Haha, quick update, I know. Don't expect all updates to be this quick (sorry! I'm not on spring break all year, ya know?) Like I promised, this one's longer, but it's still a bit short...sorry 'bout that...again... (cough) Well, I'm too lazy to do the disclaimer, so... (clapclap) Jiggly!

Jigglypuff: (sigh) Umbreon Mastah doesn't own anything related to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Happy?

Me: Very. Have a cookie while the people out there read.

Jigglypuff: YAY! A COOKIE!

"I still don't see why you're obsessing over this," muttered Meta Knight with a yawn as he watched Jigglypuff run around the room nervously.

"You're not coming, you wouldn't understand," she told him. "And showing up to the ball without a date would be like...like...like showing up to the ball without a date!"

"Ah, now I see why you're so upset," he said sarcastically. The balloon Pokémon stuck out her tongue. "Women," he said to himself.

"I heard that!" Jigglypuff called threateningly. "I bet that all of the other girls have dates, and I'm the only who's going to be there alone, and it'll be extremely embarrassing, and you don't care in the slightest!" She sat down and pouted. Meta Knight sighed.

"Number one," he explained, "dances are embarrassing whether you're dateless or not. Number two, it's been three days since the announcement." He looked up at the ceiling. "Three days. The dance is not tomorrow. You have time."

"Not enough! I should have started asking that day! This is horrible, it's the apocalypse, it's..."

"Jigglypuff, look at me." Jigglypuff stopped for a minute. "Let me spell this out," he said. "You. Are. Obsessed. Stop. Worrying."

"Are you nuts?" she cried. "I'm not worrying! I'M IN A FREAKIN' PANIC!" She started dashing around the room again.

"Well, I'm not sure the room can withhold your 'freakin' panic' for much longer," said Meta Knight. The room was kind of small, Meta Knight's dark blue bed to one side and Jigglypuff's pink one to the other. Master Hand hadn't put much thought into the rooms, or the roommates for that matter, seeing as he made the oh-so-wonderful mistake of putting Pikachu with the Pokémon trainer Red. You could hear loud screams of "STOP TRYING TO CATCH ME, YOU IDIOT!" at night. Meta Knight would have to agree that the Hand hadn't done the best of jobs. He wasn't too thrilled in the beginning either, but once you're stuck in a room with a hyperactive pink ball of fluff, you're going to have to be friends eventually.

"Fine then," the ball of fluff in question said. "If I'm getting annoying, I'll just leave. Maybe I'll ask someone to the dance now."

"You do that," he muttered uncaringly. Jigglypuff walked out into the hallway. As soon as she had disappeared, Meta Knight couldn't help but sigh with relief. Whoever had put this idea of rushing into Jigglypuff's head was a true idiot.

Then from outside, he heard a happy, overexcited voice that he unfortunately paired with Peach. "So, Jiggly, do you have a date yet?"

"Oh boy," he said to himself. Yep, a true idiot indeed.

Zelda, Peach, Samus, and Nana all walked up to Jigglypuff. The five girls started walking together down the hallway. "No, I don't have a date yet," said the balloon Pokémon with a sigh. "Why, do you?"

"No," said Peach, "but Nana does!" The female Ice Climber blushed a little.

"Peach..."

"Really, Nana? That's great!" Jigglypuff smiled warmly. "Who are you going with?"

"I'm...well...," she stuttered, "T.L...kind of asked me after breakfast today, and, well..." Nana faded off. She was always very shy, and having a very large crush on Toon Link didn't exactly help. But Jiggly understood.

"I'm sure you two will have fun," she said, trying not to embarrass Nana any further. "Did anyone else get asked?"

"I did!" Peach said gleefully. "Twice..."

"Twice!" exclaimed Zelda. "Who asked you?"

"Who would ask you?" muttered Samus under her breath. Peach didn't seem to hear.

"Surprisingly, not Mario," she continued, "but I think he's too caught up in what exactly he's going to eat. It was actually Bowser yesterday."

"No surprise there," Jigglypuff said. Everyone knew that Bowser had an eye for the Mushroom Kingdom princess.

"And, this morning, Ganondorf asked." This caused quite a few stares.

"You're kidding me," said the Hyrulian at last. "He asked you before me? Not that I'd go with him, but still...that's kind of insulting..."

"What did you tell them?" the blonde bounty hunter cut in before Zelda started to have a fit.

"I told them I had to think about it," she said. "Personally, dancing with either one of them might be a little difficult."

