Chapter/Tale 2: Bomberman Bros: Act 3
Author's Note:
Hiiii! I hope you had a good summer, cuz so did I. I'm back from my vacation and over the time, I've played some games and watched lots and lots of anime like Tokyo Mew Mew, Zatch Bell, Slayers, Inuyasha, Disgaea, Magical Cat-girl, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, My Bride's a Mermaid, The Original Dragon Ball, Bomberman Jetterz, & re-watched Kirby: Right Back At Ya! So anyway, this story was on hiatus for the summer and by watching these animes and playing games such as Bomberman Hero, The Second Attack, Tournament, Golden Sun, Tales of Phantasia, Mystic Ninja Starring Goemon, Mario and Luigi, and etc., I've come up with more ideas and some of the dialogue or the scenes will be based off any of the animes or games you see here. I'd love to tell you all about my summer, but that's not what Fanfiction is here for. I'm here to give you all a good story, or in this case continuing the story. Anyway, the more I talk the more I waste your time. I do not own Kirby or any of the references stated here-disclaimer. Let me know on what I have to improve on, like if I made a mistake or 2 in new chapters and in the old ones, kindly point it out for me, will you? That's all and enjoy Chapter 11!
Note: I will add Kazela's POV and at the end Merina's POV since these two's point of view are related to each other. Also, I like to play video game music while reading, so if anyone has some good music that fits this these chapter themes, let me know. (I do not own Bomberman or Yugioh references-disclaimer. You'll see why.) Plus, not all the boss fights will be a No Damage scenario. It can't always be that way, you know. Last thing, for the Jewel Chamber, I will only write one trial for only one person since they split up. So that part I'm going to summarize in a nutshell, basically. Damn, I forgot. Have you ever wondered why Merina was part of the girl gang mentioned in earlier chapters, what she really is? The truth will be revealed in this chapter! Now you go on with reading. You deserve it.
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Chapter 10 recap…
Last time, Kirby and the gang had to run through two areas and with the encounter of Molotov and Auralia, it made their jobs a major pain in the bum. Apparently at one point, they were chased by FRED all the way to the start of Star Pyramid and was defeated luckily. So, picking off from where we left off, Kirby and the gang heads straight to Star Pyramid as their next location….
Kirby's POV
Level Three: Star Pyramid (Pandora's Palace- Rabi Ribi)
After the second attack made by Auralia, we head for the next area: Star Pyramid. It was a pyramid with a radiant, glowing star shining on top. And... that's pretty much all there is to it.
"Well," Dylan huffed, "Here we are, Star Pyramid." Dylan wiped the sweat off his forehead after saying so. "This place is the breeding ground for red crystals, and I'm pretty sure you've encountered an area like this before, plus these types of crystals are perfect as core parts for elemental crafting, so that's why we come here often."
"Ah, I see," I reply.
Now that he mentioned it, there was a place like that on Aura Star, Gale Peaks. I remember when I entered a cave, there was lots of green crystals lying around, impaled to the ground like meteors. Earlier, Marco did say something about how he needs crystals to make new types of weapons or to upgrade them with stronger stats, so he asked me to give him any crystals I can find so he can upgrade any weapons I have or make some new types.
Upgrading Weapons With Elemental Crystals
In order to buy and upgrade your current weapons or get any new ones in stock, Marco need "Elemental Crystals" in order for him to do so. Crystals can be rarely found outside, but it is known that crystals are most likely to be found in cave areas or other cave-like places like pyramids, for example. He'll make weapons, but the elemental weapons are the rarest on sale, and there's elemental weapons based off the original, so be sure to find any crystal you encounter. Also, they sell for a crazy price if you find yourself short on cash.
Lilith cooed while Dash petted her.
"Lilo," she squeaked.
Dash added, "Yeah, these types of crystals have some sort of power flowing within them. I knew this one guy whose hobby was collecting crystals. When the Zero Seven Force attacked, he was robbed of only the crystals, not anything else they cared about either. The one thing he had left was the Daemon Crystal. Don't know how or why he has it," Dash shrugged. "But before we left, he asked me to check out Star Pyramid, since it was one of the breeding grounds for growing and harvesting crystals as if it were some kind of crop. He also said that the Daemon Crystal reacts strongly in breeding crystal grounds."
"Oh, ok," I replied. "That's purr-fect-" I slapped my hand over my mouth in shock. Everyone looks at me with faces that were confused.
"Kirby, are you ok?" Meta Knight asked.
Putting my hand down, I said, "… Yeah, I am "feline" good." Covered my mouth again. Everyone else just shrugs and goes ahead to the pyramid. I stagger behind after that, feline weird. Aw, come on!
When we approached the pyramid, the Jewel Chamber was nearby, floating as it was last time on Aura Star. Galeroy popped out and said, "The Fire Chamber is just above us. Blaze must be waiting for us. We can't waste anymore time."
Dylan pocketed out some kind of jewel that fits into the socket hole on the door, and the door thus opened on command to the jewel.
"Alright, the door's open nyow-" I covered my mouth again, saying a lot of cat puns that flows in my vocabulary. Again, everyone shot me cold stares that really shook my spine.
"What?" I replied sternly. "Ain't nobody got time for that! Move it, losers! Move it!" I shouted while urging and forcing them inside.
The door shuts itself after that. I felt some kind of glow on my cheek and now I feel… un-cat-fur-a-bell. Oh, there I go again! Since cat puns are taking over my vocabulary, this reminds me of Callie, y'know, cuz she's a cat-girl and everything. I wonder how she's holding up, with Kazela again…
Kazela's POV
Karly went out with Darek and Dream to fight off the bandits, onii-chan is busy with the volcano monster, while I'm sitting at the nice girl's house, petting Kari. I feel… so bored. I'm just walking around the place and tried to entertain myself with the arcade downstairs, but I've never played arcade games before. I hear Kirby's a pro at these kinds of games, games that you'd find in theaters or anywhere that has those. They didn't help.
I noticed a console lying around, cooped on the TV on front and I noticed a controller. I've never played console games before, so I picked up the controller out of curiosity. The controller seemed different somehow. I've never seen a controller that was red and blue on both face sides. It had the shape of a square, kind of. It had two sets of buttons on each side as well as four shoulder triggers. There were two analog sticks and two sets of four buttons. There was one type of button on the bottom of the left side of the controller and a Home button on the other, also with a minus button and a plus button on both side.
I was confused at first on what the heck this thing is supposed to be, since I don't have gaming experience at all. Well, it looked like someone was still playing this game where you shoot colored ink at each other or something, so trying it out, I started playing for a while. Somehow, I won at least 3 games at that time, considering it was my first time playing. I mean, I know I'm a princess and everything, but it really feels good to pretend not to be for once until this whole situation blows over.
Despite all that, Emily had some business to take care of, and she said to me that she'd be back, but it's been 2 hours already and counting. And Karly, she was a being a jerk after I asked her if I can come with them. She yelled no, while blushing like she's drunk or something. Karly was cherry red all over when she saw Darek, so I came to the only conclusion that she's in love with Darek. You may never know.
But, the truth is, I'm really worried about Merina and Callie. Callie is pretty much understandable, but why Merina? You see, she was part of my memories before I lost them. When you read about her, you may only think of her as an ordinary modern-style country girl who's a great big sister and held on without her parents. (At least that's the case until Kirby rescued them and me). But she's more than what you think she is, and that's what I'm worried about. I just have this… gut feeling, that feeling. Remember when my big sister was kidnapped by Dark Matter?
All we know is that she's being taken to our home planet, which is now overrun by Zero, the leader of this dark force, to be their supply of unlimited dark energy, and with that kind of power, Kirby may not stand a chance against him. However, Dark Matter's powers are becoming very unstable and low, I can sense that. But I heard that they kidnapped another person onboard along with Kaila as well without anyone noticing but Kirby's two friends. With that stunt pulled off, something tells me there's more to Kaila's kidnap than we thought there was, and that's what I'm truly worried about. Someone's going to be abducted sooner or later, and I'm afraid to find out who.
I didn't know what to do. Merina's a really nice girl and all, but I think what Callie said about her might've been true though. She showed no sign of remembering Kaila or any of the other girls but that strange feeling of deja vu. When we were with her, I could feel some sort of strange crystal power of gale emitting inside her. Callie had that same feeling, with the crystal power of fire. I decided to ask Callie about this, maybe she knows what's going on. I jump off the couch and beckoned Kari to come to me. She leaped on my shoulder in reply.
I head downstairs and straight out the door before closing it. I dashed through the town, jumping and ducking and juking obstacles. Finally, I approach the palace once again, and this time for a good reason. There weren't any guards around so it made my load much easier. When I step foot inside, however, there seems to be a commotion. I spot medics around and all that drama. I noticed a maid nearby and approached her. She put on a look that showed distress and worry.
