King Dedede went into the hallway with Escargon and hurried over to Cabinet's home area. "Come on, Escargon! Move faster! We don't have much time! We have to get to Mt. Dedede as fast as possible!"
"Calm down, your Majesty! It's only 2 o'clock in the morning. We have PLENTY of time…" Escargon informed, finally reaching the door.
Thankfully, King Dedede had a skeleton key with him, so he didn't have to bust the door open with his hammer. Going in quietly is what they wanted to do anyway. All they found was Chopper sleeping on the couch with Berry on his lap (though he was unaware of that), and Flyer on another couch with Fumu. He saw that they were holding hands.
"Well, it's quiet, so we might need to be a little careful," Escargon walked over to Chopper, giving him a glare. "You know, it's funny... This is probably going to be the last time he ever sleeps!"
"Heh heh heh! He doesn't know what he's in for!" King Dedede quietly laughed. "Now, get me some paper, Escargon!"
"Paper? What for?" Escargon asked.
"What for? What do you think we came in here for? We're going to get Chopper to come to us, right? Giving him a letter will help us big time!"
"Wait... You mean we're no kidnapping that girl?"
"You mean the one who hit me with her hammer? That'd be too difficult for me." King Dedede said, taking out a pen to write on the paper. "Now just let me write this paper! So, don't distract me!"
As King Dedede continued to write the letter, Escargon's eyes shot wide open when he saw a mysterious figure fly past the open window.
"Y-Y-Y-Your M-M-Majesty! Th-The window!"
"What now?" King Dedede asked angrily.
"Th-There was s-s-s-something out th-there!"
King Dedede put down the paper and decided to see for himself. He found nothing.
"Oh, nice try, Escargon. You'll have to do better than that." King Dedede grumbled, getting back to his paper. However, that was stopped when an undead cackling echoed in the room, causing the two's eyes to widen, especially when a figure was getting closer to the window.
"Hee hee hee hee hee! Well, so THIS is where Chopper's staying at, huh? Excellent! I came at the right time!"
King Dedede and Escargon immediately bolted, though the figure didn't seem to care. He looked down at Chopper with his disturbing eyes.
"Well, let's see… I could just destroy him now, but there would be no fun in that. No... I want to destroy him when he sets his eyes on the Dream Star! Maybe just for fun, I'll take someone with me!" the figure decided to choose between Berry, Flyer, and Fumu. He knew the two former would put up more of a fight, but his eyes eventually met Fumu. "Hmmmmm... I've never seen this one before... How about I take her instead? Hee hee hee!"
Using his magic, the figure caught Fumu in a magical barrier, and he also left a note for Chopper. He decided to fly off to Kirby's house, where Scrub, Kirby, Shadower, Mario, and Tamber were staying.
"Let's not forget about that pink puffball, too," the figure hissed, opening his mouth. "This may not destroy him, but I know it might keep Chopper away from his friends!"
A laser fired from his mouth, and it struck Kirby's house. Along with the house, five figures were sent flying from Dream Land and far on Pop Star.
"Ahh... That felt good! It looks like my work here is done! Wait until those heroes get a glimpse of me! They're in for a shock!"
Having done his job, the mysterious figure disappeared through the night and went to the other side of Pop Star.
Next day-
"Mmmmmm... Pizza and apples..." Chopper mumbled happily, slowly waking up. However, he noticed a certain girl lying her head on his lap and gasped. "Eek! Flyer! Help me!"
Eventually Berry got up and got up, noticing the scared expression on Chopper's face. "Good morning, Choppy! How did you sleep?"
"I slept fine...until I found you on my l-lap!"
"Well my sleep was fantastic," Berry answered, getting close to the scared and red Chopper. "Are you turning red, Choppy? That's so cute!"
She was about to kiss him, but Chopper quickly put his arms in front of him and tried pushing her away. "Flyer! I need some help!"
Flyer had managed to get up and yawn. "Well... That was a good night of sleep! So, what are we doing next, Fumu? ...Fumu?"
