Author's Note: I'm sure some of you guys are happy for the quick update I had made. I am just getting so into the story line! I can't believe this fanfic is going to be over soon. *sniff* I hope you guys enjoy the story!

Chapter 9: The Star Rod

"We have taken over King Dedede!" shouted Chef Kawasaki.

Tiff was lying on her bed when she heard Chef Kawasaki shouting across the hallway. Tuff and his parents were also awaken by the noise. They all got up and walked toward the throne room.

In the throne room, they saw the group of Cappies gathered around the unconscious body of King Dedede. Tiff and Tuff gasped.

"What have you done!?" shouted Tiff.

"We have taken down King Dedede!" exclaimed the mayor.

"But why!?"

" We were tired of King Dedede!" said Curio.

"But that does not mean you have to resort to physical violence!" said Lady Like.

"You Cappies have done a great job!" shouted a strange voice from the large television screen which appeared all of a sudden.

Everyone turned their heads toward the screen. It was Knightmare.

"Look!" pointed out Samo.

Everyone turned their heads again to see Dark Matter rise out of King Dedede's body and disappear. They looked at the screen again to see Knightmare laughing.

"Now the star rod is vulnerable thanks to you guys!" exclaimed Knightmare.

"What!?" shouted Tiff.

"You mean because we knocked down King Dedede the star rod is vulnerable!?" shouted the mayor incredulously.

"Yes! Now it is time for us to get the star rod!" Knightmare quickly disappeared along with Dark Matter.

"No!" shouted Tiff.

"It's too late…Knightmare got the star rod. The star rod is the only way we can defeat Knightmare and Dark Matter! What should we do!?" exclaimed Tuff.

"I don't know…" muttered Tiff.

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Sword and Blade walked close by Meta Knight as they made their journey way home. It was an eventless journey. They merely retraced their steps back to Cappy Town, but this time they avoided the village of the Poppy Bros for obvious reasons.

Along the way, Sword and Blade told Meta Knight stories of what happened to them. For once, Meta Knight was smiling under his mask happy to be with Sword and Blade. They were more than just his workers….they were his friends.

The sky was clear and the sunlight beamed down on the landscape. Despite the heavy armor and heat, Sword and Blade moved on. They wanted to prove Meta Knight how much stronger they had gotten since he had left them, but they also wanted to get to Cappy Town as soon as possible. After hearing what Meta Knight had told them, they cannot afford to waste anymore time.

After two days of journeying, they saw the blue sparkling ocean from the distance and the castle of King Dedede ahead as well.

"We made it!" shouted Blade.

Sword and Blade started to run ahead of Meta Knight. They had to make sure that the rebellion had not started. Once they reached the gates with Meta Knight behind, the Waddle Dees looked down and quickly opened the gate.

They ran into the castle and quickly entered the throne room, but they saw that it was empty.

"Where is King Dedede?" asked Blade.

"They rebelled…it's too late..." muttered Tiff from behind.

The three knights turned their heads and saw Tiff looked down.

"I tried my best to hold them off. I even showed the Cappies the video Blade took, but they still rebelled. It was like they were tired of King Dedede before this all happened." said Tiff.

"So it was YOU who took my camera!?" shouted Blade.

Sword slapped Blade's head. "We shouldn't worry about something like that. We got a more important issue going on."

"But it my camera…" mumbled Blade.

"Do not worry Tiff. It was not your fault. We should go to the Fountain of Dreams and face-off Knightmare and Dark Matter. They cannot use the star rod, but they can keep it away from Kirby so they will not be able to be defeated easily." said Meta Knight.

"Then what are we waiting for!? Let's go to the Fountain of Dreams!" shouted Sword.

"It's too late for that!" shouted Knightmare.

Knightmare appeared in middle of the throne room with the star rod in his possession.

"Well that ruined the plotline..." mumbled Sword.

"Yeah…I actually wanted to go to Rainbow Resort. It sounds fun!" said Blade.

"You do realize that Rainbow Resort is not an ACTUAL resort." interrupted Tiff.

"It's not?" said Sword and Blade in unision.

A dark beam nearly struck Sword and Blade. They quickly jumped out of the way and saw Dark Matter by Knightmare's side.

"We need to get the star rod," said Meta Knight.

"I have an idea. We can distract Knightmare so one of us can grab the star rod." suggested Tiff.

