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BGM: Waddle Dee Town (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"It amazes me they were able to build a movie theater that fast." Futaba said.
"Well, you gotta admire their dedication." Jade chuckled.
"True… ya gotta entertain yourself somehow." She agreed as they would see several other Waddle Dees constructing other buildings. "Wonder what they're building over there…?"
"If I had to guess… it's probably something amazing. I dunno." Ryuji said as he glanced over at a wall where he would see a Waddle Dee constructing a gachapon machine. "...Uh oh…"
"What is i-... oh crap." Futaba grimaced.
"Okay… Makoto's hatred for gachapon can't be that bad, can it?" Xena asked.
"Whenever she goes shopping, she asks Sae to go with her. Doesn't matter if it's in Japan or the Mushroom Kingdom…"
"There we go. That'll be… twenty… five… coins?" A cashier wondered as Sae was holding Makoto over her shoulder, who was struggling to get out of Sae's grip.
"Don't worry about it." Sae said as she walked out with the groceries. "Let's go."
"No! We can't leave yet! I gotta destroy those infernal machines! They prey upon children! They force them to take their parent's credit cards! I gotta destroy this evil! LET ME GO, SIS!"
Futaba sighed, shaking her head. "I blame EA for this mess… stupid Battlefront II." She mumbled. "Why can't they just sign a contract that makes them instantly go bankrupt and close their doors…"
"I don't think that's how it works." Jade said.
"Oh, I know. But could you even imagine if that could happen in some capacity? Nothing of value would be lost! Except for maybe… Plants vs Zombies?" Futaba shrugged. "What can you do…"
End BGM
World 1-3: Rocky Rollin' Road - Sniper, Spy, Makoto, Ann
BGM: Running Through the New World (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Chiaki and her group landed on the ground, and soon after, the other four landed nearby. "Hey girl!" Ann waved.
"Hey!" Chiaki smiled and looked at the two assassins who already had their hands on their knees. "...You okay?"
"If it's all the same to you, lass… I'm not used to crashing into the ground by a large star." Sniper said.
"How are you able to handle it so gracefully?" Spy wondered. "Same with you two girls."
"Well, when you're in outer space dealing with phazon, you tend to get a resistance to your ankles shattering from high places." Ann said.
"...Come again?" Spy asked with a surprised eyebrow raise.
"It's not that bad. You just get used to it." Chiaki smiled.
Sniper sweatdropped. "...Riiiiight…"
"I'm sorry, you were where now?" Elfilin asked in surprise as they walked ahead and saw a Jabhog approaching them, attacking them by extending its spikes, but Kirby sucked it right up and gained the Needle powerup.
"Poyo!"
"...Ugh, the Needle powerup?" Chiaki asked with disappointment. "The worst powerup out there?"
"Poyo poyo!"
"...You always manage to find use in it anyway?"
"Poyo!"
Chiaki chuckled. "Well, good for you." She said, patting him on the forehead.
"How is it that you can understand him?" Spy asked, puffing out smoke from his cigarette.
"Well, once you hang around Kirby for a while, you tend to understand him." Chiaki explained.
"It's true." Makoto nodded. "Same with BB-8."
BB-8 let out a few happy chirps, which had the mercs look at each other before shrugging as they continued on, only to be greeted by a Bernard shooting at them, but as they took cover, Kirby ran over to the Bernard and instinctively used his Needle ability, impaling the Bernard in a large spike ball and shrunk, launching him away into the tall grass.
"...Okay, that was pretty cool." Chiaki admitted as Kirby looked down at the blunderbuss that the Bernard left.
"Poyo…?" He wondered as he sucked it up, and then became Ranger Kirby. "Poyo!"
"Oh no! He's got a gun!" Ann exclaimed in horror.
"...Wait, why are we scared by this? He uses Ray Guns, Superscopes and K. Rool's Blunderbuss all the time." Makoto pointed out.
"Don't forget Joker's neutral special!" Chiaki chimed in and then patted Kirby on the head. "You've been training your whole life for this moment, haven't you?" She giggled.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled, shooting at another Jabhog and Bernard nonchalantly, where they would notice the bullets were actually stars.
"Star bullets?" Sniper wondered.
"Fascinating…" Spy mused.
"Nothing to worry about!" Chiaki said.
"Yeah, this seems about normal…" Elfilin nodded.
At that moment, Kirby would spot a loaf of french bread on a tree stump. "Poyo!" He said as he went ahead and sucked it up. The tree stump in question would light up after doing so.
"Hmm? That's unusual…" Chiaki said.
"Ooooh, maybe it's a spooooooky tree trunk~!" Ann teased.
Makoto rolled her eyes. "Not falling for it. And besides, I've gotten better over being scared by scary haunted stuff, thank you very much."
"Oh really? How about that horror movie that you and Akira watched? What was it again… Halloween?"
"Which version?" Chiaki asked.
"The very first one. Makoto kept shrieking."
Makoto folded her arms. "That was the old me."
"That was literally two nights ago!"
"So that's what that was? I thought Toon Link was pranking Mythra again."
"Hmph. I'm not afraid." Makoto said.
BB-8 let out a few chirps.
"...Who are you calling a liar?!" Makoto glared while Sniper and Spy looked at each other and simply shrugged as they climbed up the ladder, where Kirby would see a bunch of bananas on a tree stump as he picked it up and split it with everyone as he sucked up his banana, peel and all.
"I don't think eatin' the peel was heathy, mate." Sniper pointed out.
"Poyo." Kirby shrugged.
"He really is a garbage gut, isn't he?"
Chiaki snickered. "It's his thing." She said, noticing the tree stump lighting up as they walked off, weaving their way around the boulders, finishing up their bananas as Kirby happily ate up the banana peels.
"Anything's pretty much a treat to you, huh?" Ann smiled.
"Poyo!"
"Thought so~!"
"I question his digestive system…" Spy said.
