Kirby & the Crystal Princess: Tales of Crystallia- An RPG Tale Re:Zero

by KirbyPwnz2143

This adventure started when Princess Kailaine of Crystal Star was abducted by a resilient enemy of ours the day after she came to Popstar, followed by a strange curse that turned all of Popstar's inhabitants into humans! With no other choice, my friends & I set off to save her before something disastrous arises from her capture; a tale you can only experience in an RPG-esque style!

14. Tale 3: Relaxing at Aquarius Star: Act 1

Chapter/Tale 3: Relaxing at Aquarius Star: Act 1

Author's Note Intro:

What's happening, people? It's-a-me, Mario! Ah, I'm just kidding, it's me. Here I am, back to give you some more of this! Anyway, I hoped Chapter 13 answered some of the questions or at least one maybe you've had before. This chapter, I had to do a lot of research on pirates, and when I do research, nothing can beat the reliable source of anime, because it's awesome and it's life. So, since this is a sea-related chapter, most familiar anime like One Piece will come to mind, but other sea-related stuff you see in anime and games will be in here, I guess. But I think you know what I'm saying. Also, just wanted to say that this chapter will be like a beach scene kind of thing. Of course, they will get far into finding out what to do, but it's best to take a break from adventuring once in a while, and it doesn't hurt to have a least a little fun, after all the crap you go through every day in your life.

Case and point, this is like a misadventure beach scene sort of thing, but they will get as far as to how to make the chamber float once more again. In the meantime, just enjoy the wackiness for now. They do need a break, don't you think? Since when was the last time they've ever had fun? Not in a few days they haven't! So, enjoy Chapter 14! There will be animes mentioned or referenced as well. And I will make edits to certain chapters while I'm at it as well.

P.S. There will be some foreplay of women's packages and lots and lots of nosebleeds. Don't confuse this with whatever, but think of it as rather one of those random ecchi moments found in anime instead. And if you ask why I bothered to even write that ecchi part in this chapter, my answer is this: Don't question it, just don't in your reviews. I have my own reasons, and they're not what you'd originally think they were, so don't get the wrong idea for my sake, okay? I guess I'll explain it at the end maybe. Oh yeah, this might be a two-part thing, probably. I don't know, but it'll depend, and besides, in a Kirby game, on world 3, the level selections extend to six or more, so it could be like that.

Dang it. One more thing. There will be two POV's between Kirby and Bandana Dee, and Bandana Dee's is probably going to have you react in different ways. That depends on you, I guess. Just let me know what you think about what happens in his POV's, alright?

(Warning: cringe ahead in this chapter!)

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Chapter 13 recap…

After the events that escalated back at Chapter 12, in the last chapter, the two female warriors set out inside the ship for answers about Zero's Force. Pretty soon, it wasn't long before they find themselves fighting a chimera that was actually a Demon Beast that Kailaine fought before! After it was taken down, with the introduction to Kaila's other side, awakened by Hysteria Mode, they find the answers as to what they're planning to do to Kirby in the meantime. Now, we look into what the Star Warrior is up to…

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Chapter 3: Tales of Bandana Dee and the Mermaid Princess Aqua

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Kirby's POV: The Café

"This is delish! I've never had Strawberry Shortcake Waffles before! It's so freaking good!" I said in delight, biting off a piece of a deliciously, mouth-warming waffle bite, not before smiling. My eyes glittery lighten up at that time.

Karly had the same expression as well. "Man, it's so good, it's even better than my cooking!"

"Wow, kids," Matthew whistled. "You weren't kidding when you said he has an insatiable appetite, and by that I mean he ate 150 bowls of one of each: Pancakes, Eggs, Hash Browns, you name it, everything breakfast has to offer! No way can I compete with that." He looked at the 150 clustered bowls that were stacked up on the long-large table.

Marissa couldn't help but chuckle for a while. "Oh, honey, and just when you thought you were the champion. It's okay, darling."

The cafeteria was really fancy, and sort. It is a resort, after all, so it has to be, and sporty like as well. I've never been to a hotel or anything like that since there was no need for me to do so, but with these conditions, it was deemed necessary since we're humans, now. Anyway, just imagine yourself in a hotel, and if you've haven't been into one, that's okay. The Aqua Resort, or Aqua Piari, which is its actual name, is owned by one of Kaila's childhood friends, Adena Bellhearts. And speaking of which, she just swooped by to carry the plates- mine, to be exact.

Adena was a cute and a hard-working, respectful girl. She has blue wavy long hair that represents the color of the sea and she had a hair clip of some sort of symbol that represented a kingdom or something. Her eyes were the color of sapphire, and she had applied blue lipstick that is light aquamarine. She bore a summer outfit that were unusually odd: a sleeveless zipper jacket that was opened, showing an aqua colored seashell bra in which her bust was E-cup, and her necklace was a shell of blue that was very beautiful and sparkled like a pearl. With pearl bracelets on her wrists and short pants that barely reached her knees, she wore roller skates that were strapped onto her sneakers. She speeds around the lunchroom, swiping all of the plates without much of a hassle from the tables and returned to the kitchen, then went to ours and lifted up the 150 plates that were mine. In this case, she didn't have a problem with all of that. After making a speed run out of the kitchen, she stopped in front of the table we were sitting at. She smiles and huffed a little. Everyone you saw from the last two chapters were there.

Callie smiles and meows. "Thanks for the meal, Adena. But most importantly, you could say thanks for feeding "him" there." She points at me, who slouched back and pats my still-not fat belly. I ended up giving the loudest burp there is.

"Excuse me, everyone," I kinda blushed in embarrassment some more. Kazela gently wraps her arm around mine.

"It's okay, Kirby," Kazela smiles.

Karly huffed in jealousy and does the same. "Geez, after 50 plates of each, your stomach wouldn't blow. It really is infinite in there; wonder how the spirits are doing, resting in your stomach. I bet they're disgusted."

Meta Knight politely wiped the whipped cream off his cheek and tosses it in a faraway trash can without even trying or knowing it was there. Impressive. "Maybe so, or maybe not. I'm positive they won't tolerate this. But after all, they did decide to make Kirby their living base. So… joke's on them."

Dedede does his everyday laugh. I swear, it never gets old. "Well, ain't that the truth, Meta?"

Meta Knight sweatdrops and just stared at him with a blank face. "Yeah, yeah, whatever."

Bandana Dee was looking out the large scale window as if he was reminiscing about something. He was blank all over but he was still there. "The sea… there's something nostalgic about the sea, and of course I know it's Aqua Star back then, but I'm talking about the time before we saved Ripple Star… I just can't remember what it was…"

When I looked at Adena, she was staring right at Bandana Dee, but I think she might've known something that has happened since then, or maybe it's because she has an interest towards him, most likely you know what I mean. Merina tried to get her attention.

"Hey, Adena," she barked like a dog, then quickly covers her mouth. Apparently, it was enough to get Adena from daydreaming. "H-huh? What is it, Merina?"

"You were lost; you were daydreaming again as usual, am I right?"

"O-oh, yeah, I must've been doing that again, sorry," She apologizes.

Karly looked blank. "Merina, you remember everything now? I thought you'd lost your memories about them. And why did you bark like a dog anyway?"

Merina blushes. "Yeah… I did remember during the two days you were knocked out. And since you've heard from Kailaine, turns out I'm cursed as well."

Maddie then pulls out a bone that was given to her by Mackenzie and tempts Merina with it. Her eyes were strongly focused on the bone as she waved it back and forth, and when she couldn't take it anymore, she didn't hesitate to take the bone with her mouth. She woofs contently and when she realized she'd caused a scene, she releases the bone from her mouth and slouches back, embarrassed. Then, I noticed that something had popped up from her head, a pair of ears that looked similar to a cat's pair of ears as well as a tail that was straight and curved downward like a smile. It wasn't long to figure out what she's been cursed as a dog.

"You're a dog-girl, Merina?" I asked. She slowly nods. "Well, looks like you and Callie will get quite along together, it seems so."

"It's kinda embarrassing, though," Merina blushes. "I'll turn into a dog every once so often, but it's only through a trigger that makes it happens."

Kazela smiles. "Well, I think it's cute, Merina. It so fits you perfectly."

Merina kinda smiles. "You think so?" Kazela nods. "Yeah, I mean it! Besides, I just noticed that Kirby also possess your ears and Callie's as well once in a while."

"Huh? What do you mean by that-?" I then felt something pop up on my head and out near my butt. "Uh, what?"

"See?" Kazela said. "For some reason, Kirby ends up adapting your forms very well, because of his ability to do just so. Don't forget he's not human, okay?" Kazela then rubs me on the sides of my cheeks, and I felt inclined to purr like a cat.

Merina couldn't help but giggle, hearing the words of a lost 10-year-old princess of a princess kidnapped at the moment and is in need of rescuing. "I guess so, thanks." She smiles, her tail wagging in excitement as a dog.

"Anyway," Dash spoke up, which I never realized that both he and Dylan were here as well. (They're our permanent party members, in that way, I guess. I mean, you can't just have someone with you and they leave the next thing you know.) "Now that our stomach's all satisfied, I think we should be finding a way to get to that next chamber, y' know."

We stare at him blankly. He sweatdropped. "Remember? I thought we'd agree on something once Kirby and Karly woke up."

"Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that," sarcastically said Dylan. "Well, don't you think we're pushing ourselves a bit too hard? I mean, since when was the last time Kirby's had a break? I mean, now that we're a part of your quest and that we're racing against time here, I know it's important, but you won't get nowhere if you keep overworking yourself."

Karly concurred with Dylan on the matter. "You're actually right, Dylan. I mean, they did say they were going to rule the world within a month, and we're in the first week or whatever, so we have time to spare anyway. Besides, I hardly doubt that we're going to find that Gem Star that easily."

I wasn't really sure about this, though. "But guys, you can't just decide that on your own! What does everyone else think about it, though?"

"Okay, everyone," Bandana Dee called out. "All in favor of taking a break before we even think about more adventuring, raise your hands. Majority rules." It wasn't long before everyone on our table had their hands up. I sweatdropped.

"Majority rules, Kirby," stated Karly. "We win. And besides, I know you're worried, but push yourself too much, and the only enemy there will be is yourself, or something like that."

"But, what about-" I started to say but was cut off by Marissa.

"Kirby, they're right," She softly says. "You may be a warrior, but since you're human, you much more fragile than you used to be, despite having powers, the curse is still the same for all humans. Don't push yourself harder, or it'll cost you greatly." She sounded like any concerned mom would at this moment.

