#...in their practice spars. He'd probably also purposefully avoid the mask. (Because attacking it is a no go move for Meta.)

[desultory-novice]

Not Dark Meta Knight attacking Dedede because "it should've been you, not him"

Ouch. ...OUCH.

I know I only did this to myself by writing what I did, but Ouch...

You have to warn me when you drop feels like that in my inbox! Kidding, you don't! I love it when my heart hurts! ...In the good way.

Speaking of writing with a sadistic lean, have this DMK drabble...

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Look at you.... Come here alone... When our world was saved by yours and I found myself together again, I swore a private oath to use my blood-soaked blade to quietly aid the little hero from the shadows that dominate our reality. To prevent our world from falling into the same hands that nearly destroyed it by doing "right."

Like my shining counterpart would have done. But here I see you, 'Your Majesty," hale and healthy and without a single thought behind those blue eyes of yours and the blood in my veins begins pumping like it does before battle and I can't stop myself from thinking...

...I fought for Him. I fought every hour of every day for Him. The rivers of the Mirror World ran red with my affection for Him but in the end, all I did was leave him vulnerable during my many absences...

Your knight thinks YOUR people are lazy? To me, it's my counterpart who doesn't do enough! If he did, he'd know to be here right now, protecting you from ME. You'll be my reflection again, Meta Knight...once I'm finished evening the sides...!

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~Much Much Later~

"...You really ambushed his majesty?"

'Why? Is this the lead in to a lecture? You won't get me to repent for what I did. And if my doing so made your heart leap into your throat for even a moment, then it did exactly what it was supposed to.'

"...Not really."

'Hah! The noble Meta Knight more heartless than his cold reflection?'

"It's not that I wasn't worried for him. It's simply that I trust him."

'...You trust him to beat ME in a fight, when I beat you?'

"Dark, you know we're talking about a duel between a sword and a rocket-powered hammer? He only NEEDS to hit us once."

'You would go down in one shot? You're pitiful.'

"...Sigh. This is the last time I try and comfort you...."