Chapter/Tale 1: Emerald & Kazela: Act 4
Author's Note Intro:
Hiii! So, if you read or even did at all my author's note, I've explained a few more details about the stuff that you might ask, regarding abilities, trials, RPG references, the GBA game, "Summon Night Swordcraft Story," or why I added those two bosses in the mix. For the gameplay details of the story, how do I say this? I got it! Think of this story's RPG style as those two sub-games from Planet Robobot, "Kirby 3D Rumble" and "Team Kirby Clash" combined into one, the overworld being 3D Rumble and the Battle Mode was Team Kirby Clash. On second thought, I should've said that a long time ago or I could've said that the overworld and the action battle mode was 3D and 2D for SNSC as well. If that was not well explained, then I apologize, dear readers. Anyway, I do not own Kirby and all properties go to Hal Laboratory and Nintendo- disclaimer, and that's all I really have to say, so enjoy Chapter 7, which will have 2 parts in one chapter. Have fun! (Reference to a song on SMRPG: LOTSS, and I do not own that, so don't give me any strikes or anything, just reference, okay? Also, the boss will have to wait, because these will be dungeon mazes before reaching the boss, alright?)
Ignore the notes above. Those were from the original.
Chapter 6 recap…
The last time we saw Human Kirby, he went through from Gale Peaks, only to discover a similar flying monstrosity that looks so familiar to someone on Popstar. He scales the mountain hill, and by reaching the top, he encounters Dyna Blade unexpectedly, only to be encountered again by her sister, Aura Blade, who was under possession by Dark Matter. After defeating her, Dyna Blade and Aura Blade leave Gale Peaks, with Kirby heading to Jewel Chamber, to overcome the three sacred trials to retrieve the Wind Orb pieces. When he reaches the grand door, he goes head-to-head with the Gem Soul Guardian, Galeroy, where Kirby receives the Wind Soul Jewel for defeating the spirit. The two characters set off to Dark Forest, where they're about to encounter the main enemy of this planet….
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KirbyPwnz1234: Lvl 5. Party Members: Kirby. Soul Jewels: 1/7 collected. Last Left the Game: World Map, 1-5: Dark Forest.
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Level Five: Boss Gate
Kirby's POV: Part 1: The Great Brawl
As we reached the entrance to the forest, the barrier was broken already by Galeroy. The forest was dark alright, considering the fact that it was resting on a mountain near a floating island. It's already creepy enough, with the interior glowing shade darker and darker with every step you take, making the setting more eerie than before. My stomach was all tied up in dimensional knots, since it's a black hole, literally. Galeroy popped out of his Soul Jewel and made himself his spirit human form. He turns to me as a result.
"This is it, Dark Forest, home of the great tree of 2,000 years of age and counting. There's no doubt about it-Emerald must be inside here. You ready for this, kid?"
"*Sighs*. Definitely. Let's get this over with." I gulped a few- no, more than once, nervous and sweating with fear. Damn, why should I be nervous about this? I never chicken out on ANYTHING! Come on, be a man! I had to say that to myself before we both venture into the creepy forest, unsure of what to expect. There was a sign that only said: "Beware of the Forest Dungeon, find the triple stars and the Ultra Star to proceed to the center." That was not helpful, but who cares anyway? Not us as we strolled inside the eerie forest of darkness.
Road to the Enemy: Aura Wood's Forest Labyrinth (Simplified)
(The Forest Maze- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Walking forward, on guard for anything, we looked around to see nothing but trees that formed a path in 4 different directions. This kinda reminds me of the Forest Maze in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. I did play his game in my own due time, so… We decided to take the left path as a starter. There was one path that did not look available, so we decided to check it out later.
Anyway, I did whistle to the tune of the Forest Maze while we walk. (Remix of the Forest Maze)
"Super Mario, oh, RPG, the Game is the only one just for me!"
"When I play the game, I get lost in a phase, then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's Maze!"
"Gimme Frog Coins! Gimme Mario! Gimme Frog Coins! Gimme Mallow!"
"Gimme See Ya! Gimme Geno! Gimme Cookies! Of course, we'll get you that, Mario!"
"We need to mute that stupid voice! I need to get those damn Frog Coins!"
"There are many secrets in this game, many of which drive some peeps insane!"
"Why we try to cheat in a really good game? Just sounds like crap and it makes you look lame!"
"Exiting the forest is super simple: all you do is follow those path-turns, for the rest of your gaming life."
That was all I could whistle before Galeroy told me to stop doing that. It was catchy, though because it fits in right with this forest. As we were walking, the trees start making pathways, like a maze but a road leading to something very big with a yellow path and the trees pointing the way. The way to wherever it was starting to get suspicious to me.
It seems we've been in circles the whole time as we kept going, but we were starting to get nowhere at all. Each path we took warped us back to the beginning, not before we found these weird keys, but we have only one of them. Once we grabbed them after we solved a puzzle like we found puzzle pieces and placed them on a tree, a pathway opened, taking us back to the start.
"Is it me, or are we… lost?" Galeroy asked. I turned to him in response, regarding that question.
"I don't know… maybe we are lost because usually there's nothing like this before a boss fight. We usually get power-ups or something like that," I said, unsure. "Then there's a big gate that takes us to the main event. My only guess is that we have to get through this place in order to reach our destination. That's how it works in this format, I guess."
"If that's true, we'll never make it out alive of this stupid maze; in fact, I think this was a maze in the first place! We're getting nowhere because we simply followed a path that we thought should lead us to the tree, but look where that got us- WE'RE STUCK IN THIS FOREST MAZE!" He shouted angrily at that fact.
"There has to be a secret to this stupid maze, I think. There are always secrets to these kinds of puzzles," I wondered, thinking with my arms crossed while tapping my foot.
"Hmm, there were two pathways when we entered inside, leaving one unavailable. We took the left path first, and following the route of mazes in different pathways, we ended up in a puzzle area and solved it. Then, the tree hole coughed up this trinket here."
You got the Aura Star Key! I'm not sure what it's for, but let's hold onto that for now, maybe it might be used for something. Now added to Key Items in your inventory.
"Then, a stone door slides open, and when we did walk into it, we ended up right at the start of this maze. I really don't know my way out of this, but I have to conclude that there is something we have to do," I thought.
"Hmm, I think we have to do something first like there's something we have to find here in order to reach the center." Galeroy summarized. Then, he snapped his fingers to an idea he had. "Wait, Kirby. I think I got it! Remember when we found that area with the puzzles and got this key in return for solving it, right? We took a path that led to that place!"
"So, are you saying that we have to find these star keys by finding the puzzle rooms by following the route that takes us to them?" I asked.
"Seems like it. I mean, there would be no point of giving us these keys if they were meant for something greater. I think we need to find them all or maybe use them on doors or something," He suggested. "There was that one door that seemed "inaccessible" at that time. Maybe we need to find the key that fits that keyhole!"
"Oh, I get it! All we need to do is choose the route that will take us to those puzzle rooms. Since the left path is cleared, where should we go next?"
"Let's take the right path this time, then we go for the one on the bottom cave part, and then we go after the one that is blocked by that stone keyhole," He carried out what we're going to do in order to make it.
"Alright then, let's go!" I declared. Galeroy went inside the Soul Jewel that I had with me and we head for the right path. Now I know this might take a while, so I'm gonna skip to the part where we get to the last one.
A few moments of turn-taking and puzzle solving later… About 5:45 in the sunset. 2 or 3 hours left.
We went to the bottom path, where we had to fight enemies, take paths, and receive items. We were almost to the puzzle room, just now we have to find which route leads to the puzzle room between left and right. After that, we arrived at the last room where we have to assemble a stone statue of a snake lady by placing stone snakes in the holes of her hair, which is Medusa, you know that. Then we had to carry that heavy thing to the podium by crossing a moat, using a raft to cross it, which I'm not sure why a moat's doing here in a forest maze on a mountain. When we did, the statue turned crystal green, giving us a special item that glowed from the chest.
You got the Ultra Star Key! Now I know what they are for! This is the Boss Key that'll open the pathway to that stone door which leads to the boss. That's your main goal in any dungeon/boss levels: to collect the triple star keys and the Ultra Star Key to proceed to the center. That'll break the door and open the road to the boss! Find them all or you won't reach the boss at all! Now added to Key Items.
"The Ultra Star Key, huh?" I said as we warp back to the start. "That's for that door over there! We can get out of this place at once!"
"Finally, we're done with this maze! Let's bounce!" Galeroy cackled.
We walked over to the pathway door in the middle, looking upon the green door, made of stone and has the face of a skull. There was a keyhole spotted on the middle with the star shape, and the key was glowing green.
Use the Ultra Star Key on the Boss Gate? Yes.
Used the Ultra Star Key!
I placed the key inside the keyhole, and the key miraculously turned itself and unlocked the door in a full 360-degree turn. The key then sparkled away in green sparkle dust, making the door erode and crumble to pieces. The barricade was shattered, and the road to the center was sparkling in green, literally.
The road to the boss is now available! Now you can challenge the boss and rescue Emerald!
"Now that's been taken care of, let's go rescue Emerald and defeat that tree!" I said.
"You said it, Kirby! Time to receive your diploma and let's see if you have what it takes!" Galeroy added.
"What is this, graduation? Makes no sense!" I sighed. We entered the pathway that leads to the main controller of this forest dungeon.
Unexpected Encounter: The Suspense Approach
Following the pathway of the boss road, we run into vines that we used to swing across the gaps. Then, we encountered a Copy Essence Deluxe Trophy that was glowing radiant green with energy. I walked over to it, transforming into a green guy that had a green outfit color, I had green bracelets on both of my wrists, my eyes were green, and I had a hat that had a pattern of leaves with a green gemstone in the middle of the headband with a yellow band around my head, and my hair was green as well. I think you know what this one is.
You gained a new ability, "Leaf!" Now added to your ability inventory and is accessible! World 1 abilities all collected! 12/12 collected. There's a number of abilities you have to find and collect on each planet star. Try to find them all!
"Yeah, baby! The Leaf is back!" I yelled.
"Oh, so that's how you gain abilities as a human. You may have lost your inhale ability, but you still have your copy ability inside you!" Galeroy said. "Makes sense not to go the whole thing without copy abilities. If they put it there, that's a suggested ability that is useful to you to take them down."
"Alright then, enough stalling! Let's do this!" I said. We ran up the spiral pathway, which was stilled on a giant large and wide area of a mountain top, where we can see the whole forest from here, though it looked bigger on the inside than the outside. We managed to reach the top, the actual gate being a double door with green crystals poking out on the sides, glued to a tall tree post and a wide one. There was a Star Point nearby, so we went and saved our progress.
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Current Results:
World 1, Level 1-5: Boss: Forest Labyrinth Maze
Lives x 12
Collected Abilities: All 12 collected!
Current Level: Level 5, next level 6 in 70 Exp Points.
Health Bar: 120/120, extends to 140 in level 6.
Magic Attack: Storm Wind
Overdrive Move: Star Chaos
Current Location: Boss Gate of Dark Forest
Now Exiting…
After that, we head straight to the door that pushed open, giving us entrance inside. The two of us dashed inside, with the doors shutting us in.
? Mysterious Encounter
Walking further into the dark eerie place, we looked around our surroundings, seeing nothing but trees, fog, and darkness.
"Don't let your guard down, kid. Something's up, and we can't afford an ambush." Galeroy warned.
"Mm-hmm." I nodded and grunted together as I walked and stood in a battle stance, to be prepared to take down anything. We then stumbled upon a lighted area, and by going there, we felt a blast of wind and sunlight from there. We were at the center of the forest. It was a big and wide space with trees having light from the sun poking through them. The top had a small circle that made it easier to see the sun. The floor was its original color with a yellow circle path. We walked more into the wide space, not sure of what to even expect.
"Well, this place is the only place with light," I whispered. "Seems too weird, if you ask me."
"Hey, what's that over there?" Galeroy pointed to the cages floating in midair, looking like they're made of leaves, but it seems to be rusted. Maybe they are steel leaves, that's why.
