Chapter 49 – The Darkest Miracle

Team # 2 - Raffina, Chetta, Adeleine, Ribbon

"Woah. So this is Primp Town?"

"Yep. Home sweet home." Chetta said to Ribbon. "Well…besides the giant swirling cloud of darkness forming above us. Hopefully, we get to show you guys a tour when we don't get consumed by bloody darkness."

"Ch-Chetta. Don't say stuff like that." I said to her. Telling her not to jinx everything.

With me being captain, Adeleine, Ribbon, Chetta, and I formed a team and decided to head to for the beach to help people in need and to get some help ourselves. Unfortunately, though…this area wasn't safe from Zero merging the two worlds.

"Geez. Look at this place." I said.

"From the looks of it, this beach has been merged with Orange Ocean." Adeleine said.

"Orange Ocean? Is that a place in Dream Land?" Chetta asked.

"Yes." Ribbon said. "It's one of the many beaches there. O-Or is it here? Or whatever this mess is called."

I don't blame you for being confused, Ribbon.

"So where did your friend ran off to?" Adeleine asked me.

"Oh, yeah. Right." I said with an exasperated sigh.

Before everyone had split into teams, Sig had ran off without letting anyone know. Well…the only person who saw him leave was Dongurigaeru. Who said (according to Lidelle) that it looked like he was heading for the beach. So that's why we came here.

"Well, my guess is that he went to go look for his sister. But figuring out what goes on in that boy's mind is like solving a Rubik's Cube."

"A what?" Adeleine and Ribbon asked.

"N-Not important."

"Well, I just hope the both of them are okay." Chetta said. "It would be cat-tastrophic if they ran into any purr-oblems along the way."

"Do you always make these cat puns?" Adeleine asked.

"Yeah, I do. Cat puns are the most paw-esome way to relax when your 9 lives are in danger. They relax you me-ind, paw-dy, and e-tail-nal soul. Right, my purr-fect little buddy?"

"Meow."

"Uh…Raffina?"

"Chetta really loves cats. Like a lot." I said to Adeleine.

"I-I see…"

"I can tell with her outfit." Ribbon added.

"Isn't it just purr-"

"Chetta, please! Enough with the puns!" I yelled. Unlike Adeleine and Ribbon, who thought the puns were weird, they were starting to get annoying for me.

Like. Really fast.


The four of us continued walking though Primp's Orange Ocean-like beach. Still looking for either Sig or anyone else that we could help fight off these Dark Matter eyeballs or whatever they're called.

That's when we heard…

*girly scream*

"Woah! What was that?!" Adeleine asked.

"It sounds like a little girl's in trouble." Ribbon said.

"Yeah. It did." I said. "But it wasn't a girl."

"Huh?" Both of them were confused.

"Now that I think about it, it sounded a lot like…"

*girly scream*

Chetta was cut off when the owner of the girly scream came rushing out of the nearby palm trees and tall grass.

I want to laugh. And I'm not going to hold it in, either.

"Pfft! Baaahahahahaha! Look at you, Klug! Running around screaming like a little girl! How pathetic for someone like you!"

"R-Raffina?! You're still alive?! And who are you calling pathetic?!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Still alive? Were you expecting me to be dead, you damn jerk?"

"Well, think about it. You and the others just flat out disappeared out of nowhere to who knows where. The only logical outcome is that you dropped dead somewhere. But now that I see that you're alive and breathing…well, it's a bit of a disappointment in my eyes. Although, it's good to have you return safely, Chetta."

"Thanks, Klug." Chetta said.

"Meow."

"Tch. Whatever." I said. "I don't have the time to argue with you. Have you seen Sig anywhere?"

"Sig?"

"He was with us for a bit, but he ran off somewhere."

"And we think he went to look for his sister." Adeleine added.

"So, do you know where he is or not?"

Klug went silent for a bit as he grew his classic (and annoying) smart alec smirk on his face.

Aw, damn. Here we go…

"Well…I did happen to see him just recently. But telling you his exact location will take up most of my valuable time. Too bad you're not a genius like me, Raffina. They do say that brains are better than brawn. Kyahahahaha!"

"Grr…Listen, you nerdy two-shoes little…"

*BOOM*

"Wh-What the?!"

"The heck was that?" Adeleine asked.

"Meow. Meow. Meow."

"Akaineko said it came from up ahead." Chetta translated for her cat.

"Alright, let's go check it out. Later, Four-Eyes."

The four of us then ran past Klug as we began heading towards the source of the load noise.

"H-Hey! W-Wait up! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" Klug yelled as he chased after us.


Our now group of five (yes, I let Klug tag along. He wouldn't shut up about it and Ribbon said that I should leave people behind. No matter much of a jerk they are.) went deeper into the Orange Ocean Primp Beach where we finally saw where the noise came from.

"Sig!"

"Hey *sniff*. Wuffi…Raffina. And Chetta, too."

Wow. He actually got my name right. About time, too.

"Raffina?! You're still alive?!"

"S-Seriously! Why was THAT the first thing to come to your mind?!" I yelled at Peruvis, who was with him.

"Well, when you think about it…"

"You know what, never mind. I don't want to know." I cut off Phoenix before he could throw out an insult at random.

"Did you find Chu, Sig?" Chetta asked.

Sig didn't answer. Instead, he just grew a sad look on his face. And it looked like he was about to cry.

"W-Well…a-about that…" Peruvis said with the same sad look.

"What's with the sad looks?" I asked. But still didn't get a response from Sig.

That's when I grabbed him by the shoulders and stared him down.

"Sig. What happened to Chu?"

"Uh…guys…" Chetta said as she pointed up to the dark cloudy sky.

Up there was something that was coming down really slowly. A creepy white icosahedron-looking thing that was covered in red spots with black centers that resemble eyes. It also kept spinning a lot. Which, with its unnerving back aura around itself, made it even more creepy.

"What…What the hell is this thing?" Klug asked.

"Oh, God no."

"What? You know what it is?" I asked Adeleine.

"Yeah. That thing is…"

"WAAAAAAAAA! IT'S MIRACLE MATTER!" Ribbon screamed in fear.

"Miracle Matter?" The rest of us (except Sig) asked.

"It's another creature of Dark Matter created by Zero. It can use the Copy Abilities as a way to attack. Changing its form as it switches between the 7 that it has." Adeleine explained.

"It also plunged Ripple Star into darkness the first time Zero attacked! I still have nightmares about this thing!" Ribbon added. Still screaming in fear.

"Aw, geez. 7 Copy Abilities…" I said.

"Wait, what the heck are you guys talking about? Copy Abilities? Ripple Star? Zero? Where's all this coming from?" Peruvis asked.

"Sounds like complete nonsense to me." Klug said.

"You call a giant swirling black cloud forming over your world and a bunch of Dark Matter eyes flying around attacking people nonsense?" Adeleine asked.

"Well, duh. Especially with what just came out of your mouth just now. And who are you, anyway?"

"Look. Long story short, I'm Adeleine. That's Ribbon. We're here because our world and this one was fused together by a fallen angel named Zero and we need to stop it. Is that clear enough for you?"

"Makes sense to me." Phoenix said.

"How?!" Klug yelled.

And yet, he's supposed to be the smartest one in class. Pathetic.

"*sniff* Chu…"

"Huh?" I asked as we all turned to Sig.

"Chu…why?"

Woah. Sig's actually crying. This is a big first for me. I thought he didn't have any emotions.

"S-Sig…"

"Look, what we were trying to say before was…that Miracle Matter thing…k-killed Chu." Peruvis said while holding in her tears.

"WHAT?! IT KILLED CHU?!" Chetta, Klug, and I yelled in total shock. Once we said that, though, Sig finally broke down and started crying huge tears.

"Chu! Why?! Why did you had to sacrifice yourself to save me?! I don't deserve to be here right now! You died because of my idiot self! I can never forgive myself for what happened to you! I've failed you as a big brother! WAAAAHAHAHA!"

"Sig…" For the first time in my life, I've felt sorry for someone in a good way. Other than bugs, Chu was the most important thing in Sig's life. And now that she's gone…

"Guys. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"100%, Raffina!" Adeleine said.

"This thing killed my best friend. And I want to claw each of its eyes out!" Chetta said.

"Meow!"

"Hey, guys! Let me help!" Peruvis said. "I may not be all that good at Puyo, but I want to make this thing pay as much as you do!"

"Same goes for me!" Phoenix added. "This thing's gonna need a lot of miracles once this tortured soul's through with it! Nyahahahaha!"

"I want in, too." Klug said.

"Wait, really? You want to help?" I asked him.

"Look, we may not see eye-to-eye with each other…but I understand clearly what's happening. And if this Zero thing can kill an 11-year-old without any remorse whatsoever, then it has no reason to live itself. Now let me help, will you?"

I couldn't believe what was coming out of this guy's mouth.

First Sig crying, and now Klug being caring. This is starting to become way too much for me to handle.

"Hmph. Fine by me." I said as I gave Klug the first (and probably the last) smile I've ever given him. Then turned to the abomination known as Miracle Matter.

