Little Mac was confused when he stepped out of the ship. This isn't what Kirby described Popstar at all. This place looked cold and dead.

"Hey uh, Metaknight?" Little Mac scratched his head.

"Yes?"

"Are you sure this is Popstar? The way Kirby described it was different."

"Oh this is Planet Popstar alright."

"Where's the luscious green grass and the cheese towers?"

"What? No! Popstar is cold."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure I'm sure!"

Little Mac couldn't believe it. Did Kirby lie to him about Planet Popstar? She wouldn't do that. Metaknight is definitely wrong because there's nothing alive here. It's simply not livable. Wait, is that a penguin?

"Hey uh, Metaknight, I think I see a penguin comin' closer."

"A penguin? Oh how nice."

"It looks angry."

"Aww what a cute lil penguin."

The penguin sucked in air and then spit out a blast of cold ice on the two smashers. Little Mac screamed and punched it. The penguin exploded.

"Ow, that fucking blast of cold air. I'm f-f-freezing here."

"That was crazy, wasn't it?"

"Metaknight, we need to get outta here. This ain't Popstar."

The two heard a cry. They squint their eyes to see where that sound came from. All they could see was snow. That's all this place was. Simply snow. A few minutes go by and now there's penguins running at them.

"Shit! Metaknight get us out of here!"

Metaknight tried opening the door to the halberd, but it was frozen shut.

"Uh, I would but the door is frozen."

"Are you fucking serious? How are we gonna get in?! We'll die out here either by the cold or the angry penguins."

"Hmm, oh I know~"

Metaknight spread his wings and flew on top of the halberd. Little Mac waited for him to come back, but he didn't.

"Hey wait! You forgot me!"

The penguins jumped Little Mac. They hit him with their flappy arms and it hurt. It felt like a beaver tail smacking his entire body. He eventually punched them off and they all exploded. Do all Kirby enemies explode like this?

"METAKNIGHT! HEY METAKNIGHT!"

No answer.

"METAKNIGHT! YOU FORGOT ME!"

The entrance door to the halberd opened. Without hesitation, Little Mac ran inside the ship. More penguins spawned and they began attacking the halberd. Little Mac ran back to the main lobby and saw Metaknight staring at him.

"Hey what the fuck!" Little Mac cursed.

"What?"

"You left them there."

"Oh did I? I thought you were right behind me."

"Bullshit! You know I can't fly."

"Oopsies. It's ok though, when I found out you were gone I opened the door."
"Why didn't you just take me with you?"
"I thought you could fly."

"Jee louie! Whateva let's just get outta here."

Metaknight started the ship and they blasted off into space. Little Mac felt uncomfortable with Metaknight driving. He wondered where Knife and Edge were at.

"Hey, Metaknight, where did your little friends go?" Little Mac asked.

"What little friends?"

"You know, Knife and Edge or whateva."

"Oh you mean Cut and Swipe?"

"Is that their name?"

"Sure is~"
"Yeah, whateva. Where are they?"

"Oh they're still sleeping."
"Well uh, I was wonderin' if they can drive instead. You seem tired so…"
"What? No, I'm wide awake!"

"Ok, but no offense, but you don't seem to know where Planet Popstar is."

"Oh don't you worry, Little Mac. I know where it is."
"Are you sure?"

"Are you ready for another warp?"

"Wait, right now?!"

"Yeehaw!"

The ship went into maximum speed. He once again experienced the awful time of space warping. He felt like his head was going to snap in two and there was so much pressure. He wanted to die, but then it stopped. He felt a raging headache. He got up and glared at Metaknight who was laughing.

"We're here~" Metaknight chirped.

Little Mac looked out the giant window and saw that they were settling on another planet. Except this planet was on fire. There was lava everywhere. Are you fucking serious?

"Hope you brought sunscreen."

…

Clone Ness woke up to the sound of his phone. Someone texted him. He hesitated to check it because it's most likely Mario, but he was happy to see that it was Leaf instead. He opened up the text.

Leaf: Goodmorning :)

Ness: Wow I woke up l8

Leaf: Took u long enough to respond lol

Ness: Wats up? Want to hang out?