He turned to where Fumu was, only to notice she was gone. Berry had noticed the same thing and stopped trying to kiss Chopper.
"Wait... Where did Fumu go?" Berry gawked. "Did she leave her room?"
Before Chopper could search, he found two letters on the table. "Hey... What are those?"
Chopper picked up the closest one and started to read it.
Dear Chopper,
It's all your fault that my anime was a complete failure! You have no idea how angry I am at you! However... Then I remembered that I still have a score to settle with you. Chopper! I challenge you to a battle up in Mt. Dedede! And this time, I'm not holding back. I'm going to use my most powerful weapon against you! Trust me, you're in for a surprise!
Your enemy,
King Dedede.
"King Dedede wants to fight me? OK... Well that doesn't sound too bad." Chopper shrugged, putting the note to the side. "Now… Let's take a look at the other one!"
He picked up the next letter, but this time his calm look changed to a puzzled one.
Dear Chopper,
Guess what? I'm back! And this time, I'm serious! I also happen to know where the Crystal Star is, the Dream Star! Not only that, I've separated your friends far from each other to keep you from finding them! And just as another treat, I decided to take one of your friends! You wanna see her and the Crystal Star? Then come to the other side of Pop Star to face me! That is, if you can get past all the dangerous monsters there!
Hee hee hee hee! Like I'd ever tell you who I am!
"Oh, boy… This isn't good…" Chopper gulped. "I think this monster who wrote the letter took Fumu..."
"What? My sister's been kidnapped? No way!" Bun gawked, overhearing the conversation. Flyer appeared shocked, but his expression quickly turned to a more determined.
"We're going to the other side of Pop Star, Chopper," Flyer declared, standing up. "Fumu is in serious trouble, and that monster has the Crystal Star. We're getting them both back."
"Well I'm in," Berry agreed, putting her hand on the table. "Who's with me?"
Flyer put his hand on top of hers, and then Chopper joined his hand in.
"Yeah! We're going to do this!" Chopper decided. "We'll take down King Dedede and help save Fumu! If this monster wants a fight, then we'll give him one! Don't worry, Bun, we'll get your sister back safe and sound!"
"Thanks..." Bun nodded. "In the meantime, I guess I should try to pretend that my parents think she's outside. They'd flip if they heard her get kidnapped!"
"All right! Let's head off!" With that, Chopper began to run out of the castle, with Berry and Flyer following behind. They decided to head in the direction of Green Greens.
"Good luck, guys… You're going to need it." Bun said, waving goodbye from out the window as their figures started to get smaller by the moment.
Stage 1: Green Greens (Purple Plants)
When they entered the purple grassland, the first thing they noticed was a strange bird creature. This immediately caught Chopper's attention.
"Hey! There's a bird!" Chopper began to chase the bird through the purple grass, but he was unfortunate enough to get chased by a couple of other birds that caught his attention. Berry and Flyer ended up face palming.
After getting away from the birds, they found some steep ledges up ahead. Not even Chopper could get past them. However, Flyer's flying was able to help, so he grabbed Chopper and Berry and flew them up the steep ledges.
"Look at those Bronto Burts… They have beaks now?" Chopper gawked. Though, they weren't Bronto Burts, but Koozers. Unlike Bronto Burts, They were dark purple and sported bug-like wings just like those enemies.
Other enemies include a Perot, which had a clown-like face and is in purple garment, along with Sword Knights. Compared to Meta Knight's servant, these Sword Knights were purple.
After clearing the way, Flyer dropped Chopper and Berry by a little doorway by a dome-shaped structure. They walked in to find some ladders going down to the bottom of the tunnel. They were able to take down some Sword Knights that tried swinging at them.
"It's a good thing I had you guys upgraded," Chopper smiled. "I mean, this would've been a lot harder without that upgrade."
"Yeah, using the Hurricane in battle will be pretty interesting," Flyer said, following Chopper out of the room and outside to another field.
"Whoa, look at those Waddle Dees," Berry pointed to the Waddle Dees holding spears. "Let's try to be aware of them."
