Well I first must apoligise for the long delay and though I've had a number of things happen during that time I cannot excuse myself for the late update. I thank all of you who have been patient enough to wait for this update.

Instead of putting in a disclaimer every chapter I shall instead do so at the very end so I can list every character and location that belongs to their respective owners. I hope this works out well then, I will though put in a disclaimer at the end of each chapter to highlight which characters are my own when new ones appear.

Yet again I apoligize for the delay and I hope you enjoy chapter 2 of Kirby: Ancient Ruin Adventure!


Kirby: Ancient Ruin Adventure!

Chapter 2: Our Heroes! Rumours continue spreading.

Pale brown feet pressed on and off the gravelled road as a small round figure sped through the village, occasionally stumbling when trying to avoid crashing headlong into a fellow villager. The limbless red character continued running even when the path went from mixed stones, pebbles and gravel to soft, thin layers of grass. Dashing ahead the amber eyed Waddle Dee continued his pace despite the odd trip or log, he'd just regain his footing or leap over it and continue onward. A sweat drop ran down the dreamlander's forehead as he sped on, basked in the sun's intense heat and blinding light.

Soon the amber eyes widened as it saw a small tree, the gentle wind brushing against its leaves as its thin branches swayed, and by it a white dome house with a slight and simple chimney sticking out of it. The crashing of water against the hillside sounded through the quiet cosy outskirt area of Popopo village. The Waddle Dee came before the door, halting in order to take off his white traditional sailor hat and brush it before placing it back onto his head and adjusting its position. The limbless creature raised its hand and knocked on the small (when compared to our size) door.

"Kirby-sama, it's me Dee, may I come in?" The sailor hat wearing Waddle Dee asked in a polite toned voice.

Hearing a small, tired poyo from inside the sailor took this as a yes and proceed to use its stubby hands to push down on the door handle and pulled it outwards.

The Waddle Dee waddled his way into the warm, small room. Inside the boarded floored room was not much as it only included a large treasure chest about Waddle Dee's height to the right side of the room, positioned below a window. At the back of the room were a quaint and humble fireplace and a door by it with a sign on it saying lavatories. Also in the room were paintings attached to the walls of Kirby and his friends, while on the left side was another window with a small bed below it.

Currently the bed was occupied by a small pink blob whose eyes blinked rapidly as he brought a small fin like hand up to his face and rubbed his eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry for disturbing your sleep Kirby-sama." Dee said in a polite tone, his most natural and used tone.

Our Pink hero rubbed his eyes gently until he felt awake enough to stand up. Kirby hopped up onto his feet unsteadily at first but soon balanced himself.

"Hi." The drowsy puffball said, his words slightly slurred due to just waking up.

"Good morning, Kirby-sama." Waddle Dee chirped as he tilted his head slightly to look up at his higher mounted friend.

A slight frown appeared on the usually energetic and cheerful puffball as he said "No, Kirby."

Being able to tell that something had upset Dee asked right away "What's wrong Kirby-sama?"

This just seemed to make Kirby's frown deepen as he said slightly louder than before "Kirby, Kirby."

This made the poor waddling creature confused but apparently, soon figured it out as Dee said "Oh, you're mad at me for saying sama, sorry Kirby-ue." Dee was wrong however as Kirby then puffed up his cheeks.

"I meant Kirby-tono, Kirby-tono right." Dee cried out as he held up his hands and waved them in an apologetic manner. Kirby had begun to calm down but was still cross.

The pink ball just crossed his hands and said "Kirby."

Dee could see that Kirby was still cross and so after a quick second of thought tried to apologise.

"I'm sorry for waking you up so early and suddenly Kirby, I just came for a visit." said Dee in a quiet, meek, apologetic manner.

Hearing this Kirby perked up jumping up and down on his bed smiling and cheering with poyo's. Waddle Dee was full of joy that Kirby had accepted his apology and so cheerfully thanked Kirby "Thank you Kirby-sama."

At this point the little child-like hero tripped, fell face first off the bed and tumbled to the floor.

"Oh Kirby are you okay?" Dee asked as he rushed over to Kirby, helping him up.

The puffball responded by hugging Dee and yelling out his usual phrase of poyo.

"It's good that you're alright Kirby-sama." Waddle Dee said with a sigh of relief.

To this Kirby responded with a slightly irritated face and said "Kirby." Dee was back to a point of confusion as Kirby stopped hugging him.

"I'm really perplexed now."

