Time for one of my favorite moments from the original game to come into play!

Enjoy! ;)


Chapter 10: Grand Doomer

Stage 5-4: From Dusk to Night

[BGM: A Dream of Clouds – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

"You know, guys, there's something I've been meaning to get off my chest for quite a while." Solo said as they were walking around the orange clouds. "So far, I think Nutty Noon might be my favorite area in Popstar."

"I kind of imagined that would be the case." Eleven replied. "You were the seeker of a castle in the sky in your quest, and not to mention you're half-Zenithian yourself, being part of a race that lives in the sky. And lo and behold, Nutty Noon is an area in the sky and features a castle!"

"Exactly. I guess the perks of being part Zenithian could be the reason why I feel at ease while high above the clouds. And not to mention that thanks to this Ability, I finally got to experience what's like to be a pure Zenithian."

"Indeed!" Eleven nodded. "And I bet that you're even making Pit jealous right now…"


At Skyworld…

"Achoo!" Pit sneezed. "…Man, why do I have a feeling that someone just smack-talked about me?"


Back in Popstar…

"Ha ha, maybe so." Solo laughed. "…Even if these wings aren't exactly accurate."

"Well, there is an Ability that grants angelic wings, and that's Cupid!" Kirby interjected. "Cupids can be considered angels somewhat, so that Ability might be the closest you'll ever get to be a full Zenithian!"

"I see…"

"Now that Solo has his favorite area, I wonder what ours' are going to be." Eight said.

"Yours are probably not going to be any of the cold areas." Arusu joked with a smug smirk.

"Hey!" Eight playfully elbowed him.

Arusu chuckled and patted Eight's shoulder. "Just kidding, dude."

"Honestly, I think it might be a little too early to say out your favorite areas right now." Dedede spoke up. "This world has a lot of unique places that you still need to see for yourselves."

"He's right." Meta Knight nodded. "And besides, Nutty Noon isn't the only sky-themed area in Popstar. There's also Bubbly Clouds, Grape Garden, Cloudy Park, and Cushy Cloud. There's even a sky-themed planet that's outside of Popstar, that being Skyhigh."

The Loyal Bodyguards' eyes perked up. "Wait, there are different planets in this universe too?" Eleven asked.

"Of course there are!" Kirby nodded cheerfully. "These planets have each their own biomes not unlike the ones found on Popstar, although there are some like Halfmoon and Mekkai that are more unique."

"Cool!" Eight gushed. "Will we get to visit those planets during our vacation too?"

"Yes, you will!" Bandana Waddle Dee replied. "Kirby even told me that he wants to make sure that you guys see the entirety of his universe throughout this whole vacation!"

"Yep!" Kirby chimed in. "But until then… we better focus on our adventure now."

"Right." Solo nodded as they kept walking until they looked down to see a floor below the main path made of Gordos, but the way to get to it was blocked by a Crystalline Block. So Dedede went over and destroyed the block, before he went down and safely floated over the Gordos to get an Energy Sphere on the other side.

After Dedede joined up back with the others, they got to the next area where they had to climb more ladders and ropes along the walls of another tower, while also avoiding shots from Shotzos, Gigatzos and Bowbies. Along the way, they were also coming upon some batches of grapes scattered around as Kirby proceeded to take them while Bandana Waddle Dee went down to get an Energy Sphere that was placed in between two Gigatzos, and then once they made it to the top and unlocked the exit by pulling down a Pull Switch, Kirby decided to offer the grapes to everyone as they happily ate them for a small snack break. When they were done eating, they went through the door.

[BGM: Sky Tower – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

Beyond the door, the group was surprised that they now found themselves bathed in the nighttime light and blue hues of the tower's interior. "Uh… now it's nighttime all of a sudden?" Bandana Waddle Dee asked.

"I think we might be getting close to the top." Meta Knight said as they climbed a ladder, finding a Knuckle Joe on a platform that was immediately taken out, leaving behind the Fighter headband as Eight walked over and picked it up, first taking off his bandana before strapping the headband around his forehead.