"Excuse me, miss," I asked. "What's going on here? Did something happen?" She let out a sigh of sadness. "If it's a bad time, then-"
"It's okay," She insisted. "It's our master, Mayor Jonathan. He's come down with some kind of sickness, a sickness that a doctor can't cure. Whatever it was, it produced strange side effects, like the most frequent one is that he's running around like he's possessed. Ever since then, Callie had to take over for him, and he's been sick for a few months already. If you wanna see Callie, she's upstairs in her room, not in the room you've met her at first. It's on the second floor."
Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel sad for the poor guy. However, running around like he's possessed is what really got me curious and suspicious, that's what I couldn't help but be at this point.
"Ok, thanks," I reply.
I went around the crowd of maids and went straight to the stairs and entered the elevator for the second floor. When it ceased, the doors slid open and I noticed a room with open doors. I peered to the side only to see Callie on the floor!
I ran over to her, trying to nudge her awake. "Callie!" I yell. "Callie! Open your eyes! Are you ok?!"
I repeated saying this until I heard a small moan come out of her. Her eyes flutter open and she looks straight into my red eyes. Kari was licking her cheek too. She moans out my name.
"K… Kazela? Oh, it's you." I helped her up off the ground.
"Callie? What happened to you?" I immediately asked. She stares at me with a cold, annoyed look on her face.
"Geez, I was only taking a nap, Kazela!" She huffed in annoyance.
"On the floor?"
"It's one of my cat habits, since they like to sleep whenever. I'm a cat-girl, so… anyway, why are you here again?"
"…"
"…"
"… Actually, I came to ask you something," I replied, hesitant to say.
"What is it?"
"It's… about… Merina," I finally answer.
Callie seemed surprised at first. She chuckled and said, "I'd thought you'd never ask."
For some reason, I wonder how Kirby's holding up at this point. Maybe he can understand the situation when he comes back…
Kirby's POV: Playing Super Bomberman
I got a new ability on the way. I had a pink bomb bat, a pink scarf tied around my neck, two gold bracelets on my wrists, a pink body suit with a gold star belt, and the sleeves and legs are all white, plus my hands are red orbs and my feet are red. Probably, I think you can guess what this ability was.
You gained a new ability, Pink Bomber! This is the enhanced version of the Bomb ability. You can now harbor elemental bombs! Now accessible and is added to the slot! 8/12 abilities collected!
We encountered more wild boars, mumbies, and some new ones such as this one call Clay-coffins, which really gives me the willies just looking at them. They spawn clay soldiers out of their coffins, but the coffins is what gives me the willies. It had some kind of line and squiggly pattern on it that really makes me itch like I had trypophobia. There are also Sand-nappers, hands made of sand. There are actually mummies, though.
Anyway, Dylan was going on about what the pyramid was about, while Dash was collecting red crystals along the way. The rest of us just strutted behind for the ride. Now then, Dylan was blabbing all about this and that, something so boring that I wouldn't even tell you guys because you would be interested in it. I then noticed that we've come across like some kind of arena that was below. A square arena with Hieroglyphic blocks that were aligned in a 5x6 pattern. There seems no escape or anything. The layout reminds me of a certain game that had this kind of arena.
"Hey, what' that down there?" Bandana Dee pointed. Then, his eyes caught onto something more attractive. "And who's that on the other side-"
KABOOM!
Without any trace of warning, the floor crumbled before me only, and I found myself falling straight into the arena. I landed face first.
"Oof! My god, what the heck was that?! Guys?!" I darted my eyes around the room. The blocks in my way are a lot bigger than I'd imagined it would be. Besides the 5x6 blocks, there were soft block that can be blown up. Trying to figure out what the heck was going on, there was a burning red guy which I recognized.
"Hah! You got bombed, son!" He laughed as if he was laughing to himself.
Sweatdropping with anger, I asked, "Ok, what are you up to, Molotov?"
"Nothing much, really," He replied, "Only to hear how much whooping's you gave Auralia that time, I decided to have a little fun with you. And now that you're here, let's play, puffball."
"Play?" I shot back. "And why does the arena look like a Bomberman arena?" I think I should've known the answer to that.
"Because the game we're playing IS a Bomberman game, noob," He replied. "I'll be your opponent, of course."
"Bomberman?" Bandana Dee shouted. "Oh, that game. The only one Kirby sucks at."
"I CAN HEAR YOU!" I yelled at them. "AND I DON'T SUCK AT IT!"
"WE KNOW!" They shot back.
Damn. Did they really have to say that out loud? I can remember the day we played Super Bomberman R on the Nintendo Switch. Back then, I failed at every Bomberman game there was, but I thought this game would turn this around for me. When we start World 1: Planet Technopolis, it started off easy but got harder as we advance, and I keep getting blown to smithereens every time. It took a while to take down Magnet Bomber, and not even 5 seconds passed before I got pwned. I don't know why, but I keep getting blown up every time. We finally defeated him, but that was a warm-up. The real boss fight starts when he summons his robot, Iron Gauss. Yeah, I think you know how it ended.
Molotov chuckles. "So, you're a noob at Bomberman, I see. This will be interesting. Of course, if I win, I suggest you hand over your Soul Jewel along with the spirit of wind. And if you win, which you will not, you can have the prize I've got for you, and I'll let you go for now. Oh yeah, also, your friends will get a front row seat of this one."
"Damn, this is not good. I suck at Bomberman games, and now this?" I thought in my head. "To lose the match is to give up Galeroy, and I can't afford to lose, plus I'll be humiliated. I can't lose here! I've gotta win this!"
"Alright," I declared, standing up. "Let's play, pal." Molotov shot me a smirking grin.
"Glad to hear it, loser. Anyway, I'm pretty sure you know the rules here, and if not, allow me to explain:
Rules of Bomberman:
The goal of Bomberman is to blow stuff up and bomb blocks and obstacles in your way. There are lots of rounds, but the person who is the last man standing wins the round. Whoever gets 3 wins is the champion and the winner. When we start, you have to bomb the soft blocks in front of you to advance forward. Along the way you'll receive power-ups for your current stats that'll make you stronger or weaker. With these you may possibly have an advantage, but use them wisely, because there's two certain power-ups that may hurt in any way. We are timed on this and once one minute has come, these hard blocks will start falling from the sky and cover the arena until it crushes someone. After the player get 3 wins, they'll face a bonus round. Can't say, but it's a secret. Understand, noob?"
(Note: You can only use the Bomb Ability in this fight only.)
"Yeah… I do," I reply. "Let's get it over already, ok?"
Molotov smirks and pulls out a bomb and tosses it in the air. He then jumped down into the arena. The match was about to start. I just hope I don't fail. Luckily, I have the Pink Bomber ability, so I pulled out a bomb and got ready to spar.
Round 1! Ready… Go! (Simplified 1-3)
And we're off! Since I was in the bottom middle while he was on the top middle, I ran to the soft block ahead of me a placed a bomb there. The bomb exploded in 3 seconds, revealing a Bomb-up. I grabbed the power-up, enabling me to drop two bombs now. I placed another bomb in the place I blew the first block, so pretty much the whole match was us trying to blow each other up. Finally, I managed to get 2 wins for once and Molotov two wins. It became a tie. After that, it all came down to this round, and since he was the host, I have to face him as part of the boss.
"It all comes down this this round, boy," He stated. "Come out and play with fire! But beware or you'll get burned. Literally." He taunted me with his finger.
"Alright, then. Let's do this." I growled.
This round, there were no blocks around or so, just an arena. Suddenly, I heard a voice, a voice so distant, but turns out it was HER again. Auralia. For some reason, I dropped the Bomb ability and reverted back to my original, human form. Meow I'm feeling so much like a cat right now.
"Hey, brother," She said, appearing in a cyclone of winds. "Mind if I join the fun?" Molotov smirked. "I don't mind, it was about to be bland with just me sparring with cat-boy there."
Great. Just what I needed. A jerk joins forces with the jerk I'm fighting with, plus the two a-holes teaming up equals the possibility of losing to these a-holes because they are a bunch of effing a-holes. It's as simple as that.
That's when I heard Bandana Dee shout, "Hey, Kirby. Nice cat ears and tail you have there! Hah!" Wondering what the heck he's talking about, I scratched my head, finding two soft bumps on my head as if they were cat ears-wait a minute. I felt the two soft bumps on my head again, then reached for my butt, and it was only because I had to see if I felt something on my butt or something. Sure enough, it was a tail! What they were saying was true. Somehow, I became a cat-boy!
I shouted, "NOOOO WAAAAAAAYYYY! How? B-b-but I-I don't even-!" I stuttered a lot on this. Molotov interrupted me.
"Enough talk," Molotov declared. "It's time to D-D-D-D-DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD-" He has stopped working because he was somehow glitching when he said that.
Auralia sweatdropped. "Shut your butt up, Molotov. This is not Yugioh."
