Here's the next chapter, my friends! Sorry that I updated later than I wanted to, my computer went nuts.

Meta Knight: No one wants to hear your excuses, they want to read.

Me: Fine! You're doing the disclaimer this time!

Meta Knight: WHAT? Oh, fine. Ahem...Umbreon Mastah does not own anything related to Super Smash Brothers Brawl or General Hospital. If she did, I'd be in big trouble.

Me: (evil glare) Anyway, read!

For the next couple of days, the only thing that people were talking about was the ball. Jigglypuff, still dateless, walked with Meta Knight down the hall. "You know," she said, "I'm getting more and more envious of you every day."

"Most people are," he replied.

"You don't have to worry about any of this stuff."

"I know."

"You don't have to worry about finding a date, which I do!"

"Yep."

Jiggly glared at him. "This is the part where you're supposed to feel bad for me," she said.

"It is? I didn't notice."

"Meta Knight!" He let a small smile creep onto his face.

"I'm only kidding, Jiggly," he said. "You'll find a date."

"But what if I don't, Meta?" Meta Knight sighed.

"Jigglypuff, you have more than a week left. You will find a date." The balloon Pokémon didn't look very convinced.

"I hope so," she said under her breath. Suddenly, the two of them heard angry shouts. "What was that?" she asked him. Meta Knight shrugged.

"Let's find out." The two hurried down the hall. Once they got closer, they could understand what was being said.

"I was here first, you idiot!"

"No, I was!"

"You might have been here first, but I asked first!" Meta Knight and Jigglypuff recognized the voices as those of Ike and Link.

"Oh no," muttered Meta Knight. "I told him that it was a bad idea."

Jigglypuff looked at him, confused. "Told who? What?"

"You'll see in a second."

The scene before them was chaotic. Both Link and Ike had their swords drawn. Zelda, standing slightly behind and between those two, had a panicked expression on her face. On the sidelines, Marth was shouting at them.

"Break it up, guys!" he called. "You're acting like little kids!" The two completely ignored him.

"I thought you were my friend," snarled Link.

"Oh yeah?" Ike growled back. Both looked ready to pounce on each other in a second.

"Guys?" stuttered Zelda, her face pale white. "Guys, stop it, please!"

Jigglypuff and Meta Knight ran up next to Marth. "What the heck happened here?" the balloon Pokémon asked.

"They both asked Zelda to the dance," Marth replied. "At the same time."

"I warned him," muttered Meta Knight, "but did he listen? No, of course not!"

"You are not going with her," Link said menacingly, "and that's final."

"That's what you think!" The two got ready to charge.

"Take action now?" Marth whispered to Meta Knight. He nodded.

"Take action now."

Link and Ike leapt at each other. Zelda screamed. There was a sound of clashing swords.

"Get...out...of...my...way..." The Hyrulian swordsman glared at Meta Knight, who had leapt in front of him and countered his blow. Marth had done the same with Ike.

"Foolish idiot," Meta Knight muttered. "You're acting like you're a toddler. What if Master Hand found out that you were fighting outside of the stadium?"

"It wouldn't matter," Link said. "I'm going to kill him, that traitor!" He tried to push Meta Knight aside, but he caught the swordsman's arm.

"Stop right now."

"Never!" On the opposite side, Marth was having the same issues.

"Let me by, you idiotic, tiara-wearing freak! Let me at him!"

"Ike, settle down!" he cried. "This is stupid! Stop it!"

"No!" the mercenary shouted, pushing down even harder on his sword. Marth winced. Ike's sword was too heavy for his blade to hold it much longer.

"Stop!"

Everyone looked at where the voice came from. Zelda stood there, still white as a ghost. Tears had appeared in her eyes. "Stop fighting! How could I say yes to either of you when you can't even act like civilized beings!" The Hyrulian princess started crying. "Just...just leave me alone!" she shouted. Then she ran down the hallway.

"Zelda!" Link and Ike cried in unison. They put down their swords and were about to run after her when Jiggly stopped them.

