Chapter 6 – Spells and Copy Abilities
"You're kidding?!"
"Seriously?!"
"No joke?!"
These were the reactions I got from Arle, Ringo, and Raffina when I met up with them the next day and told them what I want to do with Kirby during our last few moments together.
"I'm not kidding, I'm serious and it's no joke." I answered all their questions. "I'm gonna teach Kirby how to play Puyo Puyo!"
"Poyo Poyo?" Kirby asked.
"No, Puyo Puyo."
"Poyo Poyo."
"Now you got it!"
"Poyo!"
"Look, Amitie. Not to be discouraging and all, but there's NO WAY you can teach Kirby how to play Puyo in one day! It's impossible!" Ringo said.
"How is it impossible, Ringo? You managed to do it."
"Hey yeah, she's right. You DID manage to learn how to play in a single day!" Arle said. "Less than that even!"
"How the hell did that happen, Ringo?" Raffina asked. All three of us girls were staring at Ringo with looks of high suspicion.
"U-Uh, w-well…y-you girls know. I-I had to save the world and stuff." Ringo stuttered.
"Right…" We didn't believe her.
"Hey, we would be buried in puyos right now if it wasn't for my quick learning! You three should be grateful!"
"Geek." The three of us said.
"I'M NOT A GEEK!"
"Poyo?"
"Oh right. Sorry, Kirby. Got a bit distracted."
"See? That's what I'm talking about, Am! You get easily distracted."
"Yeah, Ringo's right, Amitie." Arle agreed. "Even though she learned how to play in just mere hours…"
"Will you just let that go already?!"
"…Anyway, despite that happening, there are a lot of complex things to learn about Puyo."
"And you're not exactly the best Puyo player, Ami." Raffina added.
"Hmph! Well then, fine! You three are gonna help me!"
"Huh?!"
"Don't act surprised! If you three think you can do a better job than me, then prove it!"
"H-Hold on, Am! Th-That's not what we're saying!" Ringo claimed.
"Y-You got it all wrong, Amitie!" Arle said.
"Ami! Just listen for a sec!" Raffina begged.
"TOO LATE! WE'RE DOING THIS! I CHALLENGE ALL THREE OF YOU!"
The three girls then grew eager smirks on their faces as soon as they heard the word challenge.
"Alright, Ami! Just so you know, I have been practicing my moves more since we last battled!" Raffina bragged.
"And just because I don't have Carby with me doesn't mean I'll lose to you!" Arle claimed.
"I'm not going to go easy on you just because we're friends, Am!" Ringo warned.
"Enough talk! Let's…"
"PUYO BATTLE!" We all shouted.
Soon after, a colossal amount of Puyo fell from the sky. Each of us getting a set amount, enough to set off a 4-chain. While the second set of Puyo lined next to each of us, waiting to be used.
"P-Poyo…" Kirby sounded amazed as he watched all of this happen.
"Pretty sweet, huh?" I asked. "This is what we call Puyo Puyo. Just watch me and I'll show you the ropes, 'kay?"
"Poyo!"
After Kirby agreed to watch, I then grabbed the first set of Puyo and started thinking of where to place them.
"THERE!" I shouted as I threw the red and blue puyos on top of their respected tower of colors.
"You see, Kirby? The point of the game is to connect 4 puyos of the same color in order to pop them. You do this while trying to create a big enough chain. Once you feel like your chain is big enough, you set it off. And every time a group of four puyos pop, you get a strange, but really good power that lets you perform magic spells!"
"Poyo…" Kirby sounded amazed.
"Hey, Amitie! You done teaching?! Cause I'm about to set off my chain!" Arle shouted.
"Wh-What?! How?! We just started!"
"I told you that you get distracted easily, Am! Now taste my wrath!" Ringo shouted.
"Prepare yourself, Ami! Here comes my newest fighting move!" Raffina shouted.
"Fiddlesticks! I have to hurry and counter!"
