Author's Note: OMFG! An actual quick update! It's a miracle of life! Woot! I hope you guys enjoy the story! I sure am! =D And a little warning…there is a scene which I find rather cute, but I don't know if some of you guys are gonna find it disturbing. It's not Meta x Jiggly xDD even though I would have loved to do that.
Chapter 6: Fierce Battle
Yoshi's Island
The Halberd flew above the harsh land of Bowser's Kingdom. The ship landed in a large clearing close to the castle. King Dedede and Meta Knight exited the ship and walked toward Bowser's castle. King Dedede pushed Meta Knight aside and knocked on the door.
"Open the damn door Jr.!" shouted a voice from inside.
Bowser Jr. opened the door, saying some colorful words under his breath. He looked up and squealed in joy. "Meta Knight!"
"Good day Bowser Jr. It is nice to see you. How have you been?"
"Oh everythings been great! Things are a lot better with Yellow living around. She's a better babysitter than Kamek, even though she restricts us from doing certain things."
"I am sure she is doing it because she cares. Speaking of Yellow, I would like to speak with her. I have something important to tell her."
"Well…uh…she went with Mario and the others to Yoshi's Island to visit her family."
"I want to speak with her. Do you know where is Yoshi's Island?"
"Yep! I recently figured out a way to get there! Wait…that means I can come!? I wanna come!" shouted Bowser Jr., jumping up and down in excitement.
"Of course I will take you along. You should ask your father's permission first. I do not want to be held responsible for you being missing."
"Fine…" Bowser Jr. walked back inside.
"Wait for me you little brat!" shouted King Dedede as he ran into the castle. Meta Knight remained by the door, waiting for Bowser Jr. to return. He looked up at the sky and saw a skeleton bird fly over. The door burst open and Bowser Jr. came running out.
"My dad said he doesn't care, so let's go! We can take my Koopa clown car since I don't think you should take a giant ship to an island inhabited by creatures that rarely see technology."
"That is fine."
The Koopa clown car came flying out of the door. Bowser Jr. jumped on it and followed Meta Knight back to the Halberd.
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Yellow looked around her room. It has been a few years since she had slept in the room, but everything remained the same. She sat on her bed and stroked the soft blanket which covered the bed. The bed's softness tempted her to rest her head on the pillow. She looked up at the ceiling, feeling like a little girl once again.
Vincent came into her view.
"Ack!" cried out Yellow.
"I didn't mean to scare you! I'm so sorry! I saw you coming in here and I wanted to follow," admitted Vincent.
"Oh…well that's alright. You can stay. As you can see, this is my room. It haven't changed one bit since I left. I guess my brother was afraid to mess it up or something."
Vincent sat on the side of the bed and looked at Yellow. "You don't live here?"
"No. I actually live with a friend. He is Bowser's youngest son and he used to live in the castle. They live in the Koopa Kingdom now and I decided to come with them. Bowser actually pays me to take care of his children."
"Oh…I thought you lived here," said Vincent, looking sad. "So that means, you won't be here for long?"
"I guess not. Why? Do you like me being here?" said Yellow.
"Yes…" said Vincent blushing. "You've been very nice to me."
"Well, I'm definitely not like my brother. He can't get over defeats, but you're also very nice. I don't know why my brother doesn't see that. You said you were only trying to defend yourself and I understand that, but apparently my brother doesn't."
"You're bed is really comfortable," said Vincent, lying down next to the yellow Yoshi who was sitting.
"You know my brother is going to kill you if he sees you in here. This is his house."
"I don't care about your brother. Let him beat the shit out of me. I rather let that happen than allow him to separate us. I wanna be with you."
"You would really do such thing?"
"Of course! That is because I think of you as more than just a friend…I think you're really pretty. I can't see how you're related to Yoshi," said Vincent, giving off a smirk.
Yellow blushed. "R-really?"
Vincent moved closer to Yellow and looked down at her. He smiled and leaned forward, pressing his lip's against the yellow yoshi's. Yellow closed her eyes and enjoyed the pleasurable moment from the kiss. Vincent caressed her blushing cheeks. Yellow began to shiver from the first touch, but then it became relaxing. Suddenly, the memory of the cursed flashed into her mind. She kicked Vincent off her bed.