"He doesn't have one. His stomach is a black void. Once you get in, you're never coming out." Chiaki said. "Although if it's a friend, he'll spit you out and only just take your power."
Spy blinked. "...Somehow, I feel that is better than the assignments we get on Halloween." He said, recalling such incidents like pushing one of the brothers to hell or the Skeleton King.
They would spot a target on a tree where Kirby proceeded to shoot at said target, where it would uncover a Waddle Dee hidden in a wall. Chiaki teleported him back to Waddle Dee Town as they climbed up another ladder and would come across a hill filled with several boulders rolling down the mountain.
"Whoa, hello! It's a rock slide!" Ann exclaimed.
"I got this!" Makoto said as she pulled her fist back, nuclear energy coursing through her fist. "MAFREIDYNE!" She yelled, punching a boulder, which cause it to fly back and shattered the boulders behind it as it crashed into a wall and crumbled into nothing.
Chiaki and Ann sweatdropped while Elfilin nearly fainted at what he just witnessed while Sniper and Spy were absolutely speechless over what had happened. "...I… was just gonna stop them with my magic but that works too." Chiaki said.
"Makoto, I think you just pulled a Chris Redfield." Ann said.
"Pffft, nonsense." Makoto said, waving her hand as they walked up the hill while BB-8 had to nudge Elfilin to get him to snap out of it.
"That… that wasn't human!" Elfilin said.
"Poyo?" Kirby spotted a hidden pathway. "Poyo!" He called out to them as they turned to the puffball.
"Oh, neat! A hidden path!" Chiaki said as they walked through and found a Waddle Dee where Chiaki teleported him back to town as they climbed up a ladder and found a dome that Kirby immediately sucked in, becoming one with the dome and prying the top off. Once he fell over, Sniper immediately looked inside.
"Oh, hey… one of these cute capsule things that hold a little prize inside!"
Ann immediately paled. "Uh oh…" She said as Makoto's eye twitched, staring at the gachapon in front of her eyes as Sniper popped it open to reveal a Tortoner.
"Heh, cute… apparently, it says here that this thing is a Tortoner."
"So that's what those things are called…" Chiaki mused. "Good to know!"
Kirby spat out the top and smiled, only to see Makoto burning with rage. "Poyo…?"
Elfilin turned around. "Uh… Makoto? Are you okay?"
"Gacha… in this DAMN WORLD?!" Makoto snarled,
"...Uh oh." Chiaki backed away slowly.
Sniper looked at the capsule and tossed it to her while putting away the figurine as Makoto instantly crushed the capsule as she caught it. "That figurine… is lucky…" She walked off in a huff right after.
"Hmm, the mademoiselle acts like she's been robbed by those things…" Spy mused.
"She… has a complicated relationship with gacha." Ann admitted.
"I see…"
Ann walked after Makoto. "Deep breaths, girl… those capsules won't hurt you."
"But when they brainwash kids into buying more, which soon gets them into taking their parent's credit cards to buy more? It's illegal gambling, that's what it is! It's a freakin' epidemic that's spiraling out of control!"
"Ah, but we're in a post-apocalyptic Earth. I'm pretty sure that's no longer the case."
"That just means gacha won in this world!"
"Well, think of it this way! Gacha is no longer being distributed here, right? Which means…"
Makoto's eyes widened. "That means Gacha is no longer being made."
Ann grinned. "Exact-"
"That means Gacha is an endangered species in this world! Which means I can absolutely destroy it all in this forgotten land until they're extinct!"
Ann sweatdropped. "-Ly…" She said as Makoto tapped her fingers with an evil chuckle and a smirk. "Why… do I feel like I just created a monster?"
Chiaki walked past her. "That just means you're gonna be the one to stop her and call her out on it later."
"Wha?! Why is that MY responsibility?!" Ann said in surprise.
"Given that you were the one who gave her that idea… it's gonna make her go on a path more chaotic than Soldier's rampages." Spy said.
Ann slumped. "You too? Ugh…"
"Relax, I'm not going to hurt anyone who takes it before I can… they're just gonna have to be faster than I am." Makoto said as she walked off. "Of course, I can also be the one to destroy the capsules for them when they get the prize out!"
Ann sweatdropped. "Sometimes you worry me, Nijima…" She sighed as they jumped over small gaps until they found a target near a wall. Sniper spotted this and aimed his sniper rifle, shooting the target to open up a door for them as they walked inside.
As they walked in, they would come across several targets floating in the air. "Ah, it's like a shooting gallery!" Chiaki said, summoning an NES Zapper as she, Sniper and Kirby proceeded to shoot at the targets, and when all of them was destroyed, a cell door opened up to reveal a treasure chest as Chiaki walked over and opened it up, freeing a Waddle Dee as it hugged her in gratitude, where she patted him on the head and teleported him away.
They walked out, and then as they continued on, they would see a milk carton on a tree stump. "Poyo!" Kirby's eyes sparkled.
"Hang on, I'm not sure about this one." Ann said. "That could be spoiled for all we know. Plus, it's probably been out in the sun for a while."
BB-8 rolled up to it and scanned it, then turned his head and chirped.
"It's fresh AND completely safe?!" Ann said in disbelief.
"I'd believe it. It gives you health in the main games." Makoto said.
Ann sweatdropped. "I know, but we're not in a game!" She said as Chiaki took a few swigs of the milk carton before handing the rest to Kirby, who predictably swallowed it up.
At that moment, the tree stump lit up and fired a beam of light as did the other two tree stumps from before. They connected and opened up a portal as a Waddle Dee started falling toward the ground but Elfilin flew up and caught the Waddle Dee. "I got ya!" He said as the Waddle Dee smiled as he flew back down where Chiaki would safely teleport him away.
As they started to walk down a very suspicious slope, they felt a very loud thud as they turned to see a giant boulder approaching them. Ann casually turned her head to Makoto. "So, you want to punch this one too?"
"Nah, I'm good."