Leaf: I want to but I have stuff to do

Ness: aww dats ok

Leaf: I can hang out laterr

Ness: Can't wait ;)

Leaf: wats dat winky face 4?

Ness: nothing lol just thinkin about u

Leaf: perv

Ness: cant help it. Ur too beautiful

Leaf: shut up .

Ness: Ok ok I'll let u gooo

Ness put his phone inside his backpack. He stood up and stretched his arms. He opened his drawers. He hated admitting it, but his original has style. The only problem is that he wore a bunch of layers. He knew he needed to dress like him so he put on a sweater and then a shirt over. He put on a pair of cargo pants and strapped his backpack on. He searched for his hat. Dammit, he forgot it at Leaf's place. Whatever, this guy has a bunch of hats. It's not his signature red and blue hat, but he found another one which was purple and black. It's fine, as long as no one else goes inside Leaf's room, no one would find out what they did that night.

Ness stepped out and knocked on Lucas's door. The blonde opened it and smiled.

"Hey Lucas, how's it hangin,'" Ness put his arm around him.

"O-oh! Uh, haha… I'm ok," Lucas blushed.

"Dude, ready to come over and hang out? I got chips."

"Yeah!"

The two went to Ness's room. The room was dark. He had the blinds closed and a nice space projector on. It looked like a gamer room to the max. The atmosphere was nice. Perfect for playing video games, which they did. Unfortunately Lucas had a hard time having fun. He was nervous the entire time. He wanted to hold onto Ness and tell him how he felt, but his anxiety flared up. Ness wouldn't feel the same.

"Lucas, are you ok?" Ness raised a brow.

"Y-yeah, I'm ok."

"You sure? You look upset. We can play something else if ya want."

"No, I'm fine. I'm just feeling under the weather I guess."

Clone Ness knew why Lucas was upset. He didn't expect Mario to erase his memory of them kissing, but he's glad he did. If Lucas thought back to even the good parts, he might start to remember again. The fact that the clone led him on only to betray him in the end. It was fucked, Ness had to admit, but hey it was all Mario's idea. Well he didn't have to kiss him, but Lucas is a cutie and it was too easy. In fact, he could do it again. Teasing him a little sounds like fun. Besides, they'll both like it in the end. What's the harm in flirting a little? They're alone and Mario isn't here to beat his ass this time. No one would ever know.

"Well if you want, we can take a break," Ness suggested.

"No, I'm good to keep playing."

"Well I want a break. How about we watch Smashtube instead?"

"Sure."

Ness put something on in the background. It was a let's play video. Seems perfect enough. Something fun to watch, but not too distracting. Ness laid down and watched the tv. He felt Lucas's anxiety a mile away. This guy definitely wanted to tell Ness something. He already knew what it was.

"So, what's on your mind?" Ness gave Lucas that signature cocky smile.

"W-what?"

"Oh come on, I know you're thinking about something. It's bothering you. I can tell."

"You're too smart to fool."

"Tell me."

"I… I just… Everything that's happened. I'm glad that you're my best friend."

"Best friend, huh?"

"Yeah, without you, I would still be imprisoned by that imposter."

"You're the one that saved me though."

"Not really."

"We saved each other. That's why we're so perfect for each other."

Lucas couldn't look Ness in the eye. He said that they were perfect for each other. What did he mean by that? It almost sounded like it was a relationship thing, but he shouldn't get his hopes up. He probably means that in a platonic way.

"Thank you," Lucas said.

"You sure you're ok?"

"Y-yeah."

"C'mere, lay down with me. You seem tense. You need to relax."

Lucas nodded and laid down next to his crush. Ness continued to watch the video. His scent was alluring. He smelled like fresh laundry. He didn't realize, but Ness scooched closer to him. I-is he trying to do something? Ah, probably not he's only trying to get more comfortable. Although, he wanted to pretend that Ness wanted to cuddle. If only. Cuddling Ness would be nice. A dream honestly.

