In the morning, the Ice Climbers went to the kitchen. They decided to make a humongous special breakfast for all of the brawlers out of kindness.

"I'll make the pancakes." Popo said to his twin sister. "You can make the bacon!"

"Alright!" Nana piped up with a sweet smile.

Popo hopped onto the kitchen counter and opened a cupboard to get the pancake mix. It was right behind the bottle of olive oil, vinegar, and baking soda. Out of laziness, Popo decided to try to get the pancake mix without taking out the oil, vinegar, and baking soda.

However, it was an unwise idea. As he was taking the pancake mix out, Popo accidentally knocked over the bottle of olive oil. It tipped over and poured slippery oil all over Popo and the kitchen counter. Trying to save the oil, Popo made a sudden movement, clumsily slipped on the spilled oil, and fell onto the ground. He also knocked over the box of baking soda and vinegar in the progress.

"Nana!" Popo exclaimed.

Nana, who was frying the bacon at the stove, turned around and gasped in fright. She watched the baking soda and vinegar mix together and turn into a fizzing solution. Popo, who was quickly getting up, shouted, "Quick, get a mop!"

"Alright!" The mop was right next to the refrigerator. In the hurry, Nana slipped on the oil puddle and crashed into Popo. With a frightened cry, the two Ice Climbers slide across the flat kitchen floor and collided with the refrigerator. "Ah! Are you ok?!" Nana asked panicky.

"Yeah." Popo started. He looked at stove and saw smoke sizzling from the bacon. "Er, Nana? I think you forgot to turn off the stove." All of a sudden, fire ignited from the bacon and began to engulf the stove. Completely petrified and unsure what to do, the Ice Climbers began to scream hysterically for help.

Ike was heading towards the kitchen for a small before-breakfast snack when he heard the Ice Climbers' shriek full of agony. Without wasting a single second, he slammed open the kitchen doors and saw the terrifying scene. The crackling fire was slowly eating away the cabinets, there were some fizzling white liquid spilled on the floor, and the Ice Climbers were crying uncontrollably.

"I got this, don't worry!" Ike quickly took a large bottle of water and poured it on the blazing fire immediately extinguishing it. "Is anyone alright?"

"Y-Yeah, we are." Popo shakily answered.

"That was scary!" Nana wailed childishly.

"Yeah, it was." Ike said. "Next time when you're cooking something in the kitchen, have an adult supervise you."

"T-Thank you, Ike!" Popo replied with a smile. He was still a bit jumpy.

"We'll clean up the mess." Nana said.

Ike softly grinned at the Ice Climbers. They were so sweet... He turned around to exit the kitchen when he saw a Waddle Dee with a camera scurry away. Thinking that he was seeing things, Ike raised an eyebrow and quickly walked out of the kitchen. No, his eyes weren't fooling him! The Waddle Dee was hurrying down the foyer towards the printing room. Ike followed it, feeling a bit curious and suspicious. What was it doing? Did it take a picture of the whole scene?

The bluenette sneakily crept towards the entrance and slightly opened the door. He saw the Waddle Dee give its camera to Dedede, who began to skim through the pictures.

"Perfect!" Dedede smirked. "Lucas, Ness, and Toon can make a great article with these pictures!"

Ike's cobalt eyes widened in shock. So, Ness, Lucas, and Toon were the ones writing these awful gossips about the brawlers! But, how could they do such a thing? Interested, Ike continued to listen.

"If these kids refuse to come up with a great report, not only are they not going to get paid, they will be fired and have a humiliating article written about them!" Ike heard Dedede's voice boom in stubbornness.

The bluenette gnarled his pointy teeth and clutched his fists in anger. So, Dedede is manipulating them! How terrible! He shouldn't do that! Ike hurried away before Dedede and his Waddle Dees noticed him snooping in their business. Admittedly, he was tempted to storm in and demand Dedede to stop the newspaper, but it was a rash action. Dedede would write an embarrassing report about him for vengeance!

Ike knew he needed to do something. He can't let Dedede let things go his way! He needed to tell everyone the truth! But if he did it by speaking, no one would believe him! Also, it is not an amount of time before everyone gets their hands on Dedede's papers, which was usually around noon or afternoon! Ike desperately needed to type a quick report! But how? Being a mercenary who had a bit of education, he could read however his spelling was very poor. He needed some help! Alas, he doesn't want to let everyone know what was he trying to do... Lost in thought, Ike was hastily pacing down the hallways and accidentally collided with Lucina and Owain.

"Ahh!" As she fell, Lucina dropped a white paper with millions of words written on it.

