Chapter/Tale 2: Ruby and Princess Merina: Act 4

Author's Note Intro:

Kirby: What's up, everyone?

Hey, that's my line, Kirby! Anyway, I hope you all liked the last chapter because there's more coming right back at ya! So, yeah. There are a lot of things that I still have to go edit, like this part in the last chapter about the Seven Princesses.

Kirby: Yeah, I think you kinda messed up a bit there.

Yeah, I'll fix it later. Right now, we've got a job to do. Oh yeah, I made a typo that I'll add Merina's POV at the end of that chapter. Major typo. It'll be after the fight with Volakairix, I mean. What I meant to say for the Gale Princess is that Merina actually harbors the same Grand Elemental Power as the Princess Rina does; I meant she's just the reincarnation. Anyway, let me know what you think about this story in your reviews and I do not own Kirby-all belongs to Hal Laboratory.

Kirby: Well, don't just stand there! Read, fools! READ!

Hey, you do not say that to a reader. Everyone knows that! P.S. Due to school circumstances and a crapload of freaking homework and classwork, unfortunately, I am forced to resort to writing all chapters and posting one by one until at least the situation is cleared out for me, I hope. Plus, with Hurricane Irma and a week off from school was the reason for all this. In other words, we have to make up for the days lost, so… yeah.

Chapter 11 recap…

After the gang treks through Star Pyramid and played some Bomberman, they encounter the two mischievous members of the Zero Seven Force, Auralia and Molotov. However, while they were taking care of that, Kazela takes matters into her own hands and went to Callie for answers about Merina. It wasn't long before they discover the shocking truth about Merina, about what she really is and doesn't know-Aura Star's Next Gale Princess. And if that's true, it won't be long before she's susceptible to dark danger! What will they do now...?

Continue? Yes.

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Picking off from where we left off…

Level Five: Boss Gate

Kirby's POV Part One: The Great Volcano Offensive

We managed to reach the volcano, and the barrier was already shattered. The volcano was spiral and spikey at some points, but the top was our destination. This time, it was scorching hot with flames hot enough to literally burn anything to ash. Well, actually, the entrance was barricaded by boulders, and even with any attack it was hard to penetrate. Luckily, Dylan and Dash said there was another way inside, so we followed them downwards because we were on top, and we actually had to be inside to take it down.

We were completely on ground, and then I noticed a hole in the ground, in which both Dylan and Dash jumped in. Shrugging, we all jumped in as well.

Road to the Enemy: Volakairix's Flaming Labyrinth (Simplified) (Nature's Navel- Kirby Star Allies)

We were falling straight down the hole, thus landing on a minecart safely. It was a cart like no other as it took us to nearby land, which showed the secondary entrance inside the volcano. There were planks boarded and nailed to the outside part of the wall, saying, "Crater Cart-Mines."

"In here is a labyrinth of the volcano, the underground base mines. There are a lot of areas where there are carts around, traps, and barricaded doors and rocked spots. The only door that takes us straight to Crater Base is the Boss Gate, but somehow someone has hidden the key somewhere around here," Dylan explained.

I looked around and sure enough, it was a mine to me completely, only I've noticed the parts of bottomless pits replaced now with the sea of lava. This does not bode well. One wrong step and our asses are fried. I can obviously guarantee that though. So, just like in Dark Forest, we have to find a key that'll open that stone door and it'll take us to the beast. But, to find that key, we must find three keys along the way, and hopefully one of them leads to the main key. It won't be an easy task though.

"Yeah, I think we all know how this works, but we know it ain't gonna be easy," I spoke.

"Well then, let's not waste any more time than we've already wasted now," Dash added. "At this time, Volakairix may be in major pain. We don't know what is causing this, but I'm not waiting to find out!" With those words, Dash ran off along with his new pet Lilith inside, leaving us to catch up to him from behind.

Once we've caught up to Dash, there was the Boss Gate in sight. Just as Dylan said before, it's locked and we need that key to do so. It was like that stone door at Dark Forest, but different, elemental-wise. There were two portal doors and the gates looked like something from Japan. Only two doors led to the key's locations. We just have to find all 3 keys, case and point.

Apparently, the road was two paths after all, so that means we're gonna have to split up. "

Okay," Dylan declared. "Kirby, Dedede, and Meta Knight will take the first door while Me, Dash, and Bandana Dee checks the second door. We have to find a key at the end, then use that key to unlock the locked doors in there. Got it?"

We all agreed as we went into different doors. The doors took us to a place where there was a large amount of lava, lots of platforms, and minecarts. The carts were different somehow, as if they were not one at all. They look like those ping pong things from when you play those block ball games. They were in the form of a walking cart.

"What in blazes are those?" Dedede scratched his head. I just shrugged without much thought and jumped onto one without thinking. The thing started shifting and started moving on its own. Then, I realized that it was following the rails in front of me.

"Wah!" I shouted, starting to almost lose my balance.

"Kirby!" Meta Knight shouted my name. "Dedede! After him!" Dedede nodded and jumped onto a free cart available. Soon enough, they were following me as well.

These contraptions took us along a maze of rails as we were moving. In front of us were lots of obstacles as well.

Using the Minecarts

These carts are called "Block Carts." You can easily control the by just moving. Of course they automatically move on their own, but it's your job to traverse through these obstacles, and it'll catch you automatically on its own.

So then, after knowing how to work this thing, I readied myself as there were a lot of obstacles ahead of me. I jumped over an incoming rock ball, radiating with fire. Next, there were fire birds who summoned lots of pillars of fire that erupted like a volcano (we're traveling to one). Jumping over them, I became Sheriff Hero and pulling out my whip, I cracked the fire birds at will. The sound of the whip is enough to break the sound barrier as they fell and exploded. They were more obstacles and eventually, we made it through.

The carts came and slowed down to the halt of nearby land. Hopping off was convenient for us, since the rails were guided through lava, close to it. Anyway, there was a puzzle room where there were four blocks and a locked room where a Star Key was needed, but however, the locked was red instead of green last time. There was another door which required the puzzle completion to unlock it. For the puzzle, there were floor switches. We have to push them on top of the blocks in the correct position to make the door open.

I started with the first red block and started pushing it to one switch with an x pattern on it. I sat it on top of the switch, and I heard a click, indicating that it's in the right position. Meta Knight moved a blue block onto another switch, and it clicked as well too. Dedede went for the yellow block and a click sounded out of that too. So, I went for the green block and pushed it to the last switch. Eventually, the puzzle door unlocked itself like the tumblers in a safe. There was a treasure chest, so I went to it and opened it.

You obtained a new gadget for Recon Automata, The Grappling Gun! You can attach this to walls and even rails across areas you can't reach!

The door to the Star Key was open, and was a rail above us. So, I dropped the Sheriff Hero and became Robo-Slayer instead. I noticed that my Neon Blaster had a new mode implanted in it. I pressed the button, and the gun shifted into Grappling Mode. "Alright, guys. Hang on." I called to them. They grabbed tight onto me as I readied my aim at the rail, pulling the trigger, which then unleashed the hook onto the rail and it all yanked us as it was grinding forward.

After that, it took us to an area where there was many vases. I remember this room as the room for the Star Key. I noticed the Star Key up there, held in custody by a cage. So that means behind the vases is something that frees the key there, and we have to find it. Basically, it was about us smashing pots like crazy as if we were in a Zelda Game, and apparently, a place where there are lots of vases and pots are a Zelda player's paradise.

Dedede ended up finding a switch that released the cage for the key. The key, once the cage was dispersed, floated over to where we are.

You got a Star Key! Use this to unlock doors in dungeons!

That's the first one down. The rest to go, I guess. So, after we ride back to the earlier puzzle room, we went through the door that needed the Star Key. Then, appeared the same door that took us here in the first place. And eventually, it took us to another place in the dungeon as we traverse through the puzzles, traps and mechanics the dungeon has to offer.

Anyway, at one point, we've reached a room called, "The Throne of the Dragon Kids." We must place a dragon claw onto their hands with the right one to bring them back to life again and free them from stone. Once we did, their stone skin disintegrated and returned them to their original forms. There were 4 of them, to be exact. One of them went up to us and thanked us. His name was Kasey. The second girl was named Libra. The third one was named Tekoro. And the last one was named Mimi.

"Thank you for freeing us," Kasey thanked us. How I know their names, it was simply engraved right in front of where they stood stoned.

"Um, you're welcome," I responded. "But, may I ask why you were turned to stone in the first place?"

Libra stepped in. "You're Kirby, are you not?"

I nodded in reply. "Then if you were on Aura Star, you might've known the crisis happening, and it's why you're rescuing all the Gem Stars in the first place. You know about how people are being kidnapped and taken to here, right? It's not just Aura Star, it's everywhere on planets."

Tekoro added in as well. "When that happened on Aura Star, the whole process started to repeated here and it's going to happen on the next planet over. The real reason behind possessing the Seven Mystical Creatures and using them to kidnap people is really to locate the Seven Princesses that harbors the Grand Elemental Powers, and by doing that, one of them might know which girl may possess that power."

"So, that explains why they did it in the first place," I thought out loud. "I thought they did it to steal energy from them. But you do know who harbors that power, do you?"

That's when Mimi came to answer that question. "As a matter of fact, we do. I think you've met up with her as well, haven't you? You've grown cat ears and a tail, right? There's only one cat girl that can actually turn others into hybrids like her."

"Callie?" I asked. They nodded. "Yep, and also, she ended up giving you a fraction of her Grand Elemental Power and your Fire ability has become more powerful as well as your sword ability too by the Gale Princess. Because we knew this and refused to talk, they turned us to stone for our refusal," Mimi talked. "Basically, whoever freed us will have to take on our request."

"So, what's this request of yours?" I sighed and asked. Then, the roar of Volakairix filled our eardrums in pain.

"That's our request," Kasey answered to that. "We need you to free the Mystical Creature of Fire from the possession of Dark Matter. They got a hold of Ruby, one of the seven Gem Stars."

"Oh, really?" I said, satisfied. "You don't have to ask us twice, believe me. That's what we're here for anyway."

The quad of dragon kids were pretty satisfied with my saying. Libra then said, "Alright, then. We're counting on you all! Oh, and here's the key to get to the base of the volcano." She tossed us the key, one similar to back then on Aura Star.

You've obtained the Ultra Star Key! This key can only unlock the door to the Boss Gate at the dungeon hub! Now placed in key items.

"Oh, thank you very much!" I thanked them. "We'll stop Dark Matter for sure this time."

They lifted a smile on their faces. "No problem, Kirby. We'll see you around when you come to Skylight Star." Wings sprouted from their back, or their scarfs as they flew off and teleported away. The boys were shirtless, while the girls had bras or something on. I'm no pervert or anything. Also, they had dragon horns as well as teeth that may as well be a dragon's tooth. Mimi ended up staying behind and ended up licking me on the cheek and gave me a piece of a shard or ring or something like that and a piece of a star. Blushing again crimson red. She then backed up and took off into the sky and teleported away. I realized that the shard she gave me was similar to the one Mackenzie gave me with the letter.

You obtained another piece of something! You also got the Air Star Orb! You and your party members have regained your flight abilities from your original forms!

"Well, at least we have a little bit more of information," Dedede shrugged. "Now that we know the real reason behind their kidnapping, we'd best put an end to this madness quickly." A door opened and it warped us back to the central hub of the dungeon. The rest of the three were waiting for us.

"Oh, you're back already, guys," Bandana Dee spoke. "We've been waiting for you guys for a while."

I pulled out the Ultra Star Key out of my inventory and showed it to them. Dylan was satisfied. "Oh, so you got your hands on the Boss Key, I see. Anyway, let's not waste any more time and head to the Volcano now."

Use the Ultra Star Key on the Boss Gate? Yes.

Used the Ultra Star Key!

I placed the key in the keyhole, and somehow the key magically turned itself at a full 360 degree turn. The key sparkled away in red sparkle dust, causing the door to erode and disintegrate into sand. The barricade was smashed, and the road to the base was sparkling red, literally.