Lucas tried to focus on the tv, but every now and then he would stare at Ness. He was so close. He's never gotten this close to him before. Lucas hesitantly moved his hand closer to Ness's. He pretended to bump his hand into his. Then Lucas immediately swiped his hand away. No, he can't be doing that. They're only friends! That's all they are and will always be.

"S-sorry," Lucas averted his eyes.

"Huh? Oh, that was only an accident?" Ness looked upset.

Why does he look upset? Is he reading too much into this? No, it's probably because he bumped his hand and he didn't like it. Dammit, why did he have to use that cheap tactic to get them to touch? It's weird! He's weird!

"I'm sorry, it won't happen again."

"I mean, I didn't mind."

"Huh?"

Ness had a constant blush on his face. It was a permanent thing and the other smashers would tease him for it. Not bullying per say, but Ness always got embarrassed whenever he would look at someone for too long and the other smashers would say that he had a thing for that person he was staring at. Lucas always thought it was cute, but this time, his face seemed redder than usual. This wasn't his usual permanent blush, this was a real one. Lucas couldn't help but read more into it. Does Ness have a thing for him? Is he just embarrassed that their hands touched for a split second? No, he shouldn't get his hopes up.

"Yeah, I kind of want to hold your hand," Ness admitted.

"What?"

"Sorry, I know you're straight."

"N-no I'm not!" Lucas covered his mouth after saying that.

"..."

"..."

"Y-you're not?" Ness's jaws dropped.

"I… I-I…"

"Lucas?"

"No…"

Ness looked shocked at first, but then he gave Lucas bedroom eyes. Lucas started to panic. What's happening? Did Lucas just admit that he was gay? No! He shouldn't have done that! Being gay is a bad thing. Ness is going to think he's disgusting and then they won't be friends anymore. He needs to correct this.

"Ness, sorry I'm actually-

Lucas couldn't finish his sentence because Ness kissed him on the lips. His eyes widened in shock. Ness is actually kissing him! It's happening! Wait, but he thought Ness was straight. What's going on? He couldn't think straight. Eventually pleasure took over and he stopped panicking. They began making out. Ness tugged on Lucas's pants. Lucas didn't know what to do. Were they going to do more than this? He wanted it so bad, but he shouldn't. If anyone found out about this, they would get bullied and maybe even kicked out of the roster.

"Mmmf. Ness… I… I don't think this is a good idea," Lucas gently moved his face away.

Ness grabbed Lucas's chin and made him face him. "You're so sexy."

"N-Ness!"

Ness gave Lucas's neck a bunch of kisses. He then smiled at him and pulled away. He went back to his spot and began watching tv again. Wait, what? He stopped. Why did he stop? It was because Lucas pushed him away. Dammit! He knew it was the right thing to do, but he felt like an idiot for stopping him. They were both having a good time and he ruined it.

"Wait, Ness I…" Lucas trailed off.

"I don't want to force you."

"I just.. I don't want you to get in trouble."

"Trouble for what?"

"Well, I don't want something bad to happen. What if someone finds out?"

"No one would."

"How can you be so sure?"

"We're in my room. Plus the tv is loud. No one would hear a thing. Also why would anyone care?"

"Good point."

"Haha! Don't worry, Lucas I'm not gonna pressure ya."

"Actually…"

Ness was so sure that nothing bad would happen. Lucas definitely wanted to keep going so he grabbed Ness's arm and gave him a desperate look. He lost his cool for a split second, but he composed himself by getting on top of Lucas.

"I like how flustered you get," Ness whispered.

"H-huh? No, it's embarrassing."

"I think it's hot."

The two started making out again. Ness stopped to undress himself. He helped Lucas do the same. They weren't completely naked, they still had their boxers on. Lucas was afraid of what they were going to do. He didn't know if he was ready for this yet, but at the same time he wanted it. Should he stop him anyway?

"W-wait, I don't think we should um… Go that far," Lucas blushed.

"That's alright. I know what else we can do," Ness winks.

"W-what's that?"

Ness moved and sat on Lucas's legs. He rubbed the blonde's thighs while staring at his boxers. "I think you already know."