DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kirby or the Kirby's Dream Land 2 storyline—I'm just elaborating on it. Kirby and pals belong to Nintendo, Hal Laboratories, etc., and I am writing this for entertainment, not profit, OK? If it is illegal for me to do this, let me know because I'm not really sure. ^_^;
A/N: You know what? I took a close look at my KDL2 cartridge, and it's actually three words! Therefore, from now on I will say Kirby's Dream Land, OK? OK, good, now that that's off my chest, it's on to Chapter Five!! Thanks to CyborgVampire, abcxyz, and DestinyLord7381 for the support!! You are all such dolls! ^_^-
Battle of a Lifetime
Chapter Five: Burning Desire
Last time, after a bit of complaint from Coo, our heroes traversed the Island of Water, Ripple Field, to find Kine and gather Rainbow Drop Numero Tres. After defeating a new enemy and gaining a new power—Spark—Kine joined Kirby on his crucial mission to save Dream Land. They found the Drop after much inconvenient running around trying to find a hidden door and using different abilities, and the battle with the boss was actually a bit bloody! Poor Kine… maybe I should have upped the censor… nah. ^_^ But they defeated the hideous Sweet Stuff, and now they are on their way to the next island: Iceberg, the Island of Ice…
Kirby and Kine jumped off the Warpstar to the freezing ground below. Having just left a tropical, sunny paradise, they had a tough time adjusting to the sharply contrasting frigid climate of Iceberg. And Kine was STILL afraid he'd get sick… ^^;;
"Kine, you're a fish. You THRIVE in cold water. How the heck are you going to catch pneumonia?" Kirby finally reasoned.
Kine looked at Kirby, then considered for a moment. "Oh, yeah, I guess you're right… but I could still freeze whenever I jump out of the water."
"Well, as long as you keep moving, you won't have a chance to freeze."
"That's easy for you to say. Here I am freezing to death while you're protected from the elements in my mouth."
"Kine, do you have any idea how weird that sounded?"
"Um, yes, and that's why I just decided to drop the subject," Kine replied as he entered the first door.
Snow. Cold. Ice. That was what greeted them as Kine slipped and slid his way through the area in search of the Drop. And the first enemy they encountered was a tear-shaped creature that was hovering above the ground with a propeller on its head. It appeared to be asleep.
"Aww, it's cute. What is it?" Kine asked. He silently approached the enemy. Suddenly, it awoke with an evil cackle, and its face grew dark and evil, FAR from the cute expression it had just moments ago.
"Must destroy the allies of the meddling Kirby!"
O_o;; "Uh, Kirby, would that include me?"
"Yes, Kine, I'm afraid it would."
"Oh… AAAHH!! You must suck it up before it causes pain!!"
Kirby tried to inhale the Jekyl/Hyde wannabe. There was just one problem…
"It can't be inhaled!! It just freezes where it is!!" Kine's eyes went wide. Then he panicked and tried to run past it. Unfortunately, he only slipped on the ice in his haste while the terror that was the Propeller Bomb came closer and closer until…
"Noooo!! Kiiiiiirrrrrr
Without knowing what hit him, Kirby opened his eyes to find himself alone, in the cold, next to a now happy Propeller Bomb that seemed to have no recollection of what it just did.
Kirby then realized that this enemy was like no other, and, after inhaling the clueless baddie, solemnly and vengefully vowed never, EVER to let a Propeller Bomb go unpunished.
Kirby dutifully continued on his journey, inhaling an enemy that appeared on Ripple Field (but I somehow forgot to mention…^^;), Sparky, for Spark power (obviously). Now he could curl up into a ball and shoot a shower of sparks that electrocuted any enemy that came too close. Eventually he came to a bridge that had a Flamer contained in a cage of Star Blocks, guarded by more of the annoying Bouncy Ty. He easily sparked the Bouncy Ty and released the star to get Burning Power from the trapped Flamer—it was cold and the Burning ability warmed him up QUITE well.
Underneath the bridge he noticed a door. Of course he went inside to see what he could find—which was another extremely familiar sack… behind a cage of Power Blocks that looked like ice cubes. Rick suddenly popped out and tried to get to Kirby through the translucent blocks.
-_-;; "Oh man, HOW am I gonna get past…" he trailed off. Ice cubes? Of course!