"Well, using your hammer wouldn't be too much of a problem," Chopper said, taking out his hammer and spinning it around as he moved toward the Waddle Dees, knocking them all away.
Berry followed him and whacked a couple of Waddle Dees away with her Ruby Hammer. However, there were a couple of far gaps that not even Chopper could jump across.
"I guess you can give me a hand here, Berry," Chopper said, soon feeling her hammer throw him across the other side of the gap. "There we go!"
"That's great an all, but how do I get across?" Berry asked.
"I'll assist you," Flyer assured, grabbing Berry's arm and flying her across the gap and dropped her by Chopper. Luckily, they also came across a Warp Star. "A Warp Star? Here?"
"I think these kind take you to places. Let's find out!" Chopper grabbed the Warp Star, along with Berry and Flyer, and it took them into the woods, where they found an elephant creature called Phan Phan waiting for them there. It only had two legs, but that trunk that it had was good with throwing things around.
"What an interesting specimen," Flyer remarked, the three getting off the Warp Star. Phan Phan quickly rolled in a ball toward them, but they got out of the way.
"It looks like it wants a fight," Chopper said, changing to his Fighting ability. "Well, I guess we oughta do it!"
"But should we really be hurting a creature like this?" Berry asked, quickly dodging Phan Phan's trunk. "...OK, it's attacking us, so we don't have much of a choice."
Chopper started off the fight by taking 8 out of Phan Phan with a Vulcan Jab. Berry brought her hammer on its head next. With her recent upgrade, she was able to deal 10 damage.
Phan Phan rolled up in a ball again and grabbed Chopper. With him in its trunk, it tossed him at Flyer, taking 12 out of them both.
"OK, that seriously hurt," Flyer moaned, getting up and using his Flying Attack on it. Chopper threw in another Vulcan Jab afterward.
Luckily, Phan Phan ended up missing, allowing Chopper to strike it with his Wall Jump. Berry defeated the elephant creature with one last hammer strike. It dropped 12 Star Points and an Ultimate Shroom. Despite being defeated, they thankfully left it in a KO'd state.
"It'll probably get up pretty soon, so we should keep going," Chopper removed his Fighter ability and walked over to the tree containing a doorway. They looked inside to find a ladder leading up to the top of the tree's interior.
Chopper heard a voice coming from the outside of the tree at the top. In fact, he heard some punches, too. The voice sounded awfully familiar to him, though. The three made their way up to the top of the tree and headed outside to run into a large tree with a face.
Not only that, but a brown, furry figure was punching at it.
"Come on, you wimpy tree! I can take ya on!" Tamber taunted, continuously punching at the tree. The tree reacted by dropping an apple on Tamber's head, leaving him dazed.
The tree, known as Whispy Woods, looked a lot different than what he usually looked like. His leaves were usually green, but they were more of a purple color than a green. In fact, some of the apples were purple too. This version was known as Whispy X.
"Tamber!" Chopper rushed to his aid and whacked Whispy X with his hammer, taking 8 out of him. The tree cringed, but he took action by summoning an apple to fall on Chopper.
"Oh, great... It's the gumball, the nerd, and that annoying chick." Tamber groaned. "Nice of you to show up..."
"Yeah, it's nice to see you too, tulip," Berry countered.
"HEY! Don't call me a tulip!"
"Can we just fight this thing?" Chopper asked. While Tamber calmed down, the antennae hero saw how much HP Whispy X had. He had 150 HP with an Attack of 12, and a Defense of 0. Both his and Tamber's attack brought him down to 130 HP, though.
Chopper conjured up an ice ball and hurled it at Whispy X. Tamber decided to throw in another Combo Punch, dealing 12 damage.
"Heh heh... I can do so much more damage compared to you guys..." Tamber snickered.
Whispy X summoned a couple of apples that fell on Chopper and Tamber. Berry held her hammer up to guard them, but Flyer ended up getting hit by one.
Chopper decided to use a Fire Smash on Dark Whispy, which left a burn on him, while Berry bashed the tree with her hammer, leaving him with only 92 HP.
