Day 8

The room was darker than usual when Sword opened his eyes. He rose from his bed and opened the curtains, making sure that he closes his eyes to avoid being blinded by the sun. Instead of the blinding sunlight bursting through the window, the sky was a dreary gray. The sky looked as if it was going to rain any second.

"Good morning Sword," muttered Blade as he rose from his bed.

"The day look so terrible and yet we still have to go outside," said Sword who felt a little down because of the dreary weather.

Blade walked up to the window and he too felt dreary because of the weather.

"Do you want to get some breakfast?" asked Blade.

"Sure," muttered Sword.

They dragged themselves off the castle and into Chef Kawasaki's place. They sat on their usual seat and placed their usual order. The restaurant felt unusually calm today; maybe it was the weather?

"Sword and Blade, are you guys ready?!" yelled Tuff as he ruined the mood of this whole story.

"What do you want? We're eating," muttered Blade.

"What's with everyone today? Everyone is so tired. I even had to force Tiff to wake up this morning. It's just a cloudy day," complained Tuff.

"This kid is annoying me. I just came here to have a peaceful breakfast in this dreary day; but NOOOOOO! This kid had to go whining 'are you guys ready?' While we are having our stupid nauseating breakfast," complained Blade.

"What's wrong with you today," muttered Tuff.

"Just tell me where you want to go, so we can get it over with!" snapped Blade.

"Don't worry Tuff, it's just the weather getting to Blade. It's amazing how a lack of sunlight can put this fellow down," said Sword who seemed to be taunting Blade.

"Are you suggesting that I need anger management?!" snapped Blade.

"I take that back, it was definitely the lack of sleep from the party last night," said Sword.

"I want to go to the bar," muttered Blade.

"It's a Sunday, it's closed," said Tiff.

"What do you mean?! I though it was for bars that serve alcoholic beverages!" cried out Blade.

"It's called a day off, everyone needs one," said Tiff.

"You mean like we're having?" asked Blade.

"No, we have a vacation. It's like a day off but longer," corrected Sword.

"C'mon, I want to go now!" cried out Tuff.

"You want to go the bathroom. I'm sorry to say this but there is no bathroom in this cheap restaurant," said Sword.

"I mean I want to go rock climbing now!"

"You should have been specific,"

"Can we just have our breakfast first?" asked Blade.

"Fine," muttered Tuff.

Sword and Blade managed to swallow their breakfast without making any nauseating sounds. They walked out of the restaurant with Tiff and Tuff. They first went to Kirby's place to pick him up. Sword knocked on Kirby's door, but when he peered through the window, Kirby was asleep.

The door to Kirby's house was unlocked, so Sword and Blade entered the house and stood by Kirby's bed. Kirby was snoring softly as he lied face up on his bed.

"RISE AND SHINE KIRBY!" screamed Sword and Blade at the top of their lungs.

Kirby jumped up from his bed and ran out of the door.

"First Tuff, now Kirby. We're not good at surprising people," said Sword.

Kirby ran to Tiff and hid behind her. Sword and Blade walked out of the house, looking very confused.

"I'm not even going to ask," said Tiff.

They arrived at the base of the mountains. Tuff held the supplies, which they are going to need in order to climb the mountain. The sky was still dreary, but there was no sign of rain, yet.

"Are you ready?" asked Tiff to everyone.

"Let's just get this over with," said Blade.

"Sword, can you toss the rope up to that edge. The hook is going to grab onto the edge and we can use the rope to climb up," instructed Tiff.

Sword tossed the hook towards the edge, but he missed and the hook wound up hitting his head. Sword collapsed.

"Are you alright!" cried out Tiff.

"Don't worry, I am fine," muttered Sword.

Sword quickly got up and tossed the hook again. This time, the hook grabbed the edge and Sword gave the rope a slight tug to make sure it was tight.

"Who's climbing first?" asked Sword.

"I am!" yelled Tuff.

Tuff grabbed the rope and began to scale the mountain. Everyone looked at Tuff who seemed to have trouble getting off the ground.

"C'mon Tuff, put some weight into it!" roared Sword.

"Are you calling me fat!" cried out Tuff.

"Yes you are, and if you want to prove that you are not, then climb the dang cliff!" retorted Sword, who became very impatient.

Everyone else, except for Kirby who merely floated up, climbed the ledge by using the rope. Even though they were only 20 feet up the mountain, they could see all of Cappy Town from down below.

"I just realized that King Dedede's castle is much bigger than Cappy Town," said Blade.