Galeroy and I turned to each other, thinking what's going on. "There are some steel leaves on the cages, or does it look like cages with magic barriers to me? I wonder what's in those cages. There might be something inside them, maybe? Hey, what's that sound?" I was forced to listen to the quiet sounds of something. Something… humming?
"Beats me," Galeroy shrugged, but something caught his eye that made him look even closer. "Wait a minute. There IS something in those cages! And the sound's coming from there! Let's get a closer look."
We cautiously walked over to the floating cages which were actually just handed upon green metal chains? The cages weren't that high but in a good distance enough for us to see. I flipped on my goggles to see well. From my POV, it looks like there's one giant cage actually, not just many. The sound marks the point on the radar because it trailed right in this cage. As we looked inside, we could see…
"A CAGE FULL OF PEOPLE?!" We both said in unison. Then, we ended up rephrasing or adding to that. "A CAGE FULL OF PEOPLE- TURNED TO STONE?!" To our surprise, our eyes revealed to us a cage full of statues that resembled people, frozen in place like they were stoned from Medusa, the evil snake lady creature. I could feel the pain from each individual that I come across.
"I knew it. Something fishy IS going on here!" I exclaimed. "People were disappearing, that's what Dyna Blade said. Now it's true that people are captured and taken here, then they turn them all to stone and- hey, there's someone moving there, and it looks like a… girl?"
I pointed to the girl on the other end of the cage, who had her blond hair showing and her back turned, but the noise was coming from her. She looked like she was crying at first, but she's actually… singing. She was harmonizing to the tune and singing the lyrics, something about her family and why they had to leave her and her sister. It was sickening sad, it touched my heart, and I think Galeroy shed some tears. I wonder what happened to her. She finishes, not long before she turns around and walks to where we were inside the cage, but the shadows hid her face like a ninja, only showing her sapphire blue eyes. I don't think she can see us through the cage because of how the bars are.
"Who… are you?" She slowly asks. "You have to get out of here now before the talking tree comes back- no, wakes up..."
"Actually, that's why we're here. To solve the mystery of the missing people, find a very important item that it took from ME, and destroy the den of evil that possessed the tree," Galeroy explained. "There's no need to worry, we're here to help you and everyone else. Wait, what did happen to them?"
"The tree did this to them," She replied. "No, a black ball with an eyeball made the tree did this. He wasn't like this before they took over him. They captured people and then they turn them to stone before placing them here. I… they… they didn't turn me to stone, but they said they're gonna take me to another planet called Crystal Star."
"Crystal Star?! That's where they're taking Princess Kaila! We have to get her out now before-"
"WHO DARES TO ENTER MY FORBIDDEN FOREST, WHO?!" A dark voice shouted out of nowhere. We look around to see who's shouting that. The girl seemed terrified now or something.
"Oh no! He's here! What are you gonna do now?!" She yelped.
"Don't worry, we got this!" I bravely stood up. What I didn't notice was that there was a giant tree BEHIND the cage that is the same height, shape, and size as Whispy Woods, with the bark looking all green- no, purple and black and the leaves are kinda red and light fuchsia.
"Hmm, what do we have here? A pink boy and the spirit of the wind together here, in my forest? How juvenile. What could they want with the hostages?"
"Show yourself!" I demanded.
"So, it seems you're the ones who dare to break into the sanctuary that is called my home. I see. You're the ones that I've heard so much about, especially you, pink boy. I bet you're here to take back the Gem Star, Emerald, I presume?" A light shined and in front of the tree, there was the Gem Star, trapped in a crystal prison. It looked like a girl, which I didn't see in time.
"GALEROY! HELP ME!" She screamed before she disappeared into the tree.
"EMERALD!" Galeroy yelled.
"Just what are you trying to do, turning the people you've captured into stone?!" I demanded. "And what are you trying to do to that little girl here, huh? You've been capturing people to take them to Crystal Star, aren't ya?!"
"Hmm, let me think: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, PINKY. I think it's time for you two to blow away, and if you want your girlfriend here, Gem Soul, you can think again sucker!" It said again. "You two can just go home, you pathetic dopes!"
"This guy's really pissing me off, Kirby! I'm not going anywhere without a fight, you bastard! If you won't give us everyone back, you're gonna have to learn the hard way, bub!" Galeroy challenged. "Give us back the people, that little girl, and give us back Emerald as well; you let go of the tree right now too!" I've never seen Galeroy that pissed off from the time we've met, and he's right though.
"Galeroy, calm down for a minute. But he's right, Dark Matter! If you're gonna think you're all that, you can think twice, buddy!" I added. "You better let go of that tree and all the other people as well!"
"What is this? You want to fight against the great woods himself, is that right? Well, if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get, you fools! I've never met someone who certainly has the guts to take on someone like me. You wanna brawl, huh? Then let's get it ON! HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO!" He laughed.
The giant tree then starts shaking about, rumbling the ground and everything on it, as well as everyone that is back at Aura Town. Then, we stood our ground as the green tree starts to come to. It's a trap!
"Ah, it's alive!" I yelled. "He sure sounds like an old man who pretends to be the fat guy on Christmas!"
The tree shook and shook until a face popped up on the tree, the eyes so black green and shady, with the branch in the middle as its nose, and the mouth had a white beard that was replaced with all this black and purple color. The bark which is his skin looks cracked, I mean, wrinkled like an old man. But the one thing that stood out was the eyeball, which was hidden over his forehead as the eyelid in a long line wrinkle. He blinked, then he roared in laughter. The girl let out a yelp, and Galeroy let out his anger.
"Kirby, you ready for this?" Galeroy asked me.
"Yeah, let's do this Galeroy!" I yelled. I then notice a green shadow lurking in disguise from sight in the leaves and branches not long ago…
Meanwhile, back at Aura Town…
"Merina, when will Mom and Dad come back? They've been gone for 2 months now."
"I don't know, Maddie. All they said was they were going somewhere, like on vacation or said something about going to Spring Breeze Town over, and it's weird because they left their bags and whatever behind here. Don't you think that's weird?"
"Eh, it does, but I think they're lying just so they could go somewhere without us secretly! How rude! You know them, they don't tell you about their business because they got it from not cha-"
"Not cha what?"
"Not cha business, that's what."
"Oh. P.S., that punch line was terrible."
"Eh. So anyway, it's almost done. Kirby should be back by now or at Dark Forest. Wonder how he's holding up."
"RRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
"Hey Merina, did you hear something?"
"Yeah, it sounded like a roar, the tenth one we've heard all day, Maddie."
"What is that sound anyway?" I asked. We were done with the antidote, finally, when Mackenzie came crashing in the door. She was breathing in and out with exhaustion.
"Guys! Do you know about that scream earlier? That was Aura Woods! That means Kirby must've made it to Dark Forest and must be fighting him now! Everyone's outside looking at the fight with him!"
"WHAT?!" We all said in unison. We all dashed outside the door and ran to the town, seeing everyone gathered around staring at Dark Forest, watching the fight with Aura Woods using that Jumbotron that somehow visioned the scene which is weird.
"Kirby!" I said. What's going on there?!
Now Back To The Fight…
"RISE, MY CHILDREN! FEEL THE WRATH OF THE GREAT AURA WOODS!" He yelled. Then, 4 mini versions of Aura Woods sprouted up from the ground, screaming with little roars. "I'LL CRUSH YOU!"
Boss Theme- Puppets to the Puppeteer
Brawl with the Dark Invaders- 3rd World Boss Battle
Kirby Galeroy VS Aura Woods, 2,000-Year-Old Forest Guardian (Nothing is Promised- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth/ The Dreadnought- Tales of Destiny 2)
Boss Description: I'm pretty sure you recognize this old tree again. We all do. This guy looks like Whispy Woods, but there's more than one kind of talking trees in the galaxy. This tree is Aura Woods, an old tree of 2,000 years of age and counting still. He was a nice and wise tree that is until he was taken over by the Dark Matter Force, and then he became evil; he started kidnapping people and turning them to stone, all except for that girl. Now that he's captured Emerald, it's up to you to stop him before he goes too far! Remember the times you've faced him before and use that to your advantage!
Aura Woods appeared and summons his children! Get Ready To Brawl!
I ran and skid, not before pulling out the Leaf ability and raised my fist at him. One of his children sproutlings shot puff balls at me, but with ease, I leap over them and attacked with a razor leaf. The other 3 jumped and ground pounded the floor with rocky shockwaves. Jumping over the shockwave, I smashed my hand to the ground, making a leaf fist rise up under them and smashed them upwards like an uppercut.
They crash with the other one, but they had joined together making a cannon that shot apples, poison apples, and rocks. They were coming in fast, so I performed a guard that defended me in a pile of leaves like a bush. Believe it or not, the attacks went right through my defenses without hurting me.
Frustrated, they took in some air and unleashed a strong wind attack that consists of wind beams. They scattered everywhere, striking the ground or the air and exploding in shock balls. They all hatched a plan and ran in different directions. From each point they were on, the children sprinted at me to flank me and once they got closer, they leaped into the air to jump me.
But I was one step ahead of them, and I started to spin around slowly and slowly, increasing the speed of my spins. The children were confused about what I was doing, but by the time they realized it, it was too late for them. Leaves swirled around me in my control and around me they go nonstop like a tornado. The centripetal force pulled the 4 children in the vortex, swirling them around fluttering less and less. I trapped them in a leaf tornado, then I unleashed an outburst of leaves like an off-wave, sending them flying right into Aura Woods, smack on the face, with one smashing the white eyeball on his forehead. The 4 fell to the ground, defeated, and they exploded.
"Hah, take that! Who's the sucker now?"
"What you're going to do now, huh? Ready to call it quits?"
"My children! YOU… YOU TWO SHALL PAY FOR THIS!" He roared in monstrous anger, thus revealing the eyeball of Dark Matter that is yellow.
Phase Two Activated! Aura Woods is now in rage!
"Just what is he doing now?" Galeroy questioned.
Aura Woods then rumbled from his roots, shaking the ground with power. Then, with one tug, he jumped from his standing spot with his roots moving freely. Then, he landed right in the middle of the circle pathway, attaching his roots to the ground. Then he roared again, lifting up all of the trees and have them floating there, along with the cage. The whole place was open to all the sunlight and revealing an open space.
"What the honk? He just cleared up the whole darn forest!" I yelled.
"He's trying to pull a fast one, eh? Let's see what we can work with here."
We stopped in the yellow circle pathway where Aura Woods was. He grew his roots gigantic on both sides where then he proceeds to crush me together. Turning in Jet Blaster, I stored up my jetpack with power. Once I did, I waited for the right moment to juke the swaying roots. The second he was about to crush me, I did a blade booster jump upwards into the air and successfully avoiding the vines that only crashed into each other.
Landing on the ground, the attack repeated for two more times. He put two of his roots into his mouth, and he whistled? Weird.
"He whistled? What for?" I looked at him in confusion.
"Kirby, behind you!" Galeroy warned.
Looking back, there was an incoming swarm of MISSILES?! WIND MISSILES?! I rolled out of the way to avoid the missiles incoming, only to realize that they were homing missiles. They circled around Aura Woods, then went straight for me with no mercy.
"Damn! Homing missiles! Must've been from Clanky Woods. Hmm, maybe I should try that wind attack from earlier to deflect the missiles."
Storm Wind activated! 5 stars left!
At first, nothing happened. I was confused because this attack was said and was guaranteed to work. Then, Galeroy jumped in front of me for whatever reason.
"Heh, don't worry, I've got this, Kirby!" Galeroy smirked. He raised his right hand in the air, wind enveloping his hand, then he pulled back, starts swinging his arm in circles, with needle green light power surging at his hand. Then with both hands, he threw the wind attack like he was doing the Kamehameha, unleashing a horizontal tornado attack. "Take this!" He shouted. The missiles were stopped and sucked in, swirling around the vortex. Then, Galeroy clapped both his hands at the same time, throwing the missiles right back at the owner/sender. Aura Woods was engulfed in wind bomb explosions from his own missiles.
"Whoa, man! How did you do that?"
"I'll explain later. The eyeball is exposed!" He shouted.