"This thing really isn't that difficult..." Berry trailed.
"Does this guy even say anything?" Chopper asked. He saw an inch worm covered in static electricity fall down and shock him. "…I'd take that as a no, I guess…"
Chopper stomped on Whispy X, followed up by Tamber's punch. He cringed when he was hit in the head by another apple.
"Ugh! I hate apples!" Tamber complained.
"Well I like them," Chopper retorted, firing an electric ball at Whispy X. Tamber decided to throw in a Power Punch to deal some extra damage. "All right, so he has 48 HP left. This will be over before we know it!"
After Superguarding one of Whispy X's purple apples, Chopper charged at him and attacked with his Rainbow Spin. Flyer's Flying Attack brought the tree down to 30.
"Wow, I almost feel bad for the tree..." Flyer remarked. "Though, he did attack us first."
"Actually, we saw Tamber attacking the thing," Berry reminded. "If anyone should be guilty, it's him."
Tamber was about to insult her, but Whispy X began to blow out some air. This threw everyone into each other, dealing 12 damage to them, strangely.
"What the… That was weird." Berry said.
"Well... I guess we might as well wrap this up." Chopper jumped off of a wall and landed on Whispy X with his Wall Jump ability. Tamber finished the job off with one punch, leaving Whispy X to whimper and shed a tear.
Chopper had gotten 21 Star Points and also a level up from the fight. He decided to upgrade his HP to 110, leaving him with 105 FP and 63 BP - due to his level up against the Shadow King, of course.
With Whispy X's defeat, a new pathway had been unlocked, leading them out of Green Greens. Out in the distance, they saw a castle.
"A castle? Could that be where King Dedede is?" Chopper wondered.
"If that's the case, then this was much easier than we thought," Flyer remarked. "Well, let's go find out."
They headed out toward the castle ahead. Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly what they thought it would be, as the castle belonged to two others.
Stage 2: Castle Lololo (Relinquishing Castle)
When they had gotten closer to the castle, they ended up coming across another river. However, its width was too big for either Berry or Flyer to get him across. Instead, Chopper searched around his surrounding area. He took notice of a King Dedede statue near the river.
"Think you can smash that or lift it, Tamber?" Chopper asked.
"Yeah, sure," Tamber grumbled as he grabbed the statue and was able to lift it up. "So, should I throw it or should I put it down somewhere else?"
"Uhhh... You do what you want, I guess."
Smiling, Tamber threw it into the river, revealing a blue ! Switch underneath.
"Ah, there's the switch!" Berry exclaimed, getting her hammer out to strike it. A bridge was built in the same manner like dominos, allowing them to cross. They crossed the bridge, only to find another puzzle. There was a gate blocking the way to the castle called Castle Lololo.
"This place isn't King Dedede's Castle," Flyer noticed, reading the sign. "It says it's called Castle Lololo."
"Oh... Well, I guess this isn't it then." Chopper found a dark blue orb standing near them. With an electric ball, the gate to Castle Lololo opened up. Everyone headed into the castle and noticed the purple brick interior and large windows showing the rest of Dream Land. It looked like a typical castle, that's for sure.
In front of them, however, stood three pathways. There was a top, middle, and bottom path to take.
"Oh, great... A puzzle." Tamber groaned.
"I suppose we should split up," Flyer decided. "I'll take the top pathway, Tamber can take the bottom one, and Chopper and Berry can take the middle one."
"Wait... What?" Chopper gasped, fearing what's to be expected.
"And why do I have to take the bottom path?" Tamber asked angrily.
"Guys... No time for questions. Just do as I say..." Flyer groaned.
Choosing not to say anything else, they quickly split up and took their path.
Upper path-
For Flyer, the first thing he noticed was that the room he stood in was moving upward, with a couple of Gordos moving sideways. Not only that, but strange, ghost-like creatures with their tongues hanging from their mouths called Boolers were flying around.
