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Chapter 2: This is Life Now

The first few weeks of a new lifestyle went well for the Dream Landers, even if they were a little hectic. They couldn't go anywhere without a group of girls constantly stopping them and cuddling Kirby for a while, especially when hanging out with teams RWBY and JNPR. If Ruby wasn't hugging him, it was Nora. Some even tried to cuddle Meta Knight and Dee after a while. Dee had no problems with it, but Meta Knight always inched himself away from them. When asked about it, he'd say it was unbefitting of a knight to take part in such actions, but Dedede and Dee knew it was because he was embarrassed. Since they one more day to get used to the campus before classes start, the four Dream Landers decided to look around the campus to make sure they wouldn't get lost.

"This place is even bigger than my castle!", exclaimed Dedede as they were walking towards the cafeteria.

"I must agree, it will certainly take some getting used to", said Meta Knight.

The four heroes walked into the cafeteria and Dee had to hold Kirby back from eating all the food. Once they settled on getting whatever food they felt like getting, they joined teams RWBY and JNPR.

"Hey guys what took you so long?", asked Jaune.

"Kirby wanted to get everything on the menu! It took ages just to fit all on the tray!", Dedede answered as he pointed to the massive pile of food on Kirby's tray.

"There's no way he can eat all of that in thirty minutes!", said Weiss.

"Three, Two, One….", Meta Knight counted down.

The massive pile of food on Kirby's tray started disappearing one by one as Kirby opened his mouth and started inhaling. Literally everything on the tray was eaten at a rapid pace, he even began inhaling the tray before Dedede took the tray and placed it on table. When all the food was gone, Kirby stopped inhaling and sat down with a content smile on his face. It didn't take long for him to realize that the cafeteria had gone quiet and everyone was staring at Kirby. Kirby just looked at everyone and tilted his head to the side in confusion.

Weiss was the first one to speak, "I stand corrected…"

"He ate all of that in less than ten seconds! How did he do it?! Where does it go?!", exclaimed Yang.

"Kirby has always had a rather large appetite. I suppose that's normal considering he is still just a baby", Meta Knight said.

The eight students froze and Meta Knight's revelation. They all looked at Kirby and then at Dee and Dedede for confirmation. Both just nodded and the eight stared back at Kirby in disbelief.

"He's just a baby?! You let a child fight such a dangerous enemy during Initiation!?", Blake nearly shouted.

"Listen Blake, this little pink puffball has faced entire gods and interdimensional beings of his own free will. What happened yesterday was like a mid-boss battle to us", clarified Dedede.

"Now this I gotta hear! Tell us of all your adventures then!", exclaimed Nora.

"I would like to know how much you four have been through in order to consider Initiation a mere sparring session", Pyrrha agreed.

"Not here. We don't want everyone over hearing our tale and aside from the teaching staff, you eight are the only ones we trust to keep this information secret", said Meta Knight.

"Then let's go back to our dorm. No one would be able to interfere with us there", said Ruby.

The four just nodded as everyone threw away their trash and headed to the dorm room of team RWBY.


The dorm room wasn't nearly as crowded as they thought, especially since three of the twelve occupants of the room are rather small. They were all seated in a giant circle, with the exception of Nora and Ruby cuddling Kirby as they sat down next to him.

"So what exactly have you four been through?", asked Ren.

"We have seen entire dark gods and dimension severing entities try and destroy Planet Popstar countless time. Ever since the four of us decided to become and official team, we've had nothing but constant trouble. Before being sent here, Kirby and I stopped a supercomputer from roboticizing the entire planet. Before that, it was Kirby and Dedede stopped a corrupted queen from turning Popstar into a giant garden. The first time we journeyed together as a team, we stopped a four-headed dragon and a space traveller who was corrupted by this gold crown. Even before we officially became a team, Kirby has stopped dark gods and evil beings by himself. He even beat me when I used to think Popstar had lost all hope of defending itself. We have been through far too much to stop fighting now…", explained Meta Knight.

The eight students sat there in amazement before they started thinking on everything he's said. They just looked at the four heroes in deep thought as the four heroes were just reflecting on everything they've been through.