Maddie agreed. "Mom's right. Don't you remember what happened last time? Just because you have a new body doesn't mean you're invincible. You're prone to weaknesses that the body may have."

They're right. Humans are fragile creatures. And I guess I got too cocky and confident the second I found out I can still use my copy ability. I guess if there's one thing I learned, it's to not get too overconfident just because you have something new. It may be your doom as well. I had to admit defeat then and now.

"… Alright, if you say so," I sighed. "Under one condition: If you somehow find out about anything suspicious, report it ASAP, got it? Whatever it is you plan on doing, just let us know, okay?"

Dedede scoffed. "Yeah, whatever. Now, how's about we have some fun, gang? Who wants to hit the beach?!"

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered.

"All right, so how much do we owe you, my lady?" Meta Knight said, sounding chivalrous, and unfortunately, chivalry is dead. Literally.

"Oh no, this one's on the house!" Adena said. "After we've heard about what happened the last two days, we couldn't find it in our hearts to charge you of that."

"Oh! Well, that's a relief," Meta Knight sighed. "We appreciate it."

Adena smiles. "You're welcome, sir."

"Please, just call me Meta Knight."

"Oh, ok then," Blushes Adena.

Kazela looks at me and starts pulling on my arm, as well as Karly's. I looked at the clothes that I'm wearing right now. "Oh yeah, I actually realized that I haven't taken a bath yet, so I'm just going to do just so," I started to say, lifting myself from the table. "I'd never had the use for baths anyway, up until now and before this mess even started. I'm not sure if any of you did that, but if you didn't, you should."

Everyone agrees and starts to get up from the table. We thanked Adena for the meal once more, who blushes and smiles before she skated away to tend to the other resort guests.

Kazela tugs on my arm while we left the lunchroom to go to our rooms, looking like she wanted to do something. When we made it back to our rooms, in which was reserved for only me, Karly, and Kazela, Kazela kept tugging on my arm and it got annoying so fast. Eventually, I just had to answer her.

"Kirby?" She asks.

"All right, Kazela," I said to her, bending down to her level. "What is it that you want?"

"Can you read me a fairy tale book when you're done with your shower?" She politely asks. I looked at Karly, who smiled.

"I don't mind, Kirby," Karly says. "I mean, I like fairy tales, I think they're so romantic. I don't think Kazela has ever heard of one after she disappeared those many years. It's best if you do, Kirby," Karly concurred. She sounded dreamy, caught up in one of her own fantasies again. I mean, if you want a real fairy tale, just watch Fairy Tail, it's perfect for that thing. Then again, I digress.

"Alright, Kazela," I smiled. "Your wish is my command, princess." I went and grabbed my towel or bathrobe or whatever was the closest and went inside the shower in the hotel room, although leaving me clueless as to why I even said that. Once in the shower, I remove my clothes and stepped inside the marble white shower. I twisted the knob and warm water started pouring out.

"Ahh," I sighed in relief. "That feels good, actually. Warm water, this almost feels like a hot spring."

After a few minutes, I stepped out of the shower and put on my towel and covered myself. Grabbing the clothes I had worn before, I opened the door to leave after I've dried up, for Karly, who was standing there like she's waiting for me, or more like waiting for her turn.

I just shrugged and stepped out of the way and went into the changing room that was in our room. A few minutes later, I was dressed in the resort's tropical outfits that consist of a blue color background shirt with the usual aloha pattern, and I had nothing more than just white pants. It's at least comfortable. Walking out, I see that Kazela was staring at me, eager for me to read her something. But then again, I tell ya, if you want some real fairy tales, just watch anime. It's as simple as that.

"Big brother, I want a story now!" She said in a fit.

"Alright, alright, calm down," I slightly chuckled. "But if you want me to read something from a book, then I hardly doubt that there's anywhere a library in this place-"

"Kirby, there is a library in this place," Karly shouted, coming out of the bathroom, fully exposed, but luckily the steam that came from the bathroom because she used hot water was enough to cover her. But still though.

"What the heck, Karly?!" I blushed and shouted, jumping back and close to the window. "Don't just bust out of the bathroom exposed and then blame me for looking at you. That was clearly your fault there, so don't even think about it!"

Kazela just stares at me. "Kirby, it is okay to look at women like that. Besides, you're at the age where stuff such as looking at women becomes your habit now."

"What?" I gasped. "That's a bunch of bull there! It is NOT okay for boys to look at a woman unless they're actual perverts, I mean. It just means trouble, and who knows what'll happen when you find yourself in a relaxing, nice bath when all of a sudden, a girl walks right into you, and she beats you up when you've done nothing wrong? It's obviously the girl's fault for walking in the bath in the first place! I mean, what the heck the boy was supposed to do then? There's no way out of the bath but through the pathway that girl came in the first place. See my point?"

Kazela thought about it, then just shrugged with a clueless face. "I have no idea what you're talking about. Now, take me to the library! I want a story, and I want it now!" She grabbed me by the hand and started to take me out of the room. I just sighed as Karly giggled while I was being ushered out. "I'm in the mood for tales that came from the sea, so I want something like that, Kirby!"

I mustered a smile and laughed. "Alright, Kazela. I'll find you something." On second thought, I think I'll read her One Piece instead.

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Bandana Dee's POV: Hotel Room

I was sharing a room with Dedede and Meta Knight since it was a room for 3 people deal, and luckily, we had our own beds, and I'm grateful for that, honestly. Because when you're forced to share beds with another guy, it gets unpleasant. Besides us and the other three, all of our rooms are on the same floor, Dylan, Dash, and Emily shared a room, Merina, Callie, Maddie, and Mackenzie for some reason shared a room, and their parents shared a room together, so it's their hideous own little love nest, and I'm glad the 3 little girls weren't in there with them, because who knows what they're doing for fun in there.

Sharing a room for the past two days with them was quite a challenge for me. But boy, were we glad that Kirby wasn't awake that time, especially since what happened those days was a hassle.

"Well, I'm stuffed!" Dedede sighed in satisfaction, patting his stomach that was almost like a watermelon that was going to give birth by the seeds. "Best meal I've ever had at a resort before."

Meta Knight concurred with him. "I agree. I haven't been able to eat a decent meal in quite a while." He was picking his teeth with a toothpick, like he always does. At least, after he was human. "Especially with what happened the past two days."

I raised an eyebrow at Meta Knight, as I thought we'd agreed not to speak of this matter. "Do you think it is okay not to tell Kirby about this?"

Dedede simply shrugged, not knowing an answer for this pickle we're in. "Well, one thing's for sure, that there secret is not going to hold out for very long, so it'd be useless to keep quiet about this. But come on now, this is Kirby we're talking about! He can just blast his way through anyway problem, no sweat!"

"However," Meta Knight intervened. "That's not the case here. For some reason, he's now a wanted criminal because of the incident that happened those two days. Everyone knows that's not true, even the pirates, but the Royal Guard here won't take that for an answer; well, the Prince was convinced, but the guards aren't. That giant wanted Kirby, but it seems like it wanted to get rid of you the most, Bandana Dee, and Kirby got the blame because it only wanted Kirby, at first until he saw you took his place for him."

I stared at him for a while. "What do you mean, Meta Knight?"

"Don't you realize that all of its attacks were not focused on him, trying to find where he is, but rather it ends up almost hitting you like it wanted you dead, and that's something I find no mere coincidence. Don't you find that strange, after it tried to pound you, stomp you, and almost had you for dinner like those man-eating titans and it would've if Merina weren't there to save you with a bow shot."

"Hmm, I do admit that's strange, but after I took it down, why did the guards put the blame on Kirby? And why won't people stop gossiping about me?"

"Maybe it's because of this," Dedede says as he hands me a newspaper article and points to a certain subject. The title read,

"The Rise of the Sea Colossus! Legendary Titan of the seas that was considered a myth is now confirmed!"

There was a similar attack many years ago before we even went to Aqua Star, so that's my guess.

"What the heck does a newspaper article has to do with me?" I sweatdropped. "Are you all freaking blind? Look, it says nothing more than a confirmation of the Sea Titan, who guards a temple that holds a sacred treasure belonging to the mystical ruler of the seas of myths, Queen Arecena Aerith Aquarius, and one that belongs to the Gem Soul of the Water Chamber, which is where we're headed. Since Adena's old man used to sail the Seven Seas, he told her that if they want to get into the chamber of the water spirit, Mist, they'll either have to make it float or head over there by swimming underwater, but however, if they're considering underwater, you'll have to possess fish lungs and the ability to survive water pressure, and you'll need that because since there's 4 this time, the trials will be wherever the pieces are held. I'm well aware that I'm going off topic, but what does any of this has to do with me?"

Dedede sighed as he directed me to a point marked in the paper. "You see the boy that looks like you before human? That's "supposed" to be you, apparently. It was certainly a long time ago, so I don't reckon if you do remember. Well, after the tidal wave struck, you ended falling overboard. Somehow, it's as if someone was watching, because whatever carried you away saved you. And no one has ever heard from you on that planet ever again."

"Will you people stop comparing me to that person?!" I yelled at them. "I don't even remember anything like that happening at all, but it felt that way… and I suppose you may be right. But it won't always be what you think it is."

"Certainly if that was the case your words would be the truth," Meta Knight added. "Still, that doesn't explain why you always go to Aqua Beach at night and just stare at the ocean all night."

I almost jumped back. "Wha-? How… did you…?"

"Kazela spotted you at the sea earlier while she was looking out the window. And if that wasn't convincing enough, she thought she saw someone else watching from the sea and then just dove into the water. She thinks it's someone spying on you," He added to his sentence.

"…" I said nothing.

"Well, it's not healthy for you to think about it. We might be mistaken, but just in case you remember, please tell us for now. Let's not worry about it now and let's go have some fun, what do ya say?" Dedede smiled. "Who wants to go to the beach?"

I shrugged. "Oh well, I guess there's no helping it. Besides, I just wanted to go sightseeing or whatever."

"Hey, I just wanna read a book by myself," Meta Knight shrugged. "I don't have interest in stripping down to a swimwear appropriate for boys and to stand in the scorching sun as if we were on Deserlava Star again, and to be surrounded by… women in their summer outfits, and making you rub tan lotion on their backs while they hug you with their big, bouncy packages! Ah, the horror!" I'm pretty sure he's overreacting, but I don't think Meta Knight's been around a girl in that position before. I just decided to not question it.