"S-Sorry." Ike nervously apologized. He eyed the paper. "Err, what's this?"

Owain quickly picked up the report before Ike had the chance to move. "Don't mind us. If we told thou these colorful words on this paper, thou would avoid us like the plague."

"Owain, you're making him suspicious!" Lucina hissed. Her cousin really needed to know when to keep his mouth shut!

"Let me guess, it's about me." Ike bluntly said, raising an eyebrow in doubt.

"No, no!" Owain exclaimed, hoping not to upset the suspicious mercenary. "Us writing stories about you is like the sky raining diamonds!"

"Fine, we'll tell you." Lucina spoke up with a sigh. "The report is about Dedede. He has been writing gossip about the brawlers. Most of them weren't true! We were thinking of sneaking into the printing room, quickly type the report, and publish it. We were trying to avoid everyone else because, it seemed that they love to read that garbage. If they find out we are against Dedede's paper, then—"

Ike interrupted Lucina. "Well, I would be glad to help you."

Owain's and Lucina's eyes widened in bewilderment. "You would?" Owain asked to be sure.

"Yeah!" Ike answered with a grin. "Dedede's paper is really offensive. They once wrote a report about me. It was terrible!"

"They?" Lucina's voice rose in curiosity. "As in, Dedede and his Waddle Dees?"

"No." Ike replied. "Dedede just bosses his Waddle Dees around. The actual journalists are…"

Later in the morning, Ness, Lucas, Toon, and Link gathered in front of the Hands' office.

"Guys, are you ready?" Link asked the three nervous kids.

"Maybe... No." Lucas quietly answered.

"I want to do this tomorrow but, we can't!" Ness said, trying to stir some determination.

"Yeah!" Toon piped up. He began to smile. "Tomorrow is too late!"

"Kids, if something happens, I'll be there to deal with it, got it?" Link asked with a wink.

"Ok, then..." Lucas said, forcing a brave facial expression. "Let's do this!"

The two Hylians and boys entered the Hands' office. To their surprise, they found Roy and Martale starting a conversation with the two giant hands. The two swordsmen turned around and saw Link, Toon, Ness, and Lucas approach them.

"Oh, you guys are in a conversation?" Link asked sheepishly. "Sorry for interrupting..."

"Hey Marth and Roy!" Lucas cheerfully greeted the two Fire Emblem characters, trying to ease his nervousness.

"Konichiwa..." Marth replied softly, looking down at the floor.

Roy glowered angrily at Toon, Lucas, and Ness. "Oh, it's you guys." he coldly said. "What is it?" Link and the three kids jumped. Roy had never spoken in that heartless tone of voice.

Marth lightly slapped Roy on his shoulder. "Yame, Roi-kun." he whispered in his native language.

"Do you need anything?" Master Hand asked the three kids. "Don't worry, we were just starting a conversation. You didn't interrupt us."

"Yeah." Ness started. He unhappily looked down at the floor along with his friends. "We just want to say that we were the ones writing these gossip articles."

"You may enjoy reading them, but they are very offensive towards the brawlers." Lucas continued quietly, hoping not to upset the hands. "Most of the articles were made up. They weren't telling the truth."

"Dedede is the one running the newspaper." Toon explained. "At first, we worked for him because we really wanted to earn money to buy a Wii U. Although we wanted to write actual news, we continued to write gossip because Dedede and our readers were pressuring us to do so."

Lucas unsteadily looked up at Marth and Roy. "Marth and Roy, we are really sorry for writing gossip about you. You guys aren't stupid. I wouldn't blame you if you never talked to us again."

"Yeah..." Ness and Toon unhappily said at the same time.

Roy's harsh glare softened. He kneeled down in front of the kids and said, "I forgive you. I'm proud of you three for admitting your mistakes." Marth nodded his head yes with a smile. Looking at the kids with a glad gleam in his eyes, Roy gave them a huge hug.

"Is that what you were going to talk about, Roy?" Crazy Hand asked. "Dedede's newspaper?"

"Yes!" Roy replied happily.

"What are you going to do with Dedede now?" Link asked.

Before either of the Hands could say anything, they heard an excited commotion outside in the foyer. "What's going on?" Master Hand asked.

The two Hands quickly drifted out of their office, followed by the brawlers. There, they saw an antsy crowd of brawlers and visitors surrounding the printing room. Elice, Ceada, and Merric were violently pounding on the locked door, trying in vain to knock it down. Chrom, Frederick, and Emmeryn, were waiting for the perfect time to dash into the printing room. Lissa and Henry were armed with pitchforks and blazing torches. While Red was trying to call all of his agitated Pokemon back into their Pokèballs, Lucario was trying to force the door open with his psychic powers. Ganondorf wanted to stomp towards the door, brutally kick the door open, and lividly yell at Dedede however, he was blocked by Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong. Mario and Luigi were about to eat some spicy curry, so they could burn down the door like Charizard.

