Author's Note:

Well hello there, peoples! YoshiDude here.

This is my first fic. Comments are very welcome. Constructive criticism? Even more welcome.

But you know what's not welcome? People commenting just to be mean. So please don't. Thank you.

The Millionth Time

"Hey! Come on, wait up!"

Adeleine struggled to keep up. Kirby was already so far ahead. "Please, Kirby, wait for me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Kirby realized how far ahead he was, and backtracked. "I forgot you aren't as used to this as I am."

"Don't worry about it. It's kinda my fault I don't get out much."

The two were on their way towards Castle DeDeDe, to save one of their friends. "Ya know, it's getting kinda pathetic," Kirby mused. "I mean, DeDeDe's always trying to think up new ways to lure me to his castle... But the thing is, all he has to do is come to me. If he does that, I'll have no choice but to fight him off and everything is so much simpler. Instead, he resorts to all sorts of different tricks, and makes me mad, which makes it even harder for him to beat me."

"Not like he'd ever be able to beat you, anyway," Adeleine replied.

"True . . . . Except for that one time..."

"Wait . . . Are you saying he beat you once! You've gotta be kidding me!"

"Yeah, one time, he had some kind of secret weapon. I mean, I know he does that all the time now, but this time was the first. I got caught off guard, and he won the fight and put me in his dungeon. I ended up sleeping the night, getting well rested, and breaking out and beating his butt the next day. He made things worse on himself by not giving me food that night, thinking it would weaken me."

"Yeah, but you eat so much, I bet you could go a week without getting hungry!" The two both laughed.

Now, this entire time, Kirby had been beating enemies and disabling traps, allowing Adeleine to pass right by.

"How do you do this stuff so easily?!" Adeleine asked.

"Well, I have done this a million times. . . ."

"Wait, do you count?"

"Yes, I do, actually. I don't remember the exact count though. I have it written down somewhere at home, though."

"Oh, sweet. You should tell me the next time you check."

"Will do."

The two easily made it to Castle DeDeDe. Kirby beat the fat king, rescued his friend – who happens to be unimportant to this story – and Kirby, Adeleine, and their unimportant friend went back home. Kirby walked inside his house, spit out his spark ability, and went to his kitchen for something to eat. He saw, on his fridge, a note, with a number on it. Kirby became exited, and ran outside towards Adeleine, who was walking towards her house.

"Adeleine! Adeleine! Guess what?" Kirby shouted.

"What?"

"That was actually my millionth time!"

If you're looking for romance, don't worry, it'll get there. It just hasn't yet. But it's not gonna get to kissy-kissy stuff. At least, I don't think so. I do intend for them to kiss a couple times, so if you're looking for that, it'll get there eventually.