And I present to you, the longest chapter yet! (takes a bow) The fluff that I promised has arrived! And that is exactly the reason why Jigglypuff and Meta Knight are in hiding and I have to do my own flippin' disclaimer... But anyway!

Some of the guests are here! YAY! Including my favorite Sonic character of all time...mwahaha... Well, to the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I don't own Super Smash Bros. or any other Nintendo and/or Sega characters. Darn it all... The chapter title belongs to Kermit the Frog.

Read, and enjoy the fluff!

"Psst, Meta Knight?"

"Jigglypuff, it's two in the morning. Let me sleep." Meta Knight pulled the covers over his head and tried to ignore the pink ball of fluff that was, at the moment, poking him nonstop.

"It's not two in the morning, silly, it's three in the morning!" said Jiggly happily. "Come on!"

"Why?" he asked, still only half-awake.

"To see the sunrise!"

"But the sun rises at five o'clock!" Jigglypuff laughed.

"One of the volcanoes in Norfair erupted in the middle of the night," she said. "There's going to be an early sunrise, and it's supposed to be bright red! It'll be cool! Hurry up!"

"If a volcano erupted last night, why didn't I wake up?" Meta Knight asked cynically.

"Because you could sleep through a freakin' tsunami. Now get up!" Sighing, he gave in and sat up.

"Happy?"

"Yes," Jigglypuff replied. "Let's go."

"Go where? Can't we just watch through the window?" sighed Meta Knight, who really wasn't in the mood for this.

"And miss half the fun?" He rolled his eyes. "No way! We're going to the roof!"

"Jiggly..." But she was already out the door. Meta Knight sighed. He climbed out of bed and followed her down the hall. "Wait up, darn it," he called. "Not everyone here wakes up as if they've just had a double espresso." Jigglypuff stopped for a moment and waited for him to catch up.

"You know," she said, "it wouldn't kill you to go a little faster." Meta Knight gave her a look that said, You just woke me up at three a.m., consider yourself lucky that I'm moving at all. She dropped it. The two finally reached the ladder that took them up to the roof. Jiggly climbed it first, then Meta Knight. The air was chilly, and the sky was still dark.

"How long do we have to wait up here?" he asked her.

"No longer than fifteen minutes," she replied.

"Can you keep yourself from falling off the roof for that long?" She just stuck her tongue out at him. A cold gust of wind blew past them. Jigglypuff shivered.

"It is kinda cold up here," she said. The friends sat down next to each other and waited for the sun. Without really thinking about it, Jigglypuff leaned towards Meta Knight and rested her head on his shoulder. He didn't notice, or if he did, he didn't mind. They sat in silence for a minute. "Hey, Meta Knight?"

"Mmm-hmm?"

"Remember the day we met?" she asked. Oh, he remembered it all too well.

"Wasn't that the day Kirby accidentally gave you sugar?" he asked.

"Yeah," Jigglypuff replied, laughing a little. "You kept giving me evil glares all day."

"You were too sugar-high to notice, I seem to recall."

"Remember your reaction when Master Hand told you that you were my roommate?" she asked him. Meta Knight smiled.

"Yep," he said. "Although, you have to admit that most people wouldn't exactly be thrilled at the prospect of sleeping in the same room as a hyperactive puffball, either."

"Hey, I'm not that hyper!" she pouted.

"Yes, you are." Jiggly shoved him jokingly and laughed.

"Look, the sun's coming up!" she said. The two watched as the sky turned a brilliant red and a lone ball of scarlet heat rose slowly into the sky. The clouds, gray and dark in the night, now glowed in bright pinks and oranges. Wisps of purple and gold dotted the sky. It was a sight to behold. "It's so beautiful," whispered Jigglypuff. She snuggled closer to Meta Knight, who wrapped his arm around her. "Now, admit it," she said to him. He looked at her.

"Admit what?"

"That this was worth getting up early for."

"Fine," he said. "This was really worth getting up early for."

"Good," she said, and they sat there as day arrived, lone figures against the blazing sky.

But neither one of them noticed one other person, watching them from the shadows with a smile on her always happy face.

That day, some of the guests that the Smashers had asked to the ball arrived. Fox had given in and invited Krystal, who showed up early that morning. You could barely tell, by the way Krystal acted, that the two had had a stormy relationship. The she-wolf clung to Fox from the moment she walked in the door. Meta Knight couldn't help but laugh at the many Help me! faces that Fox had sent at him whenever his date wasn't looking.

Red's guest had also come. He had invited another Pokémon trainer by the name of Blue. "Could these people's names be any more original?" Falco muttered under his breath, to which Meta Knight had to agree. Blue seemed to be a very shy girl at first glance, but she turned out to be very talkative. However, she always seemed to steer clear of Meta Knight.

"I don't think she likes me very much," he had said to Jigglypuff. She simply laughed. Blue's Pokémon, who were obviously going to the dance with Red's, had been let out and were running around with their counterparts and a very overexcited Pikachu. After all of the introductions, life continued as it normally did, or as normal as it got at the Smashers' Mansion. Blue and Popo had gotten themselves into a foosball match, and a couple of the Smashers cheered them on while others crowded around the T.V., which Ike had so reluctantly relinquished.