At this point he heard a faint laughter resonating from the lavatories. Dee as such turned his head to the restrooms door as it slowly creaked open, pushed open by a long pink tongue. Dee narrowed his amber eyes slightly as the tongue lowered a bit as a dark blue blob with wide white eyes and small black pupils hopped into the room. The little blob hopped once again and manoeuvred its tongue to shut the door behind it. The goo substance creature turned his attention to Kirby and Waddle Dee, smiling slightly but with his tongue still drooping out of his mouth.

"Oh, it's the Dragon Quest slime rip off guy." Dee remarked as his eyes narrowed further.

"Yes it is I the Dragon Quest Slime rip-hey I' am not a rip off of anything, I'm the all original Gooey." Gooey first spoke but then yelled.

Dee just rolled his eyes sighed and then asked "So what do you want?"

"Why I'm here to hang out with Kirby, of course." Gooey replied with a smile beaming on his face.

At this Kirby did a few cheery poyo's waving his hands in succession.

"Hold on a moment how come Kirby's not angry at you as well?" Dee asked as he pointed an accusing hand (well he doesn't have fingers so a hand is all he has to point with) at Gooey.

Gooey let off a large beaming grin and said in his loud, slurred voice "Simple, I call Kirby, Kirby, because Kirby is Kirby."

There was a slight silence in which even the energetic playful Kirby was quiet as Dee stared at Gooey his forehead furrowed.

"I have no idea what you just said." Dee stated keeping the look just mentioned on his face.

"Kirby likes to be called Kirby and nothing else." Gooey this time stated.

"I have been calling Kirby-sama Kirby." protested Dee.

Gooey just shook his body his tongue flailing in the air as Kirby watched with interest his eyes going left and right following the pink body part.

"You used a horonofic though so it's no longer Kirby but Kirby-sama." Gooey replied with a curt nod.

"Wait you mean that's all, that's the reason Kirby-sam-I mean Kirby has been mad at me." The astonished waddle dee yelled with surprise.

Gooey gave another slight nod and replied with "That's right."

The often considered low class creature turned round to his old enemy and now friend and with his quite high voice said
"Kirby."

Upon hearing his name the gluttonous hero of dreamland bounced up into the air with joy and began to run circles around Dee cheering poyo with glee. The sweet chorus of cheering only stopped when a delicate butterfly came flying in through the open window drifting along a cool gentle breeze. The curious child watched, his blue eyes following every flap of a wing made. The pink hero reached up to touch the butterfly but it flew out of the way at the last second. Kirby reached up again but the butterfly began to fly away from him and soon Kirby was giving chase.

Dee watched as Kirby jumped up onto his bed to reach the butterfly but was soon content with just bouncing up and down on the bed waving his hands about.

"So why did Kirby get mad when I gave him a horonofic to his name?" Dee asked as he watched his friends' simple pleasure.

"I don't know but it was the same with Partner..." Gooey began to say but his voice turned gradually into a whisper.

"He would call Kirby 'Senpai' all the time and Kirby would get mad at him." Gooey's voice faded finally from a whisper to nothing as Dee pondered upon Kirby's reaction.

'It feels odd being so informal," Dee though as he continued watching his best friend frolicking 'I wonder if this is what it feels like to be treated as an equal." Dee was now beaming with a smile or the best a mouth-less person can get too smiling.

Dee and Gooey's train of thought crashed as they heard their friend call out "Gooey, Dee, play." Kirby was waving to them in-between his trampoline jumps.

Dee and Gooey both leaped up and onto the bed, causing the three to almost crash into the ceiling. The trio of friends began to laugh as they tried to bounce high enough to touch the ceiling again in which Gooey won almost immediately due to the extension of reach from his long tongue. This would have continued for even longer until Kirby noticed the butterfly from before flying behind Gooey and Dee. Kirby reached out in the midst of his jump causing him to move forward and collide into his blue blob and red ball companions. The three crashed down onto the floor just next to the small green sheeted bed as the small winged insect flew out the still open window. The trio, dazed and confused lay there as stars spun round their heads.

Upon hearing the sound of soft knocking though the pink ball on top immediately jumped up and rushed towards his small door. Hopping up to the door handle, Kirby pulled on the door, unfortunately squishing him against the wall once pulled but this didn't seem to bother him.

As soon as the little hero got out from behind his own door he saw standing in the doorway a young girl with short black hair, mostly covered by a bright red beret. She had bluish-gray eyes and wore a long-sleeve green collared smock and short grey skirt.

