It is the moment you have all been waiting for! Yes this chapter will be my best yet! Sorry for the long wait I've been up to my head in homework, and I was busy getting killed by Zero in Kirby's Dreamland 3.
And holy crap Dokeshisan you really are obsessed with Marx. Its ok I don't blame ya I can't get enough of Marx either. Your Page it's just so full of….Marx! My desktop picture is Marx so don't feel left out. I fricken bought Kirby Super Star for the virtual console in hopes of fighting Marx. But my true obsession lies with Ursula. Ya the Fat octopus lady from the Little Mermaid.
WarchieAntiHeroes your review kinda made me want to throw Tiff and Tuff into the story, so I shall, but not now, these things take time y'know! Alright enuff it is time for my most anticipated chapter yet! Time to meet the Ruthless Dictator Kracko!
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Chapter 4 Kracko's backo
Kirby had said his goodbyes to his three new friends. Sakana thanked Kirby for helping him fulfill his dream, and to come back any time he wishes. Lololo awarded Kirby by repairing his Warpstar. And he also taught him a new trick. As Kirby flew through the clouds once more he played back the words Lololo had left him.
Now Kirby I have found out that your copy ability has some perks to it! Once you have inhaled a hostile person, and you have copied their ability, you can sacrifice that ability to transform it into the same person only they will become your friend! Another thing is that they will behave the same way they originally would have, except they will treat you with kindness. Also be on the lookout for any Copy essence Deluxes, these are statues that will grant you the ability displayed on them. However if you should choose to create a friend out of that statue, it will behave without a mind. It will simply have the instinct to follow you and aid you in combat. And as one final gift I present to you this golden Maxim tomato. Don't bother trying to eat it, it won't taste like anything, and you can't chew it. The only time it will work is if you are on your last legs. I know Kracko from past experiences, and it would not be wise to make an attempt to befriend him. He will most likely try to execute you, be on your guard!
However Kirby hadn't thought much about it, and reluctantly left Float Islands. He now soared high above the skies, even higher than normal. Bubbly clouds is the highest point in Dreamland, thus requiring Kirby to raise his altitude every minute or so. As Kirby progressed higher and higher the clouds appeared to become more abundant than usual. Kirby had to be getting close to Bubbly Clouds. The clouds appeared to be getting darker, and the air felt electrified.
If Kirby had any hair, it would be standing on end. Kirby felt some saliva in his mouth and spat it out. The saliva in midair was electrocuted and it turned to smoke. Kirby's eyes widened, and decided not to make any form of water possible. The Warpstar rocketed forward, and flew upward into the thunderous clouds. Kirby's Warpstar broke the surface of the clouds revealing a gigantic cumulous cloud. The cloud had several ancient Greek architecture built upon it. The cloud was as black as the night. Up on top of the cloud was a large palace, composed of a gigantic tower that was surrounded by several more black clouds. Lightning flickered throughout the cumulous cloud, while the clouds on top were completely surrounded by lightning preventing access.
Kirby approached the cloud cautiously, but he still gave his position away. Lightning was immediately launched from the tower and it struck the Warpstar. Kirby instinctively jumped off and sucked in air to stay aloft. The Warpstar plummeted downward. A cloud detached from the large cloud fortress, and caught the Warpstar. The cloud floated back to the fortress and reattached itself. Kirby figured that without the Warpstar he would be able to get in undetected. He floated off towards the dark cloud.
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"A'right Kracko you listen here! You give us all your food… or be defeated by the hand of Kirby!"
Kracko let out a loud thunderous sound at the word Kirby.
"Uh sire I don't really think Kracko's going for it."
"Nonsense Escargoon I've offered him a deal he can't refuse! Kracko, I'll give ya'lls a sparklin' star, that way alls you guys can gets more food! And I'll even let ya get that Kirby!"
Kracko let out more thunder at the sound of Kirby. Kracko turned around, as if he was suspicious of something. He floated over to the window of the tower even more suspicious. His giant eye gazed over the lower half of the Cloud Fortress. He noticed a little glimmer of light nearing the border of his kingdom. Kracko immediately knew what it was. Enraged he roared out more thunder, and he shot a bolt of lightning at the light. The bolt hit the light directly and the light fell downward. However Kracko wouldn't let the light off so easily. He let out a quiet thunder, and a cloud flew out and acquired the light.
