On King Rool's ship, King Rool was sitting on his throne when Waluigi walks in.
"Your majesty, the mercenaries have just brought in the green warrior," Waluigi pointed out before King Rool gets up.
"Good, now that we have one piece of the triforce, we can focus on the other two, when's the soonest they can move out?" King Rool asked.
"They said they went to investigate something, but they'll be back," Waluigi said as King Rool presses a button on the console which opens up a holographic display of Link and a female human with blond hair, in a blue jumpsuit chained up to a pillar.
"While Hyrule will be busy fighting off my invasion, I will be busy figuring out how to rip the triforce from this green warrior's hand. And as for this one in the blue suit... hmm... you said that she came with power armor of some sort, correct?" King Rool asked.
"Yes," Waluigi said.
"Figure out how that armor works and see if we can't make up armor of our own and if all else fails... well, she'll be a useful asset to my army," King Rool said before grinning evilly. Back in the dark forest, Kirby, Pikachu and a handful of Hyrulian forces were making their way towards the jungle where King Rool was unaware that they were being watched from the trees. Pikachu's ear then starts twitching and looks up to see three shadowy figures in the trees.
"Pika," Pikachu said getting Kirby's attention.
"What is it, sir?" the Hyrulian Sargent asked.
"There's something in the trees," Kirby answered before one of the figures jumped out of the tree and onto the ground.
"You're quite a long way from home, traveler," The figure said in a deep male voice.
"We're looking for a friend," Kirby pointed out before the figure let out a chuckle.
"I'm sure you are. Tell me, pink creature, what does this friend of yours look like?" The figure asked.
"He wears a green tunic and..." Kirby answered before the figure signaled him to stop.
"Hmm. Sounds like your friend is the same one we encountered earlier back when we visited Hyrule," The figure said before coming into the light revealing home to be a male grey wolf in futuristic mercenary clothing and had some type of device on his left eye.
"Who are you?" The Hyrulian Sargent asked.
"My name is Wolf O'Donnell, of star wolf, and I've been hired by a king to ensure that no one gets in his way, especially you," Wolf answered making Kirby suspicious of him.
"What kind of king?" The Hyrulian Sargent asked.
"Hmm, let's just say he's mining his own business and I suggest you do the same," Wolf warned before walking away.
"What do you want with Link?" Kirby asked making Wolf stop.
"Hmm, I'm already beginning to like you, your determined to get your friend back, but you'll get him back as soon as he give us what he wants," Wolf said before several harmless explosions go off. Gas overs them up making them helpless. They start coughing before Wolf and the other two subdue Kirby and Pikachu. They then take out the Hyrulian soldiers. Kirby reached out to Wolf trying to attack him with what ever strength he had left, but he kicks him into a tree knocking him out cold, "treat that as a lesson, kid."
Wolf and his two fellow mercenaries A male green lizard named Leon in dark blue mercenary clothing and a male black panther in blue clothing and white armor named Panther drags Kirby and Pikachu towards a cliff and tosses them in.
"Wolf, King Rool is wondering where you are," Wario pointed out over the communicator as Wolf watches Kirby and Pikachu fall to the river below.
"We're just taking care of some intruders. Some Hyrulians trying to cross the border," Wolf pointed out talking through the communicator.
"Roger that, you and your team finish up and report back to us as soon as you can," Wario said before disconnecting. Wolf takes one last look at the cliff where he had Kirby and Pikachu thrown off with an evil grin before he signals Leon and Panther to follow him and leaves. Later further down river, Kirby and Pikachu was seen out cold on a shore line when several small crocodiles the size of cats walk up to them and sniff them. Several loud noises are heard in the jungle getting their attention. They noticed that it was coming their way whatever it was and got ready. Out of nowhere a giant brown furred gorilla with a red bow tie with the letters D and K written on it comes out of the jungle and roars at them while beating his chest. His name was Donkey Kong. The small crocodiles attacked but are whacked into the river by him before going to check out Kirby and Pikachu. Donkey Kong pokes Kirby to if he's okay, almost immediately recognizing him. Kirby moves a little in response to Donkey Kong poking him. He then checks on Pikachu who lets out a small pika. Realizing that they were alive, Donkey Kong grabs Kirby and Pikachu and went back into the jungle. Back at Hyrule castle. Zelda was seen looking in the distance hoping her friend Kirby was okay.