"You morons!" she said, her voice taking a deadly tone that was rarely heard. "Can't you see that you're the problem? You're the reason Zelda's crying, all because you two have to fight about everything! You don't deserve to be called heroes if you can't even treat your friends properly!" Everyone, including Jigglypuff, was shocked at her sudden outburst. "Oh," she said quietly, "did I just say that?" Meta Knight looked at her in amazement.

"Wow," he said to himself. Then he looked up at Marth. Great concern showed on his face. He was obviously very worried about Zelda. "Go," Meta Knight said. Marth looked down at him, confused. "Hurry up, kid, or you'll miss your chance. We'll take care of Frick and Frack here." The prince suddenly realized what Meta Knight was talking about, and a slight blush ran across his face. He shook it off quickly.

"I'll go talk to her," he said, passing by Link and Ike and giving them each a final glare before going after Zelda.

"We're in big doodoo now, aren't we?" Ike whispered to Link. He looked at Jigglypuff's and Meta Knight's angry faces.

"Yep," he said with a sigh, "big doodoo."

Finally, Meta Knight and Jigglypuff promised not to tell Master Hand about the little incident in the hallway if Link and Ike steered clear of Zelda and left her alone for a while. It really didn't make a difference, as Link went and locked himself in his room (much to the annoyance of his roommate, Yoshi), and Ike immersed himself in the crappy soap opera that he always watched. Neither Zelda nor Marth came down to dinner that night.

"I wonder where Zee is," said Peach through mouthfuls of mashed potatoes. Knowing that Peach would be all over the Hyrulian princess if she found out, Jigglypuff merely shrugged. "Anyway, Mario still hasn't asked me to the ball yet, and I still haven't given Ganondorf or Bowser an answer. How much of a chance do you think there is that Mario cares more about food than me?" Samus glanced over towards the table where Mario sat. The plumber had poured spaghetti sauce into his mashed potatoes as Wario and Kirby watched in awe. The potatoes suddenly blew up in their faces, and all three of them laughed hysterically.

"A very good one," she said. Nana chuckled softly. Suddenly, Wolf, Falco, and Fox appeared. They sat down next to the girls. "Hey," said Samus. Falco, who had stuffed his face with food the second he sat down, simply raised a wing. Fox nodded in acknowledgement.

"Hey," replied Wolf, who had taken his seat next to the female bounty hunter. "Does anyone have a T.V. set? My show's on tonight."

"You could just stake a claim on the T.V.," said Falco, though with his beak full it sounded more like, "You could just make out with Ivy." Wolf, his face twisted with disgust, looked back at Red's Ivysaur, who was tickling himself with his vines.

"What are you, some kind of pervert?" The bird swallowed his food.

"No, I said that you could just stake a claim on the T.V., Mr. Deaf," he said again. Wolf narrowed his eyes, but decided to dismiss it.

"I would, if Ike would stop watching that god-awful General Hospital," he said. "He's been watching it for three hours straight, now."

"Really?" asked Peach, her interest now sparked. Jigglypuff sighed. So much for keeping it under the hat. "Is he like, depressed or something?"

"Come to think of it," Fox said, "I haven't seen Link around, either, but I heard Yoshi complaining about how their door was locked. Maybe it's just a bad day for swordsmen."

"Darn right," Jiggly muttered, but then she quickly shut up. She glanced towards Peach, hoping that she hadn't heard.

"Hmm," was all that the Mushroom Kingdom princess said. "Hey, I'm gonna get more potatoes. Be right back." She got up and headed for the food.

"Alright, Jiggly," said Samus as soon as Peach was out of earshot, "talk." The balloon Pokémon sighed.

"Fine, but you can't tell anyone, especially not Peach," she said. "I don't want to make Zelda any more miserable than she already is."

"What happened?" asked Nana.

"Well, Ike and Link both wanted to ask Zelda to the dance, right?"

"Right," chimed everyone.

"Unfortunately, they picked the same time to ask."

"Oh, very bad," said Fox, flinching. Jigglypuff nodded.

"Very bad is an understatement," she said. "I'm talking a near duel here."