"That's enough! I c-can't do it! I don't want my curse to take effect. I will try to kill you if that happens!" warned Yellow.
"But did it happen?" questioned Vincent, getting on his feet. "You seemed to enjoy the kiss so much you only thought about the kiss. The curse couldn't take effect unless you thought about the curse. It's possible to control the curse to an extent."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You can control if you want, but if you stay close for a really long time then of course the curse will take effect because you eventually think about it. It's really hard to not think about the curse when you're with the one you love because you fear for them. You think being close to that person means that person is taking a risk for you and you don't want that person taking a risk."
"Really? How do you know about this?"
"Uh…I just know! I heard stories about the curse!" replied Vincent nervously.
"I guess you're right…we had been doing it for a while," said Yellow, thinking about what Vincent said to herself. She then looked at Vincent and smiled at him. "Why don't we go somewhere that is NOT my brother's house? Somewhere where we can be away from others?"
"Good idea!" Vincent jumped off her window.
Yellow walked out of her house, thinking about the moment she had with Vincent.
"Hehe…looks like someone's in love," said Pavo, giving off a smirk.
"Pavo!?" cried out Yellow. "H-how did you-"
"It was kinda obvious since I saw Vincent jump out of the window and you came out of your house looking as if you kissed a guy for the first time. Trust me, been there done that."
"Don't tell my brother!"
"I won't tell. Don't worry about it."
"Thanks!" Yellow ran behind her house and saw Vincent. She grabbed Vincent's hand and ran off into the jungle.
"Hey Pavo, have you seen my sister?" asked Yoshi as he walked by him.
"Oh she ran off on her own over there," said Pavo, pointing toward the direction where he saw Yellow run off with Vincent.
Yoshi sighed. "She'll come back eventually."
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The Koopa clown car flew toward a large cliff where the castle of Yoshi's Island stood near. A secret entrance opened up and it flew inside. Once the Koopa clown car was parked, Meta Knight and Bowser Jr. jumped off. Meta Knight wrapped himself in his cape and looked around.
"I am very impressed Bowser Jr. This is some place you have," commented Meta Knight.
"Thanks. I made this place for my dad. We also park the Koopa cruiser in here, but it's nothing compared to your awesome ship!"
Meta Knight chuckled. "I do too have a secret place where I store the ship."
"How can you secretly hide that enormous ship?"
"I have my ways. It is a secret."
Bowser Jr. led Meta Knight through a door and exited out into the beach. They walk about a mile across the shoreline until they spotted the Great Fox parked near the shore.
"It seems that Fox and Falco came for a visit," said Meta Knight.
"Come on Meta Knight!" shouted Bowser Jr. He ran toward a small path which went straight into the jungle. Meta Knight followed behind.
They traveled through the dense jungle for what seemed like hours until they spotted an opening. Bowser Jr. smiled and ran ahead. Bowser Jr. emerged into the village and saw everyone gathered outside. Meta Knight walked up to Bowser Jr. and stood next to him.
"Meta Knight!?" exclaimed Link as soon as he spotted him.
"It's that Meta Knight!?" shouted Toony in surprise.
SD was standing by Yoshi and took a notice of the strange person. "Hmmm? Meta Knight?" he thought to himself.
"SD! Meet Meta Knight! He's a hell of a lot better swordsman than me and I don't say that to just everyone," said Link.
"Hello everyone, I hope you do not mind that I drop by for a visit," said Meta Knight to everyone.
"Hey guys!" greeted Bowser Jr.
"Where is Sirius?" asked Meta Knight.
"I thought her name was Yellow!" retorted Bowser Jr.
Yoshi sighed. "I don't know. She ran off somewhere."
SD looked at Bowser Jr. He had never seen the young koopa, but he has heard about Bowser having a son. He couldn't help but feel some sort of anger rise in him, but he kept it under control. He saw that the young koopa was caring as he soon saw.
"Do you know which way she ran off?" asked Bowser Jr.
"You're actually gonna try to find her? Good luck with that," said Yoshi. He pointed toward the direction, where Pavo pointed off at earlier.
