From now on, it's third person, but in Zero's point of view. Sometimes it changes to no POV, but for now, yeah.

Oh, and cussing. That is taken from the second version.

Chapter 7: Fears

Magolor and his crew are walking in the deeper parts of the forest. They are walking for who knows how long.

Zero just wanted to fight. He hasn't done a fight ever since a long time ago. His shell might be gone, but at least he has his knife.

He has been itching for a fight. He just wanted to kill again. He wanted to go back to the old days where he tried to destroy everything.

He still is planning that, but he has to wait for his she'll to come back. He is going to gain their trust, and the moment he gets his shell back...

Oh yes, a betrayal.

But still, he just wanted to fight.

His thoughts are disturbed when the group heard rustling. The quintet stopped and pulled out their weapons. Well, some of them. Others just raised their guard.

It's a bunch of Chips and Waddle Dees! They got ambushed!

'Finally! A fucking fight!' Zero thought.

Kirby sucked some and spat them back at others, Bandana Dee charged with his spear, Zero sliced with his knife, Magolor did his magic, and Beanbon...

She is just hiding.

"What the fuck are you doing!? Get over here and fight!" Zero yelled in anger.

"I-I can't!" The Beanbon yelled.

"But... fine. Just go and fucking hide." Zero is about to force her to, but he has to consider that they are not Dark Matter.

After all of the Chips and Waddle Dees are killed, they decided to continue on.

As they continue on, Zero has a thought.

"Hey Dee," Zero nudged the Waddle Dee. "Why did you have to kill your kind?" He asked.

"We didn't actually kill them. All weapons, including your knife, have a special kind of magic that can make it seem like you killed them, but in actuality, it just sends the soul back in this world somewhere." Bandana Dee explained.

Zero then looked back at the Beanbon, Kirby talking to her about why she didn't want to fight. Albeit, in a soft way, instead of the rude way he did. He listened to the two to see what they are talking about.

He is confused about her being scared. Even if he told her to go to battle, she is that scared that she cannot fight. Why did she go with Kirby anyway in this adventure when she is scared to fight anyway? He wanted to ask her that, but for now, he had to listen.

"I... I just don't like to kill people. Or even seeing people killed at all! Um, well, I-I know that I'm a big fan of you Kirby, b-but it's not because of you eating people, e-even though they are going to be ok at the end!" The Beanbon stuttered.

Kirby looked at her emerald eyes, as if feeling bad for her. This confused and somewhat annoyed Zero. Why is Kirby feeling bad for the Beanbon?

"Yeah... witnessing Dark Matter killing people for real scared you."

The Beanbon is shocked about this. Zero too. He didn't know such an attack affected people for this long. He expected people to forget about the attack since it's a long time ago.

But why is the Beanbon shocked? Is it because she never mentioned it once?

"A-Am I right poyo?" Kirby asked, worried that he might have offended her.

Yeah, that might be it.

"I get it. You witness m- I mean—them, just killing people brutally in many different ways." Zero said. The Beanbon nodded, albeit slowly. "Well, I have advice, but take it with a grain of salt." Zero decided to say. Everyone paused.

The demon took a deep breath. "Fear is an emotion that everyone feels. I might have been mad at you for being scared, but... it might have been because I'm blinded by the fight itself. Also, it's just some Waddle Dees." Zero explained. At this point, Magolor decided to put his device away to listen. "Everyone felt fear at some point. When you're a kid, a baby, or even as an adult. However, like Kirby here, you can put it aside and well, you can do everything, mostly. If you're too scared, it will blind you, in a way." He added.

He tried his best, since he hasn't given advice to a mortal—or anyone—before. He said to "take a grain of salt" because of this very reason.

"T-thanks. I'll keep that in mind." The Beanbon said.

And thus, they continued. Zero decided to bring out his recorder.

"It's weird that mortals can be scared, even in that age. That Beanbon looks powerless, but unlike Kirby, she might have really been. Why did this Beanbon come with us anyway? Maybe because she blindly followed that darned Kirby."

"Speaking of scared, when is the last time I was afraid? Right.

"That one time when the Crystal Crayons are about to break.

To be continued...

I'm bad at explaining fear, so I guess you can give me some advice.

Well, I guess that's it. Yes, Zero is still evil, but the Crystal Crayons made him think again...

What are the Crystal Crayons? Right, they're in the original version.