"Mmm! I feel like I can take on anything!" Eight exclaimed while pumping his fists after he immediately felt a boost in power upon obtaining the Ability.

"That's the main gimmick of the Fighter Ability!" Kirby chirped. "Though I'm quite curious about what made you want to try it out."

"Well, that's because I happen to know some fisticuffs skills in my arsenal."

The rest of his comrades looked at him in surprise. "Dang, you have learned some martial arts-based skills too?" Arusu asked.

"I did. Surprised?" Eight smirked as they went up… only to be greeted by a Super Bonkers.

[BGM: Mid-Boss (Planet Popstar) – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

"Alright then, you're about to get another whacking!" Dedede declared as he readied his hammer, but then Eight got in the way.

"No, let me handle this!" he said and took on a fighting stance.

Dedede blinked. "Well… okay."

Super Bonkers threw a large number of Coconuts at Eight, but he easily tanked them with Defending Champion before charging at it and delivering a Knuckle Sandwich in its gut to knock it back. Super Bonkers retaliated with a Hammer Swing and spinning towards Eight, hoping to smack him away. Eight merely jumped over the attack and landed behind Super Bonkers to hit it with Multifists. Super Bonkers growled and turned around to deliver a few hammer swings at Eight, only for him to dodge or block all of these as he then threw a Smash Punch, then he casted Psyche Up on himself before unleashing a more powerful Rising Break, uppercutting Super Bonkers in the air and knocking it flat on its face, where it exploded into the Grand Hammer Ability Star.

[BGM End]

"Heh, now I know why Kirby said 'that felt good' previously." Eight remarked while dusting off his hands.

The others looked at Eight in astonishment. "Whoa…" Eleven awed. "I never knew you could do that!"

"Trust me, you still haven't seen everything!" Eight replied. "Anyways…" he stepped aside and directed to the Grand Hammer Ability Star. "It's all yours now, Solo."

"Thanks!" Solo smirked and walked over to it, touching it to transform into his Grand Hammer form.

[BGM: Bring on the Super Ability! – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

After that, everyone forged ahead towards a ledge, where Solo took a peek down to see several Star and Metal Blocks blocking the way down. "This should be a perfect start." he said and enlarged his hammer to smash his way down through the blocks, breaking them all in one fell swoop.

"…I still wish I could do that…" Dedede grumbled as they walked ahead, with Solo proceeding to pound Super Stakes in order to lower the floors and allow passage, and defeat more Strike Boxes in the chambers. Later on, Solo would pound another Super Stake that instead made the floor slowly rise up like an elevator and eventually lead them to a giant spring.

"Oh, we better brace ourselves for this one…" Kirby warned as they hopped on the spring before Solo hammered it down… and then it sprung them all upwards, where they smashed through several ceilings and later slammed into a giant bell, tolling it hard enough to make it crumble apart and reveal an Another Dimension rift.

"Ouch… We may have tolled that bell too hard…" Eleven winced, and after they all got back up, they immediately jumped into the rift.


[BGM: Another Dimension – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

This particular stretch involved the group riding several moving platforms that interlock with each other, often having an enemy on them. There were also a few Star and Cracked Block barriers that they had to clear out to keep up with the pacing of the platforms, until they eventually reached the exit.

From there, they just had to walk forward to encounter the Sphere Doomer.

[BGM: Sphere Doomer – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

The Sphere Doomer divebombed at them, but they dodged as Dedede used a hammer uppercut to knock it up in the air while Bandana Waddle Dee jumped over and threw a spear at it, and then Kirby floated up above it and used Stone to slam it hard to the ground.

The Sphere Doomer then teleported out of Kirby's stone form and flew up to strike Eleven with lightning, only for him to create a Spark Barrier to protect himself from the lightning as Meta Knight and Solo would then slash through it. The Sphere Doomer responded by spitting out green orbs at the group, only for Arusu to step in and use Hyper Tornado to suck in the orbs and send them back at it, hitting it hard enough to leave it dazed.

