Chapter 6

Food, Friend….Err….Home?

Warm blankets of memories surround the little pink marshmallow. Kirby thought he might never see the land of Dreamland ever again. The well-known field of flowers in Whispy's Woods, the castle of Deedeedee in the jade hills, and the gorgeous chasm of Kabo's Canyon. As a soft breeze brush against Kirby's magenta cheek, surfs hit his scarlet feet as he talk to Tiff on the beach of Orange Ocean (Or Olive Ocean or whatever name you want to call the beach.) Her bright green eyes were finally seen by Kirby, after five years.

"So how was life like without me? Did you miss me as much as I miss you? I mean-" Kirby stop abruptly as Tiff stop him by putting her finger on his lips. To Kirby, Tiff's eyes were like jewelries on another planet as they shone brightly. Kirby eyelids drop so half of his eyeballs was visible as he blushed, hoping this was the day he was dreaming for. Finally, his dream comes true after waiting for five years. Tiff drop her eyelids, hiding her emerald eyes, and puckered her lips.

Oh my gawd! This was the day I was waiting for! I can't believe it's finally coming! Kirby's thoughts raced as he thinks what he's about to encounter he first kiss with Tiff. He himself feels like being cooked over a bon fire, becoming a soft, gooey sweet treat for Tiff. But as the seconds pass, he's not getting any closer to receiving his kiss. Kirby let his eyelids drop, covering his sapphire eyes, get ready to feel Tiff's warm lips on his. Any second, he would feel the warm feeling on his lips and let the fuzzy feeling spread through out his body. Any second-

SMACK!

Kirby just felt as if someone smacked him right across the face with a fan. He promptly opened his eyes and stared right into Tiff's eye. Her soft eyes stare emotionally into Kirby's eye's as if she just delivered the kiss that Kirby didn't receive. He gets ready for another-

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

Kirby opened his eyes and saw the image he hopes not to see again, but he sees it. It was not the home of Dreamland, nor the beach of Orange Ocean (If you want to put the ocean in another name, go ahead) but the land of the island he was stuck on for years and years. And the object that had hit him on his soft cheek was the hand of someone that was in his dream before the one with Tiff. The blank silver eyes stared at him with bewilderment as Kirby's eye widen with fear. He let out a little scream and franticly moved away from the figure, but can't go any further as he felt a rough surface of a tree trunk against his back.

"Why did you move away from me like that?" The creature asked, with a hint and metallic ring in it. Kirby's eyes still in fear, and slowly turned calm as he looks at the figure. He just remembers what had happened a couple of hours ago. He was chasing that creature just last night when he had that nightmare. Then again, his curiosity almost cost him his life as he nearly fell to his doom, if it wasn't for this creature so save him, he wouldn't be dreaming about Tiff.

"Is that the way you people thank each other here? If so, I shall leave you alone," the creature walks away from Kirby as he collects his thoughts. After several seconds Kirby replies.

"WAIT!" He runs over to the creature and trips on a rock. He falls head first and scrapes his face on the dirt floor. He feels his body being lifted by someone. Then he stands face to face with silver eyes. Kirby took another second or two to remember what he was about to say.

"Err…." Kirby forgot what he was about to say as he is still in his dream. He deeply wishes that he was home, and not here in the island of which he stands on.

"Isn't easier to just introduce yourself to someone you don't know?" Kirby's eyes are now the one in bewilderment as he forgets everything he learned. The creature step back several inches away from Kirby, and held out a hand.

"Well? Don't you know a greeting when you see it? Or do you greet people in another way?" The creature just stands there with a pale pink hand held out. Kirby stare at the pink hand for a while, then remembered what happens when someone offers a hand. It usually means a handshake of greetings from someone you barely know and since Kirby has some manner class with Tiff, he took the insipid pink hand in his. He lightly shakes the hand and gives a small smile.

"Hi. I'm Kirby." He then begins to think of something else to say, but his guest begins to speak before he could even think.

"I'm Kikilin. Nice to see you Kirby." She let go of Kirby's small hand and picks up a blue hardcover and shows it to her new companion.

"I believe this belongs to you" Kirby takes the book in his hands and stares at the silver eyes.

"Errr….." Kirby is still tongued tied and mind tied of what to say next.

"Sorry about what had happened to you just several hours ago," Kikilin started to talk before Kirby said another word. She then walks over to the cliff that had nearly ended the lives of both of them.

"I'm so sorry that I nearly ended the lives of both of us. You must be really…Are you listening to me?" Kikilin walks away from the edge of the island and face Kirby. He is still staring at the book, and in his mind, he really wish he would face Tiff again. Everything in the island fading out of Kirby's mind. He could just imagine Tiff smiling at him. Wait, she is here. There she is, right in front of him! Here on this island, standing face to face with him, on the islet. Kirby's eyes grew wider as he sees his ally. Tiff takes two steps closer to Kirby and her hand went right across his face! Her quick double slap continued and Kirby begged for clemency for the twinge to impede by forcing a ceasefire. In other words-

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, OK STOP!"