"Come on, Meta," Dedede slapped him on the back, like us boys always do. "Stop acting like a wimp and man up! You're saying that like you have gynophobia or something! Please, just this one time, Meta! You can't be always dark and gloomy and chivalrous forever, plus it's dead. Sometimes, you've gotta unleash the beast within that mask of yours that Kirby can't stop breaking and become wild. Unleash the truth… within… you know you'll do it on day…"

Meta sweatdrops and sighed, admitting defeat. "All right, fine. But you are taking responsibility if anything happens between me and some other girl."

I shrugged but smiled. "Anyway, after this, we definitely should tell Kirby that we found a lead, at least. I am pretty positive that people are going to keep their mouths shut, but weird incidents are happening lately and no one knows the cause of it, so we better watch out."

"Well, no point in questioning, and you know what they say, "If you have something good in life, you don't dare to question it." That's the motto, or at least I think it is." Dedede scratched his head and sighed. "But enough of that! Let's have some fun, shall we?!"

"Fine, I'm in," Meta sighed. "But I won't hesitate to put the blame on you for perverted related things, got it?"

"All right, then, let's go!" I shouted. Hopefully, I can figure out the real reason why everyone's comparing me to that kid in the article. Then again, I can't help but feel that I had something to do with this…

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Kirby's POV (At the Resort's Library)

"And so, they've claimed the legendary treasure after defeating the wicked king of the Grand Line, and so the straw hat boy and his crew became the richest pirates in the whole wide world, and they all lived happily ever after. The end." I concluded, sweatdropping. I placed down the book about pirates, not to mention that it reminds me of an anime as well.

Kazela widens her mouth in excitement and smiles, her eyes shone with stars as its pupils. Kari cooed on her shoulder, which I didn't notice earlier. The library was in fact massive, but not too massive. That big of a library is only in spooky places, y'know. Well, at least it had manga, for the sake of all things anime and Japanese backwards comic book reading. You know, it had got me thinking, why tell her a fairy tale book when I could just tell one of my own and add a little spice to it?

"Any more books you want me to read after this one?" I asked. "We've all planned to go to the beach earlier and Karly went to get you a swimsuit for you. Honestly, I don't think we have time for that luxury right now, but it can't be helped anyway; besides, I'm sure we'll find some way to get to that water chamber soon. The only problem is finding a way to get to there, though. But no matter, we'll figure something out eventually. So, what else do you want me to read for you, kid?"

Kazela looked at the bookcase behind me, and treads her fingers through the books until her fingers points to the book that was actually a manga like version, but it reads in the usual direction. She was about to show me the cover when Karly came in.

"Kirby, there you are," Karly called. "We were all planning to go to the beach right now, and plus, to show you my thanks, Kazela, I got you this swimsuit that fits you!" She pulls out a light lavender one piece swimsuit (I'm not talking about the anime, though) that's a fit for little girls that has a skirt with it as well. Kazela beams with excitement as she gazes at the swimwear.

"It's so pretty," She smiled, then she hugs Karly. "Thank you, Karly."

"You're welcome, by the way," Karly blushes. "Anyway, I see you're enjoying yourself, Kirby."

"Yeah, I'd never thought I'd be storytelling like I was a grandpa. And besides, she seems to enjoy every sea tale there is. I was going to read her another one, though."

"Don't worry, Kirby, I can wait for a while. It's been a while since I've heard any of these tales."

"Okay then, I'll have this book checked out for later. For now, let's go catch up with the others."

After that, I managed to get the book Kazela wanted checked out plus a few other books, and so we went out the library to meet everyone else at the beach.

Back to our room, I was waiting for the girls two hurry up and put on their swimsuits. Sometimes, this always has me thinking: Why do women always takes so long? I mean, the average minute for men to get dressed is less than two minutes, or even sometimes under one minute. But since women are the opposite, they have stuff to worry about, like their bodies or whatever, and pretty much, they have to put on dresses and possibly go overboard. But that's the way it is these days. And in a sense, if you're living in a house where there's only a few number of boys and a large number of girls and there's no male head there, you'd understand what's that like to have to wait on the ladies every time. Typical. If that ain't relatable, heck if I know what is.

But surprisingly enough, the girls were actually done in a short three minutes. I know what Kazela was wearing, but it fits her so well, and she looks adorable in that. Karly, had on a similar one piece swimsuit as well, and I thought it was her default outfit, but it was actually a bikini type one piece instead, and it was this planet's type, with the aqua color. She looks at me, and I try not to blush.

"Oh, you're done," I said. "That was quicker than I expected it to."

"So, what do you think, Kirby?" Karly asks.

"I think you two look adorable in those," I answered. They smile at me.

"Aw, thanks Kirby," Kazela says.

"Now that we're all set, let's go!" I shouted. "Everyone else is waiting."

After leaving the room, we went out to the main lobby, where everyone was waiting for us, all in their summer clothes. Well, everyone except Meta Knight. There was a few things he didn't have on, though. Galaxia was unequipped from him for starters. He didn't have his armor on anyway but only a sleeveless blue top, and his boots were still on him as well as his pants, but it looks more suited for the waters.

"Hey guys!" Merina called out to us. She was wearing a green tank top swimwear that had an opening in the center where you can see her cleavage, and boy, did I not mention this, but she does have a big bust, well, not that big but a decent one to be honest and it's ranked D-cup. Callie was wearing a red bra and she had black short pants for some reason. Her bust was also big as well as being ranked C-cup. Emily had a cyan one piece swimsuit and her bust was kinda small though ranked A, no, B-cup but a large one. All the kids had swimsuits appropriate for kids, and well, we're all at the point where I don't have to explain what swimsuits the boys are wearing, because it's so obvious!

"Glad you can make it, Kirby," Merina finishes, giggling. "I was starting to think you wouldn't show up."

"Well, at least I can try to have some fun without anything ruining it," I said, trying not to blush or have a nosebleed, but Dedede would've won the award for "Best Nosebleed" in a landslide. In fact, he's actually having another period. "It would be nice if that could stay the way it is, without nothing to ruin the moment."

"We wish," Karly says.

"Can we go now?" Dedede impatiently groaned. "I'm trying to get rid of Meta's supposedly gynophobia!"

"I told you, I do not have gynophobia, for god's sake!" Meta Knight shot back. "I am not allergic to girls! And even if I was, I wouldn't be hanging around Karly all the time!"

"Is that supposed to be an insult?" Karly glared at Meta Knight.

"No, it wasn't an insult. Stop making baseless assumptions, Karly!"

"Well, if you two are going to fight, I suggest you take it outside on the beach," I said, walking towards the door, along with Kazela. "You can fight all you want out there." Everyone else follows, and the two ding-a-lings who were about to start a fight stopped and sweatdropped, then ran to catch up with the rest of us.

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Aqua Beach: Fun in the Sun AKA The Mandatory Beach Episode Cliché!

(Beach Bash Event- Crush Crush)

The beach was very lively today, crowded with people but somehow there's a lot more space even though there's that many people. The breeze was fine, the sand was warm, and the sea was active as ever in the day, and most importantly everyone was having fun. I, of course was lying down on a lounge chair, with sunglasses protecting my eyes, just relaxing and enjoying the view. Everyone was doing the usual thing: making sand castles, volleyball, jet-skiing and surfing, and of course, swimming and other stuff too. Now this hits the spot.

Everyone else was either playing around on the sand, relaxing like I am, or swimming or other activities. It was one heck of a day, but at least I can relax for a bit. Lying down and taking time in appreciating the scenery really fits me, and it has been awhile since I've relaxed at one, because all the other times I went to seaside areas was only because of adventuring. You may be thinking earlier, "But Kirby, don't you have a job to do?" Yeah, obviously, I do, and I know that sooner or later we'll have to depart to get to the next chamber, but it's important not to overwork yourself further than your current usage. We have to work hard at all times, but we all have limits, don't we? Sitting back and enjoying the view was all I wanted to do.

Oh yeah, the only other person besides the two parents sitting down and relaxing is Meta Knight, who apparently was reading a book, the one he was reading since our Return to Dreamland. Probably it was another continuation in the series he's reading. I can tell he has moral standards, and I guess a few of them had something to do with women. But I know that one day he'll break that sooner or later if he accidentally meets a girl or something like that.

Anyway, as I was chilling, I then spotted Bandana Dee at sea, and he was... riding a surfboard?! I raised up my sunglasses for a better look. He was cruising through the waves with ease like a pro, and everyone stopped to take a look at him go. They all cheered, as some were recording him on their phones or whatever through any means, while others were speechless. The girls stopped looking at all the other buff guys and only focused their eyes at the Bandana wearing surfer; the other guys were jealous.

"Bandana Dee?!" I exclaimed. "I didn't know he surfed at all!"

"Neither did I knew, Kirby," Meta Knight said. "He said nothing about his ability to do that."

"Well, do you think his ability to surf has something to do with here?" I asked.

"Could be a possibility, then again, we're not so sure unless we ask him ourselves or at least something interesting goes on. But he is surprisingly a professional at it."

"You could say that again," I said, watching Bandana Dee finish up and glides towards the shore. He walked while holding his surfboard, dripping with every drop of water that fell from his entire body. I didn't know what to say, and it's because I've never seen him do stuff like that before, but he did it like a pro, just as of what Meta Knight said, and it captured the hearts of all the ladies, and soon it won't be long before they swarm all over him, like one big harem in an anime. He wasn't all that buff and handsome like the other manly men, but to really impress a girl or maybe even two, I guess it's the effort you try in getting a girl to go out with you, and he did that all in one piece.

I even heard some of the passersby talk about how impressive Bandana Dee was at surfing, and even complimented him about more than just surfing. Some said they'd even want every part of him- okay, I'm positive that you may know what I'm talking about, but I'm just going to leave it at that, okay?

Marissa came with a box of popsicles. "Would you care for a popsicle, Kirby?"

I reached for one that was pink and smiled. "Oh, thank you, Marissa."

"You're welcome, honey," She pats me on the head. I blushed.

"Hey, Meta Knight, care for a popsicle?" I asked him.

"No, I'm good. Thanks anyway. Besides, I'm still fascinated by how good Bandana Dee was surfing," He commented.

"Ara-ara, Bandana Dee is who was surfing?" Marissa asks. "I didn't think he was that good in such a sport, but it seems that it all payed off for him. It looks like his surfing attracted someone, and it's a girl his age."

"Ha-ha, man! That would be hilarious- wait a minute, what?"

"See? Look over there, and my, she's quite a cutie!"

