Chapter 21: Deep Trouble
The light sparked and a giant anglerfish lit up. Sweet Stuff made a snap at Kirby, but Kirby was so scared that he had already started swimming away as fast as he could.
Kirby immediately found a problem with trying to flee. He found it when a rock was suddenly illuminated in front of him by Sweet Stuff's light ball. There was no light for Kirby to see where he was going and by the time the light showed him what was in front of him, it was too late to avoid a collision.
Kirby smashed into the stone and Sweet Stuff smashed into Kirby. The rock crumbled away and Kirby (now in a large amount of pain) shot out of there with Sweet Stuff close behind.
The following is what went on in Kirby's head during the few seconds in which he was frantically trying to escape from Sweet Stuff.
Oh, no! How do I beat this thing? he thought. I can't even see some debris on the ocean floor to shoot at him! If I go on like this, I'm sure to be squashed again and I don't think I can withstand another hit like that! Think, Kirby, think!... The light ball!!! I'll just inhale that!
Unfortunately, Kirby didn't realize the problem with his plan until he executed it. The problem: that "ball of light" was attached to Sweet Stuff's body.
Kirby inhaled it, just the bulb, but he couldn't swallow because Sweet Stuff was connected to it. Kirby hung on, like a fish on a line, while Sweet Stuff tried to bite him off. Eventually, Sweet Stuff made a huge lunge and Kirby was in his mouth. The problem with that was that Kirby still had the bulb in his mouth.
Sweet Stuff thrashed around Kirby was flung against the sides of the fish's disgusting maw. Sweet Stuff had his teeth snapped shut, so as not to let Kirby escape. Kirby didn't know how much more he could take of this banging... but right when Kirby felt his strength was about to fail, he heard a ripping noise. Sweet Stuff's tightly clenched teeth had severed the string-like skin that attached the bulb to his head.
Sweet Stuff let out a scream as he realized what he had done. Kirby swam out of the fish's open mouth, swallowed the bulb and became Light Kirby! Light Kirby then used his one-time-use-only power to make the water transparent and light up the deep. He could see!!!
"Alright, Sweet Stuff, you're goin' down!" yelled Kirby as he inhaled a group of Spikstars from the seafloor and shot them at Sweet Stuff.
Sweet Stuff groaned in pain and, knowing that his only weapon (the bulb) was destroyed, accepted defeat by puking. Out came the star rod shard!!!
Kirby, knowing that he had won, went over to the shard, popped it into his mouth and the voice told him of his next power and destination.