"Everyone, make way!" Eight called out and after the others did as they were told, they watched as Eight punched the ground hard enough to dent it and create a circle shape in front of him, then he would pull it out as a giant boulder and hold it above his head. "Hrrrrgh…HAAAAAAAAH!" he yelled, unleashing a Boulder Toss at the Sphere Doomer, easily crushing it underneath the boulder.

[BGM: Silence of Another Sky – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

Luckily, the freed Energy Spheres phased through the boulder and allowed Eight to collect them. "This Ability definitely made it easier for me to perform that." he chuckled and turned around, only to see everyone else with their jaws dropped in utter shock (Dedede's in particular had his touching the floor, while Bandana Waddle Dee only had shocked eyes due to his lack of mouth). "Um… guys? Helloooo?" he waved his hand in front of their faces.

They soon snapped back to reality. "…Daaaaaaaaaaang, boy! We didn't know you had it in you!" Dedede exclaimed.

Eight laughed. "You all should have seen the looks on your faces! I guess I might have shattered your minds a bit…" he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

"You actually did…" Meta Knight replied. "And that's coming from someone who hardly ever gets his mind shattered."

After that, everyone proceeded to leave the dimension.

[BGM End]

Shortly after returning to the main dimension, the group walked off and found themselves out on the open night sky cloudscape. From there, they went on forward until they saw a huge looming tower in front of them.


Stage 5-5: Mid-Boss Showdown

"Whoooooa… look at that!" Bandana Waddle Dee exclaimed as they were all looking up at the tower. Everything around them was silent, except for the sounds of eerie howling winds.

"A tower within a tower… Now I've seen everything." Arusu remarked.

It was then that Meta Knight took a closer look at the top of the tower. "Over there! See that glow?" he pointed up to it, as there was a glow coming out. "I'm sure that is showing where the final ship part we need is."

"So all we have to do is climb this tower?" Eight asked.

"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure it won't be that simple." Dedede replied.

"And, oddly enough, this tower looks somehow…familiar to me." Kirby mused. "It kind of reminds me of the Tower of Mid-Bosses from Rainbow Resort."

"Tower of Mid-Bosses?" Solo asked.

"As its name suggests, it's a tower inhabited only by Mid-Bosses that I first encountered during the Nightmare incident. After that, I've encountered other towers that functioned the same way as the Tower of Mid-Bosses, so if my suspicious are correct, then we're gonna have to fight all of the Mid-Bosses we encountered along the way again."

"Well, we are in a decent number of people in our party, so I'm sure we can handle this." Eleven said with an encouraging smile.

Kirby mirrored his expression. "I just know we can, Ven! Now let's head in!" with that, they all climbed the ladder to get to the door that would lead them to the tower's interior.

Once inside, they walked along the corridor and up a slope to get to another doorway, taking them to a wide chamber… where every single one of the Mid-Bosses of the original game were waiting for them in the same room. That's right, all of them were here: Gigant Edge, Kibble Blade, Moundo, Bonkers, King Doo, Water Galboros, and Dubior.

"What the?!" Kirby was shocked. "I thought we were going to encounter the Mid-Bosses separately! Not together!"

"Bah, who cares?" Dedede said, readying his hammer. "We can take 'em all out!" everyone nodded and stood ready to fight the Mid-Bosses, both sides glaring at each other.

[BGM: Clash! Mid-Boss Tower – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

Gigant Edge charged at Meta Knight with its sword but he blocked the attack and swung his blade to slash through it, knocking it into Moundo as Eight ran over after casting Oomph on himself and delivered some Vulcan Jabs on the rock creature. Next to it, Water Galboros would then try to ram into Eight as Kirby quickly intercepted it with a Smash Kick, only for it to chomp down on his foot in response. "Yeow!" he yelped while jumping away as Eleven came in, his body crackling with electricity and fired an electric beam at Water Galboros while it was spitting out a beam of water from its mouth. The electricity traveled through the water and severely electrocuted Water Galboros, immediately getting rid of it.

