The Tournament Begins...
DeDeDe Castle
"Where's 'dat lil cream puff! I'll cream 'im!" the King roared, running about the castle, his hammer in hand.
"Your sire, Kirby isn't here! It's that new Star Warrior!" Escargoon shouted after the maddened king.
"Whateva'! I'll get whoeva' stole my food! No one gets between me and mah dinna'!" DeDeDe shouted, running out the castle towards the home of Donokbe.
"His majesty had better start learning to think with his brain and not his stomach," Escargoon groaned, chasing after the king.
Imagine the Kirby Theme song here...
Donokbe's Cave
"Okay, Kirby, try it with me: hhheeeelllloooo," Donokbe taught.
"Ppppooolllllooo," Kirby got out.
"YES! A -llloooo! Better than poyo! Now, try hello," Donokbe instructed.
"He- he- h- hell- hello! Hello! Hello! Yay!" Kirby celebrated. Donokbe cheered.
"Now try condescending," he said. Kirby blinked.
"Joking," he said, chuckling.
Then the makeshift door he put up shattered into splinters as King DeDeDe stood there, steaming. His eyes blazed as he grabbed for his hammer.
"No one swipes mah dinna' you blazin' long-eared cream puff!" Triple D shouted as he swung the hammer at Donokbe.
"You're the idiot who left it out in the open!" Donokbe shouted back, grabbing the hammer.
They kept fighting until Donokbe finally sucked DeDeDe's hammer and became Hammer Donokbe!
(And off in the Imagi Dimension, the producer and the director were fighting. Asta: No crap sherlock. They figured that. Quinn: (half-eyes) They endured Tuff always stating the obvious, so why can't I? Asta: Because I said so. Now continue the fic! Quinn: Make me. Asta: (raps Quin with a stick) Quinn: OKAY! OKAY! ACK! I'M WRITING! I'M WRITING!)
Donokbe promptly pulled a Tiger Woods and knocked DeDeDe back to his castle.
"FIVE!" he shouted, "...hundred pounds!"
"I'd probably say seven," Escargoon said as he saw DeDeDe fly into the distance.
"Escargoon. Nice name. Although I prefer escar... GO!" Donokbe shouted as he sent Escargoon flying off as well.
"Hello! Hello! Hello!" Kirby cheered in the background.
"Good, let's keep going," Donokbe said, thinking of more words Kirby needed to learn.
DeDeDe Castle
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!" the King screamed as he crashed through his roof.
He laid there for a few seconds with swirly eyes until Escargoon came screaming in, as well. The King oofed, came back to his senses, knocked Escargoon off of him.
"I gotta' find a way to get back at that little rabbit cream puff!" DeDeDe shouted.
"Sire, why don't you have a tournament? You could offer a reward of a bunch of food. Since our balance is still not paid off, you could always hire a mercenary," Escargoon said, shaking his head.
"I love the way your slimy little mind works! We just need to find a mercenary!" DeDeDe shouted, bellowing with laughter.
"Oh, sire, I already know of one. He goes by the name of Strife," Escargoon replied, rubbing where he had been hit.
"Even da' name sounds promisin'! Get him on the line... NOW!" the King ordered.
"Yes, your highness!" Escargoon shouted, activating the screen.
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"What do you want?" a raspy voice said on the other line. His face appeared quickly afterwards.
"A Star Warrior!" DeDeDe exclaimed.
"Yeah, you gotta' problem with it? Now how much?" he said, leaning back against the wall.
"How much what? Money? Two grand!" DeDeDe offered.
"Bull. I don't get outta' bed for less than 10 grand," Strife said.
"Deal! Now, get down here!" DeDeDe ordered.
"Who's the target and where's he or she at?" Strife asked, fixating his swords and boot blades.
"The puffball's name is Kirby. And he lives at the same place I do! Cappy Town, Dreamland, Popstar!" The King declared.
"Kirby, huh? I'll get him for ya'. Is this supposed to look like an accident or what?" Strife asked, clicking on his "job mask".
"It'll be staged as a tournament. You look like you go a bit too rough and accidently kill him," Triple D said.
"Fine by me. What's the species of the weirdo?" Strife asked.
"Same as you ah! Star Warrior!" The King replied.