She points over to a girl that almost reminds me of Adena, similar with blue long hair and a star hairclip on and as well as blue sapphire eyes, but I think that the pupils were actually shaped like stars, at least that's what it seems to me. There was a necklace that looks similar to Adena's, of the same color and shell style, and her nails were azure blue. She wore her summer clothes with a similar blue seashell bra in which her bust type is ranked D and that of Adena's and had a long draped chiffon swim skirt as well. Her feet were covered with some good looking platform shoes meant for the beach, although it does kinda look uncomfortable to me, I guess. She also has a straw summer hat on her head, and it looks cute on her, at least I'm hoping that's what Bandana Dee thinks as well. She seemed starstruck where eye gaze locked upon Bandana Dee's, or maybe it's nostalgia because it seems like she had recognized him not as someone who's mysteriously famous like a celebrity, but the vibe was emitting the sense or suspicion that maybe she knew him personally.

"Oh my god, Bandana," I huffed. "Does anyone have a camera I can borrow? This will be one heck of a moment there; finally, Bandana has a girl for once! He is so in there!"

"But can he play his cards right is the question here," Meta Knight said intrigued. "Because one mistake will screw him up and his only chance. It does seem like she does show an interest in him."

"My, things have gotten interesting," suddenly said Karly, who appeared next to me out of nowhere with her chest that lacked any bust, a bust type of A. She reached for a Popsicle that was red and she smiles. "It's rare to see any girl cultivate an interest towards Bandana Dee after all anyways."

"Karly? I thought you were with Kazela," I asked.

"I was, but she went off to hunt for some rare treasures with the other kids and using Mackenzie's newest metal detector."

"Ah, I see, but why did Maddie had a fishing net and all other fish hunting equipment with her?"

Merina came in at the right time and sighed. "She wanted to hunt for mystical sea creatures or whatever. Once she believes in something and thinks it's real, you can never get her down from it. Typical Maddie."

"Never mind that," Triple D came in and pulled out a pair of binoculars. "The action's all about to start! Now be quiet so we can hear as to what they're saying. Come on, Bandana Dee! BE A MAN!" Seems like Dedede's all worked up now. But it's true that we'd wanna know what's going on between those two. It wasn't long before everyone in our group came to watch the show.

"Hey, he's going to speak!" I squealed, pointing while looking with a pair of binoculars, and somehow everyone had a pair too. Let's not question it and enjoy the romance. "It's Showtime, people!"

Bandana Dee looked at her with the most charming side of him that no girl ever saw in him before, and the girl blushed. "Oh, um, is there something wrong?"

She kinda looks back a little, but stares into his blue eyes, like she'd recognized them. "Um… have we've met before?"

"Hmm? Oh, did I happen to-?"

"Oh no, I'm sorry to ask such a ridiculous question to you," she said embarrassed. "I mean, I just can't help but feel like I knew you from before, not fan-girl like, but personally… it felt so nostalgic to me… you remind me of someone from a long time ago…"

Everyone felt as if they were clinging to the edges of their seats, because things were starting to get interesting. Dedede started to leak blood from his nose.

"Oh, I remind you of someone? Well, I thought I'd never hear that from someone, especially from a cute girl like you."

"Oh yeah, he's hitting on her," Dedede chuckled, biting his lip. Blood ran from his nose. "Now there'll be action, people! What will happen next?! Oh, my brain trembles!"

"Oh, y-you think I'm cute?"

"Of course, who wouldn't think that way? I personally think that you're beautiful than any other jewel in the sea, and I feel that makes you priceless."

"Aww, that was beautiful!" Merina sighed in lovestruck mode. "I didn't know he was quite the charmer for someone underappreciated!"

"Well, I wouldn't exactly say that," I responded.

"He could use some work with hitting on chicks, but I have to admit that was a good one, I guess it'll do at the moment," Dylan commented. "I just hope that doesn't give off a wrong meaning ironically."

"Oh, thank you! It's just that… the person that you remind me of said that exact thing to me that day I... well, sorta saved him back then…"

"I see, now we've got a little more information on this incident," Meta Knight jotted down on a notepad. "I'm adding this to my bio then."

"So, um, do you mind if I ask your name, then?"

"Aqua Aria Aquarius, but just call me Aqua. That's my name."

"What a beautiful name. My friends always calls me Bandana Waddle Dee, because I always wear a bandana, but I don't have it with me right now, though. Just call me Bandana Dee for short."

"Okay, Bandana Dee."

Dedede was huffing and puffing, his nose clogged to prevent any more blood from spilling. "He's set the bait and hooked the fish, now here comes the kill!"

Aqua looked as if she wanted to ask him something, but she might've noticed something that Bandana Dee had on his surfing outfit like a glow or something. For some reason, her shell shaped necklace started to faintly glow, like it was resonating.

"Did anyone notice something glow on that girl's necklace or is it just me?" Emily asked.

Hesitating for a mere second, we all exchanged looks at each other and just shrugged. "Meh, it must be your imagination."

Emily groaned. "But I'm telling you, something did glow between them!"

"I bet you're talking about the love spark," Dedede grinned. "You'll always see one ignite when love starts to form. I hardly doubt someone with a flat chest would understand that-"

It wasn't long before Emily pinned Dedede down painfully because of that insult; she growled in anger. "What did you call me, you jerk?!"

"Hey, do it later, okay?" I shushed them. "We're in the middle of something important, like seeing if he pops that question or not!"

Back to the show, but before that, I know that most of you are thinking that we're stalking him or whatever and that we should be doing our own thing, but a good answer for that is simple: a moment between one of my friends and a hot/cute girl is something that we cannot simply ignore. Anyway, the scene still continued between them.

They're still going at it, talking. Okay, that's good. More blood gushed from Dedede, and as it turns out, he was actually focusing on her breasts rather in hopes that Bandana Dee might accidentally grope them to his pleasure. No wonder he'll never get a girl to like him. He got another pin down from Emily.

Eventually, good things have to end, and so that means things had to wrap up between them.

Aqua stuttered a bit, but eventually she manages to ask him the question she was waiting to ask. "Um, if you don't mind…"

"Hmm? Yes, what is it?"

"U-um, do you mind if… I-if we could, you know, maybe hang out sometime or-"

"You want to hang out with me? Sure, I'd love to," Bandana Dee smiled without even thinking, and honestly that set us all aback.

"Oh my god, he said yes!" Karly squealed in excitement. "Now he's got a cute girl for himself!"

"R-really? You'd like to hang out with me?" She blushed, but after a while, she looks away slightly and then back to him, then she molded a smile on her face, which Karly founded Kawaii or cute, in that case.

"Hey, maybe I can show you a special place of mine, if you'd like."

"Of course I'd love to see it, Aqua," Bandana Dee smiled. "Wherever it is your special place is, I think I'll like it a lot."

Aqua kinda squealed, and then she grabs his hand, taking him somewhere that she knows he'll like. Bandana Dee fully blushed a nice shade of ember red, and embarrassingly smiles as she led him away. If that wasn't enough for us, then we'd be stalking them already.

Dedede let out a burst of a nosebleed for some damn reason. "Aw, yeah! That's my man! I knew he had that beast in him!" We all sweatdropped at him statement.

"Except that one time when you kinda jumped him for foot-faulting when we played tennis even though that was you," I sweatdropped.

"Well, at least things have gotten interesting now," Meta Knight chuckled. "Might as well enjoy this."

"So, now that that's over, who wants to go swimming?" Emily declared. "Eventually, we'll hear from Bandana Dee later on and see how well it went with that Aqua girl. (Yet, I think there's something weird about her.)"

Everyone seemed satisfied and okay. Well, not everyone, and I forgot that Dedede wasn't in great shape when Emily pinned him down hard like a judo master. Eh, I'm sure he'll be fine.

The others went back to doing whatever they were doing in the first place. That's all I wanted, because going back to sleep which is what I've been really doing this whole time. Even though I felt like playing around, my laziness inside compelled me to stay and lie down. It felt nice then.

After this, I'm thinking of going to a hot springs in the resort. An hour or two has passed then and everyone was still having fun. I did hear some music playing as if someone was singing it, but I had ignored it by then.

I looked out and around like randomly because I'd felt something was definitely off and wrong here. I had a nervous feeling all of a sudden, and I'm supposed to take it easy on this one day off. This feeling was as if someone was watching one of us.

Then, without warning, my ears were filled with the horrors of terrible screeching, like someone scratching up a chalkboard. It only lasted a few seconds, though. I thought I must be hearing things then, but it didn't seem like it. Nevertheless, I went back to relaxing.

Little did I knew, things after this sentence were gonna head south from here.

Just when I was about to doze off, Merina wouldn't let me do so. She wanted me to play a match of volleyball with her and the others, and she'll suffocate me by pressing my face against her busty breasts to see if I'll get a nosebleed if I refuse, plus a backrub she'll make me do.

I didn't believe she'd even do that to me and I just shrugged at that. She smiles deviantly and jumps right on top of me, breast first onto my face before I could even react to stop her. I almost couldn't breathe, and she held on tight to me that hard. I tried to move her chest off my face, but I realized what might happen if I did attempt that.

Eventually, I had to surrender and after she did, I realized that I actually leaked a nosebleed, and some of it had stuck onto the fleshy part of her chest which she just wiped off her cleavage with no disgust and smiles. I blushingly frown at her. And now I owe her a backrub if I lost the volleyball game.

I still refused though. Merina kinda grumps a little, but came up with a plan and a wicked, sexiest woman smile there is. She calls over all the other girls to get over here and attack me at once. I'm not sure if they figured it out, but after a few seconds had gone by, they looked at their special packages and devilishly grins, then they came right at their packages, of course.

Uh oh.

Before I could even escape, it wasn't long before I noticed that I was pinned down by Merina and soon, all the girls would do the same as she did to me: suffocate me with their breasts, straight right into the cleavages. And that resulted in a lot of nosebleeds, staining their cleavages, and now I owe them all back rubs, which I was forced to do and had to touch their skins and rub sunscreen on them, and to do something like that was a pervert's paradise, no lie there. Well, I didn't do it yet, but perhaps afterwards. I wasn't the only victim, though. The other boys fell prey to the bouncy, sexy power of breasts. Glad that Bandana Dee wasn't here with us.

I let out a sign of defeat, giving in to the power of a women's body. I told them I'll play with them, just one game. Bandana Dee and his new or his first girlfriend came at the time being, but it was at the last minute, and boy was I lucky the girls were wearing their swimsuits. Allow me to relive and relate the experience to you all:

"So, Kirby," Merina the dog-girl chuckles, with her breasts and swimsuits covered and stained with nosebleeds. "You're gonna play with us, right?"