"Heh-heh. Force of habit," He chuckled. We all sweatdropped. "Anyway, time to die, pinky!" He summoned a bomb and jumped onto the arena as well as Auralia. Two-on-one is not fair, especially in a Bomberman mini-game boss fight. I was going to pull out a gun on them, but breaking any of the rules will invalidate me on the spot there. You can't use any weapon other than bombs, so that means I have to stick to Pink Bomber for now.
Final Round- Go! (Astral Knight Battle- Bomberman 64: The Second Attack)
Oh, the final round has already started! Alright, then. This round is an all-out bomber brawl, so we can go all out. He then charged at me and performed some kind of burning kick. I side-stepped out of the way and his attack hit nothing but the bomb I threw in his face. I got the Bomb-Throw ability, so I can throw bombs at will. Auralia use a strong wind attack to knock me off the ground, and just as I was about to land on the hard floor, I miraculously somehow did a somersault and landed on my own two feet at the last second. I set a bomb down, then kicked it hard over to Auralia like a soccer ball. The impact made it explode on contact, performing a large plus shaped sign.
Molotov then summoned a bomb and threw it at me. I countered with an Ice bomb and shot it at the fire bomb. The explosions collided with each other on impact. So then I hear Bandana Dee's voice from the crowd which I didn't mention earlier.
He yelled, "Pink Bomber! Pull out a bomb!"
Pulling out a bomb, I say, "Um, okay? Now what?"
"Shake it violently to have it get BIGGER!" He yelled and gestured; I hope that didn't give people a wrong idea. Following his direction, I looked away and shook it like crazy. Suddenly, the bomb literally became bigger!
"Wow! What do you know? It actually worked!" I said in surprise.
"Kirby! Throw the bomb or it'll explode on you! That's why you suck at Bomberman games!"
"WHAT?! OH SHOOT! OH SHOOT! OH SHOOT! OH SHOOT! OH SHOOT!" I yelled in a massive panic while running around with the big bouncy bomb.
"JUST THROW IT!" He yelled. Without thinking, I ended up throwing surprisingly at my opponents who got stunned by it. And for the moment of truth, it resulted in a fiery explosion that surrounded them and ended with a KABOOM! Somehow, the explosion managed to throw them both out of the arena, leaving me the last one standing. I was panting, used up all my energy into that battle, but it was all worth it.
"I… I won. I ACTUALLY WON BOMBERMAN AND LIVED IT! YEAH!" I cheered. Bandana Dee jumped from the stadium to congratulate me.
"You actually won, Kirby. Nice job!" He cheered. "The only reason why you suck is because you can get blown up by your own bombs. You have to stay out of the blast radius once you set them down, okay? That's why you lose every time, because you thought you were invincible to your own bombs."
I sweatdropped. "Oh, no wonder I suck. Well, I'm glad that's over." I let out a sigh of relief, and I felt shaky and numb too. The last thing I needed was a another fight-
"Don't think this is over yet, Kirby," Molotov gasped. We turned around to see both Auralia and Molotov still standing. They looked like they were on the edge of collapsing. "I thought this noob was easy to deal with, but it looks like he's impossible to defeat!"
"Now do you see why all those other villains had a hard time, Molotov?" Auralia coughed. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but he's unpredictable! We should retreat-"
Molotov gestured his hand, saying, "No, Auralia. I still don't believe it. This kid may be pink and cute on the outside, but on the inside, he's a beast. I won't believe he's unpredictable unless we prove that here and now with my new pet! Time to die, Star Warrior!" He then whistled with his hand, as if on cue he's trying to summon something more sinister.
"What's he up to this time?" Dash yelled.
"I sense… something approaching nearby!" Meta Knight confirmed. "It's invisible, and it's among us- gah!" Meta Knight, along with everyone else were suddenly knocked out by some kind of creature. It faintly appears to be rolling around the arena, and then lands on it sooner. Turns out to be familiar to me somehow.
"Let's see what it can do with this!" Molotov said. He pulled out a Red Crystal out of nowhere, and raised it in front of the camouflaged monster. Suddenly, a big mouth opened way and it took the crystal and ate it with its tongue! Swallowing the crystal in one gulp, a bright light enveloped it, showing off a possessive, flaming aurora, revealing its true form. It had two hind hook-like legs like a fishing hook. It has horn-like protrusions on the back of its head. Following his spine, it has lots of rounded scales and stripe markings. It had also sparkling blue eyes that takes up most of its ugly face. And now its horn protrusions are now made of fire and its eyes are crimson red. The hook claws are radiating with burning aura and its body are now red. It spoke to me, somehow.
"Remember me, punk?" It snarled. I had a hard time remembering what it really was- I think I've met it before. I just stared at him with a blank troll face. "Not going to speak, huh? Well, I think I'll have a star warrior and his "why does no one pay attention to me" friend to go!"
"OMG!" I gasped. "You're- you're that cannibal chameleon from that Great Cave Offensive! You were in that old tower!" I think I made him mad though.
"Enough! Time for you pathetic wimps to feel the burn. Literally!"
"Oh, please!" I insulted. "What did I ever do to you?"
"Not only you beat my butt, but you took off with my treasure, thief!" He yelled. "All of it! What did you do to my treasure, bub?! How else am I supposed to pay my taxes?"
"Oh, that stuff?" I recalled. I remember what happened with all the treasure I found, not stole. I didn't even know it was his, anyway. I managed to haul all of the treasure I found back to the entrance of where I came from. Do you know how much each treasure I found was worth? Most of it were worth a million, no, a billion! I literally became richer than Wario, because unlike him he always has his treasure stolen every time. No BS there.
"About that…" I slowly answered. "I still have it. I haven't decided what to do with that secret stash anyway, so I hid it somewhere so good, I totally… forgot where I hid it. But now I've decided, how much I could spend, if it were to get me free access for all the food in the world-"
"KIRBY, WHAT THE CARP?!" Bandana Dee yelled. "YOU WERE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON THAT?!"
"That's it! Time to get in my belly!" He yelled. And then he charged at us. I guess it's just me and Bandana Dee this round.
"Bandana Dee! He's coming at us! Get ready!" I warned. Bandana Dee pulled out his spear in response. I summoned a bomb and together we both charged at him.
Chameleo Champion- 6th Boss Battle (Boss Battle- Kirby Super Star)
Kirby and Bandana Dee VS Burning Chameleo Arm, the Chameleon from Super Star's Great Cave Offensive
Boss Description: This chameleon was an old boss from one of the games, The Great Cave Offensive. He lives in the Old Tower, which was optional for people. Somehow, he ended up here and now he's angry at Kirby for stealing his treasure. Well, ever heard of finders keepers, losers weepers? That's the rule. Now Molotov gave him a red crystal and now all his attacks are now burning with fire. He's tougher than ever, so watch out!
Burning Chameleo Arm is now pissed off!
Inhaling his breath, he exhaled a blast of scorching fire at us, but we nimbly dodged the attack. Curling up into a ball, he was rolling at us at full speed, leaving a trail of fire behind that produced firewalls at the end. With this chance, we both attacked from behind. I tossed multiple bombs at it while Bandana Dee perform his helicopter spin to parry the tongue attacks.
I rushed forward to bowl the bomb forward like I was bowling, and Chameleo Arm curled into his defense form, tanking the hit. Bandana Dee hurled multiple spears at the chameleon, who tanked two spears, but the last one penetrated his defense, leaving him open to attack and giving me the chance to bowl another bomb, and sure enough, the bomb landed the strike.
Chameleon Arm extended his hind hook legs rapidly at us without warning, making us tank the first hit but evaded the second afterwards. I planted a bomb into one of the hooks and let it retract to the owner right then and there. When he saw the bomb, the first instinct was to dispose of it immediately, but Bandana Dee hurled another spear straight not at Chameleo Arm, but the bomb instead, and it exploded before he could even react.
With a glint, he stuck out his hot sauce tongue at us, and he aimed for me, but what he swallowed what the bomb I had, and ice bomb. It exploded with a chill, almost putting away the flames. He jumped and was enraged now. He extended his hook legs and swung them heavily and crazily.
Phase Two Activate!
"Let's see how you deal with this!" He gathered all fire around him, and it swirled around, enveloping him in searing flames. The flames latched onto his body, materializing flaming armor. He was completely covered in red, metal armor!
"Kirby, he's got some kind of body armor," Bandana Dee pointed out.
"Eh, an ice bomb will take care of this." The bomber belt glowed and was shining radiantly.
"Freezing Ice Bomb!" I yelled. The bomb I was holding was covered and burst into blizzard ice. I arch my angle throwing and yelled, "BOMBER SHOOT!" I threw the bomb and watched it go, while flowing with ice. The bomb touched the armor and cause an ice pillar explosion that enveloped Chameleo Arm.
"See? No problem," I smirked.
"Worthless!" He announced.
"What?!" I was shocked that his fire armor was still intact. Not even a single scratch could dent the armor.