The road to the boss is now available! Now you can challenge the boss and rescue Ruby!

"Alright, then. Let's go already!" Dash urged. "We're wasting time anyway." He sprinted up the boss path, with us staggering behind to chase him.

Unexpected Encounter: Enemy behind the Walls

Following the pathway of the boss road, we jumped and latched onto railings from above as it grind and sailed us all the way to nearby land. There was a Copy Essence Deluxe Trophy nearby, radiating with red energy. I walked over to it, turning into what the four kids were; I realized that I was shirtless, only I had a scarf that can act like wings that was scarlet red. I had horns like a dragon, that are straight point silver, and my teeth were razor sharp. I have dark red short pants that matched to cover my knees and red shoes. On my hands bore red fingerless gloves and two gold bracelets. My hair was all spikey and red as well as my eyes. My throat felt like burning up, like a flamethrower.

You gained a new ability, "Dragon!" Now added to your inventory and is now accessible! All World 2 abilities collected! 12/12 collected.

Waiting for the rest of the gang to catch up, we continued up to where we saw the door to Crater Base. It was identical to the one back at Dark Forest. There was a Save Point nearby, so I walked up over to there and saved.

Would you like to save progress? Yes.

Now Saving… Save Complete!

Current Results:

World 2, Level 2-5: Boss: Burning Labyrinth

Lives x 17

All Abilities Collected! 12/12.

Current Ability: Dragon.

Current Level: Level 10, next in 325 Exp points.

Current Party Health: 280, extends to 350 by next level

Magic Attack: Storm Wind, Dark Flare (Equipped to Y)

Chaos Overdrive: Star Chaos, Ultra Sword (Activate when meter is full by ZL and ZR)

Current Location: Boss Gate of Dark Crater Base

Now Exiting…

The boss door automatically open itself, as if it was trying to invite its victims inside, and of course we took that risk. We all walked inside, unaware of what it has to offer us. The door was similar to how it was at Dark Forest, with crystals that are ruby red and are double doors, sticking on the sides and are glued to a wall. The light shined ever brighter of a radiant aura, and the second we stepped inside, there was no turning back; the doors have already shut down behind us.

? Mysterious Encounter

Walking closer, it seems we are inside a cavern of some sort. Dylan was the one to lead us. "Don't any of you let your guard down for a mere second; it could be our downfall." He huffed as he directed us through the straight hallway of a cave. The other side shined brighter and brighter when we approached even closer. At last, the light has come to cease, revealing a cliff that showed a circular area with a hole in it to the level of the cliff we're on, filled with nothing but what makes up a volcano- the main ingredient, lava. The volcano looks a lot bigger than I'd thought it'd be.

"Well, here we are," Dylan presented. "Crater Base. The base of the ruby dragon, where we'll find the Gem Star, Ruby, am I right?"

I nodded in response. "Yes, that's right. Places like these contains at least a Gem Star of each element, so I've heard and that's true."

Dedede started complaining, his clothes drenched in filthy, filthy sweat that he produced, and boy, does he stink! "Man, it's so hot in here, I think I'm gonna melt to goo!"

"Well, duh," Meta Knight stated the obvious. "We're inside a volcano, for freak's sake. It's supposed to be that hot, since we're near lava!"

Bandana Dee turns to me. "Hey, Kirby. You said that last time, there was a bunch of people turned to stone and captured, right?"

"Yeah, I did," I reply. "That's how I met Kazela. The poor girl was the only person who wasn't petrified in the cage. Why do you ask?"

He directs his finger to a nearby cage in the distance. "Would by any chance that'd be the resting place of those captured people?" I look with my goggles, and sure enough, his prediction came out true. "Wow, that was a coincidence. There are people after all."

"Why would they go through the trouble of capturing people in the first place?" Dash raised the question. Lilith, on top of his head, started to wail in fear or maybe in sadness. Dash takes her off his head and looks at her. She leaps out of his hands and runs to the near end of the cliff, roaring out a sad cry out to someone.

We could only be puzzled by the baby dinosaur's act. She started to sniff around and she somehow gets us to come over here. Closer, I spot a large rock place in the center of the lava that was marble white and had some sort of Japanese symbol engraved on it. Lilith smelled something, and once she did, she tackled all of us to the ground, because for that reason was there an incoming fireball aimed at us. The fireball only hit the walls, causing it to erode to pieces.

"W-what the honk was that?!" Bandana Dee gasped. Then, we heard a distorted voice of a dragon. Lilith was trembling.

"So, intruders dare to invade my nest, I see," It spoke like a fusion of two voices.

"What?" I asked. "Show yourself!"

"Hmm… so, you're the brat that everyone talks about. How vexing," It said. Blaze popped out of me.

"Alright, out with it, bub!" Blaze spitted. "Where's Ruby, Dark Matter?!"

"Oh, you mean this girl right here?" It answered, as a flashing red light shined, and in front of us lies the Gem Star of Fire, Ruby, who again we did not see in time either. "Don't worry, Fire Spirit. I'm taking good care of her."

"BLAZE! SAVE ME!" Was all she said before she was taken alive, and disappeared.

"RUBY!" Blaze yelled. "Oh heck no! That's enough! You better release both of them right now or you're gonna get it!"

"Alright, just what is the point of capturing all these people who've done nothing wrong? Just what do you want from them?!" I asked definitely.

"You probably may have heard from those dragon kids, but it's all true. A simple catch- I'm afraid you won't live to find out the real truth- no, without a doubt you will not live to tell the tale!" It chuckled. "Prepare to have your asses on fire!" The lava- no, the arena started to crumble to pieces little by little, until it eroded completely, presenting a long neck that rise up from the lava. The thing's neck was the colors of fire itself: red, orange and yellow. It was like a loch ness monster, except for the fact that it was on fire and the head had a dragon look alike mask on its face that was skull-flavored. I'm pretty sure it had a shell, but the neck was all that showed. However, it was dark and odorous poison was the color of its flames, just like with Aura Woods.

"Who is that?!" Dedede yelled. "It couldn't be the monster we're after, right?"

"That's Deserlava's Mystical Godbeast, The Dark Loch-Ness Monster of the Flames: Volakairix!" Dylan answered.

"Thanks for the introduction, Dylan," It cackled, pleased. "So, if you want her back, you'll have to fight for your lives for her, that is, if you can."

Lilith was leaking lots of tears. "Mama…" She cried. "Mama… Mama!" We all looked at each other in disbelief.

"MAMA?!" We cried in unison, sweatdropping.

"That… that monster is your MOM?" I asked. She nodded. The way that Lilith looked indicated that her mom was not evil.

"And I thought it was a male this entire time," Dylan sweatdropped.

"You lied to us, Dylan," Dedede accused Dash.

"I did no such thing!"

"I see," Dash said, pointing with the finger of Phoenix Wright. "Your mom is possessed by Dark Matter! No wonder she was acting evil!"

"Yeah, no jack, Sherlock."

Well, don't worry. We're guaranteed to return your mom back to normal, okay girl?" Lilith cooed and smiled as she licked him on the cheek. She leaped onto Dash's brown head.

"Foolish Warriors, you think you can stand up to me? Well, just try your luck!" She challenged us. We all got into a battle stance; I got into my battle stance, Meta Knight drew out Galaxia, with energy forming the blade, Dedede pulled out his hammer, Bandana Dee with his spear, Dylan who summoned his scythe, and Dash with his knuckles.

"Okay, I'm ready to pound on some ass!" Blaze grinned, cracking his stubby knuckles. "I'm coming for you, Ruby!"

"Alright, I supposed it can't be helped. If you insist, I'll just kill you all instead!" She roared, a loud enough roar to make the volcano burst into flames.

Fireballs flew into the air and up to the peak of the volcano, making it rain fire and sulfur with a blazing anger. It wasn't long before I saw someone familiar on the loch ness monster…

Meanwhile, back at Deserlava Town…

Karly's POV

Karly (That's me), whom we haven't heard from in a while, just finished the last hoard of bandits when they tried to invade the town. I had the Sword ability on me, with my pink blade on the hilt with a red gemstone in the middle. My hat was the same as my brother's but where the yellow part was is replaced with pink and so was the ballpoint end of it. My outfit was like a swordswoman's tunic in my own version, and I had a cape and high heeled boots. I also had a black strap collar on my neck as well.

The other two guys, Darek and Dream, are right with her. Darek has the power of Earth, while Dream controls Poison. They look back at me with a smile. All of the bandits surrendered and fled from the Starlet Warrior, Karly. That's me. I let out a sigh as I revert back to my original human form, my original outfit.

"Well, that takes care of that," I exhaled, smacking the dust off my hands. "Fighting off the bandits was a lot harder than I thought it would be."

Darek shrugged. "Well, that's how it always have been. Those bandits are tougher than you originally thought."

Dream was content enough. "Anyway, when do we get to meet that brother of yours?"

"Depends on how long it takes for them to come back from that volcano is my answer," I replied. "Anyway, I'm going to the palace right now to meet Callie. I've got something to ask her as well. It'll be quick, I can assure you that. Are there anymore coming?"

Darek looks at the group of guards near the walls and he let him know a sign of some sort. "Nope, that was the last of them."

"Well, nice working with you, Karly. We'll wait for you at the bar," Dream said. I left a blushing smile at them and winked. I can say for myself that I may have found a crush, I think. Well, not exactly, but at least they're hot!

Anyway, I took off to where the palace stood while the two boys returned back to the bar. I ran and approached the courtyard. For some strange reason, there were no guards around, so I went with ease inside the complex. Inside were just maids, and the guards were nowhere to be seen. One of them noticed me and walked up to me. I kinda sweatdropped.

"Oh, is this a bad time to be here?" I asked, with starting a feud would be the last thing I'd even want happened in my mind. "Never mind, I'll just come back another time-"

The maid cuts me off, prior to the statement. "No, it's okay. We were just cleaning up the mess the mayor has made. Something seems to be wrong with him these days. Anyway, there was a girl with a rabbit that came here to see Callie. Perhaps you might know her."

At this, I recognized who it was. The girl that made, well, most of our objective clear. "Kazela? Where is she?"

Right on cue, two girls came dashing from the elevator, a red-headed girl and a purple-streaked haired girl, who ended up running into me.

"Ow," I moaned. I look forward, to surprisingly see the annoying brat, which is how I saw her, taking my brother away from me. Trust me, it's not an anime brother complex- that's disgusting!

The red headed girl reached out for her hand in front of me. "I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" I reach for her hand and grabbed it as she pulls me up from the ground.

"Yeah," I huffed. "I'm okay, thank you." I noticed that she had cat ears, which I find unusual. Then, I noticed that Kazela was with her. "What are you doing here, Kazela? I thought you were with Emily, weren't you? Who's this?"

"I thought you'd know already, Karly. This is Callie, the Mayor's Daughter!" Kazela introduced her.

"Really?" I asked. "You've been hanging out with her? Oh, and just in time, too. I came to ask her about-" Kazela interrupted me.

"No time to explain!" She gasped. They looked like they were in a hurry. "We'll explain it on the way! Just come with us, Karly." Kazela grabbed a hold of my hand as she led me to somewhere else outside the palace. I was wondering what was going on. Just why these two are panicking and what could made them this way? Suddenly, a massive explosion boomed across the planet, as if a giant meteorite struck the ground.

We heard people exclaim in fear. Then one shouted, "Look, everybody! The Volcano is spitting out fireballs, and it's coming right at us!" All of the fireballs were aimed directly at us, like homing missiles. Immediately, I stop and jump right at the fireballs, deflecting them at will, then knocked them back with a brute force. The impact was strong enough to reflect it back to the volcano. I simply just land on my two feet.

"What was that anyway?" I asked. "Was that a Demon Beast's attack?"

Callie shook her head in response. "No, that was the Loch Ness Monster in the volcano, Volakairix, and that can only mean that Kirby and the rest of the gang are struggling head on with the Mystical Godbeast."