The girls, composed of Callie the catgirl, Emily the shapeshifter, my own sister Karly the Starlet Warrior, Adena the waitress joined us later on and whose swimsuit is the original standard that most older women near her age would wear and it's blue, and even Marissa the mother was in on it too, their breasts covered in blood from my nose as if they've murdered someone or two, and sad to say, they've drained the blood from the other boys like vampires or even worse- a group of succubi!

Well, Meta Knight wasn't affected for some reason and he didn't even leak a single drop. In fact, he doesn't even care about helping us! I was this close to cursing at him, you know.

"Ready to give up now? You'll have to play with us."

I lost so much blood that it's really starting to affect me now. I could barely stand.

It looks as if Dedede wasn't going to make it, and he held up a sign to the girls that read, "I'm a goner, but I have no regrets." I think Dedede actually enjoyed the suffocation.

"No, never will I play volleyball with you! Maybe I would if you hadn't asked me that way!" I declared confidently. "Not that I'm against it or anything, but you can't force me into this with the way you are! Never!"

I coughed a few times and reached for a water bottle, gulping it nonstop and only stopped when it was empty. I drank a few more bottles to get my hydration or strength back, rather. I tossed them aside, but I merely fell to the ground.

"You ain't touching my buns, huns!"

"Oh," Callie meowed in an aroused way. "So that's how it's gonna be, eh? Looks like you haven't learned your lesson yet. Alright, ladies, let's give him another round, shall we? It feels good watching them suffer." She licked her arm like a cat cleaning itself in the most charmingly way that made me sweatdrop and sweat even more.

Oh no. Not another round.

Callie springs forward at me like a charging lion. I tried to move out of the way, but my leg was caught by her bell-end tail and tripped me on my back, only for the sight that I could only see was the catgirl's breasts plunge right at my face, suffocating me once more.

"Ack! Why are you doing this to us?!"

Struggling was my next move, but that was inoperable because her tail wrapped itself around my entire body by then, making it impossible to escape. I could feel the surge, the feeling of another nosebleed leaking.

Moaning, all the other girls came over, as if they're that open with their desires, their eyes plagued with lust. But I did notice that there's something wrong with the girls. And it's not just our girls. All the women on the beach are torturing the men with the same thing our girls are doing. I don't know what's exactly going on, but there's definitely someone behind this.

How do I know? I really don't know, it's just a mere feeling, and the only clue is that screech, but I can tell it was intentional, as if someone's trying to stir and brew up trouble.

My thoughts were interrupted with a wet lick from Callie on the cheek. I felt another from Merina on the cheek, and another from even Karly. Pretty soon, all of our girls were licking me on my face.

"Aw crap," I thought. "As much as awesome this is supposed to be, it's actually hell! If this keeps up, it won't be long before this story actually becomes a harem instead, and that's the last thing I'd ever want! KirbyPwnz1234, do something!"

Um, about that, I can't help you.

"What?! Why not?! I'm being crushed to death by these girl's humongous breasts and it seems like an ecchi moment in animes! You're the author, for f*k's sake! I mean, c'mon, seriously?! Why'd you even write this part of the chapter?! Readers must be thinking, "What the hell, man?!"

I'll explain why I even wrote this part later at the end, kay? But, it looks like you're on your own here, Kirby. Well, it's time for me to be a sh*t human being and bail. Besides, there is another way out of this anyway... probably.

"Wait! Where the heck are you going?! Don't leave me to die a perverted death and a nose-bloody one! Don't you dare leave me to suffocate and die from their breasts!"

Well, sorry Kirby, but… screw this crap, I'm out! Enjoy your harem, Kirby!

"YOU'RE A DOUCHE THIS CHAPTER! I DON'T MIND HAVING A LOT OF GIRLS LIKE ME, BUT I DON'T WANT A HAREM! YOU'RE A DOUCHE!"

I know that. The nosebleed is real. Deal with it. Peace. And stop trying to pull a Shuichi.

Well, it seems KirbyPwnz1234 isn't going to be of help this time. What a jerk. But he did say something about another way out of this, didn't he? I'm stuck wrapped with Callie's tail as rope and all of the girls have me surrounded. If only there was a way to get out of this…

Then, a thought struck me. There's only one way to get girls off your back in this type of situation. I would say I had only one shot at this, but I'm out of options at this point, so there's only one thing left I think I can do.

I stopped struggling and acted like I was knocked out after the face-plant from Callie. I leaked out blood again, but when that happened, I played dead or rather knocked out.

"Oh, can't handle it anymore, big boy? What a shame. And to think I was going to give you a special gift… well, from my breasts anyway." I was still playing dead. My plan was for something to intervene and hopefully get me out of this harem mess.

"All right, everyone, how about one more round and let's give him a memory he won't forget," Adena smiled lustfully. "After all, I'm still itching for a backrub. I've always wanted to experience the pleasure of one since we'd never had the use of one back at the sea anyways."

"Back at the sea?" I thought. "What does she mean by that? She's cursed all right, but she'd have to have the lungs of a fish if she were to live underwater though. Anyway, now's not the time for this. Must think of a way out of this before it really gets out of hand, and I'll be the father of lots of kids if I don't act quickly enough. I need a miracle! I'm holding out for a miracle the end of this night!"

"Hey, guys!" I'd recognized those young voices. I saw the three young girls, Maddie, Mackenzie, and Kazela run towards us. Along with them were surprisingly the new couple, Bandana Dee and Aqua, who were chasing after them. They all stopped when they saw the manslaughter happening around them. Seeing the Noblesse bodies of Dylan, Dash, Matthew, Dedede, Meta Knight was unaffected by all of this so he doesn't count, and their gaze apparently landed on me, being tied by a cat's tail and squashed by a catgirl's breasts, which were stained with blood from the noses.

"Um…" The girls stuttered. "This… isn't what it looks like?" They tried to convince the others of that, and it seems as if they were going to buy it… that is until one of the fallen boys weakly rose up from the puddle of blood and that was Dash.

"W-watch out for those wild and lustful ladies… there's something wrong with them and they're extremely horny… and this is why I can't stand beach episodes... bleh!" He fell back down and was only able to hold up a sign that said, "I'm a goner and I have regrets." The complete opposite of Dedede's.

Kazela gasped at them. "What are you doing to Kirby and everyone else?! He's knocked out unconscious! Look!"

I might owe KirbyPwnz1234 for this. At that time, it was the right time to play "dead" and fool them all. I felt relief when Callie's tail extended back and released me from the grip. The girls lift me up, and I stumble towards the ground, face-first into the sand or rather something very comfy. I don't know why, but I felt so weak. I was supposed to play dead, instead, I played "dead" for real.

"KIRBY!" I heard the girls yell. Not again, I blacked out.

…

"Ugh… not again. This is the third time this week this has happened to me." I got up, only to find myself back in my hotel room, where I was greeted by breasts again, but it was calm and gentle this time. The girls that tried to kill me were there, and they looked regretful.

"What happened exactly? How did I-" I was cut off by Merina. All of the girls were back in their normal outfits from before.

"We… carried you here. You were out for a few minutes or so on," She blushes. She and the other older girls look more embarrassed rather than freely open to what their heart desires. "After hearing a terrible screech, we felt different and much… aroused. And I'd never thought we had messed you boys all up like that. Even your nosebleeds stained my breasts and my swimsuit. Ugh."

"I mean, I was okay then," I groaned. "But why did I faint instead?"

"It's because you lost so much blood and that it circulated through your nose outside," Mackenzie answered. She was holding a bottle of water and gave it to me. "Drink this. It should be enough to replace a worth of 3 pints of blood being taken out of you. That's exactly how much you lost in one day with every shot of a nosebleed."

"Three pints of blood?" I asked. "Is that why I fainted then?"

"Yep, pretty much, everyone knows that there's nothing worse than having 3 pints of blood being taken out of you; I mean, one pint is enough, but if more than one is lost, you'll experience serious side effects, like almost losing your strength and fainting for instance," Maddie added, then shuddered.

"Oh, I guess that makes sense in that way. I didn't know about that at first until you've told me. Guess I should be careful then."

"Kirby…" Callie starts to say. The girls looked ashamed. "About what happened earlier, and I speak for all of the girls who aroused you in such an improper behavior and caused you to almost lose all of your blood… we all are eternally sorry for what we've done. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us."

"I'm personally sorry myself, Kirby," Karly apologized sincerely, who was the most embarrassed out of all the older ladies. You know, I hardly doubt she'd even try something like this before whatever it is changed her completely.

If I was heartless, I would've let them have it, but that's not in my blood to boil hard at others who didn't even mean to do such a thing, those who were repentant of what they did. "It's okay, I forgive you all. After all, I did have fun in the end, and that's all it matters." The girls gave me a smile and blushes. "Besides, I knew something was wrong from the point where Merina hugged me between her breasts all of a sudden like that as a threat for not playing volleyball with the girls. It wasn't an enjoyable experience." I instantly regret my words; I wish I hadn't worded it like that.

Merina suddenly got mad at me. "And just what does that supposed to mean?! Are you saying that my breasts aren't good enough for you and it was like hell for you when I pressed you against them?!" The two little girls and I sweatdropped, but unfortunately, the girls bought into the point of what Merina was saying.

"You're onto something there, Merina," Callie growled. "So, my breasts weren't that pleasurable to you not at all?! I thought you were into that kind of stuff; I thought you like it when I gave you a puff-puff!"

I sweatdropped. "N-n-no, that's not what I'm saying at all! I mean, I haven't had any reason to pay any attention to that until I've watched certain types of anime, of course. But, that's not what I'm saying-"

"Silence, Kirby!" Merina placed her finger on my lips, shushing me from saying any more. "I've never been this insulted about my breasts before! Normally, we'd kick your butt for peeping, but this is a completely different matter! Everyone knows you're not supposed to insult a woman about her body, especially the part where they're sensitive the most!"

"But Merina, the point is, I didn't think you'd even do that to me, even if you weren't affected by that horrible screech! I meant, in one way or another, that was kinda fun, though, I'll admit, but not in the way I thought it'd turned out-" Yeah, I lied about that part. I would've enjoyed it if someone who caused it hadn't made them that horny in the first place.

"No more of this," Merina says, with the same deviant smile from before. "I may've been forced to do this deviant thing, but this time, in this case, this one's for free." She lay a finger slenderly up my chin as she fondled both her breasts with the other. I sweated a lot. Hey, if you can't take this perverted moment, you know who to blame for it. That douchebag, and because he ditched me is the only reason why I called him that.

"Um, Mackenzie, have I regained all of my blood back again?" I stuttered and sweated and blushed. "I think I'm in big trouble again."

