Chapter 3
"That's it!" Tuff huffed. Tiff looked at her brother. "If Kirby wants to betray me and fall in love with that monster of Dedede's then fine! I have plenty of friends. I don't need Kirby! Love stinks and I will not fall for it, never!"
"Tuff for the last time, Kirby didn't betray you! We just need to keep convincing him that she's a monster. Kirby will find out sooner or later."
"I DON'T NEED THAT MUSHY GUSHY LOVE STUFF AND I DON'T NEED HIM!" Tuff then stormed off.
"Tuff!" Tiff sighed, then ran after him. "Tuff!"
"That's it!" Dedede shouted from the bushes. "I'm calling Nightmare Enterprises and getting that other monster to get rid of Kirby!"
"Sire, please." Escargoon told him. "Let's try to reason with her one more time." Dedede growled in his throat, then finally gave in.
"Fine, if it makes you happy!"
"Oh yes your majesty, it does make me happy; it does!"
Kirby and Chuchu were eating watermelons in the watermelon patch. Escargoon and the king sneaked in the bushes. Chuchu was laughing at how messy Kirby was getting. Kirby saw that Chuchu was getting messy too and laughed as well. Dedede and Escargoon jumped out of the bushes. Kirby and Chuchu looked at them, Dedede was steamed! He pointed a nasty finger at Chuchu.
"Look here Chuchu!" He began. "I am sick and tired of you not doing your job right. You are supposed to destroy Kirby not have him as your boyfriend! If you don't follow orders and destroy him this instant you're going to suffer severe consequences!" Chuchu looked mad.
"Chu!" She huffed.
"Hey, are you even listening to me? I said if you don't destroy him, I'll have to…" Chuchu then spat a watermelon seed at him. She gasped. Dedede got even madder. He wiped the water from his eyes.
"You think that's funny, don't ya! I'll show ya funny; I'll…"
"Poyo!" Kirby piped up, his voice all muffled up by all the seeds in him. They all looked at Kirby.
"What you got there Kirby? Ultimate surrender? You're going to surrender aren't you? Why, that's very kind of you." Kirby shook his head. "No? If you're not going to surrender, then what are you…"
Before he could finish, Kirby spat a watermelon seed at him. Dedede and Escargoon looked shocked. So was Chuchu. What was Kirby doing?
Kirby then let out all his seeds. Dedede and Escargoon screamed, slipped and bumped into each other. They managed to get up and dashed off. Kirby looked at Chuchu when done.
"Poyo, poyo!" He urged, his voice back to normal. He ate more watermelon and continued spitting out seeds at them. Chuchu looked confused.
"Chu?" She then got excited and spat out her seeds. She ate some more and rapid fired. Kirby stopped to watch his beloved.
"Poyo, poyo!" He cheered. He ate some more and did the same thing.
Dedede and Escargoon ran and ran, getting hit constantly by the seeds.
"Your Highness!" Escargoon cried. "I don't want to be used for target practice!"
"That's it, I'm ordering my monster!" They ran to the castle.
Kirby and Chuchu laid exhausted when they were done. They looked at each other and laughed. Chuchu smiled at Kirby. Kirby was right, she did have fun!
Kirby was leading Chuchu (who was closing her eyes) to a raft that he made (he borrowed the rope from Sir Ebrum and Lady Like).
"Poyo!" Kirby said when they were near the raft in the river. Chuchu opened her eyes and smiled as she saw the raft.
"Chuchu!" She was impressed! She then kissed Kirby on the cheek. Kirby blushed. Then Kirby realized something. He forgot to gather tiny sticks to push them through the water. He looked around for some sticks. Surprisingly, he couldn't find any. Chuchu was confused.
"Chuchu?" Chuchu wondered out loud. Kirby sighed when he couldn't find any sticks.
"Poyo!"
"Hey Kirby!" A familiar voice shouted. Kirby and Chuchu looked at whom the voice belonged to. It was Kine! "Need a hand?" He swam to the raft and laughed to himself." Or should I say 'need a fin'? Get it? Because I'm a fish?" Kirby brightened up.
"Poyo!" Kine looked at Chuchu.
"Who's this Kirby?" The fish wanted to know. "Is she your girlfriend?"
"Poyo!" Kirby went by Chuchu.
"Chuchu." Chuchu told Kine.
"Chuchu, huh? Well, pleasure to meet you. My name's Kine and I'm a good friend of Kirby's, isn't that right Kirby?"
"Poyo!"
"Well, your girlfriend seems lovely Kirby. Good choice!"
"Poyo!" Kine looked at the raft then at Kirby and Chuchu.
"Let me guess, you want me to push this as you ride, correct!"
"Poyo!" The star warrior nodded.
"Okay, you can count on me!" He went behind the raft. "Hop in you two." Chuchu then looked scared.
"Chuchu." She shivered looking at the water. She flinched. "Chuchu!" Kirby cocked his head in surprise.
"Poyo? Poyo!" Kirby went to comfort the scared monster. "Poyo, poyo!" Chuchu shook her head.
"Chuchu, chuchu!"
"Sounds like your girlfriend is too afraid to go." Kine said. Kirby shook his head and started pushing Chuchu on board. "No? Well if you say so."
"Poyo!" Kirby reassured Chuchu. He then shouted to Kine to go.
"The S.S. Kirby and Chuchu is underway!" The fish pushed the raft with his nose.
"Chuchu!" Chuchu cried out in a panic.
"Poyo!" Kirby consoled her. He put an arm around her, which made her calm down and she smiled. She scooted up to him and lay against him. Kirby smiled and the two watched the scenery as they sailed past. Kine stopped to smile.
"Awe! Love is so sweet. Wish that were me and Tiffy." He then went back into reality. "Oh right, the raft!" He resumed pushing the raft with his nose.
The sun was setting and Kine was exhausted! He stopped swimming to catch his breath.
"While you two are a happy couple, I'm all pooped out! I need a break and then we can continue, okay? Okay?" He looked at the two who were staring into each other's eyes. "Uh guys? Can I take a breather? Hello, guys?" He waved his fins at them. He sighed and gave up. "I'll take that as a yes."
Suddenly, a strong wind rocked the raft moments later. Kirby and Chuchu held on for dear life.
"Whoa!" Kine observed. "Careful!" The wind then sent the raft downward.
"Looks like my break is over." Kine said then swam after them. "Wait for me!"
Kirby and Chuchu were having fun! They ran to the edge of the raft and let the air run through them. They were king and queen of the world!
Kine's eyes then suddenly grew wide as he saw what was behind them; they were heading straight towards a waterfall!
"Uh, I hate to spoil your fun." He said. "But, WATERFALL!" Kirby and Chuchu looked out, their eyes widening. They scampered around the whole raft in a panic screaming. Kline quickly tried to swim to the front of the raft to try to push them back, but he got caught in the current. He tried and tried but no matter what, the current was just too strong for him.
"POYO, POYO!" Kirby screamed at the fish.
"I'm trying!" He told him. "But the current's too strong!" He kept on trying. Kirby and Chuchu screamed as they held onto each other for dear life.
Suddenly, the raft bumped into a big rock. The raft broke, sending the two over the waterfall! Kirby grabbed onto the rock and reached for Chuchu but missed her. He looked, Chuchu was heading towards her doom!
"CHUCHU!"
"POYO!"
"Hang on!" Kine said. "Kine's coming!" The fish found his strength and shot through the water over the waterfall…and fell and splashed below.
"CHUCHU!" Chuchu tried to fly but kept on falling. "CHUCHU!"
"POYO!" Kirby then got an idea. He took a beep breath and floated to the falling monster. Chuchu landed on his head and Kirby floated to the riverbank. Kine swam after them.
Chuchu rolled off Kirby once on land. They both lay exhausted, breathing heavily. They grabbed each other's hands and smiled. They were both glad they were safe and sound. Kine sighed in relief from the water.
"Well, I guess the raft ride's over." He said.
"Your Majesty," Escargoon told him as he sat in his throne. "Why don't you try again? Didn't you hear the saying "three times the charm?"
"You know I can't count that high!" Dedede said.
"Yeah." Escargoon agreed sarcastically. "You count to only two and you complain that's too much."
"Quiet as I order my monster." The king pressed the button and his ordering machine opened up. The sales guy appeared on screen.
"Hello sire," He greeted. "Are you ready to order your monster?"
"You got that right; I tried two times and both times ended miserably." The sales guy looked confused.
"Two times?" He asked. "But sire, why don't you try one more time? Haven't you heard the saying 'three times the charm'"?
"I tried to tell him," Escargoon said to him. "but did he listen? No way Jose!" The king got mad and bonked Escargoon on the head. The king shot a look at the sales guy on the screen.
"Three's too high to count for me, you know that! Now order me a monster now!"
"Okay, I just need you to pay me mon…"
"YOU'LL GET YOUR STINKIN' MONEY! JUST SEND ME A MONSTER THIS INSTANT!"
"Okay Triple D, whatever you say."
The monster ordering service was now underway. There was a bright flash, and then appeared a cupid like monster. Only this cupid was purple, had bat-like wings, fangs and instead of a bag of arrows, he had a bag of spikes. His hair was all spiky. He laughed sinisterly. Escargoon flinched.
"Yikes!" He cried. "Boy is that grin creepy!"
"Triple D," The sales guy began. "Meet LoveX" Dedede got up from his throne to have a look. Escargoon followed.
"LoveX, huh? And how will this monster get rid of Kirby?"
"A shot from LoveX's spikes will make the victim loathe the first thing it sees."