Meanwhile, Arusu was squaring off with Kibble Blade, first ducking underneath its cutter blade before unleashing a Vacuum Thrust to knock the armored creature back, and then Dedede finished it up with a Triple Dedede Hammer.

"Two down!" Dedede exclaimed… right as Meta Knight had just defeated Gigant Edge.

"Make that three." he snarked, and then Kirby quickly sucked up the knocked out Gigant Edge to gain the Sword Ability. Meanwhile, Eight backflipped from an incoming Beam Whip from King Doo and delivered a Force Blast that hit it on contact, knocking it back as Kirby quickly ran to it and slashed it repeatedly before stabbing its eye to kill it, adding another one to the list of defeated Mid-Bosses.

Bandana Waddle Dee tossed a barrage of spears at Bonkers, but it simply blocked them with its free arm and then it ran forward while roaring at him before swinging its hammer at him, but Bandana Waddle Dee jumped back and he and Solo ran forward, both of them impaling Bonkers in the gut and defeating it. It then left the Hammer hachimaki behind as Solo picked it up and put it on after removing his helm, as a hammer immediately materialized in place of his sword.

"Huh, so it's almost like the Hammer Suit Power-Up. Neat." he said, and then looked over to see Moundo charging at him. "Here comes…" he readied his hammer. "Crackerwhack!" he called out and swung his hammer down, making a small earthquake that knocked Moundo down so hard it made its body crack. "Dedede!"

"Ah, gotcha!" Dedede nodded, and together with Solo, they both swung their hammers hard on Moundo's body to break the rest of it apart, thus taking out yet another Mid-Boss. "Wow. I have to say, you're pretty good at swinging a hammer." Dedede complimented.

"Well, that's because I already wielded hammers before." Solo replied. "Briefly in my individual quest, and with the Hammer Suit from Mario's world."

"Oh, I see."

Now with only Dubior remaining, the entire group turned to focus on it. "Alright, so who is that flying enemy?" Eleven asked.

"A Dubior." Kirby replied. "It mostly delivers an arsenal of electric-themed attacks while spending on the air all the time, and can also summon reinforcements."

Dubior proceeded to fire electric orbs at them, but they dodged as Meta Knight flew up and hit the robot a few times and forcing it to move away where Solo and Dedede jumped up and swung their hammers at it, damaging it a little. It then flew around while summoning a few Dubior Jrs to defend itself, but Arusu and Bandana Waddle Dee easily defeated them with a Rising Gust and Waddle Copter respectively while Eleven managed to strike Dubior with a Thunderbolt, making it turn its attention to him and fly down to rain a lightning bolt on him. Eleven quickly jumped away to avoid the attack as Eight then came in doing a Spin Kick onto the robot, knocking it down to the ground where Kirby would charge up an attack and use a Spin Slash, finishing off the final Mid-Boss at last.

[BGM End]

"Phew…" Kirby sighed. "It's finally over."

"No kidding…" Eight threw in. "It wasn't too bad, though; my comrades and I have been through worse."

"I can definitely imagine that." Meta Knight said. "Now let's make our way to the top." everyone else nodded and walked off, where in the following room they would find four Energy Spheres as their prize for beating all the Mid-Bosses.

"Jackpot!" Bandana Waddle Dee beamed as they took the Spheres, then they resumed their climb to the top of the tower to hopefully find the last part of the Lor.


Stage 5-6: The Grandest of all Doomers

[BGM: Omen of Battle – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

Much later, the group was nearing the top as they were climbing up many ladders, with the path on the way up becoming narrower as they ascended and it even featured Shotzos on the outer walls. Once they finally reached the top, they would find themselves standing back outside as they looked up to see that the night sky now had a warped space-like appearance, complete with a vaporwave-like background.