"Um, at this rate, you're okay for now and your blood's all fine. Otherwise, if you spurt more than usual, you're basically a goner," She sighs, blushing. "Maddie... now is the best time to get the heck outta here." Maddie nodded.

"Thanks for the tip, genius. Cover your eyes, kids, this might get bloody. Again. Here comes round two." I wrapped a blindfold around my eyes and prepared for the worst.

"Hell yeah, it'll be! For you!" Merina said. "Girls, its busting time. Get him!"

Ha-ha! I'm in danger!

All of the girls smiled wickedly and got into position, even Karly did with her flat chest. "Now you'll enjoy my breasts for sure and you'll like it; consider it payback for insulting us!"

And that's when Merina made her first move and it was lights out when they pressed against me. And then some nosebleed followed after that. I felt a tail wrap around me and Callie grabbed my hand and pinned it down for me to not escape. It wasn't long before more and more piled upon me.

My epitaph reads, "Here lies Kirby, who "died" from a hell of a massive nosebleed due to being hugged by women's breasts. He's a goner, but he has both and no regrets. May this boy R.I.P. Lucky bastard."

"Kirby said, 'KirbyPwnz1234, you suck, you douchebag.'" -End of Epitaph.

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Later...

"Onii-chan? Are you okay?" Karly's voice flutters to me. I was wiping all the blood from my nose and had to clog it up at one point. The one thing I had a hard time wiping off was the lipstick from the girls, which they applied onto my face after they were done draining the nosebleeds off of me and stained their breasts once again. Somehow, multiple kisses on my face were somehow able to give me a giant nosebleed that spurted like a Kamehameha.

I know everyone might be jealous that it was a harem for one day, but again, I repeat that I do NOT want a harem. I mean, they're okay, but you just don't know who the boy ends up with until the end! And plus, people ships characters, as in match-making. You know what? Just find a harem anime that fits you and you'll see what I'm talking about! Alright, back to the story.

"Yeah, I've never felt better," I said sarcastically. "It was awful. But, truth be told I really didn't mean it that way when I said that. I just mean that not all women are that open and exposed themselves like that and it was too sudden when it happened. I don't mean to offend you or anything…"

Karly hugs me, not with her flat chest, but to my level face to face. "I forgive you, Onii-chan, as you have forgiven me and the others. We can't stay mad at each other forever, y' know. Wouldn't be good for us anyway. You're my brother, and I still love you, no matter what."

She then gives my cheek a smooch and I blushed again. Still, no harem wanted. I just hope how she feels isn't the anime kind. Remember readers, when it comes to sibling love, never go for the anime kind.

"Um, thanks, I guess?"

Karly gave me space, and I got up from the bed, stretching. I took a brief look at the window, and it looks so beautiful and glittering with sparkles. The colors of the sky reminded me of a rainbow in some way, and it has that kind of feeling that you'd feel when gazing into something that beautiful in life. Well, at least this one day has become memorable, in its own, twisted, screwed-up way, and you know who to blame for the breast scenes and for not putting an end to it as soon as possible.

Anyway, we'll get to the bottom of this later on. A few more hours have passed, and it became nightfall which seemed to have taken too long. The sea waves are usually calm and steady at night due to the position of the moon, and I'd never understood why it's like that anyway. The moon was shining so radiant and white and clear of marble material. While the time has moved on, we spent time sitting around as the TV was playing one of our favorite anime shows, Shaman King. Earlier, it was playing Sailor Moon, then One Piece, My Hero Academia, and even RWBY, and I thought that was only a web series.

The channel started to replay most of almost everyone's favorite TV shows that they used to watch when they were kids and even shows that weren't featured on television. Eventually, it landed on Shaman King. If I did have anything better else to do, I wouldn't have spent it on Shaman King, but since so, that's what it was spent on. The door opens and Kazela comes bursting in. She runs at me, smiling.

"Kirby!" Kazela suddenly shouts and jumps onto me. "Guess what Maddie, Mackenzie and I did today while you were having your buns touched, hon!"

What a minute. Did she just say the phrase I just told the girls before they got to me: "You ain't touching my bunnies, honeys?"

I sweatdropped. "Alright, what did you three do while I was having a harem forced by some douchebag author who ditched me in my time of need but saved my butt in the end but at the cost of another round of suffocation by breasts and lipstick and now it's going to cost him possibly a bad review by anyone who is still reading this by some chance?"

Kazela pulled out a sketchbook and flipped some pages before stopping on one. Then she handed over the sketchbook to us for us to look at what it holds.

"Kazela, you drew this?" Karly stared in awe. "It's so adorable and well done! The design graphic of this drawing almost looks like one from an anime!" I didn't know that Kazela was good at drawing either. Maybe Adeline and Kazela could make a pretty good art team.

"What's this a picture of anyway?" I commented. "It looks like a fish eating a girl but it has no eyes, not any of the sort. That's disgusting."

"Really? I thought you'd known what this is anyway," Kazela said, but in a bit of disappointment. She sits herself onto the edge of the bed at where she had a great view on Shaman King, at a great fighting scene that suddenly ended at a cliffhanger, signaling to watch the next episode to find out what happens.

Karly then noticed the manga that was next to her and picked it up. It was in a style well meant for girls, but it was in the original reading position. It was a book meant for mostly young female audiences, even though boys are into girl animes as well, like Mahou Shoujo genres, for example.

"We went on a watch for mystical creatures, and Maddie said we should find Mermaids this time!" Kazela said ecstatically.

"Um, forgive me for asking, but…" I said, sweatdropping.

"What is it, Kirby?" Karly asked.

"What the heck is a Mermaid?" I asked. It wasn't long before the two girls gasped in shock and Karly gave me a boot to the head.

"You, out of all the people here, doesn't know what a Mermaid is?!" Karly shouted at me. "You BAKA!"

I sweatdropped. "Nope, nada. Never heard of them in my life. Ever. I've literally never seen one in my travels, and the only thing closest to that was a lunatic driven killer whale. And besides, aren't they part of sea myths that no one dares to believe in? I mean, I'm pretty sure they're extinct by now."

Kazela got mad at me actually. "But they're real, I'm telling you! I even saw one spying on Bandana Dee two days ago!"

"Bandana Dee?" We both said in unison. "Are you serious?"

"I'm telling you, for some strange reason, he's been coming to the beachside at night by himself even though it's been only two days, but it felt frequent. And when he was done gazing at the moon, the mermaid would backflip back into the sea by then, and I saw she had a fishtail! Forgive me for stalking, but that is the truth!"

"Pff, yeah right, like there would be a mermaid or two around here or something. And besides, not trying to offend anyone, but if they did exist, why would one take an interest in Bandana Dee anyway? Well, other than Aqua, that's her name, I believe," I doubted.

Something soothes my ears with its beauty. It was a beautiful melody and such a sorrowful one. My eyes started leaking with tears. "What is that song? It's making me leak tears and I'm not even feeling down today."

Kazela run to get a camera from the bed and grins. "It's her again. She's back, which means…" She runs over to the sliding window and pulls out binoculars. "Just as I thought. Bandana Dee's here again. But Aqua's not here with him. Wonder where she could've gone. Never mind that, where's the mermaid?"

We both looked at each other and sighed and shrugged. All we could do was just wait and see what happens next as we stared along with Kazela for something interesting to happen. This might as well be a long night. Mermaids are real? That's lame. Next thing I know, everyone will be telling me that a giant attacked the city while I was unconscious because it wanted to kill me or that there's an ancient kingdom that is inhabited or that we have to sail to the next chamber or better yet, that those races of sea creatures wants to kill me and it's led by a queen who hates humans and there's multiple kingdoms around the planet. What will Dark Matter throw at me next?

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Bandana Dee's POV: Mermaid Melody

The moonlight is beautiful tonight. The waves that were once violent were now steady and calm again. It only lasts till nighttime, though. Walking near where the rocks lies dormant, that's my usual standing spot now, I felt as if I've left all my worries behind as I arrive here.

With that Sea Titan attacking and everything, it has been utter chaos. I almost was swallowed whole by the giant if it wasn't for Merina, who somehow knew how to use a bow and stuck it in the eye. That thing… it was sent by someone to get rid of Kirby, just like Dedede was doing a couple of years ago.

The reason why Kirby is hunted by the navy is because of that giant, who wanted to kill him. We fought with our best to take the giant down, and luckily I stabbed it at the back of its head to finish it off. It looked as though it wanted to kill me more than it wanted to kill Kirby. I can't imagine why's that so.

There's something nostalgic about this planet, and it's not because we were here to find more Crystal Shards with Ribbon. I meant there's more depth to this than you'd originally think there was. And people always think that I had something to do with this, and if that's true, then why don't I remember a darn thing?

Hmm, must be sealed memory loss or something. Why I come here to this inlet spot that I knew before Aqua showed me at night remains a mystery even to me… I guess nostalgia struck my head those times.

In fact, that reminds me… Aqua, while we first met, I noticed a strange glowing aura surrounding her pearl shaped necklace. I wonder if I had something that makes the same reaction.

I looked around for a while not before jumping onto the trails of stone rocks that led to where Aqua showed me, a place unreachable by sand. There was an inlet that Aqua showed me, but there was more to it, like a secret cave that is hidden and covered up by the waves.

The inlet cave was something extraordinary but in an amazing way. It looks like someone had lived there, but it preferable looks like a hideout spot where we could see the stars. I settled myself down and took a look at the moon that was so radiant in light, yet hypnotizing as well. I was pretty far away at an ok distance from the resort, where I should've been chilling with the others, but I preferred not to. When sharing a room with a prideful king and a gloomy emo swordsman yet chivalrous, it's hell for real. I'm just glad that no one's sharing beds.

I just can't seem to get what happened the past two days off my mind. With the giant attack and everything. After I defeated it, it dropped a crystal or something that resembles a teardrop. I picked it up when the giant exploded afterwards. Adena's old man, her father, who almost looks like Poseidon but without the tail, he told me something that might lead us to our very goal. It's the reason why I even knew about it in the first place. And the aftermath of the death of the giant was where we met the prince…

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Bandana Dee and the Sapphire Colossus-Flashback (First Half: Prince Travis)

"Well… fought… Blue...Bandana… Boy…" The last words of the Sea Titan as it powered down, losing all of its glow not before exploding, leaving a crystal behind that was composed of a rare gem itself. I almost fell face-first into the ground, but luckily Merina caught me in a bridal position but I fell face-first onto her big breasts. I blushed as she lets me down, and fixes her breasts for a while.

"Thanks for that catch, Merina," I thanked her, blushing red.

"No problem, Bandana," Merina smiled. "I'm just glad that's all over with. Now we've saved both the twins another chance at life before it even happened."