"He's fine, Princess," Impa said.
"Then why do I feel that something went wrong?" Zelda asked. Before heading back inside unaware that in the night sky, an unknown object was seen flying over the castle and into the jungle. Morning time came quickly as Kirby started to wake up along with Pikachu who found themselves in a rather large room. Kirby looked to see a human figure standing at the window but couldn't make out any detail yet.
"Oh your awake, you had us worried when we found you," the human figure said standing over Kirby unaware that he could barely see from being knocked out, "You okay?"
The human figure was confused by Kirby's movement, a female figure then walks up and places her hand on Kirby's head before Kirby recovered completely. He looks up to see a female human in a white dress with a slit revealing her entire right leg, had green hair and had different plates of armor on her wrists and upper arms and had a golden necklace with a rather large artifact on it. This was Palutena. Next to her was a male angel with white clothing, black shorts, a crown made of feathers and brown old fashioned sandals. His name was Pit and was a soldier that served Palutena.
"Palutena? Pit? Am I glad to see you," Kirby pointed out.
"We're glad to see you too, Kirby. Tell us, what brings you here?" Palutena asked as Kirby got up.
"This Pikachu here wanted our help for some reason and after Link was kidnapped, me and a handful of Hyrulian soldiers were sent to investigate. Along the way, we were ambushed by a mercenary named Wolf O'Donnell who pointed out that he was the one who captured Link and mentioned that he was working for a king of some sort. I'm assuming this king is after the triforce," Kirby explained.
"Wolf O'Donnell?! Kirby you're very lucky to have survived," Palutena pointed out as Pit helped Pikachu up.
"Why? Who is he?" Kirby asked.
"Pit, get our friends something to drink," Palutena ordered.
"On it," Pit said before walking to a small kitchen.
"Where are we anyway?" Kirby asked.
"Right now you are in the tallest tree in Donkey Kong's territory. He found you washed up down river yesterday," Palutena explained.
"Where is he now?" Kirby asked.
"He's out on his own mission. Anyway, Wolf O'Donnell is a mercenary who landed here about a month ago. Upon arriving, he was contacted by King K. Rool, a tyrannical ruler of the Kremlings, a crocodilian pirate group that has been growing their army in preparation for war with Hyrule. King Rool hired Wolf to secure the area and prevent any outside intervention. It's rare that he let someone like you live, especially after defeating the demon king," Palutena explained after sitting down on a chair in the small living room. During the explanation, Pit gives Kirby a cup of tea while giving Pikachu a bowl of water.
"Do you have a plan to stop this King Rool guy?" Kirby asked before taking a sip of his tea.
"At the moment we're assembling all of Donkey Kong's family for a counter attack, but they disappeared sometime after King Rool took over the territory," Palutena answered.
"We're assuming that they've been captured. Donkey Kong is out looking for them as we speak. There's Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong and Chunky Kong," Pit explained.
"Sounds like quite the family," Kirby pointed out.
"Indeed, but if we can assemble them all, we'll have the advantage. If you want to rescue Link, then you'll need to assemble the Kongs," Palutena said.
"Where do we start?" Kirby asked before Palutena summoned a light which projected an image in the room showing a small male brown monkey with a red shirt and a matching red hat named Diddy Kong who was curled up in a corner of a prison cell.
"Diddy Kong was the last one to be captured by Wolf and his team. He's being held in a fort that was abandoned when the demon king returned," Palutena explained.
"Okay, but what about Pit?" Kirby asked.
"Palutena's not taking the chances of being captured again. I have to stay here and guard her," Pit pointed out.
"Besides, you've got Pikachu here to help you," Palutena said petting Pikachu.
"Pika," Pikachu squeaked.
"And before you go, I've got something for you," Palutena said before leading Kirby over to a small porch where a star shaped hover craft was seen waiting.
"Is that...?" Kirby asked before Pit interrupted.
"Yep, we found it and fixed it right up for you. Just try to fly low to avoid detection," Pit said before Kirby hopped aboard along with Pikachu.
"Once you get Diddy Kong out of there, bring him back here and we'll let Donkey Kong know," Palutena said as Kirby and Pikachu got ready.
"Okay, but how will Donkey Kong understand you?" Kirby asked.