"Hey, you! Creepy-ass eye-looking thing!"

The thing stopped spinning and its eyes grew angry from the insult I had just given it.

"Let's…"

"PUYO BATTLE!" We all shouted as we prepared to battle what may be the most difficult opponent in my life.

I'll avenge you, Chu. For your brother's sake.


BOSS: Vs. Miracle Matter


Before the battle could start, we were sucked in and trapped inside a dark blue & black void. I had no idea what I was getting myself and the others into. Since I've never dealt with anything like this in my life.

But there's no way in hell I'm showing any fear. Especially not to this damn thing.

"Bring it, Multi-Eyes!" I yelled. Which only made Miracle Matter angrier.

It then transformed into a fireball with a yellow core in the middle. It then moved itself to the ground and shot out a horizontal column of fire at us.

We all dodged it, but the fact that it did all of that so quickly is what's concerning.

"G-Geez, that speed! This thing's crazy fast for a Dungeons & Dragons die!" Peruvis said.

"Adeleine, what was that?! Is that seriously how it attacks?!" I asked her.

"Yeah. Like I said, Miracle Matter attacks using the Copy Abilities. And this one's the Burning Ability. It's basically the same as Fire. But rumors say its hotter."

"Aw, damn."

"So, is there like any way to beat this thing? Cause I rather not be its next victim." Klug said.

"To beat Miracle Matter, you'll have to attack with the same element or Ability as its current form. Though I guess in this case, we'll just have to use the same colored puyo."

"I see…" All that info gave me an idea. "Hey, Chetta."

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you can draw puyos matching the form this thing takes? Like a lot of them?"

"Hmm…I guess. Never drawn a puyo to life before, but it's worth a shot. Especially at this moment in time. You help me right, Akaineko?"

"Meow."

"Alright! Thanks, you two!" I cheered before turning back to this "Miracle" Matter thing.

As I did so, it had turned back to its original form. Then not long after, transformed into an ice cube tilted on its vertices. Surrounding itself with tiny shards of ice.

"So, I'm guessing this is…"

"Its Ice Ability. It can use the tiny shards of ice to attack." Adeleine explained.

"I see."

Right after I said that, the tiny shards of ice fell to the ground. And soon formed icy twisters that circled the giant ice cubed freak. The wind from them was strong, too. A bit too strong. But I managed to handle it.

Grr…this thing's REALLY lucky that I have my skirt under control. Or else, there would've been hell to pay.

"Chetta! A bunch of blue puyos, stat!" I yelled.

"I'm on it!" Chetta said as she started painting a bunch of blue puyos along with the other four colors. Each of them coming to life before we grabbed them and started stacking them.

"Neige!"

"Fossa!"

"Darkness Dive!"

"Brush Slash!"

It was me, Klug, Peruvis, and Adeleine in that order as we unleashed our attacks. Somehow bypassing the ice twisters and hitting the ice cube itself. And once we did that, the twisters disappeared and Miracle Matter changed back to its original icosahedron form.

With a few differences.

"Hey! Some of its eyes are gone!" Klug said.

"That's what happens when you attack whichever Ability Miracle Matter is currently in. The less it has, the weaker it gets." Ribbon explained.

"Really, now? Then this should be no effort at all." Phoenix said with a smirk.

"Don't jinx it, you loon." Peruvis retorted.

Miracle Matter's next Ability form resembled a ball of electricity. It fired three beams of energy a few seconds apart from each other. They nearly hit us, but that was before we noticed that they ricocheted off the ground, the wall, and Miracle Matter itself.

"This is its Spark Ability! This one lasts a bit longer than the others! So we have a little extra time with this!" Adeleine yelled out.

"Right!" I yelled back. "Chetta! Yellow puyos!"

"Yellow puyos! On it!"

Chetta began painting extra yellow puyos along with the other colors. The rest of us grabbed all the live ones and started stacking.

"Flame!"

"Tectonic!"

"Broken Night!"

"Brush Splash!"

In the same order as the first time, we launched our attacks. They ricocheted off the walls a little. But they all ended up hitting the target. Ending the Spark phase of the fight.

"More eyes are gone! Keep at it, everyone! You're getting close!" Ribbon cheered.

Its fourth form was a bit of an odd one. It had turned into a green crescent-shaped razor. Covered with moving spikes and smaller crescents trailing behind. It then started moving around like a fish. Going in a path that was way easy to predict.

"Is this…Water?" I asked.

"No. This is Cutter." Adeleine said. "It may look like a fish, but its sharp crescents can really cut deep if you're not careful."