Pyrrha spoke first. "And all of this accomplished as a baby…", she said as everyone looked at Kirby. The four just nod as Blake began to ask a question.

"So then what was that jet thing that Kirby had during Initiation?", she asked.

"Yeah, it was really cool!", Yang exclaimed.

"That was an ability Kirby used. He can take various forms from the enemies he absorbs or their attacks. He can even absorb his surroundings", explained Meta Knight.

"So how many does he have?", asked Jaune.

"Even we don't know. His list of copy abilities seem to expand after every journey we make", said Dedede.

"Can you guys do anything similar to Kirby?", asked Nora.

"No, he is the only one who has that ability as far as we know. Dee, Dedede, and I have trained with our weapons for a long time. We can handle things without the use of them", said Meta Knight.

"Oh yeah, I wanna see your weapons! Can I, please?", Ruby practically begged.

Dee, Dedede, and Meta Knight just looked at each other and Dedede just shrugged, taking out his hammer. Dee and Meta Knight followed suit.

"Don't see why not? Dee and I just have regular weapons. If you wanna see anything special, Meta Knight's sword is what you're looking for", Dedede said.

True to his word, Meta Knight's sword seemed to glow when it was mentioned. Ruby looked at it in awe as she examined his sword.

"Can I hold it?", she asked the knight.

"I am not sure if you will be able to. Galaxia can only be wielded by those chosen by it, but you are welcome to try."

Ruby grabbed the handle of the sword and tried to lift it, but it wouldn't budge from Meta Knight's hands. She tried multiple times to lift the sword, but it was met with little difference. After a few more minutes, she gave up and went to sit back down.

"Galaxia can not be held by just anyone. Only those it has seen worthy are fit to use it", said Meta Knight.

"So are there others that can use Galaxia?", asked Blake.

"Plenty of people have wielded Galaxia before. For right now, only Kirby and I can use Galaxia. If there are others out there, then I haven't met them yet."

"I would love to continue questioning these guys, but we have to get up tomorrow. It's getting late", said the heiress.

Sure enough, they have been there for a long time. Long enough that the sun was setting anyways. The group said their goodbyes and went back to their respective dorms to go to sleep. They had a busy day ahead of them after all.


When morning did roll around for the four heroes, Meta Knight and Dee were the first ones up. Meta Knight woke up Kirby while Dee was trying to wake up Dedede. Meta Knight walked over to Dee and gestured to the bathroom.

"You go and get ready first, Kirby and I will wake up Dedede."

Dee just nodded and headed for the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Meta Knight and Kirby turned to each other and nodded. They both grabbed the blanket that Dedede had covered himself with and yanked off. Dedede woke up in a frenzy.

"What?! Are we getting attacked!?", he yelled as he fell off the bed, causing Kirby to laugh and Meta Knight to just sigh.

"We have to get ready for classes Dedede."

"That's today!? I thought you said we had one more day!?"

"I said that two days ago, which means today we have classes."

Dee stepped out of the bathroom refreshed as Dedede walked in after her in annoyance. The others took the time to look in the closet for their uniforms, only to find one actual uniform in there. There was one uniform, a bandana, a cape, and a pin.

"Professor Ozpin must have had these made since Dedede is the only one who can wear actual clothes", said Meta Knight.

The uniform was laid out on Dedede's bed as the others chose their respective accessories. Dee tied the bandana around her head like the blue one she had. Dedede stepped out and put on his uniform. He kept his hat and kingly robe and left tie hanging around his neck. Meta Knight took the cape and covered himself with it like he did his old cape. Kirby took the pin and stuck it on his lower left side so it can be seen from the front. Just as they left their dorm to go to class, they heard a shout from the dorm room of team RWBY.

"It's 8:55 you dunce! We're going to be late!", they heard Weiss scream as she bolted out of the room and towards the first class.

"Um, to class!", Ruby shouted as she and the rest of her team bolted after Weiss. Team JNPR seemed to have caught on as well because they burst out their room and followed team RWBY.

"Let us go as well", said Meta Knight as he opened up his wings and followed them. Dee and Dedede took off shortly after Meta Knight. Kirby took his Wheel form and raced his way past everyone, joining Meta Knight at the front of the pack.