"Alright then."
The group proceeded to run down the slope as Chiaki instinctively telekinetically pushed a Kabu out of the way and teleported two unsuspecting Awoofies away as they spotted a massive crack in the ground as they dove out of the way as the boulder hit the ground where it caved in and the boulder fell into the pit.
"Phew… that was close…" Sniper said as they would see a caged Waddle Dee on the bench, struggling to reach for a hot dog. Kirby immediately broke him free as the Waddle Dee cheered and happily ate the hot dog… or more like, absorbing the hot dog.
"Huh?!" The two assassins looked at the Waddle Dee in bewilderment. What made this more confusing for them was the Waddle Dee was visibly chewing on the hot dog.
"I've always wondered how they don't starve…" Ann rubbed her chin.
Makoto chuckled. "Adorable." She said, rubbing the Waddle Dee on the head, and then once he was ready, Chiaki teleported the Waddle Dee away.
They then headed to the right as they would see a car where Kirby's eyes sparkled and sucked it up to become Carby once more, then Makoto called out Johanna as she hopped on, then Ann climbed aboard and wrapped her arms around her while Chiaki summoned a Warthog and a Mongoose where the assassins got in the Warthog and Chiaki hopped on the Mongoose where BB-8 hopped on board as they all drove off.
However, the road started to get very narrow in an instant as they carefully drove around the edge. Once they got past that, they floored it as Kirby would ramp off and crashed into a building, freeing up a Waddle Dee that looked like he just about had a heart attack from Kirby's entrance.
"Poy-mmph!"
"I think you scared him!" Elfilin said as Chiaki came in and teleported him back to town once he had calmed down. They then drove off and weaved around three gigantic boulders before they reached the end where a golden cage awaited them with three Waddle Dees.
Makoto bent the bars to free the Waddle Dees. "There you go, little guys!" She smiled as the Waddle Dees jumped out and celebrated, while Chiaki noticed a blackboard nearby as she walked over to it.
"Did anyone fall off the edge while driving? Yes No"
Chiaki raised an eyebrow. "No." She said as she selected "No", and right on cue, the blackboard flipped around to reveal a Waddle Dee taped behind it. "Oh!" She pulled him free, gently taking the tape out of him. "There you go." She said as the Waddle Dee hugged her and then a Warp Star appeared.
"We'll head back." Ann said as they hopped onto the Warp Star and flew off.
End BGM
"That takes care of that!" Chiaki said.
"Poyo? Poyo!" Kirby pointed to a target beyond the fence while BB-8 spotted a gachapon behind some metal boxes. He opened it up to reveal Fire Kirby. He let out a few small beeps, as if he was chuckling.
"Oh? How did we miss that one?" Chiaki wondered as Kirby hopped up onto a tree and fired at the target, breaking it where stairs appeared in front of them.
"What in the…?" Elfilin wondered as they walked up the steps in curiosity.
BGM: Friendly Field (Kirby Star Allies)
"Oh!" Chiaki's eyes sparkled as they wandered into a HAL Room.
"Poyo…?" Kirby tilted his head.
"Who the heck is Hal?" Elfilin asked.
"Inside joke." Chiaki said as she wandered around with Kirby.
"...I don't get it." Elfilin said as BB-8 let out a few boops and rolled around as Chiaki knelt down at a few copy essences in front of her.
"Hammer, Ice, Tornado… goodness, we got some good ones here!" She giggled as she picked up the hammer and latched it to her back. "I'll save this for later…" She said as Kirby pondered for a moment before sucking up the Hammer ability.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled.
"I dunno, guys… do you really think we should be stealing from this Hal guy? I think he's gonna be massively upset…" Elfilin said.
"I'm sure they won't mind."
"They?" Elfilin asked in confusion.
BB-8 let out a few boops.
"What do you mean "Don't worry about it"?"
"Come on, let's go." Chiaki said as they started to walk away, when a rift portal opened up. "Hmm?" She wondered. "Hang on, let's check this out first." She suggested as they walked into the rift portal.
End BGM
Cone Mouth: Burst and Rise! A Path Full Of Pipes!
BGM: Beginner Treasures (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Everyone popped out and found themselves next to a traffic cone, where Kirby swallowed up to become Cone Kirby. "Alright, let's do this!" Chiaki exclaimed as Kirby hopped onto the pipes and jumped up and came crashing down onto a crack, which made the pipe burst as Kirby launched up into the air as the trio followed as Kirby landed on some unsuspecting Bronto Burts.
Kirby then piledrived into another pipe, launching into the air and crashing down next to some Kabus as he then turned around and did the same to another pipe, the water splashing some Bronto Burts as they landed on the next platform as some Awoofies charged at them, but Chiaki snapped her fingers to teleport them away, then Kirby pile drived into another crack, bursting the pipe open.
"Would these count as steps?" Elfilin wondered, seeing four pipes in a row.
"Probably." Chiaki shrugged as Kirby continuously went up each step. One of them containing a Kabu, another a Gordo Bar, the third step contained a Buffahorn that Chiaki sent to town, and another contained a Big Kabu spitting out smaller Kabu that Kirby took care of, then they landed on a moving platform as Kirby skewered the last pipe once they reached it and they all landed on top of the Rare Stone.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled after spitting out the cone as a rift opened up as the four of them jumped in.
Vending Mouth: Pop Shots! A Vending Adventure
"Wait… did it just take us somewhere else in this dimension?" Chiaki wondered.
"I believe it did." Elfilin nodded, and then saw a vending machine as Kirby sucked it right up.
"Guess we're shooting out soda!" Chiaki giggled as Kirby immediately rapid fired to destroy the metal boxes where they would see Awoofies and Rabiroos where Chiaki teleported them away safely as Kirby kept rapid firing to his heart's content.
BB-8 let out a few questionable chirps.
"I've never seen a vending machine with unlimited ammo…" Chiaki admitted.