"I'll figure out the clan when I get there," Strife muttered, placing on his helmet that protected his weakest spot on his head.
"Just hurry up and get he-uh!" the King ordered, shutting off the screen, and heading off to the kitchen where the Waddle Dees were cooking his next meal.
Donokbe's Cave...
"Okay Kirby, we've gotten 'hello' out of you, now let's go on to 'bye'," Donokbe said, "bu- bu- byyyyyyye. Now, you try."
"Bu- bu- bye. Bye bye bye!" Kirby sang joyfully.
"Don't. Seriously. The author could get sued for that," Donokbe reprimanded.
((Asta: THANK YOU! Quinn: I thought it was rather funny. Asta: As a stroke, it was!))
"Hey, I may not know much English, but I can form a sentece by now," Kirby said, blowing Donokbe's mind.
"I've only taught you hello, bye, and sorry. When did you know this much shtuff!" Donokbe bust out.
"Uhhhh... I mean... poyo!" Kirby said, trying to cover up.
"You went behind my back and stole my phonograph and records didn't you?" Donokbe asked.
"Uhhh... yeah. Yeah, I did," Kirby said, bluntly.
"This is odd, you now actually talking out of seemingly nowhere. The reviewers are gonna' have the author's ass for this," Donokbe said.
((Asta: HEY! You can't CUSS! Quinn: It's alright. I set the rating at T for such an occasion as this. Asta: He's right, though. We're going to be flamed to an unfunny extent. Quinn: So? It beats writing 'poyo' then writing the translation to the side in conversations, ya' know.)
"Well, Donokbe. You should be warned. The King is hiring a mercenary for you and Kirby," Meta Knight, standing in the open doorway.
"It's called knocking. Try it sometime," Donokbe said.
"You'll need to be prepared for this one. He looks to be very well-trained, not to mention quite determined," Meta Knight continued, ignoring Donokbe's comment.
"It's really annoying when you ignore people, ya' know?" Donokbe said, still trying to be Meta Knight's attention.
"He is a Star Warrior. From his numerous blades, I can tell he's from the Cloud Clan," Meta Knight finished.
"You really like to hear yourself talk, don't cha? But, yes, I admit, the Cloud Clan is a dangerous bunch. They are known to be the best at Sword play, so that's out," Donokbe replied.
"You must figure out a different method of attack," Meta Knight said.
"I just said that," Donokbe deadpanned.
"It's funny watching these two fight," Kirby said, looking at the screen.
"You're not supposed to act like you know this is a TV show!" Donokbe shouted.
Meta Knight sighed and walked off while Donokbe and Kirby fought. It was so childish to him. He may have only been around 1,000 years old (young for Star Warriors in this AU), but his maturity level, knowledge, and wisdom were all like that of 5,000 year old Star Warrior. (The life expectantcy in this AU is 9,000.) War does that to people. He sighed again as he looked at the moon. He walked by the ocean and casually walked through, burdened by horrid memories. Many of his dearest friends and even family members were lost in that War.
He remembered so many deaths. Every night he was haunted by them. Their faces loomed in the darkest corners of his mind. Every time he felt he failed someone, they came haunting him, blaming him for their deaths. And all he could do was pray that he was forgiven of the sins of the War. He pulled the sword out a few inches and peered into the jewel, bringing back the peace of a clear conscience. For now, anyways. With a swirl of his cloak, he was gone.
Donokbe, having pushed Kirby, causing him to roll into the side of the cave, slowing him down, managed to walk out after Meta Knight. He observed his little walk and could tell something was troubling him. He felt it too. He was in that War, too. He didn't suffer from seeing many die, there. Nontheless, he was still haunted by the graveyard he found when he returned to his home planet: Rain Star. He found nothing but crosses with names etched in and bones of the last few hundred, being too weak and too few to dig graves. He looked everywhere, he finally found his parent's names on two crosses, side by side. After that, he went traveling the universe, until he found the Clan Prophecy...
Kirby managed to orient himself and ran out of the cave. He saw Donokbe walking back, his mind preoccupied.
"What's poyo? (wrong)" Kirby asked.
"Oh, don't worry about it," Donokbe said.
"Poyo! (Something's troubling you!) POYO! (SPIT IT OUT!)" Kirby shouted.
