Chapter 44 – Soul Kirby

BOSS: Vs. Zan Partizanne & Kracko

"K-Kirby…" I whispered to myself as I still stood in shock of what had just happened to my friend. The fact that his body was a complete rainbow, his eyes were pure white, and he jiggled like a puyo…it was all mind-blowing to me.

I mean…Kirby's done some crazy things in the past. But nothing like this!

"G-Gah! Th-The Puyo Souls! Wh-What did you do to them?! Now you're REALLY gonna pay, you stubby little pink thing!" Zan yelled as Kracko prepared to do another attack.

"Oh no!" Ringo yelled. "Not again!"

That's when Kirby jumped up above us and started glowing a red-colored hue. Then, out of nowhere, a bunch of red puyos appeared next to him. They grew in size a little. And they were also…o-on fire.

"Puyo Inferno!"

W-Wait! D-Did he…Did he just spoke?! W-With actual words?!

The flamed puyos then charged themselves at Kracko. Countering each of the electric balls he shot from his five red eyes. Then one of them hit him in the eye. His usual eye, not the other four that he somehow has.

"Woah. What was that?" Raina asked.

"S-Some kind of attack…I guess?" Raffina said.

"Some attack?! He used puyos! Like ACTUAL puyos! A-And they were on fire!" Arle yelled in a panicked state.

"Unbelievable..." Was all I could say.

As we stood there dumbfounded, Kirby and Kracko continued to fight each other. And this time, Kirby had a blue-colored hue while having a bunch of blue puyos around him. And they were frozen solid with ice.

"Puyo Blizzard!"

H-He spoke words again! Wh-When did he learn that?!

Kirby blasted the iced blue puyos at Kracko. Once again countering his attacks and some actual froze two of the five eyes he has.

"What the heck?" I said.

"Wh-What's Kirby doing, Adeleine?! H-How does he know those attacks?! A-And how is he speaking words?!" Ribbon spammed me with questions as she was freaking out for her friend/secret crush.

"I-I don't know, Ribbon! I-I'm just as confused as you are!"

"Hmm…this power…"

"Meow."

"You're thinking the same thing aren't ya, Akaineko?"

"Meow."

"Wait…Chetta, do you know what's happening?!" Lidelle asked her.

"Well…it's a bit of a stretch, but I think what happened is…Kirby unleashed his true power as the Star Warrior."

"H…His true power?" I asked.

"Wh-What does that mean?" Arle asked.

"Well…from what I've been told by the others, Kirby has saved this universe multiple times But always came close to losing it all. Sure, he's had help in the form of his friends and end-game-like weapons. But he's never unlocked his true power. Deeply hidden inside his soul."

"H-His soul?!" Ringo and Ribbon reacted in a terrified way.

"S-So…wh-what's happening right now? What exactly happened to Kirby?" I asked.

"From what we all saw, Kirby absorbed the dark power inside the Puyo Souls. Making his own soul bigger and powerful than ever before. This resulted in his true power being unleashed to his body, mind, and soul.

Basically. He became…"

"Soul Kirby."

We all looked up and saw Meta Knight standing on one of the pillars. He jumped down and joined us on the ground.

"M-Meta Knight? What are you doing here? A-And what do you mean by "Soul Kirby"?" Now I was the one spamming questions.

"Kirby has embraced his inner warrior deep inside his soul. And with that, plus the added power from the Puyo Souls, he has created the ultimate Copy Ability: The Soul Ability."

"Th…The Soul Ability?" We all repeated.

"Kirby has mastered countless abilities in the past. But they're all useless without an "end-game-like weapon", as Chetta described it. But with the Soul Ability, Kirby IS the end-game weapon. Harboring the power to control all puyos and their souls. And even changing their attributes."

"H-Holy crap…" Raffina said.

"The ability to control puyos…and their souls…" Arle said.

"What happened in our past adventures is nothing compared to this." Ringo said.

"I knew Kirby was powerful, but to this extent…" Lidelle said.

"Hehhehheh…yeah, I guess I misread the legend a little bit." Chetta said while rubbing the back of her head.

"A little?" The previous girls retorted.

"So, uh…any idea what caused this?" Daroach asked.

"It has something to do with the heart. Although, I'm not sure about the details." Meta Knight explained.

"Th-The heart…" I whispered to myself.

S-So it's true. Kirby really does care for Amitie. He's doing this…fighting a mutated Kracko and a demented Zan with the rarest and strongest ability known to all kind…just to save Amitie.

So why…

Why does it hurt so much?