"Um, are we supposed to be approaching space?" Eight wondered. "Because the sky looks…kind of weird."

"Weird indeed…" Kirby mused and summoned a Warp Star. "Well, let's go take a closer look." he said as they all hopped onto the Warp Star and were taken off high into the warped sky.

[BGM End]

The Warp Star took them to a wide platform that was placed somewhere within the sky, as the background depicted what appears to be a purple vortex drawing in nearby stars around the vaporwave-like sky, as well as some meteorites. But the strangest thing about this area is that… the Lor's mast was just in plain sight, having nothing guarding it at all.

Everyone was left bewildered. "Wait… that's it?" Dedede questioned. "Well that was easy."

"Hmm, I don't know… It could be a trick." Meta Knight suspected.

Despite that, Kirby jumped up to the part and easily claimed it.

[BGM: Got a Part Sphere? – Kirby's Return to Dream Land]

"Hooray!" Kirby cheered. "We got the last-…" buuuuut the mast suddenly flew away from his hands. "…-part?" he tilted his whole body in confusion.

As Kirby fell back on the ground, everyone watched as the mast trembled a bit before flying over to them… where a large orange Sphere Doomer suddenly materialized around the part and gobbled it up, then it roared at the group as they flinched. This Sphere Doomer also possessed many teeth and long fangs, red eyes, long spikes on its head, and 13 tail feathers.

That…was the Grand Doomer.

[BGM: Grand Doomer – Super Kirby Clash]

"I knew it…" Meta Knight muttered.

"I-is that…the Grand Doomer that Magolor mentioned?!" Bandana Waddle Dee gaped as the Grand Doomer dived towards them. "Ack!" Bandana Waddle Dee yelped as they all jumped out of the way.

"I believe so…" Meta Knight then readied his sword. "We'll have to defeat it if we want the ship part!"

"All right!" the others exclaimed and got ready for battle.

Grand Doomer spat out two large orbs at the group, where Meta Knight would reflect them away with his sword and then together with Arusu, they would ram into the large beast with Mach Tornado and Tornado Attack respectively. Grand Doomer then spun about while dropping more large orbs in various places of the platform, as Solo and Dedede nodded to each other before swinging their hammers like baseball bats to hit the orbs back at Grand Doomer and hit it in the face, then Bandana Waddle Dee would follow up by throwing spears at it for good measure.

Grand Doomer growled and suddenly began teleporting around repeatedly until it completely disappeared. "Huh? Where did it go?" Eleven wondered as everyone looked around, until they looked at the background to see four rifts appearing in which three of them quickly closed.

"Oh boy…" Eight quietly said as everyone quickly moved away from the last rift while the half-Dragovian was charging a Mega Force Blast, and then once Grand Doomer popped out of the rift, Eight released the Mega Force Blast as it hit Grand Doomer… only for it to absorb the attack and get away scot-free.

"Aaaaand it's fire-resistant. Great…" Dedede muttered.

"Okay, so a fire attack is out of the question…" Eight thought as he would throw a Thin Air attack instead while Eleven sent small blasts of electricity from his blade at Grand Doomer, until it disappeared again as a shifting dark rift appeared on the floor, causing Kirby's eyes to widen since he had seen a similar attack before.

"Uh-oh! Stay away from the shadow, everyone!" he warned as everyone did so, and soon enough, Grand Doomer flew out of the rift as Dedede threw a Gordo at the beast, but it smacked the Gordo back at Dedede with its wing while it did a taunting laugh… until Dedede hit the Gordo back at it harder, hitting it in the face as it was knocked back.

"Heh, what's wrong? Can't block it with your face?" Dedede teased.

"Ooh, nice one!" Bandana Waddle Dee high-fived Dedede.