"You done?" He said. He made a giant smirk. "Good. My turn." With one smack, he tossed us across the arena and against the wall. I rebound from that attack and tried to punch it. But attacking it was useless, I'm afraid. Suddenly, he grabbed me by the leg and spun me around, then threw me again with one gigantic punch. I feel the punch impact into my stomach as I felt my back impact into the wall.
Kirby and Bandana Dee took mortal damage of 100! Kirby and Bandana Dee are in critical danger!
I lumped on the ground and ended up losing the Pink Bomber ability and the star for it shattered. I reverted back to my original form. With cat ears.
"Man, I knew somehow it had a downside," I coughed.
Losing Abilities/Breaking Point
Like traditional Kirby games, abilities are, unfortunately, not permanent. Take too much damage or one good hit and a few more and you lose the ability and revert back to your base form. In this case, once you lose the ability, it shatters immediately with no chance of ever getting it back! So now you have to wait for the trophy to recharge for some time. You cannot use the ability again until it recharges for the allotted time it can. There's a bar near your character status menu in battle called the Breaking Point that shows how much an ability can take; keep an eye on that. Of course, as the story progresses, the Breaking Point will get stronger and can tolerate more damage than before, with the recharge time quickly escalating as well. Unfortunately for now, that won't be happening. Be careful!
I can feel my cat ears twitching in pain. I felt weak, unable to stand on my own two feet. I ended up meowing in pain. Damn it, I can't believe I was almost beaten.
"And you say he's unpredictable, Auralia," Molotov appeared with Auralia. "I mean, look at him. He's been beaten by a Chameleon, and he's now a cat because of that girl earlier. He's unable to stand on his own two feet! You call THAT unpredictable? And look at his poor friend. He's a nobody that hardly anyone pays attention to, just like Luigi. Why does he waste his time with a loser like him? How pathetic."
"But-! He..." Auralia stuttered. "Oh, screw it. You're right." She looked defeated in that argument.
"No matter, though," He chuckled. "We'll get what we're here for right after we crush those bastards! Chameleo Arm! END IT! END IT NOW!" Molotov roared. Chameleo Arm inhaled lots of air for this death attack.
"Damn it, at this rate, it won't be long before he crushes us to the ground. I can't even move at all. What do I do?!" I thought.
Suddenly, Bandana Dee, where his crater was formed, suddenly started glowing. He stood up, despite being beaten and covered in scars. His spear, started glowing with positive energy. He leaped into the air in one second without hesitating.
"What?! That guy's still able to move?!" Molotov exclaimed. He watched as Bandana Dee unleashed his first Mystic Star Arte at Chameleo Arm.
"NOW I'LL SHOW YOU THAT I'M NOT A NOBODY!" He yelled in determination. "DAEMON ARTE : SPEAR STORMBREAKER!"
At once, a galactic star portal appeared, barfing a hailstorm of spears that rained on the three troublemakers. It was a hailstorm of spears that came from the heavens to giga drill break right into these suckers. Each spear at least sniped through each and every one of them and he uses his own spear, igniting with amazing power and hurled it straight at them. I was shocked to see this attack pulled from Bandana Dee. His determination to not be a nobody and to help protect what he cares about with me must've been his motivation. Maybe I kinda underestimated him a bit at first back then, but I knew he was more special than anyone realized.
"KIRBY! USE THE DAEMON CRYSTAL!" Bandana Dee shouted. I didn't know how, but it's clear that I have to do something too. Immediately, the Daemon Crystal in my pocket started reacting too. I felt some kind of new energy flowing into my veins. Suddenly, I was enveloped in a flaming red aurora. I stood up and felt some surging pain three times. My yell grew louder and louder… until I finally scream.
"Ugh…"
"Gah..."
"Ahh…"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
And that was all I knew before I… transformed like I was going to become a Super Saiyan. Pink to red light formed. When the light that filled the pyramid ceased, I realized that I've become something else. I had some kind of armor; the armor looks similar to Robo-Slayer, but it's made entirely out of red crystals. The lines that has color was red this time. My outfit was similar to Robo-slayer, but it looked a bit different with the star crystal on the chestplate. I had high heeled boots and finger gloves too, but they are replaced with cat claws. My eyes are completely red and so is my hair. I had still cat ears and my tail had a ring. My teeth were sharp and my mouth curled up into a cat's mouth. Finally, I had a scarf tied around my neck, a long, flaming fiery scarf. The transformation was complete.
Everyone else was conscious that time and were watching the transformation unfold.
"What is he?" Dylan asked. "Is this the power of the Daemon Crystal?"
Meta Knight's eyes glow. "It's true. He has become "Daemon Kirby!"
Daemon Crystals
You obtained your first Daemon Crystal Transformation, Daemon Cat! This is only half the power of the Daemon Crystal as there are Daemon Arte attacks. Right now, this form may be only temporary and it probably became that way because of Kirby's unusual and unexplained cat transformation; if he were in base form, that would've been a whole different story. Anyway, your regular Mystic Artes are now Daemon Artes upon activation! You'll gain new forms later or new attacks, but there has to be a trigger for it. Don't know what it is, but you'll figure it out eventually. Oh, and all your HP and others stats will be restored when this activates!
"What happened to him?!" Molotov shocked gasped at my new form. "How?! Impossible?!"
"I told you so, Molotov!" Auralia screamed at him. "We never expected that from him or his friend there. He's impossibly unpredictable! Damn, his aura-! It's nothing like it was before they caught up to us!"
"I can't believe I'm saying this," Molotov said as he scanned me. He pulled off his former ego and said, "But that's impossible!"
"I TOLD YOU SO, IT'S TRUE!" Auralia exclaimed.
"NOW YOU'LL SEE WHY," I boomed. "WHY WE'RE THE GREATEST STAR WARRIORS THAT EVER LIVED! ALL WHO'S AGAINST THAT WILL BE MADE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE REALLY MADE OF! DAEMON ARTE: ABYSSAL BULLET!" I screamed and roared at the top of my lungs, shooting a blast that looked like it came from hell. It was a blast that filled up the entire screen with whiteness. After it ceased, it caused a great explosion that can be heard from miles away.
Auralia was knocked out completely and immediately Dark Matter members automatically took Auralia and one of them said, "This isn't over yet, star warrior." Then they disappeared and Molotov's nowhere to be found. We win!
"And that's why they call me the Pink Demon!" I smirked.
"Fly away, birdies. Far, far away!" Bandana Dee quoted.
Chameleo Arm is defeated! Victory!
All party members gained 80 exp points! All members have level up to level 9!
All stats raise up to 20!
Health points raise up to 220!
Item Retrieval: Red Gem Crystal (Worth 20)
Daemon Crystal Activated! Equip the Daemon Crystal to activate its effects.
Next level 10 in 220 experience points.
A little while later, I reverted back into my original form after the Daemon Crystal's power had ceased. There was a chest that suddenly appeared, so then I approached it. Inside were three new CEDT's. The first one was Missile, an ability I haven't seen since Amazing Mirror. The second one was Archer, which is a pretty useful ability. But the third one was what made me smile a lot. And you're not going to believe what it is!
You gained a new ability, Drill! It's the drill that'll pierce through the heavens and if you're a big Gurren Lagann fan, you'll enjoy using this ability! Now accessible and is added to the slot. 11/12 abilities collected!
Bandana Dee jumped to where I was. I turned around in response. "Hey, Bandana Dee. You did really awesome out there. I didn't know you had it in you, you know." He kinda blushes at that.
"Aww, it was nothing," He replies.
"No, that wasn't nothing. That was something people ought to appreciate here. That you're not a nameless nobody. I'm pretty sure that there are people out there who cares about you, who are big fans of you, especially the 4th wall there. The people needs to show support and love to the underrated characters like you, not only us. Just keep trying and someday you might become more popular than me. Well, maybe not right away but at least you won't be treated lowly like that anymore. You're my best friend, Bandana Dee."
His eyes are brimming with cheerful tears as he gives me a hug. "Thanks, man. I will keep trying. Maybe I won't be treated like an outcast anymore one day. Now let's get out of here and get those knocked out suckers in the bleachers."
"Oh yeah, I completely forgot about them," I laughed. So then, we had to grab everyone else and take them outside to the nearest exit, which was the actual exit. The goal door was open, so the area was completed. After playing the goal game, we got the usual stuff and a 1-up.
On the world map, the road to the Fire Chamber was unlocked too. So that's where we went next. As we were heading over there, it kind of reminded me of Karly and Kazela. I wonder how they are doing…
Level Three completed!
Changing Character's Point of View
You can now play different character's POV at any time on the world map! Just go to your inventory and select the character you want to change the POV at. Different cutscenes will occur when doing this, so try to unlock all of them! Also, you can check on Kazela at any time during the world map, so you can play as her for a while. Often, she will stumble on something very important you might wanna know, so see if she does by doing that. (Will play anime/normal cutscenes)
Kazela's POV (Cont.): The Truth about Merina
"Eh! You can't be serious! Is that true, Callie?!" I exclaimed. She answers with a simple nod.
