A friendly argument. That's what they, 'they' being the sun and moon, called the raging mini-war and explosive cursing in the sky, that officially started the larger series of battles that Kirby fought.

A friendly argument.

Kirby was literally blown off of the nest he was sleeping peacefully on when the first blow sounded. The sun had successfully punched the moon in the face. At least, that's what it looked like. As Kirby looked around sleepily, he heard Tokkori yell, "KIRBY! Did you eat Waddle Doo again!?" when the bird was suddenly grabbed by a rope-like object- probably Gooey's tongue- and launched across the room.

Kirby blushed embarrassingly at that thought and stuck his tongue out in disgust, but quickly shook his head and ran towards the village to see if the occupants were alright.

It was his job as a Star Warrior to protect the townspeople, correct? But, then again, they would blame him like they always did.

...

"Why would they fight?" Fumu's voice could hardly be heard over the loud fighting in Kabu's Valley as she yelled. She had instantly come when she couldn't find Sir Meta Knight anywhere, and since he was probably off fighting somewhere, she came here for advice.

"Sis is right!" yelled Bun, who had come with Fumu, one of the reasons being to not stay around Dedede. When it came to horrible accidents, even surreal ones, him and Kirby were the top ones on his hit list, next to Fumu herself. "I saw them not that long ago! They were inseparable!"

"The demon who did this must have studied their characteristics," bellowed Kabu, his voice louder than usual. "Someone who could gain their trust easily. But also someone who is smart and manipulative enough to make the best of friends part from each other."

"A genius demon beast," said Bun, smirking. "Never would've seen that one coming. Who knew?" He turned to Fumu, the smirk still on his face. "Hey, sis, you think that he's smarter than you?"

Fumu sighed, rolling her eyes.

"Bun, that's impossible. No one in Pupu Village has ever had his or her IQ go over 162," she said, then added, when Bun opened his mouth, "Except Escargon, who surprisingly has his IQ up to 163. Ignoring his weirdness and evil. And the fact that Dedede constantly bashes his skull everyday."

Suddenly, a voice cut through the air like ice: "Well, how's 174 for ya, sweetie?"

Bun and Fumu stiffened in surprise as they spun around to look at the stranger. He was definitely not from Pupu Village, in fact, he looked like Kirby, except without his arms.

He wore simple jester attire; a hat, one half being blue and one half being red. The blue was decorated with circles, the red with triangles. It even had the cotton balls at the ends.

He wore a bow as well; a large red velvet bow that matched his brown shoes perfectly. He had to large eyes with purple pupils that shined as if they were made of glitter. He was purplish pink, and his cheeks were colored a lighter pink, also similar to Kirby.

His expression was similar to the one Joe wore whenever he bothered Silica. Fumu wasn't fond of that expression, but it looked adorable on the stranger, especially since he was somehow balancing on a beach ball with one foot, but was still fairly shorter than Dedede. He was possibly around Escargon's size when on the ball.

"Hey, hey, hey!" he said, amused. "Sorry if I startled you. I didn't think I would scare you like that."

"Never mind that," said Fumu, staring at the stranger, trying to keep a cold attitude. "Who are you?"

The stranger pouted.

"You'd think that king would tell his subjects that a visitor was coming to stay as a worker," he harrumphed.

Bun laughed, even though he, too, had been surprised by the creature's sudden appearance, and even Fumu had to smile at the irony, and he said what was on both of their minds. "Trust me, I've lived with that guy my whole life and I'm still not used to him."

The visitor smiled, his whole face brightening up. For a moment, he seemed to forget what he was doing, in a trance. And then he was back. His eyes still fixed on the two, he bowed the best he could with his short stature. The best he could do was stand on the tips of his feet and lean forward.

"The name's Marx! Your dysfunctional king asked me to be his court jester not a long time ago. Pleasure to meet ya!"

Fumu blinked. Traveling court jesters often passed by. They were either hysterically and boisterously funny, or insanely polite. Marx had managed to find a line between the two personalities and had managed to do both. As he continued bouncing on the ball, he squinted at the two.

"You're the two kids that belong to that Prime Minister guy," he said with a hint of excitement in his voice as he jumped higher on the beach ball. "Fumu and Bun!"

Both children stepped back in surprise,as Fumu swung a protective arm in front of Bun.

"H-how do you know us?" asked Bun, but he seemed excited even under the circumstances. It was Marx's turn to look surprised.

"How could I not?" he asked, a hint of dramatization in his voice. "You two participated in the defeat of Nightmare, yup yup! The entire universe is talking about it, even though it happened about a year ago. News like that spreads like wildfire."

Fumu looked down, both smiling and trying to block out the demon's horrendous face, screaming and twisting from the effect of the Star Rod. She still had visions of him, and they usually weren't pretty. "W-well... yeah, we did, but the whole town did, too. We would've never made it if they hadn't agreed."

Marx nodded in agreement. "And that's why Popstar is probably the most famous planet in the universe."

"Wait," interrupted Bun. "You heard of us, but what about Kirby?"

Marx looked seemed to gesture at the sky with his head/body, and looked at the sun and moon.

"One of the reasons I've come here is because I always wanted to meet him. I've heard the legends about him when I was younger from my-" He choked a bit as if struggling to say this- "mother. Me and my siblings were all fans."

Fumu stepped forward cautiously. "Why do you talk about that like it was a while ago?"