Another loud thunder escaped Kracko, possibly in triumph. Kracko's eye glanced over to a small pink ball puffing over to the Lower half of the Fort. Kracko almost blew his top off. His electricity charge sky rocketed, and he was about to strike at Kirby again. But then a thought filled Kracko's head. Kracko laughed darkly deep inside, which on the outside sounded like several short quiet thunder bursts. He swiftly turned around and glared at King Dedede and Co. Kracko surveyed them, his eye swinging from one of the group members to the next. His gaze fell on Escargoon, who upon noticing this started to breath heavily. Sweat poured down Escargoon's face. Eventually the fragile snail couldn't take anymore and he fell backwards. Kracko let out another one of his strange laughs and nodded at the three.
"Aw see was that really so hard? A'right now Kracko here's the deal. Take this!" King Dedede extended his hand and TAC placed a star in his hand. King Dedede threw it up in the air. It landed right on top of Kracko and sunk down into his cloudy body. "Now that we're in an agreement I think we'll be fine to return home! Escargoon GET UP!" Escargoon awoke slightly shocked at the events that had just transpired. He rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"Yes sire…uh what is it?" King Dedede took out his hammer and once again bashed Escargoon over the head.
"Oh sleepin' on the job eh? Well let's just hope that you don't get more sleep than I do! We've been doin' this stuff for four days now! Without any rest! Those dumb Sun and Moon all fightin'!"
"Actually sire the correct way to say it is That Sun and Moon fighting!" King Dedede rolled his eyes at his brainy servant, and brought his hammer down on Escargoon's head.
"HEY! No correctin' mah language! It's what makes me unique!"
"Yes sire….ngh." Escargoon was trying as best as he could to not correct Dedede's last sentence.
"Don't you dare!" Kracko rolled his eye at the two and for the first time he noticed the King's monster TAC. Kracko glared at it, he felt uneasy around the thief. Kracko continued its stare down with TAC, while King Dedede waved his hammer in the air ready to strike at Escargoon if he corrected his sentence again. The tension between the king and the snail was broken by the sound of a large surge of electricity. Dedede turned his head over to the sound. TAC floated in the air twitching, while Kracko continued his lightning bolt onslaught.
"HEY! WHAT'RE YA DOIN' THAT'S MAH MONSTAH!" Kracko paid the king no mind and he relished in the attack. TAC started glow red and heat emanated from him. Tiny explosions covered TAC, and he exploded. King Dedede's jaw dropped, while Escargoon shook his head.
"See that's what happens when you waste your money on monsters."
"10,000 DRANDS DOWN THE DRAIN!" Kracko let out several more low thunderous sounds indicating that he was laughing.
"ARGHHH! Well-I-uh…KABUUUULAAAAAA!" Kabula flew over to the top of the tower and let down a ladder.
"Uhh… well… it doesn't matter anyways… uh I was going to be all done after you Kracko…. So….BYE!" Dedede jumped up to the ladder and grabbed hold. Escargoon hurried over to the ladder and grabbed on. Kabula turned around and slowly flew away from the tower. Kracko kept a watchful gaze on the orange airship. Kracko turned back to the edge of his tower hoping to find Kirby. However he could not find him in the large expanse that made up the lower half of Bubbly Clouds. Anger welled up in Kracko and he let out another loud thunder that engulfed the sky.
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A light blinded Kirby's eyes. He glanced around quickly wondering where he was. He looked up into the light. He squinted as he struggled to keep his eyes open, but he had to see what the light was. It dawned on him that the light was a search light. An alarm that sounded like a tornado warning went off, and several voices filled the atmosphere. The most distinguishable voice was a rugged deep and VERY loud voice that appeared to be coming from the search light.