Aura Woods was stunned from the attack, with the eyeball being dizzy as well. With Jet Blaster, I jumped into the air with me jetpack charged up with sparks. Then, with no hesitation, I shot at the eyeball with full force.
"EAT ON THIS!" I yelled as I stabbed the eyeball like a knife, but it was more like the drill that'll pierce through the heavens!
The impact was powerful enough to make the tree scream so loudly. Then, he snapped out of his trance and roared again.
"THAT'S IT! NO MORE PLAYING AROUND, I'LL KILL YOU!" He roared.
Final Phase Activated! Aura Woods is now completely enraged!
"Now what is he up to this time?!" Galeroy grunted.
Eventually, the trees descended down to their original places as well as the cage, after Aura Woods jumped again, this time he summons a piece of a platform from the ground his size and it floated.
"Now he summons a floating piece of land?" I grunted. Aura then roars again revealing the eyeball again, but it looked red this time; it was white the first time, then yellow the second time, now it's red the third time. Looks like we have to strike the eyeball again and we win.
"DAMN IT, IT'S NOT OVER YET!" He shook his head violently side to side, dropping hails of shards all over the field from his hair of leaves and branches.
"Wah! That was close!" I gasped, avoiding the attack. I then spot him holding rock bombs from roots of his evil, planting them in the ground. They're from taller trees and they hold the island in place with the rocks on the bottom, and his roots that connect to the island and the taller trees. He proceeds to attack by shooting wind balls from his mouth while dropping Gordos and rocks from his head. He even shot a barrel laser blast of wind at us from his mouth.
"Tch! He's going all out on us! And we can't even reach him, but how?"
"Kirby, try to slice the roots that hold up the piece of that ground and Aura Woods with something that can reach that distance!" Galeroy suggested.
"Long-range distance? … Ah Hah! This is a job for Cutter Kirby!" I hollered. I turned into Cutter, with my usual Cutter hat and the rest of the usual stuff.
"Heh heh. Get ready to taste the awesome sheen of Cutter, Whispy Tree!" Yelling at those words, I unsheathed the boomerang blade from my hat with two eyes. Then, lurching back, I was stored with power and my two eyed cutter helmet shined with light, targeting the roots. Then, I tossed the boomerang at blazing will, spinning as a much giant blade than its regular size. The flying cutter slashed straight through each of the roots that were holding up the island. Each root can be heard as a SNAP, a loud snap that resembles the sound of a broken twig. The boomerang cutter, done with its job, flew straight back into the palm of my hand.
Retrieving the boomerang, the roots have all been hacked up, falling to the hard ground along with the piece of ground, the roots, and Aura Woods as well. We all watched as he crashed to the floor, stunned again, exposing his weak spot again as a red eyeball that leaked bloody tears? I dropped the Cutter ability, turning back to my regular form with my sword.
"He's almost done for! Let's finish him, Kirby; aim for the eyeball!" Galeroy shouted.
"Alright, let's do this!" I wanted to try out that overdrive move ever since the last episode. I felt surging power flow through my veins, a new feeling of warmth and power. I steadied myself on the eyeball, ready to pull off this new move.
"Hey, Aura Woods, want us to give you something very special?" I asked. He kinda woke up from his stunned trance and looked at us slurred dazed like.
"Eh, wha-what i-is i-it?"
"Say hello to my little friend, Chaos Star!" I yelled, preparing to strike.
"A what?" He asked. I'll bet he didn't see this coming!
Overdrive/Mystic Star Arte Activated! Star Chaos!
I raised my hand into the air, summoning all of the star power everywhere that gathered around the palms of my hands after tossing my sword into the air. Then, I pulled back both of my hands, energized with power, ready to burst.
"You ready for this?!" I yelled. "Haaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"
"Taste the wrath of the burning stars and witness your demise!" I yelled, throwing one fist forward then the other one back, then it repeated. I unleashed a flurry of rising shooting stars that looks like the attack from the Robo-Halberd cannon attack, blasting with golden power. Each star stabbed and engulfed Aura Woods in a sea of torrent stars; each hit resulted in him yelling in pain.
Then, without thinking, I did the pose of doing the Kamehameha, and from my palms, out came a triple giant star that comes from eating more than one or two things. When Aura Woods saw this coming, he knew he was screwed. "NOW DIE! STAR CHAOS!"
"AW CRAP-" That was all he had to say before the triple star blast pulverized him, and as a result, he was drowned in explosions from the sea of explosions.
"Rest in pieces, Dark Matter!" Galeroy shouted.
A dark horizontal lightning bolt appeared in front of him along with blinking bright light, making the tree spring into the air against his will, flipping back helplessly to his original spot with mini explosions that followed him on the way back. Then, a giant explosion filled the area with blinding white light. There were dark balls that were expelled from the forest as eyeballs that flew up to the sky, retreating. Aura Woods had a tear on his face that came from his eye, showing that we've won. I did my victory dance, ending with my arms crossed. And if you think we've won by luck, you're wrong. Actually, I've beaten some tree of this look-alike here a lot; it was too darn easy like that.
"Yeah, we won!" I cheered. "Not so bad, if I say so myself!"
Aura Woods has been defeated! You Won The World Boss Battle! (Victory Dance- Kirby/Perfect Victory- Grandia 1 HD)
Exp points: 80: Level Up to level 6!
Health Bar has increased to 140!
Next Level in 110 exp points!
All stats increased by 20!
WORLD 1: AURA STAR ALL CLEAR!
We watched as all of the Dark Matter forces were expelled one by one still, fleeing elsewhere. It then got faster and faster, making a white light fill the screen. In fact, it was happening everywhere on the planet, showing that darkness was no more here. Then, one of them was removed from Aura Woods, turning him back to his original color. That one Dark Ball was in the form of an evil sorcerer like wizard that somehow resembles Nightmare, only with a black and red cloak with Black as the colored stars and red as the embodiment of burning hell that covered up his body, he had an eyeball pendant jewel that ties his cloak together, his collar was straight up with spikes, and his head, his mouth was showing white on skin and had lips of the regular and he looked like an actual human from that view if his mask visor that looked like the one from Dark Matter Blade but was purple and bigger, his black headband with a ruby eyeball jewel, and his long, spiky anime hair that was black, but was made out of black, flaming waves that reached his back that corresponds to the hair of Dark Matter Blade weren't in the way. This Nightmare look-alike has two red eyeballs than one rather.
He does nothing more than just chuckle at us. "Huh? Who are you?" I asked, stunned of this guy's new form of Nightmare.
"Heh," He grunts more than a chuckle. "So, you're the ones that had fallen the great Whispy tree, I presume? You were more powerful than I thought you were, so I must commend you, Star Warrior."
"Are you in with the Dark Matter force? Just what are you supposed to be?" Galeroy demanded.
"Hmm… the Gem Soul of the Wind, am I correct?" He hummed. "… Alas, your questions will have to cease for another time, wind spirit. I have important things to do, like clean up the mess you idiots made here. Our paths will cross again, but for the time being… you may refer to me as, "Dark Soul" for now. Auralia. Retreat for now."
He whistles without the use of his hands (if he has any), with one look-alike of him in different elements, colors, and shape that teleported instantly here. Then, I remembered a green figure that was lurking through Aura Wood's branches; maybe that girl was behind this, not the dark lord, although he is in cahoots with them.
"If you are after the princess, then I guess I can show you now," He snapped his fingers like that.
Then, a hologram version illuminated that shows Princess Kaila trapped in that same crystal ball prison as before. She was sitting with her arms crossed over her lap, and her eyes threw some shade that covered her eyes so no one could see her sapphire eyes. I gasped at seeing her, but in the end, it was just a hologram and the vision disappears.
"We won't forget this, but we won't hesitate to kill you if you get in our way again, Star Warrior. And now we must bid you farewell." With those words, the pair of Nightmare Dark Matter clones teleported in like a thin oval shape like how Meta Knight does it, and without a second to pass by, they were gone.
"What was that all about?" Galeroy questioned. I just shrugged, not knowing what to think or say. Suddenly, a light appeared with green energy in a crystal. It floated down, then it flew into my hands after shattering, the crystal outside the green light. The light ceased, revealing a green crystal star with two rings, the thing that we needed to endure the adventure.
Congratulations! You've obtained the Gem Star, Emerald! She's one of the Gem Stars from Crystal Star that was banished for some time and crashed here, captive. She will play a major role in your adventure, but that's for another time, you'll see. Now that you've saved Galeroy's "girlfriend?", that's one down, and six more to go! World 1 Complete!
"Emerald! You're okay!" Galeroy said. The Gem Star then transformed into another puffball form of me, with green skin, yellow feet, green and yellow hair streaks plus long hair, her eyes were blue, and she had a green bracelet on her right arm. She had a green scarf similar to Galeroy's, but it was dark green than Galeroy's scarf, which was a lighter green. The grand spirit looked in our direction, smiling.
"Galeroy! You saved me! Thank you so much!" She was beaming with her gratitude all over her expression, glad to be out of the hands of Aura Woods-no, I guess it's safe to say the hands of that Nightmare guy, Dark Soul, that's his name. Galeroy over here was having that awkward blushing moment, but I don't know why he's doing that, but it makes sense that he got a kiss on the cheek from Emerald, at least that's to say.
"Don't thank only me-it was this Star Warrior here that really saved us all from Aura Woods." He motioned over and pointed to me while saying that sentence. "Of course, I did help out, but he's the one that gave that Dark matter a good chopping for being bad."
Emerald giggled as she floated over to me in surprise. "Aww, what a cute human boy you have with you, Galeroy!"
"Umm, Emerald?" Galeroy said. "That's no human boy. That's Kirby, as in the "Legendary Star Warrior" only human."
"Oh! Well, thank you, Kirby! If it wasn't for you, I'd still be trapped under Aura Wood's control," Emerald then leaned over to me and planted a kiss on my cheek with her lips. The two blush marks on her face expanded as well as mine.
"Wow, um, you're welcome," I chuckled, awkwardly blushing, then feeling… green this time when I blushed.
"So, Galeroy, you went and got yourself a Star Warrior to help you, I see. That's so sweet of you!"
"Yeah, I knew he was Kirby from the moment he walked into my chamber. He passed all of my trials and beat me in a duel. I was happy to give him my Soul Jewel after that. Then once we did, going here was the last thing we had to do. The second we got here, we found something more shocking, and I'm not sure if you know anything about it, like finding a cage full of people turned to stone except for a little girl that was scheduled to be taken to Crystal Star long ago." He explained in his own words.
"Oh, you mean that cage over there?" She pointed. "Yes, they were the people that were kidnapped and captured, and if someone rebels, that dark fiend turns them to stone through Aura Woods. Only the girl was still left. I think we should free them just in case they come back." She spoke as she threw a wind slash attack at the chain, making the cage plummet to the ground, but after she created a vortex that kept the cage in place and set it to sail down smoothly and not too hard.
The cage shattered completely without any kind of force acting on it. Then, with the breath of the wind from her mouth, she blew a line of spring breeze that flew around the stoned people that upon once around them, the stone skin started to disappear around them.
We watched as the group of people was shifting back to normal from that grey stone prison skin. I see a multitude of people, like about twenty people, were seen there, about ten men and ten women, plus one girl, so make it twenty-one. They were mostly adults, by the way. There was something I forgot to mention before I left to Aura Grounds. There was a bulletin board that had the missing people plus 1 girl signs and posters. There were twenty people missing, but there wasn't one for the girl. That seems weird at first, but now it makes sense.
The missing people mystery was solved. Everyone turned to stone was back to normal now, their looks matching the posters from before. Everyone was taken aback seeing the 3 of us standing right there; we just waved casually as if nothing happened. I dropped my ability earlier luckily.
"Um…. Hi?" I said. "Are you guys okay?"
The crowd was mumbling to each other, trying to remember what happened to them, basically the five W's: Who, What, When, Why, Where? Then, one of them spoke up.
"Who are you guys? How did we get here?"
