KirbsterMK: Hey! It's me. I do not own anything in this chapter except Kamina, and the name's Seguro, Hecho, and Kirbayo. PLEASE DO NOT USE THEM WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!! I've had enough trouble with that already, and I don't want anymore. ~_~ Anyway, yes, it took me long time for this because of a few reasons. Number one, school, which is thankfully out now. Number two, other fics. Number three, some people in which who have been bugging me greatly lately. I'm not gonna list any name's, but those few people know who they are. Most of 'em do, anyhow. Number four, I'm just stressed from people using Kamina and Kirbayo. And because of a fight with someone who claims Kamina belongs to *enter gender here* when I see no hardcore proof on the website. Please, guys, if you're gonna use Kamina and Kirbayo, ask me first! I'll be more than happy to let you use them if you'll only ask!

Kirby the Star Warrior

Part I:

Chapter III

Kirbayo woke up the next morning. He looked around the house, but couldn't find any sign of Kamina. He walked out into the main room, and saw Kirby waking up. He walked over.

"Kirby, have you seen Mommy?" Kirbayo asked, watching the young warrior rub the sleep out of his eyes.

"No . . ." Kirby replied, yawning. He then noticed who was talking to him and stood up fast, "Mommy go fight? You come home? Play game?"

Kirbayo sighed, "I don't know where Mommy went. And I might be needed back at the castle . . ."

A sharp voice cut him off, "You are NOT going back! You're staying here with your son. He needs you."

Kirbayo turned around to see Kamina. "But Kamina-"

"If I have to treat you like a child, I will! No ifs, ands, or buts about it, mister. You're son needs you at home, and you're barely around for him like a father should be." She snapped.

Kirbayo rolled his eyes and thought, 'Like she'll ever keep that promise,'

Right on cue, Kamina snapped again, "And I know exactly what you're thinking! So don't think about it!"

"Okay, okay . . ." Kirbayo said, "I won't go back to the castle unless they draft me."

"Good." Kamina said, nodding her head. She walked out the door, "And I'm going to visit Aveik today, so don't worry if I'm a little late for dinner!!" She called, and walked off.

"Play." Kirby said.

"Not right now, Kirby, I'm tired . . ."

"Play!" Kirby stomped his foot on the ground.

"Fine, okay, I'll play. But only for a little while, because we . . ."

Dedede woke up and interrupted, "What's with all the noise?"

Seguro and Hecho entered the cabin from outside, "Oh, MetaKnight! You're up!"

"Yes, I am, but I'm afraid I'm kind of caught in the middle. My son wants to go play outside." Kirbayo responded, shrugging.

"That's all right. Kamina told us about it earlier this morning." Hecho said.

"I'm being neglected, here." Dedede said, standing up and putting his hands on his hips.

"Too bad, so sad!" Kirby said, smiling. Dedede glared at him.

"Anyway, I'll catch you two later. Maybe I can get these two to play with each other, and sneak off to your place." Kirbayo said.

"Sure thing, sir. Good luck!" Seguro said, right before leaving with Hecho right behind him, mumbling something.

"All right, Kirby, why don't you two go out in the yard and be friends with each other? Daddy's busy . . ."

Kirby glared at his father, "'ou told me 'ou play with me! No iffy's, andies, or butties!"

"You're too much like your mother . . . How about another quick lesson instead?"

"No. Lessons boring. Me be practicing for long time!"

"I am so ignored," Dedede cut in. "Can we just get on with it? I'm bored. And I wanna go back home."

"Well, you're father told me you were to stay here and not leave until he sends one of the guards, so, you're stuck," Kirbayo said.

"This is so stupid!! I shouldn't even be here!"

Kirbayo rolled his eyes, "Of course you shouldn't be here, but things happen. And nothing's much the same when war interferes. You have to understand that this war has been going on for a long time, and it's finally reached Dreamland. The climax of this war is yet to come, and heaven only knows how long the war will become."

"Well, why can't it leave Dreamland?"

"Listen, I don't have all the time in the world to explain, so, just to put it simply; Before a war's over, you must defeat your enemy. Defeating your enemy is often hard at times. The enemy tends to play with your emotions, killing those around you that you love. And a lesson to both of you . . . Never let those kinds of things get in the way of destroying your enemy. Emotions can mean a sign of strength sometimes, but if they get in the way of your attacks, they can be a sign of physical weakness."