Some more chirps.
"Maybe this one in the void is special."
They walked ahead as Kirby destroyed some bomb blocks and waddled up ahead, destroying more metal blocks and sending Shotzos into the abyss while Chiaki teleported some Awoofies to safety to avoid getting clobbered by Kirby's Soda-geddon. It could not be said for the Bronto Burts however as they had soda cans smacked into their faces as Kirby waddled his way forward as Chiaki spotted some Bullhorns where she sent away back to the town, same with several Rabiroos while Kirby spat out sodas into a Big Kabu after going over a spike pit.
Chiaki proceeded to send more Rabiroos back to Waddle Dee Town and then had an idea. "Hmm…" She jumped over a pit and proceeded to levitate off the ground. "Alright, Kirby. Fire away!"
"What are you doing?!" Elfilin exclaimed. "You're going to get-"
Kirby shot at Chiaki, where she proceeded to telekinetically snatch all the sodas she needed.
"-Hurt…?"
"Alright, that's good!" Chiaki smiled as Kirby stopped firing. She then made the soda cans dance around her before thrusting her arms to the side as they destroyed the metal boxes and hit the switches as she left one can available and threw it at the switch, opening the way forward.
"Oh my! That was amazing!" Elfilin exclaimed.
"Ah, it was nothin'." Chiaki rubbed her upper lip with a chuckle as they headed to the Rare Stone as she teleported the three Buffahorns away. They would then snag the Rare Stone.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled after he spat out the vending machine and then a rift opened up, where the four of them hopped in.
End BGM
The rift spat them out at the entrance of a mall and closed up right after. "Oooh, an abandoned mall. Sweet!" Chiaki said as they heard a Warp Star coming in.
World 1-4: A Trip to Alivel Mall - Ryuji, Yusuke, Demoman, Engineer
"Sup!" Ryuji waved.
"Hey!" Chiaki greeted.
"I have to say, Chiaki… you're sending a lot of the Beast Pack to our base." Yusuke said.
"I figured… but how bad is it?"
Back at Waddle Dee Town…
"Yes! This will do nicely!" Gundham said as the Waddle Dees were busy making a large Beast Pack farm as his Devas were guiding the ones into the pen as Gundham scratched everyone behind the ears as they did so. "My Beast Pack army is rising by the hour! Soon I will have an unstoppable force and my Devas will have PLENTY of playmates! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"...Seriously, has he even considered doing theater?" Futaba wondered, munching on some chips.
Back with them…
Chiaki snickered. "Definitely sounds like him."
"Poyo." Kirby agreed.
Elfilin sweatdropped. "He concerns me…"
"So… what kind of mall is this?" Ryuji asked as he looked at it. "Some kind of… Kirby version of Coconut Mall? Like… Whispy Mall? Kracko Mall? Oh! Dedede Mall!"
Chiaki sweatdropped. "I… don't think those will catch on."
Yusuke spotted a sign and looked at it. "Welcome to… Alivel Mall."
"Sounds better than what the lad was sayin'. Kraken Mall? Aye, lad… that just sounds dumb!"
"I didn't say Kracken, I said… oh never mind…" Ryuji sighed as they walked inside the mall.
BGM: A Trip To Alivel Mall (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Hmm?" Chiaki looked up. "Huh, I guess the radio still works in the mall."
"Poyo poyo?"
"Some music never dies." Chiaki shrugged as they walked up the deactivated escalators and went up to the first floor, where some Awoofies were napping as they snuck past them as a Needlous rolled toward them, only for Kirby to hammer it to squish it flat as they walked ahead.
"Hmm… these stores all seem to be shuttered." Engi said.
"All at once? That's interesting…" Yusuke rubbed his chin as he and Ryuji walked over to one and opened it up, with the help of Chiaki as they looked inside.
"No Waddle Dee in here… just an empty food court by the looks of it." Ryuji said as they walked out, as they spotted a Poppy Bro playing card games with a Gabon. As they continued on, they would see a Kabu moving about a girder as Kirby knocked it off the platform and opened the wall up to see a gachapon. Once he ran inside, he grabbed it and opened it up to reveal a Cappy.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled as he walked out while Chiaki cleared some boxes and saw a doughnut.
"Ooooh!" She grinned as she picked it up and took a bite, only to realize it was hard as a rock. "Aww…"
"Well, it makes sense. It would be really stale." Yusuke mused.
"But hard as a rock though?" Chiaki scratched the back of her head and noticed the number one was drawn on it.
"What's with the number one?" Ryuji wondered.
"World's most stalest doughnut? I dunno." Chiaki shrugged as she opened up a dimensional pocket and tossed it inside and closed it, then they rejoined Kirby as they turned the corner and saw several Poppy Bros ready to carpet bomb them on higher platforms.
"Well, hell… this is gonna be a tricky one…" Engi mused.
"I suppose we could try to make a run for it." Yusuke said.
"Hmm… I dunno, could be risky." Ryuji said.
"Hmm? Hey lads!" Demoman spoke up as they turned to see him looking at a candy as he picked it up. "Found this on the ground… not sure why it's glowin' a rainbow color…"
"Oooh, that's an invincibility candy! It can make us invincible for a short time!" Chiaki said.
"It can ubercharge us?" Demoman smirked. "I like the sound of that!"
Chiaki smiled, and then telekinetically broke it in three pieces where she, Kirby and even Demoman chomped down on the sweet, where all three of them glowed a rainbow-like aura.
Pause BGM
BGM: Invincible Candy (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"Uh… are you sure it's a good idea giving a perpetually drunk Scottish demolitions expert a sugar rush?" Ryuji grimaced.
"LEEEEET'S DOOOOOOO IIIIIIIIIIT!" Demoman yelled, readying his Loose Cannon as the three of them charged ahead, where Demoman proceeded to obliterate everyone up top while Chiaki and Kirby quickly freed up a panicking Waddle Dee, and then they both noticed another Waddle Dee trapped in a rainbow cage as the two jumped in and pulled him out.