"Yeah, I just wonder why it wanted to kill Kirby that badly; maybe it just hates him for no apparent reason. Now the bigger question is who, where and why, starting with that crystal…" I walked over to the gem and picked it up. It was colorless like a prism gem. The public gathers around us, cheering for the defeat of the giant. "Wonder what we should do with this gem here?"

"I don't know, but I think we should take that to a professional who's good at gem searching or whatever it's supposed to be called," Merina suggested.

"No doubt about that," I replied. "Kirby and Karly lived to tell another tale… I guess, oh who am I kidding? They're the main characters, they're not supposed to die!"

While the two of us were taking a closer look at the gem, there was an uproar of a handful of murmurs and whispers; then, the sounds of horns filled the ears of people as dozens of soldiers swarmed around us all, armed with their weaponry aimed at us.

"Whoa, Whoa, Woah! The problem's already annihilated, the giant's dead! There's no need for any of this… pointless chivalry, okay?" I tried to convince them. The guards didn't lower their weapons, unconvinced of my words.

"Halt any unnecessary attacks, soldiers," a blonde-haired girl came in. She had blue sapphire eyes and her hair was tied in a ponytail banded by a teardrop rubber band shape. Her armor was like all the others, but it was made out of silver iron and some of the parts were just undershirt or wear and they were black, or it just appears that way. Her weapon was a spear, similar to mine. Looks like we have the same taste in weapons, I guess.

"Who the heck are all these rejects?" Dedede asked. "I don't recall these losers trying to take credit for our slaying. And who's the chivalrous lady over there? Is she like the leader of these rejects or, or what?"

"Hmph, how rude of you," the blondie suddenly got mad. "Are you saying that you've never heard of the Royal Guard before?"

"Yep, that's completely what I'm saying, blondie. Never heard of that since the last time we've come here."

"Name's Amber, the leader of the Royal Guard of Aqua Town and serving under Prince Travis," She introduced herself.

"Since when the heck Aqua Star had a prince? And I thought it was the Travis from No More Heroes," Dedede asked again, scratching his head. "Eh, I guess we were somewhere else then. Anyway, talk about that later. Why are you all here? It's just as Bandana Dee says, the problem's already exterminated! End of discussion! Go home now!"

"What we came here for is an answer; explain yourselves here!" Amber ordered.

"And just why should we tell you all that's going on?" Dedede shot back. "You all didn't do jack to help out, you know? You all are just like those polices in those action or horror movies: they only appear after the crap that went down. Why should we tell you all jack?!"

"Dedede, calm down," I tried to tell him. "Remember your blood pressure, it's really high when you're that hard-boiled." I turned to Amber.

"Heh-heh, sorry 'bout that, Amber, was it? Now, I believe you're looking for an explanation for all of this, right?"

"That's right," She replied. "After that giant attacks that's been happening lately, we decided it was best if we get to the bottom of this once and for all as to why it's happening. Do you know what's going on here?"

"Okay, then. Long story short: A giant that came from the sea attacked the town for reasons unexplained and cut off. I jumped onto the back of its head and stabbed it until it died and exploded, dropping a crystal that I have right here. The end."

Amber stared at me blank. "Not convinced."

"Shoot, thought that'd work," I thought. "Can't tell them the truth, though. Who knows what'll happen next?"

"Seriously, though. That's what happened, Amber," Merina backed me. "There's no catches or jinxes in this or whatever, it's just that simple. That's it."

Amber still wasn't convinced. Instead, after we denied that there's more to the plot than there already is, she pulled out her spear and aimed it at us, well, mostly me.

"Alright, something tells me you're hiding something here, and I wanna know what it is," Amber growled, raising her spear. "If none of you tell me now, you're all going to be screwed! Now start talking, bandana freak, or unless you're too chicken and pathetic, peasant!"

"Hey! We do not need the name-calling! Can't we sort this out?! There's no need for this unnecessary violence and conflict right now!" I tried to reason with her.

"Yeah, we're already beat from slaying that titan and protecting the town!" Dylan spoke to back me up. "Will you just listen to us just this once?!"

Dedede shook his head. "What's the point in trying to reason with a tsundere like her? It's obvious they ain't willing to talk it out; I thought the guard was way better than this."

"H-how dare you, you animal!?" Amber yelled in anger. "That does it! Time to have your arses kicked!"

"Cool! Public fight!" Someone from the crowd chanted. "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" (Repeat it as long as you want to, because… yeah, you get it already.)

"Well, so much to trying to talk it out with them," I readied myself in a battle stance, and so did Amber. "Don't blame me if you end up losing in front of the public!"

"Hold it, Amber," A mature voice said. "There's no need for this pointless fight; after all, they did destroy the giant."

The guards stepped out of the way for a young man who looked fair, honest and pretty responsible. He didn't have that much formal royal wear, but something at least fancy enough. He had silver-white hair and he's not that old for starters, his eyes were emerald green like Merina's, his outfit wasn't royalty, but it was something that he'd always head out with; he looked like a commoner but everyone could tell who it was in the blink of an eye. He had on a royal blue jacket that was exposed open where everyone can see his white, plain shirt that has a strap onto it, while long, black pants and had blue and black boots and that was what he wore under the moon, well, it was dark out when it happened, y' know.

"That's no way to treat new guests, now. You can be hotheaded sometimes, Amber," He shook his head.

"Oh, y-your Highness!" Amber said, startled and blushing. "I… um… they…-"

"No more, Amber," He says. "It's just… how do I say this… plain embarrassing." He turns to us while he was at it, too.

"Sorry about Amber, I apologize for her intolerable behavior, everyone. She almost reminds me of my mother, who I haven't seen in ages."

Dedede roared. "OHHH! ROASTED! How does it feel-" One boot to the head by Merina was enough to knock him out cold.

"Shut up, Dedede," Merina sighed. "No one wants to hear it."

The young, respectable man gave a smile. "Forgive me for not introducing myself. I am the prince of Aqua Town, Prince Travis." He gave a friendly gesture. "I thank you for slaying the Titan of the seas on behalf of all my people here."

"Heh-heh, well, you're welcome. Nothing I could get used to every day," I said.

"Prince Travis, what are you doing here at a time like this?" Amber asked.

"Rumors had it that there was another Titan attack again, so I was going to dispatch soldiers to handle it, but it looks to me that these newcomers already exterminated the problem. I just had to see for myself."

"Well, as you can see here," Dedede showcased. "We have the giant's head…" He pulled out both of the giant's eyes somehow even though I'm positive that the giant exploded. "Well, what's left of it anyway, I guess. You don't mind if you hold onto those, do you?"

"No, it's okay. But if you really did slay the Titan, may I ask what brings you here?"

"That's the thing that they won't tell me," Amber added.

"But we just gave you a short explanation as to what has happened here," Meta Knight chimed in. "Isn't that enough for you?"

"No, since you all don't like to explain anything fully!"

"Geez, we're gonna be here all night, are we?" I sighed

After some thought, we decided it was best for us to explain the entire situation for our own sake of our sanity. After that came the next day, where it leads to the events of the end of Act 4 of Chapter 2. Pretty much, in a nutshell, Travis was convinced that only we could figure out what was happening with all the giant attacks, missing people, and other stuff. Only we can find out where all those giants were coming from and put a stop to it before it got out of hand. Amber didn't buy that, though. And that's pretty much it.

End of Flashback

I can only recall these certain events before, replaying over in my mind. It kinda sounds stupid that Kirby gets the blame, but questioning it isn't going to help anyway. I still remember those words that the old man told me, and it can be pretty useful when we head out. But other than that, for now, I decided to take it easy.

You may be wondering, "Why do you come out here at night?" Well, I… um… you see…

...

Oh, you know what? I don't even know myself. All I remember is being lured to this exact spot because of a beautiful song that I recently heard. I also came there to clear my head, is my main reason, but the other reason is probably why I'm attracted to it now. The soothing voice of that song calms me down whenever I'm stressed out. I can't help but feel that I've heard it before.

I reach under my bandana, feeling something warm there, and when I did what came out was… a pearl. A blue, beautiful pearl. It was glowing as if it was resonating to a certain thing. "Hmm, I almost forgot about this; I didn't notice that I had this under my bandana."

…

"What did happen to me that many years ago? I just wish I can remember…" I sighed.

Then, my ears and my head were filled with a soothing melody, one that led me to this spot beforehand. It's very nostalgic and made me wanna cry. I almost thought that I knew the lyrics to it, but I just can't remember. I tried to dart around my eyes to see where the melody was coming from, in fact, who, rather, was singing it.

Right then and there, I spotted where it came from. A girl. She was docked upon a small island of a flat rock, pouring out words of a beautiful melody. I stared at her for as long as the song remains playing and came closer for a better look; she reminds me of someone from long ago… When she finished singing, her eyes were all fixed on me. She leaped from the rock and into the air where she fitted inside the moon like a shadow in a certain position. She dove right into the sea. I thought I was imagining things as if she actually dived into the water and I thought she'd be gone by now because I saw her.

But she never did leave. In fact, she appeared and popped up from where I was standing, near the edge of the water and surprised me, making me stumble backwards a little. When I sat up again, I felt the slender touch of her hands stroking my face. A look at her and she does remind me of Aqua already, but now she starts to look even familiar to me.

But I noticed that there was something weird about her legs, though. Her appearance looks that of Aqua's, and there was a star-shaped hairclip on her head and her hair was let down all the way. The only thing is, though, her legs. If I wasn't imagining things, I thought I'd saw a fishtail that was shaped like an upside-down U, but sharper and all blue as well. It looks like she was wearing it, but it seems like a part of her now.

There was one thing that I noticed that was similar. She was wearing the same pendant as Aqua was when I first met her. Could she be…? The pearl in my hand resonated brightly and so does her shell-shaped pendant.

No way… the one singing that melody… was actually… a Mermaid?

"You kept my pearl safe, just as you promised me. I'm glad." The mermaid smiles cutely. The way her hand was on my face caused me to blush. "It's nice to see you again, after all those years. I wasn't sure if you were him when we met on the beach earlier at first, but now I know it's you all along."

I… don't understand... but could it be… that what everyone says about me and comparing me to that boy… is true? Could I have really been the boy everyone was talking about? It's strange, and I don't remember such a thing. But, this girl… she looks just like Aqua. I guess, if she is, then there's only one way to find out.

"A… Aqua? Is that… you? And what promise is it you're talking-" I managed to ask. She places her finger on my lips, still smiling. She nods. I blushed.