"Eh?!" Kazela exclaimed. "Kirby's over there?!"

"If the volcano erupts lava, we may as well be possibly doomed," Callie stated. "Let's just pray that the others make it out alive in time to stop this!"

"Kirby…" I started to say. "Damn it!"

"Karly! Kirby and the others will be fine! I know it, and you should know that too!" Kazela told me. "Believe in them!"

"...actually, you're right about that. This may give us the chance to do whatever it is you're planning on doing right now!" I responded. "Come on, let's go!"

I hope she's right about this...

Now Back to the Fight…

"Feel the wrath of the HELLFIRE, VOLAKAIRIX!" She yelled. She whipped out her tail that had a glowing spike-ball on it. "PREPARE YOUR ASHES!"

Boss Theme- Puppets to the Puppeteer

Brawl with the Dark Invaders- 8th World Boss Battle

Kirby and Party VS Volakairix, The Loch Ness Godbeast of Flames (Nothing is Promised- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth/The Dreadnought- Tales of Destiny 2)

Boss Description: This is Volakairix, the mystical loch ness monster that resides inside a volcano. She's the guardian of Deserlava Volcano, until a dark ball crashed into the volcano, which gives you the result of what's happening right now. Now that she's holding Ruby captive, you know what to do. Find where the eyeball is located to make your life a lot easier than a living heck. Free her from the chains of Dark Matter!

Volakairix seeks your blood in flames! Get ready to brawl!

"Ack! She's coming!" I warned. She summons her tail and whipped at where we're standing, only for us to perform evasive maneuvers and dodge the attack. I ran, or more like flew on the point where it looks like I'm flying instead of running near the ground. Dedede ran with his hammer deflecting the meteors aimed for him, while Meta Knight sliced and diced through all of the stalagmites that homed onto him like missiles.

Dylan, Dash and Bandana Dee avoided and evaded the attacks of the flaming spiked ball tail, producing flame waves that followed. I fix my eyes on the shell that was visible; I then saw something that appears to be an eyelid. It opened, and it turns out to be the eyeball we're looking for.

"Guys," I pointed. "The eyeball's on the shell. If we can stun it somehow, the eyeball will show." Everyone nodded. I pounded my two fists together, and icy flames enveloped them, covering them in an azure blue aura. I leaped over the edge and glided to where the shell was with the eye fleshly open.

"Ice Claw!" I shouted as I slashed with a dragon's fury at the eyeball. After that, the eyeball retaliated with thunder bolts out of control. Then, it blinked and the eye turned and looked irritated. Volakairix screeched in pain as the tail grabbed me by the foot and tosses me into the cliff, but I bounced upwards and glided backwards safely.

Next, she summons a cry that was powerful enough to launch us into an arena that was on the lava. She swept her tail that caused a flame tsunami of lava, and we all jumped over it. She swam around we were and shot fire balls. The bracelets I have reacted and started spinning, glowing with power. I placed my hands in front, summoning a barrier that reflected the fireballs at her.

She flinched heavily, hard enough to be stunned and thus exposing the eyeball. Meta Knight and Dedede charged at the eyeball, Dedede pounded with his hammer while Meta Knight slashed with Galaxia's fury. The eyeball howled in pain as the color of the eye turned yellow.

Dedede grinned with confidence. "So, feel like ready to give up now?"

"Heh, you're no pushover, I can say," Volakairix spat out lava blood from her mouth. "I'm just getting warmed up! NOW THE REAL FUN BEGINS!"

Phase Two Activated!

The lava started to rise, forcing us to jump to the cliff. Volakairix has sunk into the lava like it was water to her, as if she was some sort of lava mermaid. The lava continues to rise up a little bit more.

"Shit!" Dylan cursed. "We're gonna be lava food if we don't find a way outta here!"

I spotted a cave with mine carts that leads straight up and around. Pointing, I said, "Hey guys, there's mine carts over there! We can flee with them!"

Nodding, they follow me to where the carts where, jumping onto one and the carts shifted into overdrive as they pushed forward and skidded through the rails. The carts followed to its given destination by following the rails; the lava started bubbling and started rising.

"Huh, that's weird," Bandana Dee looked around. "Wasn't something supposed to happen by now?" We just shrugged. Unfortunately, that when Volakairix reappears from the sea of lava, swimming up to the cart's speed.

"Now you're dead meat, suckers!" She laughed. She ordered Lava Pillars that have faces and sent them to charge at us.

"Aw crap!" yelled Triple D. "She's back!" The lava pillars swarmed at us like a group of locusts. Dedede pressed a button on his hammer, and it somehow transformed into… a ROCKET LAUNCHER?!

"Why the heck do you have an RPG?!" I yelled. (It's another name for a rocket launcher, for those of you who don't know.)

"FOR SELF-DEFENSE!" Dedede answered as he made a first shot at the loch ness monster. The missiles were in the shape of Dedede's symbol, that is, if you know what it is, though. Each missile exploded on contact in front of Volakairix.

She flinched real hard as the lava started to boil high faster than we anticipated, which then gave me an idea, but first I have to take care of the rising lava first. I raised my hands in the air and summoned a bomb, an Ice Bomb even though I did not have the Pink Bomber ability. Wait, I could do that too?

Equipping Normal Star Artes Without An Ability

Just in case I forgot to mention, you can actually summon weapons from an ability with or without having the ability on you, or if you're ability-less in this case. Just hold the + button for weapons and the – button for abilities, and a screen with all your weapons or abilities will show up, so just select one and you'll be ready to pounce your opponents!

"Hey Dedede," I shouted. "Launch this Ice Bomb into the lava; it should make the lava descend a bit." Dedede grabbed the bomb, latched it in his hammer launcher, and fired at will. The aim at the lava and the explosion was powerful enough the make the lava go down. Volakairix hissed in pain like a venomous snake. She flinched heavily and nearly fainted, but kept her poise as her final attack of this phase was summoning something by speaking some language as if it was some secret code.

"What is she saying?" Dash asked out of curiosity. Then, out of nowhere were something similar to one of Aura Woods surprise attacks last time: missiles, no- Fire Missiles.

"EVERYBODY! HIT THE FLOOR!" I yelled. The missiles flew over to Volakairix, only to circle around and were targeting only us.

"Dang it!" Dylan grunted. "What do we do now?!"

"This scenario was just like last time with Aura Woods," I thought, recalling the fight. "If I remember correctly… I used, well, Galeroy used a magic attack that could repel the Wind Missiles. Which means…"

Spirit Attack: Dark Flare! 5 Stars left!

At first, nothing happened. I was starting to think it wouldn't work. Then, Blaze stepped in front of me just like last time with Galeroy. Blaze spitted and cracked his stubby hands.

"Just leave this to me, Kirby!" He said. He raised his hand in the air, flames enveloped in his hand. The embers formed a flaming wall like a vortex. It formed a star of fire once complete, and the missiles were underway already. "You ready for this?!" He shouted. The missiles made an impact on the flare, but to no avail for them, because the missiles reflected wildly at will. Blaze gestured his stubby hands and made the dark flare repel all of the missiles right back at her. She was stunned automatically, and therefore, the eyeball was exposed yellow.

"They can do that?!" Dash exclaimed. "That's so cool!"

While that happened, I became Archer already, with my purple Robin Hood hat and a yellow feather, and clothes straight from Robin Hood. Pulling out an arrow, one that was tipped with a missile from the Missile Ability, which is something new in this case and a little trick I learned from Twilight Princess Link, I steadied the arrow at the eyeball and let go once the target was in line in the range.

"Eat on THIS!" I shouted. The arrow stabbed the eyeball and exploded like a bomb arrow, one that was strong enough to make the monster screech in pain. The eyeball then closed itself and turned red, then the shell sunk into the lava, along with the rest of Volakairix.

The carts took us around and around spiral to the top of the volcano, before being cramped into a cannon and being shot into the air. We landed on the outer edge on the top of the volcano, where the middle is only filled with rising lava.

"Ya… ya think she's done for good?!" Dedede huffed. Volakairix popped out of the center, enraged and surrounded with ember's fury.

"GUESS AGAIN, FATSO! I'LL BURN YOU ALL TO A CRISP!" Volakairix roared. The eyeball turned red and was raging with the tears of blood.

Final Phase Activated!

She somehow manages to leap on top of the volcano, with her four, no wait- her five body parts plus the tail acting as barriers. Then, she starts to spin around the volcano, whipping her tail at us at the same time and made production of the afterburner of flames left behind. Once done, she leaped back into the bath of lava.

She launches flare balls that hovered to where we were and exploded into flaming pillars. Dash shot energy blasts at the shell which caused decent average damage, while Dylan tried to pry it open with his scythe. The other three dashed and dodged attacks at the moment. Then, at one point, she made a hard rock armor that made it look like she was petrified all over.

"Man, I bet that armor looks hard to smash through," Blaze commented. "If we can't smash it, maybe we can pierce through it!"

"Pierce through it?" I echoed. After much thought, I realized there was only one ability that can pierce through anything, if you know what I mean. A wide grin spread across my face. "Aha! This is a job for the weapon that can pierce through anything!"

Summoning all my power after dropping Archer, mini lines started to gather, and thus I transformed. I had a black undershirt with a jacket around my waist and tied. My goggles were the same, and I bore the same outfit of my original form, but it looks like I was a miner, of course, and I had brown boots instead of sneakers. The one thing that stood out was my weapon; it was a spiral shell that latched onto my hand like having a cannon for an arm, just like Samus. I bore a devilish grin on my face, but it was something worth chuckling for.

"What is that form, Meta Knight?" Dedede asked. "That kid gone look like a miner himself, like he's doing all the drilling."

"That's because he is drilling," Meta Knight replied. "That form… he's now "Drill" Kirby!"

"The drill!" Bandana Dee declared. "This… this is the drill that'll pierce through the heavens itself!" He mimicked the scene and voice of Kamina from the anime itself.

I raised the drill in the air, accidentally firing a drill missile at the armor of the loch ness monster, which actually pierced a huge chunk off clean! Without realizing it, I have already accidentally fired five more drills, sweatdropping. I leaped into the air, and did a downward drill stab at the shell like the drill that came from the heavens. She shrieked as the last part cracked off and fell down stunned, revealing the eyeball exposed.

"How about you taste the drill, sucker!"

I dropped the Drill ability, while landing onto the ground. The eyeball was leaking bloody tears with the color red. However, it seems Volakairix was not down yet, for she was still standing, even though the eyeball's exposed.

"Damn it, you're a lot tougher than I thought you'd be. You may have lost your powers, but that only made you stronger. But I'm afraid… for the fact that you won't live to tell the tale! I'LL DROWN YOU IN AN ETERNAL SEA OF FLAMES, TO ALL OF YOU!" She was charging up herself in a yellow aura, and by doing so, somehow the volcano was shaking like an earthquake. She was preparing an "Instant KO" attack, just like with Fred earlier.

"She's charging up her laser!" Dylan stated the obvious. "What do we do?!"

I was wondering the same thing too. Then, if miracles wasn't on our side, we'd be cooked, because by coincidence, a meteor struck her on the head, no, a meteor shower occurred, only striking Volakairix, out of nowhere. Then, by one point, one had to hit the eyeball that was fleshly exposed, and unexpectedly, she flipped out in a barrage of explosions and was knocked into the air.

"Kirby!" Meta Knight shouted. "Now's our only chance!" I nodded.

"Alright, let's end this!" I shouted.

Mystic Arte Activated! Super Ability: Ultra Sword!

A star shaped ring formed around me, giving me the power of the stars itself. The ring transformed me into my Super Ability, where I had the attire of a Grand Swordsman, the hat of the green hero, and the blade that has the power to even destroy the dark overlords! I had a star everywhere that you see it, and I was in the very same transformation stance from before.

I leaped into the air where Volakairix was. Powering up, I swung my Ultra Blade, charging up and when done, the sword grew gigantic to about her size. Then, I swung the blade with no mercy once, then twice, then thrice, then four times, then beyond that, and then I raised my blade in the air, making the blade even bigger than before, and in fact it was so big that it could cut the planet in half if it could. That's kinda going overboard, but I couldn't help it. And you know what happened after that.