Grand Doomer shook it off and did an angry roar as its aura turned dark, then it flew to the background and barraged the group with a rapid fire of orbs, forcing them to dodge but then got blown back a bit when Grand Doomer attempted to ram at them afterwards. It next spat out orbs that would home in on the group, but were all reflected back at it by the Heroes' Bounce spell as Kirby rushed at Grand Doomer and slashed it, but it dodged the attack as the puffball kept slashing at it until Eight jumped up and Sky Kicked it in the face before Solo followed it up with a Giant Swing, sending it to the ground. Grand Doomer recovered from that and flew up, while its body was engulfed in flames and charged towards the group like a missile, only to get blown away by Arusu's Thin Air Blast and knocked to the ground again.

"You're all welcome!" Arusu said as Meta Knight would Drill Rush into Grand Doomer while Bandana Waddle Dee attacked it from behind with multiple spear thrusts, and then Eleven came in while charging up an attack.

"TAKE THIS!" he yelled, planting his charged sword into the ground to unleash an electric Big Banga that severely damaged the beast, as it made a pained expression while its body flashed in different colors.

"…Did we get it?" Bandana Waddle Dee wondered as the rest thought the same… only to be proven wrong as Grand Doomer suddenly encased itself into a slate-colored ball with glowing stars on it. "…Oh…"

"That's a no…" Solo trailed off as Grand Doomer proceeded to rapidly teleport around until it went to the background again, this time summoning a few enemies on the platform as Eight easily dealt with them by judo throwing one enemy into the remaining ones, then Grand Doomer started bouncing its way back to the foreground in order to crush the group as they quickly ran away right as it slammed into the ground. The group then took advantage of that to run over and attack Grand Doomer's rocky shell… but none of their attacks were doing anything.

"Eh?! Why are none of our attacks working?!" Dedede questioned.

"Beats us!" Eight exclaimed as Grand Doomer was easily able to break free from their grasp and screech loudly to release shockwaves, knocking everyone down.

"Gah!" they yelled.

"Nngh… how the hell are we going to defeat it?!" Arusu asked, and then Grand Doomer proceeded to summon more enemies… as these ones just so happened to be all of the Super enemies, except that a Super Hammer appeared in place of Super Bonkers.

Everyone's eyes perked up in surprise. "Wait, are those…?" Meta Knight wondered, as Kirby and the Loyal Bodyguards would glance at each other before sharing determined nods as they all got up and went after their respective Super Abilities, where they took out their Super enemy while Solo just picked up the Super Hammer that instantly turned into the Grand Hammer Ability Star.

[BGM End]

"Here we go!" Kirby proclaimed, and with a cry, the quintet thrusted their held Super Ability Stars to the sky and their whole bodies glowed white. The glow was so bright that it led to the rest of the Kirby cast to shield their eyes, and once it died down, the trio uncovered their eyes and breathed in awe at what they were seeing.

"Whoa…" Dedede whispered.

"Incredible…" Meta Knight awed.

"That is… amazing!" Bandana Waddle Dee exclaimed, complete with sparkly eyes.

[BGM: Ultra Super Boss Battle – Super Kirby Clash]

Kirby and the Loyal Bodyguards stood there with their eyes closed, now transformed into their respective Super Abilities, before opening them back as they shot a determined glare at Grand Doomer. "Let's end this." Kirby said with the most determined tone ever, and the quintet struck ready poses.

Grand Doomer would growl in response as it proceeded to do its bouncing attack again, aiming directly for the quintet but they managed to get away, resulting in Grand Doomer once again slamming into the ground. "Lo-Lo, crack its shell!" Kirby ordered.

"On it." Solo nodded and rushed over to Grand Doomer to slam his giant hammer down on it, damaging the beast's hard shell and making it crack as some bits of Grand Doomer's orange body were shown in the cracks.

Immediately, Grand Doomer teleported away from Solo as it rapidly teleported around before it moved to the background again, but this time it surrounded itself in flames and proceeded to charge at them. However, Kirby had a trick to counter this as he gave the next order, "Su-Su, cool it off!"