"Maybe this will help you remember… how I wanted to tell you how I felt about you from the day we actually met each other, how we saved each other… my hero." She says. The blue mermaid then leans forward close to my face, making me blush even more. I wanted to say something or do something at that moment. But I couldn't say such a thing. You wanna know why?

Because her lips were locked onto mine before I could even blink or react.

That's right. She… kissed me. On the lips.

Suddenly, lots of memories poured into my mind, recalling certain events that appear to be forgotten. All up to the point where I met her. Aqua.

"I… I remember now…" I thought. The way she kissed me, that was… my first kiss that I have ever received in my entire lifeline. At least I think it was. Everyone was indeed right about me. I really am the boy that disappeared that time.

She softly pulls away after she's done kissing me, blushing blue but yet smiling. "It's a good thing I finally found you again because I'm really desperate now." Her facial expression changes now to a worried one. "I need your help and your friend Kirby now. Something terrible has happened. And I can't do it alone. Will you please… come to my aid like you've done before, Bandana?" She got a full hold on both my hands and she almost like she's crying to me for help.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Of course I'll help you like last time, Aqua," I replied, smiling. "You saved my life at that time, and I can't tell you how grateful I am to you. Also, we're on this quest to save an important person from the hands of Dark Matter, so why should I turn down a desperate request for the girl that saved me?"

"I'm glad, you haven't changed after all those years, Bandana," Aqua jumped for joy. "Thank you so much!" She jumps on me and gives me a hug. With her breasts, suffocating me like crazy. She lets go after a while and gives me another smooch on the lips before she leaps back into the sea.

"Wait! Aqua!" I called out to her.

"I'll see you when you head out to sea, my hero," Aqua smiles and dives into the sea, leaving the inlet. "I'll be waiting… and you know, you're much cuter the way you are right now." Her voice echoes like a ripple in the lake. And just like that, she was gone already as she splashed into the sea, leaving only ripples behind to disappear.

There was something I wanted to ask her as well. Now I know why she wanted to meet me that badly. Something did happen to her or her kind and I bet Dark Matter is behind it as well. Still, about what happened earlier, maybe the cause of it was something else… or someone else.

No matter though. There's a crisis going on, and I bet wherever it's happening, I think that's where we'll find Sapphire, the next Gem Star. But, just as Adena's old man said, we have to find the pieces of the Aqua Orb and get Mist, the Gem Soul of Water, and find where Sapphire is being held. Don't know how he knew, I mean, we just got onto the planet and we didn't even tell him about it, but it's better not to question these things, not especially when we got some good information out of it.

With that going on, I decided it was best to head back for now since there was nothing else for me to do anyway. I take a look at the pearl one more time before exiting the inlet, hopping off from rock to rock and out from where the entrance was held. That kiss… is something I'll never forget as my first kiss… I think. I know we all got a day off, but tomorrow is where we get serious and head out. Luckily, Adena's old man already got us covered two days ago, so we're good to go. Now all that's left is to get some shut-eye, right after a nice anime show.

But, while I was walking, I can't help but have this feeling that I was being spied on… not by everyone else, but someone malevolent and evil… I don't know why, but that feeling wouldn't go away from me for the rest of the day… hopefully, I wish it ain't so…

I still can't forget about that kiss, though.

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Meanwhile…

"Ah, so that's the boy my daughter loves so much. How disgusting. Humans are no good, wretched creatures and devilish, and yet Aqua associates with one, despite all the warnings I've told her? And besides that, that what happened to the pearl that she's supposed to protect; she dares leaves it in the hands of a disgusting human? Disgraceful. So, he's a friend of this boy you speak of, right?"

"That's right, your highness. He's a demon who needs to be punished for the wrongdoing he has done to all the creatures in the sea. Like, for example, he killed Orca because of a Crystal Shard that he had, showing no mercy. And he ate him whole, no bones and all left behind after he wiped the floor with him."

"That foul devil! He must be punished, for all the lives he has claimed for himself of the sea. Humans like him make me sick the most! None of them has ever shown mercy to the fishes, our own people! Forget those pathetic Water Demons, just what is his name, Knightess?"

"Oh, that boy? Do you mean the one and only Kirby? That's the guy. A complete adorable version of a monster hiding inside. Who knows what he'll eat next? Sounds like you better put a stop to him and his friends if they manage to arrive here, because pretty soon, their main objective is for that Gem Star, Sapphire, that you held captive like a treasure. He's going to use their power for evil, and you can't let him do such a thing, am I right? And as Queen of the Aqua Mermaids, you won't allow for such a thing to go on right?"

"That's right, as the Queen, I shall not permit this Kirby to do any harm to our kind anymore. If he dares to step foot into my country, I'll destroy him for good. So where is he, exactly?"

"He's still at Aqua Town, fooling around as usual, if you know what I mean. I do suppose the Titan has failed, hasn't it? Just like all the other ones you've sent to destroy humanity and for some reason kill Prince Travis, even though he is just a kid. But suppose he and his gang of misfits were to head out to sea. What would you do?"

"That, I have yet to decide. As long as no one like that accursed old man, Antaris and his daughter, Adena, that cursed mermaid shape-shifting girl of the Indigo Mermaids, interferes or tries to help that there Kirby, I think we're in the clear. Personally, I'd want to wipe the floor with him, that is if he can make it here, y' know. This Kirby must be destroyed for good, and I shall do everything in my power to make sure he is gone for good!"

"That's the spirit, your highness. Now, I think you ought to keep that Gem Spirit from running her mouth a little while longer; I'm gonna have a little fun with Kirby once they head out to the Seven Seas, y' know, see if they have anything that you can use against him, I don't know but whatever suits you. Just remember, he's not the type of roach to die easily. He's incredibly strong as well, so you may wanna watch out for yourself, okay?"

"Understood. Kirby, you will be brought down to justice, I swear to you! I'll have your heart torn from your chest and have fishes feed on what's left of your dead body. Then I'll watch as your bloody guts are spilled onto the seafloor for all to feast on! I swear that your life will be crushed on behalf of the Mermaids and I, Queen Arecena of the Aqua Mermaids, will see to it that you won't dare to threaten the sea again once you're dead! I shall have your head!"

"Looks like someone is sounding murderous, but not around your people, okay? It would be bad for them to see this side of you. But, no reason not to be worked up about it, not especially since the head of that demon is all yours. Now, I'm gonna mess with him for a little while for some fun. If he manages to come here and try to fight you, well, it looks like he'll have a hard time doing so, since you're, well, invincible. See ya, Queen. Don't forget what I said."

"Oh, don't worry about that. I'll take good care of this "Kirby" boy, you'll see. Heh-heh-heh. Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-ha-hah-hah-hah-hah!"

"Ah, so that's what she's up to… I better tell King Antaris right away! Those Dark Matter freaks are possessing her! How terrible! Not if Kirby has a say about this!"

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Ending Theme 3: (Shouchi no Suke- One Piece)

To be continued…

End of Chapter 3 Act 1!

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Author's Note Summary:

Well, this chapter took longer than I expected it to. But at least it's done, that's good. So, anyway, I just want to apologize for certain things, but before I do that, there are a few references and other shit that I wanna explain first. The giant explained here was inspired by Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2, the same as how you take down the giant and stuff and the last episodes are coming out in two days, so you might wanna check it out if you want to. With Bandana Dee, in this version only, he somehow knew how to surf beforehand even though he doesn't remember it, and that scene was inspired by Mermaid Melody, with Kaito. Anyway, the books that Kirby was reading to Kazela was, you guessed it- o wait, obviously it was in the text, was actually manga hidden with another book to make it look like he was reading it. Kirby did had to adlib some parts to it though.

The girl's swimsuits were something that I, unfortunately, had to look up without anyone noticing or getting the wrong idea. It was worth it, though. Those shows listed after they were done on the beach are obviously real animes and RWBY is what I'd consider anime as well, even though it's a web series. My sister watched the whole thing before me, so she kept me up to date. Also, the resort in this story, just imagine it as the one you'd see in real life, but different, if you know what I mean, of course. And last but not least, the scene with Bandana Dee were events of the past two days, and that's just part one of his flashbacks. Hope I don't confuse you or anything. There's still more, and I'm not sure how you'd react to the part where Aqua kissed Bandana Dee, but that's basically your opinion. I think I've covered everything; oh, and the school situation has been cleared down, so yeah. You know, I can't help but feel that I left out something.

Kirby: Yeah, like the part where you ditched me when the girls were acting all horny and hugging with their breasts and nosebleeds followed after that, and Dedede's epitaph read, "I'm a goner, but I have no regrets." Meta Knight didn't even bother to lift a finger to help us, and now breasts trigger my nosebleeds from now on, and I lost almost all my blood and they touched my buns, hun! You better have a good reason for this!

Oh, I completely forgot about that, Kirby!

Kirby: No, you didn't.

That part, yeah, you all must be thinking, "Why would you do this?" Well, actually, all of that was kinda inspired by this anime called Baka and Test, and there were some hilarious parts to the anime, including scenes like this and nosebleeds. Watch it yourself and you'll see where the epitaph quote came from. And it was inspired by one episode in My Bride's a Mermaid, where Nagasumi drinks a potion that makes all the girls love him and all the boys wanting to kill him out of jealousy.

Kirby: Wait, are you saying that the reason why the girls are so horny is because…

Yeah, basically because of the screech that appeared out of nowhere. We don't know the cause of it, but it does seem to affect hot ladies and hot young girls, but not the little girls in the group because that's just fudged up and I don't favor that kind of stuff, so I thought it would be best if only the girls your age and a bit older would be affected. It causes them to be that open than they usually do, except much hornier.

Kirby: So, basically the terrible screech makes the girls horny and aroused. But I guess round 2 was out of their free will and mostly the after-effects that are triggered by insults. I didn't even do such a thing. You know, you're really are a douche-bag this chapter!

Ha-ha, yeah, I know. It's real. But look on the bright side, at least you've got a wonderful harem going on, am I right? Isn't that good for you, you lucky boy?

Kirby: NO! I don't want a harem!

Anyway, I must apologize for that scene. Don't know why I was even thinking it, but in real life, I think I know where it came from, and I'm sorry if that offended all of you if it did, that is. If you're actually comfortable with this if you're into this sort of thing, then you're welcome. But for everyone else, I'm am deeply sorry. I blame the life that's going on that made me do this, and that anime as well.

Kirby: You better be, but let's just hope that they do find it to forgive you, otherwise there's more that one bad review and there's plenty where it came from.

Anyway, sorry about that and chapter 15 is underway as you read this. That's all and bye! (I have no regrets).

Kirby: Sorry about him, folks.