"No fair, Meta Knight! You can fly!", exclaimed Ruby.

The group of twelve made it to Professors Port's class on time as they raced into the room just before the bell rung. They quickly took seats in the row before Jaune noticed what was missing with the picture.

"Where's Kirby?", asked Jaune.

Kirby forgot to exit Wheel mode when he entered the room, so there was just a random tire in a seat before he returned back to normal, shocking everyone in the room. This mostly shocked the eight students since they didn't expect Kirby to just change appearance entirely.

"So that was Kirby we saw catching up to Meta Knight", said Pyrrha.

"Now I gotta see what else he can do!", exclaimed Yang.

"I'm sure we'll get to see what they can do in Mrs. Goodwitch's combat class", assured Weiss.


The class for Professor Port was, for lack of a better term, boring. This was emphasized as Kirby and Dedede were knocked out cold. Dee was paying attention to Professor Port while simultaneously trying to wake up Kirby and Dedede. Meta Knight was paying attention to Professor Port without difficulty, he just wasn't writing down the story the teacher told. Similarly, the other two teams were having problems keeping up. Pyrrha, Jaune, and Ren were trying their best not to fall asleep while Nora was knocked out like Dedede and Kirby. Blake and Yang were bored out of their minds and Ruby was drawing pictures of the teacher, much to Weiss frustration. This continued until Professor Port had asked for someone to give a demonstration of being a true huntress/hunter-in-training. Weiss' hand immediately shot up, beating Meta Knight.

"Very well Mrs. Schnee and Mr. Night. Please change into your battle gear and report back here."

Soon, both Meta Knight and Weiss stood across from the two cages with their battle gear. The teacher was setting the cages up, making sure the Grimm wouldn't break free until he released the lock. He then turned to the two volunteers.

"So, which one of you would like to go first?"

"I believe it would be best if Mrs. Schnee went first. I am in no hurry."

"Why thank you Meta Knight."

Weiss stood first as Meta Knight joined the teacher on the sidelines.

"Now, begin!", the teacher said as he released the lock and a boarbatusk launched its way towards Weiss. She swiftly dodged and tried to stab it with her rapier, but the armor on the Grimm was to thick to penetrate it. The boarbatusk then proceeded to spin into a ball and launch itself at Weiss, knocking her rapier away from her.

"I was unaware that there were others that could use the spindash aside from Sonic and his friends. Perhaps I should let him know about this…", thought Meta Knight.

"Weiss, go for the belly! There's no armor underneath it!", screamed Ruby.

"Stop telling me what to do!", Weiss responded, hurting Ruby a little.

Despite her defiant scream, Weiss listened to Ruby. She grabbed her rapier, summoned a few glyphs to flip the boarbatusk over, and skewered it in the stomach. She breathed heavily as the teacher clapped.

"Well done, looks like we have a future huntress in our midst. Now then, Mr. Night, please take your position", said Professor Port.

Meta Knight nodded as he and Weiss switched places. He unsheathed Galaxia and waited for his enemy to approach him.

"Now, begin!", the teacher said as an Ursa crawled out the cage.

The Ursa charged at Meta Knight as well, but Meta Knight disappeared and then reappeared behind the Ursa, slashing at its back. This caused the Ursa minor discomfort as it turned around and tried to swipe at Meta Knight. Meta Knight blocked the swipe with his sword and did a Rising Slash with his sword, lifting the Ursa in the air. He immediately followed up with a Sword Dive, taking the Ursa with him as he slammed it into the ground. Meta Knight then did the Sword Dive Combo by jumping and bringing his blade back down, slicing the Ursa in two. He sheathed Galaxia as he took a deep breath. The class looked at him in awe as he killed it with such ease. The teacher clapped even harder at Meta Knights performance.

"Truly well done Mr. Night! Seems we have a future hunter in our presence as well! Now this is the end of the class. Make sure to study hard for next class", Professor Port said as he dismissed the class. Weiss almost immediately stormed out with her team following behind her. Meta Knight rejoined his team and they walked out as well. They overheard Weiss and Ruby arguing over the class, then Weiss stormed away with Ruby looking more than a little upset. Meta Knight looked at his companions and all four nodded. Meta Knight slowly went after Weiss while the other three heroes stayed to comfort Ruby.


