Chapter 1: The Pack

Ni-Kaabi was sitting on his bed, with his best friend, Miruku. Ni-Kaabi was King Dedede's son, a four-year-old kid who was pretty big for his age, and Miruku was Escargoon's apprentice, a blue snail with a red and yellow striped shell. Ni-Kaabi was bored out of his mind, when he turned to Miruku. "Hey, Mirukuman? do you think you could walk over there and hand me my gameboy? I only have to beat Ganondorf before I finish the game." Miruku turned to his best friend and put down the april issue of Playboy. "Stick it where the sun don't shine, you southern fried dumb*ss." Ni-Kaabi sat up. "Do you ever waonder if there really is a place where the sun don't shine? I mean, not in your pants, but a place in dreamland that the sun NEVER reaches. Miruku sat up and put down his magazine. "I know for a fact that there is such a place. I've been there. I've been there more times than Pee- Wee herman flogged his log as a baby. Ni-Kaabi looked at him. "What was it like? Was it totally dark inside, or were you able to see the light outside? Miruku leaned back........ and fell off the bed. He hurried back up and leaned back on the pillow. "It's like shade, except it's VERY dark, and there's nothing casting the shadow. It's pretty far away, though. We could probably make it with the rigfht supplies." With no delay, they were planning their trip. Every little detail, from the food, to how many times they would use the MF word. Then they set off for the supplies.

Ni-Kaabi was now standing in the bathroom. The kid was in the medicine chest, rooting around for the medical supplies they would need on the trip. Miruku stood at the door, just to make sure no one caught them. "Let's see, antibiotic cream, bandages, tape, guaze, hemmrhoid cream, gold bond, toothpaste, toothbrushes,..... CONDOMS?!" Miruku looked embarrased. "They are for trading at the trading posts! They fetch a high price near the bordellos!" Ni-Kaabi managed to steal everything they needed...... but then King Dedede was trying to get in. "Hey! What the heck is goin' on in there? Who's in there?" Ni-Kaabi hid the bag under the back of his clothes. Miruku opened the door. King Dedede looked down at his son and his friend. "Okay, spill, what were you doing in here?" Ni-Kaabi did the talking. "We were looking for you, I just wanted to know where I could get a box of material scraps." Miruku looked at him like, "What the h*ll?" "I'll explain later." Ni-Kaabi mouthed out the side of his mouth. King Dedede told him. "Steal one of the female Waddle Dees' sewing boxes." "Thank you." said Ni-Kaabi. After King Dedede left, Miruku turned to Ni-Kaabi. "What's the material for?" Ni-Kaabi whispered it to him. "I wanna lay out a false trail, so Dad can't follow us." "Oh" said Miruku, "For a moment, I thought you were gonna fashion a crude snare trap to kill your father if he followed us." Ni-Kaabi shook his head and rolled his eyes. "I think Escargoon tried that already."

The two kids were packing a few dishes to take. Ni-Kaabi tought they might need 'em, but it was Miruku who thought of bringing a pot to boil the water. Ni-Kaabi got an idea. "Hey! We should bring a weapon along, in case we run out of food, run into a burglar, or run into Wayne Newton." That's a good idea. No matter which way we run, we need a weapon." Ni-Kaabi stared blankly at his best friend. "That was a pun." said Miruku. Ni-Kaabi still looked blank. Finally he said, "I don't know what a pun is." Miruku held a gun to Ni-Kaabi's face. "Do you know what this is?" Ni-Kaabi brightened up. "It's the weapon we need!" Miruku looked at it. "Oh, yeah! I'm a genius!" "Compared to a dodo" said Ni-Kaabi. "What was that?" "Nothing."

Now the two of them were standing in a grocery store. "What are we doing here?" said Ni-Kaabi. "We don't have any money." "Yeah, but we also can't sneak any food out of the castle since there are too many Waddle Dees in there. Besides, I have a plan." Miruku waited until the clerk had his back turned. "SNATCH AND RUN, NI-KAABI!!!!" yelled the little snail, and they snatched a whole bunch of food and ran. The clerk fired two shots at them from, a pistol, but failed to injure them. As they were running, Miruku thought, "I can't believe I just did something like that. I'll probably be arrested if I'm caught" Ni-Kaabi was thinking, "I really like sushi." They got back to the castle and looked over their loot. The following was there:

12 bags of cheetos 11 hostess cupcakes 10 hershy bars 9 bags of M&M's 8 boxes of crackers 7 bags of skittles 6 cadbury eggs 5 snickers bars 4 reeses cups 3 twix bars 2 cans of beer and a partridge in a pear tree.

Miruku looked at his friend, "Why the heck did we steal the bird in the tree? We can't eat that!" So they left that in at the door. Ni-Kaabi hggad a suggestion, Why don't we swipe more beer from the kitchen?" Miruku glared at him, "Because if we get wasted, we could do something dumb and get killed!" Ni-Kaabi glared back. "Who's the prince here, you or me?" "You sound like you father." grumbled Miruku, but he was defeated, so they brought another six-pack. Miruku suggested water, so they brought a few bottles. Ni-Kaabi suggested coffee, so they packed an entire box. They tried to think of what else they'd need. Ni-Kaabi snapped his fingers. "Of course! a camera!" "Why a camera? said Miruku. "Ni-Kaabi rolled his eyes. "Why do you think, we're gonna need pictures to prove we were there!"

That night, they had planned to leave tomorrow, embarking on an adventure for two best friends. As they slept that night, Miruku sang a little song.

"like a rainbow with no sky, a question without an answer. you're a mystery to me, but a joy to my life.

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The next morning, Ni-Kaabi turned to Miruku at the breakfast table. "What was that song you sang over in your bed last night? It didn't rhyme." Miruku ignored that last comment, "It rhymed in my home planet's language." "What does it sound like in your language? said Ni-Kaabi. Miruku sang it again:

Okala hanu no ku, kuhuku hanu no lu, hu lalo ii ana , klu huyo ana kana.

(A/N: Don't try to translate this, the words are made up.)

Miruku looked sad. "My parents sang it to me before..." he trailed off.

The two finally prepared for their journey. no one else was up, so they could easily sneak out. "Come on." Said Ni-Kaabi, and they went off into the dark.

End Chapter 1

Stuffed King Dedede: My master's still tied up in a chair, so I just told the first chapter of this story. How did you like it?