"IT'S KIRBY, MAN ALL BATTLE STATIONS, GET TO THE SHOTZO'S, DEPLOY THE STRIKE TEAMS, GET THE CUMULOUS SOLDIERS, DO SOMETHING, AND STOP KIRBY!" The alarm became louder, and Kirby dashed out of the Search lights way, the latter quickly followed the pink warrior. Kirby dashed around the side of a building out of the search lights range. Several Waddle Doos ran by the building franticly searching for Kirby. Kirby gasped for breath several times before he could calm down. The siren continued to wail, and the guards seemed to increase in numbers. Kirby decided to get a better view of the situation
He sucked in some air silently, and he puffed up towards the roof of the building. Kirby plopped down on the roof and crawled over to the edge to get a better look of what was going on. Down below him were several Waddle Doos running around. Eventually they all calmed down and formed two lines. A Capsule-J walked down the line inspecting the soldiers. He looked at each one up and down. Eventually he returned to the head of the line and said
"ATTENTION!" all the Waddle Doos stood at attention stance as several impressive soldiers walked by. They wore armor like a blade knight, however instead of green, it was white, and they had shields with a Kracko symbol on them. Their swords appeared to be made out of wind.
"THESE ARE THE CUMULOUS SOILDERS TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT OR ELSE. NOW CONTINUE WITH THE SEARCH FOR KIRBY!" Immediately all the Waddle Doos ran off in different directions and the cumulous soldiers marched off. The Capsule-J commander turned and walked towards the door of the building Kirby was hiding on. Kirby noticed a door on top of the building and decided to head in to confront Capsule-J. Kirby wrenched open the door and toppled down into the building. Kirby landed on something metal, but he couldn't tell what. He banged it a couple of times and it shifted a little. The metal thing hopped up, and Kirby was staring right into a green glass circle. Kirby jumped back frightened at what it was. Capsule-J lunged forward and grabbed Kirby.
"So… I've finally got you!" Capsule-J threw Kirby against the wall, and he slid down it. Kirby sucked in air and puffed up. His head hit the ceiling as he heard a crash against the wall. Kirby glanced downward and saw that Capsule-J had crashed into the wall. This was his chance.
Kirby blew out the air inside him and landed on the ground. He opened his mouth and started to inhale Capsule-J.
"Oh no you don't!" Capsule-J launched upward out of Kirby's reach, however the flames from Capsule-J's jetpack weren't so fortunate. Kirby swallowed a mouthful of flames. Kirby suddenly felt a burning sensation inside his stomach. Kirby's normally pink skin turned red. A golden crown with a green jewel appeared over his head. The top of Kirby's head became ablaze with fire. He had become fire Kirby.
"So that's how you want to play it huh?" Capsule-J took off his jetpack and threw it at Kirby. Kirby opened his mouth and blew out fire at the jetpack.
"HA sucker!" Capsule-J ran out of the building leaving a confused Kirby. The jet crashed to the ground burning. Suddenly it rocketed off towards a wall. The jet collided with the wall and exploded. Kirby was flung backwards, and flames soon covered the inside and outside of the building. Kirby scrambled up to get on his feet. He ran over to the door, however it was locked. Kirby looked around horrified. Then he noticed a window on the ceiling. Kirby opened his mouth and blew out another stream of fire. The fire blasted right through the window. Kirby attempted to suck up some air but the smoke from the fire caused him to start hacking uncontrollably. Then he remembered the helper advice from Lololo. Kirby then remembered what Lololo had told him to do in order to activate it.
Simply say I need a friend!
Kirby thought to himself I need a friend. Light enveloped Kirby, and the fire from his crown drifted upward and started to swirl. It eventually formed a glowing red fiery ball. The ball fell to the floor and burst revealing a strange person. It had arms and legs, but it was mainly made up of a large fire with two eyes. The thing opened its eyes and noticed Kirby. It extended its hand and said.
"Hey I'm Burnin' Leo! What's your name?" Kirby had no intention of saying his name as he was too busy freaking out. Burnin' Leo noticed the fire too, and he started to think. Then he came up with a wondrous plan. Burnin' Leo held out his hand.
"Hurry take it!" Kirby grabbed hold of his hand, and Burnin' Leo transformed into a ball of fire. The ball of fire rocketed out of the building. Finally the building collapsed. Kirby sat down on the cold floor of the cloud and breathed a sigh of relief. Burnin' Leo sat on the cloud panting. Burnin' Leo glanced over at Kirby expecting Kirby to reciprocate the introduction. Burnin' Leo sat there for a while then he cleared his throat.
"Ahem!" Kirby jumped up and gave Burnin' Leo a confused look.
"And you are?" Kirby blushed embarrassed that he hadn't introduced himself.
"Kirby!"
"Oh so your name is Kirby… well what exactly are we doing here?"