"Think we could only free him up under the effects of being invincible." Chiaki said.
"Poyo." Kirby nodded as they turned around, only to see the entire place on fire along with the enemies sprawled out.
"WOOOOO! THEY'RE GONNA BURY WHAT'S LEFT OF YE IN A SOUP CAN!"
"...We only had our backs turned for five seconds…" Chiaki said, completely flabbergasted that it took the man that long to annihilate the room, and then the effects wore off.
End BGM
Resume A Trip To Alivel Mall BGM
"Ooooh… I don't feel so good… I need a drink!" Demoman proceeded to drink scrumpy before realizing the whole place was on fire. "AUGH! The bloody place is on fire!"
"How did he start burning the place up?!" Chiaki asked.
"Trust me, you don't wanna know." Engi said.
Chiaki sighed, shaking her head as she conjured up water and proceeded to extinguish the flames. "Okay, new rule. Don't give this man invincible candy."
"Probably for the best." Yusuke agreed as they walked through the door, and then they came across a storage locker that was glowing.
"A glowing storage locker?" Ryuji wondered as Kirby walked over to it and sucked it up, becoming Storage Mouth Kirby. "ARE YOU FOR REAL?!"
"...What's a storage locker gonna do?" Elfilin wondered.
"Mooooooy…" Kirby grunted, struggling to move the storage locker… until he soon fell over on his head. BB-8 rolled over to him and poked him while Chiaki looked at the map that the storage locker had covered.
"Hamburgers…? Hmm, odd." Chiaki rubbed her chin as Kirby spat out the storage locker, shaking it off like no big deal, then they spotted three food courts. One with milkshakes, one with hamburgers, and one with flan.
"Ooooh, so was that map pointing us to the right direction?" Elfilin asked.
"Hmm… hey BB-8, run a scan on all three." Chiaki requested as BB-8 nodded and turned around, scanning a room before rolling over to the next, and then hurried back after he scanned the third one and reported back with several chirps. "Interesting… so the milkshake and the flan room are all traps while the one with the hamburger is the real deal."
Engi chuckled, kneeling down. "Smart little fella, ain't he?" He smiled, patting BB-8 on the head as he let out some bashful boops before they went into the correct food court, where not only would they see a treasure chest that contained a Waddle Dee, but there was a mountain of burgers.
"Poyoooooo!" Kirby drooled over the sight of it as he proceeded to inhale it all while Chiaki opened up the chest to free the Waddle Dee.
"I didn't even get a single burger…" Ryuji slumped with anime tears running down his cheeks.
"There there…" Yusuke patted him on the shoulder as they went off to the next room with Kirby happily walking away into the next room where they walked into a room with conveyor belts, proceeding to walk on them as Chiaki spotted an Awoofy running toward them as she smiled and teleported him to the town before they walked up a few steps… and then a Wild Frosty landed on the ground in front of them.
"Heeeeeey, Frosty, my man! How's it goin'!" Ryuji greeted.
"...Something's different about him." Chiaki observed as Frosty charged at them.
"Get down!" Yusuke exclaimed as they all dove for cover as Frosty turned around and roared, throwing snowballs at them.
"I think he's possessed!" Ryuji said as fire wrapped around Chiaki's hands.
"Sorry about this, big guy." She said as she threw fireballs at him where Demoman joined in by firing cannonballs, Engineer aiming Frontier Justice and shooting at him with Ryuji and Yusuke went into their Persona attires and fired their shotgun and AR-M4 at the giant beast, where Kirby then jumped up and hammered him in the head to finish him off as he fell to the ground in defeat, and then Kirby sucked him up to don the Ice Powerup.
"Poyo!" Kirby tossed the hammer behind him, where BB-8 caught it for himself. He even let out a few curious, yet mischievous boops.
"Honestly, not a bad weapon for you." Chiaki admitted as Kirby ice skated around.
"There are a lot more Frostys in Pop Star, right?" Ryuji asked.
"I'm assuming so, yes." Yusuke nodded.
"Poor guy didn't stand a chance…"
They walked off as some Rabiroos bounced over to them, only for Chiaki to send them away as they wandered around the conveyor belts, where one in particular a few boxes dropped as an Awoofy was sleeping on it as they were about to fall toward the hard ground. Luckily Chiaki teleported the Awoofy away before it could get harmed while Yusuke found a gachapon, where he picked it up and pulled it apart to receive a Bernard figurine.
"Well, isn't this a cute one. Apparently this one's called a Bernard." He said.
"A dog with a gun… that's nice." Ryuji sweatdropped. "Let's hope they point it at abusive dog owners." He said as they made it to a square conveyor belt with a spike pit in the middle. Kirby noticed some fire logs nearby as he breathed ice to destroy them and climbed up a ladder to press a switch, and then a wall opened up as a caged Waddle Dee moved toward the spike pit, but Chiaki telekinetically grabbed it and pulled it to her.
"I don't think so." She said, freeing the Waddle Dee and tossing the cage into the spike pit, then teleported him away as she would also see another doughnut as she picked it up, seeing the number two on it as she tried to take a bite.
"Stale?" Engi asked.
"Scthale…" Chiaki mumbled as she opened up a dimension pocket and put it inside where the other doughnut was at. "Seriously, you could probably play hockey with these."
"Aye, that'd make anyone hungry just watchin' the sport." Demoman chuckled as they walked into the next room where they saw more food courts, where BB-8 instinctively went over to check on all of them and booped loudly enough when he reached the far end.
"The far end food court with the strawberry shortcake?" Chiaki called back as BB-8 responded back. "Alright! Let's go!"
"Come on, little buddy… wrong food court!" Ryuji said, picking up Kirby as he was going into the first shortcake and tried to squirm his way out of Ryuji's grip.
"Hey Kirby, look!" Chiaki pointed to the other sign as Kirby looked and his eyes sparkled as he ran inside the food court.