"Those are some interesting-looking creatures," Flyer remarked. "But I don't have time to be studying those things. Now... Let's see what I have to do here..."
He took off in the air, dodging the moving Gordos. He kept his arm cannon ready for any of the Boolers that tried to chase him. He only need to fire at two and paralyze them, to his relief.
When he finally reached the top of the room, he entered the doorway outside on a thin platform. Some round creatures covered in bandages with a red eye underneath called Mumbies were chasing him - only when they were behind him, of course.
"I think I see the doorway just up ahead," Flyer noticed, deciding to give his wings a rest and run straight for the doorway leading back inside. "I may not be fast, but that's not stopping me!"
Before the Mumbies could reach him, he jumped into the doorway, safe from harm.
Middle path-
For Chopper, it was rather simple for him. Just a couple of Spear Dees and some Boolers flying around. They were easy to take care of, especially with someone else giving him a hand.
"You know, I always liked the idea of splitting up with just you," Berry smiled, knocking away a Booler with her hammer. "I wanted to get that opportunity back at Viti, but I guess I get the chance now."
"Oh... OK." Chopper said, unsure of what else to say before inhaling a Spear Dee and spitting it out. He ran on ahead and found a couple of small platforms leading up to a door. "Wait... This is it?"
"I guess so," she replied, following him through the doorway. However, it didn't appear to be over yet, as they were met with a small staircase leading downward, as well as some other platforms that appeared unreachable. A floating masked enemy that had a calm side and evil side called a Two Face ambushed them, but Berry's hammer did away with it. "If you ever get hurt, I can always heal you."
"Wait, really? How- Wait, are you talking about that new ability you have?"
"Well... Duh. Then again, it costs too much FP to use. Well, not this!" Berry blew a kiss at Chopper, using her Refreshing Love to slowly recover some HP. As usual, Chopper felt like gagging, but he was too distracted by the Two Faces, so he quickly ran ahead and found a doorway. With that, they headed on through.
Lower pathway-
"Ugh... Why do I have to put up with this?" Tamber groaned, swimming his way through the room mostly filled with water. A few Gordos were blocking some paths, but he ignored them and reached the bottom pathway in the room to reach the doorway. This eventually led him outside with a large wall in his way, along with some firing cannons.
However, this was no difficult feat for Tamber. He attached his fists to the wall and started to climb, ignoring the cannons firing. In fact, he punched a cannonball back at one of the cannons!
"That'll shut it up," Tamber grumbled, reaching the top of the wall. He found a doorway off in the distance on a platform leading back in the castle. Once again, not a problem for him. His fur allowed him to glide, so he jumped off, spread his arms and legs out, and glided his way to the door and entered it back inside. "Ha HA! That place was no match for me!"
Unfortunately, that was all he had to say when two figures ended up falling on him.
"What the heck?! Get off me!" Tamber yelled, pushing the two figures off. He soon found out who they were. "Hey! What're you two doing here?"
"We landed here," Berry replied. "We didn't plan on falling on you."
"Hey, guys!" Flyer called out, flying down to meet with the others. "I guess we all met up here, right?"
"Looks like it. That was pretty easy to get through! Now we just have this room..." Chopper trailed, looking at the room, which had a couple of Rainbow Blocks and Electric Blocks. However, there was one hidden chest Tamber found.
"Hold on, Gumball! There's a hidden chest right here!" Tamber announced. Just after Chopper smashed the blocks, he opened the chest and found a Mushroom with yellow stars on it.
"What the… What in the world is this?" Chopper questioned.
"It says that it's called a Star Shroom," Flyer answered, scanning it with his device. "It says it can recover 150 HP."
"Oh, cool! This should help!"
With that out of the way, they went to the next room, which had a small, sphere-shaped plum figure with eyes and brown gloves and shoes in the flat room.
"Huh? Uh oh… Don't tell me you're already here! Well… Looks like someone has to stop you… So, I guess I'll do it." the person known as Lololo X grabbed a green cubic object and tossed it at Chopper, knocking him back.
