The Batter felt like laughing, however, he did nothing more than continue down the path with his usual blank expression. The enemies here were pathetically easy to defeat and posed no challenge to him and his three add-ons. These creatures possessed little to no CP, and their only method of attack seemed to be running into to him. The Batter continued down the pathway when he heard a rustle and the familiar SHING of an enemy attack. PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS appeared as The Batter readied himself for combat. With a few quick swings of his bat, the orange enemies that he identified as Waddle Dees were defeated, and their bodies vanished.
The Batter was about to continue on his path when he noticed the leaves in front of him rustled. He advanced and suddenly, a small pink creature jumped out of the bushes and landed in front of him. The Batter looked at it, before kicking it out the way, uninterested. He continued walking, but before he took a few more steps, he felt something trip him. The… thing had gotten back up and knocked him onto his feet. The Batter, with his excellent vocabulary, gave a speech that would surely make any creature listen to him. "Get out of my way." The puffball only stared at him, confused. The Batter, fed up, readied his bat and prepared to attack. PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS? was the display that appeared before The Batter, and he wavered in confusion. This was the first time he ever noticed the display change. Surely there had to be something different about this character.
He used his wide-angle move in order to analyze the enemy. KIRBY HP?/CP? DEFENDER OF DREAMLAND AND DEFEATER OF DARK MATTER. His three add-ons than quickly attacked this figure named Kirby, however before they could reach him, he opened his mouth. The top of his vision showed this move was called INHALE and before The Batter could react, his add-ons were swallowed. He paused and tried to summon them to him, but he was met with a sign that said ERROR in front of him. The Batter felt a small prickle of an emotion he never felt before. Fear. He saw the option to FLEE appear in his vision and he quickly took it. The battle ended, and The Batter hightailed it out of there. "Damn. Looks like there are challenging creatures in this world after all." He ran until he came across this pool surrounded by trees, and he took this opportunity to sit down and rest.
He sat and wondered about this strange figure that went by the name of Kirby. He was obviously powerful, as only the guardians of his world were able to hide their HP and CP, as well having the strength and energy to completely consume his 3 powerful add-ons without breaking a sweat. However, The Batter was not the type of man to panic the moment something went wrong. He sat and thought about the situation that he found himself in. However, right when he was about to get up, he heard a "POYO!" from above him. He looked up and saw that thing… Kirby looking up at him from on top of the tree. The Batter quickly grabbed his bat and looked up at this creature. "What do you want?" He stated.
Kirby quickly jumped down from his position on top of the tree and pointed towards the blob of Dark Matter sitting on top of the castle. He then drew three tentacles on the ground before pretending to swing a bat at them and wiping them from the ground, before pointing at The Batter. "Are you asking if I can defeat the darkness?" The Batter questioned. Kirby joyfully nodded his head and made happy noises. "I can and I can do it by myself." At this, Kirby seemed to deflate, before puffing back up. He started to talk to The Batter. "Poyo poyo poyo. Poyo po po poyo…" However, The Batter stopped him midsentence. If I can't understand you, you're of no use to me."
Suddenly two stars came shooting from the sky one in black and white, and one pink and vibrant. They stuck both The Batter and Kirby, and they felt a connection. "What was that?" The Batter said. "No clue" Kirby replied. They froze for a second, before realizing that they could both understand the other. "Huh, those stars must've allowed for you to know what I'm saying." Kirby stated, "Guess you can find a use for me now!" The Batter still wasn't convinced, however, as he stated: "Tell me how you can be useful." Kirby was about to explain before the hulking mass of Dark Matter spotted the both of them sitting by the pool. It quickly sent some of its creeping tentacles of darkness in the pool, and it rose into a great hulking beast, with many red eyeballs peering out from it.
Kirby and The Batter immediately prepared for battle. The Batter was about to swing his bat when Kirby spoke up. "Hey! Do you have like, any special attacks or elements, like water, or fire?" The Batter looked confused. "I have plastic, smoke, meat, and metal." Kirby drew a blank confused stare, similar to the Batters, however, he quickly recovered. "No matter, just get that thing to shoot a blast of water at me and this battle will be over as a piece of cake." The Batter nodded, unsure of what Kirby was about to do. He attacked, and when the monster was about to shoot a jet of water, he ducked behind Kirby. Kirby than swallowed the water, and suddenly transformed. A golden band appeared around his head and blue waves that smelled like salt emitted from the top of his forehead. He took a deep breath in, before spitting out a hurricane that completely blew away the monster. Dark Matter saw this happen but didn't want to waste too much of its power right at that moment, so it decided not to take any further attempts on their lives.
The Batter, for the first time in his life, was shocked. He had never seen anybody use any different element, or quickly change his or her form just by eating something. "Except Sugar, but that really doesn't count." He thought to himself as he saw Kirby dispel his power in a blue star with a wave in it, that hopped around for a little bit before disappearing in the air. "Do I seem useful now," Kirby said proudly, his body puffed up. "Sure" The Batter responded. "Let's go." The Batter than proceeded to continue down the pathway, not even bothering to see if Kirby was following behind him. "Gee, he doesn't seem to talk very much, does he?" Kirby grumbled to himself, before picking up his feet to chase after this figure before he left him behind.