"Poyo! Poyo poyo!"
"You'll help me, Kirby?"
"Poyo!"
"Thanks a bunch, little buddy!"
Kirby and I then each grabbed a set of puyos and begun flinging them to the right spots to build up a chain big enough to counter the chains the other girls made…
…which by the way, had already set off.
"HERE IT COMES, AMITIE!" All three yelled out.
"J-Just…one…more…set…GOT IT!" I shouted as I flung the last group of puyos, being an L-shaped purple Puyo.
"Ready, Kirby? Just follow my lead, okay?"
"Poyo!"
"And…SET OFF!"
As our Puyo chain began to activate, I felt power building up inside me. This power was nothing new to me, as I've gained this much power before. But as I looked at Kirby, he was starting to glow, and there were stars circling around him. I didn't know what was happing to him, but I didn't have any chance to ask. So I can only hope it would benefit us greatly.
"Alright! Here it comes! FIRE!" Arle cast her first spell.
"SINE!" Ringo did hers.
"NEIGE!" Raffina's a special case. You see, she can't use any spells. So she uses fighting techniques to unleash the power inside her. And they hurt, too! I've heard that she uses magic stored in her yellow pouch to increase her attacks, but she keeps denying it.
As the attacks came rushing towards us, I gained enough power to counter one of them. It isn't much, but it'll have to do.
"Okay! Here I go! FLAME!" I cast my first spell.
Then as I looked over towards Kirby, he had stopped glowing and the stars that were circling around him were gone…but now he appeared to have some kind of hat on his head, and it was spewing fire from it!
"SEARING BURN!" A voice shouted out. It wasn't Kirby's, but it sounded similar to his.
Then suddenly Kirby turned into a ball of fire and charged after my own fireballs, and somehow made them circle around him. He then charged after the other three spells/attacks and burst out the fireball, sending my own fireballs at the other girls. They looked like they were stronger too.
"W-Woah!" Arle shouted.
"Wh-What was that?!" Ringo asked in a panicked state.
"Th-That was insane!" Raffina yelled, blown out of her mind.
"K-Kirby…what did you just do?" I asked while looking at him in pure shock.
Kirby didn't say anything, as he looked more confused than surprised. Around here, the puyos continued to pop more and we each had enough power to cast our lv. 2 spell.
"Well, let's see if he can deflect this!" Arle boasted. "Ready, girls?"
"Sure am!" Ringo shouted.
"Right behind you, Arle!" Raffina said.
"ICE STORM!"
"COSINE!"
"FLAMME!"
"Take this! CYCLOWHIRL!"
Kirby then ditched his fire hat and now had a hat with a mini tornado coming out of it! He then began spinning until he was a tornado himself! He circled around my Cyclowhirl spell until he was able to control it himself.
"FALLING GUST!" There was that same voice again.
Kirby then shot the mini tornado downwards along with my Cyclowhirl spell, nearly striking the three girls below. That spell...it also looked stronger than normal.
"I-It happened again!" Ringo shouted.
"Ami! What's with Kirby?!" Raffina asked.
I couldn't answer. I was too amazed at what I was seeing. My spells are usually the weakest in my class, so seeing them this powerful…it was the single greatest thing I've ever seen! I nearly cried tears of happiness! But I managed to stop myself as I felt more power from the popped Puyo flowing to me, and I needed to end this match! Scratch that, WE needed to end this match!
"BAYOEN!"
"PERMUTATION!"
"CEIL ARK!"
These were the girl's lv. 5 spell/attack. Of course, I had my own.
"Ready, Kirby? This is our final attack!"
"Poyo!"
As I prepared to unleash my most powerful spell, Kirby changed hats again, this time wearing a weird-looking crown that had some kind of energy ball inside. The ball kept getting bigger as Kirby gained more power from the puyos. So much, in fact, that parts of the ground started rising up and circle around us. I've never felt this much power before in my life! It felt so good! I felt like an ultimate god or something! But now it's time! Time to unleash our full power and win this match!