"You all don't remember what happened to you, don't you?" Galeroy asked. He then proceeds on to speak. "You were captured by Aura Woods and was turned to stone because he was possessed by Dark Matter forces. He became violent and mad with power and held you here captive for about 2 months or 3 or so. Long story short: we came and saved you, that 2,000-year-old tree, and my girlfriend here, which was their main objective to keep her captive. We saved you and turned you all back to normal, you're welcome."
"Wow, you saved us? Thank you so much!" One of them replied, followed by everyone else.
"We couldn't agree more than to help you all out, but you should thank this boy here," Emerald motioned and flew over to me. "He's the one that drove the dark force away from your planet in the first place, and if it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be freed at all."
"Wait, how did a normal boy save us all?"
"That's easy. He's not a human boy. He's a Galactic Star Warrior, as in the 'Legendary Star Warrior,' only human." Galeroy said. At hearing that title, everyone's eyes turned to my direction, filled with awe and shock and murmurs. They were shocked to see the Legendary Star Warrior right in front of them.
"You're welcome, everybody. The name's Kirby if you remember that. I'm just happy to help," I said. "If you wanna know why I'm here, well, long story short: Dark Matter kidnapped Princess Kaila of Crystal Star, and we went after them, but they shot us down to your planet, and these three girls, Maddie, Merina and Mackenzie took care of us for about almost a week. So, since I'm the only one who recovered, I went out to find these two here and defeat the den of darkness here, and I have to travel to other planets as well. That's the nutshell," I summarized, realizing that it was shorter than usual.
Murmurs were heard, as usual, that's what you could mostly expect. Well, now I think we should get them home; we shouldn't stay too long here. "Alright, then. I think we should get you all home, shall we? Whoever's waiting for you all must've missed you for 2 months now, and you need to get back to them ASAP." I said. Everyone agreed with me as they head towards a green portal that I didn't notice earlier before, and then I realize that was the shortcut back to town or so. Each person teleported vanished as a green star that flew up in the sky.
Pretty much, everyone was gone for now, except for that girl earlier, to our surprise, who didn't go through the portal like everyone else did. She was still standing in that spot, with her head down, and her eyes covered in a shade of darkness that no one could see. Now that she's out, I didn't get a good look at her from before. Like I said before, she had long blonde hair down to the end of her back that looks just how Kaila's hair used to look like with the same kind of front bang she has similar to Kaila's, this time with purple wide streaks. Her eyes were blue, but I'm thinking Kaila again; her eyes are ruby red, the parallel version of sapphire blue. Her face looks just like Kaila's, but it resembles a little anime girl's face.
She was wearing a long shirt that was light lavender with no sleeves and the collar stood up along the sides of her neck, along with a black neck collar that clung to her neck about the shirt collar and she looks like she was not wearing any pants, but she was wearing black short pants, it just hid under her shirt, that's all. No socks or shoes were covering her feet; she was barefoot the whole time- no, wait, she had white prism sandals or whatever on that has that same feeling with Kaila's.
There was something else to that black collar, a star that has the same resemblance as Kaila's star-shaped necklace. She was actually singing again with the tears of sorrow; the sorrowful melody made me leak tears from my eyes, rolling down my cheeks like a waterfall flowing. Emerald was leaking tears like crazy and Galeroy was sniffling and wailing like a little kid. Snapping out of the sorrowful trance, I approached her without breaking down.
"Hey, little girl. How come you haven't left yet?" I asked, still sniffing. "And where and how do you sing such a beautiful song? It was so sad!"
She looks at me with her ruby eyes and stares at me for a while. The sun was starting to set already, making it late, to begin with. "Oh, I guess you, um…. I really don't know what to say-"
"You... you are...!" She shouted not after sniffing me. I was confused at first, considering the dangers of around here. I thought there was something behind me or something. Emerald and Galeroy were shocked to know what she meant, but not me.
"Um, Kirby? I think she sees you in a different way," Emerald guessed.
"And just what do you mean by that?" I asked. Then, unexpectedly, she blurted out something about me that was gonna make this adventure a long one. You're not going to believe this, but did you know what she called me? She ran to me, jumped into my arms and said:
"SISTER!" She cried. The impact of her caused me to stumble to the ground.
"Huh?" I gasped, unable to process what the heck just happened.
"Did she just call him, 'SISTER?!'" Galeroy yelled in shock.
"Oh boy. This is going to be a long adventure, I can guarantee that," Emerald sighed.
"Uh, I think you are mistaken. I'm a boy, first of all, not a girl. Now let go, please," I demanded. She clung onto me, smiling with joy. I tried to remove her, but she stuck onto me harder than a parasitic tick.
"Oh, this time has been the weirdest by far," I groaned in my head. "If anybody's up by the time we get back, I swear we're not gonna hear the end of this."
Aura Town: 6:00 P.M.
The whole town was filled with people from town and those who were away from town. The town was banging with people that have returned after such a long time. I could see happiness as their loved ones were united with their family again. Unfortunately, there was one who didn't find their family, and that was the girl who held onto me the whole trip. We were at Maddie and Merina's house, and it was a pain dragging her with us here. I saw that Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Dee were recovered and well again. Imagine their surprise when they saw the girl holding onto me, and it was indeed the strangest reactions I've ever seen... probably.
Just think of Dedede saying everything about me getting it on, Bandana Dee was frozen stiff for whatever reason, Meta Knight was calling her a thing, treating her like an object he hasn't seen before, Maddie, Merina, and Mackenzie couldn't help but tease and giggle at me a little, and Karly... man, she was mad. I don't know what kind of reunion is this, but this might be the only one that may have been the strangest by far. The little girl still clung onto me.
Little did I knew, or in fact any of us knew, she was special. No, she was going to play a major role in our whole adventure after recalling the events that night...
Karly's POV- A Lost Girl: Part 2
I looked at the 3 other unconscious members as the girls served them the herb. The poison that enveloped their bodies were overruled by the cure, eradicating the virus out of their bodies, making them shake, shift colors on and off, and finally, the poison converted into a gas that exhaled out of their mouths. They've gained their original colors back from the dark colors. Then, after a while, they've started to wake up.
"Hey, it worked! They're starting to wake up!" I said, glad to see them alive, and it was the longest we went without them.
"We did it just in time, even if it was a hassle for that long of those hours," Maddie said. "Looks like Kirby has gone and finished the job for this planet. But there will be more than one he has to go through if he wants to save Princess Kaila and defeat Dark Matter."
"Hey, what's that sound outside? Sounds like… cheering," Merina asked. She went over to the window and lifted up the flaps of the blinds.
"Hey, there's a commotion going on outside, and there are more people than usual before. Wait a sec, they're those missing people from before and from 2 months ago; they're back!" Merina exclaimed. "Huh? Someone's coming right here guys."
The doorknob started to rattle, twisting it around at a 180 degree, making the door bolt open. The light started to illuminate more and more as it opened. I was surprised to see someone come at the door all of a sudden, and there was a strange figure that resembles a pink boy- oh wait, never mind, it was Kirby.
"Kirby! You're back and you're okay!" I cried, running to him. He looks exhausted and he has that regret face on him like he's been through hell or something. Kirby was limping as if there was something chained to his left leg as he was limping inside. And you wouldn't believe what has stuck to his leg: a little girl! Kirby then collapsed to the floor, saying, 'I had a hard day, sis.'
"Um, Kirby? Why is a little girl holding onto your leg like that?" Merina asked. Maddie and Mackenzie were stunned and surprised seeing this little girl with me.
"Ugh. Anyway, I'll explain later. The good news is that I got the Soul Jewel and the Gem Star with me," He breathed in tiredness. "They decided to camp out in my stomach, since I still have a black hole thing or an alternate galaxy inside me, and they've built a chamber or whatever inside me for now until we reach Crystal Star."
"No, I want to know why that girl is with you," I demanded.
"Because of... she… she…" He stuttered.
"Yeah? Yeah? Spit it out already!" I growled impatiently.
"She… called me… her SISTER," He finally admitted, immediately regretting saying that. If this was subbed, he would've said, 'Onee-san..'
"Her SISTER?! That's ridiculous!" I burst into laughter, while he frowned at me. "Doesn't she mean her big brother? Where… did you find her?" I sighed, ceasing my laughter.
"She was on top of Dark Forest along with the missing people turned to stone, but she wasn't stoned. Dark Matter forces were planning to take away to Crystal Star as well. Then, once we've beaten Aura Woods, we saw this shadow guy that looked… he looked just like Nightmare and Dark Matter Blade fused. When they fled the scene, we freed the captive people and she was standing right there, singing a sorrowful song that made me spill tears. And that's when she lays it on me, BIG SISTER on the double. And eventually, we came here and she clung onto me for the whole trip. Nutshell," He sighed, groaning.
Merina giggled to herself as she moved up closer to me, looking at the little girl. "She is adorable, to be honest."
Maddie added in too. "She's stuck to him like superglue! How surprisingly funny!"
"That girl seems so fond of Kirby from the moment they met, and it was love at first sight- not the anime kind of love. The sibling kind, of course. She thinks Kirby is her sister or her mommy," Mackenzie laughed.
"I'm only 16 (If that's true), and guys can't have babies!" Kirby complained. "That's not my fault. I attract GIRLS, due to my original form, and I'm still cute even as a human! I'd never thought I'd be called a big brother or sister in this case, to anyone besides Karly."
Apparently, I was pissed off. I only laughed to hide what I really felt, and now I'm gonna put a stop to this! I walked over to them to give the girl a nice little lesson. On how she should stay away from MY brother! "Enough already! You've been clinging onto my brother ever since you've seen him! Just what is up with that, huh?!" I was blushing and fuming red all over, filled with rage. But she gets back at me with one sentence of an insult. She leans forward after hiding behind Kirby and said:
"That tubby gangaru girl is scaring me… save me, sister!" She shot at me. I was taken aback by that insult. I was… no, wait… did she just call me fat and tan-skinned?! I was insulted by a little girl that I just met five minutes ago! Oh, she's going down!
"What did you just say about me, you little brat?! I look nothing like what you just called me as!" I was ready to tear that little brat to pieces and I'd have done it if Merina wasn't holding me back. Kirby was holding in his laughter and trying hard not to laugh, and he knows I can kick his ass for supporting her or anything else that insulted me. Kirby cancels his bag of laughter and speaks.
"Now, now Karly. There's no reason to get upset over that, basically because we tried to tell you, but you do have the right to get upset over that, but what I mean is, cut this girl some slack because she's so little and- oh, right!" He turns over to the little girl and asked her, "We never got your name, little girl. Care to tell us?"
"My name is Kazelaine, but you can call me Kazela," She introduced herself. Kazelaine... hmm, the name sounds familiar...
"Well, I'm Kirby, obviously, those three boys over there who are still unconscious are my friends, Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Dee," Kirby introduced himself, somewhat being proud of it.
"Hi there, I'm Merina, and this is my little sister, Maddie," Merina introduced. "That's her best friend Mackenzie."
"Hi, there!" They both smiled.
"And I'm Karly, Kirby's sister. And I'm not a tan-skinned fat girl freak weirdo according to your dictionary," I huffed. "Sorry that I snapped at you."
"Um… hi there," She shyly greeted.
"Come on, you've gotta tell me where you live," Maddie gleefully squealed. But the answer to that was a shake.
"I don't have an address," Kazela replied. I was quite surprised by that answer.
"Then, where are your parents?" Merina questioned. Her answer was a shake too.
"I don't know; I've always been by myself, that's all I know," She sadly replied.
"Do you have at least a sibling you can call or something?" Kirby asked. She hesitates to do so.
"I don't remember anything about my life. I only have a memory of my family, but I don't know what happened to them. All I remember was them being taken away by something dark and evil… my mom and dad didn't come out of the eerie place, but my older sister did. She meant everything to me; she was 10 years old and she was the only one I have left in my life, but now I was left behind when I found out that my sister was taken away too, leaving me all alone here on this planet before they… left me. That was a few years ago," Kazela summarized. "I could only remember her face, but not her name."
"Wow, um… I can relate. I mean, we were born without any parents 200 years early, and sometimes I wonder if we are born without any or if something happened to them," Kirby recalled, bringing back old memories from the past. "I was born to be a warrior, and that's what I'm always meant to be... I guess. So are the rest of us here."
