at her on the bed. 'She's pretty...I guess...for a human girl... I can't leave her here by herself unprotected… What if one of those monsters found her? Or worse yet that purple guy Vaati?'

I'll have to find someone to stay here and protect her...but who? (Who do I know here?) I thought. There was Samus...but she was an intergalatic bounty hunter who almost accidentally blew my head off 25 minutes ago. There was Bowser...but he had 8 kids and no wife, and there was an unconscious girl here. Besides I didn't even know where he was, anyways he was out too. Mell was obviously out of the question, and last I checked Ultima was having a mental breakdown. There was no way in hell I was asking Kirby for help, he'd already saved me once. I wasn't going to let him do it again. (There's got to be someone else...come on think...AH THE HEDGEHOG, the talking one! He was a pervert, but he'd likely keep his distance, and he's the only choice I have left...but what was his name?) I thought long and hard. (It was something to do with darkness...darkness...dark...shadow...SHADOW! That was it!) I finally remembered, I also remembered he had been on the first floor before Mellora's attack. He'd likely still be there now, so I dashed out the doorway and ran back to the stairs, dashing down them.

7:05 P.M. 6/10

I made it back down to the first floor pretty quick. When I was at the top of the staircase I glanced down. Fortunately, he was right in front of the staircase, battling one of Mellora's monsters, which he dispatched rather quickly.

"Shadow!" I called out.

He turned to look at me, and in a blink of an eye he disappeared and I felt a weight on my head. I looked up to see Shadow staring back down at me with that smirk on his face that he always had.

"You called, Mr. Grumpykins?" he asked.

"How did you do that!?!" I asked.

"Oh well you see, it's called the Chaos Control. I've always been able to do it but I used to need a special jewel to be able to pull it off. My body got so used to it though that now I can do it without one. It really is useful, this one time I -"

I chose to interrupt him there. I'd already gotten the answer to the question I asked. "Whatever, just come on, I need you to do something!" I said. I grabbed him and started dragging him back up the staircase as I ran.

"Ow! Hey, hey! You don't have to hurt me," Shadow said. I didn't stop, until we made it back to the third floor.

"Just shut up and come on!" I said tossing him back on his feet and motioning for him to follow me as I ran back to my room.

The two of us dashed into the room. "Ok, I assume we're here, now what the hell do you need my help for?" Shadow said.

I glanced over to the bed, thank god Rikku was still intact. I pointed over to her and said "I need you to stay here and make sure nothing happens to her!" I said.

"Why? I thought you didn't like her, you were yelling at her earlier," he replied.

"Just shut up and do it, it's not like you won't enjoy the company" I said back, "Besides I need to get back down there and finish the fight already".

Shadow looked at me for a few seconds and then looked at Rikku for many more seconds then he looked at me. "...Fine...I'll do it," he finally said.

I didn't even take the time to make another statement. I dashed back out into the hallway and down the staircase for what felt like the umpteenth time today. It was then that I noticed I still had my wings out, I was sure they had surprised Shadow and some other people but I'd forgotten they were there in the panic. Figuring it'd be faster, I began flying down the staircase instead, landing on the first floor in my battle-pose. I looked around and saw...well...nothing.

7:15 P.M. 6/10

There were no monsters around. There were no people around. There was……nothing. I dashed into the Living room, there were people here but all the monsters had vanished. Some people were bruised; others were bloody, even more seemed perfectly unharmed. They were all staring at the center of the room, I followed their gazes to see Ultima holding Mellora, only she was red again, and not completely purple. I dashed forward with my sword drawn, but someone grabbed me before I made it there. I turned around to see Samus again.

"Hold it right there puffball, she's fine now. Mell got control of herself again and the monsters vanished, the parasite Mellora is gone," she said.

Ignoring the name I'd been called at the moment I couldn't help but ask, "What about the purple-skinned guy? What happened to him?"

"He freaked out on Link and got away a little while after, we don't know where he is now" Samus replied, placing me back down on the ground. I looked back at Ultima and Mell.

Ultima stood back up and said, "I'm sorry this happened, everyone. Things should be fine now. There should still be some cooked food in the kitchen, you can all help yourselves".

Everyone seemed to be ok about the whole ordeal now. Everyone but me, that is. I didn't trust Mell anymore or much of anybody for that matter. I'd lost my appetite, but I walked into the kitchen to get some food for Shadow. I would need him to keep guarding Rikku till nighttime, and I was sure he'd get hungry sooner or later. I just grabbed the first things I saw: some fried chicken, mashed potatoes, rice and some corn. I headed back out of the kitchen to go back to my room, but turned back at the last minute and decided to fix a second plate. I took the two plates of food back up to my room. I set one down on the nightstand next to the bed, and looked over at Rikku. She was still unconscious, but my make-shift treatment had seemed to hold up so far. I looked over at Shadow, who'd taken a seat on the floor across the bed.

"Well?" he asked.

"The fight's over, Mell's back to normal," I replied.

He stood up and said, "Oh I see, well I guess I can go ahead and leave then." He started walking out.

"Actually I need you to keep watching her, for a little while longer while I go do...something," I said. I intended to go hunt Vaati down, but he was a traitor to the Smasher's and there could be more. I'd feel better if I knew someone was watching her.

Shadow sighed and said, "I guess so...but hurry up!" He sat back down.

I set the last plate of food next to him and said, "That's for you. The plate on the nightstand is for Rikku when she wakes up".

"Yeah, yeah," he said back in a not caring tone.

I walked over to the door, and turned back to stare at Rikku again. (Because of you, I lost my chance to prove to everyone how strong I was in battle... I missed the only fun I'll probably ever have on this damn vacation...) I thought. Normally I'd have been angry...but I wasn't for some reason...I shrugged it off and stepped outside, to start my search.

7:30 P.M. 6/10

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So yeah, it's my first action sequeance that I've ever written. I apologise if it seemed a little odd. Anyways, let me know how you all liked it.

Oh and also I'd like to comment on the now obvious pairing of Meta Knight and Rikku. Yes it is a crack pairing (about as crack-filled as a pairing gets) we're all away of this fact. But I got accustomed to the pairing, and so did others. And now some people actually support the pairing. So if it weirds you out, I'm sorry,take a few days to get used to it.