"Meow. Meow. Meow."

"No, Akaineko! Adeleine just said it's not a fish!" Chetta said to her cat. Who had a real good "I'm starving. Feed me." type of look.

"Meow!"

"I'll give you some fish afterward. Just help me paint some puyos, okay?"

"Meow."

"*giggle* Thanks, my cat-tacular little buddy."

Aw, geez. Not again with the puns…

The girl-cat duo began painting extra green puyos along with the other colors. And the same process applies here, as well.

"Décharge!"

"Stella Innerans!"

"Devil's Scream!"

"Creative Destruction!"

And like the other times, the end result is the same.

"*pant* *pant* H-How many does that make?" I asked. Starting to get drained out from this long fight.

"We've defeated three forms. There's four left." Adeleine said.

"Four more?! That's ridiculous!" Peruvis yelled.

"Girl's right. We're moving at a snail's pace with this damn thing." Phoenix said.

"What now, oh great commander?" Klug asked in a snarky attitude.

"N…N-Not in the mood, Klug." I said.

As I was catching my breath, this so-called "Miracle" changed again. This time, into a large black bubble surrounded by four smaller black bubbles.

And these bubbles were also engulfed in flames.

"W-Woah! O-Okay, that's new!" Adeleine began to panic.

"Wh-What is that?!" Chetta asked.

"It just mixed Burning from before with Bomb, another one of its Ability forms. I have no idea what could happen with this. Nor do I know how to stop it."

"Crap!" I whined as we all looked at the monstrosity of a creature. Its small flaming black bubbles were spinning rapidly around the bigger one.

And soon they stopped. The flames got bigger. The room was getting hotter. And we were all about to die.

"No! No, damnit! I'm too young and pretty to die now! I still have things to do and…"

"Lapis Lazuli!"

Suddenly, a big blue star appeared below the thing and soon big blue lights of fire raised from the ground. Doing tremendous damage to it and reverting it back to its original form.

"Woah…"

"Wh-What was that?" Adeleine and Ribbon asked.

Wait a second. Lapis Lazuli? There's only one person I know that can use that spell.

I looked over to my left and…just as I though…there he was.

"S-Sig?"

Pissed as all hell.

"You. You goddamn nuisance of a thing. You killed my baby sister. The one thing I care about more in this world than bugs. You are an unforgivable monster. And I'm gonna make you pay, damnit!"

"W-Woah…" Klug said.

"S-Sig…" Peruvis said.

"Th-This is a new side of him that even I find terrifying." Phoenix said.

H-Holy crap. H-He even cursed a little.

Sig. I really hope Amitie doesn't see you like this…

"Chetta!"

"Y-Yes!" Chetta got startled a little from Sig's current mood.

"Paint as much puyos as you can! I'm gonna go full throttle on this "Miracle"!

"Y-Yes! S-Sir!" Chetta began painting like if her life depended on it (which, in hindsight, it actually does). Painting puyo after puyo until there were too many to count. The pile was even up to my ankles at this point.

"S-Sig! Wh-What do you plan on doing with all these puyos?!" I asked.

Sig looked at me. With the same angered look on his face. But that angered look turned into a creepy demented smile. One that shivered my spine.

"Simple." He said. Then he turned back to Miracle Matter with that same grin.

"Ready? And…"

"FEVER!"

The puyos raised up and were instantly stacked up in a pre-set chain. With a group of puyo in Sig's red claw.

"Wait, WHAT?!" Klug yelled.

"D-Did he just entered Fever Mode just like that?!" Peruvis asked in shock.

"No way, no way, no way, no way, NO WAY!" Chetta began freaking out.

"G-Guys, hold on! What the heck is Fever Mode?!" Adeleine asked.

"It's a super powerful mode where you pop as many puyos as you can in a pre-set chain. When you clear one wall, the next wall gets bigger. Thus giving you more puyo to pop and more power to gain." I explained.

"W-Woah, really?!"

"You guys have such a thing in this world?!" Ribbon asked.

"Dream Land isn't the only place with extraordinary power. Although, most of it here is unexplainable."

"Much like Dream Land." Both girls said with a sweatdrop.

"Alright, let's go!" Sig yelled as we saw him set off the first puyo wall.

"Awaken..."

"My soul!"

"Slumber…"

"Thy blood!"

"Cyan!"

Wait! Those aren't his fever spells! I-I think. I don't really pay attention to anyone else's.

Sig kept pelting the evil icosahedron will a mix of his own spells and spells that I've never even heard him say. The damage he did was crazy.

But even more so was the fact that…

"H-He got an All-Clear! On the first wall!" I shouted.