"You got it!" Arusu replied, instantly conjuring up a giant snowball and first waited for Grand Doomer to approach them before he would throw the snowball, delivering the second hard strike on it as more of its shell broke away.

Grand Doomer had another attack in reserve for them, as next it would surround itself in shimmering ice and then fall towards the quintet to create a blast of ice. Luckily, they managed to avoid the attack but when Grand Doomer started doing it again, Kirby gave the next demand, "Eighty, counter it with fire!"

"Okay!" Eight nodded, and when Grand Doomer created the blast, the Hero quickly unleashed the fiery dragon at it to easily melt the ice and strike it at point-blank range, breaking away even more of its shell as a result and thus almost fully exposing the beast's body.

Now becoming more desperate, Grand Doomer started teleporting around like crazy in order to make it hard for any of the quintet to hit it. It seemed to be working at first… until Kirby thought of a solution to this, "Ven, intercept it!"

"Right!" Eleven replied and conjured up the electric ball, proceeding to move it around the arena until eventually, Grand Doomer would accidentally reappear into it and get hit, eliminating the remains of its shell and reverting back to its normal appearance. However, due to using too much power for the rapid teleportation from earlier, Grand Doomer now looked visibly worn out and dazed.

"Now, as for me…" Kirby began… and then his eyes glowed golden. "The finishing blow!" he declared as he jumped up to Grand Doomer and slashed down at it, following up with multiple slashes on all sides in quick succession while they left a rainbow trail, then his Ultra Sword got bigger as he prepared for the final swing. "Haaaaa…HOOYAAAAA!" he yelled, slashing down.

[BGM End]

Grand Doomer let out a dying shriek as it slowly disintegrated and exploded, freeing the mast.

"You did it, guys!" Bandana Waddle Dee cheered.

"Good job." Meta Knight simply said.

"Way to show that thing!" Dedede grinned with a thumbs-up.

The quintet smiled by the praises received, and then the Loyal Bodyguards looked down at Kirby. "Not gonna lie; that was a sick finishing blow you just dealt there, Kirby." Arusu said, while his comrades nodded in agreement.

"Thanks!" Kirby replied. "And now…" he glanced over at the mast. "Let's all claim the final part together. We've earned it." everyone else nodded in response and they walked over to it to take it.

*Lor Part Restored! theme plays*

The mast danced around them as they did a backflip before they rose their hands, where the part stopped directly above them.

"HI!" Kirby exclaimed.

"YEAH!" the rest exclaimed right after, and then the part magically disappeared into their inventory.

"Now… let's dance!" Kirby said.

"Alright!" Eleven exclaimed… but did a double take. "…Wait, dance?"

"Oh, you'll like it! Just let all of your happiness loose and dance with us!" Kirby smiled, as his three friends gave encouraging nods.

"Well…okay." Eleven shrugged after he and his comrades exchanged glances, then everyone would stand in the middle of the platform while posing directly in front of the camera.

*Kirby Dance (Long) theme plays*

Nothing like ending this with a little Kirby Dance, am I right?

To be continued…


You could say that having the Loyal Bodyguards use a different Super Ability each would work as a build-up leading to this moment with Grand Doomer's final phase of the battle, and turns out that it is the case! I definitely made this moment even more epic than it was in the original game, and I think adding in the remixes from Super Kirby Clash really helped too. And what better for Kirby to deal the killing blow in a more epic way by having him do the same animation he does during his Final Smash? ;D

Next time, the group will set off to Halcandra at last! What shall await them there? Find out in the next chapter!

Trivia for this chapter:

1. The grapes being the only food item featured in the fourth stage serve as a nice little musical nod, since 'A Dream of Clouds' is a remix of Grape Garden's theme from Kirby's Adventure.

2. Some of Grand Doomer's attacks are similar to two past bosses from the Kirby series: those being Marx (the teleportation and the ground-hiding attack) and Drawcia Soul (the bouncing attack and the fireball attack). Additionally, Grand Doomer's appearance slightly resembles Drawcia Soul's somewhat.