"HALT YOU ARE UNDER ARREST BY LORD KRACKO RAISE YOUR ARMS IN SURRENDER!" Capsule-J followed by a large group of Cumulous soldiers surrounded the heroes. The Cumulous soldiers drew their swords and pointed them toward Kirby and Burnin' Leo. Capsule-J stepped forward with two pairs of handcuffs. He cuffed the extremely confused Burnin' Leo, and the terrified Kirby. Capsule-J turned around, did a hand gesture towards one of the Cumulous soldiers and walked on.
"MARCH!" The soldiers formed a line with Kirby and Leo in between them. They started to walk down the darkened street. Kirby started trying to recount the events that had just transpired. Burnin' Leo meanwhile was trying to figure out what had just happened.
Kirby's thoughts: Ok what the heck just happened I remember floating over here, but the rest is all blank, and my Warpstar how am I going to retrieve it? Well I have a new friend he should be able to help. I'd better do what these guys tell me to or else…. Wow…. I am Hunnngry!
Burnin' Leo's thoughts What where am I and what am I doing here? I remember originally being mindless jet fuel, but now I'm as fortunate as developing a conscious? Maybe Kirby can explain things… but… I have a feeling he won't be able to. And how did I know what my name was… Did I… perhaps… choose it?
The two continued to follow the soldiers. They eventually reached a dark tunnel. They were then guided down several dark passageways and they stopped at the end of a hallway. They heard a metal gate creak open and slam shut.
"You will remain here until Lord Kracko has decided." The sound of footsteps slowly faded away indicating that they were leaving.
"Man this is too weird… and hey why aren't I lighting up this place, I mean I am made of fire right?" Kirby shrugged in the darkness.
"Ugh… this is just awful what time is it anyways?" Kirby hadn't thought of it in the past but he did now. He could probably suck up a clock then he could tell time. But there wasn't one anywhere. Kirby laid down on the cold cemented floor. Burnin' Leo did the same. In moments the two drifted off into sleep.
Their sleep however was abruptly ended when they were hoisted up by two guards. The two were immediately blindfolded and dragged out of their cell. They felt themselves being tied to poles and they could hear the roar of a crowd surrounding them. The blind folds were lifted from their eyes allowing them full sight of the large coliseum around them. Kirby's gaze drifted up to the podium. Above the podium was a floating cloud with several yellow spikes protruding from the inside. The cloud had one single large eye. Kracko floated atop the podium gloating in his victory over Kirby.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WELCOME TO CLOUD COLLISEUM! HERE WE WILL SEE A LONG RIVAL EXECUTED BY OUR VERY OWN GLORIOUS LEADER LORD KRACKO!" The audience cheered once again. Capsule-J continued his speech.
"KIRBY AND HIS FRIEND BURNIN' LEO WILL BE KILLED BY KRACKO IN ANY WAY HE WISHES LET THE EXECUTION COMMENCE!"
"Kirby I have an idea… we have to get free of these ropes first! When Kracko comes over here we let him attack, but we must make sure he hits the ropes. Try taunting him to make him use an attack that could break through rope." Kracko flew over to the two and stared them down. Kracko suddenly released a bolt of lightning that struck the two directly. Kracko then flew over to the top of the pole and started to bombard the two with large hail.
"Kirby..ngh… come on…. Taunt him! They said you two are rivals…GAH! Ugh…ngh you… must know… something!" Kirby searched his thought of past experiences with Kracko then he came up with something. Kirby inhaled several of the ice chunks raining from above and spat them out at Kracko, which hit him in the eye. Kracko's white exterior heated up to a shade of red and he launched himself at Kirby. Kracko collided with Kirby and he rapidly turned around. Unbeknownst to Kracko his swift turn had caused one of his spikes to slice the rope in half.
"YES it worked!" Kirby and Leo dropped to the ground and prepared to fight. Kracko turned around expecting to see Kirby unconscious but instead what he saw was Kirby pulling his face down and sticking his tongue out. Kracko charged forward launching lightning rapidly at the two. Kirby rolled out of the way, while Leo put up a dense wall of fire that rebounded the lightning causing it to hit Kracko. However the army would not let this fly. Cumulous soldiers started pouring over the edges of the arena, and soon Kirby and Leo were surrounded.
