It felt like he had a very bad dream when he woke up; cold sweat and an incredibly sore body. He couldn't recall what happened previously, but he could definitely feel the effects from it. He felt around and realized that the Galaxia was missing. His heart skipped a beat astounded and confused by this because not just anyone can pick up that particular sword.

"Kirby has it!" He heard Bun exclaim.

"...Kirby?" He asked to confirm he had heard right. Kirby wasn't anywhere in sight, and Bun wouldn't be so amazed if he wasn't okay. The child somehow wielded his sword that could kill those it didn't find strong enough to hold it. His brain was slightly freezing over from trying to think and understand so much all at once. He was wondering why he was on top of the castle, how Kirby wielded the Galaxia and why, and what could have possibly weakened him.

"Yeah! He jumped off the castle and tackled the demon beast with the warp star! And then to be even cooler he hunted it down and everything!!"

"Bun! Stop being so excited! I'm worried about Kirby! If that demon could do such a horrible thing to Metaknight..!"

"But look, the curse is lifted so things are fine!"

"Kirby didn't come back, now did he? I need to go see if he's okay!!"

"Oh would you two stop arguing? Calm yourselves and just wait!" Memu scolded her arguing children.

The injured knight was thankful Memu stopped the fighting, all the bickering was hurting his head even more. He didn't have the strength to be the sense of reason at the moment, and decided to spend what little of his energy left trying to stand up. He saw Parm's hands stretched out in case he were to stumble, and as he stood up, he felt faint and just about stumbled over. He was caught by Parm and placed against the wall once more.

"Well, looks like you can't stand up after all," Parm said and crossed his arms in an concerned manner.

Metaknight sighed and had no choice but to wait. Usually he was a very patient adult, but very rarely did he feel so out of the loop of things. He still felt as if he didn't remember everything that had occurred, and neither did he feel like asking questions; he had great pride being the know-all person. He disguised his constant sighing as exhausted breathers because he couldn't help but sigh. From what he could see, the area was soaked and there was all kinds of equipment everywhere as waddledees frantically ran around cleaning. He kept thinking, "Just what could have happened?"

"That...fire breathing dog was the most terrifying demon beast I ever saw. I didn't think such a kind existed..." Fumu thought aloud to herself.

Metaknight winced and urged to get up again, but Memu held him in place. This was the worst in years that Metaknight had felt like this. Chilidog was obviously dead if the curse that was briefly mentioned was lifted, but just where was Kirby? Is he injured out there? Is he even alive? He palmed his face and kept control of vocalizing his frustrations. If Kirby didn't come up soon, he will brand himself as a failure for losing such a valuable young star.

Just when he removed his palm from his face, he saw Kirby and his two followers sharing the warp star. Once the three landed, he could see how fixated Kirby was with him; he felt the same way inside. Kirby couldn't be happier to see that glow in Metaknight's eyes once again. He ran as fast as he could to him with the Galaxia dragging behind him, and gave the blue knight the biggest hug he could give with his stubby arms.

"Yay..." Kirby murmured and shifted to his side a bit. Though he was happy, he was incredibly tired after that sword beam and the chaos in general. Before he knew it, he was sleeping on the bigger and injured puff he worried about.

"He did a sword beam similar to yours, Sir," Sword informed.

Metaknight could tell without a doubt that Kirby managed to, his Galaxia proved it with the slight wear on the gem. Metaknight patted the sleeping pink paladin on the head, proud of his victory and courage. This little warrior was growing to be the best and he was very proud he was having a part to this.

"Kirby really cares about Metaknight," Fumu giggled fondly at the scene.

"And we saw how much Metaknight really cared today!" Bun exclaimed pretty loudly like he was aiming to embarrass.

He did, but there was no way to prove it behind that mask of his.

End.

Thank you so much for your reviews as I posted the chapters one by one! C: