Chapter 2: "Not quite Penguin, Not quite Monstah either"
Stuffed King Dedede: KDDD114 does not own Kirby. Also, to the Destiny Dreamer, I named him "Miruku" Because it seems right for him.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" King Dedede screamed from the boys' room. Escargoon came running in. "What's going on in here?!" King Dedede grabbed his hammer, "The boys are missing! They ran away! D*mmit, Escargoon, get on the phone! Tell Chief Bookum that Ni-Kaabi and Miruku are missing! Escargoon got to the phone, "Hello, Bookum? Are you on the line? The boys are missing! Meanwhile, King Dedede ran outside. "NI-KAABI!!!! MIRUKU!!!!" he yelled, trying to call the boys back, but when they didn't come, he rounded up Metaknight, Sword, Blade, Waddle Doo, Escargoon, and a waddle dee (We'll call him Jeff, okay?) and they went looking for the two boys. They made San-Kaabi stay home because they didn't want another child lost.
***
Ni-Kaabi and Miruku were both running through the woods, trying to beat the adults and keep them from catching up to them to bring them home. They ran as fast as they could, dodging rocks, trees, ridges, and roots along the way, not caring where they went as long as they were able to lose the adults quickly. They ran all the way to the deepest part of the woods, where they flopped down for a rest, tired, panting, and completely out of breath. Miruku took a long drink from his canteen before speaking. "Do you think they'll follow us now?" said the little snail. Ni-Kaabi swallowed the last of the liquid in his canteen. "I don't think they'll make it this far in time to catch us. We're too deep in the woods, and besides, that false trail we set will throw them off for a while." Miruku lay back and stared at the white whisps of cloud floating by. There was a spot in the trees where you could see the sky, and it was a beautiful day. The lonely little ray of sunlight reminded him of that day back on his home planet...
***
"Okay, Miruku, I need you to put this on the bottom shelf." Miruku's teacher was helping the kids set up for the play that was to be held in the cafeteria/auditorium that night. Miruku had the lead role in the class production of "The Green Mile" His parents were gonna help the kids set up, but they weren't there yet. Miruku thought of how proud his parents would be when they saw that he'd put 6 hours worth of extra rehearsal every day to master the part of John Coffey, The gentle giant of E block at the Cold Mountain Penitentary. They'd be so proud of him! His mom always said he would be an actor some day. As he left the box on the bottom shelf, he looked at the clock. "Show starts in 20 minutes" he thought, "They probably got stuck on a bad road. It is raining, after all." Miruku smiled as he went backstage to get his costume.
***
Miruku turned around and looked at Ni-Kaabi, who was chewing a piece of gum. Miruku had a question. "NK? What was your life like before you met me and became my best friend?" Ni-Kaabi sighed forlornly and got that faraway look he did when he was remembering a memory from his melancholy past. "No one would go neah me." he said in his accent. "I was a freak 'o' nature that no one wanted t' be 'round. Miruku looked at him. "Why? You're a good guy." Ni-Kaabi gave another heavy sigh. "It's 'cuz I'm not quite penguin, not quite monstah either." Miruku looked down at his hands. "He's like me, those first few weeks after........" his thoughts trailed off. Then he sank back into his own mind.
***
Miruku was about to make his entrance on the stage. He awaited his cue, when the two students playing Percy and Dean were to bring him onstage. The little snail looked out to the crowd through a hole in the curtains. his parents still weren't there. The little guy was a little annoyed. "What is the matter? Mom and Dad aren't here yet! I wish they could just take the shortcut, but I know how dad feels about shortcuts." Miruku imitated his father's voice "If shortcuts were relevant, they'd be part of the main route." he said, and laughed so loudly that his teacher had to reproach him sharply. It was almost his time. The little snail was ready. He was little, but compared to the short kids in the theatre club, he was average size. Percy and Dean came to him. "It's our cue, look mournful!" commanded the kid who played Dean, a fairly short kid named Idou. The kid playing Percy was a good friend of his, another snail by the name of Kagami. Kagami grinned. "Let's get this show on the road!
***
Miruku looked at Ni-Kaabi and thought, "What's it like, knowing you're not like others. Knowing you're a carbon copy of someone else? that you were not born into this world, but created by artificial means in a lab?" Miruku laid back and continued to think "NK had to deal with prejudice like that all his life. People treat him different because he wasn't born the way they were. They're scared of him, they avoid him. no one calls him names because he's the prince, but if he were a normal person, he'd be treated inferior to the so-called "normals". The cappies can't accept anyone who's different from them. The only reasoiin they accepted Kirby is that he was the legendary star warrior." Miruku picked up a beer and began to drink from it. "He's almost like me."