"No way… I can't believe that t-this human defeat me!" She cried as explosions engulfed her completely, throwing her back into the lava at the center. A dark horizontal lightning bolt meteor smashed her as well.

Dark matter troops were being expelled all from the volcano, retreating the same form as Aura Woods was. We all cheered and did a victory dance.

"Yeah, boy! We've won!" I yelled. "You've just tasted a piece of the drill itself, the drill that pierced through the heavens!"

Volakairix has been defeated! You won the world boss battle! Victory! (Victory Dance- Kirby/Perfect Victory- Grandia 1 HD)

Your party gained 350 experience points! All Party Members have leveled up to Level 11!

Health has increased by 350!

All stats have increased by 40!

Next level in 500 Experience Points!

WORLD 2: DESERLAVA STAR ALL CLEARED!

We all jumped back into the volcano, landing in the same spot as we were when we entered. Dark Matter troops were being continuously expelled. Then, a bright light grew lighter and lighter until it filled the whole screen, removing all of Dark Matter from here, showing that there's darkness no more. Eventually, one was removed from where Volakairix lies, knocked out, turning Volakairix back into her original form and color.

A familiar person appeared just like last time, and it happens to be someone we've encountered. This guy does nothing more than just hovers in front of us. Blaze and Galeroy popped out of me for this time. Galeroy and I kept a good distance and stared at him with our guard up.

"We meet again, Star Warrior and Gem Soul," He does nothing more than grunts. "And it looks like you've brought some friends."

Dylan stares at me. "You know this guy, Kirby?" I simply nodded. Dark Soul chuckled with a devilish grin.

"Heh-heh. You've seemed to have taken notice of that," He spoke ominously. "I am a new member to the Master himself, Dark Soul." Dark Soul takes a look behind him, seeing that the Second Mystical Creature has been downed. "Well, it seems you're no pushover when it comes to battle. Just as Master said."

Only one person that comes to mind when he refers to as Master. Galeroy and Blaze had their arms crossed.

"There's something to this that seems very fishy," Galeroy questioned. "Is it really true that you're kidnapping people for information about the Seven Elemental Powers?"

"Hmph. It would seem well that you know a small part of our Master's plans. No matter, though. You all have yet to know what our Master is still planning soon enough."

"What do you mean when you say that?" Blaze demanded. "There's more to this kidnapping plot than we thought, ain't that right?"

"That's none of your concern… but it will be sooner or later. Molotov," He snapped his fingers. "Front and center." A flaming circle appeared, and it showed Molotov, along with Auralia, who was seen being carried in his arms like a bride, but it looks more like she's dead, and she's badly injured from our Instant KO attack; I'd take the fact that she's dead. No big surprise. Molotov gave me a death stare.

"Next time we meet, I'll kill you for sure," That was all he muttered out of his mouth. "I swear it."

"Don't sweat it, Molotov. You'll regret your words anyway," I shot back darkly.

"I'm looking forward to it, bub," He growled.

"Damn..." Muttered Dedede under his breath.

"Now, we've to take our fallen Zero Knight back to the ship, and handle our upmost personal affairs. There are yet more Zero Knights to deal with than you thought there'd be. Let's see you handle them all. You will know what we're made of soon enough. Only time will tell, but can you live to tell the tale? We shall soon find out for ourselves. Farewell for now, Star Warrior, until we meet again. Of course, our paths will cross quickly in this one day." He disappeared in a thin oval shape, and went into the air.

"You ain't seen the last of us yet, Kirby. You shall deal with the rest of us knights and will know what we're made of." He disappeared along with the fallen Auralia. I couldn't help but notice a sneaky glimpse at Auralia. She's not down, but she's up to something. That killed my thoughts of her being dead.

"Again, what was that all about?" Galeroy asked again. I just shrugged. Everyone sweatdropped.

We then heard the moan of a female. We all looked to see Lilith already snuggling with her mom, who was awake. She was back to normal, to her original color, the color of vanilla with the attire of flames as well. Her eyes was the embodiment of Ruby itself, meaning that it was back to its original color. She extends her neck over to where we were and smiled.

Lilith has ran over to us, next to her mom. Honestly, is it even possible for a loch ness monster to have a Dinolith as a baby? Sometimes I question the literal improbabilities of this universe.

"Looks like Volakairix has returned to normal now," I smiled.

The loch ness dragon had back her true form, her skin vanilla white, a red pearl hanging on her neck, her eyes shone a holy red ember and a red bow to go with it. Her shell was gone and was nothing than just her back, how it used to be: a pattern of flames encased inside an orb, implanted on her back. Her tipped tail was replaced with a red orb rather than a spiked orb.

"Thank you for freeing me of Dark Matter, Star Warrior," She shyly smiled.

"Oh, it was nothing," I shied a little. "We're just glad to help out."

Lilith ran over to Dash and starts pulling him over to Volakairix.

"Um," He said. "What are you bring me to her for, Lilith?"

"Dash, was it?" She asked. Dash nodded. She musters a smile and was blushing. "I should thank you for taking good care of my little girl. I can't tell you how grateful I am to you." Volakairix then leans forward to Dash and kisses him on the cheek. Dash blushes and smiles afterwards.

"Oh, um, you're welcome."

"Oh, I almost forgot. I believe she belongs to you." She raised her head in the air, and she summoned a light with red energy this time in a crystal. It floated down to my hands after shattering, the crystal outside the red light. The light ceased, revealing a red crystal star with two rings, the second thing we needed.

Congratulations! You've obtained the Gem Star, Ruby! World 2 Complete!

"Ruby! Are you all right?!" The Gem Star then transformed into another puffball me, with red and orange hair with a ponytail tied with a gold band. Her eyes were yellow, her body was red while her feet are dark red. She had a bracelet that kinda looks like a ring but you really can't or can tell the difference because of what it'd look like on a stubby arm. Anyway, she rushes out to Blaze and hugged him. She was crying for some time.

"I'm okay. I'm just really glad to see you and Galeroy as well. I mean, ever since that incident, we've been on our own for some time." She was crying tears of joy. "Well, at least you've found someone that agreed to help you with this, especially that one boy there, who's awfully pink and adorable, by the way." Ruby blushed. I kinda blushed, while everyone looked jealous.

"Man," Dedede said, jealous. "Why, even he's a human, does all the ladies even think he's cute and adorable at all? I'm sexy, so why won't any of the ladies take me?! WHY?! Meta Knight's dark and gloomy, but still 'he is fine' is what any woman like him would've said. And Bandana Dee looks like the guy that would have to have a girl save his life in order for the girl to develop a relationship or whatever, like those hot little fish girls or something!"

"Dedede, I'm not sure about the last part, though. That kind of thing only happens in Mermaid Fantasies; there's no way that'll happen to me!" Bandana Dee scoffed. Somehow, I get the feeling that'll be completely ironic and if it does happen, I'm sure we'll all get a good laugh about it.

"Ruby, didn't you know? This boy is in fact the Star Warrior of Legends, Kirby!" Blaze introduced. Ruby's eyes went wide and rushed over to me.

"Oh, well, thank you, Kirby," She smiled. "I guess we were really lucky that you came around. I was starting to think that we were doomed. But it looks like hope hasn't left our side yet." She leaned over and gave me a smooch on the cheek. I blushed greatly a burning ember of red.

"Oh, it's nothing, really," I shyly blushed, feeling the nice ember warmth of her kiss. "We don't mind helping you out anyway, because your problem is basically ours. You know, now that Kaila's been kidnapped, we're gonna need all the help we can get anyway, for who knows how much of an army Zero's built."

"You really are what they say about you, y'know," Ruby commented. "Probably Princess Kaila may have the hots for you. Too bad they had to go and kidnap her. But, we'll save her soon enough. Right now, we've got bigger problems to worry about besides Kaila, like with the Seven Elementals."

"Maybe Callie knows the story, we should go ask her. But first, we have to get those people outta here and back to the town," I suggested, pointing to the people in the cage.

"I'll take care of that for you, since you saved me after all."

Volakairix then lifted or motioned her head over to the cage. She manages to bring it over to us gently and snaps the chain off. Ruby then blew a wind of ember from her mouth, surrounding the people, and thus returning them to normal. The people were frozen in place and once realized they were unfrozen, they all sighed in relief, although they were frightened a bit.

"Where the heck are we?!" One of them called out. "How did we get here? WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!" We all sweatdropped.

"Relax, we're not here to hurt you or anything but to take you all back home," I answered, trying to calm them down. "It's a long story, but you'll understand soon enough. Case and point, we saved you from the forces of Dark Matter, who has kidnapped Princess Kaila and are planning to drown the world in a sea of sorrow. So, we're off to save her and stop Zero from doing… whatever it is he's planning to do."

The people kinda heeded my words, then smiled at least. "Well, if you wanna head back, the portal back to Deserlava Town is just over there. People must be worried about all of you, so it's best not to make them worry anymore." One by one, the people started to walk over to the warp portal and were teleported by a red star that flew up to the sky.

"Well, we'd best be going by now," I waved. "We've got a lot on our hands this time, and I've gotta meet up with Karly, yeah… I almost forgot about her."

Volakairix smiled. "Take care, Kirby. And thank you." Lilith ran over to Dash and licked him on the cheek, smiling. Dash couldn't help but smile and hugged her back. Lilith ran back to her mom and watched as we all stepped on the portal, becoming red stars that flew into the sky.

Deserlava Town: 7:00 P.M.

The next thing we know, we've ended up in the central hub of the town, where it was brimming with a lot of commotion. People started looking at us, but with the fact and knowledge of who we are. That's when they started cheering for us, shouting praises and all that hallelujah. We started walking to the Bar where we were allowed to camp out by Emily, thankfully. Emily was waiting for us along with two other boys.

The one on the left had gold, spiky hair with his eyes hazel. He had a black sleeveless shirt and brown long pants that had daggers buckled. His boots were brown and had a scar on his left arm, shaped like a cracked hole. The one on the left had purple hair and eyes with white streaks, and had a black headband on. He had a double-sleeved shirt and the shirt was purple while the sleeves were black. His pants are short and white, and his shoes were purple sneakers.

"Wow, you guys are back!" Emily greeted us. "From all the commotion going on, I assume you've got the Gem Star, right? Nice job, Kirby!"

The boy on the left stepped forward. "So, you're Kirby, right?"

"Yep, that's me."

"The name's Darek. Pleased to meet the Star Warrior himself." The other boy stepped forward. "I'm Dream. Nice to meet you as well. Your sister couldn't stop talking about you and your friends."

I kinda blushed. "Gee, thanks. Hey Emily," I asked, noticing that someone wasn't here. "Where's Kazela? If I'm not mistaken, wasn't she was supposed to be with you? Also, is Karly back yet?"

"Went to see Callie, also Karly went to see her as well," Emily replied. "She had something to ask her that's been bothering her for a while. She left this note." Emily personally handed me the letter and I started to read it. Wow, for a 10 year old sister of a princess, her handwriting is incredible!

"Dear Emily,

Sorry about my absence, but I had something on my mind ever since, and so I went to think about it; by that I mean it could something Kirby and the others need to know, but not until I am certain of it. So, if you need me, I'll be at the palace with Callie, because I felt maybe she could answer my question. Also, could you let big brother Kirby know that Karly borrowed his Warpstar when he gets back?

Sincerely,

Kazelaine Gemstyal Starlina."

"Oh, so that's where she went," I said, giving back the letter to Emily. "And it looks like Karly borrowed my Warpstar again. Man, is she terrible at riding it. They should be back soon, right?"

"Hey," Meta Knight said, within his hand is what appears to be another note that went unnoticed. His facial expression, told a different story with one look. "Looks like the Starlet Warrior left a note as well... this can't be..."

"Something wrong, Meta?" Dedede asked.

"Here, let me read it out loud," I offered.

Meta Knight handed me the note that has Karly written all over it. "I can guarantee that you're not gonna like it."

I read the note aloud. Check it out.

Kirby,

If you are reading this, you've rescued the next Gem Star by now. Hate to be bossing you around after that, but if you're wondering why neither me nor Kazela has come back yet, the reason why is because there's a situation on Aura Star, and it involves Merina! Not sure if you've figured it out by now, but case and point, Merina's in danger.

We're on Aura Star right now and Kazela and Callie are with me, so I need you to hurry to Aura Star ASAP the second you're done with this letter. This situation is even on the news right now! Please hurry, dear brother! (The Chaos Gate is open because we used your Warpstar to get there, so… get your butt over here! If I cannot protect them, make sure that Merina escapes safely and take her to the next planet, Aquarius Star!)

Love,

Karly.

P.S. YOU BETTER HURRY THOUGH, THEY MIGHT STRIKE RIGHT NOW AS YOU'RE STANDING HERE!

"Oh, you've gotta be freaking kidding me!" Bandana Dee growled.

"So it's true then," Meta Knight seethed. "Merina is truly in grave danger!"

"And our suspicions are confirmed, heh-heh..." Dedede slightly laughed at first, but facepalmed himself in the end. "Well, I did not see that twist coming!"

So, our suspicions were correct all along: if they are hunting Merina, it means there's more to Kaila's kidnap than we thought there'd be. I dropped the note immediately and started rushing towards the Chaos Gate.

"Kirby!" Everyone yelled. But I was gone by then.

"What the hell are you guys standing around for?! Move it!" I shouted.

"Kirby's right! All of you better follow him now!" Emily ordered. "I'll see to it that she makes it to Aquarius Star! Now hurry!"

"Right!" Everyone agreed.

"Damn it, I hope I'm not too late!" I thought as I leapt through the gate. It wasn't long before everyone followed suit.

Merina's POV Part Two: Aura Star's Next Gale Princess (Leads up to the events)

I was sitting with Maddie, actually being scolded by Mom and Dad, even though they were in danger. But still, they were happy that we were okay and honestly, I have to thank the pink warrior, Kirby, for that. Mom and Dad were pretty mad, but still were happy. They explained how they even got into this predicament in the first place, and that they were saved by some boy and two of the Wind Spirits with him. But what they really were mad about is that we took care of a boy and four of his friends plus one lost girl without their notice.

"Well," Mom scolded. "What do you have to say for yourselves, ladies?"

Maddie and I sweatdropped, leaving us no choice but to apologize. "We're sorry, Mom and Dad." But that's what came out of the mouth, and we were not actually sorry, because if we hadn't taken care of Kirby, they would've never been here right now.

"Well, good for you, because if you did something like that, I thought that boy you took care of would've "forced his way in," if you know what I mean," Our Dad, Matthew was joking. In High School, he was considered a "Man of Culture".

"Matthew, enough of your dirty jokes!" My mom, Marissa slapped him upside the head. Dad always made dirty jokes whenever he wanted and Mom had to smack him back to his senses because of Maddie and Mackenzie being so... innocent, yeah, let's go with that.

"Sorry, honey. I guess I got a little carried away. Heh-heh."

Mom sweatdropped. "Anyway, I can't believe that still we were captured by a bunch of lunatics who claims to be with Dark Matter. I'd never thought that they'd actually have the guts to possess the Great Tree! And there was something else that happened on another planet, and it involved the princess of Crystal Star."

"You mean you haven't heard, Mom?" Maddie gasped. "Princess Kaila has been kidnapped by Dark Matter and they're gonna turn her into an unlimited power source of darkness and take over the world!"

Mom just couldn't help but giggle. "Ah, Maddie, you and your silly fairy tales. You're serious, Dark Matter kidnapping Princess Kaila and plans to turn her into a dark source of power? That's crazy. Where'd you get that idea?"

"Er, about that," I spoke for Maddie. "It's actually true. Just look at the news."

"Um, honey? Looks like our girls are right about the situation. It's the number one thing that is sweeping the topics this day!" Dad was looking at the open TV, showing results of the incident.

"Oh my," Mom gasped. "It really is true, then. Your best friend is kidnapped by Dark Matter!"

I stopped Mom there for a second. "What do you mean, "Best Friend"? I don't even know her that personally other than what Kirby told me."

"You still don't remember, do you? Ever since that incident, it seems you've forgotten every single one of your seven friends other than Emily."

"Yeah, Merina," Maddie jumped in. "You were surprised to hear about the princess when Kirby told you his story. But what ticks me off the most is why you were wearing a princess dress as a little girl in those pictures and you still can't remember that?"

"Hmm…" I thought, trying hard to remember. "She still felt like a total stranger, but in another way, it felt like I knew her from somewhere."

"Now you're starting to get the point," Dad hinted. "Just put two and two together and you get a big helping of that fine piece of booty all to yourself, if you know what I mean." Mom slapped him upside the head again. We sweatdropped. Also, that line was terrible.

"Wait a minute, are you saying that I'm best friends with a legendary princess?!" I concluded. "And with more than one? Where does that even puts me?"

"It makes you one of them, the P-word," Dad said, hinting so and joked again until Mom had to slap him again. Rubbing his head, he still continued. "A princess. Yeah, that may sound like a bunch of bullshrimp, but that's the truth about you. I thought it was a joke at first, but after a few events that happened involving you, I actually believe it."

"And just what does make me one?" I questioned. "You can't really be someone important overnight, literally."

"The truth is, you possess an unusual power, pretty much that of the original princess of this planet, sweetie. You have Wind Powers while all those other friends that you forgot about possesses the powers of the other main elements we know about."

I stood up, seething with anger. "AND JUST WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME ALL OF THIS?!"

"Once we've returned from our anniversary vacation. But, you know what happened after that."

"Typical," I sighed. "I'm going out for a walk. I-I just... argh!"

With those words, immediately I went out the door to clear my head.

"Hmm, now I'm starting to have a bad feeling that we forgot to tell her something, as if something bad will happen to her," Dad said. "I wouldn't be too surprised if that cliche kicks in today or something." Another slap received.

"Well, I'm going after her," Maddie grunted. "And you shouldn't joke around like that either. What if something bad really does happen to her, like she gets kidnapped just like her best friend that she didn't know was a princess and she might suffer what Dark Matter's going to do to her or whatever?!" Those words were marked when she went out the door. Still, Dad had yet received another slap for that kind of joke.

I walked over to the heart of the town, trying to think long and hard about my life. I couldn't believe all the stuff about what I am. Me, a reincarnation of the original princess of Aura Star? I can't believe that! Yet, for some reason, I ended up carrying Dedede without no problem although he was heavy, but I felt different when I did. And another time, I somehow managed to make some of the stuff in my house float as if wind was carrying it. I just think that was a pure coincidence. I mean, anyone can have those powers if they wanted to!

The sun starts to set as I walked, and I could see the rainbow sunset pierce into the sky. The kids were still playing while the adults were all chatting and having a good time. The cats and dogs chased each other around. It was peaceful, and it's always been like this. Well, except the part when Aura Woods went nuts because of Dark Matter. What else could possibly happen this time?

"Merina!" I heard the voice of my little sister. Maddie ran up to me.

"Maddie, what are you doing here?" I asked, surprised. "I assume you were following me?"

"I was worried about you," she huffed. "With the whole princess thing and all that junk."

"Yeah, I know," I sighed. "I really don't believe that a common girl like me could be a reincarnation of a princess and have her powers. Now that is some really bad writing there."

"Who cares if it's bad writing or not?" Maddie disagreed. "I don't care if you're a princess or not, but I still love you as my older sister, Merina, and don't you forget that. I don't want anything bad happen to you, just like with Kaila… I still love you, even if you are different." Maddie was blushing with mixed joy and sadness.

I actually felt guilty, for making my sister almost cry like that. She then proceeds to hug me, and I smiled, feeling yet grateful for what I am. "Maybe you're right. But it's going to take more than that to convince me of that fact."

"Merina!" I yet heard another familiar voice or two. One that I'd recognize from earlier before. I looked up and only to see Karly, flying on the Warpstar along with Kazela and another girl that seems so familiar to me.

"Isn't that… Karly and Kazela?!" I exclaimed. "What are they doing here?"

"LOOK OUT!" Maddie screamed. "BEHIND YOU!" Suddenly, a wind bolt zoomed by at shot down the Warpstar in a swift strike, throwing the trio of girls overboard and falling to the ground. They skidded on the ground hard right in front of us.

"Ow," Karly moaned. "What gives?!"

"Karly?!" I shrieked, running to them. "What are you doing here? And why is Kazela with you and who is that cat-girl?"

A crowd has gathered among us, and Maddie's best friend, Mackenzie came over to us. "Merina! Haven't you heard?! There's a group of seven people that claims to be part of the Dark Matter force called the Zero Seven Force and they're hunting down certain people!"

The girl with the cat ears spoke up. "Yeah, we're here for what she just said to you. And that reason involves you!"

"And it involves me how?" I questioned. "And who would try to attempt such a stupid hunt like that?"

Suddenly, a wind vortex appeared, and out came a girl that had evil written all over her face.

"That's who, Merina," Kazela replied.

"Well, this is the last place to look for the elemental princess of the wind," She muttered to herself. Then, she looks straight dead at all of us. "Alright, sissies! Do any of you know what I want from you all?" Everyone shook their heads as a no.

"Hell no! What kind of idiot would just ask such a stupid question like that, expecting people to know what they want when it could be anything?!" Someone shouted. Now whoever shouted that would be good at sinning the cliches in a game or movie or anime.

"Okay, prunes. Don't you dare play dumb with me or there's going to be some serious issues." She looks plainly in my direction, but her gaze at me stops when Karly stepped in. "Hmm, no one who dares to step in the way of Auralia other than this shrimp?"

"You better back off," Karly spoke.

"Ah, the sister of the Star Warrior, Kirby, the Starlet Warrior, Karly," Her sayings were meaningless when Karly came.

"So, you're the one giving my brother a hard time, haven't you?" Karly growled, somehow sounding pissed off.

"I may as well more than assume that you know what I'm after, what I want from them, right?" Karly's response was blank. She then finishes gazing at the people until she stops at someone, then chuckles. "Looks like I've hit the jackpot. Listen up, Starlet Warrior. My terms are quite simple: if you and the townsfolk willingly hand over the Princess of Aura Star, I'll spare your pitiful lives, specifically, that girl over there with the green hair." She points directly at me.

"That girl wants Merina?!" Maddie yelped, terrified. Everyone's direction heads towards me. They gasped with shock and terror. At this point, Mom and Dad were running over to the crowd, and they ended up near me. "No! You can't have my only older sister!"

"Uh-oh, this is gonna end in tears," Someone foreshadowed.

"What's going on here?!" Dad demanded.

"Dad," Maddie growled. "You were right about what you've said earlier, and now there's someone that really is after Merina! It's at times like these that I really regret you've said anything and I actually listened to you!"

"What?!" shouted Mom. "Someone's after my oldest daughter?!" Auralia, that's her name, teleported over to me with a devilish smile. I took a step back from that crazy girl. Everyone with me backed up as well. She coughs up a wicked smile.

"How about it, girlfriend?" She taunted. "All we want is for you to come with us, master's orders. It's just as simple as that. Hopefully, I won't have to inflict unnecessary bloodshed upon your beautiful townspeople, and you want what's best for them, ain't I right, Princess?"

"Ew, no way, creep!" I reply in disgust. "There's no way I'd sell myself over to the likes of you! And by the way, wasn't Kaila the person you only wanted? Why do you bother wasting your time with any of us here in the first place? And will you stop calling me Princess, you crazy little prick?!"

"You tell her, Merina!" Another villager cheered. "She's got nothing compared to you!"

"Yeah, she's probably jealous because her chest pales in comparison with yours!" One of the kids shouted.

"Ooh, get roasted!"