"Adeleine! Look out!"

"H-Huh?" I regained my thoughts as I turned around and saw multiple electroballs heading towards me.

"Wha…WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

*BOOM*

"H…Huh?" I slowly opened my eyes.

"Poyo!"

"K-Kirby?! Wh-What is that?!"

Kirby had in his hand a rainbow blob-like sword with a flame of the same color. Like his whole body, it reminded me of a puyo. Perhaps…this is part of the Soul Ability?

"Gaaah! This is really getting old, Pinky! I've had it with you!" Zan shouted. She then brought out these drums that create electricity (I'm not sure how it works. It just does) and it started creating more electroballs.

"Time to die! ALL of you! Baaahahahaha!"

"Poyo!"

"Adeleine! Get out the way!"

"H-Huh?" I was basically lost in my own thoughts as Raffina dragged me to the side.

"Geez! What's wrong with you, girl? You're usually more focused than this."

"Uh…"

*BOOM*

We watched as Kirby blocked off all the attacks the two lighting makers fired at him. I can tell that both Zan and Kracko were weak at this point. But Kirby…he was still fired up.

And to prove it, that sword he had…it grew in size. Almost as big as the Ultra Sword. And the flames grew extra ripe, too.

He sliced the duo with the sword. And then again. And again. For a total of 9 times. And it looked like he was about to do one more. But before he did so, the sword grew once more. And the flames could burn this place down with no effort whatsoever.

And as he prepared to swing…

"Rainbow Puyo Slash!"

*DEEP SLICE SOUND*

Both Zan and Kracko were slammed right down to the ground. Both looking unconscious as the smoke finally cleared out. And it looked like…

…They were reverting to normal.


"Po…yo." Kirby had also reverted back to normal. As he fell back to the ground and landed on his two pink feet.

Kirby…

"Kirby! That! Was! Awesome!" Raina shouted.

"Wow, Kirby! I didn't think you had that much power! Might even be more powerful than Satan!" Arle cheered.

"Hey…" Lidelle took offense to that.

"That was really cool. Wasn't it, Cheri?" Ringo asked her.

"Cheri?"

"Cheri!"

"Huh? What were we doing?"

"You mean you weren't paying attention?!"

"Did we die yet?"

"No, we didn't die!"

"Oh."

Really? That's all she could say?

"*sigh* Cheri, I swear. You are something else." Ringo said with a facepalm.

"*moan* Wh-What the…wh-what happened?"

"Aw, great. Don't tell me you're asking for more." Raffina said.

"H-Huh? Wh-What are you all doing here?" Zan asked as she regained consciousness.

"We really should be asking you, Zan. Appearing out here and attacking us with Kracko." I said.

"Kracko? Why would I team up with him? He's just a cloud with an eye. Something like that couldn't possibly be good enough to work with me. Baaahahahaha!"

As Zan continued to gloat, Kracko eventually regained consciousness. All five of his eyes were back to their normal blue color. And was pretty upset at what he just heard.

Yes, he can hear. I don't know how, but he can.

*ZAP*

"Ow! Wh-What the…"

"W-Wow. He looks really angry." Chetta said.

*ZAP*

*ZAP*

*ZAP*

*ZAP*

*ZAP*

"Ow! Why are you attacking me, you multiple eyeballed freak?!" Zan yelled some more.

"Should you really be saying that?" Daroach asked.

Kracko's eyes began conducting electricity as they were all staring at Zan with full-out rage.

"Tch! J…Jamblasted."

"Kracko! Wait!" I yelled as Kirby and I jumped in front of Zan. "I know you're angry right now for whatever Zan did to you, but we need her alive! The entire universe is at stake!"

"Poyo! Poyo poyo!"

Soon Kracko stopped making electricity and calmed down a bit from all five eyes.

W-Wow. H-He actually understood. Though, I don't want to take the chance.

"L-Lidelle. A-A little help."

"I got it, Adeleine." Lidelle said as she walked up to Kracko. From what we then saw, she was able to understand him based on the electric sparks he made from his main eye.

It's still amazing how she can understand everything.

"He's asking why he shouldn't fry Zan right this minute for mind-controlling him like that."

"Mind-control?" We all asked.

"Hey, don't look at me! I didn't even know he was here until he tried to kill me not too long ago!" Zan yelled.

"How do we know this isn't a trick?" Ringo asked.

"Like I said, I didn't even know Kracko was here. And you people didn't even answer my question from before. And yet, you're interrogating me? Some manners you have."