"Ready?! And…BAYOEN!"
"SUPERNOVA!"
The pieces of ground that surrounded us were covered with the mist from my Bayoen spell. Then, in a huge bomb-like explosion, Kirby shot the ground pieces down towards the others, deflecting their attacks in the process.
"OH…"
"MY…"
"GOD!" Were the only words I heard from the other girls before the ground pieces hit their targets.
The attack created a lot of dust, but when it eventually cleared, I saw Arle, Ringo, and Raffina completely buried in tons of nuisance Puyo.
"W-Woah…" I said, completely shocked at the mess we made.
"H-Hey, guys. You okay?"
I managed to pull all three of them out of the pile of nuisance Puyo and they all just stood there in complete and utter shock.
"A-Ami…Wh-What just happened?" Raffina asked.
"I-I'm not too sure myself, Raffina."
"I've never seen so much power before! Not even when I'm fighting Satan!" Arle shouted.
"I don't think even Ecolo has that much power." Ringo claimed. "You weren't kidding when you said Kirby's from a different world, Am."
"Kirby…do you know what happened?" I asked him.
We all turned to see that Kirby had fallen asleep on the ground.
"I guess all those attacks must've worn the little guy out." Ringo said.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Gugu!"
We then hear Carbuncle's voice and turned back to see him standing next to Arle.
"There you are, Carby! Where have you been?! I've been looking all over for you!" Arle wined.
"Gugu!"
"What do you mean it's none of my business?!"
"Gugugu!"
"HMPH! Well, whatever. You just missed a really cool Puyo match, anyway."
Carbuncle didn't say anything and instead turned away from Arle in a pouty attitude.
"Y'know, I'm getting really tired of your stubbornness lately."
Still nothing from Carbuncle.
"Hey! Ami!" We then heard another voice coming from the right of us. We then saw Misuki heading towards us.
"Hey, Misuki!" I replied.
"Misuki?" Arle looked confused.
"It's a nickname I gave her."
"You gave Witch a nickname? Since when are you two friends?"
"It's a long story. Also a secret, which I'm not telling you."
"*whine*"
"Hey, Ami! I found th-holy crap, what happened here?" Misuki said as she took a look around the park.
"Let's just say it was an other-worldly Puyo battle." I explained.
"Fair enough. So I found the thing that Magolor gave me. It's in my shop when you're ready to use it."
"Thanks, Misuki. I'll come by tomorrow."
"Wait, who's Magolor?" Ringo asked.
"I'll explain later. Right now I should probably get Kirby back to my house. He looks exhausted."
"Alright then. Bye Amitie."
I waved bye to everyone as I began walking home. As I did, I felt that same feeling of being alone again. I knew that in just a few hours, Kirby would be back in his home world and we'll be separated.
And I really don't want that, honestly.
A/N: Chapter 6 complete. Had to do a little research for this one. You know for the spells and how to spell them and what abilities to use for Kirby. It wore me a little. But it was still fun.
So I'm going to be focusing on this story alone for a short while. Doing 4 at once is starting to get to me. Plus there's a certain spot where I want to get to before moving on to others.
Also, just for fun, if by chance a Puyo Puyo X Kirby game does happen, this is how I picture Kirby's attacks:
Fire Breath! (Fire)
Smash Punch! (Fighter)
Final Cutter! (Cutter)
Hammer Throw! (Hammer)
Supernova! (Crash)
His return spell would be Mirror Body – Ring (Mirror)
NOTE: He wouldn't say the actual attack names, just Poyo.
When he gets by nuisance Puyo, it'll be his death animation.
When he wins a match, he'll hold a trophy and dance around like how you beat a true arena.
And finally, when he loses a match, it would be KO'd Kirby from Mass Attack.
That's all I got to say. Feel free to review, favorite, and/or follow the story. Next chapter coming soon. Until then, thanks for reading.