"I can distract Knightmare," said Blade.

"Then go for it!"

Blade jumped into the middle of the room, facing Knightmare. "Hey look! I'm a distraction!" He was waving his hand and sticking his tongue out.

Sword and Meta Knight face palmed.

"What on earth are you doing?" asked Knightmare.

Meta Knight jumped up to grab the star rods, but Dark Matter appeared and threw a powerful beam toward Meta Knight. Sword pushed Meta Knight out of the way.

"Thank you Sword."

"No prob."

"Great…Dark Matter is defending Knightmare. We need a way to distract them both," said Tiff.

Tuff and Kirby entered the throne room. Tiff turned around and runs up to them.

"What is going on!?" demanded Tuff.

"Knightmare and Dark Matter returned. We need to take away the star rod and give it to Kirby so they can easily be defeated."

Blade threw a stone at Knightmare's head. "Come and get me!"

Knightmare faced Blade, but Dark Matter threw another powerful beam. Blade jumped over the beam and faced Dark Matter.

"What the hell was that for!? I wasn't taunting you!" roared Blade.

Sword ran up to Knightmare and swung his sword, but Knightmare quickly teleported away. He reappeared behind Blade and swiped him off his feet.

Tuff ran back into the throne room, after leaving unexpectedly, and threw a torch at Kirby. Kirby instinctively inhaled the torched and transformed into fire Kirby. Kirby ran forward and blew fire at Knightmare.

Knightmare disappeared to avoid Kirby's attack. He reappeared behind Kirby and struck Kirby so hard that the pink puffball was sent flying to the wall.

"He's treating Kirby like he's some damn volley ball," muttered Sword.

Sword raised his sword and ran toward Knightmare, but the villain teleported once again. When Knightmare reappeared, Blade swung his sword and slashed Knightmare. Knightmare dropped the star rod from his hands.

"Kirby!" shouted Blade.

Kirby slowly got up and rubbed his head, but as soon as he spotted the star rod on the ground, the pink puffball ran toward it. Dark Matter saw Kirby and threw a powerful beam toward him, but Meta Knight jump in the way and used his sword to deflect the attack.

"Go on Kirby!" ordered Meta Knight.

Kirby grabbed the star rod and held it up.

"No! We refuse to accept defeat!" shouted Knightmare.

"Well too bad! We got the star rod in our possession! Kirby is now gonna kick your ass!" Blade turned his attention to Kirby. "Go on Kirby! Kick their asses already!"

Kirby jumped up and struck Dark Matter with his star rod. Dark Matter eyes shot open. Kirby swung his star rod once again and shot the stars beams at Dark Matter. Dark Matter collapsed, leaving Knightmare on his own.

"Well Knightmare, you are overpowered by the star rod," said Meta Knight.

"No…I cannot be defeated this easily!" said Knightmare.

"Uh…yes you can," said Sword.

Kirby jumped up and threw a star beam at Knightmare. Knightmare screamed and disappeared. Dark Matter had also disappeared.

"We finally got rid of Knightmare and Dark Matter!" cheered Sword.

"Only because Kirby had the star rod, but you two had done a good job," said Meta Knight.

"We sure did." said Blade.

"Hey…w-what happened here?" King Dedede rubbed his head and slowly got up. His three knights came up to him.

"You blacked out sir." replied Meta Knight.

The others easily caught on what Meta Knight was trying to do. King Dedede stood up straight and sat on his chair.

"Hey Blade, can you unclog the toilet for me?"

Blade tightened his first, but Meta Knight touched his shoulders. "Calm down. You now do realize why we cannot hurt King Dedede as much as we want to."

"Can't you ask the Waddle Dee's for that?" retorted Blade.

"But you're here so I'm asking you!" shouted King Dedede. He pointed at Sword. "And YOU! Get me some chicken wings!"

Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby had already walked out of the throne room to enjoy the rest of their day.

"Great…and I thought King Dedede couldn't get worse," muttered Blade.

"And YOU Meta Knight! I want you to clean up my room!" shouted King Dedede.

"Let us go do our jobs," sighed Meta Knight.

And so everything is back to normal….well almost. This fanfic had come so far and I'm glad you guys are enjoying it! ^^ So the next chapter will definitely be the last and I can finally call this yet another complete fanfic! ^^