"I'm afraid so," Callie replies. "It may sound crazy, but it's all true."
We were sitting in her office, as she shows me all of the pictures she had. I looked closely at each one she had, not believing that what happened in those pictures were true. Then I noticed one with Merina wearing a princess dress.
"Hey, why is Merina wearing a dress, gloves and an emerald tiara?!" I asked. "Did she become the next Cinderella by going to a ball or something?"
Callie was not amused. "Very funny, so close, but…. How about NO?" She lets out a heavy sigh. "You're not going to believe this, what I'm going to tell you. The truth about Merina. I reckon I might owe her one for saving my life. Twice."
Sweatdropping, I said, "Well, then you still have another seven lives left."
"We really don't have nine lives. Cats are so quick to get out of danger though, that people used to joke about cats having more than one life. Anyway, back to the point."
"Yeah?" I gestured.
"It all started with Aura Star's history. Planets or rather different galaxies were eventually formed before the war and during Nightmare Enterprises' dreadful reign. Aura Star was one of them. That planet was a planet of plant life and animals. Surprisingly, you may not know, but Aura Star did have a kingdom just like Kaila, me and all my other friends who you'll meet later. And a kingdom also means there's rulers as well. That means there was a King, a Queen, and apparently, a Princess."
"You're kidding," I exclaimed. "Aura Star had a Princess too?"
"Yeah, that's the case. For a number of years, there were many descendants of the princess, who are now suffering to not knowing that fact. When the girl grows before she turns 16, she'll unlock the true elemental power the princess had: Gale, one by one, little by little, until her 16th birthday, bearing a name similar to the princess' name: Princess Rina. And I'm afraid to say that 16 was not her lucky year."
"So what does that have to do with Merina anyway?"
"Merina is a descendant, or you can say the reincarnation of Princess Rina, so that means she has the same powers as Rina," Callie replied.
"Wait a minute," I cut her off. "If Merina is a descendant/reincarnation of the royal family, especially the princess, does that actually make her a-?"
"Bingo," Callie answered. "Being a descendant of Princess Rina makes her the next Aura Princess."
"Merina's a princess rather than an ordinary girl who likes to do… whatever it is she does?" I gasped. "I really can't believe it. That sounds so cliche, but why does it make no sense and makes sense at the same time?"
"Yeah, I was as shocked as you were, Kazela," Callie relates. "I mean, I'm actually a princess too, because I harbored the same Grand Elemental Power of Fire as the previous princess. I just preferred to be a mayor's daughter than a princess rather. Adena's the princess of the sea, harboring the Grand Elemental Power of Water, and she's something called… I have no idea what it is she is anyway, but I think you'll find out for yourself, for example. All our friends are actually princesses, only they just chose to live a simple life. Only Merina doesn't know she's a princess herself because of an accident after Crystal Chaos that caused her to lose her memories of us. I don't know how we're going to break to news to her."
Now this was getting pretty interesting. It's understandable that Merina herself wouldn't know that she herself is a princess until her 16th birthday, but how come she doesn't remember my sister or me? That I find a wee bit suspicious. Wait a minute, I have another bad gut feeling.
"Wait, Callie," I asked again. "You said that Princess Rina's 16th birthday was not her lucky year. What did you mean by that?"
Callie seems to hesitate on that, but decides to continue on. "Well, it's the same fate all descendants face. For some reason, on her 16th birthday, an unexpected event changed her life forever. Unfortunately, she was kidnapped by someone that you won't believe when I tell you she's part of the Zero Seven Force."
"Wait, you couldn't possibly be talking about HER, are you?" I questioned.
"Yes, AURALIA," Callie confirmed.
Then something else came to mind. "Callie, I just realized something. I've heard that Aura Star has a holiday mainly for the Gale Princess every year. If Merina's a princess descendant or whatever, doesn't that mean she's also in danger?! Auralia might be the one who kidnaps her this time, and if she's part of the Zero Seven Force, she's bound to be taken to the ship where Kaila's held captive!"
"That is, as long as they don't realize who it is, she'll be-" Callie was interrupted by breaking news by coincidence. As we look to see what it is they're talking about, the situation seems to be about what we were talking about.
"SWEET MERCIFUL CARP!" We both said in unison. "UH-OH. MERINA'S IN DANGER. WE'VE GOTTA WARN HER!"
Kirby's POV
Level Four: Jewel Chamber of the Flames (This New World- Monster Tale)
We were at the momentum of the next Jewel Chamber, which went spiral up. We spiral walk all the way up to the top, approaching the chamber of fire. It was the same as the Wind chamber, except the two pillars holds the fire element and the interior was red. The double doors both opened at once. We all walked inside, with the doors closing in behind us.
Jewel Chamber: Main Hub
"So, this is the Jewel Chamber that you were talking about." Bandana Dee asked. "The next spirit must be in here, right?" We walked inside the chamber of fire, and it felt really hot. The interior was the same as the Wind Chamber, but with the color of fire itself decorated itself. The rest of the guys could hardly move, so we had to carry them.
"That's right," I answered. "Mackenzie told me about this place in all. She told me that the item you need is called the Soul Jewel, which is a crescent-shaped moon that houses the element inside it, while the Gem Stars have stars, but however they are trapped inside them because of their banishment by Zero. So, they are forced to assume the form of those gems. Anyway, Crater Base is protected by a Dark Barrier, and only the power of the Soul Jewel can shatter that."
"Oh, I see," Bandana Dee replied. He then noticed the pedestal in front of us as well as the doors. "What are those, Kirby?"
"Oh, those?" I replied. "They are the key to unlock the grand door in front of us. And on the pedestal there appears to be a message written on it."
Welcome, travelers, to the sacred Jewel Chamber of Fire, the Fire Chamber. If you have the Soul Jewel from the spirit of the wind, Galeroy, you know the deal here. The Gem Soul spirit of fire. Long ago, there used to be a force made of seven people, The Crystal Seven Force. Each were a guardian made entirely out of crystals of each element: Gale, Fire, Aqua, Light, Shadow, Thunder, & Ice. Each crystal were how they were born. These guardians were sworn to protect each planet they were the guardian of. None has ever known who made them, but it was their purpose to protect the seven elemental planets.
However, one day, intruders from origins unknown suddenly attacked the knights and managed to defeat them. They reverted back to their original forms and were reborn as one of them. They were brainwashed and possessed, and that evil force made them kidnap the rulers of the planet: The Princesses, and it was on their 16 birthday. We don't know why, but each of the seven princesses harbored the same element as the Crystal Seven Force; and it became common that their descendants suffered the same fate, Gale Princess, Fire Princess, Aqua Princess, Light Princess, Shadow Princess, Thunder Princess, and the Ice Princess. However, another princess was involved, and she was the one they wanted the most: The Crystal Princess. Her kingdom had the source of what they were against at first turns out to be just what they needed. And the other princesses were part of the sources needed to maintain their dark power stability.
In other words, the Crystal Kingdom suffered the most devastating attacks from this malevolent evil, and many lives were lost, including the King and Queen, followed by the disappearance of her little sister. Apparently, the King and Queen were powerful enough, but they had one major weakness, and that's how they died. Crystals were what they were weak against, but now they've become totally immune to it. Instead, they decided to use their own weaknesses against the people who used them to stop them. But what does this have to do with the crisis happening today? Surely you'll find the answer on your own. Right now, you've got a job to do. Collect the 3 pieces of the Fire Orb by entering the Trial Doors and open the door to the Spirit Arena. The spirit's name is Blaze. Good luck, young warriors.-End of message.
"That story was something, huh?" I said in disbelief. "To think that the Crystal Seven Force was somehow involved in this chaos. But what does this all mean? I'm having a feeling something's not right here. It reads the same incident that Kaila spoke of before, but it seems that it took place in another time. Her little sister gone, both her parents dead, and now she's kidnapped. Crystal power were part of Dark Matter's weaknesses, but it seems that by harboring stability, only they were able to withstand it. What's really going on here?"
"Now, calm yourself, Kirby," Bandana Dee said with a sigh. "Those questions could be a major possibility, but again, they are just theories. We don't know if it's true or not because the answer to those has yet to be confirmed with certain positivity. Anybody we've faced before could possibly be involved in this chaos or maybe they were there at the time and it could be that no one noticed. But maybe you do have the right to be asking all those questions. I heard on Aura Star that there used to be a princess named Princess Rina. Sounds crazy, but it's all true. However, I think their 16th birthday was their great disaster. Now, any girl with at least the name "Rina" and possess the Grand Elemental Power of Gale is most likely to have a disaster happen on their birthday, and that girl is most likely to be the next princess of Aura Star."
I stared at him with a confused look on my face. "Anyway," Bandana Dee huffed. "Let's not worry about that. Right now, we've got a job to do, Kirby. As for everyone else, well, for some reason, they are still KO'd. We should let them rest for a while."