"Hello Kirby." The girl said in a soft and slightly timid voice.

"Adeweene." Kirby chirped proceeding to towards the girl, embracing her in a hug as he pressed his forehead against her single button near the top of her shirt. Dee and Gooey began to get up while hearing the small chatter from outside.

"Did I hear Kirby say Adeleine is here?" The sailor asked as he picked up his tattered hat that had fallen off his head upon his own falling off the bed, and began dusting it.

"Well she's standing in the doorway talking with Kirby so I would presume yes." Gooey said, who having fallen closest to the doors view and was able to see Kirby begin to lead the young artist inside.

As Kirby entered the room jumping up and down ecstatically Adeleine greeted Gooey and Dee "Hello Gooey, hello Dee."

Adeleine paused as she watched the waddle Dee gently pat his old sailor hat, before saying "Uh, Dee are you sure you don't want me to fix that up?"

Dee raised his head upon hearing Adeleine and then looked down at his sailor hat. "No, I'm okay, these cuts are precious memories for me." Dee replied as he placed his hat on his head once more.

"Oh, very well then." Adeleine replied, pausing in spoken words to wonder what significance the hat contained for the small waddle dee.

"Paint, paint Adweene." Kirby chirped as he bounced up and down beside the painter.

"Ooooh yes please do." Gooey joined in as his tongue tinged in delight.

"Sure." Adeleine beamed having already begun setting up her equipment up by the time Gooey joined in to make the pleads for paint a chorus.

Kirby's small house was soon enveloped with cheerful chatter as the friends made general communication.


About an hour had passed since the young artist arrived and treated her friends to painted food that came fresh from the canvas and it was now that Adeleine raised a topic for the four friends to discuss.

"Did any of you hear about the find in the library?" The painter asked as she took a small bite from her sandwich.

"Library?" Kirby asked.

"Nah, I was here pretty early." Gooey replied as an apple vanished into his dark void of a stomach.

Dee on the other hand swallowed his cookie quickly despite a lack of a mouth (for that matter how does he even talk) and stroked his chin or where he would have a chin if he did have one.

"Well, while I was running through town I did notice a distinct lack of people." Dee commented.

"That would be because everyone was gathering outside the library." Adeleine replied.

"Why would they, the library isn't that special?" Gooey asked in response.

"It's because they found the journal of Takahiro." The ten year old painter answered.

Dee lowered the bottle of water in his hands and with wide eyes exclaimed "Takahiro's journal, does that mean he's back?"

"Takahiro?" asked both Kirby and Gooey as they tilted their bodies to the side.

"Yeah, Takahiro, he went off into the forbidden area of Whispy's Woods eight years ago and never returned." Dee said.

"So, this taka-whatmacallit guy has returned?" Gooey asked as his interest already began to wane.

"No, they've found his journal that he took with him eight years ago." Adeline replied.

"So someone found it and delivered it to the library?"

"No the librarian found it on her desk in the morning."

"So someone broke in and placed it there?"

"No signs of forced entry."

"So it just appeared?"

"Apparently."

Gooey did not reply straight away to the young girl this time despite how he had been doing so rapidly but after a short moment of silence the blue ball shouted "That sounds awesome!"

Gooey had developed quite a bit of excitement from the conversation however before he could speak again Dee contributed to the conversation "So this book has suddenly appeared and everyone thinks it was written by Takahiro."

"The librarian called round Professor Iru and he confirmed it was written by him." The painter replied.

"Iru?" Kirby said questioningly.

"Oh, he's a good friend of Takahiro's." Adeleine replied.

"This does seem awfully strange." stated Dee as he finished off his bottle of water.

"Oh yeah, this all seems so mysterious, it's awesome!" Gooey yelled with joy.

"If you liked that, you'll love this next part then." Adeleine said in a lower, quieter tone.

This piqued the three round creature's interest as they focused their attention on the young artist as she began to speak "In the journal Takahiro tells of how he manoeuvred his way through Hollow Woods and found an ancient ruin built, the remains of a temple from long ago by a near ancient civilisation."

The three were now drawn in by the topic Adeleine was telling them about.

"It was in these ruins that he found tablets describing a worshipped treasure of the people, an item they claimed as their masterpiece that they sealed away deep underground in their former temple." Adeleine finished with the trio mesmerised by the topic.

"Poyoooooooo." Kirby chirped drawing out his poyo longer than usual

Dee used his hand to push his sailor hat on his head properly as he asked out loud "I wonder what this treasure is they speak of?"