Sword struggled to pull the hook of the ledge. The hook snapped off the ledge and struck a nearby hornet nest. The hornets rushed out of their home and surrounded Sword.

"Ahh!" screamed Sword as the hornets blocked his vision.

He accidentally fell of the ledge. Blade looked down and saw Sword lying face down.

"Are you alright?" screamed Tuff.

"I'm still alive," muttered Sword.

Blade tossed the rope to Sword and Sword climbed up to the ledge, again. Blade tossed the hook onto a higher ledge and everyone repeated the same process until they were halfway up the mountain. Once they were halfway, they spotted a path making the climb much easier.

"Hey, wait a second. Why couldn't we take this path instead of climbing all the way up here?" complained Sword.

"I said I wanted to go rock climbing. We already went hiking," said Tuff.

"Figures," replied Blade.

"Let's go see Dyna Blade," suggested Tuff.

"That's a great idea since we're already up on this mountain," said Tiff.

Kirby "poyo" ed, showing that he agrees too. Everyone followed Tiff into a small cave. When everyone looked to see what was in the cave, they saw the Dyna Blade chick.

"What is that!" cried out Blade.

"It's Dyna Blade's chick," said Tiff.

"Sounds so familiar…nope, never heard of one," said Sword.

"Hello there Dyna Blade chick," greeted Tuff.

"Poyo!" squealed Kirby.

"Yeah, what he said," said Sword.

The Dyna Blade chick walked up to Blade and stared at him.

"What is it doing?" asked Blade.

"It's just trying to get to know you," said Tiff.

Suddenly, the Dyna Blade chick pecked Blade's head continuously. Blade stumbled out of the cave and fell of the ledge. Everyone looked as Blade fell 30 feet off mountain. Luckily, Blade landed on a ledge. Sword tossed the rope to Blade and Blade managed to climb back up to the cave.

"I really hate that bird," muttered Blade.

"It's almost lunch time, we should leave," said Tiff.

"Thank you! Let's go now!" exclaimed Blade.

Before Blade stepped out of the small cave, rain began to pour from the sky.

"I really hate this day," muttered Blade.

It was raining so heavily that it would be impossible to climb or walk down the mountain without slipping off the edge which is exactly what happen to Blade who impatiently walked out of the cave and slipped of the ledge. Sword had to toss the rope, again.

"I guess we're stuck in this cave," said Tiff.

"No!" cried out Blade.

"I brought some cards, do any of you guys want to play?" asked Tuff.

"Since there is ABSOLUTELY nothing to do….okay," said Blade.

"Does anyone know how to play go fish?" asked Tiff.

"Yeah, we can," said Sword.

Everyone gathered in a small circle and began to play cards. The Dyna Blade chick watched them as they laid looked at their hands.

"Do you have a 7?" asked Blade.

"You wish," replied Sword.

Blade grumbled some colorful language under his breath as he grabbed a card from the pile that stood in the center. The sun stood barely on the horizon when the rain finally stopped.

"It stopped raining!" exclaimed Tuff.

"Finally!" cried out Blade.

"Bye Dyna Blade chick!" exclaimed Tuff.

Everyone waved to the chick as they walked down the mountain. When they arrived in Cappy Town, they were all extremely hungry because they didn't have any lunch. They all had a big dinner at Chef Kawasaki's place. Sword and Blade were finally getting used to the food.

"You know, once you get used to the food, this ain't so bad," complimented Sword.

"I agree," said Blade.

After their big dinner, they walked back to the castle and slammed the door open to their room. The sat on their bed and turned on the television because it was still too early to sleep.

"Hello Sword and Blade," greeted Meta Knight as he entered the room.

"Hey Meta Knight," responded Sword and Blade in unison.

"How was your day?" asked Meta Knight.

"I swear Meta Knight is being sarcastic," muttered Blade.

"Today was alright," said Sword.

For some reason, Sword felt like he was half lying this time. Normally he lied about having a good day, but this time, it wasn't so bad. Well, today was still terrible for them. Sword turned off the television and wrapped himself in his blanket. Blade did the same.

"Tomorrow the townspeople are going to play some sports. Get plenty of rest," said Meta Knight.

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Yep, Sword and Blade are going to play sports with the Cappies. Let's see how's that going to turn out! ;D

I am going to follow a strict updating formula. I will update my "Yoshi's Island fic" next, then my "SSBB fic" next, then this! Just in case there are those who got me on author alert. ^_^ This is just an experiment. Well, there in only two more chapters left. I am going to miss writing this fic, but I want it to be short. Sorry folks. -_-

Hope you enjoyed the story. Please review! I would to hear what you got to say about this fic!