"I won!" the young girl cried. Her Wartortle cheered happily.

"You're pretty good," the male Ice Climber congratulated her.

"Thanks," she said. Blue then walked over to the T.V. Meta Knight eyed her carefully. She looked his way, and their eyes met for a second, then she shuddered and quickly turned away. Falco, who had been standing next to him, burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" asked Meta Knight, which made the bird laugh even more until Wolf bopped him on the head.

"Sorry," Falco said, gasping for breath. "She's just doing a great job of hiding her dislike of you!" Meta Knight narrowed his eyes and was about to punch the bird, too, but he stopped himself. "Hey, I've got an idea!" the bird said suddenly.

"No," said Wolf.

"You don't even know what I'm going to say!"

"Let's keep it that way."

Ignoring him, Falco said, "Since Blue's freaking out about Meta Knight, what's to say that another guest won't, either?" The urge to punch the Star Fox pilot grew. "We should have Meta Knight open the door for the next person who comes!" he said, thoroughly convinced that his plan was the work of a genius.

"Falco, you're an idiot," Meta Knight said simply.

"Well, too bad, 'cause you're doing it, anyway!" he replied.

"I will if you stop bothering me."

"Deal!" Meta Knight sighed.

"You are an idiot, aren't you?" Wolf just shook his head.

"And you just noticed?"

An hour later, the doorbell rang. Falco gave Meta Knight a look, which he returned with an evil glare. He walked to the door and opened it. Outside stood a purple cat with yellow eyes. She wore a violet jacket and white gloves with furry cuffs. Her pink high-heeled boots also donned furry cuffs, and she had a ponytail on the top of her head that looked almost like feathers. In the middle of her forehead was a single ruby. "Hello," he said. She just nodded in reply. "May I ask who you are?" Falco peeked out the door excitedly, but the cat didn't seem to be intimidated at all.

"My name is Blaze," she said, her tone emotionless. "Who are you?"

"Meta Knight," he replied. Blaze nodded again.

"This is the Smashers' Mansion, I assume?"

"You would be right."

"Blaze?" The voice came from inside.

"Sonic?" Blaze asked.

"BLAZE!" Suddenly, a blue blur came out of nowhere, knocking Meta Knight over and colliding with the cat. The dust cleared to reveal Sonic the Hedgehog, hugging a not-to-happy Blaze the Cat.

"God above, Sonic, stop hugging me!" she complained, trying to push the hedgehog away. Meta Knight pulled himself up.

"A little warning would be nice next time, Speedy Gonzales," he muttered. Sonic stuck his tongue out at him and released his friend. Blaze dusted herself off.

"Come on in," Sonic said. She followed him inside, and Meta Knight closed the door. "This is Falco, and this is Wolf, and you've already met Meta Knight," he said. The three mentioned nodded in acknowledgement.

"Well met," said Blaze. The two walked away as Sonic began introducing her to more people. Falco's face turned to one of disappointment.

"She didn't freak out!" he whined. Meta Knight glared at him.

"You do know that I don't appreciate the fact that you think I'm freaky."

"No offense, but you are kind of creepy," the bird said. This time, the urge was too great. Meta Knight punched Falco and walked away, leaving behind one stunned bird and one snickering wolf.

Jigglypuff walked up to Zelda, who was sitting with her laptop. "What'cha doin'?" she asked.

"Nothing, really," she replied. "Just looking up some people."

"People like who?" asked Jiggly as she sat down next to her.

"People that Link might want to go to the dance with."

"Ah."

"You see, I kinda felt bad after running off like that on Ike and Link, so Marth and I decided to try and find them dates so they'd stop moping around," the Hyrulian princess said.

"Playing matchmaker?" asked Jigglypuff. "Sounds like something Peach would do, if you ask me." Zelda laughed.

"That is true. Marth persuaded Lady Lyn to ask Ike, so that's taken care of, but I can't think of who Link would go to the dance with." Suddenly, the laptop pinged. Jigglypuff jumped.

"What was that?!"

"Someone just signed in on IM," she replied, chuckling a little bit. "Let's see."

twilightprincess07 has signed in, read the computer screen. "Who's that?" Jiggly asked.

"Just my friend, Midna," Zelda said. Then, it hit her. "Crap, why didn't I see it before?" she said. Quickly, she sent an IM.

zeeninja64: hey, m!

twilightprincess07: zee!!

Jigglypuff realized what Zelda was thinking. "Would Midna be up for it?"

"Are you kidding me? She adores Link," was the reply. Zelda typed for a little while. Then, Midna asked a question.

twilightprincess07: hey, anything going on at smash mansion?

Zelda grinned. Now was her chance. nothing but a ball, she typed.

twilightprincess07: really? fun!!

zeeninja64: yep.

twilightprincess07: going w/ anyone?

zeeninja64: u know marth, right?