"Aw, all of you, shut up!" Auralia has started to grow impatient with me after being humiliated. "I've told you already: I'm just doing what my master has told me to do. Heck, not even I know why he's even asking us to do this. So just make it easier for us all and give yourself up, Princess Merina. That's your name, I presume?" I nodded, but I refuse the title of princess.

I still refused. "And if I say no?" That phrase sounded the challenge penalty. Auralia pounds her fists together and cracks each and every one of her knuckles, ready for a beating.

"Then, you leave me no choice but to beat you down. I've would've killed you, but my master needs you alive for his plans, and trust me, you're not the only one. Now, we're leaving," she then grabbed me by the neck, leaving me struggling for air. "And you're coming with me, whether you like it or not. And so are you, Princess of Fire." She also pinned Callie and held her by the neck with the same results while using her powers to knock down everyone and away from her to prevent interference.

"Urk!" I coughed. "Ah, just let me go already!"

"Merina! Callie!" Kazela yelled. "Let them go, you stupid lady!"

"Get your filthy hands of those girls or that girl's gonna really let you have it!" Dad threatened. "And by that girl, you best know whom I'm talking about!"

"Oh, and just who is going to stop me?!" Auralia chuckled. It wasn't long before someone stood up to her.

"If you want them that badly… You're gonna have to go through ME!" Karly shouted, attacking her from the behind, managing to loosen her grip on us. Then, she grabbed Auralia and lifted her away from us, resulting in her kicking her in the stomach that knocked her way back, and shot a fireball in the process. She skidded on her feet a little, but not in time to avoid the impact.

"Listen!" Karly said to Kazela and all of us. "Head for the Chaos Gate and make sure that Merina escapes safely! I'll handle her!"

"But, what about you girl?" Mom asked, concerned. "You've taken quite a fall on you."

"I'm the sister of the Legendary Star Warrior, I can handle this! Besides, if they get their perverted hands on your daughter, they'll be able to keep her as if she was a toy to them, along with the kidnapped Princess Kaila! My brother and his friends should be waiting at the gate by now or something. He'll keep you safe!"

"But, why are you doing this for us?" Dad asked. "You'd risk your life… to save one of our most and only precious daughters?"

"Ever since Princess Kailaine was kidnapped by Dark Matter and struck us down to this planet, your daughters were kind enough to give a generous hospitality when we were down. I felt like I needed to repay them somehow, and this is how I'm doing it. For now, I guess. We may've failed to save Kailaine then, but we're not going to let the same thing happen again this time! So, please, I'm begging you… just let me repay you this once, okay?" Karly graved a smile on her face to me, a sign of no regrets. "Now go. That girl won't be down for long."

Mom and Dad hesitates, but finally they agree to heed Karly's words. "Don't die, Karly! Big brother still needs you, and so does everyone else!" Kazela shouted. They rushed off in a flash along with us two "supposedly" Elemental Princesses, me and that catgirl. I kinda stayed back and looked at Karly one last time.

"Karly…" I smiled. "Thank you." She smiled with confidence. I then ran to catch up with everyone else.

"You won't get away, princess!" I heard the cry of Auralia as she threw a wind bolt at me out in a surprise attack. I nearly evaded the blow, but it was enough to knock me back and Karly tackled Auralia to stop her. I was hurled across the ground, away from everyone else.

"Ahh!"

"Merina!" Everyone shouted.

"You… leave me… no choice but to… TAKE YOU BY FORCE!" Auralia manages to kick Karly away from her and fires another one that Karly couldn't be able to stop from reaching me in time.

"No!" Karly shouted.

"Wah!" I screamed. It threw me high above in the air, leaving me falling to the hard ground.

"Merina!" The cat-girl yelled, running to me, but was soon pinned down by a man that looks like he's another member of the so-called Zero Seven Force, and his name was Molotov. I soon realized the ground was coming much closer than I thought it'd be. I thought this is how it ends, y'know, with the whole "My life just flashed before my eyes" situation. That's what I thought and was soon face-to-face with the hard ground-

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSH!"

I then just noticed that I didn't splat on the ground yet. I was really scared to even open my eyes, but I felt like I'm floating or something. But how and why am I?

"It's gonna be okay, Merina," A boy's voice spoke, one that sounded warm and familiar. "I've got you."

"Hey, look! It's the kid who saved us yesterday!" Someone pointed. "He got Merina just in time!"

"Oh my gosh, it's him, Mom!" Maddie said with cheer. "That's the boy we were telling you about!"

"You mean," Dad and Mom started to say. "That's the girl's brother?! The Legendary Star Warrior?!"

I'd recognize that title anywhere; there's only one person whose name goes by that title. I slowly look up and with my own eyes, I saw a boy that was awfully pink and adorable and had a smile on his face. "You okay, princess?" Hearing that from him made me blush green, and now I realized that he's… carrying me like a bride on her wedding day.

I brim tears from my eyes, gazing at the Legendary Star Warrior that saved my life. "K…K…KIRBY! You saved me!"

"Improbable… no, impossible!" Auralia growled. "He shouldn't have interfered, in fact he shouldn't have known about this at all!" I then realized that the cat-girl was in the arms of Meta Knight, in which the fire guy was knocked in the same position as Auralia.

"It's Kirby!" Kazela cheered. "I knew he'd come to save us all!"

"Hold tight, Merina," He said as he jumped far and a little way to where my family was. He landed softly in front on my parents. "I believe she belongs to you, Your Royal Highnesses." He said joking about the royal part, but made his point.

"Merina! You're okay!" They cheered as they ran over to me, well, being held like a princess carried by a prince charming; I meant me, okay? Case and point, Kirby saved me. "You wanna come down now?" He asked me. I nodded, and on cue, he gently let me down. Mom, Dad, Maddie, Mackenzie, even Kazela hugged me at once.

Dad turns to Kirby and pats him on the shoulder. "So you're Kirby? Well, for one thing I know, I kinda doubted you for a second there, but thank you for saving our older daughter. You've figured it out that she's a princess by then, maybe that's why you came here."

"What he's trying to say," Mom added. "Is that if you hadn't come back, our daughter would've been long gone. You really are a Star Warrior, just like the legend says you are." She smiles and hugged him against her average-large breasts, which kinda made him blush.

"Oh, it's nothing," he stutters. "Glad to help. But it looks like we're not out of this situation yet!" The two elemental members were still standing, gasping and wheezing.

"Just how… that brat shouldn't have known what we were planning!" Auralia gasped.

Kirby turned to face the Zero Duo. "It's a pain in the arse, really, for you," he pointed at Auralia. "To have to face you not once, not twice, not thrice, point is, facing you more than once. You really are annoying, ain't that the truth? I lost count there, but this is where I draw the line, because you two are really ticking off my patience here!"

"You mean," Dad started to put two and two together. "They've showed up more than once with him before? That really does explain why he's at his breaking point."

"He's right," Kirby spat. "This is starting to become repetitive with you members of Dark Matter; first Kaila's kidnapped, and now this? Ha-ha-ha, oh man, I get it all now. Seriously, in the short time I've met you guys, this has to be your saddest attempt ever to get away with something without us noticing."

"If you've really encountered them before, how'd you know they'd pull a fast one on you?" Mom asked.

"Simple, when they appeared after we've freed the loch ness monster dragon, Volakairix, from their control, and when they left, I couldn't help but notice and caught a glimpse of that girl, a surprise ambush behind our backs. Forgive me for saying this, Merina, but I also had feeling that you were more than what you seemed to be; it's a long story really," Kirby explained.

"Wow, Kirby's more smarter than we thought he was!" Kazela smiled.

"Oh, and if you wanna know how we even knew to come here," Kirby said, pulling out a white piece of paper. "You can thank my sister here for that, for writing me a note of where she was and yaddy-yaddy-ya, case and point. She may have had a feeling you'd do something the second our backs were turned, so maybe that's why she left the letter before this even started. The second I've finished reading this, I ran all the way here along with a few friends or more." He declared.

"Damn, to think that he'd saw this coming," Molotov growled. "No matter, though. We're are not to leave without those princesses, and that's an order!"

"Oh please!" Karly scoffed at them. "Princess Kaila was the reason why we're on this adventure, but what does Zero hope to achieve by kidnapping more helpless girls that are supposedly to be those said Elemental Princesses? By doing this, you've just revealed to us a hint that there's more to kidnapping Kaila than we already know, and you've just confirmed it for us!"

"Don't get so full of yourself, you pink demons!" Auralia insulted. "We've still yet to settle this once and for all."

"Alright, then," Kirby suggested, turning to us. "After what happened, now would be a good time to… pack up all your stuff and get the heck outta here, because Merina and Callie are what they'd call fugitives in the eyes of Dark Matter, so you all gotta stay low for a while in this situation until we terminate all of the Zero Seven Force, and head towards Dark Crystal Star and put an end to this madness. I mean, after we deal with these two in a second."

"Come on, Kirby," They yelled. "Time to end this!"

"Meta Knight," he said, and Meta Knight appeared next to him. "Sorry to ask you of this, but could you please watch over them for us and take them to the next planet? We can't afford a painful replay of what happened at Popstar. Get them to Aquarius Star ASAP; we'll meet you there once Karly and I wipe the floor with them."

"I shall indeed, Kirby. You've matured a lot, Star Warrior." He bore a smile on his face and rushes to our aid.

"We're not going to let you get away!" Molotov shot a fireball at us, but Meta Knight, with Galaxia's Blade, he repelled the fireball away from us.

"You better take them down, Kirby," Meta Knight ordered. "For Dark Matter's minions, they sure are persistent." Kirby nodded, but I stopped him before he does.

"Kirby… thank you... for saving me…" I blushed green, unable to express how I feel, for what he's done for me. My conscious was telling me to show him my gratitude, and with that, I went along with it, kissing him on the cheek. I smiled, despite feeling embarrassed. "Thank you, Star Warrior."

"Yeah, boy!" Someone cheered.

Blushing, he smiles back. "You're welcome; after all you helped me and my sister and my friends, for all I know this is the best I can repay you. And for the record, I just wanted to say-" The duo interrupts with a blast ball heading at us, but missed. We all sweatdropped.

"Feel the wrath of my banter!" Molotov roared. That line doesn't even make sense.

"It can wait," Kirby sweatdropped. "I've gotta tango with these one pair of suckers. Gotta run! See ya at the next planet!" He trailed his voice, running off to join Karly in this dual brawl.

"Alright, then. Let's get you all to safety now. Callie, we need you to unlock the gate to Aquarius Star." Meta Knight started to escort us; Callie, the cat-girl's name, agreed to this statement. I look back at the hero who saved my life and many more.

"Kirby… good luck…" was all the words in my head. And this is how I find out I'm an Elemental Princess of the Wind, in a messed up sort of way. That's my story.

Karly's POV: Twin Warriors VS Zero Knights of Fire and Wind

Kirby ran over to the battlefield, where I was doing my best to hold them off until Kirby arrives. To make a long story short, I was having my ass handed to them. Here I was, parrying attacks and reflecting them, but still I got kicked and smashed down. I was pretty exhausted, bruised up and scar covered skin, lip blood dripping and a few almost major injuries. Next thing I knew, Auralia socked me in the stomach, and to have me crouched in a painful position, cramped.

"You let our targets get away with your constant meddling," Auralia growled, then kicking me backwards, and the impact pierced through the stone floor. She and Molotov were right in front of me, and she grabbed me by the neck.

"Now, since you interfered and crushed our only chance at getting those Wind and Fire Elemental Princesses and let them get away, you're going to tell us where they escaped to. So do cooperate, this whole stinking town and all of its impossible-to-deal-with so-called citizens are going straight to hell!"

"I-I've got o-one thing to tell you!" I gave her the middle finger. "You can bite my spiny pink butt, you poor excuses of a Zero Knight!" Everyone was like, "OH, ROASTED!" This made them both made pissed off, and she threw me on the ground.

