Chapter 2 – New Best Buddies
I brought the little guy to my room and laid it on my bed. It was still out cold and twitching in pain. I didn't know what else to do, so I went to the bathroom to get a rag and wet it with warm water. I came back to my room and started wiping down the thing of its bruises. While doing so, I accidentally poked it.
"Teehee. This thing's really squishy."
I continued to poke it, feeling more terrible each time I did it. I couldn't help it. I kinda have a short attention span. Not as short as Sig's, but it's part of the reason I'm failing my classes right now.
After I poked it a few more times, the thing began to move. I backed up a bit, feeling a little scared of what this thing might do. Fortunately, all it did was turned on its stomach.
"Phew, that was close." I said. "I should probably stop poking the little guy."
I looked closer at the pink thing to see that it's breathing normally. I did a sigh of relief once I noticed it.
"Oh, good. It looks like it's asleep now. *yawn* I should probably go to sleep now too."
As I got myself into bed, I took my hat off once again and tried to go to sleep. Before I closed my eyes, I took one last glance of the sleeping pink thing laying on my bed.
"Who or whatever this thing is, it looks really cute. Even cuter than Carbuncle. Can't tell Arle I said that, though."
I giggled to myself as I drifted my way to sleep.
*Rustle* *Rustle*
"ugh…"
*Rustle* *Rustle* *Rustle*
"*moan* five more minutes, mommy."
*Rustle* *Rustle* *Rustle* *Rustle* *Rustle*
"H-Huh? What the…what is that noise?"
I was woken up the next morning to a rustling sound that kept getting louder and louder. It was irritating me to no end, so I got up to see what was making the noise. That's when I noticed that the pink thing was gone.
"Huh?! Hey! Where'd you go, little buddy?!" I began panicking.
As I started looking, the rustling sound got louder as I got closer to the far end of my room. Turns out the rustling was coming from the bag of potato chips that I didn't finish last night. It was moving on its own, which had me a little scared. I inched closer to it and grabbed the top of the bag. I yanked the bag up to see that the pink thing was eating the chips. It had a cute smile on its face while eating them, so I guess it enjoyed them a lot.
"Phew. There you are." I said with a sigh of relief.
The puffball stopped eating once it heard my voice. It stood up on its pudgy red feet and walked up to with no hesitation. It had a look of what looked like…curiosity. Its galaxy-looking eyes and small opening for its mouth made me think off only one thing:
So cute!
"H-Hey, little guy. Feeling any better?" I asked.
"Poyo?"
Poyo? What does that mean? It is another language?
"…So, uh…what's your name?"
"Poyo."
Seriously, what does that mean? Is it trying to say Puyo?
"Get real. I have no idea what you're saying. Now what am I supposed to do?"
I was about to sit on my bed and sulk around when I took a look at my Red Puyo Hat sitting at the edge of my bed. It reminded me of something that happened a while ago. It was scary, yes, but I did learn something from it.
I wonder…does that trick still work? I haven't done it since that day, and my parents and even Lemres said that I shouldn't…
I looked at my hat again and decided that, against everyone's wishes, I should try it and see if it still works.
"Hey, little buddy. You mind putting this hat on?"
"Poyo?"
"If you do, we might be able to understand each other."
"Poyo…"
The pink puffball took the hat from me and stared at it a bit more. I can tell it looked unsure of putting it on.
"Come on. You can trust me. I'm your friend."
The thing did as I said and placed my hat on its head. After a few seconds, I started to get dizzier and dizzier until I passed out on the floor. When I came to, I realized I was in the pink thing's body.
Get really real! The trick still works! Now I can just read the little guy's thoughts and find out who or what it is.
I closed my eyes (or well, the puffball's eyes) and took a deep breath as I began reading its thoughts.
Let's see…his name is…Kirby. What a nice name. Woah! He's from a totally different world! Just like Arle and Ringo. And…he's a…star warrior? Never heard of those. Alright. That should be enough info for now. I better get back to my body before it starts roaming around again.
I placed my hat on my body. After a few seconds, I woke up to be back in my body.
"Poyo, poyo…" Kirby sounded amazed at what just happened.
"*giggle* Impressed, are ya?" I said. "It's a special trick I gained access to a while ago. It's a long and somewhat scary story on how that happened. So can we please not talk about it?"
"Poyo!" Kirby agreed.
I smiled at how cute the little guy is. At a standing height, he's at my waist. A lot taller than the other creatures here in Primp.
"So anyway. With that out of the way, hiya, Kirby! The name's Amitie! My dream is to be a wonderful magician. Nice to meet you!"
"Hiiiii!"
OMG, he's so cute! I just want to snuggle him all day!
As I was having that thought, I heard a rumbling noise. I then looked over to see Kirby holding his…stomach? Honestly, I couldn't tell if he had one or not. But what I could tell was that he was hungry.