I nodded at this. There were two doors open, so we each went into one.
Trial 1: Stop! Hammer Time!
I was warped into a place where there was lots of rocks and blocks that seems unbreakable at first. There was a sign.
The point of these trials are mainly to unlock the full power of what each ability can do. In other words, some abilities are needed to activate switches, break blocks, and other things too. There are blocks that seems unbreakable by anything else except for one ability. Something that can pound stuff into the ground is most effective. There are 3 Rock Golems that you need to defeat and one of them contains the orb.
I turned into Hammer for this part. I had some kind of blue and white headband rope, an outfit that has hard armor, and I had my star hammer. Anyway, I approached a little closer, observing the rocks. They looked like feces from someone that had to take huge crap because they had explosive diarrhea or possibly that someone snuck in laxative in their food. The 3 dumps of diarrhea merged together to form some a poop version of Bonkers, the gorilla with a giant hammer. Couldn't I fight a cute rabbit girl from Rabi-Ribi instead of fighting feces? In other words, it's Rock Bonkers.
Well, I'm not going to get anything accomplished if I just sit around here. I had to attack. It made its move and tried to pound me. I simply stepped to the side from the blow and rushed attacked him with a hammer twirl. He and the other two made another move by jumping around and stomping the ground. Each stomp made the floor crumble little by little. I did a hammer spin, charging and running while swinging my hammer around, performing a hammer tornado spin and attacking all of the golems in the way. I managed to knock them in the air, and charging my hammer, I did a hammer flip and uppercut the whole team in one blow, making them melt into goo.
One of the golems coughed up something that looked like a piece of the fire orb. I went over to it and grabbed it.
You got the first piece of the Fire Orb! 2 more to go! Exp points are 10.
The portal back to the main hub opened, and so I entered inside, being warped back.
Jewel Chamber: Main Hub
I jumped out from the portal, noticing that Bandana Dee was there with the other orb in his hand. We both placed them on the pedestal in the middle. The last orb was somehow floating in the middle while we have just two orbs in our hand.
"How did that orb get there?" I asked. Bandana Dee just shrugged.
"Oh, you mean that thing there?" Meta Knight suddenly appeared, saying. "That was totally me." He just said in a non-care dark voice. Dylan and Dash were up, except for the king.
"Since when did you-" I asked, but he cut me off instead. "
It was for a while, but perhaps it remains a mystery. Ha-ha." He chuckles ominously.
We both sweatdropped. Shaking it off, we went ahead and placed the other two orbs correspondingly. The orbs did the same as last time, forming into one. Again, it struck me and this time everybody else in the chest, granting us a new source of power as well as the king who was still unconscious. The Fire Orb flashed once more and placed itself on the Grand door. We saw the orb contain the Fire element this time, as well as a star too. There was a star on a floating scroll that went to me in my stead.
Kirby obtained the Apprentice Ability Scroll! Kirby learns Fire Orb (Fire), Sparkeruga (Spark), Blaster Vortex (Jet Blaster), Hammer Drill (Hammer), Neon Shield (Recon Automata), and Spear Fang (Spear)! Kirby learns a new Mystic Arte, "Ultra Sword!" He can now use Ultra Abilities!
Meta Knight recalls Mach Tornado!
Dedede learns Hammer Spindash!
Bandana Dee learns Spear Swing!
Dylan learns Reaping Strike!
Dash learns Chaos Rush!
Party learns Dark Flare, a new magic attack!
The doors unraveled, activating the tumblers, to the Grand Door, making the doors open dramatically and thus showing the way inside.
"Alright, let's go everyone!" I declared. "The Spirit of the Fire Chamber is just beyond this door. What we have to do here is to defeat the spirit at a boss fight and he'll give us his Soul Jewel. That way, we can shatter the Dark Barrier that's now guarding Crater Base." I looked around for a second.
"Um, where's Triple D, guys?" I asked, now feeling disgusted that I actually said that.
That's when we spotted Dedede running up to the door, yelling, "I see the light! It's calling me to get the moola in there, all you can get buffet special! I'm coming, Jebus!" We all sweatdropped.
"Wow, what an... odd fellow he is," Galeroy popped out of me, sweatdropping too. "How utterly vexing."
"Isn't that something only a girl would say? That sounds like that girl from My Bride's a Mermaid," I asked. "But, most importantly, did Dedede seriously say, 'I'm coming, Jebus'?"
"Yeah…" Meta Knight answered. "He did. Let's get that moron before he puts himself into any real danger." We all sweatdropped and agreed, walking through the doors and hoped that Dedede didn't really see the light. And before that, there was a Star Point.
Progress Saved! Showing results…
Current Status:
Lives x 16
Collected Abilities: 11 so far.
Current Ability: Hammer
Current Level: Level 9, Next Level 10 in 220 Exp points.
Health Bar: 220/220, extends to 280 by next level.
Magic Attack: Storm Wind, Dark Flare (Equipped to Y)
Mystic Artes: Star Chaos, Ultra Sword (Press ZL and ZR at the same time)
Current Location: The Spirit Arena, The Fire Jewel Chamber
Now Exiting…
With that out of the way, I had to catch up with everyone else inside. Rushing through the doors, the doors closed in from behind, the sign of no point of return.
Jewel Chamber: Spirit Arena- The Gem Soul of Fire
Walking in through the void of darkness once again like last time, I look around only to see nothing but darkness. Then, there was a flash orb of light, revealing a jewel, it must be the Fire Soul Jewel. It was like the Wind Soul Jewel, with the crescent-shaped figure and it was red this time. It also had that star hanging in the center like the other one. Looking around to see where everyone was, Galeroy popped out of me. Ignoring that, I slowly approached the jewel, feeling fiery flames warm up inside me…
Closer…
Closer…
Closer…
Just a bit there…
"POP!" goes the Soul Jewel, as it unexpectedly disappeared into thin air. As usual, you wouldn't think it'd be that easy to get something, considering how you forgot there was a final challenge in the first place.
"Oh no," I groaned. "Not this again."
"Darn right it isn't," Galeroy shrugged. "Hey, Blaze," He shouted. "You here or what?"
"You don't have to call me twice, man," Someone answered, sounding like they were a zombie crawling out of their tombstones. "Oh, it's you, Leeroy Jenkins."
"Galeroy," He grunted, pissed off. "Not leroy, Blaze."
I couldn't help but muster a snicker at this name. Now that they've mentioned it, Galeroy has the name, "Leroy" in it. Now I see where it came from. Galeroy shot me a look that made me stop chuckling.
"So, I believe this guy who cried Jebus belongs to you, am I right?" The voice that sounds like a 12-year old boy said, showing Dedede unconscious.
"Mom, I was gonna get me a monster to clobber at that Kirby…" We sweatdropped. "He's going to destroy the world!"
"Yeah…" I hesitantly reply, sweatdropping. "He's… with… us."
"Oh, and he's the ruler of Dreamland?" He said. "What a fool. He's over here talking about his stuff and whatsoever." We still couldn't stop sweatdropping.
Still can't stop sweatdropping, I had to cut him off. "Listen, we are not here to hear Dedede talk all day about his stuff and whatsoever. Readers did not sign up for this, and they don't give a crap about it. Just give them what they want and just get on with it. We're wasting their time anyway."
"All right, fine!" He huffed. "Honestly, you're right about him. Anyway, so he's the one with all the requirements and stuff like that? Like he's on a quest to defeat Dark Matter, right?"
"Yeah. So can he have your Soul Jewel or what?" Galeroy asked. The spirit chuckled for a while.
"Alright, he can have it." He said. "UNDER ONE CONDITION! If he's the Star Warrior of legends, then he must earn it first- in a duel! I hope you didn't forget that you must fight, did you?"
"Heh, well, I'm all up for it. Let's go, Galeroy-" I then realized that Galeroy was gone. It wasn't long before I spot him up in the corridors, eating popcorn. "Galeroy, what the heck?!"
"Sorry, Kirby," He called out. "I forgot to tell you that when there's more than one spirit with you when in another spirit's chamber for the fight, the other spirits can't help you out there. Simply put, you're own your own, pal. Good luck." Along with him are Dylan, Dash and Meta Knight. Also, the king who fell unconscious still. The only one I don't see is Bandana Dee.
"Hey, Kirby. It's us two again, isn't it?" Bandana Dee appeared saying.
"Anyway, welcome to your final trial of my chamber- The Spirit Arena! With your host, Blaze, the Gem Soul of Fire!" He snapped his fingers, light emitted from a tiny ball that grew and extended, lighting up the whole room, ridding the dark and misty void, like last time. It revealed a sparring arena, but this time it looked like a volcanic stage and the floor appears as if it was a brawl on a moving lava lake. However, it reminds me of when I was fighting one of those lava bosses in any of my adventures.
Then, lava sprouted from the ground, forming some kind of sentient magma hill man. It was a hill that had black eyes and a black mouth. It wasn't long before I realized that the floor was like from the battle with that lava guy from before; there were four platforms only while the guy was in the background.