"God, did they really?" Samus asked.

"Yep. They probably would have cut each other to bloody little pieces..."

"Bad image," muttered the Ice Climber under her breath.

"...if Meta Knight and Marth hadn't stopped them. Then Zelda basically rejected both of them and ran off crying, and Marth ran after her, so now Link's depressed, Ike's depressed, Zelda's depressed, and Marth's depressed." Jiggly sighed. "I'm surprised I'm not depressed by now."

"Ugh, that's terrible," Nana said.

"Yeah," said Falco quietly. Samus, however, wasn't as quiet.

"I knew this dance would be nothing but trouble!" she nearly shouted. Quite a few heads turned their way. "That's it," the bounty hunter said, "I am officially, not now, nor ever, taking part in anything that includes the words dance, ball, or Peach." Samus stood up, pushed in her chair, and stormed away.

"Sam...never mind, then," muttered Wolf. He sighed and kept his eyes to the ground. Peach returned, smiling happily as usual, and sat back down.

"Hey, where's Samus?" she asked. No one even looked up at her. A confused look crossed her face. "Did I miss something?"

"I hope Zelda's okay," said Jigglypuff as she and Meta Knight walked away from the cafeteria.

"I'm pretty sure she'll be fine," he replied. Jiggly looked at him. "Marth said he was going to check in on her, right?"

"Can we check anyway?" she asked.

"Um..." And ruin Marth's romantic moment?

"Come on." She grabbed Meta Knight's arm and dragged him along the hallway.

Apparently so.

Once they had reached Zelda's door, Jigglypuff raised her hand to knock. "Hold up a moment," Meta Knight whispered. She put her hand down.

"Why are we whispering?"

"Quiet!" They heard Marth and Zelda from behind the door.

"Marth, thanks again." That was Zelda.

"It was nothing." Marth. Then there was silence for a while. Jigglypuff gave Meta Knight a look that said, Can we stop eavesdropping now?, but he ignored her. "Hey, Zelda?" asked Marth.

"Yes?"

"I was wondering, um, if you...er...wanted...to go to the dance...with me?" Outside, the balloon Pokémon's face went from I can't believe he just asked her to Oh my god, how cute! to You're a genuine psychic, aren't you? in a matter of seconds. Meta Knight simply rolled his eyes in response.

"It was kind of obvious, you know. Now let's get out of here before they find us."

"No, shush, I want to hear what she says!" she retorted back.

"I'd..." Zelda's voice was a bit hesitant. "I'd...I'd love to, Marth."

"YES!" Instantly, Jigglypuff covered her mouth. "Running now!" she exclaimed. Meta Knight sighed as, once again, he was dragged down the hallway.

Once the two arrived at their room, Jigglypuff said, "This is great!"

"Jiggly, please, it's too late to go all hyperactive on me," he said. She ignored him.

"Now, Nana has a date, and Zelda has a date! Yay! But now I've got to get a date before Peach does or I'll be the last girl, though."

"Hold up," said Meta Knight. "What happened to Samus?"

"She...um...decided not to come after she found out about the Link-Ike ordeal."

"I thought we were keeping that on a need-to-know basis..."

"Well, I only told her...and Nana...and Falco, Fox and Wolf," she said sheepishly. Meta Knight sighed. Typical Jigglypuff to blow a secret in record time.

"Never mind. By tomorrow, everyone will probably know despite how many people you told. It's just the way modern society works," he said as he opened the door. "I don't know about you, but I'm ready for bed."

"Tomorrow, I'll ask someone, okay? Hold me to that."

"Yep," muttered Meta Knight sleepily as he climbed into bed. "Good night, Jigglypuff."

"'Night, Meta Knight."

And there you have it! It wasn't as MetaxJiggly fluffy as I hoped, but I swear on Jigglypuff's cookies that there will be tons of fluff next chapter. Anyway, hope you all liked it! Happy Easter to those who celebrate it, and Happy Spring to those who don't! More cookies to all reviewers!

Ciao!

-Umbreon Mastah