Chapter 7: Torpedo Dive

Edited (11/22/18): I added a boss title.

The trio is flying through the air at fast speeds. They were heading in the direction of one of a small isle in the archipelago. They then eventually face-planted on the beach, with debris of sand flying everywhere.

Bandana Dee is the first to stand up. He had no scratch over him despite the landing. "Cannons are the best!"

"Cannons are the worst!" Elline stood up and yelled.

"Poyo, poyo." Kirby shook the sand off his face and looked around the new area. He rolled away without their notice.

"Like I said Elline, you'll get used to them in time." Bandana Dee chirped.

"Oh I'm getting used to them alright. I'm getting use to despising them!"

"One of these days you'll see the joy of being blasted into the oblivion." The waddle dee shrugged.

"That day will never come. I guarantee it." She replied.

"Poyo!" Kirby yelled at the duo from up the beach.

Bandana Dee and Elline went over to him and widened their eyes once they saw that he is pointing at another canvas stand.

"This will definitely help us. And I know just what to transform you guys into." Elline said.

"Oh, not just Kirby? Me too!? And what's that!?" Bandana Dee asked with huge excitement in his voice.

"You'll see…" she winked.

She quickly transformed, drew a picture of a submarine, then slapped it onto Kirby.

Except he wasn't the submarine that was portrayed on the canvas. Kirby blinked in surprise when he looked like Coo the owl. Bandana Dee sighed and facepalmed.

"Sorry! I wanted to see how Kirby looked like if he was an owl." Elline grinned.

She quickly slapped over him again and turned him into the correct transformation, the Kirby Submarine. He was mostly the same as before. Some of the differences are an increase in size and his legs have been transfigured into a single propeller. A noticeable feature is the small seat inside a small, round and durable glass window on his head.

"Next in line!" Elline announced cheerfully.

"Are you gonna transform me this time instead of giving me an item?" Bandana Dee said with an annoyed tone.

"It's an actual transformation. Don't worry." she said with a suspicious smile.

Elline slapped the drawing onto Bandana Dee. To his surprise, he is a submarine like Kirby. He didn't have a round window on his head and the propeller is his royal blue bandana.

"No! Why did you change my bandana into the propeller!? I have legs too you know. Now it will be wet once we get in the water!" he cried.

"Why didn't you put it away before I transformed you?" The fairy replied and shrugged.

"You… is this your way of revenge against me for liking cannons!?" he glared.

She giggled at the thought. "So are you guys, are we ready to go? That rainbow bridge won't come to us." The fairy said with a happy tone, completely ignoring the question.

"Speaking of the bridge... how do you know it's in the deep?" The waddle dee narrowed his eyes at her.

"Call it a sixth sense. I AM a rainbow being with the personality of the rainbow." she smiled.

"More like the personality of a manipulator…" Bandana Dee mumbled under his breath.

"What was that!?" Elline glared.

"Nothing! Let's go on ahead, my very best friend!" Bandana Dee said happily. Elline rolled her eyes and smiled.

The two submarines hopped on the beach and jumped in the dark water.

"Wait, how you going to go underwater?" Bandana Dee asked.

"I'll be riding on Kirby Submarine." She replied.

"Poyo?" Kirby opened his cockpit window. Elline flew over to him and landed on the seat. The window automatically closed when she sat down.

"It's so comfy in here." Elline said.

The two submarines dived in the water. The ocean is vast but they followed a trail underwater. They descended through a small rocky area and entered a cave. They came across rubble of boulders blocking their way.

"Kirby, you can fire torpedoes in this form." Elline said. "But since I can't leave without drowning, you'll have to aim them without my help.

He fired three torpedoes at once and it destroyed the rubble, allowing them to continue. Sawgills were swimming in the area. They are large green fishes with chainsaws on their noses. Despite their intimidating appearance, they showed no hostility towards the submarines. The blippers of the deep were another story. They tried attacking them on sight and many came in hordes. The two submarines quickly defeated them and moved on. The underwater current is strong in certain areas. It allowed them to move to areas more quickly than before but the catch is that they couldn't turn back.

Large sea shells were resting on rocks. Crabbos were trying to open them using their sea-foamed bombs. Half of the bombs were caught in the current and it floated towards the trio as they swam by.

"Can't they do that at another time?" Bandana Dee wondered.

"I guess not. At least you guys can blast them away."

"Poyo."

They passed by the area without too much trouble and descended even more. In the next area, a green seaweed with pink testicles is staring at them. It then fired its own torpedoes at them. The submarines dodged and countered with their torpedoes. They fired a few more and they destroyed the deepsee. The number of the deepsees increased as they moved on. Eventually, a larger one came out of hiding.

It moved faster than the normal deepsee, making it difficult for the submarines to target it. It momentarily stopped in place and fired torpedoes at them. Kirby and Bandana Dee countered it with their own torpedoes. It used that moment of collision to move around the area again at fast speeds. They watched it roam around and waited for it to stop. They fired at it the moment it stopped and destroyed it after a number of blows.

"We should be almost there." Elline reminded. "Just a few more ways to go."

They swam around some sawgills and descended to the bottom of the ocean floor. The trio saw a massive dark hole in the center of a hill, surrounded by red coral.