"Hey Meta Knight! Guess what!?" exclaimed Falco. "Link and Toony got their asses beaten by a Yoshi!" He fell to the ground and burst into laughter.
"Yeah," sighed Link.
"And who is this Yoshi that defeated you?" questioned Meta Knight.
"It is I, mistaken them as a threat before, so it's my bad," said SD.
"You have defeated these two? That is very impressive. I never seen a Yoshi handle a sword," said Meta Knight, who even seemed to be impressed.
"Because Yoshis are so damn clumsy with one," snickered Falco.
"What was that about our kind?" SD said, glaring at Falco.
"Oh nothing!" replied Falco, nervously.
"Bower Jr., you should go ahead and look for Yellow. I want to see the Yoshi's sword fighting skill. It has been a while since I was in a sword fight," said Meta Knight.
"You're challenging SD to a sword fight!?" cried out Link in shock.
SD shifted his eyes back to Meta Knight. "A duel huh? Sure, I'm up for it."
"Let us begin." Meta Knight withdrew the Galaxia and swung his cape back.
Meta Knight spread his wings and flew toward SD with his sword held out. He swung the Galaxia as soon as he was near the Yoshi. SD quickly parried the blow and allowed Meta Knight to fly past time.
"He's fast! I better keep wits about me!" he thought.
Meta Knight turned around. He held the Galaxia in front of him and began to spin sideways like a drill, aiming for SD. SD quickly blocked the attack, causing sparks to fly from both swords.
"Is that all you got?" taunted the yoshi.
Meta Knight wrapped himself in cape and disappeared. He reappeared behind SD and slashed him. SD felt the sword slash his back and at once he answered back with a surprised slash of his own with his sword set ablaze. Meta Knight barely blocked the attack with his Galaxia. He quickly began to spin around with his sword held out sideway.
"No you don't!" called out SD, backflipping away from the attack. He sent and energy wave from his sword toward Meta Knight.
Meta Knight quickly flew up, dodging the attack. He dived down and slashed SD. The red Yoshi barely dodged the slash and landed one of his slash on Meta Knight. He then went for a second one. Meta Knight blocked the attack with his sword. He wrapped himself in his cape once again and disappeared. Meta Knight reappeared and swung his sword downward, sending a wave of energy toward SD.
"Whoa!" shouted SD, dodging the energy way. "Heh…it's been a while since I faced a strong warrior like you."
"You are powerful yourself," said Meta Knight. He took a step back and sent another energy wave toward SD.
The Yoshi sent an energy wave to counter the attack. He dashed behind it, toward Meta Knight and his energy wave. Meta Knight quickly disappeared and reappeared away from SD. He spread his wings and flew toward SD at nearly mach speed. He tried to land an uppercut, but SD saw the attack and managed to slash down at the same time. Both swords clashed and the two warriors were in a weapon lock. Sparks flew out of the swords.
"I'm not gonna lose!" said SD.
Meta Knight added more forced to his sword. "I see why Link has been defeated by you."
"Hey! I needed to use the bathroom!" retorted Link.
SD also added more force to his sword. "Yeah, now let's end this!"
"Ha!" SD broke the lock and jumped back, his sword covered in water energy. Meta Knight jumped back also. He ran toward SD, with his eyes glowing red. SD also ran toward Meta Knight. Before they were close to each other, they swung their sword at each other at the same time. A large explosion soon followed.
"Whoa…!" gasped Link.
Meta Knight and SD we both throw back from the impact. SD and Meta Knight crashed onto the ground, both swords landing next their owner.
"Uhg…that was some force," mumbled SD.
"It's a draw," said Fox.
Meta Knight slowly got up and grabbed his sword. "That was a good duel. I may as well consider you my best opponent."
"Yeah…ugh…" SD slowly stood up and recovered his sword on the ground. "Same to you Meta Knight."
"Wow! That was awesome! Meta Knight is my favorite Smasher now! And SD was just as awesome!" cried out Pavo.
"What the hell? I thought I was your favorite!?" shouted Falco.
SD sat on a rock. "Whew…now I know why Pure Hearts are strong."
"I see they have told you about me," said Meta Knight.
"Yeah, speaking of which, there is a cure to the curse, right Link?" said SD.