Marx looked down from the sky, stammering. "I-I haven't seen them in a while. They probably still want to meet him. They never give up anything." He forced a smile, but it didn't seem innocent anymore. It seemed angry. "Anyways, I think Kirby might solve this sun and moon battle."

Fumu crossed her arms. "You think it's a battle?"

Marx stared at her with an unimpressed expression worthy of a face palm. "You're a person with such a high IQ, but you can't see something that's right in front of your face."

"What?!" she yelled

Marx looked up again, this time with a dominant look on his face, ignoring Fumu's angry out burst. "Anyways, Kirby is our only hope to stopping the sun and moon's battle. He needs to ask the comet NOVA for help!"

"N-NOVA...?" asked Bun. "What the heck's that?"

"The wishing star," said Fumu silently. "I thought it didn't exist..."

"Many people thought that Kirby and Nightmare didn't exist," said Marx, looking smug. "But they're quite real, don't you think?"

Fumu stared at Marx. "How do you know?" He smiled his innocent smile again.

"A friend of mine got all of the stars. Also, I studied NOVA as well. As you know, I have an IQ of 174."

"Is that even possible?" asked Bun. "Also, you didn't answer my question."

"No one cares about your question!" yelled an annoyed Fumu. She turned her attention back to Marx. "Who's this 'friend?'"

"Her name is Yume." Marx sat on the beach ball, suddenly engrossed with the floor for a weird reason. "She's back at her planet, a few planets from here. I visited it before I came here."

"What was her wish?"

"To get rid of her Nightmares," he said, his eyes closed. "And that worked out pretty well, right, Fumu-san?"

Fumu shivered. "There's no such a thing as no nightmares."

"Hm, you're telling me."

"What?"

"What?" repeated Marx quickly, a huge grin replacing the blank stare that was on his face a few moments earlier.

"... Never mind."

Marx expertly jumped back to his feet on his ball, not even struggling a little to gain his balance. This caused Fumu to smile.

"You're good."

"Thank you." Marx winked. "You're a genius. This'll be nothing for ya."

Fumu laughed and turned to face Kabu. She waved good bye. "Thank you, Kabu! We'll stop the sun and moon from fighting!"

"Should we greet NOVA for you?" asked Bun humorously. He was shocked when Kabu answered.

"Yes," said Kabu in a surprisingly flat tone. "I haven't seen him in many centuries. Also, thank him for the wish."

"What wish?"

"It will know."

Bun shrugged as Fumu gestured for the boys to follow.

"We should go to Kawasaki's first," she said, a bit reluctantly. "Hopefully he won't have any too spicy food for him."

"Yeah!" Bun yelled, causing Fumu to flinch and Marx to roll a foot back with his ball. "Race ya!" As he took off, Fumu gave an exasperated sigh.

"Sorry about him," she told Marx. "He's an idiot at times."

"Hey, you're mean!" yelled Bun from a few yards away. As Fumu chased off after him, Marx stared at Kabu.

"You were created with NOVA?" he asked with a hushed voice.

Kabu remained silent, which presumably meant he was.

"You know about mom?" he said, his voice breaking.

No answer.

"Please, you have to tell me!"

"As you told Fumu, 'You're a person with such an IQ, but you can't see something that's right in front of your face,'" he answered, with a bit of smugness.

"Wh- what's that supposed to mean?!"

"Marx, are you coming?!" yelled Fumu, holding a struggling Bun.

"Yeah, in a while!"

"Well, hurry up!" added Bun.

Marx turned to Kabu.

"Will... will I have a good end?"

"That is up to you," said Kabu, almost with concern, which was strange, even for him. "Will you make the right choice, or will you die, never knowing what happened to your family? They're still alive somewhere, you know."

Marx stared at Kabu, then nodded, a soft smile on his face.

"Th... thank you."

"..."

"MARX! HURRY UP, ALREADY!" screamed Bun. He had given up the struggling, so he was on the ground with his sister behind him. "I'M HUNGRY!"

"If I had a penny..." muttered Fumu. "For every time you were ever rude to a stranger... I'd be richer than Dedede."

"S-sorry!" yelled Marx, rolling on his ball. He moved quickly for a boy his size. That was rolling on a ball.

"So, Dedede isn't a charmer?"

"No," said Fumu as they walked to Pupu Village ignoring the banging from the sun and moon fighting. "He has to smash at least one of his subjects with a hammer everyday, that subject particularly being Escargon, his right hand man, and also a doctor."

"I wouldn't want to be him," he muttered, taking his mind off of Kabu. "Even if he has a higher IQ than you."

As the three children were out of earshot, Kabu sighed a hollow sigh.

"A genius demon beast," he muttered softly. "Who knew?"

...

"Wooww! Kirby, they got new fish on sale at Kawasaki's!" Kirby stared at Gooey and giggled. The blob was a huge fan for fish, and eating them meant heaven for him. In fact, when he first met Kine, Kirby had to hold him back to keep him from snagging him with his tongue and eating him alive.

But now onlookers were staring at them, as they always did whenever they wanted to blame Kirby for something. And then it happened.

"Make a wish- it'll be your last." Crossa De Lena, possible story quote

Author's Note: I'll be letting you guys know which chapters I updated. I'm adding Gooey in these later chapters (because he's awesome), and I'll be adding much more detail. Thanks!