"Well, that was easy." Elfilin said as they walked inside, where they freed a Waddle Dee in a treasure chest while Kirby gorged himself on a mountain of strawberry shortcakes, but saved some for his friends.
"...Dadgum… these things are fresh!" Engi said, taking a bite.
"All's forgiven for the burger incident!" Ryuji smiled as Chiaki finished hers and spotted another doughnut with a number three.
"I'm not even gonna bother…" She said, tossing the doughnut into a dimensional pocket as she turned around to see Demoman drinking after he finished his cake, then they all went into the next area where they climbed up a few escalators where Chiaki teleported the Awoofies away and they came across a dead end with a storage unit, which Kirby happily swallowed up and started to pull back.
"I don't think you're gonna get anywhere, bud. That thing is nailed to the-"
Crack!
"-The… the…" Ryuji paled up as Kirby struggled as the wall continued to crack open. "ARE YOU FOR REAL?!" He yelled in shock as everyone took a step back as the wall came crumbling down right as Kirby fell over.
"He's very much for real." Chiaki snickered as Kirby spat it out like nothing happened as they walked outside, where Chiaki would see a balcony and levitated toward it while everyone else freed the Waddle Dees in the golden cage.
As she looked closer, she saw the last doughnut with number four, and a sleeping Bernard was on a chair. She picked it up and sighed. "Wish these weren't so… stale." She said as she turned around and noticed a stand nearby. "Hmm?"
She walked over to it and looked over at the sign next to the stand. "How many doughnuts did you find in the mall?"
"I found… four of them." She said as she opened up the dimensional pocket and tossed all three, plus the fourth onto the stand. It scanned them and then suddenly shot out confetti, then a Waddle Dee was shot out and smacked Chiaki in the face.
"Mmmph!" Chiaki fell on her butt as the Waddle Dee groggily got up, rubbing his head as Chiaki sat up. "Could've warned me you were going to shoot out Waddle Dees!" She said before sighing. "You okay?"
The Waddle Dee nodded as Chiaki smiled and teleported him away while Ryuji and the others took off on a Warp Star.
End BGM
"Alright, let's go and-" Three rift portals opened up. "Oh, more of these?" Chiaki asked before smirking. "Alright, let's see how it goes!" She said as they split up.
Fire Treasure - Fast and Fiery - Race to the Cannon! - Chiaki, Elfilin
BGM: Beginner Treasures
"Oooh, this seems like Fire for the job. Let's go, Kirby!"
"Ah… Kirby's not with us."
"Huh?" Chiaki realized it was just her and Elfilin. …Crap, I'm stuck with this guy. She thought. "...Alright, let's get this over with."
Huh, her mood changed quickly. Wonder if I can break the ice with her? Elfilin wondered as Chiaki lit the fuse and walked ahead to get rid of the boxes. "Sooooo, uh… nice weather we're having, eh?"
"Mmm… it's alright…"
"The mall was pretty neat, wasn't it? I mean, I didn't know some of those shops existed! How about you?"
Chiaki said nothing as she hopped into the cannon where she shot up to the next platform but caught herself before she could smack her head on the platform. "Hello? Chiaki?"
"Hmm? What? Oh, yeah, I guess those shops do exist or… whatever."
"Hmm… ya know, you don't seem like the type of girl to give anyone the cold shoulder."
Pause BGM
Chiaki stopped walking. Crap, he's right…
Elfilin flew over to Chiaki's face. "Hey, something buggin' ya? Come on, you can tell me!"
"...Well, I… have some concerns."
"About what?"
"Let's just say… you kinda remind me of someone. Two people actually. There was a crisis that needed to be stopped, some cute creature came to us and asked us to help out. By the time we do, they pull a 180 and say they were pulling the strings all along just so they could have ultimate power."
"Yikes! They don't sound like very nice people." Elfilin said. "I mean, I'm not like that. You guys came at the right moment as we're in the middle of a crisis where all the Waddle… Dees… are… in… trouble and I asked you… guys… to… ooooooooh."
"Yeeeeah…"
Elfilin giggled. "Nothing to worry, I don't have a bad bone in my body. I promise you that!" He smiled. "So cheer up, this isn't gonna be a third time, no sir!"
"...I'm not letting my guard down though."
"Fair enough! But as I said, I promise that I won't backstab ya!"
"Mmm, I'll hold you to it." He's totally gonna backstab us… I'm calling it now. She thought as she looked into Elfilin's sparkling eyes. …Oooh, he's totally adorable though. No no no! Stay focused… that cuteness could mean anything.
Resume BGM
Elfilin grabbed Chiaki's hands. "Come on, Chiaki! Let's keep igniting those fuses!" He smiled as Chiaki let out a giggle.
"Yeah." She nodded, fire forming in her hands as she threw fireballs at the fuse where Elfilin flew ahead and pushed away the boxes as Chiaki flew to the cannon and shot off, only to catch herself and made it to the third platform.
"I got this one!" Elfilin said as he flew over to a Hot Head. "Hey Hot Head! Has anyone ever told you that your mama is so beautiful, they named a Valentine's Day card after her?"
The Hot Head blinked.
"Yeah, and your father is a handsome man and they made a healthy baby boy!"
The Hot Head blushed.
"...What are you doing?"
Elfilin sighed. "I'm not great at insults…"
Chiaki snickered. "I got this~!" She said, igniting the fuse as they pushed the boxes around. "Let me guess, you were aiming to have him breathe fire at you to ignite the fuse?"
"Yeah… it worked out better in my head." He admitted as they hopped into a cannon and reached the Rare Stone.
"Ah yeah!" Chiaki grinned, high fiving Elfilin.
"Yeah!"