"Alright, if that's how it's going to be," They pointed their fingers at me, charging a mix of Fire and Wind. "YOU CAN ROT IN THE AFTERLIFE JUST LIKE YOUR PREDECESSORS!" I look away, and I thought it was actually going to be how my tale ends. That's when they fired at will, unleashing a beam mix of two elements. Just when I least expected it, I felt myself being snatched away out of the way. I felt myself swayed in motion for a while, until it went and stopped.

"Hey, sis," I'd recognize that voice anywhere. "I've got you." I then found myself in the same position as Merina, being carried like a bride on her wedding day.

"Kirby!" I said. "Y…you…"

"Say no more, Karly. Your big brother's got you. You've took quite a beating. Emerald, Ruby, can you help her for a second?" Emerald and Ruby popped out of him, rushing to my aid.

"Oh my gosh, she's badly injured!" Emerald commented.

"Well, let's not stand there," said Ruby, panicking. "Let's heal her already!" They blew wind and fire from their mouths and circled around me. It felt warm and I realized that all my wounds are taken care of, returning my strength back to normal.

"Can you stand, Karly?" He asked, concerned. He helps me up, and soon enough, I was able to stand on my own two feet.

"Yeah, I can," I coughed. "Thank you, Kirby."

He smiles. "It's alright. Now let's go finish this duel." He picks me up and he leaps over to the desolate battlefield. He lets me down once he landed.

"I've had enough of you, Kirby," Auralia stared daggers at us. "You've ruined our chances, so now we'll make sure that you won't go home alive, alright, you'll be going home in damn pieces!"

"Alright, you ready for this, Karly?" Kirby asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, I am! LET'S DO THIS!"

"Fools…" Molotov added. "You dare to challenge us? If that's your wish, then so be it! We will utterly destroy you and this planet will be your damn graveyard, right where you stand!"

"Alright, bring it!" Kirby challenged and soon we charged at each other.

Zero Seven Boss Theme- Heartless Abyss

Lament of the Seven Elements- The Theme of the Zero Seven Knights (Saturos and Menardi- Golden Sun/Awkward Justice- Tales of the Abyss)

Kirby and Karly VS Auralia and Molotov (Round 1; 2/7? Knights Fought)

Boss Description: As you may've known already, Kirby and Karly are facing the two knights of the Zero Seven Force, crafted by the Dark Matter Forces, Auralia, Zero Knight of Wind, and Molotov, Zero Knight of Fire. This will be for a fact, that you will encounter at least one of the knights in each planet, depending on what planet you're on, and it will probably get on your nerves as well, depending on the circumstances. However, there seems to be something, perhaps rather strange about the knights that strikes you now… don't let up, not even for a moment! Give them everything you've got! (No Phases on this one)

Zero Seven Knights Auralia and Molotov challenges both of you to a sudden death duel!

"Let's go, Karly!" Kirby shouted. I nodded as we were dashing at the opposing team that were doing the same. "Take Auralia- I'll handle Molotov!"

"Got it!"

"Now you will learn how to die!"

Molotov roared as Kirby took him head on. They fought with their fists colliding as they blocked and dodged each other's attacks, like a fight scene in DBZ. Me, on the other hand, was basically dodging all her attacks; she tried to chop me a few times, and I ducked and parried away some of her attacks. She did a spinning overhead kick that smashed right on the ground and I did a multiple backwards barrel roll that swiftly maneuvered through the barrage.

After getting back up from barrel rolling, she was about to jump and pound me to the ground, but at the last second, I backflipped-rolled out of the way as if I did instant transmission. I landed on the ground swiftly on my own two feet. However, the impact still managed to get a few scratches on me.

I charge with a dash kick that socked her, but she manages to guard against it. Then, she counterattacks with a wind bolt that I backflipped out of the way of, with the bolt striking the elemental statue standing the center of the town hub. I braced myself for impact as she madly fires more of them in my way. I decided to counterattack.

I became Twin Blade and tried my best to repel the endless barrage of attacks. I swung with one blade and countered with the other in sync, slicing and dicing through them like chopped onions and retaliated with Demon Luna, which she manages to tank instantly. I dashed forward and spun myself vertically in the air at Auralia like a tempest.

Auralia then summoned wind into the palm of her hands, forming a wind blade of her own to parry off my attack. She charged at me once I gotten to the ground, and so did I. Our blades clashed with metal fury and wind rapidly. Then, I leap back and shot one of my blades at her. Auralia dodges it but it her pinned to the wall, and after it does just so, I became Fire and charged at her as a rolling fireball, smashed her and backflipped away for distance.

She grabs the sword by the handle and just tossed it aside like a rubber toy, freeing her from being pinned any longer. She fired more bolts, and I countered with Fire Orbs, a new move that I didn't know I learned somehow. The two elemental attacks clashed and canceled each other out, causing a scatter plot of explosions in the process.

Auralia pointed her finger at me, stretching out her other arm like she was doing archery, forming a wind arrow without a bow. She let go at will, and lots of wind was surrounding it like a vortex. I cartwheeled out of the way and avoided the shot range. More was on its way, and avoiding them was really a pain.

At Kirby's POV, it seems that they were tackling each other head on just as we were. They struggled intensely for the urge to win the fight, and they broke their attack therefore, and they leap away from each other, gasping and wheezing. Each of us were together with our partners as we were both gasping and wheezing.

"I'd well admit, you fought well; you're certainly no weakling," Molotov huffed and gasped, but cupped his hands together for his last attack. "But this looks like this battle will be determined in this blow!" Auralia did the same.

"Damn it!" Kirby growled. "Tch, our butts are gonna get fried if we don't counter that!"

"Well, it was nice knowing ya, Kirby," Auralia sneered. "This is what you get for interfering with our mission; letting the two elemental princesses escape for their very lives, and we were so close! Now, you must DIE!"

"I guess we have no choice, huh?" Kirby smirked. "It leaves me no choice but to use this move. I hope you learned some sort of special attack or something, Karly!"

I smiled and winked at him. "Of course I do! I learn the same moves you do, except… different-ish. Point is, I know an attack like yours."

I got into the same battle position as Kirby, summoning a different aura than Kirby's, whose aura is blue, while mine was red. I readied myself into position, as well as Kirby. The other two were planning to do the same, with their auras being green and red-orange.

"On this one attack, we'll bet everything," I thought.

"Alright," The two knights yelled. "This is how you story ENDS!"

"I don't think so!" We yelled.

Dual Mystic Star Arte! Star Chaos and Luna Chaos!

We both unleashed with full fury, and we raised both our hands in the air, summoning all star and moon power all the way to the palm of our hands. Then, we both pulled back our arms, energizing with power, ready to burst. The other knights did the same and got ready to fire.

"LET'S END THIS!" We both yelled.

"Hey!" They said in unison. "That's our line! No matter, though. TIME TO DIE!"

"STAR CHAOS!" Kirby yelled. Stars shot from his palms.

"LUNA CHAOS!" I yelled. Moons shot from my palms.

"INFERNO MATTER!" Molotov yelled. Fire shot from his palms.

"TORNADO MATTER!" Auralia yelled. Wind shot from her palms.

It wasn't long before our attacks collided with each other; Star and Luna power vs Wind and Fire power. The beam struggle was at least what you could call a DBZ reference. Much like so anyways. And pretty soon, the light beamed forward shone so brightly that it filled up your vision of the brawl.

…

Once the light dispersed, the descending light revealed the outcome of the fight. Surprisingly, all of us were still standing actually, with the expectation of one expecting the others to fall, but that didn't happen. Instead, we were actually surprised to see not just a giant crater in the ground, but rather was kept us standing there and staring was WHO was in the center of that chaos. Implicitly, it was Dark Soul that was standing there. Seeing him around shocked us all.

"Kirby," I said to him. "That wouldn't happen to be Dark Soul, am I right?"

Kirby nodded in response. "That's him, alright. But, he rather looks familiar somehow. Like I've… met him before. Almost like someone I fought."

"Dark Soul?!" The Two Knights exclaimed. "What are you doing here?! We were about to finish them off!"

"Oh, you were?" He wondered. "Oops, my bad." He said with a troll face, which caused the both of them to fall over in response like what the actual heck.

"Sorry to interrupt your match, but it seems there's been a slight change of plans involving the Seven Elementals."

Auralia stuttered nervously. "U-um, a-about t-t-that-!"

"Say no more, Zero Knight," Dark Soul cuts her off. "You've would've succeeded and they wouldn't have gotten away if it wasn't for these meddling warriors, who shouldn't have known about this." He turns to us in response prior to his statement.

"But what about those two?" Molotov asked. "And what of the Seven Elemental Princesses?"

"For the time being, we'll let them off with a warning," He replied. "About them, we'll let them go as it is a direct order. Master has something else in mind for those girls. He says just to keep an eye on the Crystal Princess and Popstar's Precious Painter for now. Just head back to the ship for the time being and rest up. He understands the real reason you've failed, and he's not happy about the interference, none other than Kirby. Inform the next knight of their arrival to the next planet. Understand?"

The Twin Knights looked at each other with a worried expression. Finally, they came to a consensus. "Alright, we understand."

They turned to us before they left. "Due to these conditions, we'll have to finish our fight another time, Star Warriors. You haven't seen the last of us, but you'll see… very soon." With those words marked, they teleported and disappeared. Dark Soul looks us dead straight in the eye and smiles wickedly.

"I can't wait to see how far you'll go to rescue Kailaine, Kirby, and your other precious friend as well. I think you may know her. Peace out, Warriors. Oh, and this is for you, Kirby. See ya!" He did the peace sign and teleported. We sweatdropped. It also seems like he dropped a page of something that came out of a girl's diary. Kirby went over to pick it up. We both just shrugged in unison, still sweatdropping.

Victory? I guess?

You've gained 121 experience points. I guess we'll pass the fight as plausible, for now.

You got a page of a person's diary. Check it out when you have the chance.

Arte Clash/Struggle

So... about that fight, huh? To make it up, I'll tell you something useful. You know how both you and the enemy's artes had just clashing with each other? All, well most artes can clash with the enemy as well, either causing something we call an Arte Clash or an Arte Struggle. Arte Clash is when both artes from both sides collide with each other at the same time, causing them to detonate on contact. You can perhaps use this fact to spare yourself unnecessary damage if you're in a bind. Arte Struggle is when two strong artes struggle to dominate the other. When this happens, you must pull through by pressing the button shown on the screen to ensure yourself victory over the other. Keep those techniques in mind when you battle!

I mean, that's all the victory screen had to say about it, since there was no knockout at all. Anyway, we look around to see the town was almost at the point of breaking down.

"That was one hell of a fight we had there. I've never felt so much more alive than I even felt like I did before," Kirby sighed. He was yawning and looked like he was going to crash. "I can't help but think about what Dark Soul said."

"Well, looks like we've got a town to clean up, a little bit… This… shouldn't… take long…" Suddenly, I felt so weak that I collapsed on the floor and so did Kirby. It wasn't long before I felt my body being carried or something like that. But I was out cold already.

Area Unknown...?

"Onii-chan…"

"Ngh…"

"Onee-san…"

"Ugh…"

"Wake up… its morning already."

"Ugh… no, Karly. Don't drench me in ice water. Just five more minutes…"

"… Am I dead?"

"No, you're not. This would've been a funeral instead if you were dead."

"Aww…"

"Hey, sis… you know, they actually look adorable when they're sleeping together."

"(Giggles) you're right. Especially when Karly's hugging Kirby. I'm totally getting a picture on this."

"Aw, I'd never thought they'd actually look adorable together. Really reminds me of our days together, right Matthew?"

"That's right, Honey. Still, I can't believe that these are the kids that are destined to save the galaxy. And to think that Princess Kailaine's little sister is still alive after all those years; she calls Kirby her replacement brother and Karly her replacement sister until they rescue her real sister."

"Kirby may eat a lot, but he can also sleep through anything. Almost better than I can, am I'm jealous. But it creeps me out when all Kirby mumbles in his sleep is always about food, and I can't forget the time when he almost became a cannibal, trying to eat my royal booty!"