"That's something Palutena here will be concerned about! You just focus on freeing Diddy Kong!" Pit said as the hover craft powered up.
"Good luck, Kirby!" Palutena shouted as Kirby and Pikachu flew towards the jungle below. He then flies towards their destination keeping as close to the ground as possible without hitting the trees. Along the way, Kirby was in awe of how amazing the jungle was. Him and Pikachu arrive a few yards from their destination and land nearby to avoid being attacked. Kirby and Pikachu sneak towards the fort and stop to take a look to see a small squad of green crocodile people with black vests and a black belt called Kritters guarding it.
"Looks like we'll have to fight our way in. Unless," Kirby said before looking at Pikachu who looks back at him.
"Pika," Pikachu said silently signaling Kirby that he could fight.
"Show me what you can do then," Kirby said before Pikachu rushes at the fort and jumps up into the air. He then let's out a loud and long Pikachu as lightning comes out of him and zaps all the Kritters outside of the fort knocking them out cold, "that was amazing, Pikachu."
Kirby and Pikachu rush into the fort to encounter more Kritters. Kirby jumps into the air and kicks one of them in the face knocking him out cold before punching the other two in the stomach forcing Then the fall to their knees before Pikachu finishes them off. Kirby and Pikachu make their way up the fort taking down any Kritters that got in their way. Somewhere in the fort two crocodile people bigger than the Kritters were seen readying themselves. They had dark pink skin wore a green army helmet, boots and a belt. They were called Klumps and were ready for Kirby and Pikachu who were getting close. They eventually arrive before the Klumps toss several bombs at them which explode on impact.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"How are we gonna get past them?" Kirby asked himself before looking around and finds a small air vent big enough for Pikachu to fit in. He then opens it up before signaling him to go in. Pikachu does as Kirby signaled and rushes into the vent while he rushed out to confront the Klumps who toss more bombs at him. He luckily dodged each one as he got closer. Eventually he reaches them and attacks the one on the left with several punches before the other one restrained him.
"Nice try, but your obviously not strong enough," The Klump that Kirby tried to take down said before he got ready to attack, Pikachu comes out of the vent and zaps them with another electrical attack. The two Klumps fall to the ground knocked out.
"Thanks, Pikachu, but next time be careful," Kirby said before walks over to a prison cell where Diddy Kong was seen.
"Pika," Pikachu squeaked.
"Diddy Kong, right?" Kirby asked before Diddy Kong nodded, "We're here to get you out."
Diddy Kong nodded again understanding Kirby before he looked around for a way to open the cell door. Eventually after looking around the entire room, he finds a power box and disables it forcing the cell door to open freeing Diddy Kong.
"Okay, Let's get out of here," Kirby said before they make their way out of the fort and back to the warp star which was surrounded by Kritters who were investigating it only to get quickly taken out by him Pikachu and Diddy Kong. They then get aboard and fly back to the same tree where Palutena and Pit were. Back at the hut, Palutena was sensing something that was in the sky above the jungle aside from Kirby.
"Pit," Palutena called out.
"Yes, mam?" Pit asked.
"I'm sensing something aside from Kirby and Pikachu," Palutena pointed out.
"Has King Rool found us? Pit asked.
"He wishes. It's actually something gigantic," Palutena said before closing her eyes to get an image. She sees a large spaceship with four wings in the shape of an X, had a grey interior and had words written in green. She then opens her eyes.
"What is it?" Pit asked.
"It could be help but I'm not too sure," Palutena answered before Kirby, Pikachu and Diddy Kong arrives. She gets up and walks over to greet them.
"Good job, Kirby and Pikachu," Palutena commented.
"Pika!" Pikachu squeaked happily.
"Any problems?" Pit asked.
"We had some issues with bomb tossing Kremlings but just about it, the rest of them were a breeze," Kirby pointed out.
"Excellent, but it sounds like you need some practice with some of the more equipment based enemies," Palutena said.
"Well they were rather large for Kremlings," Kirby said.
"Seems like the 2 months of relaxing wasn't such a good idea. Maybe you should take a little refresher course," Palutena suggested.
"Where are we gonna set up a training course in the jungle?" Kirby asked curious.
"Come with me," Pit said before flying off before Kirby followed him on the warp star to a small training course not far from the hut. He lands nearby and walks over to Him.
"Okay, what's the objective for this course?" Kirby asked.
"Hit all the targets in a certain order. Here's a sheet to memorize for a quick minute," Pit answered before handing Kirby a piece of paper with what order to hit the targets in. After a quick minute, he gives the paper back to him and got ready.
"Let's do this," Kirby said before he warmed up for the course.
"Alright... ready... set... go!" Pit shouted before Kirby ran off and started to take out targets as quickly as possible, punching and kicking them in the order he saw. He also took one target and threw it into the other.
"Hmm?" Pit said interested by what Kirby did while he tossed a rather large rock at several targets destroying them all, "impressive!"
Kirby continued through the course destroying each target he saw in the order they had to be destroyed until he eventually finished.
"Good job, Kirby, I see your skills haven't worn out in the past 2 months, that's good, especially for someone as young as you," Pit pointed out.
"Thanks, Impa said I need to keep my skills updated no matter what, but I still don't understand why I'm having trouble fighting giant enemies like those Kremlings," Kirby pointed out.
"It's either A, your not using enough strength, or B, you haven't learned how to take down big targets properly yet," Palutena explained appearing behind Kirby.
"Most likely it's A, because you know how to take down a big target properly, but your not using enough strength," Pit said.
"Can I practice?" Kirby asked.
"We should have just the thing," Palutena answered before a gigantic green Kremling appears from the jungle wearing a crown. Kirby gets scared by the site of him.
"Now don't panic, Kirby, this is king Klumsy, a defector from King Rool's army, he doesn't want to hurt anyone, but he'll be more than happy to practice with you," Pit said helping Kirby calm down.
"Well whenever your ready, king Klumsy," Kirby said before king Klumsy tries to step on him, but he jumps out of the way before attempting to attack his legs. He watches as he used powerful punches to try and knock him down but with no success. King Klumsy then grabs him, but just as he brought Kirby up to his face, he breaks free and punches him across the face several times hoping that it would have an effect, but he punches him across the course.
"Wow! For a kremling that doesn't want to hurt anyone, he sure does pack a punch," Pit pointed out watching the fight. Kirby lands on his feet and slides across the ground for a few seconds before he gets an idea and runs back at King Klumsy while he tries to smash him, but he dodges each attack on the way before attacking his knees. He then jumps up and punches the stomach before making his way towards the face and uppercuts it causing him to stumble backwards. Kirby then inhales causing him to inflate like a balloon and starts floating in the air. He makes his way towards King Klumsy's head, transforms into a slab of stone and falls towards him, but he whacks Kirby out of his stone form and into a tree. He shakes it off and noticed that he's running towards him. In the nick of time, Kirby jumps at King Klumsy's chest and punches it with great force knocking him down. After he falls to the ground, Kirby transforms into a stone slab once again and this time smashes into him.
"That's enough!" Palutena called out as Kirby turns back. She then teleports over to the two and heals king Klumsy who immediately gets up.
"Next time Kirby let's not turn into a slab of stone during training," Pit suggested.
"Okay. Is he gonna be alright?" Kirby asked before King Klumsy nodded his head yes, "Okay good."
Out of nowhere several flying craft fly over them startling Kirby, Pit and King Klumsy.
"That isn't the same object from earlier, those one's are different," Palutena pointed out. She looked, but they were too fast to make out any detail.
"What do you suppose they are?" Pit asked.
"They must have came from the bigger ship," Palutena answered.
"You want me to go check it out?" Kirby asked.
"If you can keep your eyes and ears open, then I'd appreciate it, but the Kongs are your top priority," Palutena pointed out before King Klumsy runs off and they all go back to the hut. After they get there Palutena projects another image on screen showing a female version of Diddy Kong that wore pink and had blond hair named Dixie Kong who was seen being escorted to a prison facility, "Your previous mission has the Kremlings stirred up, they're not taking the chances of loosing the remaining prisoners, your best bet is to ambush them with Diddy Kong in a meadow."
The image then shows Donkey Kong nearby.
"After that, you'll rendezvous with Donkey Kong and come back here," Pit explained.
"While your at it, keep an eye out for our visitors, we need to know all we can about who these people are," Palutena said before Kirby, Pikachu and Diddy Kong hopped aboard Kirby's warp star, "good luck!"
