Chapter 4: Ivan Hikari the Mirror Chimmy
As the team of Pitch, Coo, and Gooey passed over the village terrain, it appeared as though every one had fled from the approaching menaces of Soul. Not a hint of life remained in the destroyed villages in the west, neither trees nor fruit.
"This is so depressing to a bird, not a tree to rest on nor a fruit to eat. This is pure evil, PURE EVIL I say." yelled Pitch to the wind.
They kept walking through the western terrace, looking through every house until they realized they all had fled. After walking several miles through dust and dirt, they noticed a glimmer of hope in the shape of a small cottage, it was not destroyed or harmed and looked like a mirror image of Kirby's little hut.
They stepped inside and began to search the entire house only to find nothing. Then suddenly they noticed a slightly discolored board in the floor. It was the trapdoor to a room below!
They slowly opened it only to find a tavern of sorts. All the villagers had been hiding here away from the eyes of Soul and Sharrakor. All of the villagers seemed to notice them entering but didn't attack or fear them because they had seen the attackers.
"Hey Ivan, thanks for the shelter from the attacks. We better get started on rebuilding our houses and hospitals and such. I heard that the cities to the west were nearly obliterated to the point of no hope so we had better help them too." said a nearby cappy who was beginning to leave.
"Your welcome Horace, come here anytime you need help, also I can copy your house's woods too, if you want me too." said a chimmy from behind the counter, who was busy getting sodas and food for the people.
"Hi, umm, what is this place and who are you? Also, what happened here?" asked Gooey, who had wondered what had happened.
"I'm am Ivan Hikari, the protector of Planet Chikontonia. This building is my house that I built as a hide away from any evil enemies that may follow and attempt to destroy me or this planet, not many people like me. The destruction of the town was caused by a fearsome enemy known as Soul, who had followed me and my best friend from our home planet. He was the deadliest enemy by far that I have attempted to fight and seal away, so he must have been tracking me down and thought that as a side bonus he could take over this planet also." explained Ivan in a very quiet voice. "He also mentioned that my friend has been picked up by strangers who live on this planet, I hope that she does not get captured..."
"So your telling me that the whole reason this freak cloud thing is attacking is because you and your friend escaped from your home planet to escape the destructive powers of him but he followed you two so now we're all gonna die! Geez, what did he do to your planet's defense anyways?" exclaimed Pitch as he was quite mad.
"It was a terrible sight to behold, as he could destroy the planet in one attack but he decided to take over instead. All the rest of the protectors were probably either captured or destroyed. His power grew as long as he kept destroying stuff, like evil deeds fueled him. He tracked down every escapee and captured them. We only escaped because six of our friends sadly gave their lives to help us, they were all teleported somewhere or disentagrated by this black orb he could eject from his cloud body. We knew that we could destroy him on another planet as long as it held good, or nice power and was not controlled by evil. This planet radiated good power so we came here, hoping that soldiers here would help us in our fight. If only there was some strong people willing to risk their lives for good like me and my friend, we would have a chance." explained Ivan in a hopeful voice.
"Okay, so will you join us to destroy him because we have the same will! We wish to destroy him and the other evil beings on this planet that seem to have joined him, not only us, but our friends that have all been searching for people like you, strong-willed and contain strong abilities. We could defeat him or seal him once and for all!" exclaimed Coo with joy at the thought of succeeding in destroying a dangerous being. "Wait, what can you do anyways?"
So they went outside to a small untouched plain, perfect for battling. Ivan was to show what he could do, and it was going to be amazing. First, they set him up against a few Waddle Doos and Squishies, with a Mr. Frosty too.
"Okay, here I go. Sidereal Rift!" He yelled as he teleported to the side of the sixteen waddle doos, who were helpless against the enormous swirl of magic that he unleashed. With the one attack, all the enemies were defeated, all except for the Mr. Frosty, who dodged it barely.
"Mirror Magic! Mirror Cut!" Both these attacks connected with the Mr. Frosty, he was defeated with two attacks. "These three attacks I just used, are used by mirror mages and simmirrors. The last one is the weakest attack I know, but is quite helpful when you need one quick attack to finish a battle." said Ivan as he brought out a small diagram of his attack being used by a simmirror.
"Okay, that was really amazing! Now I can see why you are a protector, it's because you have such mastery over mirror magic and teleportation. Cool, you are welcome to help us!" said Pitch in awe at the amazing feats he pulled on a dime.
"I will assist you in your journey to seal away Soul, for I am the only one who knows who to. So, we must hurry, because the more time we waste, the stronger he gets. Hurry!" said Ivan as he nodded his head and together they went towards Rainbow Resort, location of the last battle. Only 5 hours remain.