Weiss stood on a balcony as she was trying to get rid of her anger. Meta Knight slowly approached her from behind and stopped right beside her before speaking, "You know she was only trying to help you."

"I know, but she's literally done nothing to earn her position as leader! Surely you have the same frustration at not being your team's leader right? How can a child lead a team better than you?", asked Weiss.

"I was the leader of a group once back in Dream Land. It was when Kirby and I were enemies. I tried to take over Dream Land because I had lost hope in its ability to defend itself. I was slowly overcome with my battle lust to destroy Kirby and my airship slowly began sink towards the ocean. It was only when everything was over and the ship sank to the ocean did I realize that I didn't know the whereabouts of my crew. I haven't heard from them since. Kirby showed me the error of my ways and I've strived not to make the same mistakes ever again."

Weiss stared at Meta Knight in sympathy as he told his tale. It made sense to her why Meta Knight wasn't the leader of his team now. Then she asked the next question on her mind, "So if you weren't fit to be leader, why isn't Dedede the leader then?"

"Dedede has been used by evil forces as a pawn for as long as I can remember. He also relies heavily on his brute strength and often charges head first into battle without a back up plan. That's why he has Dee, to cover his back and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. Dee isn't leader because she's still rather new to fighting. Sure she can hold her own in a fight just as well as the rest of us, but she lacks the experience in fighting that the rest of us have. That's why Kirby is leader, he has a pure heart, has much experience battling, and will always fight for the freedom of any place from evil."

Weiss stood, contemplating everything Meta Knight has said. She certainly had a lot to think about since Meta Knight told her his story. Meta Knight turned around to leave, but not before giving her advice.

"I would suggest you give Ruby another shot, it has only been a few weeks since teams have been formed after all", he said. He then left her while Professor Port walked up to her to have a chat. Meta Knight then returned to the dorm and awaited his friends to return. He took off his mask with a look of disappointment crossing his face. "It has been ages since I've last seen them. I pray you guys made it out safely…", he said to himself quietly.


Dedede, Dee, and Kirby tried cheering up Ruby, but it was met with very little success. The only one who seemed to even make a small change was Kirby, since he was used to brightening up things with his positivity.

"Is she really right? Am I really such a bad leader?", asked Ruby.

"Look Ruby, I've done things that I regret doing back in Dream Land, yet the people there still want me to be King. I've almost ruined their lives time and time again. Nowadays, it's not entirely my fault, but that's not an excuse for me to say I'm not to blame. My point is, its only been a few days and you have yet to truly do anything for her to be mad at you. So I would say, instead of focusing -what- you haven't done, focus on what you -need- to get done", said Dedede.

Dee looked at Dedede like he grew a second head and Kirby smiled brightly at him. Dedede looked at them both with confusion written on his face. "What?", he asked.

Dee took her scroll and typed on it before it started speaking. Dee had a text-to-speech program on her scroll so should could communicate with everyone. "Since when have you ever given words of encouragement that were actual well said? Who are you and what have you done to my boss?", questioned Dee.

Dedede feigned offense as he put his hand on chest, acting dramatic. "Dee, you wound me so. Since when have I not helped brighten the lives of those around me?", he asked.

"Since never!", exclaimed Dee.

Dedede laughed at Dee's reaction and patted her on the head. "Yeah you're right. I usually leave that stuff to Meta Knight and Kirby", he said.

This interaction caused Ruby to cheer up considerably and she hugged all three them. "Thanks for trying to cheer me up. I'm going to return to my dorm now, see ya!", she turned to leave, but was stopped by Ozpin. This prompted the three heroes to return to their dorm, finding Meta Knight already there, mask back on. They turned in for the night, ready for combat class the next day.


A/N: Done! This time I absolutely am serious when I say there won't be another chapter until like Thursday or Friday. Like I said before the story, check out the poll on my profile. See in like five days from now.