***
"I helped it, didn't I?" said Miruku, almost crying, as John Coffey's part called for. After the scene was rotated on the rotating panel on the stage, he awaited his next spot in the play. he still hadn't seen his parents. He was beginning to worry. It was like awaiting your sentence to the electric chair. That was ironic, since the play was set in death row. Miruku chuckled. "What could've happened? Dad's a safe driver. He won't crash. The little snail rolled over. "They'll be here." he thought.
***
Miruku was eating a bag of chips. The little snail was still thinking about NK. "Why does he seem so darn sad? That's easy! He only has family and one friend to lean on! How can the other children be so d*mn selfish? Whenever they need someone strong to give CPR to a child who has collapsed, THEN where will their pathetic "normal" status get them? Kids can't do CPR long enough to keep someone alive, and by the time an adult got there, he'd be too far gone! Only Ni-Kabbi would be able to get there fast enough, and they're too high and mighty to accept a clone! Who's gonna save your friend now, you rotten little b*stards?! Who's gonna help you when you need a good, strong pair of legs?! No one! You creeps don't deserve someone like Ni-Kaabi to help you! You're all a bunch of stupid bigots! How do you like them apples, huh? Huh, you f****** b*stards?!"
***
Miruku shook hard in the chair. It was the big climax, where John Coffey is sent to the chair. Everyone in the crowd watched with a pang of sadness, a few of them crying. After he pretended to die, he was rotated off the stage. Everyone was congratulating him. "Wow, Miruku! That was really good! Mrs. Haruyama is actually crying! Miruku waqs a little sad. His parents hadn't come. Then came the police, talking to his teacher, and by the looks on their faces, he could tell it wasn't good news. The next scenes were a blur. The police talking to Mrs. Haruyama, Mrs. Haruyama breaking the horrible news that he'd never see his parents again to him. The dazed feeling, head swimming, then he'd run from the room and out of the school, where he collapsed in the parking lot, moaning and crying. He ran home. But when he got there, it only reminded him of what had been taken away. That was the last thing he remembered before he blacked out.
***
Ni-Kaabi stood up. "C'mon, let's go. We got a long way to go." And the two friends walked off.
End Chapter 2
Stuffed King Dedede: So, did you like it?
Stuffed King Dedede: KDDD114 does not own Kirby. Also, to the Destiny Dreamer, I named him "Miruku" Because it seems right for him.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" King Dedede screamed from the boys' room. Escargoon came running in. "What's going on in here?!" King Dedede grabbed his hammer, "The boys are missing! They ran away! D*mmit, Escargoon, get on the phone! Tell Chief Bookum that Ni-Kaabi and Miruku are missing! Escargoon got to the phone, "Hello, Bookum? Are you on the line? The boys are missing! Meanwhile, King Dedede ran outside. "NI-KAABI!!!! MIRUKU!!!!" he yelled, trying to call the boys back, but when they didn't come, he rounded up Metaknight, Sword, Blade, Waddle Doo, Escargoon, and a waddle dee (We'll call him Jeff, okay?) and they went looking for the two boys. They made San-Kaabi stay home because they didn't want another child lost.
***
Ni-Kaabi and Miruku were both running through the woods, trying to beat the adults and keep them from catching up to them to bring them home. They ran as fast as they could, dodging rocks, trees, ridges, and roots along the way, not caring where they went as long as they were able to lose the adults quickly. They ran all the way to the deepest part of the woods, where they flopped down for a rest, tired, panting, and completely out of breath. Miruku took a long drink from his canteen before speaking. "Do you think they'll follow us now?" said the little snail. Ni-Kaabi swallowed the last of the liquid in his canteen. "I don't think they'll make it this far in time to catch us. We're too deep in the woods, and besides, that false trail we set will throw them off for a while." Miruku lay back and stared at the white whisps of cloud floating by. There was a spot in the trees where you could see the sky, and it was a beautiful day. The lonely little ray of sunlight reminded him of that day back on his home planet...
***
"Okay, Miruku, I need you to put this on the bottom shelf." Miruku's teacher was helping the kids set up for the play that was to be held in the cafeteria/auditorium that night. Miruku had the lead role in the class production of "The Green Mile" His parents were gonna help the kids set up, but they weren't there yet. Miruku thought of how proud his parents would be when they saw that he'd put 6 hours worth of extra rehearsal every day to master the part of John Coffey, The gentle giant of E block at the Cold Mountain Penitentary. They'd be so proud of him! His mom always said he would be an actor some day. As he left the box on the bottom shelf, he looked at the clock. "Show starts in 20 minutes" he thought, "They probably got stuck on a bad road. It is raining, after all." Miruku smiled as he went backstage to get his costume.