"But seriously, though. He and Karly has been knocked out for two days straight, and we're lucky that they've haven't left for the next planet, Skylight Star. Also, Kirby seems to talk about the recent events that followed up to this point. It must be painful for him to have that burden. "

"We're lucky that they haven't kidnapped Callie, because we got to this planet through the Chaos Gate, and she only has access to that. And I'm glad Callie knew someone here, and I think she said something about a person that she met on Modern Day Aqua Star one time. I think it was a friend or something."

"Well… what should we do now? I mean, we don't have a clue as to where we should go, I guess. We have to find the next Gem Soul and Gem Star spirits and we don't have a clue as to how to find them. Maybe we should wait till they wake up."

"Well, while we're doing that, I'm gonna go get breakfast for all of us. I think the twin warriors would like that so."

"Hey, Callie. What about your father? Isn't he still sick or something?"

"Don't worry about that. He was suffering the effects of Dark Poison just as with all of you earlier a couple of days ago. Mackenzie here gave me the antidote for the dark poison. He's okay now."

"Hey look, they're waking up!"

"Wow, what a mere coincidence."

…

My eyes flutter open, and it was to show me that everyone was there. I then felt I was hugging something, and when I turn to see what it was, it was none other than Kirby?! Kirby's eyes open only to see me in his eyes way. We both blushed and screamed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

We scramble to jump out of the bed, because it's like those scenes in one of those movies where they get all drunk and everything and they wake up the next day with someone next to them, meaning it's a possible chance that they "did it", maybe. But I wasn't taking any chances at all. Doing this resulted in us collapsing onto the ground, right in front of a crowd of familiar band of people.

"Good morning, big brother and big sister!" The little princess greeted. "Are you feeling any better?"

"Yeah, I've never felt that much better than before," Kirby replied.

"I'm… okay, I guess?" I said, unsure of my response. I then noticed that everyone was here, pretty much our friends, allies (so far), and the family whose older daughter that didn't even know she was a princess that we saved, as well as the other elemental fire princess, Callie. There's Dylan and Dash as well.

"W-what are you guys doing here?" Kirby asked. "And where the honk are we?"

Kazela giggles and smiles at us. "We're at Aquarius Star, just as you said to do before you two went head on with those Zero Knights back at Aura Star. Pretty much, you remember, right?"

My memory accesses the files of that incident. "Oh, that's right. I remember pulling off a final blow, and then this guy named Dark Soul; he appears to be a new member of the Dark Matter Force, like the commander or something."

Kirby adds in as well. "Looks like he said that their master has decided to let the girls off the hook, but it doesn't really mean that they've given up on them for good. It's most certain that they will be hunted down, but we just don't know when. For now they've decided to keep an eye on Kaila for the time being and let the other 5 knights handle us."

"Is that so?" Meta Knight asked. "That's a relief, for now."

Merina then realized something. "Oh yeah, Kirby, you were holding a page of something after that guy left, right?"

"Oh, yeah," He replied. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper and unraveled it. "This looks like it came from a girl's diary or something. If Dark Soul had it, that doesn't makes any sense, if you put it that way. But there must be a reason why he had it, isn't there?"

Everyone sweatdropped. I mean, there's no way an evil guy would have a page of someone's diary. I mean, what are they going to do with it exactly?

Kirby looks at it in confusion. "Hmm, it appears to be covered in dust or something sticky and… white, I think, or it's probably my imagination. I don't think I can read this yet."

Something on the paper caught my eye. "Hey, Kirby, let me see that for a sec."

He hands me the paper, unsure of what I was going to do. "The page may be covered in dirt or something, but there's a word that stands out or a sentence maybe. And you're not going to believe me when I tell ya it has your name on it, Kirby!"

"What? It has my name on it?" I went to show him the part where it says his name, and it was italicized and was in cursive. "And look," I continue on to say, "There's more than just your name. The line says:

"The only thing I can do is wait for Kirby…"

"That's all it says, because the rest is covered in grime and dirt or whatever's sticky enough to cover it," I finished.

"I don't think we'd wanna know what that stuff is," gagged Dedede.

"Hey look," Kirby says, flipping over to the back. "There's a back part to it, and it looks like it's been stuck together onto another page. This side's clear and it has a full sentence or more. This one says:

The girl exhaled out of relief and almost collapsed, but luckily I caught her in time. The girl had a green shirt with black double sleeves and a white flat down collar and a gold button that was loose, showing a bit of her cleavage, a black/grey skirt with black shorts with high black socks and boots that were brown and looked like something people would wear in the wild west. She has metallic long black hair, but not much isn't shown because of her red beret on her head. Her eyes are black and cosmic and overall, she looks like a… I forgot.

"That's all it says on this one. But that page only described someone," Kirby deciphered. "But, ya know, I can't help but feel that it describes someone I know… it felt as if I know this person. After all, Dark Soul did say it was for me, so… yeah, I'm all out of ideas."

Bandana Dee came with a possible answer to this question. "Wait, remember when this whole dumb mess even started in the first place, y'know with the invasion and you know what happened after that? Like, everyone was there to witness the rebirth of Dark Matter and yaddy-yaddy-ya."

I stared blankly at him. "Where are you even going with this?"

"Yeah, before that happened, I was going up to see Adeline that day before the damn attack started. I was asked to ask her to paint something for Dedede here, like some sort of portrait of Dedede with muscles to impress the-"

"Ay, we do not have to go there!" Dedede interjected, covering his mouth.

"Hey, you're onto something there," I caught on. "Where was Adeline on the day the attack happened? She did offer to help out that day with a painting of Kaila and all of us."

"Wait a minute- green shirt with double black sleeves and a white collar, gold button with her shirt exposing a bit of cleavage, black/grey skirt with black short, long black socks and brown boots looking like they belonged in the wild west, metallic long black hair and a red beret?" Kirby recapped. "If Dark Soul had a page on this, then that means if they did kidnapped another person besides Kaila, then that person had to be Adeline!" Everyone gasped at my statement.

"Are you serious?" I asked. "Are you implying that the reason why no one saw her before the attack was because she was taken hostage by Dark Matter?"

"Well, in that sense, that would be plausible," Kirby replied. "It kinda makes sense now. I mean, this whole page was describing Adeline herself, and Dark Soul did mention a painter besides Kaila; Drawcia's dead, Paintra's dead, and Claycia's… pretty much the only one alive. When I read this, there's only one painter on Popstar that comes to mind in this description, and that's Adeline. She must be aboard that ship, trapped in some kind of prison by now, and if she was described by someone, then that leaves to only one explanation."

"So, just put two and two together and you get 5!" Dedede answered. "No wait, 2+2 isn't 5, it is 6! Yeah, 6!"

"No, it's 4, Dedede," Bandana Dee slapped his forehead. "Man, I can't believe you still don't know the answer to that simple problem so simple, that even a newborn baby could figure it out."

"Stop taking everything I say so literally! Do you even joke?!"

"So, who do you think wrote it?" Meta Knight asked.

I gathered my thoughts and tried to think of an explanation. "If Adeline was kidnapped along with Kaila without our notice, and if all the other girls aren't captured, noting that they're here now, then the person who described her in this diary page is…!"

"Kirby," I spoke. "Could it be possible that "she" wrote those diary entries?" He nodded.

Everyone else was confused. "What do you mean by "she," Karly?" They all said at once.

Kirby then showed us the page that is somewhat clear; he directs us to look at the bottom of it. "Fill in the blank: The person who wrote those diary entries and described Adeline is none other than-"

Everyone yelled together in unison to complete the sentence. "PRINCESS KAILAINE HERSELF?!"

Kirby nodded. "That's right. There was no one else captured but the princess herself, and it seems these diary pages belong to her. That means they must've kept Adeline hostage in the same prison together! But my real question is why? That's what I'm going to figure out- I mean, we are going to figure out."

Unfortunately, his stomach interrupted him. "On second thought, maybe I'll hold off that until after, because I'm actually starving. With all this madness going on, I haven't even thought about food not even once in that time."

Everyone starts to laugh. I just had to shrug. "Oh, Kirby. Food is all you ever think about until this whole mess started up!" I couldn't help but giggle as well. I ended up realizing that I'm wearing different clothes than my default one, more like pajamas, basically, and Kirby's only wearing long pink pants and a white t-shirt while I had a sleeveless white tee and red short pants.

Kazela motions and points at our clothes. "Oh yeah, Karly. Your clothes and also Kirby's were busted up in the fight, so we went to get you new ones and gave you these as nightclothes. Your actual ones are being patched up right now."

I smiled and gave her a hug. "Thanks, Kazela. You can really be considerate sometimes." She blushed and smiles. "You're welcome."

"Hey, can we eat now?" Kirby complains. "I'm hungry. Seriously, my stomach is about to implode and eat itself up." Yeah, y'know, black hole stomach. I still think we have to confirm that.

"Hey, wait a minute," Kirby asked, aware of something. "Where on Aquarius Star are we exactly?" Everyone who was about to leave looked back at Kirby.

"Oh, that?" Merina answers. "This is the Aqua Resort, owned by a friend Callie knows. Although, she's not sure what she's supposed to be anyway."

We both just shrugged. "Sounds legit enough. But man, have I always wanted to go to a resort was a lifelong dream! All of it, but all of the food they have! They're all going in my belly!" Everyone smiles and left the room. Kazela grabs our hands and delighted, started to take us out of the room.

"Come on, Onii-chan, Onee-san!" She smiles.

I giggled. "Alright, alright, we're coming."

"Yeah, FOOD, I'M GONNA CHOW DOWN ON YOU!" Kirby sang with a joyful cry, with his stomach growling in hunger as we left the room.

…

Meanwhile…

"Kirby… the Star Warrior of legends… heh-heh. I can't wait to play with you as soon as possible; we're going to have a lot of fun."

To be continued for World 3: Aquarius Star...

World 2: Deserlava Star Complete! End of Chapter 2!

Finally, it's done, at last! Chapter 2 is complete!

Kirby: You're done, what took you so long?

Ha-ha, it's simple. Florida, the state where I am, had suffered through Hurricane Irma, the second one this year. If you watched the news or something, you should've seen how shit just got real. Luckily for me, we didn't run out of power but it didn't feel comfortable writing in a stormy environment. And we just got a week off after the hurricane for school since it was used as a shelter. We only have to make up two days, which is good. And with that, that's what slowed down my writing.

Kirby: Yikes, man.

I know, but hey, look on the bright side, at least you're getting two new games!

Kirby: Oh yeah, Battle Royale and Star Allies! Man, all fans were hyped up for them, mostly Star Allies, but almost everyone's favorite part in that game was Dedede, who grew buff and has muscles for once. That fatass has decided to work out for once. I can tell there's going to be a lot of fanart on this.

Yeah, I'm also excited for Super Mario Odyssey and Sonic Forces. I've seen some videos on debate as to whether which game will stand out superior. Those games can shut up and take my money! All of it!

Kirby: Honestly, that's up to the gamers to decide, as to there is no telling which one could be superior unless they played the two of the games. But truth be told, both games look awesome by the way. I wonder how long it'll take them to finish them. My best guess is the same length it took them to complete LoZ: Breath of the Wild, maybe.

Yeah, anyway, sorry I took so long with this chapter. I think World Boss Chapters takes the longest to write, so forgive me for that, readers. Also, the other delay was in the power of editing, so… yeah.

Kirby: Hey, was the other delay was in writing the second part after the boss battle? If that's the case, then why?

Uh-huh. For why I haven't had them kidnapped, I just came up with a better idea as to what happens to them. Heh-heh.

Kirby: Okay, what are you planning?

It's a secret to everyone. (Disclaimer- Don't own this) You'll find out soon enough.

Kirby: Uh-huh. Whatever.

Anyway, I think it's best if we just wrap this up.

Kirby: Ok.

Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter, and let me know as to what to improve on or fix, as any online writer, I want to be able to improve in writing. Let me know your thoughts on this story so far about anything and that's all for now. Have a nice day!

Kirby: See Ya!