Hey, sorry for the long wait everyone. The reason this took too long was because of... *shudder* school. As for the poll, wow, 77% of you loved the cover drawing. Thanks guys! As for the other 22%, here, have your cookies. They're chocolate chip! Sorry if you like raisin cookies, but let's face it, raisin cookies are dumb. Just last week I got offered a cookie I thought was chocolate chip and it turned out to be a raisin cookie. The horror. Without further ado...

BEWARE THE NICE ONES - PART 3

Falco, Meta Knight, and Lucario joined the rest of the living Smashers in the courtyard, forming a formidable angry mob. Normally, the Ancient Minister would stop this and would go about things diplomatically. Except he was found broken in pieces inside a trash can a few days ago, so there's no chance of that happening.

"We have to kill Dedede before he kills my beautiful hair!" yelled Marth.

"You sort of have the right idea! We must make him pay for what he's done!" said Olimar.

"It makes sense, but I can't believe it's Dedede..." said Meta Knight somewhat sadly. Falco felt like telling him who the real killer was, but he realized that he would probably not believe him.

Lucario was still looking around. "Seriously... where has Dedede gone?"

"Have you checked his room?" suggested Falco.

"That would be too obvious..." answered the Pokémon. Falco got an immediate idea where Dedede was and was preparing to go sneak away when Lucas chirped up.

"Oh, when you guys are chasing him, can you chase him back to the courtyard?" asked Lucas. He produced a party ball, no doubt full of explosives. "I was thinking of standing from a balcony and when you guys kill him, I'll throw this down to celebrate!"

"That sounds like a great idea!" said Jigglypuff. "What's inside?"

"Oh, you'll see." said Lucas, smiling. While everyone else talked about celebrating and rituals to revive the dead, Falco was slipping away. It was clear as day that Lucas was planning to take out all the Smashers in one fell swoop. And then only he would be the last target on Lucas' crazy vengeance list. Which is terrible. However, he started to think of a plan. If Dedede could move so stealthily around the castle, then maybe...

Dedede was sitting inside his room, admiring all the stuff he stolen. Furniture, treasure, weapons, beloved Pokémon... it was all his. So far, no one managed to notice the thefts, considering that there's a much bigger dilemma at hand. So he was surprised to hear the door open behind him.

"I GOT THIS STUFF WITH MONEY! LEGIT!" yelled Dedede, holding his hammer.

"Dedede, it's me, and I don't care." said Falco. He made sure the door was locked before continuing the conversation. "Look, I need your help in catching the murderer."

Dedede looked at him confused. "Murderer?"

"Th.. do you seriously not know? What the hell have you been doing for the past few days?" said Falco, utterly baffled by this revelation.

"Uh... I've been... buying all this new stuff." said Dedede.

Falco raised an eyebrow. "Is that Red's Squirtle in the corner over there?"

"(Help.)" said the Squirtle, who was taped to the wall.

"...No. So, what's this about a murderer?"

"Okay, remember the match where I was paired up with Lucas? Yeah... that day finally made him snap and he started killing everyone. Half of the house is dead, and I'm pretty sure he's saving me for last." explained Falco. "Oh right, and everyone thinks you're the killer. Sort of my fault. Sorry."

"...Say what now?" replied Dedede.

"Damn it, try and keep up. Look, I have a plan, and I need you for it. If you screw up, we're all dead." said Falco.

"Yeah... not helping my confidence here." said Dedede.

"...Anyway, I need you to use your somehow amazing sneaking skills to sabotage Lucas first and... is that my wallet?" yelled Falco, looking at a pile of wallets on a table.

"Nope."

"It totally is! Give it back you fat bastard!"

"...I thought we were talking about a plan?"

"...You're right. This is way more important. So..."

The Smashers walked through the halls of Smash Castle, close together, searching for King Dedede. Lucario was at the front, using his ability to look for Dedede. Suddenly, Lucario jumped, looking surprised. "Guys! I've found Dedede!"

"Hey, I can see him too... running toward us?" commented Toon Link. Indeed, King Dedede was running toward them. Everyone pulled out weapons or guarded, believing that Dedede came to take them all on. Instead, he ran past all of them, flipping the bird at them.

"Look at me! I'm the murderer! Try and catch me!" fake laughed Dedede.

"Get back here! We need to kill you!" said Samus. She chased after him, followed by the other Smashers. The only two who did not have the intention to kill Dedede was Meta Knight and Lucario.

"Dedede! Please surrender! I don't want to kill you, I just want to find out why you did all of this!" called out Meta Knight. He actually sounded sad, somewhat heartbroken by the fact that Dedede caused all of this.

"Yeah! Can you at least explain why you did all this!" yelled Lucario.

"Serial killers don't need to explain themselves! They need death!" said Link.

"That's right, this way, mwhahaha... this better frigging work." grumbled Dedede. He entered the castle's courtyard and stood in the middle, raising his arms and making himself look like a big obvious target. Then, the other Smashers came in and crowded around him, ready to beat him to death. But before they did that, something was thrown from the balcony. Lucas' party ball landed on the ground and rose dramatically, ready to release its hoard.