***
Miruku turned around and looked at Ni-Kaabi, who was chewing a piece of gum. Miruku had a question. "NK? What was your life like before you met me and became my best friend?" Ni-Kaabi sighed forlornly and got that faraway look he did when he was remembering a memory from his melancholy past. "No one would go neah me." he said in his accent. "I was a freak 'o' nature that no one wanted t' be 'round. Miruku looked at him. "Why? You're a good guy." Ni-Kaabi gave another heavy sigh. "It's 'cuz I'm not quite penguin, not quite monstah either." Miruku looked down at his hands. "He's like me, those first few weeks after........" his thoughts trailed off. Then he sank back into his own mind.
***
Miruku was about to make his entrance on the stage. He awaited his cue, when the two students playing Percy and Dean were to bring him onstage. The little snail looked out to the crowd through a hole in the curtains. his parents still weren't there. The little guy was a little annoyed. "What is the matter? Mom and Dad aren't here yet! I wish they could just take the shortcut, but I know how dad feels about shortcuts." Miruku imitated his father's voice "If shortcuts were relevant, they'd be part of the main route." he said, and laughed so loudly that his teacher had to reproach him sharply. It was almost his time. The little snail was ready. He was little, but compared to the short kids in the theatre club, he was average size. Percy and Dean came to him. "It's our cue, look mournful!" commanded the kid who played Dean, a fairly short kid named Idou. The kid playing Percy was a good friend of his, another snail by the name of Kagami. Kagami grinned. "Let's get this show on the road!
***
Miruku looked at Ni-Kaabi and thought, "What's it like, knowing you're not like others. Knowing you're a carbon copy of someone else? that you were not born into this world, but created by artificial means in a lab?" Miruku laid back and continued to think "NK had to deal with prejudice like that all his life. People treat him different because he wasn't born the way they were. They're scared of him, they avoid him. no one calls him names because he's the prince, but if he were a normal person, he'd be treated inferior to the so-called "normals". The cappies can't accept anyone who's different from them. The only reasoiin they accepted Kirby is that he was the legendary star warrior." Miruku picked up a beer and began to drink from it. "He's almost like me."
***
"I helped it, didn't I?" said Miruku, almost crying, as John Coffey's part called for. After the scene was rotated on the rotating panel on the stage, he awaited his next spot in the play. he still hadn't seen his parents. He was beginning to worry. It was like awaiting your sentence to the electric chair. That was ironic, since the play was set in death row. Miruku chuckled. "What could've happened? Dad's a safe driver. He won't crash. The little snail rolled over. "They'll be here." he thought.
***
Miruku was eating a bag of chips. The little snail was still thinking about NK. "Why does he seem so darn sad? That's easy! He only has family and one friend to lean on! How can the other children be so d*mn selfish? Whenever they need someone strong to give CPR to a child who has collapsed, THEN where will their pathetic "normal" status get them? Kids can't do CPR long enough to keep someone alive, and by the time an adult got there, he'd be too far gone! Only Ni-Kabbi would be able to get there fast enough, and they're too high and mighty to accept a clone! Who's gonna save your friend now, you rotten little b*stards?! Who's gonna help you when you need a good, strong pair of legs?! No one! You creeps don't deserve someone like Ni-Kaabi to help you! You're all a bunch of stupid bigots! How do you like them apples, huh? Huh, you f****** b*stards?!"
***
Miruku shook hard in the chair. It was the big climax, where John Coffey is sent to the chair. Everyone in the crowd watched with a pang of sadness, a few of them crying. After he pretended to die, he was rotated off the stage. Everyone was congratulating him. "Wow, Miruku! That was really good! Mrs. Haruyama is actually crying! Miruku waqs a little sad. His parents hadn't come. Then came the police, talking to his teacher, and by the looks on their faces, he could tell it wasn't good news. The next scenes were a blur. The police talking to Mrs. Haruyama, Mrs. Haruyama breaking the horrible news that he'd never see his parents again to him. The dazed feeling, head swimming, then he'd run from the room and out of the school, where he collapsed in the parking lot, moaning and crying. He ran home. But when he got there, it only reminded him of what had been taken away. That was the last thing he remembered before he blacked out.
***
Ni-Kaabi stood up. "C'mon, let's go. We got a long way to go." And the two friends walked off.
End Chapter 2
Stuffed King Dedede: So, did you like it?