"This isn't right… There should be a rainbow bridge here." Elline said.

"We should take a closer look." Bandana Dee suggested.

Elline was hesitant on that idea but it didn't stop Kirby from moving closer.

As they got close, the dark hole expelled bubbles. This forced the submarines to stop and retreat. The bubbles got stronger and stronger until eventually a giant blue squid emerged from the hole. The golden eye squid wore a dark blue pirate hat. It pulled out a pipe and blew sea-foam bubbles from it.

"Who do ye landlubbers think ye are, trespassin' into me lair?" it demanded.

"We weren't trespassing." Elline said timidly. "We were—"

"That don't matter. I, the Claykken will send the three of ye, into the Claykken Cia's locker." he exclaimed.

Seaworld Scoundrel - The Claykken

"Claykken Cia's locker?" Bandana Dee questioned.

He grew spikes from one of his tentacles and stuck it down the hole. The tentacle appeared behind Kirby and it struck him onto the ocean floor

"Kirby, are you okay? Elline asked while shaking her head.

"Poyo." He nodded. The puffball looked up and saw the tentacle approaching him. Kirby fired torpedoes at the tentacle and damaged it.

"Ye'll pay for that, scallywag!" the Claykken yelled. The squid pulled out another spiky tentacle and aimed at Bandana Dee. He dodged it and countered with his torpedoes.

The Claykken equipped both of its spiky tentacles and hid it down his hole. It appeared behind the two submarines and they got struck by them.

"Owww…" Bandana Dee moaned.

"I'm not finished." The Claykken continued its assault in the same manner.

Kirby and Bandana Dee noticed the bubbles that'll appear out of the red coral every time the Claykken hides its tentacles. Once the bubbling stops, a tentacle will emerge from it. They used the opportunities to deal heavy damage to the Claykken's tentacles.

"Grrrr…" The Claykken moaned. It then sunk down the hole.

"Is it gone?" Bandana Dee wondered.

"Over here, ya lubbers!" it yelled from behind. The squid fired balls of ink from its underside. Some of the ink hit Kirby's face.

"Poyo!" He and collapsed onto the ocean ground.

"Kirby! Hang in there!" Elline yelled.

The Claykken laughed at his struggles. It stopped when Bandana Dee got its attention by firing torpedoes at it. It started spinning quickly and shot itself at him. He dodged but the squid continued this attack for a while. Meanwhile, Elline was trying to find a way to help Kirby.

"That ink's going to take a while to wash off. So, you're going to have to do what I say." She gulped.

Kirby nodded. He was confident in her guiding him but Elline wasn't confident in herself.

"I don't know about this…but hopefully nothing bad happens…"

"Umm, go up." She commanded.

Kirby rose up but didn't stop. "Now stop and turn right." He turned left. "No, your right not—"

"Kirby! Watch out!" Bandana Dee yelled.

The Clayyken was coming at them. Kirby looked around rapidly. "Down! Down!" Elline yelled. they narrowly dodged the Claykken's attack. "Now fire a torpedo."

"Poyo?" He fired one in different directions. One of them hit the red coral at the bottom and reduced it to rubble. The Claykken stopped and looked towards the ruined coral. It turned red in anger.

"How dare ye!" it yelled. "I'll tear ye apart, piece by piece."

The squid extended a spiky tentacle at them. "Go down! Go down!" he descended until he hit something hard. Elline noticed what it is. "Wait, we could use this thing."

The squid spun around and shot at them. "Move left!" Kirby moved right instead of left but the squid hit the large rock that Kirby himself hit. The collision made him dizzy. Its tentacles opened up and it revealed a red bump. "Fire straight ahead!" Not knowing what he was going to fire at, Kirby fired directly at the bump. Bandana Dee joined in the fray. The amount of blasts heavily injured the Claykken. It lost consciousness and fell back into hole. Moments later, the rainbow bridge shined from it and it extended above the surface and into the sky. The ink around Kirby's eyes disappeared as well.

"Poyo!" he said happily.

"Your eyes… they're back to normal!" She would squeeze him in delight but since they're underwater, she decided that she'll do it later.

"How could a rainbow bridge be underwater?" Bandana Dee asked.

"It works in mysterious ways I guess." she shrugged.

Kirby and Bandana Dee looked at her in disbelief.

"A-anyways, shall we?" she asked after seeing the looks they gave her.

The submarines traveled over the rainbow and reached the surface in an instant. Both of them returned to normal and Elline left Kirby's "interior". They traveled on the rainbow to world it'll guide them into. They are one step closer to saving Popstar and Elline and Claycia's friendship.

In a large palace somewhere, the Grab Hands are seen waiting for something to arrive.

"It's… been a while… since we last… done something…" said the left.

"Yess… but…. It'll change…" said the right.

"Hopefully… Claycia must… have it… finished… by now…"

A very large shadow appeared over them. The hands looked above and flew towards the shadow. The image of the shadow resembled an artist...

I tried so hard on creating character in the Claykken. I don't know how to write in a pirate language lol. Anyways, I have some update news about the fanfic and it'll be coming very soon. I'll post the update on my deviant account so look forward to that I guess.