"It's about time you stop your vacant stare because you were starting to, how you say this… freak me out." The metallic voice reached Kirby's ears. (Wait…Does he have any ears?) Kirby finally snaps out of his daydream of home and snapped back to reality. For the first time, Kirby realized the features of his new companion. She looks just like him, only has a paler hue of pink and the blush is a silver tint, dissolving to the main body color. Cat-like ears of also silver, the right ear has an earring with a certain insignia and left with two gold miniature looped rings. Unlike his dream, Kikilin looks like an innocent creature that wouldn't murder a classmate, but the tail has the same feature in Kirby's dream. And the eyes are already described before, but I'll describe them again, silvery tinted.

"I feel sorry for your writing implement as it velocity enhance with every subsequent the magnitude of this planet that cause it to descend to its demise." Kirby just stared in to the metal colored eyes in bewilderment. Unfortunately, being on an island for five years away from civilization decrease his smarts, but not his survival skills.

"What do mean?" Kirby asks as he steps closer to the creature. "Is it something about my breath? If it is, I can't do anything about it."

"No not that," Kikilin gives a little laugh as she heard the question. "I guess you inhabitants here don't have an extended terminology." She then walks away into the woods as Kirby follows her, wondering where she's going.

"So are you…umm… how do you say it in the simplest form so a simple minded creature can understand…Oh yeah! Are you hungry?"

Hopefully, Kirby would remember what the word "hungry" is since he was hungry all the time while living on the island for 5 years. With very little edible vegetation on the island, eating can be pretty dangerous for Kirby here, like those poisonous berry mention in his diary entrée.

"Well, I'm not hungry," and so he said, but your stomach can take over your mind and a grumble came out of Kirby, "but I'm starving! Is there really anything edible here?" Kirby follows Kikilin deeper to the forest as the light of the sun's ray pass through the little space there is between the olive foliage. Kirby takes a looks at his surrounding and saw leaves that were not familiar to him. He has never even pass through this section of the forest, as he doesn't want to stray too far from the shore, the closest part to home. He stares at the vegetation that passes him as he wonders if he's going to get vanished in the deep jungle.

Well, at least I have someone to follow. Hopefully I'm not going to get lost. Then again, his thoughts were wrong and he finds himself lost.

"Ahh! Where are you Kikilin! I'm lost! Lost! LOST!" Kirby scream and runs around in circles in the same place where he is. He doesn't want to get more lost than he already is, but fear over came him and can make him seem more foolish then he is.

"I'm right here." The metallic voice came from behind the overlarge leaf just two feet away and as it shifted to its side, Kikilin becomes visible. Kirby hastily stop in his track of circles and went over to where the pink creature is.

"You know, fear can over come you and make you more foolish than you seem," she stated, "but I have to admit, you're funny." She ends her sentence with a little metallic laugh and continues to walk deeper to the woods. After several minutes passed, Kirby keeps his eyes on the back of Kikilin, just in case he get lost, and found another interesting feature on her. Wings of glassy silvery (I have got to stop using the word "silver") and seemingly smooth textured feathers. Before Kirby get to examine the wings more closely, Kikilin quickly turns around nearly making Kirby's heart leap in fear.

"Here we are." Kikilin points to the shrubbery ahead of her with a pink finger (Do Kirbys have fingers?)

"Err…" Kirby step towards the vegetation that Kikilin pointed to and wonders what to do next.

"Are any of these leaves fit to be eaten? Because I've tried some before and they did nothing but scrape my tongue." Kirby turns around as he hears a friendly laughter from behind.

"It's not the leaves that are edible" She steps toward the leaves she pointed to several seconds ago and moves then aside the vegetation as Kirby's azure diary reflect cerulean light towards Kikilin's wings, causing the light to reflect out of the forest. Beyond the leaves was something that Kirby would've never found if it wasn't for his new comrade.

"FOOD!" Kirby drops his book on the ground next to Kikilin's polished (Must I use this word again….Yes) silver foot. Kirby pulls a round ripe berry that strongly resembles a tomato and moves it closer to his mouth then stops as the fruit was about to pass his lips.

"How do I know these things aren't what they seem and how could I trust you lead me to a patch of poisonous berries!" Kirby ask as he doesn't want to stand another trial against a poisonous crop.

"I've saved you life didn't I?" Kikilin smiles and picks up the sapphire covered chronicle as she moves towards Kirby.

Kirby thought a bit about what happened earlier and wonder if the person that saved you would want to get you killed.

"You got a point there." Kirby swallowed the fruit in one gulp and give a delightful jig. The fruit tastes exactly like a tomato, as it does look like one. Kirby walked to another bush with a peach appearance and tastes every fruit in the secret area until he is happy as his stomach. Kikilin just stands where she is and smiles at Kirby's happiness.

It looks like a beginning of a beautiful friendship…or is it….

A/N: Homework and school stopped me from finishing this chapter. But it got finished. And I can't finish chapters by night anymore as several things stopped me.

Writing stories by moonlight,

Doing homework by daylight

Because her parents sleep in her room,

She has to do stories in secret.

But you know she'll update

Because her stories are good

But I have a book of comments

She is the one named….errr

Why are you singing that in the rhythm of the "Sailor Moon" theme song?

The song is catchy. And watching it makes me feel a bit better.

Because they didn't air your show until spring?

WHY! WHY MUST THEY BE SO CRULE! And besides, they make me kill stuff.

If only they didn't cancel you, I would have more characteristic for you Kirby.

Don't make me act like a kid, ok.

K

Oh. And are you really going to add your sis to this story?

No. Why?

….. Damn! I'm outta ideas!