Yet, not everyone was enraged. Several brawlers and visitors were standing in the sidelines, helplessly watching the rowdy commotion. Time and the rest of Link's cousins were covering their sensitive ears. They hated loud noises. Princess Zelda, Lady Palutena, and Princess Peach were trying to speak over the crowd and order them to stop. Sadly, no one could hear their soft voices. Mist, Rolf, Soren, and Mia were nervously standing behind the protective Oscar and Titania. Rhys, who was awfully stressed out by the bickering commotion, anxiously stood by Titania's side. Boyd, Gatrie, and Shinion were debating with themselves whether they should join the riot. The Ice Climbers were crying hysterically. Fox and Falco were trying to look for the other Star Fox Team members. Eliwood, Lilina, Wolt, and Marcus were trying to get as far from the commotion as possible.

Lucas, Toon, and Ness spotted Pit, Ike, Owain, and Lucina standing along the sidelines with some of the visitors. They scurried towards them and asked, "What happened?"

"Ike, Owain, and I wrote an article about Dedede writing terrible gossip about the brawlers." Lucina explained with a guilty gleam in her dark blue eyes. "We managed to publish it."

"We thought it was a good idea to stop the newspaper." Ike continued sadly. "Well, it did work, but not how we wanted it to be!"

"O, it is revealed that we bit off more than we could chew." Owain spoke emotionlessly. "Now, Dedede is a kitten in a dog kennel!"

"The good thing is, everyone now knows that you guys were manipulated by Dedede." Pit said, forcing a smile. "So, they aren't angry at you."

Roy stood by Link and Marth and watched the commotion carry out. He was glad that he listened to his father's advice. This wasn't kicking the bush; this was beating the bush with a large shovel!

"Everyone!" Master Hand boomed loudly. The crowd stopped shouting and looked at the stern floating hand. "I order you to calm down! Crazy Hand and I will settle this situation!"

The crowd let Master Hand and Crazy Hand through. Although the door was locked, Master Hand managed to flick it open using his index finger. The two hands floated in and brought out Dedede, who was still startled by the angry mob.

"Dedede, tell the crowd that you're sorry and you'll stop your newspaper." Crazy Hand hissed in Dedede's ears.

"E-Everyone!" Dedede nervously shouted out. "I'm sorry for writing all of these horrible gossips! I promise to stop!" Some of the brawlers and visitors shot Dedede a distrustful glare. "Really! Honest! Also, I forced Ness, Lucas, and Toon to do the dirty work! They are i-innocent!"

"Judging by this event," Master Hand boomed, "I hereby order that any written materials shall be reviewed by us before being published! Now, return to your duties!"

Following Master Hand's orders, all of the visitors cleared out of the foyer. Dedede was about to sneak away with the crowd, only to be caught by Crazy Hand.

"You're having a chat with us." Crazy Hand growled. Dedede sighed miserably and followed the two hands into their office, not before giving the three child brawlers a dirty look.

Lucas, Ness, and Toon a bit startled by Deded's hateful glare, hurried back to Link, Marth, and Roy. "Well, working in the paper was an experience!" Ness remarked.

"I hope we don't start something like this again!" Lucas piped up, glad that everything was finally back to normal.

"Yeah!" Toon agreed with an innocent smile. "Working for Dedede just for a Wii U wasn't worth it!"

"So, I guess all of you learned a lesson?" Link guessed with a wink.

"Yeah!" the three kids answered at the same time.

"Now that Dedede's newspaper has been shut down for good, we need to celebrate!" Roy spoke with a grin. Marth quietly nodded in agreement.

"Let's go to the café!" Lucas suggested.

"Yeah, let's go!" Toon and Ness agreed cheerfully.

The three kids raced out of the Smash Mansion's front door. Smiling at each other, Link, Roy, and Marth hurried after the excited kids. After painfully working for that tyrant Dedede for days, the kids were finally free.

Author's Notes: I bombed the ending... again!

So, here's the final chapter for the Brawling Times. Judging by some of the reviews, some of the chapters were actually funny. I'm surprised! XD The Runaway Marth Fanfic is up next! I'm planning to upload it either later tonight or tomorrow.

Story Questions:

Which part of the story is the funniest?

Which gossip was the most offensive?

How is Dedede going to get punished?

Do you think the angry mob was necessary?