"Wait a minute," Bandana Dee pointed out. "Could this be the battle with that guy from when we were collecting Crystal Shards?!"
"Prepare yourselves for the final test against Blaze, the Gem Soul of Fire!" he roared.
"Oh, it's that guy from Neo Star, inside that volcano," I remembered. "Brings back good memories, doesn't it? Anyway, let's go, Bandana Dee!"
"Alright, prepare to feel the burn! Ha, and I mean it literally!" Blaze laughed within the boss from Neo Star.
Duel Alongside The Jewel Spirits- 7th Boss Battle
Kirby and Bandana Dee VS Molten Magman—Blaze (Boss Battle- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards)
Boss Description: For those who played Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, this boss might remind you of Magman. Well, that's because it is Magman; a remake of Magman. He's the boss of Neo Star, inside the volcano. We don't know much about him that time, if he was in cahoots with Dark Matter or not, but we may never know that fact. But at this point, Blaze is in control, the Gem Spirit of Fire as your final test of the Fire Chamber. You know what to do.
Appearances: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Now call Molten Magman in this story)
Molten Magman-Blaze challenges you to a duel!
"Prepare your butts to be burned! Ha-ha!" He laughed. The floor has become the battlefield of Magman, as the floor becomes only 4 stone platforms, while the enemy traverses and appears in the background. A flashback occurred in my mind, replaying the fight from that adventure.
"It's pretty easy to deal with this guy, but we have to time it right! When his tentacles appear to where we are, that's your chance to strike! Aiming for the background won't do you any good," I directed.
"All right, then," Bandana Dee nods. The enemy made his move by squashing down, summoning a barrage of 3 tentacles, leaving an open spot for us, just like the last time. The tentacles soared to us, but only to the other three platforms.
We were on the first open one. The tentacles covered the other three platforms, giving us a chance to strike. They flailed in pain and submerged into the lava. The second attempt involved the tentacles charging again, but this time it went one by one, bringing the platforms all the way up to the ceiling which was now burning.
We both jumped to avoid this and attacked each tentacle we were near to. The third attempt equals for two tentacles to appear between platforms and to bend over one. Of course, we attacked again, and this time, the blow made by Bandana Dee cause Blaze to flinch back heavily.
"Are you prepared to give up now, bub?" Bandana Dee jeered. The spirit spoke through Magman.
"Heh, looks like I underestimated you a bit. But now I'm all fired up! This ain't over yet!" He roared.
"Ain't that the truth?" I hollered. "Here comes Phase Two," I declared.
Phase Two Activated!
"Let's see how you fare with this!"
The Magman dropped down and appeared to where we were, just like his second phase last time. He starts coming at us slowly, devouring each platform in his way. The both of us ran or hopped one by one from the remaining platforms until we got to a wide area of space. After that, the arena changed to a circular arena with him appearing in the middle.
"Huh, this is new. He's in a circular arena now," I noted particularly.
Magman made his tentacles appear in our area, and this time they seemed to be covered in some kind of hard rock material.
"Alright then, how about we aim for his face? That's his true weak spot!" Bandana Dee claimed.
"You got it, bro!" I reply. "Time for this guy to cool things down," I said. I gathered all energy, white blue lines forming and entering inside me, transforming me.
Copy Ability: Ice Kirby!
"Ice Kirby, huh? I see what you're doing," Bandana Dee came to realization.
"Oh, that's one of his abilities, isn't it?" Galeroy said. "The power to copy anything, in my opinion, is a pretty awesome ability if I say so myself." He then shouted over to Blaze. "Hey, Blaze. You better watch out, that's one of his abilities and there's plenty more where that came from."
"Please, like what can that blockhead power do to me now?" Blaze sneered.
"You'll see yourself, Blaze."
"No matter. I'm still going to win this fight no matter what, unlike you, Leroy Jenkins!"
Pretty much, he said words you shouldn't hear a great spirit say. I guess they still have a bit of their childish personality inside them. Anyway, back to the topic.
"Kirby!" Bandana Dee pulled out an ordinary Bomberman Bomb. "Freeze this, and I'll throw it in his face!" I nodded.
Using ice breath, I blew a flurry of hard ice at the bomb. The ice trapped the bomb in an indestructible cube and it sank inside it, making an Ice Bomb, and once that was done, I gave Bandana Dee a jump boost with my hands and lifted him high into the air, where he shot the Ice Bomb at the fireman's face. On impact, the bomb exploded in a sphere like explosion that only harbored the ice element inside. Magman flinched heavily. The process repeated for a few times, while we avoid his scorching tentacle whips, fire birds, and falling debris.
Then, at one point, Magman inhaled his breath, and you could say that he was charging his flamethrower attack. So, to counter that, I inhaled my breath, charging a freeze-thrower attack. At once, we unleashed the attack. The two elements Fire and Ice collided together, struggling to triumph over each other, just like in Dragon Ball Z. It took a while, but eventually ice triumphs over fire, we all know that.
"What?!" Blaze yelled in shock. He couldn't believe that he was about to lose to us. "Impossible!"
The beam exploded in his face, covering him from head to toe in blockhead ice. "Now, Bandana Dee!"
On my command, Bandana Dee dashed to the center, leaping into the air to deliver the final blow. "Haaaaaaa! Take THIS!" His voice was rising as he threw a bomb at him, about to explode, but he somehow performed a similar move to Sword Beam, maybe call it the Spear Beam. It was hurled at the bomb that touched the frozen skin of Magman. It somehow stuck on the iceberg guy and it was waiting for the Spear Beam to touch it. And… it did.
"KABOOM!" Went the bomb. Lots of explosions filled up the iceberg, drowning it in a sea of flames.
"NOOOOOOO!" Blaze yelled in defeat. We both did our victory dance and jumped into the air as our final pose!
"Yeah! We won the trial!" We both said in unison.
Molten Magman-Blaze has been defeated! Victory!
Kirby and Bandana Dee gained 220 exp points! All party members (for some reason) leveled up to level 10!
All stats has increased by 30!
Health for all has increased by 280!
Item Retrieval: Fire Pike Ball, Fire Mask (Equipment for Meta Knight), Red Crystals (Marco's Weapon Shop)
You found 250 stars! (Currency)
Next level 11 in 320 exp points!
After the list of what we've gained passed, Magman cooled down and returned to nothing. There wasn't much to look at, since I did say it returned to nothing. The fight with Magman really does bring back memories ever since we were searching for the Crystal Shards. We were both startled by the sound of Blaze, who appeared to us as a ray of radiant red light, this time.
Then, the light began to mold a boy, a boy that looked just like my old form again, but this time he has straight up spikey scarlet hair with one part of it being a bang. He has red eyes and red blush marks and red feet while his whole body is about light red orangish. He had golden bracelets on both his arms, he bore an embarrassed smile, and he has some kind of scar as a slash over his left eye. Galeroy and the others appeared and came to where we were. Blaze spoke.
"Wow, I can't believe I lost," He said, sounding discouraged. "I guess I shouldn't have been cocky that time as you said, Galeroy." He may have sounded discouraged, but he managed to bore an encouraging smile. "But, I feel all right now. I wasn't able to fight like that in a long time ever since that incident. (Referring to Prologue) Looks like today's our lucky day, because a Star Warrior has come to the rescue!"
"Well, that's true," I shrugged.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot! You deserve this, Star Warrior and Bandana Dee. My Soul Jewel. And here ya go!" He snapped his fingers through his stubby hands somehow, showing another floating platinum light that was also shining red. The second Luna shaped soul jewel was floating in front of me, falling into my hands. I raised the jewel into the air, like I gained a new item, and I did, the second time.
Congratulations! You've obtained the Fire Soul Jewel! This is like the opposite of the Gem Stars, which I assume you already know. You receive this for passing all 3 trials of this Jewel Chamber and beaten the spirit, Blaze, in battle! It's not over yet, so you know what to do. Don't let the gang down.
Now placed in Key Items section. 2/7 Soul Jewels and 1/7 Gem Stars collected! Good Luck, Kirby!
"How did you manage to get a Star Warrior on your side, Galeroy?! Did you happen to stumble over a magic lamp with a genie inside?! Or did you go all around the world and collect all the seven Dragon Balls?!" Blaze hyperactively demanded from Galeroy.
"Hmm, HOW ABOUT NO?" Galeroy shrugged. "Heck, I would've gone for the Dragon Balls, but today it was a miracle. Besides, as a spirit that young, I hope you're aware of why they're here, am I right?"
Blaze nodded. "Yeah, I can feel it. Where were the Crystal Seven Knights when you needed them? To think that we never heard anything from them again. All we know is that those dark forces did something to them, and that was it. And if that's not worse, it's Super Mario all over again."
"Blaze, could you be talking about the Seven Elemental Princesses?" Meta Knight guessed.