"Oh yeah. I guess you really haven't eaten anything since you crash landed in my backyard." I said while rubbing the back of my head.
"Poyo?" Kirby looked confused at what I just said.
"Huh? You mean you don't remember? You fell from the sky and were unconscious in my backyard. So I brought you inside and cleaned you up of your bruises."
"Poyo poyo poyo…"
"Hey, Kirby. Where are you from, anyway?"
"Poyo poyo."
"A place called Dream Land?"
"Poyo poyo poyo."
"On a planet called Popstar?"
"Poyo poyo poyo poyo."
"And the last thing you remember is riding something called an Air Ride?"
"Poyo!"
"Wow. All of that sounds real neat-o!"
"Poyo poyo…"
"You miss your home, do you?"
"Poyo…"
"Don't worry, Kirby! I'll help you find a way back home! In the meantime, you can stay with me! How does that sound?"
"Poyo!" Kirby sounded happy as he jumped up and down in excitement. I couldn't help but giggle at the little guy. I know I've said this enough times already, but he's just so dang cute! But then something came to mind.
"You know, Kirby. Ever since I put my hat on you, I've been able to understand everything you say." I said.
"Poyo…?" Kirby sounded confused.
"Maybe it's because our friendships getting stronger or something like that."
"Poyo poyo!"
"*giggle* I'm glad you agree. Come on, let's find something to eat. I'm getting hungry, too."
"Poyo!" Kirby said with a smile on his face, which in turn, made me gained a smile on mine.
Once I brought Kirby to the kitchen, I looked around to see if I could find anything for us to eat. And unfortunately, there wasn't much.
Guess that explains why my parents left money for me…
After a few more attempts of looking, I eventually found a couple of apples in the fridge. There wasn't much in the bag they were in, but it was something until I go food shopping after school today.
"Hey, Kirby. You like apples?" I asked.
Kirby grew a huge smile on his face as he began jumping up and down in excitement.
"Poyo poyo poyo poyo!"
"Teehee. I'll take that as a yes."
I brought the bag of apples to the counter where Kirby was at and his mouth started drooling.
"Here you go, little buddy." I gave Kirby and apple and he ate the whole thing in one bite!
"You want another one?"
"Poyo!"
I gave him another apple and, just like the first one, ate the thing whole.
"Here, just have the whole bag."
"Poyo poyo!" I watched as Kirby snarfed down apple after apple, eating them whole and even swallowing the stems.
Wow, what an appetite! Seeing Kirby eat like this reminds me of when I took care of Tama. I wonder how he's doing…
As Kirby was about to eat the last apple in the bag, he stared at it, then at me, then back at the apple. I was confused about why he looked at me like that.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Kirby continued to look at the apple. Then out of nowhere, he stood on the counter and showed the apple to me.
"Y-You want me to have it?"
"Poyo!"
"Aw! Thanks, Kirby!" I grabbed the apple from his stubby hands and took a small bite of it. After a few more bites, I started to get full and starred at the apple, then at Kirby, then back at the apple.
"Here, you can have the rest." I said.
"Poyo?"
"I'm sure. I need to get ready for school anyway. I'm grateful for it, though."
"Poyo!" Once again, Kirby ate the apple in one bite.
"You have quite the appetite, don't you?"
"Poyo poyo…" Kirby sounded sad.
"Nonono…it's okay. I was just curious. We'll buy more food at the store after school, okay?"
"Poyo?"
"Well, of course, you're coming with me. I can't leave you here by yourself, can I? What friend would do that?"
"Poyo…" Kirby looked unsure of the idea. I don't blame him, coming to a whole new world without knowing what's on the outside. I would be scared, too.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe in my backpack. No one will know you're there."
"Poyo poyo!" I managed to convince him.
"Great! Just let me change my clothes and I'll meet you back here, okay?"
"Poyo poyo!"
I ran upstairs to my room and closed the door behind me. Afterward, I sunk down my door to the floor giggling in high spirits.
"Wow, we've only met just a couple of hours ago and we're already best buddies. I really feel like something big is about to happen. And no matter if it's good or bad, I'm ready to explore it with my new best friend! Watch me now!"
I stopped for a sec and looked around me in confusion.
"Uhh…who did I say that to?"
A/N: Here's chapter 2 of the Puyo Puyo X Kirby fic. I know I've probably overused the word "poyo" by now, it's literally one of two words Kirby ever says. The other one being "Hi".
Also, I forgot to mention this last chapter, but the whole "Amitie controlling her body with her hat" thing wasn't my idea. I borrowed it from kirbymanx, more specifically, a Puyo fic called, "Amitie's Journey From off Top of her Head". I recommend it for anyone who wants a good theory on Amitie's hat.
That's all I have to say. Just a reminder, I'm working on 2 stories at once. And will be updating both at the same time. So the next chapter may take a while. Until then, thanks for reading.
Also, Kirby X Apple. Best ship ever.