"Wait, I wonder if this girl lost her memories or something like that," I stated.
"Could be. I mean, that's all I can deduce only at this point." Merina shrugged. Kazela seemed to have gotten mad at me the most.
"Who are you calling 'this girl', woman? My name is Kazela, I'm 10 years old and don't you forget it, Gangaru!" She yelled at me. "I lost my memories, that's true and I don't know her name or what she looks like, but all I know is that I have a sister, she's taken away by those bullies, and that doesn't mean you can call me 'this girl' like I'm no one! Don't forget that, Gangaru!"
"ARRRGGHH! She did it again! IMMA KILL HER!" I yelled. I was thankful that Merina was holding me back from tearing this little brat apart, which is so unlike of me.
"Wow, Kirby. I'd never expected you to get down busy with a girl in life before, and now you've gone and that girl had this girl right here! Just how did you do it? You didn't…" Someone said, sounding like Triple D.
"Oh my gosh….. You... have gone and done it, man! WHY?! You'd promised me that if you didn't get any, it would be 'Pals before Gals' this and that! WHY?!"
"Who is that next to you? Doesn't that seem unusual of you to bring that little girl with you here at a time like this?"
I look and I saw the three members all wide awake and fully recovered, probably heard the whole story or something.
"Oh! You guys are awake now! How you all are feeling?" I asked.
"Like I've been through hell, of course," Dedede said in a flat, tired voice. "I had a dream where I was getting my butt whooped by Kirby."
"I think I've been asleep forever, it feels like it," Bandana Dee commented. "I may as well be an old man by then."
"I… feel… stuck to one place the entire time," Meta Knight gravely spoke. "I thought I was stoned."
"Quit complaining," I sweatdropped. "You're moaning about your suffering like little babies! We've been through worse before!"
"What is there to get mad at? They can complain about the pain and torment they've gone through," Kirby countered. "Especially after what happened in the past five days."
"So, who is that with you, Kirby?" Meta Knight asked.
"It's obvious you don't know- Honestly, it would be a pain to explain the logic behind it," Kirby shot back. "No offense though. Just use a better choice of words next time."
"Anyway, let's get onto where we were, shall we?" Merina demanded. "Sorry, you had to hear this, Kazela. Anyway, why did you stick to our Star Warrior here, and why did you call him, 'Big Sister?'"
"He reminds me of my older sister when she was still around. He also smells like her, and his Gangaru sister over there." She replied. "Since I'm 10 years old, that means my sister is 16 years old. Gangaru girl and big brother here are exactly 16 years old since they're twins, am I right?"
"Don't lose it, Karly… Don't lose it, Karly…" I thought to myself.
"…Okay, that's weird, but how in some sense?" Bandana Dee asked, confused. Kirby, on the other hand, was sniffing himself to see if it was true.
"Hey, I don't smell like anybody," Kirby replied. I took a chance with a whiff of myself one time, inhaling the scent of my clothes that Kaila gave us. It has a smell, all right. The smell of a princess, and that's Princess Kailaine. But why? Is she mistaken, like Kirby said earlier, or does the smell resembles her sister in a way somehow?
"Maybe you can't, but I know that smell anywhere. She's not anywhere on this planet, but she's currently at Deserlava Star right now, and the people who kidnapped her are taking her to Aquarius Star next tomorrow," Kazelaine revealed.
"How did you know that?" Kirby asked.
"Those dark bullies, I overheard one of them saying something about taking my sister to those planets next," She said. That's weird, cause weren't they only taking Kaila to Aquarius Star next after Deserlava Star, then reach Crystal Star?
"Hmm, Dark Matter may be plotting something, but what?" Merina wondered. "I've got it!" We all look at Merina when she was about to explain her theory on what's probably going on.
"Maybe… what IF they're capturing at least one person from each planet via planet assault, along with Princess Kaila? They may have taken Kazela's sister as well before attacking Popstar and taking Kaila, too." Merina suggested. "You know what they say: There's more to the plot than what you had originally thought of before."
"What?!" We all gasped. That sounded so crazy, that it's impossible to believe at this point because our whole reason here was to save Kaila, but if it's true then…..
"Also, I heard them saying junk about kidnapping people, holding them hostage to get some info out of them, making a zero force of seven people known as Zero Knights, supplying themselves without more power to avoid drainage, ending/take over the galaxy in less than 4 weeks or so-"
"The world ending in 4 weeks?! That's a month!" I exclaimed. "Or is that just a lie? Prove it!"
An emotionless Kazela just stood blankly at me for a few moments, then, we watched as her eyes started glowing white with power, shooting at the floor, causing the floor to ripple and it illuminated as it created a vision. A vision from her POV was rippling through the floor, revealing a scene from when she was captured. Kazela was stuck in the cage, filled with people turned to stone; the same ones that were missing. First, it showed a scene of Kazela being smuggled into the cage. Then, after a while, we witnessed the people who were in there turning to stone by a cosmic blast that looked like it came from reality and the fabric of time and space.
The scene then proceeded on to show the conversation between two familiar members of Dark Matter, says Kirby, who identifies them both as Dark Kai and Dark Naris. The conversation was just lame, talking about their own affairs and stuff like that. I dozed off through most of it, and everyone was dozing faster than Kirby could go to bed within 1 min. Kazela wasn't sleeping; she was still awake, playing that scene like a VHS Recording Box repeating for days. However, I ended up hearing one thing out of the girl's vision. I nudge everyone after getting out of my sleep zone for this part. There was something about was she said earlier and it was true, no lie.
"So, what's on your mind today, Kai?"
"It's about the whole thing we're doing-you know, gathering energy, invading planets, and we've captured the princess on Popstar along with someone else too while they were busy trying to save her."
"What about it?"
"I'm saying, how long till we can fully complete this before Kirby and his friends can stop us?"
"I have no clue, to be honest. The only thing I overheard from our master is that this mission will be complete within 4 weeks or a month if you prefer. The second Kaila is corrupted in dark energy, that's when we'll rule, and the galaxy will tear the last remaining warriors to the dust where they belong, alright."
"Is that really going to happen?"
"Hey, man. Let me tell you something- I have no damn clue either. If the Master said that something was going to happen, he would've told us about it, but no, they don't. There are some things that Master Zero doesn't simply tell us; it remains untold. But if the dark modification of Princess Kaila is complete, that could be a possibility of the galaxy tearing apart or something."
"And what do you think Master is going to do about it if it does happen?"
"I don't know…. I don't know… but if something was gonna happen, that's why we're gonna need all the energy we can get from the Princess. That's all I can say about it, none other than it was to unlock something powerful."
"Oh, okay then. But what's the point of capturing people if we were only directed to capture the Princess, and why are we taking that girl over there to Crystal Star along with Princess Kailaine?"
"Don't know why that is, but I'm sure we'll eventually figure it out another time. Until then, we should focus on trying to look out for any sign of those Star Warriors."
"Alright then, later."
The floor rippled away like a finger in the water poking in and out, returning the floor to its original reality-smooth, wooden floorboards.
"Is that enough proof for ya? Anyone else wanna question this?" Kazela asked.
"I do," Bandana Dee asked, "How in the world you even managed to do that?!"
"Crystal Re:Zero, that's how. I possess this kind of crystal power inside me, and so did my sister, but she didn't have this power that I just demonstrated now. It can enable me to project anything from will to any object or thing to show a series of scenes from my memories. I can control how much I wanna show or when I wanna change or stop. Do you all wanna see more of it?" She said, then suddenly asked. I was kinda feeling guilty and bad for her, so I just spoke for everyone as I said, "Maybe tomorrow, we aren't really feeling up to it."
"Oh, ok. I'll show you all tomorrow, then," She replies sadly.
"Kazela, do you remember anything about your life?" Kirby asked sympathetically like a caring father. "Does... does it hurt thinking about it?"
"…I think I'd lost my memories a while ago, but I'm slowly regaining them. My sister is my strongest memory of all of my other ones. The only thing I remember at least was spending about 2-3 months in that cage for a while. It was scary and a lonely time there," She whimpered in fear of that memory. "I just want my sister to be with me now. I just wanna go home… if I can even remember where home is."
"Is that why you came to me instead, Kazela?" Kirby asked.
"Yes. I didn't know you were Kirby until we got here. I heard you were around here somewhere, and I'd never expected someone to come all the way to stop that force possessing Aura Woods. When we first met after you've beaten him, I… I… saw you… as my sister. That's why I ran up to you and called you big sister. I'M SO SORRY!" She started sniffing, her eyes were brimming with tears of sorrow and pain, rolling down her cheeks.
"Ah! Kazela…" Kirby started to say, but couldn't find the words he needed to say. Now, after seeing this little girl cry, I immediately started to regret yelling and getting angry at her. I remember that I used to cry a lot on Popstar whenever I was hurt or sad, and Kirby was there to comfort me as an older caring brother would. I notice that Kirby reached for her, and patted her on the back while hugging her. We all saw this, Kirby knew in this situation what to do if someone is down, and in this case, a 10-year-old girl who doesn't remember anything else but her sister, her only sister.
"Kazela, it'll be alright. You don't have to be sorry about this; it's not your fault," He said with love and compassion, like the older brother he is.
"Kirby…" I started to say.
"Guys, I think it's obvious that you're gonna have to help her out here," Mackenzie suggested. "I don't know for sure, but I have a feeling that she has a greater involvement in Dark Matter's grand scheme of things. If she knows something about them, she may be your only ticket to defeating them if it helps."
"…" My blank mouth said. "…Yeah, I guess we should. After all, we can't leave her like this! You can't be strong and powerful if you don't have a heart full of love, care and compassion altogether. That's what I like about my brother. Those 3 things are what made him powerful: his desire to protect everything he loves and cares about."
Kirby looks over to my direction in hearing that. He looks at me with a smile of gratitude. "Thank, sis. I won't forget that." He then turns over to Kazela, who had stopped crying thanks to Kirby.
"Listen, Kazela. How would you like it if we went to rescue your sister while we're at it? It's the least we can do; we're on a mission to rescue a princess, but it looks like your sister is held captive with the princess as well-"
"Kirby, you never rescued a princess before, haven't you?" Meta Knight interrupted rudely.
"Not now, Meta Knight. I know that. But this should be easy, even if the quest is difficult. Mario and Link have done it a lot, so I guess we'll give it a shot this time," Kirby replied. "Now, where was I before Meta Knight interrupted us? Oh yeah."
"-but you have nothing to fear, Kazela. We'll save your sister along with the princess and anyone else who has been captured. What do you think, kid?" He asked.
"You will? I… I…" She sniffed.
"Don't worry, until then, you can count on us, the Legendary Star Warriors to save the galaxy!" Kirby said with inspiration. I couldn't help but smile, bringing back old memories from the past.
"Wow, you are amazing, Kirby! No wonder you're the Legendary Star Warrior: You have a heart caring enough to help anybody! I knew I could count on you!" She smiled with happiness, flowing from her heart. "Um, could I come with you? I wanna see my sister there, wherever she is."
"Sure, Kazela. Anything for you, kid," Kirby replied without thinking. Wait, taking her along with us?
"Kirby, won't that be dangerous for her? She is 10-years-old after all," Merina objected.
"Merina's right," Meta Knight joined in, "We are going on a very dangerous quest to save the Princess and it would be a hassle bringing her along with us. What are you thinking right now?"
"I know what I'm doing and I don't care what you say. I have a brain, and my heart is telling me to take her along with us, or we'd regret it somehow. Besides, she wants to see her sister, we'll take her to her, and we'll protect her at all costs. Just trust me on this, Meta Knight. You'll understand soon enough," Kirby defended his claim.
Meta Knight's eyes glow azure blue, meaning that he sees Kirby with a new type of attitude and confidence. "I see what you're doing. Heh, you might be right about this for once. I hope you don't regret this, and I'm in favor of this."
"So am I," Bandana Dee agreed.
"Ok, it's settled then. You're coming along with them, Kazela," Maddie said.
"Yeah, I don't see the harm of taking her with us, but it might be a problem for Karly here, who knows that she's jealous!" Dedede joked but stopped after I started at him demonically.