Ranger Treasure - Ready, Aim, Fire! Distant Targets - BB-8
BB-8 hopped through the rift as he spotted a Ranger essence near him. He rolled over to it… and then a First Order Stormtrooper appeared on his head along with a blaster. He let out a surprised chirp before he rolled over and shot a target at the wall, and unlike the many Stormtroopers that fail to hit anything, he was able to actually hit it.
BB-8 let out a happy chirp as the platform moved him to two moving targets, where he was able to accurately shoot them down as he moved to the next one where a thin moving wall moved vertically and hid the targets, and there was also a Bernard that shot at the droid, which was enough to annoy BB-8 and shot the star block that he was standing on, causing the Bernard to fall on the spike pit while he then destroyed the targets.
Once he got to the last one, two walls closed to hide the target while two other targets moved outside the walls. BB-8 swiftly shot at the two targets and once the wall opened up, he fired to take out the last one and rolled away, but not before calling the two Bernards terrible shots in his own language as he rolled right on up to the Rare Stone, ditching the Stormtrooper helmet and blaster.
Ice Treasure - Freeze and Fling! Skating on Ice - Kirby
Kirby looked down at the ramps. "Poyo… poyo!" He had an idea as he jumped on the slope and unleashed Ice Storm, sliding his way down the ramps and running over everything that was in his way. Bronto Burts, Awoofies, Buniroos, fire logs, nothing stood in his way.
He slid into a portal and continued doing so, weaving his way around Gordo Bars while sliding over a pack of Awoofies and slid his way into some fire logs and slid into a Rare Stone.
"Poyo!" Kirby smiled.
End BGM
They all hopped out of the rift portals and walked further into the mall, when suddenly the mall started to shake. "Wh-what was that?!" Elfilin asked.
BGM: The Smell of a Scary Beast (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
"I dunno… but it's probably big." Chiaki said.
"You need a hand?" A voice asked as they turned around.
World 1-5: Brawl at The Mall - Thunder Legion, Soldier, Heavy, Medic, Dante, Vergil, Futaba, Akechi, Haru, JINXY, Mewtwo, Bandana Dee
"Yeah, I think that's plenty." Chiaki giggled as they walked through the mall, heading up the escalators where a shadow went over them.
"Above us!" Mercury exclaimed.
"I don't see anything…" Zapple said as they were on their guards, while Kirby spotted a massive banana horde as he went over to eat them up within five seconds, then came back and spotted a Sword essence as he hopped over to grab it and walked further along until they reached an abandoned cafe.
"I'm not liking this… we might as well turn around." Akechi said.
"Hmm…" Haru turned her head. "Huh? GUYS!" She yelled as they turned to see a large gorilla reaching in and grabbing a hold of Kirby.
"Waaaaaaah!"
"KIRBY!" Chiaki yelled as she immediately jumped out and fired magic at his hand to free the little puffball as everyone hopped down behind her.
End BGM
The giant gorilla snarled and then roared, pounding his chest.
BGM: Vs Dangerous Beast (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Strong Armed Beast - Gorimondo
Gorimondo pounded on the ground, forcing them all to take cover as a massive shockwave was enough to send them flying in all directions. Gorimondo pulled back his fist and rolled it before swinging it at Soldier as he ducked as Gorimondo put a hole in the wall.
"Hey! Hey big guy! Over here!" Dante got his attention as Gorimondo picked up a slab of the ground and threw it at Dante, but he dodged it and ran toward Gorimondo as he swung his fists down but Dante slid between his legs and slashed him from behind where Nyx fired crossbows at him.
"Buffing you guys up!" Futaba called out to them as Kirby jumped in and slashed at Gorimondo with Vergil and Crow while Noir got into position and fired the Iron Bomber into his face.
Gorimondo pulled back his fists and unleashed a powerful clap that unleashed a powerful wind gust that knocked everyone back. "Is that all you got, big guy!" Soldier called out to him and fired rockets with his Direct Hit.
Gorimondo caught the rockets and squished them with his fingers, while he was being fired upon by Heavy's Natascha and Medic right behind him. Gorimondo shifted his eyes toward Mewtwo and punched him, but he teleported away and unleashed Shadow Ball on him. Gorimondo leapt into the air and held onto a wall.
He roared, pulling apart a large chunk of the mall and threw the entire wall at them, but Laxus fired a large bolt of electricity to disintegrate it. "You ready, Hazel?" Laxus asked as Hazel injected himself with Dust crystals after ripping his shirt off.
"Ready!"
"Doesn't that hurt?" Chiaki asked with concern, noticing the scars on his arms.
"I'm used to it!" Hazel responded as Laxus grabbed him and zipped him over to Gorimondo, the two of them unleashing a fiery/electrical uppercut to snap his head back as he fell to the ground but he caught himself and punched the two away, but Laxus zipped away with Hazel as Mercury ran toward the big guy.
"Zapple, on my cue!" Mercury called out to her.
"Right!" Zapple nodded as Gorimondo tried to backhand Iris, Kirby, Bandana Dee and Jade away while Xena and Yagami teleported around to fire telekinetic bolts at him. Gorimondo noticed Mercury as he proceeded to spin around, creating tornadoes around him as Mercury got sucked into one, but he smirked, activating the thrusters in his feet as he dive bombed and axe kicked him in the head. He then backflipped off as his hand turned into an arm cannon and shot him in the eyes.
Mercury landed on the ground and smirked, seeing a small lightning rod on his head. "Now!" He said as Zapple's eyes glowed as she raised her arms up in the air and threw down a massive lightning bolt to strike him in the head, Gorimondo roaring in pain as he fell on his butt.
End BGM
"Got him!" Zapple fist pumped.
"That's what I'm talking about. Give me some!" Mercury grinned as they both high fived.
"Yagh!" Zapple yelped, shaking her wrist as it throbbed a little.
"Ooops… forgot about that." Mercury sheepishly rubbed his head.
They heard growling as they turned to see Gorimondo getting up, an orange aura surrounding him as he roared in anger and pounded his chest in fury.