"Looks like that's Lololo X," Flyer noticed. "I can see that he only has 80 HP, so this might not take long."
"Oh, well that'll be easy for us!" Chopper performed a stylish flip as he stomped on Lololo X. Tamber followed up with a punch that brought him down to 60 HP.
"Ooooog… OK, so you're pretty tough... But you won't stop this!" Lololo X threw a Gordo at Chopper, which did 14 damage to him.
"Ow! That hurt a lot more than that green cube!" Chopper quickly shook his head and looked back at Lololo. "Well, let's see how you like this!"
He tossed a fireball at Lololo X, leaving a severe burn on him. After Tamber's punch, the bluish purple...whatever he is was down to 40 HP.
"Pbbbtthh! This thing's pathetic!" Tamber laughed.
Annoyed, Lololo X tossed a green cube at Tamber, but he ended up Superguarding the attack, to his dismay. This allowed Chopper to use a Power Smash, followed up with a Flying Attack from Flyer.
"Well, looks like you're going down!" Chopper smirked. Lololo sweat dropped and he stepped back.
"Crud... I can't do this alone..." Lololo X gulped, slowly turning away and making a run for it. "Lalala! Wait for me!"
"Hey! That thing's gettin' away!" Tamber gaped.
"Who's this Lalala he mentioned" Berry wondered.
Despite the questioning, everyone chased after the blue guy, but when they walked into the next room, he was already at the end of the room, making a run for the door ahead. Everyone wasted no time and hurried to the door while clearing out the enemies. To their disappointment, there was no sign of Lololo X anywhere in the next room.
"Hey... Where'd that thing go?" Tamber wondered. "Don't tell me he decided to be a coward!"
They found one platform high above them that was even too high for Flyer to reach, but there was a small block, along with a large one that could move by hitting the small one. It resembled those moving blocks in the Palace of Shadow, only these had stars on them. Since there was a pathway ahead with two Spear Dees, they took that way and were taken to a much larger room, with many different doorways.
"Uhhhh... This looks confusing..." Chopper trailed, walking to the doorway in front of him. It had led him to another one on a platform to the upper left. "Oh, so it's a maze!"
The others followed him to the platform and found another platform up ahead. A Gordo was in the way, moving vertically. When the coast was clear, Berry swung her hammer and sent Chopper flying to the platform and to the doorway. They were eventually led outside to a small staircase leading to a Save Block.
Obviously, Lololo would be up ahead, so they wasted no time and headed through the doorway, leading them into a boxed room. A familiar figure was waiting for him, but there was also another figure similar to him. She was more of a dark orange and had lavender gloves and shoes in contrast to Lololo X. However, she sported a red bow as well.
"Huh... So there's another one..." Chopper trailed.
"So, are these the ones you were talking about, bro?" the figure named Lalala X asked.
"Yeah, they're the ones!" her brother replied, pulling out a green cube. "You ready to take 'em, sis?"
"Of course!" Lalala X nodded, taking out a Gordo.
"OK... I guess we should try to attack them both, seeing as they both have 80 HP..." Chopper trailed.
"I'm in for that!" Tamber smirked.
"Well, let's see how they like this!" Chopper began to hurl electric balls at the two enemies, taking 8 out of them both. Berry went up next, hurling her hammer like a boomerang at them and quickly catching it and it came back to her.
"All right, let's do this!" Lololo X threw a green cube at Tamber, while Lalala threw a Gordo at Berry, the latter dealing much more damage.
"I hope you liked that!" Lalala X scoffed.
"Well, let's hope you enjoy this," Flyer smirked, using his Tornado to hit both Lololo and Lalala X. Chopper followed up with his Diamond Hammer, bringing them down to 44 HP.
The two grabbed some green cubes and hurled them at Chopper, who brought his arms up to guard the attack. He used his ultra Gloves to hurl ice balls at them, and then Tamber used his Quake to take 12 out of them.
"Argh! Only 24 HP left? You're kidding me!" Lololo X gaped. "OK, sis! Let's get 'em with more Gordos!"