"I'll never forget this, Kirby! Thank you so much!" Kazela smiled. "Is it okay if I call you big brother for now on?"
"No problem, Kazela. I don't mind if it's okay with-"
"It's okay, brother. I'm fine with it," I rushed and said. I wasn't mad nor jealous, although that's what I kinda feel a little bit, what matters most is getting her back to her sister; also, I don't mind being called a sister to her if she's okay with that.
"I guess I'll call you "Sister" for now," Kazela replied. "Maybe I should give you something from my heart."
"Really, what is it?" Kirby asked. From what I could tell, I think he's thinking about good old food, but it wasn't it.
"Well, this is heartwarming, but Kirby," Merina said as she pulled out her phone, set to camera, "I hope you're ready to receive your "reward" from Kazela." She had that "smile" that means she had a sly idea on her head.
"What are you talking about?" Mackenzie asked Merina. Then, she looked towards Kirby and she realized what was going to happen right now, pulling out an old-fashioned camera that spits out photos paper-based automatically. The 3 boys were looking at Kirby, surprised and were having their mouths about to literally drop to the ground, and I was shocked about what Kazela was doing.
"You see, Kazela? Now it's your turn to say thank you." Kirby said, unaware of what she was going to give him. She looked to the ground before she acted, blushing ruby red; she then smiled and went for it.
"Thank you… Kirby," She said as she gave Kirby her gift of gratitude, and did you know what it was or did you already know what it is? The answer is- a Kiss.
Kirby's reaction made his eyes wide open, his mouth all open and embarrassed, his blush marks turning into a white blush color, the color of silver, platinum, or prism. That was weird, but actually, that made me mad and pissed off somehow! She kissed him. On the cheek like an innocent girl of 10 years old, slyly making the kissed victim blush, but their colors change of their blush like an LED rainbow light.
But I ended up slapping myself to control the blazing anger that is currently possessing me. For some reason, that made me smile. I always kiss him on the cheek whenever he helped me when I'm down or hurt. He either blushes red or pink those times. But now that was mentioned, I do remember the time when Princess Kaila kissed Kirby on the cheek, and he was blushing that time aqua sapphire, not to mention that his whole body and clothes color changed for 5 seconds, then back to pink. I think I was the only one who noticed this; I don't know why, but I think that can be saved for another time. Just to be clear, it's not the anime kind. That's disgusting.
"Now that's one for the scrapbook (internet)!" Merina giggles as she held the picture in her phone, revealing the shot of the second Kazela's lips touched Kirby's cheek and smiling with her heart, and when he was blushing white. Mackenzie was holding the photo in her hand to place in her album, smiling with pride. The boys were too shocked to even reply to any of this, while I was regretting that I didn't use my phone that I have with me to even get this embarrassing shot of Kirby.
"You're the best, Big Brother," Kazela said as she went for it again, giving me time to get the photo via phone. Kirby blushed again, this time ruby red like usual. Kazela was hugging him and rubbing against his right shoulder; Kirby awkwardly smiled, but his expression widens even more with a brotherly smile.
"That's what a caring brother would do in a situation like this one," Maddie beamed.
"Hey, Kirby," I asked. "Since you did find the two spirits, where did you say they were again? I don't see them anywhere around you."
Kirby stares at me blankly with an embarrassed expression. "It's, er, embarrassing, but they're inside me, my stomach."
"Literally?" I repeated.
"Literally. So don't worry about it now, they're fine. In fact, they're resting in there, so let's not disturb them. I would say we should go to the next planet this instantly, but-*yawns*-I'm so tired and sleepy, I don't think the Dark Matter Force would leave right away first thing tomorrow, it would be later in the dark, since they are dark after-*yawns*-all, which would give us enough time to reach the Dark Barrier in time before they leave for the next- *yawns* planet…. Over…." That was Kirby had to say before he was out cold sleeping and falls to the floor. Kazela fell asleep next to Kirby as well, signaling that they're tired.
"I guess he's trying to say is that you'll have to leave first thing tomorrow because it's obvious that he's tired, and so is little Kazela as well. You should bunk out here for the night if that's okay with you," Merina offered.
"What choice do we have? Kirby already spoke for us by sleeping that quickly already, and look at him now. He's-ugh-is that drool on his mouth? Oh, he does this whenever he sleeps every night," I said.
"Couldn't we go now? I like it when it's dark," Meta Knight asked.
"And drag this boy with us while he's busy sleeping? No way! You should get some rest, Meta Knight, especially since I don't see you sleep once, not ONCE! You probably got insomnia from being up all night, doing who knows what?" I said.
"Whatever, fine," Meta Knight scoffed. "But we leave first thing tomorrow, got it? And don't sleep in!"
"Why are you acting like a nagging parent?" I asked.
"Can we go to sleep, nag?" Dedede moaned, grumpily. "I want to hear nothing from your mouth tonight; I'm tired enough as it already is."
"Why are you also acting like a nag?" I said. "You're not my dad!"
"Heh-heh-heh! No, I'm not your dad… hit it, Bandana Dee!" Dedede said on cue. Bandana Dee was asleep at the same time Kirby and Kazela was, and there was a boom box next to him, and on cue, he pounded the button with his fist in his own sleep. The boom box stereo was playing some loud music, startling Kirby and Kazela, who woke up abruptly.
"Eh? Keep it down! We're trying to sleep here!" They both said in unison. That's when Dedede starts his favorite dance of his life and the dance of my torture.
"Time for the "Grandpa Dedede Dance!"
"Did someone say Grandpa Dedede Dance? OH HECK YEAH!" Kirby said. "This is going to be fun! You should've watched what you've said, Karly, cause you are going to pay the price of watching this dance for one hour straight!"
"OH HECK NO." I thought to myself. Then, that's when it started to go into place.
"What's the Grandpa Dedede Dance, guys?" Merina asked, sounding intrigued.
"You see, every time Dedede or Meta Knight or Waddle Dee or even Kirby acts like a nagging parent and whenever Karly say, 'You're Not My Dad,' that's when they appear out of nowhere and starts doing that dance, and now that she regrets saying that, that's when the effect goes into play," Kirby said, energized. "Ooh, it's about to start. You ready to see this, Kazela?"
"Sure, I don't see why not." Kazela shrugged.
"This is going to be interesting." Meta Knight chuckled.
"Ready to pay the price, Karly? Because here it comes!" Waddle Dee said.
"That's right, I'm not your dad…" Dedede said, with shades that spells out SWAG.
"I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA! I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA!"
"I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA-PA-PA-PA-PA! I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, CUZ I'M YOUR GRANDPA!"
"'YOU'RE NOT MY DAD,' IS WHAT YOU SAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE ANYWAY!"
"WE'RE DOING THIS DANCE, MAKE YOU CRY IN PAIN WHEN IT BLOWS UP, THEY GO, "BANG-BANG-BANG!"
"I'M NOT YOUR DAD, THAT IS TRUE, BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA SMACK ON YOU:"
"THE MAJOR THING OF THEM ALL: I'M YOUR OLD, HAG, GRANDPA, SUCKA!"
"I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA! I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA!"
"I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA-PA-PA-PA-PA!" I'M NOT YOUR DADDY, I'M YOUR GRANDPA!
Dedede was doing the twist, the dab, the BANG-BANG-BANG, the hump, and the booty scooty all up in my face, taunting me with every dance move he does. Everyone was eating and passing the popcorn and was filming this as well. I was building seething, burning anger embarrassment as the song went on for an hour. My head was filled with thoughts of kills and blood painted on the walls of my brain insides. Eventually, I was at my breaking point, and I was ready to kick his butt. But I decided not to lose my control over my anger, or else I'd have lost the bet to my anger. But, the anger won the bet without doing anything because of me. It was something Dedede dared to do to me.
"Grandpa Dedede in your face! You're a tubby Gangaru and nothing but a single HO-HO-HO!" Dedede surprisingly insulted. The music stops. The dancing stops. The laughter suddenly stops. The popcorn stops in place. Everyone was shocked and surprised by what he said about me.
"Dedede, you're going wish you'd never said that about her!" Kirby warned. Too late for him now.
"Oh, and why's that, Kirbeh?" Dedede asked. "You chicken, are you?"
"Let's just say that something about her is what makes want to avoid her wrath and her fists of pain," Kirby held his breath in the impending outcome that was to take place.
"EH?"
"Dedede," I smirked devilishly, walking over to him with demon frog eyes. "You wanna know what I think about that comment earlier?"
"Yeah, what is it? You gonna admit that you're nothing but a single HO-HO-HO-" His sentence was interrupted the second I grab his throat.
"YOU CAN DANCE AND SAY ALL OF THAT- IN HELL!" I yelled in a dragon's fury. I socked him in the stomach with one blow of a punch, followed by a meteor smash on the floor, and finishing off with me, kicking him in the balls, sending him upwards to my level. After that, I lifted up my right leg, performing a smashing ax kick on him again, slamming him to the ground.
"Ooooooooooh! That's gotta hurt!" Kazela commented.
"Your chode! It's been destroyed 200%!" Kirby sang.
"Oh, my groin! It hurts so bad!" Dedede groaned.
"We tried to tell you, but look where that got you," Kirby shrugged.
"ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO JOIN TRIPLE D HERE?!" I yelled demonically. The looks on the other boy's faces made it obvious they don't want that happen to them.
"No, Karly." They all panicked and looked away nervously like they had nothing to do with it.
"Good. Now, go to bed, you grandpa pricks! We've got a busy day ahead of us tomorrow, so get all your stuff together and don't leave anything behind. Of course, if anyone of you calls me these insulting names, you're gonna get the same treatment as him. Got it?" I demanded. "That goes for you too, little sis. But I won't do that to you since you are 10 after all."
"Yes, Karly," They replied.
"Nag," Bandana Dee coughed.
"You said something, Bandana Dee?"
"No, I said, "Let me sleep", alright?" With that, the rest of them shuts downs immediately in hopes of becoming mincemeat.
"Wow, you go, girl!" Merina complimented.
"Thanks, Merina. They fall helplessly under the power of a woman's voice," I smirked, and that's true.
"Fine, sis. I was tired anyway until he started doing the Grandpa Dedede Dance," Kirby yawned. "Well, good night, people."
He fell to the floor, which is what he was doing from the start along with Kazela, out cold already. Meta Knight and Waddle Dee just fell asleep in the beds they were taken too, with Meta Knight having to drag Dedede himself. But he just kicks him with a one-foot tap right into bed.
"I guess we'll both just head to bed; Mackenzie's staying over today, sis. Good night, everyone," Maddie said as they both went upstairs for the night.
"I guess we'll have to take these sleepy heads to their beds, shall we?" I volunteered. Merina shrugged and nodded. We each took a person, me with Kirby, and Merina carried Kazela for her part. After putting them both together in bed, I was pretty tired too. But first, we have to gather everything we need for the whole journey tomorrow, and Merina helped me with that. After that, Merina, finished with the job, went upstairs to sleep, and I went into the bed I woke up in. Taking off my boots, I crept on it, laying back for a while to recollect the thoughts that have happened and some new thoughts floating in as well.
"Kirby's been through a lot today. Kirby did mention something about encountering someone, but who was it? I don't know surely, but this adventure is obviously not over yet. We've gotta go through more than we can expect to go to other planets; Kirby mentioned about 6 other planets, Deserlava Star, Aquarius Star, Skylight Star, Lunadark Star, Techno Star, and Blizzard Star. Then, it's off the Dark Crystal Star. So far, here in the Cosmic Galaxy exists currently 14 Gem Spirits and Kirby has found two of them. That's good at least. We're off to save the princess along with Kazela's sister too. There's one thing still bugging me though: when we saw the vision with the dark matter members from Kazela's memory, they said they've captured Kaila but didn't they say they've taken someone else during the assault on Popstar earlier? What's really going on here? I can tell there's more to the plot than there already is."