He started up his power and charged right through the blocks as they melted at his touch. And once again, he joined up with our good friend, Rick.
"Wow, I thought I'd never see you again!" Rick cried through happy tears.
"What happened, Rick? How'd you get captured again?"
"Let's just say that those Bronto Burts can go anywhere and everywhere…"
"They found you in Coo's nest too stuffed with apples to get away, didn't they?"
"NO! No, well, I mean, sorta… I guess I was… kind of slow… um… yeah…" he finished sheepishly.
"Rick, you are something else… although scientists haven't been able to determine what yet…"
"Har har, very funny, Kirby." Kirby laughed and patted him on the head for good measure.
They left the room and were presented immediately with some strange blocks in the ground. Rick tapped one with his foot and it disintegrated instantly!
"Note to self—do NOT stand still on the disappearing blocks…" Rick muttered to himself. They jumped over the deadly bricks and continued their icy journey. Fortunately Rick's fur kept him and Kirby warm, and also prevented him from slipping on the ice. But soon they were face to face with a deadly enemy once again…
"Rick! Shh, be careful! You see that thing hovering over there?"
"Yeah…"
"If it touches you you'll disappear! It's already happened to Kine!"
"It's OK, Kirby, it's just a Propeller Bomb. I can handle it," Rick said with a bit of arrogance in his voice.
"But Kine—"
"I know what they do—I heard Efreeti talking about it to Jumpershoot in Grassland."
"What was Jumpershoot doing in Grassland?"
"I dunno—I guess it was when Scarfy was guarding Coo, but he was talking about them. He said that for some reason they absorbed more of the evil in Matter's spell, so they do more damage, instantly transporting us to another miniboss room. He said there was one in Big Forest—didn't you see it?"
"No—but then again, Coo and I didn't see the Rainbow Drop at first, either. I guess we were lucky."
"Well, anyway, if you hit them enough times with a special ability, they explode—and…" he added quietly, "… if you hit them with Ice Power, they turn into ice cubes at once."
"Where can we get that?" Rick just shook his head; he didn't know.
By now, the Propeller Bomb had been awakened by Rick's explanation, and it turned into the monster it was trained to be and charged straight for them!
"Rick, it's coming!" Rick turned around, and when the Propeller was one foot in front of him, he let loose a firebreath assault. The enemy stopped and tried to get past the flames, but it couldn't. After a few seconds, it blew up, as Rick had predicted.
"Whew, I'm glad to see they aren't invincible…" Kirby breathed. They continued on to the next door that was situated next to a Shotzo—little indestructible cannons that shot painful cannonballs. But it took a while to reload, so Rick and Kirby just passed through the door right after it fired.
They found themselves on an icy plain, and all over this plain were little penguins called Master Pengy—little penguins that spat out ice…
"Kirby! I think they might give the Ice Ability!" Rick cried as he released the Burning star.
Rick walked up to one, and right before it set loose an ice beam, he sucked it up. Sure enough, they now had the Ice Ability. Rick would curl up into a ball while an aura of snow surrounded him, freezing anything that touched it. It was similar to Kirby's Spark Power.
They continued along the plain, turning Pengys into ice cubes and sliding them into other Pengys, destroying them. They came to the door, which was blocked by Sir Kibble. He became an ice cube, too. ^_^
Now they were in another miniboss room, but there was no bag this time. Our heroes were now face-to-face with Blocky, a cube-shaped enemy that loved to charge and fall on people with his rock-hard body. He was also known for not being very smart.
"Haha!! Me gonna get you!" With that he began his attacks.
But every time he did, he would send out pieces of rock. Kirby realized that it would be best to inhale these pieces of stone to use as weapons, so Rick released the Ice star (as much as he didn't want to) and used it to hurt Blocky before using the rocks that rolled their way after one of his assaults.
"Oooh, ouchies…" Blocky said before he fell to the ground with a loud "thud." Rick inhaled him and gained the Stone Ability. Rick turned into a giant boulder while Kirby stood on top and rolled him around. Nothing that was in Rick's path survived.
They entered the door that appeared after they defeated the hard-headed enemy, and saw that they were on a platform with Rocky trying to pound them from a Star Block above. Rick walked to the edge of the platform and looked down… not a good idea. Rick paled.