"Lucas, we're not supposed to party yet! I don't even have my karaoke equipment!" called out Jigglypuff.

"Thank god." muttered someone in the crowd of Smashers, prompting an angry glare from Jigglypuff. Then, the party ball opened up... dropping an entire mob of Bob-Ombs.

"Wait, what the hell!" screeched Samus.

"Oh my god! Falco was right!" yelled Lucario. He looked at the others. "Guys! Lucas is the killer! This was all a trap!"

"It... it makes sense. Unlike Dedede, he actually has a motive when you think about it... sorry for suspecting you." apologized Meta Knight.

"Ha ha, don't mention it." said Dedede.

"Why are you so cheery Dedede? We're all going to die!" screamed Olimar, hugging all his Pikmin as everyone prepared for the bombs to go off. The Bob-Ombs' fuses burned away... but nothing explody happened. Instead, the Bob-Ombs fell over, smoke fizzing out of them.

"CRAP!" yelled Lucas from the balcony. The Smashers all looked up at the balcony, with expressions ranging from disbelief, amazement, and anger.

"Why... why didn't it work?" said Lucas, getting twitchy and nervous. Now that everyone knows what he's done, they would be coming after him.

"I got Dedede to sneak in and tamper with your Bob-Ombs." A voice said from behind a door. The door opened, revealing Falco.

Lucas brandished a bat and pointed it at Falco. "Stay away from me! I-I'll kill you too!"

"Lucas, relax. I'm not going to hurt you." said Falco. "Look, will you just explain why you did all this?"

Lucas looked at the floor. "...Everyone thinks I'm a pathetic weakling. People are always making fun of me and there's those things you said to me and..."

"I'm sorry about that, okay? Besides, you're not a weakling." reassured Falco.

"R-Really?"

"Have you not paid attention to what you've been doing kid? As terrifying as it is, you actually murdered half of the people here, all by yourself! You're a badass! A terrifying, insane badass, but still a badass!"

"...Y-You're right! I'm not a weakling! ...But... but I killed all those people..." said Lucas.

Oh, I can fix that for you. With just a snap of my fingers, everyone will regain their ability to come back to life!

"Hold on... you're the reason why no one came back to life after Lucas killed them? Why the hell would you do that?" yelled Falco.

Because silly. This whole murder thing wouldn't have a big impact if people came back to life, now wouldn't it?

"...He has a point." commented Lucas.

"Look Hyper, just fix this problem so we could put this whole arc behind us." said Falco.

I will. I'm just waiting for the riiiight moment...

Suddenly, the door opened again and a few Smashers entered. Falco stood in front of Lucas, shielding him. "Hey, don't hurt Lucas! The only reason why he started killing people is because of crap like this and the constant insults!"

"...He's right. After all, this all started when Falco yelled at him and Bowser and Donkey Kong made fun of him." said Meta Knight. Some of the other Smashers realized this and agreed, dropping the idea of lynching Lucas. The rest were either still baffled by this twist or still wanted to kill Lucas in revenge.

"It doesn't matter. Sorry Lucas, but you murdered all those people, and there's no changing that. You still need to pay." said Samus. She took a step toward Lucas...

SNAP!

Suddenly all of the Smashers that were murdered during the past few days respawned above all the Smashers that didn't want to drop this whole issue. Bodies and karma rained down on those Smashers as I laugh maniacally. Boy I love this job.

"Wait... since Hyper wrote this whole story, isn't he technically the murderer? You know, indirectly?" stated Lucario. Oh no. All of the characters are getting angry at me. Angrier than they usually are at me.

Guys, please stop being mad! I brought everyone back to life, didn't I? Ha, ha... SCREW THIS I'M RUNNING!

"...Well, at least everything's okay now." sighed Lucario.

"...By the way, King Dedede stole everyone's stuff." announced Falco.

"What? You dick!" screamed Ness.

"Yes! I'm a jerk again!" celebrated Dedede as a group of Smashers grabbed him and threw him off the balcony. Meanwhile, on one of the castle's walls, Wario had watched all this unfold, intrigued by Lucas.

"Heh heh... that Lucas brat sure is dangerous when he gets pissed... wahaha! This can work with my awesome plan! You better watch out peasants! Soon, you'll face the wrath of Lucas again... AND THE GARLIC KING! WAHAHAHA!" Wario got on his motorcycle and drove away, laughing maniacally until he drove straight off the castle.

"Do you hear something?" asked Meta Knight.

"I don't think so." answered Falco.

"Ow! Accomplishment feels a lot like pain!" screamed Dedede.

END OF ARC 6

Right, that's another arc down! Remember how I implied that either Lucario or Meta Knight would be saving the day? It was actually Falco and Dedede all along! Bwhahaha! So, how will Lucas fit in the Garlic King's grand revenge plan? You'll see... Anyway, school is dumb! My math and Spanish teachers already dumped a bunch of homework on me, and I still have some to do, which is terrible. I wanted to spend the rest of my Labor Day weekend playing Persona 4 (gosh Naoto is such a cutie!), but noooooo. So anyway, have another arc voting poll! The poll ends on the 15th, so remember to get your votes in!