Kirby lifts off and heads towards his next destination. Along the way the unknown aircraft start shooting at them.
"Hang on!" Kirby shouted before Pikachu and Diddy Kong held onto him. They look up to see 4 bizarre looking jets that were white and had a blue secondary to it which shoots them again. Luckily Kirby dodges each attack before speeding up and tries to escape, but the ships continued to follow them. One of the ships then shoots a medium sized projectile at them which he sees coming right towards him. With quick thinking, Pikachu zaps the object out of the sky causing it to explode. The explosion was big enough to cause the ground to shake, "they're trying to kill us." Kirby continued dodging the incoming projectiles until he gets an idea. He flies up into the sky with the ships following him. Once re reached a good enough height, he jumps off and turns to a slab of stone before falling towards the ships, one moves out of the way in time, but he rams into the ship behind it, not only taking off its wing, but also causing it to spin out of control towards the ground. The ships follow it as Kirby turns back and lands on his warp star just in time before heading off to their destination. Upon arriving, they see that the Kremling convoy containing Dixie Kong was getting close so they get into position. Two Klumps followed by several Kremlings were seen walking along the path when the leader stops at a small bridge. The captain then signals everyone to line up so they could fit through before proceeding forward. As the wagon containing their prisoner was on the middle of the bridge, several Kremlings vanished from under the leader's nose stopping the wagon entirely with the other one not noticing until one of the Klumps gets suspicious and turns around only to get kicked across the face along with his partner. Diddy Kong then tries to grab the keys from the captain, but as he got close to grabbing it, the captain aggressively grabs his arm.
"Nice try," the captain said before Kirby as a slab of stone falls on his head knocking him out before turning back to normal. Diddy Kong then grabs the keys and frees Dixie Kong from her cage before grabbing two wooden pistols. Pikachu's ear starts twitching to a sound nearby and looks over to see a male orange and white fox in a white shirt and green pants aiming a futuristic pistol at him. As he shoots it at him, the sound of the gun gets Kirby's attention and looks to see the fox running towards him. He quickly jumps into action and counters a kick that the fox attacks him with. The two then exchange several quick punches and kicks that they both quickly dodge before Diddy Kong shoots the wooden pistols at the fox. Peanuts come out and explode on impact, but he quickly jumps out of the way in time before Pikachu tries to hit him with a thunderbolt attack which he gets out of the way of in time as another fox that was a blue female with a staff in a jumpsuit comes up and takes him out stopping the attack. Diddy Kong sees the female fox and starts shooting at her as she stabs the staff in the ground. A blue energy then surrounds her in a dome shape before the peanuts explode on impact. The smoke then clears revealing the female fox without a scratch on her. Kirby and the male fox continue to exchange punches and kicks that they each dodge the attacks. Eventually the male fox jumps back before Kirby rushes at him, but he signals him to stop where he is which he does.
"That'll be enough, I suggest you leave at once and let us handle things from here," The male fox demanded before the female fox joined him.
"We're not leaving until we save our friend and figure out what a King Rool wants with him," Kirby pointed out.
"We'll return him to you and tell you what he's up to, until then, you stay out of the way," The male fox demanded as Diddy Kong grabbed Pikachu. Several bushes are heard moving behind them. Donkey Kong jumps out from the shadows and starts beating his chest before letting out a mighty roar, "look we don't want a fight, we know your concern about your friend and we'll return him as soon as possible. After, that, we'll leave this place peacefully."
The male and female fox walk away before Kirby, Donkey Kong and his friends leave as well. Later at the hut.
"Palutena, I need to speak to you urgently, we..." Kirby said before he pauses to the the same male fox from earlier talking with Palutena, "You!"
Kirby aggressively runs at the fox but gets restrained by Pit.
"Kirby don't, believe it or not they're on our side," Pit explained.
"How so?" Kirby asked.
"Look we got off on the wrong foot and I'm sorry about the mistake, but I've come to explain who I am and what I'm doing here," the fox explained.
"You need to believe him, Kirby," Palutena pointed out before after a few seconds Kirby signals her that he understands. Pit let's him go.
"Names Fox by the way, Fox Mcloud," Fox said introducing himself.
"So who are you guys exactly?" Kirby asked.