Chapter 5: And so our adventure begins . . . ?
Ryu, Rena, Petro and Kirby set off to the plains of Yulana. A brown circle of dirt covered the grassy area. It was the destination of Kirby's landing. Kirby looked back at the site and his eyes started to shine. But he knew that he had to go on, so he caught up to the group and jumped on Ryu's back.
"!? Kirby?"
"Poyo, poyo, poyo!"
Ryu fell silent, "Petro?"
"He just wants to go on your back."
"Right."
(From now on, Kirby is going to speak in English. Petro will automatically address this to Ryu and Rena unless Petro happens to be missing.)
Rena went closer to Ryu, "So Kirby, where are were you born?"
"In Popstar."
"Popstar? That's a first for me."
"..."
"What's wrong Kirby?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Okay then."
They cross the Yulana plains with a breeze. Then a forest appeared.
"What's that?" Kirby asked.
"A forest. What do U expect?" Petro exclaimed.
"Yeah, but . . . "
Before Kirby could say anything else, Ryu entered the forest. Kirby started to shiver at the horrors that could pop out any minute.
Twenty minutes passed by . . .
"I'm hungry."
"You just ate, Kirby." Rena said.
"I'm hungry!"
"We didn't bring any food, we just -"
"I'M HUNGRY!"
Birds from all over the trees quickly escaped the area. Petro snapped, "Darn, would of had them!" They stopped walking and found themselves in the middle of nowhere in a forest. Ryu sighed and sat on a rock. "What are going to do, now? We didn't bring anything."
Kirby's belly started to grumble. But that grumble was so loud that more birds escaped the area. Petro walked away slowly as he said, "I'll be right there."
"Petro! Come back here!"
"Poyo, poyo!"
"Petro! Petro? Where are you, Petro!?"
"POYO, POYO!"
Silence . . . then a shadow pounced and approached the three, only to see that the shadow was Petro. He caught a bird. "Gotcha!"
"Oh for crying out loud, Petro!" Ryu stood up, causing Kirby to fall into the bushes. "Stop that! There are millions of them all over the place! Catch another one some other time!"
"Glad u said that!"
Ryu slapped his palm flat on his face, "Damnit..."
"Help! I can't see!"
"Kirby!?" Rena's eyes suddenly turned blue, "Kirby where are you?"
"In the bushes! I'm itching all around!"
"Where?"
A rustling sound came from behind, "Over here!"
"Kirby!"
Rena saw a red shoe sticking out on a bush. She quickly pulled it out, and out came Kirby. Her pull was so strong that Kirby flew up and Ryu caught him. Kirby had red rashes all over himself and started shivering.
"Awww, you're hurt!" Rena said.
"Ow . . . /Poyo . . . "
Ryu looked at Rena and nodded. She then smiled and nodded as well. Ryu agreed and placed the red-rashed Kirby on the ground. Rena knelt down to Kirby and closed her eyes as she applied her hands two inches from the pink ball. "Stand still, Kirby. This won't hurt a bit." Her pearl on her forehead started to glow and she chanted:
"Fcoujo xouc Bahro, DEN!"
Her pearl then started to glow white and a beam of light flashed on her hands. Her hands started to glow as well. Then some type of force field surrounded Kirby and he felt a comfortable, soothing aura all over his body. The light subsided and Rena opened her eyes only to see no red marks on Kirby anymore. Kirby stood up and felt himself. He felt no pain! So he jumped up and said, "Poyo!" he created another cute smile.
"Thank ya thank ya Rena!"
She smiled back, "Anytime."
And so they walked again and Kirby didn't feel any better, he was still hungry!
"Hey! When are we gonna eat!?"
"Patience, Kirby, we can eat when we get to another tavern." Ryu said.
"Poyo, how long would that take?"
"Um . . . " Ryu thought about it and looked at his map that he took out from his pocket. He studied it and pointed to some landmarks. He nodded and puts the map back to his pocket.
"So?"
"Uh . . . probably a good three hours would do the trick."
"Poyo . . . " Kirby started to feel faint and his face squeaked when it connected to Ryu's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Kirby," Rena said, "We're almost there."
"Poyo . . . "
An hour later.
"ZzZzZzZzZ..." Kirby was peacefully sleeping on Ryu's shoulder. He was so light that Ryu almost couldn't feel him.
"Hey, Ryu."
"What, Petro?"
"Say, I'm kinda hungry myself . . . "
"Shut up."
"'Aight."
Another hour.
"Hey, Ryu."
"What?"
"Are you hungry?"
"Shut up."
"OK!"
Thirty minutes.
"Hey! There's an opening!" Petro pointed out.
Ryu saw light come through an opening in the trees. "Hey seems that you're right."
"All right! We're getting outta there!" Petro ran ahead of the group and approached the exit. But when he was inches away from freedom, he suddenly made an abrupt stop and his body looked as if he bumped into something. Well . . . he did.
"Owowowowowowowowowow...."
"Petro! Petro! Are you all right!?" Ryu ran and completely forgot Kirby, so his light body flew from Ryu's shoulders and Rena gasped. "Kirby!"
She caught it and then it woke up. "Poyo?"
"Hi there!" She had dirt all over her front.
"Poyo!" another cute smile. Then turned around after he heard a "Petro!" from Ryu. He saw Ryu running toward Petro, who was somehow making a weird pose in midair. "Poyo!" He quickly jumped off Rena and ran toward the incident. Rena then followed. Then when they were halfway there, Kirby and Rena felt that they weren't feeling the ground anymore. Confused as they are, they looked down. A dirty pit appeared out of nowhere. Kirby gasped and he and Rena fell down to the hole. Ryu heard a thud from behind him and he turned around to see a mist of dirt escaping a hole. Petro finally reached the ground and rendered himself unconscious. Ryu approached the hole and saw Kirby and Rena, knocked out. Then an evil laugh filled the area.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Ryu reached the butt of his sword on his back, "Uh oh, this is not good..." He assumed the ready position as he looked around for anything suspicious. There was a sound of rustling. "Come out and show yourself!" Ryu yelled.
There was silence, the birds were chirping in the background. Ryu didn't move from his spot. Something was out to get him . . .
Then a shadow appeared and pounced on Ryu, he landed hard on the ground and saw what had jumped him.
"IT'S YOU!"
Ryu, Rena, Petro and Kirby set off to the plains of Yulana. A brown circle of dirt covered the grassy area. It was the destination of Kirby's landing. Kirby looked back at the site and his eyes started to shine. But he knew that he had to go on, so he caught up to the group and jumped on Ryu's back.
"!? Kirby?"
"Poyo, poyo, poyo!"
Ryu fell silent, "Petro?"
"He just wants to go on your back."
"Right."
(From now on, Kirby is going to speak in English. Petro will automatically address this to Ryu and Rena unless Petro happens to be missing.)
Rena went closer to Ryu, "So Kirby, where are were you born?"
"In Popstar."
"Popstar? That's a first for me."
"..."
"What's wrong Kirby?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Okay then."
They cross the Yulana plains with a breeze. Then a forest appeared.
"What's that?" Kirby asked.
"A forest. What do U expect?" Petro exclaimed.
"Yeah, but . . . "
Before Kirby could say anything else, Ryu entered the forest. Kirby started to shiver at the horrors that could pop out any minute.
Twenty minutes passed by . . .
"I'm hungry."
"You just ate, Kirby." Rena said.
"I'm hungry!"
"We didn't bring any food, we just -"
"I'M HUNGRY!"
Birds from all over the trees quickly escaped the area. Petro snapped, "Darn, would of had them!" They stopped walking and found themselves in the middle of nowhere in a forest. Ryu sighed and sat on a rock. "What are going to do, now? We didn't bring anything."
Kirby's belly started to grumble. But that grumble was so loud that more birds escaped the area. Petro walked away slowly as he said, "I'll be right there."
"Petro! Come back here!"
"Poyo, poyo!"
"Petro! Petro? Where are you, Petro!?"
"POYO, POYO!"
Silence . . . then a shadow pounced and approached the three, only to see that the shadow was Petro. He caught a bird. "Gotcha!"
"Oh for crying out loud, Petro!" Ryu stood up, causing Kirby to fall into the bushes. "Stop that! There are millions of them all over the place! Catch another one some other time!"
"Glad u said that!"