"Yeah! That's right! We went into some forbidden ruins and we found some stuff that gave clues to the cure to the curse. Can you believe Yoshi's ancestors knew about this?" said Link.
"Is that so? Interesting…" muttered Meta Knight.
"Apparently, the Pure Hearts and the curse is not a new thing to my ancestors," said Yoshi.
"And you said that you have found the information in the ruins?" asked Meta Knight. Yoshi nodded his head in response.
"I want to go to the ruins," said Meta Knight.
"We also found a book too," said SD, looking at Link and Toony.
"May I see the book?" asked Meta Knight.
"Which one of you two have it?" SD asked Link.
"I have it!" exclaimed Toony, waving the book. He walked up to Meta Knight and handed him the book.
"I will take the book and take a look at it later, but for now I would like to speak with Yellow and she still had not arrived," said Meta Knight.
"Does it look like I know where my sister ran off?!" shouted Yoshi.
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Bowser Jr. walked through the jungle. He heard the sound of running water from a distance and began to follow the noise. He felt the warm air rushing through his body and the air only became warmer as he walked forward. He began to hear some disturbing noises. The young koopa jumped into the bush and looked at the hot spring.
His jaw dropped to the ground. He turned around and squealed to himself. "I should have gotten my camera. Yoshi is gonna flip if he sees what is happening." He turned back around and continued watching with interesting.
"This reminds me of the scene Yellow didn't want me and my siblings to watch," he said to himself. He snapped himself out. "What am I doing?"
Bowser Jr. jumped out of the bushes and starting singing. "Yellow and Vincent sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes lo-"
Vincent quickly let go of Yellow. He grabbed a rock and threw it at Bowser Jr.'s head, causing the young Koopa to fall to the ground. Bowser Jr. quickly got up and rubbed his head. "What the hell was that for!? Can't you be like any other Yoshi and throw an egg at me instead!?"
"What are doing here!? How did you get here!? 'shouted Yellow in utter surprised.
"I came to this island with Meta Knight. He wants to see you," said Bowser Jr. still rubbing his head to ease the pain. He glared at Vincent. "Geez, you throw hard! That really hurt!"
"That is what you get for disturbing me," said Vincent.
"Yellow, I bet you learned to make out from Jigglypuff!" shouted Bowser Jr.
"That's enough Bowser Jr. Just take me to Meta Knight," said Yellow, feeling embarrassed. "I'm sorry Vincent, I have to go…but that was great."
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SD was sitting on a log, trying to figure out how he could help out Yoshi, without Vincent knowing. "There has to be a way…that heart stone I found has to be the key," he thought.
"Hey guys!" greeted Bowser Jr., as he, Vincent and Yellow entered the village.
"Sister! Where have you been!?" scolded Yoshi as he ran up to Yellow and grabbed her hand.
Bowser Jr. rolled his eyes.
"Why hello there Yellow. Long time no see," greeted Meta Knight.
"Meta Knight!" squealed Yellow. She ran up to Meta Knight and gave him a quick hug. "I missed you! So how are you and Jigglypuff doing?"
"That is why I want to talk to you. It is about Jigglypuff and I."
"Hehe, are you having problems with your girlfriend?" teased Link. Meta Knight eye's glowed red and glared at Link. Link backed away in fear.
"You see, before I arrived at Jigglypuff's home planet, I attacked her. I gave into the curse. I wanted to kill her, but Sword and Blade grabbed me before it was too late," explained Meta Knight.
"You did!? B-But I thought you could endure the urge to kill her," said Yellow, who was in shock.
"The curse did that?" SD asked in shock. He remembered the words in the ruins. "'No matter what…' that's what those words said, it must be getting harder for them both!" he thought.
"If that happened to you…can that still happen to m-me?" questioned Yellow, fear growing in her voice.
"Yellow, please do not worry. Unlike you, I am always around Jigglypuff. I simply believe that I need some time away from here." He faced SD. "And yes, the curse did that."
"We get the urge to kill even the person we love most," said Yellow. "It's a scary thought."
"It does sound scary," said SD, looking at Meta Knight and Yellow. "We'll break this curse somehow, and you can count on my help!"