"All right! So a shot in the butt will make Chuchu no longer in love with Kirby and get rid of him?" The sales guy nodded.
"Exacto Mondo my king!"
"This monster may be exactly what I needed!"
"I'm glad to hear you say that, Your Highness. Now when are you going to send us that money?"
"All in good time." Before the sales guy could respond, Dedede turned off the screen. The ordering machine went back to the ground.
"Pretty soon that puffball's heart is going to break into a million pieces as Chuchu will dump him hard!" With that Dedede laughed evilly as so did LoveX with his creepy grin of his.
"That grin is still creeping me out." Escargoon said.
"Shut up!" The king shouted and laughed some more.
Chuchu and Kirby sat under a tree and looked at the night sky. They then grew tired and went to sleep under the tree.
"Okay," Tiff told their friends when they were sitting under the shade of a tree the next morning. She had her copy of Snow Sparkle and the Seven Lawn Gnomes. "Are you ready to hear the story again?"
"Tiff?" Honey asked. "Where's Kirby, shouldn't he be here?"
"Yeah!" Spikehead added. "Kirby's always here when we do stuff together."
"Not today." Tiff told them opening to the first page. "Now once upon a time…"
"Where is he then?" Iro interrupted. "It's not like him skipping on us like this, so where's is he?"
"Yeah!" Honey, Fololo, Falala and Spikehead said. "Where is he?" Tiff sighed.
"Kirby is…"
"Kirby has betrayed us and found love in one of Dedede's monsters!" Tuff blurted. They all looked at him. "He thinks he's too good for us anymore and ditched us for someone better, that monster!" Tiff had enough! She put the book down by her bag, stood up and looked at her brother.
"Tuff!" She started. "I am sick and tired of hearing you say that Kirby abounded us! Kirby's our friend! He'll never ditch us like that!
"Then why isn't he hanging out with us, huh? Why don't you explain that?"
"He's just…" Then something caught Tiff's eye. Dedede's car drove past.
"Well? Just what?"
"Dedede!"
"What?"
"Come on; let's see what antic he's up to this time!" She ran after the car. Tuff, Iro and Spikehead followed her.
They hid behind a tree outside of town where they saw Dedede and Escargoon hop out of the car in front of where Chuchu was sleeping. Kirby has gotten up early to get some apples and a flower for Chuchu.
"Shhhh!" Tiff told her friends and brother. She then looked back as Dedede opened the container. LoveX flew out. He laughed sinisterly.
"What's that?" Tuff wanted to know. "It looks like Cupid only it's not!" Tiff and her friends hushed him.
"Shhh!" They warned. "Quiet!" They looked back out.
"Alright LoveX," Dedede said. "You know what to do!" LoveX laughed sinisterly again and flew to a sleepy Chuchu. He took out a spike and threw it at Chuchu. Chuchu awoke with a start as it hit her. LoveX darted back to where King Dedede and Escargoon were.
"Chuchu?" She asked herself. She looked around. "Chuchu?"
Just then, Kirby rushed in with the apples a flower in his hand. Chuchu looked mad at the sight of Kirby.
"Awe, Kirby." Dedede said as he ran past. "Right on cue, now the show can officially begin." Kirby put the apples on the ground.
"Poyo!" Kirby said happily as he handed the flower to Chuchu. "Poyo!" Chuchu then knocked the flower away, Kirby retrieved it and tried again, only to have it knocked away by Chuchu again. Kirby looked at her, confused.
"Poyo?" Chuchu then slapped Kirby hard on the check. Kirby rubbed at it. "Poyo?" Chuchu hit him again making Kirby stumble backward. "Poyo?"
"Ha!" Dedede laughed as he popped out. He pointed a nasty finger at Kirby. "Consider yourself dumped Kirby cause your girlfriend no longer loves you!" Kirby gasped. He jumped up and shook his head in disbelief.
"Poyo, poyo!"
"Face it Kirby, your girlfriend now hates you! She's now your enemy and is now going to destroy you!" Kirby shook his head in disbelief again. He looked at Chuchu. He grabbed one of the apples.
"Poyo, poyo!" He said, handing it to her. Chuchu then tackled him, making him fall back on the ground., dropping the apple. Dedede laughed. He tried again, apple by apple, only to get tackled to the ground again. Dedede, Escargoon and LoveX laughed each time.
"Look how he tries so hard every time!" The snail said. "How pathetic!"
"I know!" Dedede agreed. "Love hurts!" They laughed and laughed.
On the last attempt, Kirby looked at Chuchu. The star warrior looked like he might cry.
"Poor Kirby." Falala observed from behind then tree.
"Yeah." Fololo agreed. "Getting dumped by your girlfriend like that. It's just so sad."
Kirby then stood up and ran towards his house, fighting back tears as Dedede, LoveX and Escargoon laughed and laughed.