BGM: Boss Battle - Return to Dream Land (Super Kirby Clash)
"YAAAAAAAAAAH!" Soldier pounded his chest in return. "YOU WANNA GO ANOTHER ROUND, BIG GUY!" He yelled as Gorimondo leapt into the air and landed on the ground, snatching up Chiaki.
"Wah! Hey!" She yelped as he jumped into the air and climbed up to the highest point of the mall.
"Who the hell does he think he is, King Kong?!" Futaba asked in dismay.
"GET YOUR PAWS OFF OF HER, YOU DAMN DIRTY APE!" Soldier yelled. "GET DOWN HERE AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN, YOU COWARD!"
"Hey! I do NOT like being manhandled this way!" Chiaki yelled, but Gorimondo said nothing as he looked down and roared at them tauntingly. "Ugh… great, now I need to figure out a way to summon toy Hajimes to come save me…" She mumbled.
"What do we do?" Akechi asked. "I have a feeling he's going to use her as a shield!"
"I'm looking for options, okay?! Don't rush me!" Futaba said.
"We'll go up there!" Xena said as she and Yagami flew up. "It's a good thing we rested before this, didn't we?"
"Hell yeah!" Yagami nodded as the two of them flew up to eye level as Mewtwo joined them as Gorimondo growled as he swiped at the three where they threw telekinetic fireballs, explosions and Shadow Balls at him.
Gorimondo snarled, waving his hand as miniature tornadoes came out to try and blow them away. He then picked up the top of the mall and threw it at Xena, but she telekinetically caught it as Gormiondo roared again, but suddenly, lasers struck the giant gorilla.
"Huh?" Chiaki turned her head as she was trying to look for a way to get herself out of there, and saw two familiar robots coming in.
"You guys need some help?" Penny asked as she cut the big gorilla while SAPR punched him in the face.
"Nice timing!" Yagami smirked as SAPR flew down and axe kicked Gorimondo's wrist, making it roar in pain and freeing Chiaki.
"There we go!" Chiaki launched a burst of fire at it and levitated away. "Nice try, big guy!"
"Why didn't you teleport out of his grip?" Mewtwo asked.
"Uh… didn't cross my mind, admittedly!" She said sheepishly as Penny and SAPR, together with the twins, flew toward Gorimondo as he tried swinging at them, but they avoided the attack as they all punched him in the chin to knock him off of the roof as he fell toward the ground, slamming into the ground in defeat.
End BGM
Soldier climbed up on the unconscious ape's chest, pulling out the American Flag. "America wins again!"
Heavy facepalmed. "Soldier! We are not in America!"
"Then as of now, this mall is property of the USA!"
"Does he even listen to himself?" Elfilin asked.
"Unfortunately… no." Medic mumbled as the others landed near them.
"What are you guys doing here?" Futaba asked.
"Oh, you guys disappeared when you made contact in Dreamland, so Kazuichi asked the two of us to come look for you." Penny responded.
"...Let me guess. It was more "checking up on his Sonia"?" Chiaki guessed.
"Ya know, come to think of it… that was probably what he meant." SAPR scratched her cheek.
Chiaki shook her head. "Still looking for a threesome, I see…"
"Hmm…" Mewtwo looked over at the twins. "You think you could try locating Umber?"
"We can try." Xena nodded as the two of them closed their eyes, attempting to contact Umber, but like last time, images flashed in their heads and they both screamed in agony.
"Join me… and together… Ultimate… Life… Form…"
"Hah… hah... Hah…" Yagami grunted as everyone was by their sides.
"Still nothing?" Jade asked.
"Nnngh… this time, it was a bit more clearer…" Xena mumbled. "We heard something about an… Ultimate Life Form… or something."
Mewtwo's eyes widened. "Ultimate Life Form?" He asked with intrigue as he turned to Chiaki. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah!" Chiaki nodded as they closed their eyes and combined their powers together as Xena and Yagami had the same idea and staggered to their feet and joined them.
A bright light formed near Gorimondo as they all looked to see who they were bringing.
"...Hoo boy." Futaba said.
BGM: All Hail Shadow (Sonic '06) (Start at 0:21)
They would see Shadow working on his motorcycle. He paused as he put his wrench away, noticing the scenery was different as he turned toward the others. He closed his eyes and let out a sigh, reaching for his radio and turned it off.
End BGM
"This better be good."
As they were bringing him up to speed, Nyx turned her head to a tree nearby, hearing it rustle. "Hmm?" She walked over to it, catching Iris's attention.
"Nyx?" Iris wondered as she approached the tree
Nyx peeked her head around the tree. "Laura…?"
"Laura? As in… Cardin's sister?" Iris asked as she took a peek, and saw that not only Laura was there, but the entirety of LAFF was there as well, including Logue.
"Um… hi…" Laura shyly waved.
"Were you guys following us? …Or, more like… following Kirby and Chiaki?"
"Y-yeah…"
Iris chuckled. "Don't worry, we won't hurt you." She said gently as the girls gently urged them to come out.
"Hmph. A so-called monster claiming to be the Ultimate Lifeform? This I have to see for myself." Shadow said with a smirk.
"Glad we can have you on board." Mewtwo said.
"Hmm?" Mercury turned his head. "Wh-WHAT THE HELL?!" He yelled as everyone else turned to see LAFF and Logue.
"Huh? How long were they there?" Chiaki wondered.
"Hiiiiiii Merc!" Laura waved cheerfully.
"Wh-how… where… how long were you guys here in this dimension?!" Mercury asked.
Laura sheepishly rubbed the back of her head. "It's… a long story…"
I LIIIIIIIIVE! I'm feeling a lot better than I was a few days ago!
Ibuki: Back in business, baby!
Oh yeah! And yes, the moment I saw the boss title of the final boss claiming to be the "Ultimate lifeform", I thought "Oh, I am SO going to bring Shadow into this story."
Ibuki: The Ultimate Lifeform smackdown! Let's go!