"Hurry up and ask!" Jiggly said impatiently.

"I'm trying, I'm trying, keep your pants on!"

twilightprincess07: cool!

zeeninja64: i know. hey, link doesn't have a date, u know

twilightprincess07: i'm listening...

zeeninja64: maybe you could, idk, ask him or something?

The two friends waited anxiously for the reply. After about a minute, the little twilightprincess07 is typing box appeared. "I can't stand the suspense!" cried Jiggly. Finally, the answer popped up.

twilightprincess07: what's his screenname?

"Yay!" Jigglypuff and Zelda shouted in unison. They started jumping up and down happily. Blaze, who had just walked by, stared at them. Noticing her, Jigglypuff waved. The cat sighed.

"Some people I just don't get," she muttered under her breath as she walked away. Blaze nearly bumped into Peach, who had come dashing down the hallway.

"Oh, sorry!" the princess said happily. Then she ran into the room where Zelda and Jiggly were, smiling the entire time. Blaze sighed again. "Hey, guys!" Peach called. "What's going on?"

"Oh, nothing!" said Jigglypuff as Zelda quickly typed in Link's screenname and closed the IM before Peach could see. "How about you?"

"Well," she said, "I was wondering if you two would like to help me bake desserts for the ball today. Kirby already said he'd help, but I need to have someone who I can trust not to eat what we're baking."

"I'd like to," Zelda said, "but I need to do something."

Peach was just about to question exactly what that something was when Jiggly butted in, "I will! I love baking!"

"Great!" she replied. "We're going to start in about half an hour, as soon as I get some more supplies. Speaking of which, I'd better get going!" She smiled again and walked away.

"And now I have to get Link to the computer before Midna dies of impatience," the Hyrulian princess said. She closed her laptop and stood up.

"Good luck with that!" Jiggly called, and the two walked in different directions. She smiled. Maybe the ball wasn't such a bad idea as people thought. It was bringing people closer together, and she had made new friends already. "But I still need to find a date!" she cried. "And I'm running out of time!"

He was bored. Completely and totally bored out of his mind. There was a grand total of exactly nothing to do. Meta Knight sighed. He was never this bored. There was always something to do. Watching Snake repeatedly lose to Game & Watch in an arm wrestle wasn't entertaining. Listening to Blue babble on about her "great adventures," yawn. Trying to actually comprehend Ike's T.V. show? Number one, impossible, and number two, dull. Dinner wouldn't be for another hour or so, which left Meta Knight with nothing. Finally through with standing around doing nothing, he decided to head to his room and drown in boredom there instead of in the lounge. He walked down the hallway. A loud explosion made him turn around. It had come from the kitchen.

"There goes dinner," he muttered to himself. He debated between going to see what had just happened and simply forgetting about it and turning back, but his curiosity got the better of him. He went straight for the kitchen.

"Kirby, that wasn't sugar, that was baking soda!"

"Oh. That would explain the kaboom." Meta Knight sighed. Kirby in the kitchen? Not the best of ideas. He recognized the other voice as Peach's.

"Exploding cake!" That was Jigglypuff. Meta Knight wondered why those three, of all people, would be in the kitchen baking cake.

Exploding cake, to be more precise.

"Well, I'm going to go get a mop," said Peach. She walked out of the room and headed for the closet without even noticing Meta Knight. Jiggly and Kirby began talking.

"Kirby, how do you mix up baking soda with sugar?"

"They're both white, you know! And they're powdery!"

"They're also in labeled packages."

"Um..."

"Never mind," sighed Jigglypuff.

"Jigglypuff? Are you going to the dance with anyone?" Kirby asked. Outside, Meta Knight decided that it might be a good time to leave, before Jiggly got all dance-hyper.

"No, not yet."

"Would you..." Meta Knight stopped cold. "...like to, I don't know, go...with me?"

"Really? That would be great!"

"You think so?"

His mouth dropped. WHAT? Kirby just asked Jigglypuff to the dance? Were his ears working right? And she said yes! How? Meta Knight then stopped.

Wait a second. Why was he so shocked? What was the problem with Jigglypuff going with Kirby? Now, she wouldn't be obsessing all the time, and she would be happy and not panicky. That was a good thing! There wasn't any reason to react the way he did. Unless...

Was he...jealous?

Meta Knight shook the thought out of his mind. "No," he said to himself, "how could I be jealous? It's impossible!" He began to walk back down the hallway. "Me, jealous? No!" He tried to laugh to himself. But for some reason, he found it hard to stop thinking about it, about her.

He couldn't be jealous!

Right?

Okay, before you all get out the torches and pitchforks, listen to what I have to say! Do you think I would do that to poor Meta Knight?

Alright, I just did. But that doesn't prove anything!! Just wait until the next chapter before deciding whether or not to kill me, okay? And please don't take it out on Kirby...poor puffball... Cookies to reviewers!

Ciao, and PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!

-Umbreon Mastah