"H-How?! That's not possible!" Klug shouted.

Sig continued and went from a 5-chain wall to an 8-chain wall. And after laying a few puyos, he set off the chain.

"Awaken..."

"My soul!"

"Slumber…"

"Thy blood!"

"Acid…"

"Acid…"

"Acid…"

"L-L-Lapis Lazuli!"

Sig rushed through the wall like it was nothing. Repeatedly hitting Miracle Matter with his attacks. And we could see that it was getting weaker by slowly flowing to the dark ground that it created.

Wait. It's working? It's actually working?! How?! JUST WHAT THE HELL IS THIS POWER?!

"He got another All-Clear!" Peruvis yelled.

"Back-to-back All Clears?! I didn't think that was a thing!" Chetta yelled.

"Meow!"

"This is one hell of a show." Phoenix said as he dug through the bucket of popcorn in his hands.

"Where the hell did you get popcorn?!" Peruvis asked him

"Is that really important right now? Your childhood friend is on a full-out rage."

"He has a point." Klug said.

"Sh-Shut it!"

Sig had now moved up from an 8-chain wall to an 11-chain wall. Unlike the other two, this one was plain and simple to set off.

But Sig…he went on and build it up anyway. And from the looks of it, it was as big as a 15-chain wall…

W-Wait. Wh-What's was Sig strongest spell again? Hydro-some…thing…

Oh no.

"Guys. We need to run. NOW!"

"Huh? Run from what?" Adeleine asked.

"Trust us! It's for the best! NOW RUN!"

We ran as far as we could as Sig had finally set off his massive puyo wall.

"Awaken..."

"My soul!"

"Slumber…"

"Thy blood!"

"Cyan!"

"My soul!"

"Slumber…"

"Thy blood!"

"Acid…"

"C-Cerulean!"

"Slumber…"

"Thy blood!"

"Acid…"

"Acid…"

Oh, God! No!

"H-H-H-Hydrangea!"

Sig's strongest spell: Hydrangea. Due to his demonic power, it can cause a massive explosion starting from the spot where it lands on. And since he had the same target we've had for a while…

…Yeah, you can see why we ran.


After the explosion was finally finished, we looked over from the nearest hiding spot to see three things.

One, the dark blue & black void was gone.

Two, so was Miracle Matter.

And three, Sig was passed out face first on the sandy beach floor. Not moving an inch.

"SIG!" We rushed over to him and brought his face out of the sand. He was knocked out cold, but he was still breathing. Thank God.

"Woah. H-He completely destroyed Miracle Matter." Ribbon said in amazement. "Th-Th only person I've seen do that was Kirby."

"Who?" Klug, Peruvis, and Phoenix asked.

"W-We'll explain later." Adeleine said. "Right now, I think your friend needs some medical care.

"Sig! Hey, Sig! Wake up!" I yelled while shaking his body.

"*moan* W…Wuffine?"

He got my name wrong again. But I'll let it sly this time.

"Sig! Are you okay?!"

"That was some Fever Mode you just did! It was so cat-tivating that we couldn't stop meowing you on!" Chetta said.

"Chetta…"

"W…Wuffine. D-Do you think…Chu's proud of me?"

I get it now. All of that was triggered by his loss of Chu. This boy…he may be a complete dunce, but he's a really good big bro.

"*giggle* Yeah, Sig. I think Chu's really proud of you." I said with a smile.


"Hmm…intriguing. This "Fever Mode" as they call it…with the Legend mostly a lie, it may be our only option at this point.

Well…let's see what she thinks first.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: A surprise attack from Miracle Matter has been foiled. But…at what cost? Chu sacrificed her life to save her big brother. And Sig regrets every moment of it. Now the only thing he could do…is press on without her.

Okay, now before I get a lot of hate for this, I AM NOT KILLING OFF AN 11-YEAR-OLD! Chu will come back! But I'm not saying how! At least, not yet.

Had to do a lot of research for this chapter. Character spells, Miracle Matter's attacks, how Fever chains works and all that. I've told you guys this story wears me out sometimes. And to prove it, I'm taking a day off tomorrow. Been writing for like 3-4 days straight.

Feel free to review/favorite/follow/kudos the story. Thanks for reading. Later.

Extra Note: I made a list of spells for Peruvis. Some I borrowed from Hed in Champions. So they may look familiar.

Peruvis' Spells

Chain 1 - Darkness Dive

Chain 2 - Broken Night

Chain 3 - Devil's Scream

Chain 4 - Devil's Heart

Chain 5 - Sweet Memory

I like it. It fits her character.