"First, the princess came to town. Then, we all transformed into humans because I thought Kirby wish had affected everyone else. Then, Kaila explains the truth behind this, and it was he curse she absorbed in her body, thus making her stuck as human. The next thing that happened was something I'll never forget- their assault-planned invasion. Dark Matter returns after a seemingly long period of a hiatus, now being able to talk and have emotions when they are not supposed to; they reveal their past with Kaila and Kirby, and how they kept coming back through curses and we figured out that this was a curse made by Dark Matter Forces, which is not even possible to come back through curses; Kaila said something about a dream that was true in this case.
"Then we were attacked and that's when Kaila was captured and taken away. We chased after them, seeing Kaila in a crystal ball of darkness below the eye of Dark Matter, and when we're about to break her free, the death attack opened in front of us, eradicating us in mini swarms of bullets that shot us down to this planet, in comas. That's all I knew before then. But there's something about Kazela that has been bothering me since: she does remind me of the princess, though. I do remember the conversation between us that night. Maybe... she did say something that surprised me. Could Kazela be...? Well, that may be a mystery for who knows how long. I should get some sleep now."
I stored those thoughts away for now, about to snuggle in tight for the night, slowly closing my eyes, not before encountering two small balls of light, making the spot where my heart is glow in golden, shining light. I notice Kirby glow as well.
…
"So, they're still alive, huh? Tch, Master definitely needs to hear about this."
"Yeah, let's bounce man, back to Deserlava Star."
?
End of Karly's POV
Kirby's POV
The Next Day…
"*Yawns* Man, I slept well today. But it's only 8:30 in the morning though." I moaned to myself as I lazily got up from bed today. "Hmm, it was… weird. I felt some kind of glow yesterday night while I was sleeping. What was it, though? It felt like it resonated to my heart."
I looked over to my left, seeing Kazela all snuggled up next to me the whole night. She stops her sleep, also waking up with her eyes and slowly rises up. Her hair was messed up, no doubt about it, since she kept rolling back and forth in her sleep. At one point, she grabbed something and starts smashing me with it, so basically, I lied to you all. I had a rough night because of Kazela, and I did not wanna look like a fool there, so that's why.
Kazela looks up to me with eyes in a daze. She smiled. "Morning, big brother."
"Morning, I guess," I groaned and coughed with sore muscles.
"What happened to you, brother?" Kazela asked.
"I felt like I got beaten up by something hard and heavy," I replied. "And it wouldn't stop."
"Oh, sorry about that. I guess I was hitting something in my sleep because I had a nightmare about those people that imprisoned me, and I was whacking them and squashing them with a huge hammer like the king has. I didn't know I was hitting you, heh," She laughed. I couldn't help but laugh as well. I then stop in spite of hearing a voice similar to mines and Karly's.
"Hey, did you hear something, Kirby?" Kazela asked.
I turn to where surprisingly Karly, Maddie, Merina, Mackenzie, and the rest of the gang where on the table, listening to someone new here, along with those familiar voices of ours. "I don't know, but let's find out." Putting on my shoes, I hopped off the bed after Kazela exited first off the bed and we walked over to where they were.
"Hiya, guys," I greeted, "What's shaking and why are you all early today? It's only 8:30 in the morning; no need to get up that early." I consider 8:30 to be too early to me. It's a pain, honestly.
"We've been waiting. On you two to wake up!" Karly huffed, tapping her naked foot impatiently.
"Then, why didn't you wake us up when you had the chance?" I countered.
"That's- wait, dang it. We actually did forget to wake him up-"
"And it was your job, Karly," Dedede cut in.
"What?! That's a big fat lie-"
"Save it, Karly," Bandana Dee cut her off in a flash. "So we had to wait on if she hadn't done her job. You had one job."
"So, why are you all standing around the table for anyway?" I questioned.
"Karly here encountered two star kids who claims to be the essences of your "Hearts," specifically," Maddie filled in.
"My what? If you said a heart, then that's impossible. A kid can't be your heart; we all have hearts and that would be disgusting and inappropriate," I spoke in disgust. "Personally, that would encourage kids to start murdering people like impostors blending in among us."
"Not that heart, by your definition," Karly shook her head. "We meant by our souls and spirits, like remember when you were off to stop Necrodeus from destroying the world by darkness?"
"So?" I shrugged. "What does that have to do with any of this? That's stupid."
"Well, that's rude, and you should know better than that to disrespect your guardians."
"Huh?" I said.
"This wasn't the first time someone was disrespecting us, like Bandana Face here."
A Few Minutes Later…
"Hey, Karly. Who are you talking to, yourself? Ha!" Bandana Dee joked.
"FYI, I'm not talking to myself, I'm talking to my soul," Karly replied.
"Hmm, they look nothing like your soul, they're just stars with faces, fool!" He joked again.
"That's mean!" The starboy fussed.
"We're not just stars with faces, we're their soul guardians, FYI. We'll be their guides for now. The spirits thought you might need a little help," The stargirl replied.
"Hmm, you're token characters, right?" Bandana concluded.
"I-I'm not!" The boy yelled in shock.
"Me neither!" The girl joined in.
"Then, why do you sound like Kirby and Karly, huh? You might be imposters or fakes or just straight and maybe-"
"Oh, we're here to see them, Kirby and Karly, not you!" They joined together and said.
"Eh, whatever."
End of flashback- Now back to the main story
I walked over a little more, not expecting the spot where my heart is started glowing more than before. I spot 2 stars with faces, two white balls that acts as their hands, a ring floating underneath them, and red and blue halos, red for the girl and blue for the boy. The boy floated over to me, smiling with decency.
"Who are you exactly? And why do my heart glow every time I'm near you?" I asked.
"We're are your hearts and souls, Kirby. In fact, I'm the one who guided you during your adventure to stop Necrodeus when he splitted you into 10 copies of yourself. I'm your heart, Kailo, idiot. That girl is my sister, Kirie, and she is Karly's heart."
"Don't call me, 'that girl,' brother!" Kirie replied. 'I have a title, you know."
"Ha! LAME. Prove it," I scoffed. That's when I felt a sharp pain come from my stomach. I felt nauseous and dizzy, and I ended up barfing on the floor, but only spitting out Galeroy and Emerald, who aren't disgusted.
"What's going on here?" Galeroy yelled. "Keep it down, we're trying to sleep- oh, hey Kailo. Hey Kirie."
"Hiya, great spirits," They said. Emerald gave them a kiss on the cheek after she went near them. I also felt her leafy kiss on my cheek too. I don't know… if everything that happens to them will also happen to me as well, that might suck.
"Emerald, Galeroy, you know them?" I asked surprisingly.
"Of course we do. They're your hearts and are from Kira Haven, where their kind lives."
"Huh, I think I've heard something like that before," Dedede wondered.
"So, what are they doing here in the first place?" I asked, not convinced. It would take a bigger piece of evidence to show why they're here, like if they know anything about Princess Kailaine or if they know anything about what Dark Matter's up to.
"We're here because of Kirby," Kailo answered. "Your wish, exactly."
"Me? A wish? What for exactly, because I don't remember a thing about a wish on this planet before-" My mind then slapped me upside the head, making me remember the time that I made a wish about… about what again?
"You wished for someone to watch over Princess Kailaine until you rescue her, and that's when we were summoned to do that for you, and apparently I was sent to go alone, but that's when she decided to come along with me, and no matter how much I said NO to her, she wouldn't budge. So, I ended up having to drag her for the ride with me," Kailo said, regretting all of what happened.
"Aw, that's so nice of you, brother!" Kazela said. "Hey, if you went to see that girl, then… have you seen my sister onboard with her, Kailo?"
"Sorry, we haven't seen her yet, but we will go back to check on the Princess again, so we'll find out for you, okay?"
Kazela seemed disappointed at first since she doesn't remember anything other than the fact that she has a sister, but it seems she doesn't remember what her name is or what she looks like, but found out that she's taken away along with Princess Kailaine maybe. What else is new?
"Oh, ok then. Thanks anyway," Kazela said, not before coming to a realization. "Wait a minute… if you are checking on this 'Princess of Crystal Star' then and sorry if I'm so late on this, why is she so important then?"
"Because she's in danger, a bigger danger meaning that if we don't rescue her in time, she'll become the galaxy's supernova doom and possibly the end," I summarized.
"But what does that have to do with the fact that there's more to than just capturing an innocent girl of 16 years of age? Does she possess more potential power inside her that makes those jerks want to kidnap her?" She questioned. "And why would they want to take me to where they're taking the princess if she's the only one they want? Am I important to them as well as she is? Are we related?"
"Are you going to stop asking questions?" Karly butted, annoyed. "All of your questions will be answered later. Can't it wait?"
"Alright, alright, Gangaru," She snorted. If Karly wasn't pissed off enough, it wasn't long before she was going for the kill and Merina had to hold her back. "But there's one more thing I wanna ask… what does Princess Kailaine look like? Plus, my name and hers sound so much alike, since you know, "Kailaine" and then there's my full name, "Kazelaine" as well too. Doesn't that sound weird to you all?"
Actually, that does sound weird to me. If the Princess' name is Kailaine, and the little girl's name is Kazelaine, the full name, could that mean something? While that was happening, Mackenzie shouted, "Hey guys, I think you should check this out- look!" She beckoned us all over to the living room where we first woke up and met.
The TV was on, broadcasting the news today. From first sight, there was the news people, you know, the ones who broadcast and gives you details on what's happening due to whatever is the big deal about. Normally, I really don't care much for the boring news since it's the same old thing every time you turn it on, but what the broadcast was about today made me more intrigued than ever before.
GALACTIC EYEWITNESS NEWS
"This is the Galactic Eyewitness News, reporting live from Planet Popstar, starring Anchor Waddle Dee and Anchor Waddle Doo."
"Thanks for the introduction, boy. We're here on the basis of the events that has taken place five days ago. I think we all know that Planet Popstar, or more specifically the Kingdom of Dreamland, received a visit from Princess Kailaine Cosmica Starlina of Crystal Star on Saturday at exactly 1.00 P.M. in the Gamble Galaxy Timezone. That day, remember that?"
"Yeah, we all couldn't wait for that day to come and it was finally happening, but sadly, it didn't last very long, for on that Sunday, that's when this royal homestay became a royal disaster/homestay gone wrong when the the next day, the entirety of all of Popstar's inhabitants suddenly woke up as humans! And if that wasn't bizarre enough, later that Sunday, Planet Popstar is once again assaulted by another invader, one we all know too well- Dark Matter, the emotionless entity of a being with the power to posses anyone it gets a hold of that somehow gained the ability to speak its mind for some reason and came back with an army after a couple years of its absence! But the worst part is that it becomes the plot of Super Mario all over again when they actually KIDNAPPED Princess Kailaine and took off into space, with our favorite, well, almost everyone's favorite Star Warrior, Kirby along with his sister Karly, King Dedede of Dreamland, the Masked Swordsman Meta Knightmare and the Prodigal Spear fighter Bandana Waddle Dee chasing them in an attempt to rescue the princess! Man, what is this, Super Mario?!"
"I know, right? Anyway, back on topic, this all took place five days beforehand and it's been almost a week since! Do I dare ask what happens next?"
"The sad thing though is that the Dark Matter Forces managed to overpower the warriors and struck them down to another planet just as they were so close to save her; from sources, it's been confirmed that they were shot down with Dark Poison, with recent study results confirming without a doubt that Dark Elementals can now inflict a dangerous kind of poison, one that can throw the victim into a deadly coma. After that, not anything nor anyone has heard from our beloved warriors for those five days again." As they were speaking, the great chase scene was filming and filling the whole screen of the flat-screen TV. How did they get that on camera anyway?
"Is that what happened to you, brother?" Kazela asked concerned. "You're not a human at all, you're a puffball? I thought you were human when I first heard about you. I… really didn't see a lot of photos about you that much. You were chasing after those same jerks that captured my sister at first contact, and they shot you down. More like you took them down with you."
I nodded. "Wait, what do you mean by that?"
"Look closer at that scene," Kazela pointed to the TV screen.