"Kirby! We must be hundreds of feet up!"
"Yes, I can see that."
"Well, now what??"
"You become a rock… and we roll off the ledge."
O-o "Are you flippin' crazy?!"
"Rick! It'll be OK—you're gonna be a rock, remember?"
"Oh, well, I guess it's worth a try."
He did so and Kirby rolled them off. They fell, crushing all enemies in their path that were on other platforms. Eventually they rolled to the bottom where the final door was waiting.
"Wow, I can't believe that worked," Rick said as they entered the next area.
"Whoa!!" they both cried. Rick and Kirby were being blown forward by a very strong wind.
"Where is Coo when you need him??" Kirby yelled.
They were blown toward enemies, blocks, and many other obstacles—but when they saw the chasm and the flimsy pillar that was their only chance of making it across… well, needless to say they were a bit worried…
"Kirby, I don't think I can make it!"
"Sure you can! Just jump on the pillar and jump right off—the wind'll carry you!"
Rick quickly approached the gap, and jumped for the pillar. His nimble agility allowed him to jump onto the pillar and jump back off without harm. They continued on, jumping over enemies rather than rolling over them, until they approached two doors. They couldn't enter the one on the left because they were pushed away by the wind, so they went into the one on the right.
Rick and Kirby were on a very tiny platform about 6 feet above the floor, just big enough for Rick to stand on. Right across from them on another small platform was yet another sack. And right beneath them was none other than Jumpershoot.
"What? The Propeller Bombs didn't finish you off? Well, I guess I'll have to do it myself, then," Jumpershoot sneered. He began his spinning attack right at our heroes!
"Kirby, help me roll over him," Rick suggested.
"No, I don't think that will work. He could just jump up and hit me!"
"Well, then, I'll just have to hit him with the star." He released it, inhaled it, and shot it at Jumpershoot; it hit dead-on.
"Oooh, don't think you'll get away with that!" He used his amusing attack of throwing a sandal at them, and began to spin once again. Rick inhaled the sandals and shot them back out while avoiding Jumpershoot's dizzying assaults. Soon enough, he went down, and Rick gained Parasol Power again.
Coo flew out of the bag and glided down towards Kirby. "I guess I shouldn't have tried swimming against the pipes," he said.
"I take it they captured you when you were trapped in one?" Kirby asked.
*Sigh* "I'm afraid so. Owls were just not built for the water," Coo replied.
"No, but you were built for the air. I need you to fly against the wind outside," Kirby explained.
"Well, how am I supposed to get out of here?" Rick asked.
"Do you really want to leave?" Kirby shot back.
"I can't stay here! How am I gonna help you if I'm trapped in this room?"
"Perhaps I can be of service," Coo suddenly suggested. He flew back to the platform with the bag and opened a hidden door. "Jumpershoot couldn't go against the wind, either, so he had to bring me in here this way."
"How did you know that if you were trapped in that bag?" Coo lifted up the bag to show them a hole.
"Sometimes it's good to be a bird of prey," he said, pointing to his sharp beak.
"Oh, thanks, Coo! That's twice you've helped me out!" Rick cried gratefully.
"No problem. We must work together. Promise that you'll be careful?" Rick vigorously nodded and went through the trap door. Coo turned to Kirby. "Shall we be going?" he inquired.
"Yeah! Let's go!"
They left and Coo easily flew to the other door. Coo had to fly up against several icicles that tried to fall on them. Coo simply used Parasol to shatter them, even though by the time they reached the next door he was awfully dizzy. ^_^;;
He and Kirby entered it, and Coo found that he would have to become dizzy again to break through the Star Blocks that filled the halls. He did so, and they came to a door. Since they noticed that the next halls were filled with Ice Power Blocks, they decided to enter in search of Burning Power.
The room was filled with almost every power they had encountered—including Burning. Flamer was trapped in a case just waiting to be inhaled. Coo released the Parasol star and sucked him up—but not before Sir Kibble, who was in the case across from Flamer, hit them with a cutter.
"Sir Kibble, I've officially made you my archenemy," Coo told him, remembering the problems he had caused in Ripple Field. Coo threatened him by using the ability towards him, even though he couldn't break the block. Coo could do a fiery charge like Kirby, but in a downward direction.