"You talk too much . . ."

"Thanks for the compliment. Anyway, you two, go outside and play with each other. I have some work to do."

"Wha' work?" Kirby asked.

"Just . . .work. I'll talk to you later."

Kirby stuck his tongue out at Kirbayo, then followed Dedede out of the door.

Once outside, the two sat down, their backs turned to each other.

"Why can't I go somewhere else? This is the worst place ever . . ." Dedede scowled as he looked around. "Nothing much around here, is there?"

"No. Not less my daddy comes and plays." Kirby folded his arms across his chest.

"This is so . . ." Dedede was cut off by a voice that was familiar to him.

"Dedede?? Dedede, where are you?!" The voice came from a rather big, purple snail that was making his way up a hill, and into view.

"Escargoon?!" Dedede cried in disbelief. "Thank the Lord!! Someone to actually talk to!! How'd you know I'm here?"

"I dunno. The castle was completely deserted though, and I couldn't find anyone! I looked for your dad, but he wasn't there!" Escargoon walked up to Dedede, and Kirby turned towards the two.

"What?! You're joking, right?" Dedede looked worried.

Escargoon shook his head, "'fraid not. I looked everywhere."

"What was the castle like?"

Escargoon took a deep breath before continuing.

Kamina sat with Aveik in a small cave-like structure, her eyes closed in concentration.

"Aveik?"

"Yes, Kamina?"

"Why did you kill your brother?"

Aveik sighed, "Kamina, I did not do it because I like to. It's because I have to."

"He was innocent."

"He was trying to kill your husband."

"I'm not going to argue with you." Kamina opened her eyes.

"Kamina, you must remember, when you're in the middle of a war, emotions count for nothing. You will learn."

"Why haven't you ever shown emotions?"

"I was brought up differently."

"Why are you so mysterious?"

"I've always been that way. I had to learn when I had my parents around. They abused me, Kamina. I was brought up in an evil family, I've told you." Aveik looked at Kamina, "I'm glad we could have this chat, but I need to be going. I will see you later." Aveik rushed out the cave's mouth, leaving Kamina to think.

"I wonder . . ." Kamina said to herself.

Kamina heard a voice coming from the entrance, "Yeah, I think she left the Star Warrior here . . ." It was a dark, deep masculine voice. Another lighter masculine voice was heard.

"Father, if we do succeed in getting this 'MetaKnight' into our lair, what do we do?"

"Simple. We contact our leader. MetaKnight's the only Star Warrior we have to gather that's living in dreamland after we get this one. Lucky for us we have the Chalner's guidance . . ." The voice turned into a harsh laugh. Kamina backed up into the wall. She searched for her sword, but realized she had left it at home. She looked behind her. There were a series of tunnels, and she knew it. Maybe if she ran far enough into the cave they'd leave . . .

Dedede's mouth hung open. "You're . . . Are you sure?"

Escargoon nodded his head. "It's the sad truth."

Suddenly, Kirbayo slammed open the door. "Kids, get in the house, now!"

All three looked at him, shocked.

"Did you not hear me? NOW!!"

They did as they were told. Kirbayo closed the door. "Dedede, Kirby . . ." He glanced at Escargoon, "And whoever you are, you will lock the door and stay in here until I return, got it?"

The three nodded.

"I got a message from Sargent Cosmos. It seems that there aren't any Star Warriors to be found. And that means that we've got a battle on our hands. So stay here!"

Kirbayo grabbed his sword and sheath from off the table, and ran out. Kirby quickly ran up to the door, closed it, and locked it. He ran to look out the window to see his father running towards the castle.

"And close the shades to the windows!! Stay out of sight!" He called back to them.

Escargoon and Dedede helped do that, since Kirby was too short.

After they were all done, they sat in the middle of the living room.

"Dad wasn't there . . ." Dedede said quietly.

"You know I'm kidding, right?" Escargoon asked, stifling his laughter.

Dedede looked at him. "YOU'RE KIDDING?!?! KIDDING?! HOW CAN YOU JOKE ABOUT SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT?!" He hollered.

Escargoon burst out laughing. While he was laughing, he didn't notice his friend take out his hammer until it was too late.

CRASH!!!!

"Owie . . ."

"That's what you deserve!"

Kamina had been running through the tunnels for several minutes now. It was pitch black, and the only thing that was guiding her was her ability to sense objects with her mind.