"Right on, bro!" Lalala X agreed, holding up a Gordo. She threw it at Flyer, while Lololo X threw his Gordo at Tamber.
"OK... I guess we should end this quickly," Chopper suggested, summoning the Moon Star. "This should take them out!"
With the Rapid Spin, the Moon Star managed to strike Lololo and Lalala X, easily defeating them and making them fall. With the 19 Star Points, Chopper gained a level and upgraded his FP to 110.
"That was way too easy," Tamber remarked. "They were easier than that tree!"
"Well... At least I gained a level." Chopper mentioned. "If there's going to be a lot of fights, then it's an easy opportunity for me to level up!"
With that out of the way, they spotted the exit out of the castle up ahead. Everyone became excited and made their way out. However, what they saw outside were a few palm tress and more purple land. Only this time, they got a view of the water as well.
Stage 3: Float Island (Illusion Islands)
"So, there's going to be swimming involved? Well that doesn't sound bad." Tamber said, taking notice of the pink lump in the water. "Maybe we can use that to cross the water!"
Tamber jumped on the bump, only to have a pink puffball with a snorkel rise from the water.
"Poyo! (Hi!)"
"WHOA!" Tamber yelped, falling in the water. Kirby stood there, laughing at the furball.
"Kirby? Is that you?" Chopper gasped in joy. "What are you doing here?"
Kirby, too, was excited to see Chopper, but he knew he had to tell him what happened. At least, what he knew.
"Poyo, (Well, I was sleeping in my house with the others, but then there was this sudden explosion that sent us all flying,)" Kirby explained. "Poyo. (And I somehow landed here.)"
"Do you know where the others are?"
Kirby slowly shook his head sadly.
"Oh... That's not good... Also, what is up with the purple grass we've been seeing? This place was usually green, right?"
"Poyo... (Yeah. I don't know what's going on...)"
Tamber had eventually come up from the surface, looking angry as usual. He tried grabbing Kirby, but he dove into the water and under the large rock standing in their way. There, he found a cave. Everyone else followed him to the cave, which had a light blue interior with some starfish on the rocks. Above them were some coconuts that began to fall.
They barely avoided getting hurt by the explosive coconuts before reaching the end of the path ahead. However, there was a pool of water above them, but it required some wall jumping.
"Ooh! I think I can do this!" Chopper jumped on the wall and performed his Wall Jump to get to the water above to find a red Blooper. The others got up with ease, but Flyer had to help Berry get up there. They reached some more land upon getting to the surface and found another ledge. This time, Flyer was able to get them up there and to a doorway leading back outside.
"I'm getting sick of this purple here," Tamber groaned, seeing the purple leaves on the pine trees. However, that wasn't the problem, as
"These gaps are a bit too far for me to reach. I think I'll use my Wing ability for this!" Chopper changed to his Wing ability, leaving Tamber gawking.
"What kind of power is that?"
"Ummmm... A helpful one?" sighed Chopper. He began to fly over the obstacles in the water such as the Bloopers and cannons. There were a few grassy platforms he landed on so he wasn't flying all the time. Everyone reached a large grassy platform with explosive coconuts they were aware of as well. At the end, they found a doorway leading into another cave.
The cave consisted of mostly spikes, blue rock creatures with purple feet called Rockies, and brown rock creatures with grumpy faces called Grumples. They could turn invisible and surprise them.
They found a long drop that led them straight into a Rocky and a Grumple, but they managed to do away with them and come across a high ledge above them at the end of the path. A coconut had fallen on Tamber, leaving him stunned. Chopper ignored that, feeling that Tamber would be fine, and used his Wall Jump to get up there.
Another drop led them surrounded by spikes, but there was another platform they could reach thanks to Berry's hammer. A stone was blocking their way, unfortunately, but Tamber easily smashed it, leading them to a doorway back outside.
"Poyo? (So, why exactly are you here, Chopper?)" Kirby asked as they headed outside, finding a ship in front of them.