"Who cares, a lost treasure means an excuse for an adventure, and yes I've been waiting for this since you left me out of the last one." Gooey yelled with joy and excitement as he bounced up and down repeatedly as his tongue flailed in the air.

"I too would like to see this ancient races idea of a masterpiece however..."

"What?" Gooey and Dee asked simultaneously as Adeleine looked at her two questioning friends.

"We have to go through the Hollow Woods." A silence was formed as both Gooey and Dee were frozen on the spot.

The other two upon realising the difficulty in getting through the incredibly dangerous and forbidden section looked down at the floor glumly.

"On second thoughts, this doesn't seem too safe." Dee said quietly as if he was talking to himself.

"Yeah, I don't think even I could get all the way through," Gooey stated "but I'm sure Kirby could." and at that the artist, the waddle dee and the dark matter made being turned to stare at the innocent pink puffball who greeted the looks with a wave.

"Hey Kirby, want to go on an adventure with us tomorrow?" Gooey asked as he bounded his way closer to Kirby. Kirby though about this for a second but then shook his body (because of a lack of a head).

Gooey was disappointed with this but then Dee added in
"Hey you could find a lot of treasure and use it to buy lots of food."

At this Kirby just walked over to his large treasure chest and tipped it over. In doing so the chest fell down and gold, sparkling treasures poured out of it. Adeleine and Dee just stood gawking at the pile of artefacts and gold coins where as Gooey just murmured to himself "I forgot about you and Partners journey in that cave."

Kirby gave a slight nod smiling happily when Adeleine came up with an idea to convince the gluttonous hero.

"Kirby did you hear about some of the rumours going about town." Adeleine asked a question to which the pink puffball shook his body.

"There have been many about the treasure, some say its money, others say it's a weapon, and some say it's a work of art however one rumour says that the treasure is in fact a super Maximum Tomato." As Adeleine had finished Kirby had begun to imagine him walking in to find a giant maximum tomato and every time he ate a bit it would reappear.

"Is the treasure really a tomato?" Gooey asked sincerely, completely believing Adeline's tale.

Kirby was also believing it as he begun to drool, daydreaming with a content look on his face when Adeleine asked him
"So do you want to help us with this adventure?"

Kirby this time jumped up and down with joy, clapping and yelling out "Poyo, Kirby help, Kirby help."

"Very well then, let's set out for the ancient ruin tomorrow." Adeleine stated excitedly.

"Fair enough, I'll go prepare my things then." Dee announced as he began to head for the door.

"Adventure!" Gooey yelled out as he did a quick spin, his eagerness being clearly displayed through his body language.

"See you guys tomorrow morning, outside Whispy Woods right?" Dee both said and asked the remaining group.

"Hai!"


The orange evening sky had come upon Dreamland, and now it was steadily becoming duller and duller as the Mr. Shine prepared to set. The sun's leaving rays shot between mountain peaks and illuminated the spectacled bird as he sat down by the standing rock.

The old croucar brushed his dark red feathers against the tomb stone, brushing the slight dust that was prepared to settle. On it were the words 'Mrs. Youko Iru, loving daughter and wife'. Professor Iru sighed to himself as he continued to stare at the resting place of his beloved, so caught up in thought he was that he didn't notice Ume coming up to him from behind.

"Are we setting out for the ruins tomorrow sir?" Ume asked, her usually active voice tuned down as she gazed at her sitting teacher.

Iru let out another sigh but only audible to himself as he whispered "I'll promise to come back safe my dear."

Professor Iru stood up and turned to Ume with a small grin on his face "We shall my dear, tomorrow we shall."


Well I hope you enjoyed that as much as it irritated me to write a chapter long talk scene (drove me mad trying to think of different ways to keep it interesting). Anyway two reoccuring characters of the Kirby universe will be appearing in the next chapter and though its somewhat easy to guess who they are try and have a guess at who they are anyway.

Niether of the two characters appeared in the chapter but were both mentioned so I will state that Partner Astaroth and Mrs. Youko Iru are my OCs. MINE!

Once again I apoligize for the long delay, it seems I underestimated the effort put into the fanfictions but now I have created a timetable for this fanfic that seems more reasonable.

November: Chapter 3
Christmas: Chapter 4
New Years day: Chapter 5

It is questionable whether I can update the third chapter during November because of two oneshots I' am working on (they are both on my profile page) however I will try my best. I hope you all enjoyed Chapter 2 of Kirby: Ancient Ruin Adventure!