"I see your point," Jigglypuff said, glancing at the ceiling. "How about you guys?"

"Link hasn't asked yet," said Zelda. "And I haven't asked anyone, so I'm still dateless."

"Basically," Samus said, "someone has yet to ask me, and I'm not going to be asking anyone anytime soon. I may not even be going." Peach gave her a look that said, I'm making you go, dateless or not, but she completely ignored it. "I still see no point in this."

"Well, has anyone asked you yet?" Peach asked, still shooting daggers with her eyes at Samus. Jigglypuff realized that the question was pointed at her.

"Nope," she said. "I didn't ask anyone, either, so..."

"Meta Knight didn't ask you?" Jiggly's eyes went wide at Peach's reaction. She felt her face go slightly red.

"Why would you assume that?" she said.

"Well, you two are such good friends," the princess told her, "and you guys do make a cute...ouch!" Samus, sensing where this was going, quickly elbowed her in the ribs as a signal to shut it. "That wasn't nice!" she pouted. In return, Samus whistled innocently.

"No, Meta Knight isn't going," the pink Pokémon said quickly. Her face went redder still. Peach took no notice.

"Aww, he's not? I really wanted to see you two dancing...hey!" This time, it was Zelda doing the whistling. Then, it was Nana to the rescue.

"Umm, guys?" she said shakily. "Let's go get lunch, okay?"

"Sure," the others agreed.

"I think today is ravioli day!" exclaimed Peach excitedly, all thoughts of dances wiped from her mind...at least, for the moment. Jigglypuff mentally thanked Nana.

But why had she frozen like that? It was a simple question, if not a completely random and uncalled for one. Maybe I just can't see Meta Knight ever asking anyone to a dance, she thought. That's why I was so shocked. She still wasn't convinced, but it would have to do for now. There was ravioli at stake.

That night, the lounge was emptier than it usually was. Most of the Smashers had gone to watch Diddy Kong and Falco brawl that night, so the place was somewhat quiet. The T.V. was buzzing softly as Marth and Ike watched their favorite show. Mr. Game and Watch had turned the volume down on his handheld video game and was playing it in the corner. Fox and Meta Knight were in the middle of a game of War, and Fox was losing. Pretty badly.

"So," the Star Fox commander said, just to break the silence, "what are you gonna do about the dance thing?" Meta Knight didn't look up.

"Not going," he said, simple and to the point. Fox frowned as his king was beaten by Meta Knight's ace.

"You're lucky, man," he sighed. "Falco decided it would be funny if he told Krystal about the dance, and now she won't stop nagging me about it. If I don't bring her, she'll be at it for six months afterwards."

"I don't envy you," said Meta Knight.

"I thought you two broke up," Marth said, turning to look at them.

"We did." Fox sighed. "And then we got back together. And then we broke up again. And then we got back together. It's always something."

"At least you've got a girl," said Ike, not even bothering to pry his eyes away from the wondrous thing known as television. Game and Watch beeped in agreement. "Life's hard when there's no one here from your world."

"I'm right next to you, you moron," Marth said.

"Yes, but you're not a girl."

"Ugh."

"Well, are you guys going to come and share in my misery?" Fox asked them.

"If I can find a date," the blue-haired prince said. Ike nodded in agreement. "No idea who I'm asking, though."

"I know who I am," the other one said, a devilish glint in his eye. "I'm asking Zelda."

"Link is going to kill you," Meta Knight stated.

"He's going to kill me anyway." He had to agree with that. "That's why I feel it's semi-safe to ask her." Marth looked down at the ground, but no one besides Meta Knight noticed. Meta Knight was smart enough to know not to say anything. The War game ended, and Fox, being a sore loser, started muttering curses under his breath.

"Play again?" asked Meta Knight, shuffling the cards.

"Darn right," he said as he took his cards and began the game. He started losing again. "Why do I have such a horrible life?" he muttered. "How am I going to get out of this mess?"

"Grin and bear it."

"What do you know?" Fox said unhappily. "You're not even going!" Meta Knight looked up at him.

"That's why I'm grinning," he said, "and you're bearing it."

"Oh, you little...!" Fox's face started to go red as everyone else laughed. Meta Knight put down another card and smiled devilishly.

Maybe this dance thing was going to be more fun for him than he thought.

Uh oh, Meta Knight's getting some ideas...

Sorry if it wasn't the greatest of chapters, people. More fluff shall arrive soon! As always, R&R please! All reviewers will be given cookies!

Ciao!

-Umbreon Mastah