"Hmm, it seems you know a lot, Meta Knight."
"Nah, I'm just well-informed," I stared at him suspiciously.
"Uh-huh."
"Anyway, Kirby? Have you heard of the Seven Elemental Princesses?" I answer with yes and no. I know the story, but I wasn't sure if it was true, so I decided to hear it from someone else. "Well, then. There were Seven Crystal Planets, and on each of them were there rulers of those planets, and all of them were princesses. They harbored elemental powers of the primary seven. No one knows why or how, but that's just how it is. That's how it used to be, until the day we can all say that their 16th birthday was their unlucky year. Pretty much, I think you know what happened after that. However, it was confirmed and I regret to say this, but they were kidnapped by the same force that you encountered now."
"OH HECK NO! You couldn't possibly be talking about THEM, are you?" I groaned.
"That's right, the Zero Seven Force. They were around longer that you originally thought they were. The Crystal Knights could've done something about it if something bad didn't happen to them. Truth be told, you'd be surprised to learn that they were supposed to be the guardians of these gems, but after their tragic disappearance, the people from Kira Star Haven had to choose 14 people to become the guardians of the Gem Stars (The Ladies) and the Soul Jewels (The Men). That's us."
Bandana Dee asked another question. "Is that why? You're their secondary backup guardians? But, there's something that ticks me off. There was this stone tablet that explained the background of the Seven Princess plus one. I know Callie's a princess along with her friends, but it's this one girl named Merina. She and her little sister Maddie took care of us when we were shot down and plagued with Dark Poison a week ago. She seemed ordinary at the moment, but around the time I woke up, I found this magazine that tells about the princess of Aura Star, Princess Rina. And the magazine said that the Princess of Aura possesses a Grand Elemental Power: the Element of Wind, one of the seven primary elements. Merina looked almost like that princess."
Dedede interrupted- no added to his statement. "Hey, Bandana Dee. There's something I've come up with about that Merina girl. She ain't half bad at all, but I just have this feeling that she's more than just a country girl. That time, if it ain't my imagination, I could've sworn I saw wind come out of her hands like she's some kind of wicked sorceress. And the day after that, there was this photo I found on the ground, showing her wearing a dress! Of course, she snatched the photo from me and gave me this." He removed his hat, showing a giant bump mark underneath, and it was swollen green and red. We puffed our cheeks with groans until he covered it up. "And she thought I was going through her stuff and she did it with her wind magic."
"Oh, so that's why you appeared to be dizzy. I guess too many blows on the head can really cause some brain damage," I commented.
"So, anyway, it said that a girl with Princess Rina's name anywhere in her name and finds out that she harbors the Grand Elemental Power as the previous princess is most likely the either the descendant or the reincarnation of her. I don't know which one though," Bandana Dee concluded. "Now it's even more confusing when I think about it."
"Bandana Dee, why are you asking questions about that when the answer's obvious? Even the readers could figure it out already before you even asked that! Isn't obvious that Merina's the descendant/reincarnation of Princess Rina, and that's she prone to danger if anyone finds out, specifically the Zero Seven Force?" Dedede said.
At this, we all had our jaws dropped to the floor. (Except for Dedede, Galeroy, and Blaze)
(Author: If you read Kazela's POV, it's obvious to you, but not them. So it basically beats the point of surprise to you, but not them, because they're the last to know that. So… yeah.)
"So, Emily's friend Merina is instead a princess, all because she has a princesses name in hers and possess a Grand Elemental Power?!" Dash restated. "That's messed up, my god! What idiot came up with that?"
Dedede scoffed. "I wish I knew the answer myself! Wasn't that obvious from the second someone popped the question about Merina?! That girl could possibly be in real danger! Hey, Blaze! Didn't you say that on her 16th year or birthday that she got her behind kidnapped by those two figures that we encountered in that Bomberman Pyramid?!"
"Yeah, in fact, not only her, but seven other princesses too, including Princess Kailaine herself. Whatever Zero's up to, it seems that he knows what he's doing, with kidnapping Kailaine and all; it seems he and his dark forces are running low on energy and power at once. So maybe he's using what he learned so far from the times he attacked using Dark Matter as cover and putting them all tighter to form this kind of plan." Blaze reasoned.
"I see., I said. "Zero may not have been smart during our duels, but we all know for a fact that he's clearly no dumbass either. The way he fights, I can feel some kind of reaction, a scarred look in his eye. We don't really know how high his intelligence is or if he has any brains, but I can tell he knows what he's doing. What you can tell so far that he's up to something is very explicit, but what if there's more than to just what he says or does anyway?"
"Let's not worry about that," Galeroy popped in. "For now, we should be working to see if that's true. Rescuing Princess Kailaine is what brought you all here in the first place and defeating Dark Matter as well. The whole Seven Princess crisis is something that if it is true, then we must prevent it from happening at all costs while we're rescuing Kailaine as well as the other spirits too. Most importantly, I don't get why they would possess the Seven Mystical Creatures as well. That's something we'll have to solve the mystery on our own. If what you say about Merina being the next princess of Aura Star is true, then… she's in danger! What are we waiting for?! Move it, guys! MOVE IT!"
"Oh yeah," Bandana Dee stopped us. "One more thing." He pointed at me in what his question has to do with me. "Why does he have cat ears, cat tail, and is saying all kinds of terrible cat puns?"
Blaze just stares at me, noticing all the details. He came to a simple conclusion: "It must've been the Pyro Princess. That's all I can say. You can get the answers out of her when we're done here. Let's rescue Ruby and get the heck outta here!" Blaze snapped his fingers and the double doors opened, obeying their master's command. "Crater Base is just beyond here! Let's go!"
We all nodded and rushed out the doors at once. The light grew ever brighter and it took us outside to where we can see the volcano, its appearance appears to erupt any second now. We could hear the scorching roars and screams of the Loch Ness Dragon.
"It looks like we can't afford to dawdle any longer," Meta Knight replied. "We better put an end to this madness. Someone's life could possibly be on the line right now."
Meta Knight's right. If we dwindle any more, it's literally going to cost us. We have no way of reaching her, so the second we handle this monstrosity, we're going immediately back to Aura Star and try to warn her. I just hope she's holding up okay. I wonder just how we're going to break the news to her… (Did the Goal Game and got number one spot as usual).
Level Four completed!
There was a mine-cart nearby, so we got onto that and took us to the entrance of Crater Base. Blaze, with the Jewel, flew high into the sky, absorbing a multitude of red energy, then unleashing a bolt of energy on the barrier, eradicating it completely like burning a piece of paper, then breaking like a shattered crystal. The remains flared into nothingness, lifting up the curse from the volcano.
Blaze has destroyed the Dark Barrier, unlocking the road to the boss of this world!
"That takes care of that. Now onward, warriors!" I declared. We all walked in, ready to take down the boss of this world. This time the damsel in distress, Ruby, is the next Gem Star to be rescued…
Save Progress and quit? Yes.
Now Saving… Save Complete! Returning to title screen…
To Be Continued…
End of Chapter 2 Act 3!
Author's Note Summary:
Kirby: Hey, KirbyPwnz1234! You're back from your vacation!
Yeah, I'm back baby! The last two weeks, I started my Sophomore year, and I eventually got used to it by now. This chapter was done during school, every chance I had once finished with work and homework. Ugh. Painful weeks, but it was all worth it! Well, once there's a free time to spare, I mean.
Kirby: So, it looks like you had fun that summer. And you seemed to have racked up a lot of ideas as well too.
Yeah, I mean, sometimes you can come up with some ideas from what you've watched, played, read, or seen before. And the way I visualized this story, since I was in an anime mood, that's how I visualized the whole story-as an anime, because anime is awesome as heck! So, I hear in 2018 you're going to get a new game for the Nintendo Switch, and another one for Nintendo 3DS in the holidays! Did you know that they put back Power Combos from The Crystal Shards? That's where I got the idea for Fusion Abilities!
Kirby: Yeah! I'm so excited! This game is a revival from a cancelled one for the Gamecube. They must've saw the Nintendo Switch as an opportunity to bring it back to life again. Great idea.
Yeah, I know. Anyway, after a long summer, I guess I'd better start working again. I've developed ideas from games, anime, and manga, plus some of the movies I've seen. And let's just say I can't wait till Aquarius Star or Skylight Star. I have a lot of planning to do. So, lots of fan-made abilities are new here, and I came up with one that I know you'll love.
Kirby: The Drill. The drill that'll pierce through the heavens! Yeah, boy! I can't wait for the next chapter! Especially the part where it was rumored that Merina was a princess. Wonder how that will turn out.
So, what do you think of this chapter, readers? You know the drill, leave a review for anything you want to say, and I'll try my best for a good RPG story. Anyway, it's been too long, and I kept some of you waiting. Sorry for the inconvenience, but after 2 or 3 months, here is Chapter 11 or Chapter 2 Part 3! Yay! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter and have a nice day! Byyeee!