Ryu slapped his palm flat on his face, "Damnit..."
"Help! I can't see!"
"Kirby!?" Rena's eyes suddenly turned blue, "Kirby where are you?"
"In the bushes! I'm itching all around!"
"Where?"
A rustling sound came from behind, "Over here!"
"Kirby!"
Rena saw a red shoe sticking out on a bush. She quickly pulled it out, and out came Kirby. Her pull was so strong that Kirby flew up and Ryu caught him. Kirby had red rashes all over himself and started shivering.
"Awww, you're hurt!" Rena said.
"Ow . . . /Poyo . . . "
Ryu looked at Rena and nodded. She then smiled and nodded as well. Ryu agreed and placed the red-rashed Kirby on the ground. Rena knelt down to Kirby and closed her eyes as she applied her hands two inches from the pink ball. "Stand still, Kirby. This won't hurt a bit." Her pearl on her forehead started to glow and she chanted:
"Fcoujo xouc Bahro, DEN!"
Her pearl then started to glow white and a beam of light flashed on her hands. Her hands started to glow as well. Then some type of force field surrounded Kirby and he felt a comfortable, soothing aura all over his body. The light subsided and Rena opened her eyes only to see no red marks on Kirby anymore. Kirby stood up and felt himself. He felt no pain! So he jumped up and said, "Poyo!" he created another cute smile.
"Thank ya thank ya Rena!"
She smiled back, "Anytime."
And so they walked again and Kirby didn't feel any better, he was still hungry!
"Hey! When are we gonna eat!?"
"Patience, Kirby, we can eat when we get to another tavern." Ryu said.
"Poyo, how long would that take?"
"Um . . . " Ryu thought about it and looked at his map that he took out from his pocket. He studied it and pointed to some landmarks. He nodded and puts the map back to his pocket.
"So?"
"Uh . . . probably a good three hours would do the trick."
"Poyo . . . " Kirby started to feel faint and his face squeaked when it connected to Ryu's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Kirby," Rena said, "We're almost there."
"Poyo . . . "
An hour later.
"ZzZzZzZzZ..." Kirby was peacefully sleeping on Ryu's shoulder. He was so light that Ryu almost couldn't feel him.
"Hey, Ryu."
"What, Petro?"
"Say, I'm kinda hungry myself . . . "
"Shut up."
"'Aight."
Another hour.
"Hey, Ryu."
"What?"
"Are you hungry?"
"Shut up."
"OK!"
Thirty minutes.
"Hey! There's an opening!" Petro pointed out.
Ryu saw light come through an opening in the trees. "Hey seems that you're right."
"All right! We're getting outta there!" Petro ran ahead of the group and approached the exit. But when he was inches away from freedom, he suddenly made an abrupt stop and his body looked as if he bumped into something. Well . . . he did.
"Owowowowowowowowowow...."
"Petro! Petro! Are you all right!?" Ryu ran and completely forgot Kirby, so his light body flew from Ryu's shoulders and Rena gasped. "Kirby!"
She caught it and then it woke up. "Poyo?"
"Hi there!" She had dirt all over her front.
"Poyo!" another cute smile. Then turned around after he heard a "Petro!" from Ryu. He saw Ryu running toward Petro, who was somehow making a weird pose in midair. "Poyo!" He quickly jumped off Rena and ran toward the incident. Rena then followed. Then when they were halfway there, Kirby and Rena felt that they weren't feeling the ground anymore. Confused as they are, they looked down. A dirty pit appeared out of nowhere. Kirby gasped and he and Rena fell down to the hole. Ryu heard a thud from behind him and he turned around to see a mist of dirt escaping a hole. Petro finally reached the ground and rendered himself unconscious. Ryu approached the hole and saw Kirby and Rena, knocked out. Then an evil laugh filled the area.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Ryu reached the butt of his sword on his back, "Uh oh, this is not good..." He assumed the ready position as he looked around for anything suspicious. There was a sound of rustling. "Come out and show yourself!" Ryu yelled.
There was silence, the birds were chirping in the background. Ryu didn't move from his spot. Something was out to get him . . .
Then a shadow appeared and pounced on Ryu, he landed hard on the ground and saw what had jumped him.
"IT'S YOU!"