"Manner?!" Raffina shouted. "If you want to talk "manners", then let's talk about how you and that Dark Red Amitie psycho made evil clones of us!"

"Hey…" Raina and Cheri felt insulted.

"Dark Red Amitie…Ah! My head! For some reason just by hearing that girl's name makes me feel extreme pain!"

"Huh?" We all asked.

"Hey! Everyone!"

We looked up and saw the Lor Starcutter landing near us. And out came Magolor, Lemres, and Misuki.

"We still can't find the Puyo Souls! They're just gone!" Magolor yelled.

"Th-They're not gone, Magolor." Ribbon said. "Kirby absorbed them all."

"Huh?" Both him and Lemres were confused.

"We'll explain later." Ringo said.

"Poyo! Poyo!"

"Huh?! H-Hey, Ami! A-Are you alright?! Ami!" Misuki shouted once she saw Amitie still laying on the ground.

"Sh-She's out cold." Arle said.

"I'm bringing her on the ship! Help me lift her, Kirby!"

"Poyo!"


As we watched Kirby and Misuki started picking up the unconscious bleeding Amitie, I started feeling that same mood from when Kirby transformed. And I dropped my head a little.

"Adeleine? What's wrong?" Raffina asked me.

"Uh…"

Well…they are from the same world. I could try and ask her.

"H-Hey, Raffina. J-Just how special is Amitie, really?"

"Huh? Where's this coming from?"

"It's…just something on my mind."

"Well…to be honest, I never liked her at first."

"Really?"

"Yeah. In fact, I actually hated her."

"H-Hated? What did she do for you to hate her?"

"Well, to be honest…nothing."

"You're starting to confuse me, Raffina."

"L-Look. At first, I found her to be an annoying loudmouth of a girl who can't do anything right. But…as I got to know her more, I…started to like her. We even have a few things in common."

"Like?"

"Well for one, our mothers are a pain to deal with."

"Why? Are they abusive?"

"No. They just tease us a lot."

"Your own mother teases you?"

"L-Look, never mind that. Why did you ask that anyway?"

I went dead silent once she asked that.

"Adeleine?"

"W-Well…y-you know how Kirby was fighting to save Amitie's life? A-And when he transformed, it may have something to do with his heart?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well…I feel like it happened because…Kirby really cares for Amitie. So much so that I…started feeling kinda jealous."

"Jealous?" It didn't take Raffina long to figure it out. And she grew a huge look of shock on her face.

"Oh. My. God. Adeleine! Do you li-"

"SHHHH!" I panicked while covering her mouth. "I don't want anyone to know this. Especially not Ribbon. But yes…it's true."

"And let me guess. You never want to tell him?"

"Not now. Not ever. So, can you keep a secret?"

"Sure, Adeleine. I can keep your feelings a secret." Raffina said with a light giggle.

"Hey…"

"Sorry, sorry."

"Uh…guys."

"What's up, Arle?" I asked.

"You look rather frightened." Raffina said.

"W-Well…M-Magolor just told us that he picked someone up before coming up here and…i-it's best if you saw it yourselves."

"Uh…okay." We really didn't understand where Arle was getting at or why she was freaking out so much. But we ultimately agreed to her request. And followed her inside the ship. Where we saw two people laying on the beds in the back.

One was Amitie. All bruised up from the surprise attack done to her.

The other…was in worse shape than her. Deep cuts and bloody bruises. This person looked like she suffered a lot.

I say "she" because this was…

"A…Amitwo?!"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Kirby has absorbed the powers and lifeforces of the Puyo Souls. And has unlocked the most powerful ability in the universe: the Soul Ability. With this, Kirby can control the puyos and change how they attack. So in a way, it's like Amitie has the Copy Abilities and Kirby has Puyo Manipulation. Like a trade-off.

So that just leaves the aftermath. Why was Kracko mind-controlled by Zan? Why does Zan not remember doing such a thing and has migraines every time she's reminded of Dark Red Amitie? And lastly, what happened to Dark Red Amitie to make her have those injuries?

Why am I asking you all these questions when I already know the answers to all of them?

I dunno.

*SPECIAL NOTE*

I would just like to point out that this story is near 8k views on Fanfiction, and has just recently passed 1k hits on AO3. The latter just blew me in shock. This is no doubt my most popular story on BOTH sites and I CANNOT believe it's actually true. I can't possibly thank you guys enough for reading this story or really any of my stories. It makes me happy that this many people actually enjoy the crazy stuff that comes out of my head. And I do hope you continue to read on. Later.