They left and noticed that there were also Ice Blocks beneath them. Coo used his power to go down through them to the right (his right). He was ecstatic to find a new item—a 1Up.
"Coo, what does it do?"
"Its power is equal to that of seven of those stars—so it will give us the same strange rejuvenation."
"Man, why don't I know all this?"
"Because you weren't kidnapped by the ones who knew what these items do."
"Oh… yeah."
They grabbed it, and they did feel the tingly long-term feeling. Coo also tried going the other way, but they could see a sleeping Propeller Bomb through the ice, and, after Kirby told Coo about it, they decided to continue through the halls to the final door.
Still no sign of the Drop. Where could it be? Kirby thought to himself.
They entered the third door and proceeded on their mission. They came across Rocky, Master Pengy, Sparky, Broom Hatters, and more of the sharp icicles. Coo simply burned through them all till he came to a door.
"Oh boy," said Coo. "Another miniboss."
Coo and Kirby were forced to battle Mr. Frosty, a walrus-like enemy who created ice blocks as his weapons.
"I shall freeze you, Kirby—you will not win!" He made an ice block and through it at them. Coo melted it and charged Mr. Frosty with his fiery attack. The miniboss was not pleased.
"AAHH! I HATE the heat!! Oh, you're asking for it!!" He then charged them, kicking up freezing dust. But Coo kept charging him with his flaming assault, and soon enough Mr. Frosty was no longer so frosty…
"Cool, Ice Power," said Kirby. Coo released the star and swallowed the extra-crispy walrus. Kirby could shoot an ice beam in any direction he pleased. Unfortunately, Coo couldn't fly at the same time, and floated down as Kirby tried out this ability.
Kine finally came out of the sack, and hopped down to his friends below.
"KINE!! You're OK!!" Kirby yelled, and he gave his pal a big hug.
"Yep, after that run-in with the Propeller, I wound up here—how, though, I'll never know…" Kirby laughed. Kine looked at Coo.
"Coo, I'm going to warn you now: there is almost nothing but cold water through that door," Kine said as he pointed a fin at the newly formed exit.
"Well, then I'd better go while you and Kirby progress—you'd be MUCH better in the water. I'll just have to go the way I came."
"OK, but try not to get captured this time, please?" Kirby told him. Coo laughed and said he'd try before leaving.
Kine and Kirby entered the door to the watery area that awaited them. Kine almost lost his ability a few times to a couple of overaggressive Blippers, but soon found a maxim tomato and a star after breaking through some Star Blocks with Ice Power. He had the same aura as Rick, but he could still swim and move while using it. Unfortunately, he became a giant ice cube when he used it for too long.
"Kine, maybe you should only use Ice for short periods of time."
"G-g-good idea, K-K-Kirby," he shivered. He and Kirby arrived at the next door and wound up right next to another Propeller Bomb!
"Kirby… what do I do now??" Kine whispered.
"Just freeze it—they can't hurt you encased in ice."
Kine gulped and jumped over a chasm straight toward it while using his ability. The Propeller became an ice cube instantly, as Kirby predicted. But as Kine landed on the next plateau, he slipped and slid straight for the edge!
"Kine, quick, turn around! We're going to fall off!!" Kine tried to do as Kirby said, but it was too late—he teetered precariously at the edge… and fell…
To be continued…
Next chapter: Oh no!! What will happen to our heroes now? Will they survive? Will they find a stray tree branch to grab onto? Could Kine even grab it if he had the chance? Their journey can't end now!! Or can it…? You have to read and review to find out!! AAAAHAHAHAHA!!!
A/N: I've decided to split the last four levels into two chapters each—I can't take the length! I'm only a little more than halfway through this level and it's already 21 pages HTML!! That, and I felt bad for not posting something for so long—but I've had a busy week… church festivals, unexpected company, piano lessons—it's too much! lol And this is the perfect place for a cliffhanger! I'm so evil… even though you all probably know what happens… oh well. ^_^ But don't worry—I'll have the next part by tomorrow—I might even post it later today if I get good reviews. ^_^ Although flames are also welcome—I'll use them to make my baby Grass-types resistant against fire. ^_^ And remember, Venus loves you! {VEnusaur! (^o__o^)}