"Kirby you deal with Kracko I'll take care of the soldiers!" Kirby nodded and turned to face Kracko. Kracko unleashed a barrage of Lightning bolts, all of which Kirby dodged by doing several rolls, and ducks. Kracko became infuriated at this and started creating electrical beams revolving around him. Kracko charged Kirby who attempted to dodge the electricity, however it covered far too much space and he was electrocuted. Kirby wiped the burnt skin from his face eager to continue. A cumulous soldier ran up to Kirby from behind and took a slash at him. Luckily Kirby tripped over an upheaved rock from Kracko's earlier attack, and the sword missed. Kirby jumped up immediately and turned around to face the soldier. Kirby opened his mouth and inhaled the soldier. Suddenly a golden beam appeared in Kirby's hand and it started to take the shape of a sword. A green cap with a ball at the end of it appeared over Kirby's head. He had become Sword Kirby! Kirby turned around once again facing Kracko. Kirby ran up and did several swift moves with his sword several of them making direct hits into Kracko's eye. Kracko groaned and floated back. It closed its eye as blood trickled through his eyelid. He floated backwards not knowing what to do. Finally he sucked up and reopened his eye. It looked like a marble with several red scratches on it. Kracko blinked a couple of times to get used to the pain in his eye. Infuriated He floated right above Kirby and created an electric cage around the star warrior. Kracko began charging up his lightning for a final devastating attack that would surely kill Kirby. Kracko let out several loud thunderous sounds (His laughter) and got ready to destroy Kirby. Burnin' Leo wasn't having much luck.
He had finished off the first wave of Soldiers but they just kept on coming. He was spurting fire left and right, he just didn't have enough time to notice the extreme pain that had just shot through his back. Burnin' Leo fell over, with an angry Capsule-J wielding a gun standing over him.
"SO you idiots think you can just go ahead and steal my thunder! Soldier get over here! I'm going to let you have this one." One of the cumulous soldiers walked over to Burnin' Leo. He slowly raised his sword into the air and felt a hand on his ankle. Burnin' Leo was grabbing hold of the soldier. The soldier shrugged and continued to bring the blade down when suddenly a bright light engulfed Burnin Leo. He started to grow armor and a blade! He stood up completely rejuvenated. He had the exact same appearance of the Cumulous soldiers. Leo started spinning rapidly with his blade and caught the distracted soldiers off guard. Several of them fell to the ground moaning in pain.
Kirby had yet to notice this as he was busy closing his eyes. Kracko started to shrink the electrical cage and was very close to finishing Kirby off. There was a slashing sound, followed by the sound of rocks falling. Kracko was struck on the head which caused him to lose concentration and the cage collapsed. Kirby ran out of the way and noticed what had fallen on Kracko. A pillar that had been sliced off lay on the ground with Leo standing above it. Kracko fell over onto the ground and he lay there with his eye open too exhausted to get up.
"Now Kirby go finish him!" Kirby nodded and ran over to Kracko. He leaped high into the air and brought his sword down into Kracko's eye. The sword sunk into the fluids of his eye and light started shining from Kracko. His spikes lost their color. His cloud body disappeared leaving an eye with spikes coming out of it. A star floated above the body of Kracko.
"What is that Kirby?" Kirby thought about and realized he hadn't thought about what the Sparkling Stars did in the first place. A voice interrupted Kirby's train of thought.
"Ha isn't that a Sparkling Star? My how rare." The two turned around to see a creature wearing large brown tennis shoes and a jester hat. He had a lavender body with extremely large eyes. He was balancing himself on a ball.
"And who might you be?"
"Me oh well my name is Marx!"
"Marx… do you know what these stars are?"
"Why yes these are sparkling stars legendary stars! They hold phenomenal power when put together… not the NOVA kind I assure you but they are POWERFULL!"
"The NOVA kind?" Marx glanced at Leo and smiled.
"Not important! But Kirby… you must go now to MT. Dedede! Claim the last Sparkling star, then we will talk again!" Marx suddenly kicked his ball and he disappeared in a purple smoke.
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YAY FINALLY DONE! Once again I apologize for the long upload wait I was really busy! I started changing Burning Leo's name to Leo cause it was a pain to constantly have to write it.
Sigh… now we get to see King Dedede! The next chapter will be relatively short cause it's mainly going to be a battle. But for now I will take a break so I guess I'll see you all next time!
TIFF= ANOYING, TUFF=STUPID, TORKORI=AWESOME!