After the test, Kirby crawled around Eggman's lair with curiosity leading his way.
At one point, Kirby came across a strange person. He was tall, had large spikes on his head, he had black fur all over him, except his spiky hair had a red stripe on each spike, and he had a patch of white fur on his chest. His feet were red and white, and he had white hands, with a gold ring around each wrist.
The stranger turned and looked at Kirby, and raised an eyebrow.
"Poyo?" Kirby squeaked softly, tilting his head to the side.
The stranger said nothing. He just stared at Kirby for a moment, then turned and looked back out the window.
Kirby sensed something about the stranger, but he wasn't sure what it was. Something about the stranger told him that they were similar somehow...he just didn't know what it was.
"Poyo poyyoo..." Kirby babbled, sitting next to the stranger.
The black stranger glanced back down at Kirby. He also sensed that the puffball was similar to him, he wasn't born from a living mother, just like him.
Kirby smiled up at the stranger, "Poyo!"
The stranger still said nothing, he didn't even smile back. He turned and walked away. Kirby frowned, why was the stranger leaving?
"Poyoo.." he whimpered, "Poyoo!"
Nobody answered, so Kirby crawled as fast as he could in the direction the black stranger went. The hall separated into two paths.
Loud splashing noises were heard from the left. Curious as always, Kirby took the left path. At the end of that path, Kirby saw a huge pool making huge waves. Kirby crawled to the edge where the waves would come over the ledge. Kirby leaned over and reached out to see if he could touch the water.
"KIRBY!" Someone yelled.
The loud noise startled Kirby, making him jump, lose his balance, and fall into the water below.
"KIRBY NO!" Deco and Boco came running to the pool's edge.
Kirby was under the water, he opened his eyes and saw that he was fine. The waves flowed above him, the current making Kirby rise, then sink back down.
When Kirby finally broke the surface, a giant wave made impact with the little puff, causing him to take a deep breath of water and thrown back under the water.
"He's drowning!" Deco panicked, "What should we do! We'll short out if we go in there!"
"OUT OF THE WAY!" yelled a familiar voice
He felt something wind to a stop inside him. Kirby was getting weaker, and his vision was fading quickly. Kirby let go of the last breaths of air he had left. Just as a black figure dove into the water above him, Kirby blacked out.
Kirby slowly started to gain consiousness, he coughed up a wave of water, and gasped for air. Kirby opened his eyes and saw Deco and Boco, and...the black stranger, but his fur was wet!
"He's alive!" Deco shouted happily, "You saved him, Shadow!"
Kirby sat up, and crawled over to Shadow. "P-poyoo..." Kirby then nuzzled Shadow's hand, thanking him for the rescue.
Shadow just patted Kirby's head and left, without saying a word.
Kirby was confused, why was Shadow not happy he was okay? Kirby tried to follow him, but was instantly scooped up by Boco.
"Poyo! Poyoo!" Kirby whined.
"No no no, we have to get you dried off." Boco said.
Boco carried Kirby off in the opposite direction Shadow was. He was brought to the restroom, and was dried off with a towel.
With being in the restroom, Kirby's system started to force the barium in his body to the one place all consumed liquids end up eventually. His bladder.
Kirby felt a tingly sensation in his lower area, "P-poyo..."
"No Kirby, you can't go see Shadow. He prefers to he alone." Deco said as he picked Kirby up and carried him out.
Kirby looked back at the toilets, his bladder reminding him it needed to be emptied.
After a few minutes, the barium started to irritate Kirby's bladder, causing pain for him. Kirby whimpered and started to cry, while holding himself down low to avoid leakage.
Deco and Boco were confused at why Kirby was so upset.
"What's wrong with Kirby? He won't stop crying!" Deco said.
"Maybe he's tired and needs a nap." Boco suggested.
Deco put Kirby to bed in a seperate room. But the little puff could not sleep. His bladder was aching for release, but there wasn't a toilet near!
Then all of a sudden, Kirby felt his bladder spasm and twitch painfully. He whimpered and squirmed, then finally cried out in pain.
"Poyoooo!" Kirby cried, squeezing his groin tighter.
Kirby felt the extra pressure in his aching bladder that got stronger by the second. Kirby crossed his legs, trying to hold on for a little longer. Tears of pain fell from his cheeks.
Despite all of Kirby's efforts, urine started to leak out. He tried to stop the leak but it was no use. Soon, a steady flow was trickling out. Kirby just wanted the pain to be over. A few more tears fell from his face and he cried. Kirby soon felt the mattress beneath him begin to get wet, and he felt the warmth of his pee spreading around him. Kirby then realized, it didn't hurt to let his bladder release. Kirby's crying calmed, and he started to relax and let his bladder empty. The pain eased quickly as the little puff relieved himself onto the bed. When he was done, the sheets were soaked with his pee, but Kirby smiled and let out a little sigh of relief. Having felt so much better to have let go.
At that moment, Deco and Boco came in.
"What's wrong little guy?" Deco asked.
Boco noticed a dark spot on the bed, "Is that...urine..?"
Deco picked Kirby up and analyzed the dark spot on the bed, "Yes, I believe it is."
Boco shuddered, "Why did he urinate in the bed?"
"Well, at a certain level of bladder capacity, the conscious urge to urinate becomes difficult to ignore. And the voluntary signal to begin emptying the bladder must be issued, making the wall of the bladder contract. The reflex also causes relaxation of the external urinary muscle. When the external urinary muscle is relaxed, urine is released from the urinary bladder when the pressure there is great enough to force urine to flow out through the urethra and empty the bladder." Deco explained.
"So, simply put...his bladder was too full, so it emptied itself?" Boco asked.
Deco nodded, "In infants, the ability to control the bladder muscles is very difficult."
"Ah, I see."
Kirby, completely clueless on what they were saying, was quietly lying in Boco's arms. He suspected they were talking about him peeing in the bed. After they changed the sheets, they put Kirby back to bed for his nap.
Kirby woke up during the night feeling his bladder need to be emptied again.
"Poyo!" Kirby called out, "Poyoo!"
No one answered. Kirby wondered if he was going to be able to hold it until someone came. But wait...if he held it, he was going to feel pain again. Maybe he wasn't supposed to hold it...?
Kirby came to a decision, to let his bladder empty. Kirby spread his legs and relaxed. Soon, a stream of pee flowed from him, soaking the bed beneath him. A smile spread across Kirby's face, and he sighed with pleasure and relief. Eventually, the stream stopped and Kirby felt a tingly sensation of relief.
"Ahhh poyo..." he sighed.
Kirby rolled to the side of his hed, away from the urine he left behind and went back to sleep.
Kirby awoke to hear two familiar voices.
"Kirby, you urinated in the bed again! That's not okay!" Deco scolded.
Kirby's eyes widened. Peeing in the bed was not okay? He didn't mean to do something bad!
Kirby's eyes formed tears, that slid down his face in shame, "Poyooo..."
Boco picked Kirby up and hugged him, "It's okay, just don't do it again."
So here it is! Kirby meets Shadow, he almost drowns, but Shadow saves him, the Barium caused a bladder infection in Kirby, and he might possibly have a bedwetting problem. PLEASE REVIEW!