Impa, the Hyrulian forces and their allies traveled quite a ways to reach King Dedede's territory located in the wastelands, the wastelands were home to several structures and old buildings, some would assume that these are the ruins of Kirby's people but others would say otherwise. Regardless of what they were, King Dedede retreated here after supposedly capturing Zelda, so they marched towards the wastelands unaware that Kirby was still in the hands of the mysterious warrior known as Meta Knight.
"How much further?" Link asked.
"It shouldn't be any further, according to our patrol it should be a mile up ahead," Impa answered.
"Okay we'll stop and wait at the halfway point," Pit said.
Meanwhile Kirby is seen jumping from tree to tree taking down incoming targets along the way and then he eventually finishes up.
"You seem to know a lot about combat for your age, good job, but I'm not quite impressed, let's run it again," Meta Knight said pointing at the start, Kirby just stood there trying to figure out what he did wrong so he went back and ran through the course as quick as he could trying not to miss a target.
"He's quite determined," Sword knight said.
"Looks like it," Meta knight said watching Kirby closely.
"What do you think, sir?" Blade knight asked.
"With this type of determination I can't really tell," Meta Knight answered.
Meanwhile with King Dedede who's talking with two figures on a massive screen one being taller than the other and thicker than the other, the shorter one looked a lot more human and wore what looked like a hat, the other looked like a dragon of some type with horns on his head and had what looked like hair and had a round body
"You know I really don't get what the big deal is, Hyrule is crippled because of the loss of their princess," King Dedede said confused.
"What about the his piece of his soul you were supposed to collect?" The bigger figure asked.
"Well... We can focus on the fragments now that Hyrule is too busy looking for Zelda," King Dedede answered
"You idiot, you were supposed to find it, he will not be pleased," the shorter figure responded in an angry tone.
"Hey look no one even knows where they're located," King Dedede said trying to talk his way out
"Besides we couldn't find a spirit fragment in the castle."
The two figures sat there silent before the big one spoke.
"Have you tried searching the wastelands?" He asked.
"I have my troops searching it now, so far they found nothing," King Dedede answered. "well keep looking before they find the princess," the small figure said. "don't worry, they won't find her anytime soon," King Dedede said with a grin on his face
With Impa and the Hyrulian forces who arrive at a massive wall that is seen in the distance
"Alright stay here, I'll be back with Zelda and Kirby," Impa said before climbing a mountain and runs towards the prison camp, once she was high enough she jumps into the camp before making her way to the prison cells on the other side of the camp, she looks in each cell and finds nothing in them.
"Where are they?" She asked herself.
Meanwhile Kirby is seen running the course over and over again, he finishes a 7th time and runs over to Meta Knight
"Alright that's enough for now, Kirby, you have succeeded the 5th time you ran the course," he said seeing Kirby almost out of breath.
"Can I... Get some rest?" He asked trying to catch his breath
"Five minutes" Meta Knight answered pointing at a corner where he can rest, he walks over to the corner and sits down.
"Kid's quite determined, what do you think, sir?" Blade Knight asked.
"He's the one alright," Meta knight said.
"It's a matter of how quick we can train him,"
"How quick? How come sir?" Sword knight asked.
"It's only a matter of time until they find the fragments of his spirit," Meta knight answered.
"He has to be ready."
Back with Impa who has just checked the last prison cell for any sign of Zelda and Kirby but doesn't find them anywhere
"Where are they?" She asked herself before sneaking out of the camp and meets up with the Hyrulian forces.
"Did you find them?" Link asked before Impa nodded no.
"Where could they be?" Pit asked himself before a spotlight spots them.
"We have intruders, all personal to the gate!" The guard said as the main gate opens and a massive army comes out to fight.
"Looks like we've been caught," Link said pointing at the army charging towards them. "Seems like we don't have a choice, get ready," Impa said drawing her sword.
Back with King Dedede who sees a blinking red light on his dashboard.
"Hold that thought, looks like we have an intruder," he said before looking on screen to see Hyrulian forces fighting his.
"Looks like they're after the princess,"
"You need help?" The big figure asked.
"No I have it under control," he answered before getting on the intercom.
"Send in Bonkers."
Back with Impa, Link, Pit and the Hyrulian forces who are fighting off the small army from the prison camp, Pit shoots arrows at the enemy while Link and Impa charge into the fight taking down enemies one by one helping the Hyrulian forces
"Link, see if you can get up there and destroy those catapults," Impa said pointing at catapults on top of the mountain being loaded with bombs.
"I'm on it," Link said running towards the mountain side and starts climbing it when Impa spots a massive purple gorilla like creature wearing blue pants and had sky blue feet running towards him, his name was bonkers and he wielded a giant hammer. Bonkers pulls out a coconut and throws it at Link and then explodes on impact knocking Link out, Impa runs over to him to see that he's still alive but badly bruised. "take it easy, Link," she said before drawing her sword as Bonkers stands in front of her ready for a fight.
"Picked a bad day to fight a member of the Sheikah."
"What do we do about the catapults?" A soldier asked.
"Leave them to me," Pit said before flying up to the catapults and shoots each one of them with his bow while Bonkers tries to smash Impa with his hammer but she dodges every attack and blocks the hammer with her sword and kicks him in the leg before slicing the hammer in half, Bonkers throws a coconut at her but she gets out of the way in time as he grabs another hammer that a soldier gives him and tries to smash her, but she gets out of the way again.
Meanwhile Kirby is seen trying to balance himself on a rope
"Is this really necessary, sir?" Kirby asked.
"Every warrior needs to be alert no matter what," Meta Knight answered.
"Sword Knight are you in position?"
"Yes sir," Sword Knight answered."
"hit it," Meta Knight said as Sword Knight activates a machine that shoots darts at Kirby, one of the darts hits a tree next to Kirby.
"He's trying to kill me," he said in fear before seeing more darts coming at him. Kirby dodges each one of them but loses his balance and falls off the rope.
"We have a long way to go," Blade Knight said.
Back with Impa who gets knocked down by Bonkers and when walks towards her readying his hammer when Pit aims at him with his bow and shoots him before taking the bow apart and it turns into two blades. Pit goes down to fight Bonkers while King Dedede watches him
"That angel's gonna wipe the floor with Bonkers unless I do something, maybe two of my new heavy knights should make things even," he said before pressing a button, back with Pit who knocks Bonkers down and holds his swords up to his neck
"Where's King Dedede?" He asked before two gigantic knights with red and grey armor appeared with gigantic swords in their hand.
"These are new," Pit said looking at the heavy knights.
"I'll take care of these things, you focus on the giant gorilla," Impa said readying her sword while Link gets up and sees Impa and Pit fighting the three monsters so he draws his sword and charges at the monsters and slices Bonkers' hammer in half before engaging in a massive sword fight with one of the heavy Knights.
"Good to see you back in action, Link," Pit said not noticing Bonkers getting up.
"I'm not that easy to take down," Link said glimpsing over at Pit for a second before paying attention to the fight.
"I'd figure," Pit said before turning around to see bonkers right in front of him.
"Oh boy" Bonkers tries to punch him but Pit ducks and kicks him in the face before grabbing him, flying high up in the air and throws him very far away before coming back down to assist Impa and Link and with their combined efforts destroy the heavy Knights, after the battle a coconut bomb is dropped by Bonkers before being lifted high into the air goes off and uncovers something in the ground
"What was that?" Impa asked before a dark red glowing orb with a yellow glowing center appears from the hole and falls into one of King Dedede's soldiers hands
"I can't believe it, we found it" the soldier said turning around to everyone else.
"Oh no no no no no no!" Impa shouted realizing what it was.
"What is it?" Pit asked.
"That's a spirit fragment" Impa answered.
"One of the four fragments of his spirit."
Impa charged at the solder but gets stopped by an unknown force, she looks to see a dark double of Link standing there while King Dedede watches on screen in excitement.
"YES! We found it! Oh this is a great day, pull all forces out and come on home," he said before his soldiers pulled out while the dark link held off Impa, Link and Pit before disappearing after the forces were far enough then Impa runs after them only to get knocked back by a bunch of explosions that destroy a bridge in front of him.
"So that's what it was all about, they attacked us just for that spirit fragment," Impa said before punching the ground in rage.
later with King Dedede who is holding the spirit fragment in his hands
"Good job, King Dedede, you found one" the big figure said before chuckling a little while the small figure started laughing before speaking.
"I guess attacking Hyrule was a waste of time" he said.
"I wouldn't call it a waste of time" they all heard a voice say as they look around. "who's there?" The big figure demanded an answer.
"Hm it's me, I'm able to speak now that I have been released from one of my four prisons but I can't speak long" the fragment said.
"Where do we find the next fragment?" The small figure asked.
"My next fragment is located in the great forest, go there and find the next spirit fragment" the spirit fragment explained before it stops speaking.
"But where?" King Dedede asked but doesn't receive an answer
"He must need to recover first and all knows how long that'll take" the bigger figure said.
"What matters is that we need to locate the next spirit fragment as soon as possible."
Kirby dodged dart after dart but each time he successfully dodged all of them he falls off the rope.
"You need to focus very closely if you want to pass this course," Meta Knight said before pointing at the way up to the rope signaling him to try again, he sighs and goes back on the rope and gets into position while Blade Knight speaks to Meta Knight. "what is he talking about?" Kirby asked himself.
"I see, it was only a matter of time before they found it," Meta Knight said before the machine starts up.
"Here goes nothing," Kirby said before darts starts shooting at him, instead of dodging them, he punches and kicks them out of the sky and manages to keep his balance, Meta Knight starts clapping.
"Good job, kid, test two complete," he said.
"What's next?" Kirby asked.
"You rest and then we see how good you are at using the environment to your advantage," Meta Knight answered before walking over to the camp site.
"I need to find Zelda," Kirby said. Later, he is seen moving from cover to cover in the forest trying to avoid getting caught and reaches a flag on the other side before running back to where he started.
"Very good," Meta Knight said, soon after several courses and tests, Kirby was done and nearly out of breath
"You did good but I've seen better, however you've passed all the tests and you are ready for one final test" Meta Knight said.
"What... Might that... Be...?" Kirby asked.
"You will face me in battle, if you succeed, you'll be good to go, if you don't succeed, then you will have to run every course and test all over again," Meta Knight explained. "Is that understood?" He asked as Kirby stood there for a minute or so silently before responding.
"Understood," He said.