Chapter 36: The Revenge of Meta Knight
Silence.
"En garde!" Meta Knight shouted as he suddenly raced at Kirby.
Kirby, now an expert swordsman because of his inhaled ability, rushed in as well.
Slice, thrust, parry, thrust, parry, parry, slice, thrust. The duel was so fast that it just looked like a blur of swords clanging off each other. After a while, Kirby seemed to be gaining the upper hand, but then Meta Knight made a little slice on Kirby's foot. Kirby yelled and jumped back. Meta Knight thrusted in and Kirby dodged. Meta Knight jumped and shot downwards at Kirby, sword first. Kirby made a parry that countered the attack and swung his sword above his head. The whole jump had happened in about one second, but Meta Knight landed with part of his cape missing.
For a split second, Meta Knight stared in disbelief. Then there was another explosion. What was left of the giant cannon had caught on fire. Kirby inhaled the fire to combine it with his Sword ability and become Fire Sword Kirby! Kirby's green hat became red, his sword grew to twice its original size and then it lit on fire.
Meta Knight ran at Kirby again. Kirby swung his flaming sword and Meta Knight had to jump back to avoid it. Kirby ran forward with his sword held out in front, but Meta Knight dodged. Kirby swung his sword around and prevented Meta Knight from attacking after the dodge. Then, because of the momentum gained by swinging it, Kirby flipped over and stuck his sword in the floor. Kirby was finding it rather hard to wield a sword so big and heavy, so he tried to trash his power. However, Kirby ended up only trashing the Fire part and becoming Sword Kirby again. The sword shrank and its flames were put out. The sword was now small enough to be pulled from the ground. Kirby did so and immediately suffered a large gash on the back of his head. Meta Knight had sliced him.
Kirby screamed and swung hard with his sword. Meta Knight dodged. Kirby jumped back and then ran at Meta Knight. Meta Knight was ready, but Kirby tripped over an opening in the floor. Kirby slid across the floor, sword first. Meta Knight jumped and flipped through the air while swinging his sword vertically. Kirby rolled out of the way and looked at where he had tripped. Wires were protruding from the hole made by his Fire Sword. Kirby inhaled the sparks around the wires. Kirby then combined his Spark and Sword abilities.
Kirby turned black and his hat disappeared. Then, strange red designs spread across his face. Tiny horns appeared in a ring on Kirby's head; then one appeared on the top of his head; after that, one appeared on each side of his head. Kirby held up his hand and a short metal stick appeared in it. Kirby held the stick horizontally in front of him and beams of light appeared on either side of it. Kirby held the double light saber in front of him and became Darth Kirby!
Kirby ran at Meta Knight with his new weapon. He twirled it around and made slice after slice, but Meta Knight just blocked Kirby's blows with his sword.
"Why... doesn't... this... destroy... your... sword?" Kirby asked, trying to concentrate at the same time.
"I'm... not... telling... you!" Meta Knight answered.
Kirby sliced around and around, while Meta Knight blocked again and again. Kirby was getting pretty confident. Meta Knight seemed no match for a double light saber. Just then, Meta Knight thrusted in and gave Kirby's left arm a sharp poke.
Kirby rolled backwards. His wound was such that his arm could no longer be used. The pain was terrible. Kirby held onto his Darth ability. He knew he would need it.
Meta Knight's sword began to glow. He held it in front of him for a moment and then drove it into the floor. Some sort of blast in the floor blew Kirby off the top deck. He quickly thrusted back with his light saber and ended up hanging below the top deck. The light saber was stuck in the wall and Kirby was dangling from it by his right hand. Kirby then made the mistake of looking down. Fires raged far below him, but just inside the force field. If Kirby let go, he would be fried. Kirby thought of puffing up and flying to safety, but his arm was too hurt to flap. Meta Knight stood on the ledge above and looked down at Kirby.
"Goodbye, Kirby," he said. "You have lost."
Kirby began to slip.
"WHAT THE—" Meta Knight began, but he was cut short by a yell from below.
"Kirby! Need a lift?"
Kirby looked down just in time to see the hamster's face protruding from a hole in the wall below him. A split-second later, the hamster gave a mighty push and sent Kirby flying. Kirby shot up and flipped over Meta Knight while swinging his light saber. Kirby landed in front of Meta Knight, but a ways away. Meta Knight just stood there, staring.
A strange silence followed. Neither combatant moved.
Then, Meta Knight's mask split down the middle. Kirby's light saber must have cut it when he did that flip! The two pieces of the mask fell away and very familiar facial features were revealed. Those oval-shaped eyes, that small mouth, that absence of nose, that dark blue color! But, no... He couldn't be... a Dreamlander!
Kirby only got to see the face for a split second, because Meta Knight quickly turned around and started to retreat.
"Oh, no you don't!" yelled Kirby and ran after Meta Knight.
However, when Meta Knight got to the ledge, his cape was ripped apart by wings that unfolded from his back. Meta Knight then flew off into the sky. Kirby waited for Meta Knight to crash into the force field, but the crash didn't come and Meta Knight was soon out of sight.
"Kirby! Kirby!" yelled Gooey, suddenly. "I'm sending a warpstar with a maximum tomato! The shield that was preventing not only your escape but my communications with you as well has been turned off! Quick! Get on the warpstar! The Halberd's going down!!!"
Kirby hopped on the warpstar in front of him, ate the maximum tomato and flew away from the halberd as fast as he could. He looked back to see that smoking ruin plunge into Orange Ocean and explode with a gargantuan splash.