"Well, King Dedede wants to face off against me, and Fumu's missing, and I got a letter saying someone who has the Crystal Star took her," Chopper explained. The shocked look on Kirby's face made it seem obvious to everyone. "Yeah... It's pretty shocking."
"Hey, Chopper! Is that you?"
Chopper stopped and saw Shadower waiting by the Warp Star, waving at him.
"Shadower!" Chopper gasped.
"Yup, that's me," Shadower confirmed, going over to his friends. "Where've you guys been?"
"Making an anime..." Berry muttered.
"Well... That must've been fun." the Shadow Brother looked behind Chopper and noticed how small the group was. "Wait... Where are the others?"
"We don't know where Vivian, Bombette, and Sonic are..." Chopper frowned. "Do you know where Scrub and Mario are, though?"
"No... But, maybe we can find them together? The last time I remembered seeing them was when we were at Kirby's house. Then BAM! Something hits the house, and we're sent flying."
"Maybe this Warp Star can help us get to them?" Chopper wondered, jumping on the Warp Star. The others joined him, and they were taken up to the clouds. There, they found a blimp with a cannon on the bottom.
"Wait... A blimp?" Berry gawked.
"It's called Kaboola," Flyer said, scanning it with his scanning device. "Though, it doesn't seem that powerful... It only has about 130 HP and an Attack of 13. No defense. Strange... It says Kaboola's a she."
Chopper took one look at the faceless blimp. "...How is it a she?"
"My scanning device doesn't have any information on that."
Chopper removed his Wing ability and changed to Bomb. He pulled a bomb out and threw it at Kaboola, while Kirby turned into a stone and crushed the blimp. She took action by firing a cannonball at the two, dealing 13 damage to them.
Strangely enough, when Chopper hit her with a Wall Jump, and then Shadower struck her with a Shadow Punch, Kaboola fired a ninja star from her cannon to the floor and fired a cannonball at Chopper. He guarded it, making the cannonball land right by the ninja star.
"Poyo? (Kaboola's a ninja now?)" Kirby gawked.
Chopper pondered for a moment, staring at the ninja star and cannonball. A thought struck his mind as he removed his ability and inhaled both. when this happened, he gained a ninja hood, a bandana with crossbones on it, and also an eye patch. His skin still had that pale purple tint to it, along with his gloves and feet being purple like his Ninja ability.
"Yes! I knew it!" Chopper cheered. "I've gotten the Ninja-Pirate ability!"
"...What?" Berry gawked.
"That's weird..." Shadower remarked.
Since he had wasted a turn, Tamber decided to pick up a rock and throw it at Kaboola, since ground attacks wouldn't work. This had brought her to 70 HP already, but it didn't stop her from shooting at Tamber.
"Gumball... Get rid of this thing." Tamber muttered.
"All right," Chopper threw an explosive kunai at Kaboola, and then Berry used her Ruby Throw to take 10 out of her. Her cannonball was Superguarded by Flyer, which he decided to hit with his Flying Attack. The Moon Star's Rapid Spin helped bring her down to 36 HP.
Kaboola fired two cannonballs, which hit both Chopper and Kirby, but that didn't stop Chopper from using a Spin Jump and Kirby from hitting her with his Stone. After she fired a cannonball, Chopper fired one shuriken, and Shadower's Shadow Punch made the blimp explode, giving Chopper 15 Star Points.
"That...was very easy," Shadower realized, looking at his fist. "Yeesh... This Master-Rank has really made us much stronger than before!"
"That's what we were saying before," Berry noted. "Well... Since Kaboola's out of the way, shall we move on?"
"Definitely," Chopper agreed, running on through the clouds to see what was up ahead. The others soon quickly followed, sensing from the far distance a fortress on a tall mountain.
If you couldn't tell, this is based off the game from Kirby Super Star Ultra called "Revenge of the King". However, the huge difference here than in that game is that there is no Castle Lololo. I decided to add that here, but I called it "Relinquishing Castle", kind of like how they gave different names for the other places.
The Ninja-Pirate ability... Yeah, it speaks for itself.