"Thank you very much. We truly appreciate your help," said Meta Knight.
"Happy to help Meta Knight!" exclaimed SD.
"Man, it's starting to get late. Are we gonna stay here?" asked Link.
"But aren't you used to sleeping everywhere?" asked SD.
"I know, but I still prefer having an actual bed. It's literally a pain in the butt."
"Guess so, and you had enough pain from out fight." SD chuckled a bit.
"Shut up," grumbled Link.
"Hey, you can stay in my old castle. No one lives there anymore and we still have the beds," said Bowser Jr. "
"That's not a bad idea," said Link.
"Then gather everyone. I will lead you to my old castle and I will show you around the rooms! It's been a long time since I went there. I grew up in that castle…"
"It's a slumber party!?" cried out Link.
"This is gonna be awesome!" shouted Toony.
SD remained silent. "Why am I worried about this?" he thought to himself.
Bowser Jr. burst through Cameo's door. "Hey guys! We're staying at my old place so you guys don't have to sleep on the ground."
"Why did you just burst through my door!?" roared Cameo.
"I don't care! I wanna go before it gets dark!" retorted Bowser Jr.
"You really have no manners. It's not even close to sunset and you're in a hurry? I don't see how my niece get along with you…"
"I DO have manners!"
"Then sit down and stay quiet. Mario and Luigi went out with the other Yoshis so they won't be back for a while," ordered Cameo.
"Damnit," grumbled Bowser Jr. He sat down on sofa. A roar of laughter was heard from the kitchen by Zelda and Princess Peach. Auri was in the room, but she made a soft giggle. Samus laughed occasionally. The young Koopa prince was bored out of his mind. He looked around the room and spotted a sword very similar to that of SD's.
"Oh that's my sword," said Cameo, not making a big deal out of it.
"YOU HAVE A SWORD!? You don't look like you can use a sword. To me you're just a boring old chieftain…"
"Thanks," said sarcastically Cameo.
"Are you good with it?"
"I don't know…I haven't used it for years. I stopped using it ever since my son Pavo was born. I guess I was pretty good during my younger days when I traveled…"
"You traveled?"
"Yes I have. I traveled with SD and Auri, whom you have seen. We also had another friend, Yuki who lives around here. We were great fighters, well Auri was more of a healer. I met her during my travels. I fell in love with her. She was such a sweet beautiful yoshi. I loved to be with her. I would take her out to places. I loved to hold her hand and kiss her and-"
"Can you continue on with the story instead of describing your current wife!?" interrupted Bowser Jr.
"Oh sorry about that…SD was a great friend of mine. We entered tournament together and I got first place. That is what the trophy on top of the television was." Bowser Jr. took a notice of the trophy on top of the television.
"No one is gonna notice that! People are gonna pay more attention to the tv!" interrupted Bowser Jr.
"We eventually came back, I married Auri and SD went on with his own life," continued Cameo. "I became chieftain not too long ago when my dad retired."
"Did you fight any villains with that sword!?"
"Well…uh…yeah…"
"Cool!"
"I'm back!" hollered Mario. He walked through the door which was opened. Luigi followed behind, carrying a bucket full of fishes.
"You went fishing?" asked Cameo.
"Mario did not catch any fish," said FLUDD.
"Yes I did!" retorted Mario.
"You call that little shrimp a fish?"
"It was still something!"
"At least Luigi caught a crab. Those other Yoshis caught 20 fishes."
"Mario! Luigi! We're gonna stay at my old place!" shouted Bowser Jr.
"Really? Well, since Bowser and the others don't live there anymore, I guess it's alright. What do you say Luigi?" said Mario.
"Meta Knight wants to explore the ruins tomorrow, so I think we should stay."
"I guess that's fine," said Luigi.
Well I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and that moment between Yellow and Vincent. Sorry folks, I'm also a fan of yoshi fluff and if you got a problem with that…well then…it's your problem. xDD Anyways, yay for quick updates! =D
Oh yeah and here's Julie with the last words!
Julie: Are Yellow and Vincent an official item?! Will the curse take over Yellow when she kisses him again?! Stay tune for the next chapter: "Secrets of the Ruins" of Curse's Final End!!