"I don't need this right now! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Donokbe shouted back, slamming his fixed door.
"Ugh... poyo... (everyone treats me like a baby around here...)" Kirby grumbled to himself as he shuffled home.
Kirby's Home...
"Hey, you stupid puffball! Hurry up! I've been waitin' for you to get over here! Lazy, good-for-nothin...," Totokori jabbered away.
"Why do you want me here? Just... just shut up," Kirby said.
"Since when could you talk!" Totokori squawked.
"Since I could, now please be quiet," Kirby pleaded, rolling over in his bed, his back to the jabbering bird.
King DeDeDe's castle (Next Afternoon)...
"When's that blasted mercenary s'posed to get he-uh!" DeDeDe demanded.
"Right now," Strife said, walking in.
"ACK! Don't do that! You're just like Meta Knight! None ya'll Star Warriors can dang blasted just knock!" DeDeDe shouted.
"Meta Knight? The Moon Clan Warrior? The King of the Royal Clan? Here?" Strife asked.
"Yeah. He works for his majesty," Escargoon said.
"Odd the old War hero would work for an overweight penguin," Strife muttered to himself.
"You have your orders, now go find Kirby, the tournament will be startin' soon!" the King said.
Cappy Town...
"There's a tournament going on?" Chief Bookum asked no one in particular.
"Yeah, there's a reward of a bunch of food. That sounds great! I need to restock the kitchen," Chef Kawasaki said, excitedly.
"Oh, please, as if you'd win. Kirby's going to be way too determined. Not to mention that new Donokbe character," Cheif Bookum replied.
"You wouldn't fare any betta!" Kawasaki shot back.
"Wanna' bet!" Bookum challenged.
"If I win, you have to eat at my restaurant at lunch for a month, full charge! If you win, I'll give you free meals for a month, you only, though," Chef Kawasaki challenged.
"You're on!" Chief Bookum accepted, shaking hands on it, then signing their names on the sheet.
"Adults are so competitive," Tiff said, shaking her head sadly.
"No kiddin' Tiff. Why do they have to get edgy about every little thing?" Tuff asked.
"Who knows? I just hope I'm never like that when I grow up," Tiff said.
"Yeah, besides, we both know I'd win if I wanted to enter," Tuff boasted.
"Tuff, with Meta Knight, Donokbe, and Kirby all competing, you don't stand a chance," Tiff sighed.
"What? You think you do?" Tuff retorted.
"I didn't say that. I'm not much of a fighter," Tiff said.
"That's cause you're chicken!" Tuff challenged.
"Fine! To prove to you I can do better, I'll enter," Tiff said, signing her name, Tuff following suit.
This all seems to be a repeat of an episode of an episode, you may say. If you do, I apologize. I haven't seen more than 20 episodes, so forgive me and inform me if any of these sound exactly like an episode from the show.
"Well, well, well," Strife said, looking at the signatures. So far, only 4 Cappys had entered. Not Kirby, nor Donokbe or Meta Knight had signed up for it.
"I can't enter them myself, but they'll enter, I'm sure," he said, signing in his name.
(From this point, is where the events of Kirby and the Amazing Mirror occured. Donokbe and Strife were busy elsewhere. Also, Black Kirby (as I dubbed him, since I can't remember his name and I have a combo Copy Ability called 'Shadow', although I'm sure Ivyna will correct me if she reads this) comes back to Dreamland.
Day of the Tournament...
"Well, it's a good day, today. Nice and cloudy, but not gray storm clouds. A great day for a tournament," Professor Curio announced.
"And we're just getting started! We have several contestants who chose to enter!" Donokbe said.
"Didn't you enter? What are you doing in the announcer's box?" Curio asked.
"Right! I'll see you during the tournament!" Donokbe said, rushing out.
"Well, the tournament will be starting off with and odd match up. Tiff versus Chef Kawasaki!" Curio announced.
Round 1! Tiff versus Chef Kawasaki...
"Oh, this is silly, I don't know why my brother forced me into this," Tiff sighed.
"Now, I'm really sorry about this," Kawasaki said.
"Oh, don't be. I'm okay with losing. I have a book to finish, anyways," Tiff said, walking to the edge of the stage.