'Please . . . Where is it?' She thought to herself. 'It's gotta be here somewhere . . .'

Finally she found what she was looking for. A dead-end. She kicked loose a rock, and sunlight poured in the dark cave. She scrambled out of the small hole and instantly broke into a run towards her house. She quickly ran into the forest to her right for cover.

As soon as Kamina got to the heart of the forest, she jumped into a tree, and sat on one of the thicker branches to rest and catch her breath. Her heart was beating wildly from the thought of almost being captured.

After catching her breath, she thought of what had happened . . .

First, Aveik had left. Then the voices came, and said that they had the Chalner's guidance . . . That was fairly odd. The Chalner's were against the forces that battled the Star Warriors . . . NME's forces . . . Why would they be helping?

It was about an hour later when Kirbayo, Seguro, and Hecho arrived at Castle Dedede. There were only a few Star Warrior's there, and many of them were seriously injured. No monsters, except for those dead, could be found.

"MetaKnight, you came!"

It was the familiar voice of Sargent Cosmos. MetaKnight nodded.

(Lemme clear things up. When the characters start calling Kirbayo 'MetaKnight', I'll refer to him as 'MetaKnight'. ^_~)

"Good. As you can see, we don't have a lot of Star Warriors left in Dreamland, so we've all decided to fly our Starships and follow NME's forces out to other planets! We'll play it by ear from then."

"Sounds good. But first, we'll need to stop by my cabin to see if Kamina is there. She needs to watch Kirby and Dedede."

As they rushed to get into their ships, they didn't notice who had been eavesdropping.

Numa-Ashi.

Kamina burst into the front door of her home, out of breath. Kirby rushed to meet her.

"Mommy! Mommy! Daddy left! Something happened!"

Kamina noticed Kirby, and shut the door. "Yes, sweety . . ." She sat on a chair to rest. Kirby jumped up onto her lap.

"Mommy, is Daddy coming home?"

"I don't know, Kirby."

That's when Kamina heard ships quickly approaching. "Kirby! Get down!" Kirby jumped down, and onto the floor. Kamina peeked out the window, only to see the Star Warrior fleet heading towards the house. She sighed, and walked to the door.

"Hey, Kirby, where'd Dedede go?"

"He go nighty-night in my bed."

"Okay . . ." Kamina opened the door, and walked to what she recognized as Kirbayo's Starship. Kirbayo stepped out.

"Kamina, I have to go. The other Star Warriors and I plan to follow NME's troops in order to stop them from gaining control of other planets. Stay here and protect Kirby. I'll be back soon."

As he was about to climb back in, Kamina grabbed his hand. "Kirbayo . . . Don't leave again!"

Kirbayo looked at her to see that she had tears in her eyes. "Kamina, I need to go . . ."

"No, you don't! You can stay. This is voluntary, isn't it?"

"It may be, but I would sooner die for this planet's peace than see it torn to pieces."

"Does it really matter any more? This is your chance to get out of this war, and just live here! Alone with Kirby and me! Like it used to be . . ."

"Kamina, that was before the war started. I'm going, and you can't stop me! I'll be home soon."

"You promise?"

Kirbayo looked back at his waiting comrades, then back to Kamina. "Yes. I promise. I'll see you soon,"

After giving Kamina a light kiss, he stepped into his ship, and closed the door. Kamina backed up, and watched his ship fly off, leading the other ships to a different planet.

Little did she know, many would not be coming back . . .

KirbsterMK: Hey! Cliffhanger! XD In the next chapter, we'll see how everything goes! Again, for those who might not have read the beginning note, PLEASE DO NOT USE KIRBAYO, SEGURO, HECHO, OR KAMINA WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! It gets me mad when people use my characters without my knowing. And I don't give a care if it's a 'fad' as somebody once said. They're still my names, and Kamina's STILL my character.

Anyway, sorry if I sound kind of mean, stupid, and mad, but my parents have been fighting lately, AND, as I said before, some people have been getting on my nerves. Besides those evil points! Feel free to review! I'm not begging you to, but I'd really like it if anyone would want to give me tips.

NEW POLICY!!!: I will now accept flames. BUT! If I see ANY cussing, cursing, swearing, whatever you wanna call it, in them, I will either report you (if it's signed), or delete your review (if it's anonymous.) Thank you! ^_~