"However, luckily for us, Dark Matter may have committed the crime, but they didn't get away with it! It's like the old saying: "If I go down, you go down with me," am I right here? The satellites of the Cosmic Galaxy took a while to process due to the interference of Dark Matter, but the whole footage was compiled together just early today at what happened AFTER the Star Warriors were shot down! This compiled video is actually Dark Matter EXPLODING! And here comes the crazy part: it was because of a surprise attack from one of the Star Warriors at the last second! If you take a closer look at the scene of them being shot down to their seemingly yet convincingly demise, you'll see as they were falling to the planet confirmed to be Aura Star, it turns out Kirby tries to reach Kailaine but fails and falls near the planet's atmosphere, having a trick up his sleeve by shooting a Triple Blaster Bullet through the still-open portal without inhaling anything, and thus, the portal re-opens right in front of them, shot it right back at them in the eye, causing the second immediate explosion and making them crash and force land with a breakdown right into Deserlava Star, drawing the attention of the inhabitants nearby to witness the great crash somewhere in the giant Sandy Dunes, one of the largest areas in Deserlava Star."
"What?! KIRBY shot them down?! That I find hard to believe to believe; I'm not even sure if Kirby himself remembered doing that to them in space! And speaking of relation to that fact, we found out that Kirby and his friends survived the crash on Aura Star, and followed by that Kirby, by himself, ventured off into the Dark Forest in his condition and took on the minions of Dark Matter that were possessing aura Woods at that time! However, little did anyone knew at that time was that Dark Matter was responsible for the disappearances of many people during the crisis. Their assault provided the perfect cover to abduct victims, and after the Popstar assault ceased at the moment, it turns out someone in the Kingdom of Dreamland was abducted from Popstar at the same time Kailaine was, and nobody knew they went missing until that made publicly known by some of Dreamland's citizens, Tiff and Tuff Eburum, who were the only ones that noticed."
"Wait, someone else was abducted along with Kailaine?" I gasped. "How can that even be?"
"People were also abducted at Aura Star, but Kirby managed to put a stop to that. As the people returned safely to town, on another note, it turns out there was someone who was to be taken to the Princess' home planet, Crystal Star, and it was a young 10 year old girl who bears a striking resemblance to Princess Kailaine as well as Queen Starlia, don't you find that weird? And after the incident of Aura Star was resolved, the media there had a lot to ask about from our favorite warrior Kirby, but if you were watching the news yesterday or not, you'll notice from this clip that Kirby was with the same young girl from before, and let me tell you, that may have been the most awkward Kirby's ever been for the first time. Regarding the young girl, sources discovered a photo of this girl right here along with Kailaine together? By comparing them, something tells me there may be a link altogether, perhaps with this being linked to Crystal Chaos." The screen makes a split screen vision of the two photos of Kazela and Kaila side-by-side, making the resemblance even clearer.
Kazela was staring at the two pictures of Kaila and her, and by some coincidence, she faintly collapsed to her knees with her hands on her head, signaling pain.
"AHH!" She yelped. We went to her to see what's happening to her.
"Kazela, are you okay?!" I asked.
"Ngh… my head… it hurts…" Kazela moaned as we saw an off-wave of darkness boom for only a sec from her head. After that, she froze there for a while, then lowered her hands and shook it off.
"What… what happened to you, Kazela?" Karly asked.
"I… don't know. It's like a huge weight has been lifted from my head, well, one of them. But, it's from my memories, I think." That makes sense because Kazela DID lose her memories after all, and she must've recovered a little bit of her memory, probably about her family and sister.
"Do you remember anything?" Waddle Dee asked.
"I remember something about my sister… she looks just like the princess, but why? No… that's not-wait a minute! I remember now, not everything, but something. There's something about my sister that you guys should know about, so listen up closely." Kazela then said and smiled with gladness.
"What are you happy about?" Karly asked, confused.
"There's no need to rescue my sister, and do you know why?" She vaguely spoke. "You have her smell on you, and you are saving the same person. But do you know why I am saying this?"
"Why's that, Kazela? What's the plot twist?"
"Because my sister IS Princess Kailaine, brother," She replied and smiled.
"Oh, that makes sense," We all at first replied. It took us a couple of moments to even process those words until it struck the brain. "Hey, wait a minute-!"
"WHAT?! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" We yelled in unison.
"I am serious. It's no wonder why I look like Kailaine so much; she's my sister, and I remember a little bit of who I am," Kazela answered.
Suddenly, my whole world just shattered before me. I couldn't bear what she had just said. Also, I think you know what that's going to mean for us, if you know what she means. If Princess Kaila is Kazela's older sister and Kaila's a Princess, do you know what that makes Kazela what she is meant to be? If you've figured it out, then you're right.
"If your sister is the Princess of Crystal Star, then that means you are…" The trio of girls spitted.
"Yes, I am Princess Kazelaine Cosmica Starlina, the sister and Princess of Crystal Star," She smiled.
"WHAT?!"
"NANI?!" Dedede screamed.
"Ok, we never saw that one coming at all," Bandana Dee gasped.
"So, you didn't remember who you really are until you saw the image of you and Kaila?" I asked. "I think that's good!"
Everyone was giving me stares, cold stares. "Stop giving me those cold stares already! What I mean is, if we can help Kazela regain her memories, maybe she'll remember how she lost them in the first place and probably get the answers to all her questions and ours. Maybe, deep inside her memories, she might have the answer to what Dark Matter is really up to, the answer that only she witnessed," I explained. "What if something or someone was responsible for her memory loss? Whatever it is, maybe our priority should be discovering the reasons behind this all!"
"I see," Emerald said while everyone turned to her. "Kirby's point is that we should not only try to find the other spirits, but that we should try to trigger her memories to see what she remembers. If we can trigger all of her memories, she can remember what happened to her and if she knows what Dark Matter is truly up to, get it now?"
"Oh, I totally get it! Thanks for the tip, Emerald," Galeroy said.
"Wow, Kirby. I'd never thought of it that way," Karly said.
"Um, guys? Take a look at this," Mackenzie asked again. We look over at the TV, showing a scene from the planet star Deserlava.
"We are here live at Deserlava Star, the flaming hot jungle planet, where we received intel that the Dark Matter Force are heading to Crater Base, where the demon dragon loch ness monster resides. Also, the nearby town we're at is currently being attacked by mysterious individuals that are rumored to be in league with the Dark Matter Forces; it's has not been confirmed yet, but they're causing havoc for all the inhabitants there and now here's to hoping that the Star Warriors are around to stop them! Wherever you are, you better get here quick!"
That was all the reporter said before those same people jumped her and destroyed the camera and one of them said to the fourth wall, "Hey, you ain't no piñata!" Then that person smashed the camera, breaking our 4th wall, ending the scene.
"Well, that was unaccounted and uncalled for," Mackenzie sweatdropped. "Now they've gone and broke our fourth wall while attacking the town at Deserlava Star."
"You're right! We've gotta get there and maybe we can beat them and reach Dark Matter before they leave!" Karly joined in.
"So, you guys better hurry to Deserlava Star quick, because I just got a call from my friend, Emily, and she explains about the attack and that they really need some backup, so I told her that you guys are coming in about a few minutes, so…" Merina brought up. "Gotta run, guys!"
"Alright, let's hurry everyone!" I instructed. "Kailo, Kirie. You head on back to Kaila and keep an eye on her for us, ok?"
"Ok, Kirby. We'll be back after a while or how long you want us there," Kirie said.
"Stay with her until the going gets too tough for you two, alright?" I pointed. "You can tell us more we you've returned. Try not to get noticed, ok?"
"Alright, Kirby. See ya!" They said as they did the peace sign together with their white ball hands while disappearing in a binding flashing light that quickly.
"Hey, guys," Galeroy said, "If you need us, you know where to find us, alright?" They both turned into a ball of green radiating light emitting as they entered inside my body through my stomach area, making me feel nauseous. Everyone was giving me cold stares.
"What? Didn't I tell you yesterday?" I answered. "I told you, they are staying inside my body for the whole trip because my stomach is a freaking universe of space!" Still got cold stares. "Ugh, never mind. We're wasting time, move it people, MOVE IT! We'll take the Warpstar to reach Deserlava Star, simple as that."
9:00 A.M.
Everyone ran to gather their stuff except for Kazela, but she seemed fine with it. After a few minutes, everyone has their gear, money (stars), weapons, and etc. I had a one-strap bag on my back with me. We head towards outside, and the Warpstar was back to normal, becoming the regular size to take off into space. As the others were boarding the Warpstar, Merina and the others came over to me. I turned over to them as they approached me.
"Hey, um, I'd like to say, thanks for taking care of us when we crashed here. Sorry if that was too much trouble for you-"
"Kirby, there's no need for that. It was a surprise at first, but we went through that hospitality and it was an enjoyable experience. You're welcome by the way." Maddie gratefully spoke.
"We're glad that you've helped this planet more than ever and done everyone a huge favor by saving all of the missing people, including our parents. Thank you, Kirby," Mackenzie smiled.
"Well, this might be goodbye, I guess," Merina said, "But we'll see each other again, right?"
"Of course. We're now friends, aren't we?" I replied. "We'll see each other again soon, but after that is taken care of first."
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Mackenzie shouted. She dug into her pocket and gave me a trinket star, 5 of them actually. "Here, this might be useful to you on your adventure."
You got a Trinket Star Object x5? Now added in your inventory!
"What's this?" I asked.
"No time to explain. You'll see what it does in time," Mackenzie vaguely answered.
"KIRBY!" Karly shouted. "We've gotta go now! Hurry up!"
"I'm coming, sis!" I shouted, then turned to the girls.
"I gotta run, guys!" I said in a haste. "Don't worry, we'll see each other soon, alright?"
"Well, goodbye Kirby," Merina smiled, holding back tears. She gave me a hug, not before planting a kiss on my cheek. Maddie and Mackenzie did the same as well. I blushed greener now and smiled with confidence.
"Take care, alright?" Merina smiled. I nodded as I ran to the Warpstar and jumped on it. The Warpstar started rumbling and moving about, then floated for a few seconds, giving us a chance to wave goodbye to them and everyone at the town. Cheers roared as we ascended into the air on the Warpstar that flew in circles and shot us right into the air and into the depths of space. We soared into space as we head to our next destination: Deserlava Star...
"Merina, do you think that Kazela will regain her lost memories?" Maddie asked.
"She will, Maddie. Kirby and the others will help her," Merina replied. "By the way, Mackenzie, what is it that you gave Kirby?"
"Don't worry about that. They'll figure out soon enough, along with the note along with them. Let's just say that if you were paying attention to what I said to Kirby yesterday, you'll understand; you'll see."
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Karly, Dedede, Meta-Knight and Bandana Waddle Dee joined your party! Kazela is traveling with your party! Check your battle formation and bring your members up to date!
End of World One! Save your progress? Yes.
Now Saving… Save Complete!
After trekking through the areas, battled with the monsters and encountered the missing people, Kirby and friends, along with their new companion, Kazela, soar off into space to head into Deserlava Star to find the next spirits and hopefully catch up to Dark Matter. As for Princess Kaila, of course, her tale will be seen for the next time we meet again. What will happen next?
To be continued for World 2: Deserlava Star…
World 1: Aura Star Complete! End of Chapter 1 Act 4!
Author's Note Summary:
Finally, after all of this time, Chapter 7 is complete! I'm so sorry on the 2-3 week delay, I had lots of things going on, but mostly, I was doing more edits and more info. I really put my effort into this, and as a result, I got 55 pages written, the longest I've done so far. I really don't want to explain everything right now, since I wanna post this chapter ASAP, so I'll hold off that for now. The only thing I will say is that next time, Chapter 8 will become Kaila's POV, a filler chapter and chapter 9 will start Deserlava Star adventures. Let me know what you think about this in your reviews, and I apologize for the delay and for whatever's bothering you with this chapter. That's all and peace out! Byyyeee!
P.S. Also, I won't be able to post the next chapter right away, though. I have a lot to catch up on schoolwork, with a lot of homework and projects and many more. So don't expect the next chapter to be there right away or maybe the next one. Sorry, but I guess you'll have to wait for a while, but I'll try to post at least a few more before I stop. That's all I have to say for now and thank you for your time.
I want to die after writing that Grandpa Dedede part. What was my 14 year old self thinking that time? I'll have to figure out something to, you know, replace that.