"HA! Quitter!" Tuff shouted from the stands.
"Be quiet, I can decide for myself. He needs to win this, anyways," Tiff said, climbing off the stage.
"Well, that was a waste of time. I just hope the next fight is interesting," Curio said.
"Of course it's gonna' be interesting! It's Strife versus Meta Knight!" Donokbe shouted from behind from Curio.
"Get out of here!" Curio shouted, sending Donokbe outside with a sheperd's crook he had uncovered and strengthened that serves no purpose to the story whatsoever.
Round 2! Strife versus Meta Knight...
"Well, your highness, I'm sorry, but I'm getting paid to knock off Kirby," Strife said, activating his blade armor, causing a sun effect behind him.
"No one shall harm Kirby. Not Nightmare. Not you. Not anyone," Meta Knight declared.
"Yeah, whatever," Strife said, ignoring the comment and charging.
His boots had four compartments each, and two opened up. They shot out a dagger which he grabbed quickly. He twirled them around for a few seconds, while charging, before thrusting them out. Meta Knight pulled out Galaxia (his sword for those who haven't seen the episode) and deflected the blow with ease. They continued swinging the blades, speeding up and putting more power behind each blow.
Finally, because Galaxia is much stronger, material-wise, Strife's daggers broke. He smirked and pulled out two of the swords he had strapped on his back. He briefly twirled them before lunging at amazing velocity and ferocity, twirling madly like a tornado. Meta Knight ran forward, jumped in the air, and came down, his sword first. Strife looked up, smiled, and threw one of the swords up at Meta Knight. The knight, seeing this action, came out of sword plant formation to swing his sword and block the tossed blade. He came down with a mere pit pat and his cape fell behind him.
"You are the one," he said.
"Excuse me?" Strife asked.
"I saw you. You killed Shadow Knight," Meta Knight accused.
"Shadow Knight? Yes. I remember him. But... kill him? No, he was like a brother to me," Strife said, shaking his head.
"No! I saw that very same move. The same formation, same precision, even same blade style. You killed Shadow Knight," Meta Knight retorted, charging.
"I swear to you! I did NOT kill him! The Star Warrior who killed him was my mentor!" Strife replied.
"You killed him. And now you plan to kill Kirby. This shall not BE!" Meta Knight declared, swinging his sword down on Strife.
Strife's mask plate, while also intimidating, had a jagged edge, which could be used like a blade. He swung his remaining sword to block the blow. Because both of their right hands had to heal from the shock, Strife used his left hand to remove his mask and slice along Meta Knight's hands and mask. The old knight recoiled in pain, covering his eyes, trying to get the blood out. Strife fixed his mask on, quickly, and slammed Meta Knight out of the ring with the broad side of his sword.
"I'm sorry, your majesty," Strife said, quietly.
The stands were filled with excitement and fear. Everyone was whispering in wonder. 'He beat Meta Knight!' and such things like 'Kirby ain't gotta' chance. Betcha' that Donokbe weirdo doesn't last five seconds!'
Round 3! Shadow Kirby verus Tuff...
"Uuuuhh... I'm really sorry I have to beat you in front of all these people, Big B... heh heh," Tuff said, nervously.
"Why are you sorry? I'm sorry, but a Cappy doesn't stand much of a chance against a Star Warrior," Black Kirby said, blowing off Tuff's comment.
"There's no way I'm gonna' lose!" Tuff shouted, charging and throwing a haymaker.
"Maybe, but I know I'll win," Black Kirby said, stepping to the side, and then tripping Tuff.
Tuff grunted, then Black Kirby dragged him to the edge of the ring where he promptly dropped him.
Round 4! Kirby versus Strife (Intro)...
The contestants stared each other down. Strife smiled behind his mask. His paycheck had finally come in. Now, he just had to kill the little punk, and he'd get his 10,000 dollars. He'd go back home, pay off a few more bills, and wait for the next job. He loved being a merc. It was so simple.
Before Strife could take notice, Kirby pulled out a capsule and popped it in his mouth. Donokbe had made him and Black Kirby a few special capsules. Donokbe had delved into the archives, and discovered something called Omega Copy Abilities. He developed one for Kirby, Black Kirby, and himself. Kirby became Star Shield Kirby and prepared for battle...