Chapter/Tale 4: Angel of Skylight Star: Act 1
Author's Note Intro:
Hey guys! So far, so good here. Just wanna say that if you're curious about the character's strengths and weaknesses, it'll all be laid out in the flashback. And there's yet a few more surprises and more lore from previous games and Star Allies. Adding to that, this planet revolves around Meta Knight, and so what you may already know about him is only real in this story, it's not real in the actual games, so disclaimer to that and everything else you find in previous chapters- I do not own any of those references or whatever it is. That's it for me, and enjoy the new chapter!
P.S. See if you can find the secret from Kirby Star Allies in this chapter, and it's a boss reference.
Chapter 18 recap…
The party on Aquarius Star were on their way to rescue the Gem Star, Sapphire from the hands of possessed Mermaid Queen Arecena. Bandana Dee fought against her and won, only for her to unleash the colossus at the very last second. With the help of the fallen sea king, Poseidon, Bandana Dee triumphs over the colossus and frees Arecena from the clutches of Dark Matter, and the planet was at peace again. Now, with Aqua as their new party member, they set off to the next planet, known as Skylight Star…
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Chapter 4: Meta Knightmare- Masked in Light and Dark
Meta Knight's POV: Solatora, City of the Skies
A day has passed since the incident with Aquarius Star. It was a memorable experience, one that will not get out of anybody's head that was there. As long as there isn't women and swimsuits, I'm fine on the next planet we go to. Coincidentally, it wasn't long before I come face-to-face with one of my personal unfinished businesses I have yet to finish. Perhaps, I'll understand why the incidents occurred much better when I spend my time there… that knight vowed he'd come and finish what we started, and I intend on that as well. Well, it seems like there's no turning back now, especially earlier today…
Flashback: Before Skylight Star- Kirby's POV
It was morning. The sunlight tried to peek through the curtains and shined its light on me. Reluctantly, I got up, still drowsy and tired. I noticed neither Kazela nor Karly around the room that time. Perhaps they've went out or something. I walked over to the bathroom, since I did have to go now. I noticed everything was packed and there was a tip lying on the desk next to the TV of Point Stars, along with a written review.
I knocked on the door, awaiting a response from whoever was in there. No voice came out. I twisted the door handle and cautiously opened the door, seeing no one inside. I look around to make sure on one was inside by checking everywhere. The bathtub seems to be filled with water all the way, so I dipped my hand in there and swished it all over, feeling nothing in there.
With that, I did about my business in there and went to wash my hands before leaving. I stretched myself for a few seconds and went out of the room. It was awfully peaceful in the hallways. I decided to check on the others to see if they were okay. When I knocked on their doors, no one answered. I knocked on the girl's door last after embracing myself for the inevitable approaching. No one answered. I exhaled relief.
Suddenly, the door cracked open by itself. I turned around to find myself grabbed by hands and pulled in again. It was the same as before, but it felt softer and fuzzy rather than suffocating and strained bloodshed. Merina seems to be normal and sane, which probably means she's back to normal. For some reason, I didn't feel the surge of a nosebleed coming on. Maybe it had a different effect this time. She lifts me up from her boobs and kisses me on the cheek. I blush green.
"Um, Merina? What's that for?" I asked.
"That's for curing us this time while we were under the effects of the screech. Figure I'd give you one from the heart rather than forcing the blood out of you. Thanks." She smiles. "Anyway, everyone's downstairs, deciding on what to do next."
"Huh? What do you mean, Merina?" I asked.
"Well, for one thing, I've heard that after the colossus was defeated, somehow time was winded back to the point when the fight started or something. Turns out the cause behind that was actually a Light Crystal."
"A Light Crystal?" I restated. "I see… so what does that mean?"
"Mackenzie figured out that the Light Crystal was implanted inside the colossus as a trigger upon defeat or if it comes to the point of destroying everything or something. That crystal actually came from another planet, so that's where we're headed. It's certain that Dark Matter must be on that planet as well."
"Oh, okay…" I nodded. "But why are they deciding that when it's obvious that's our next destination? What's the real holdup?"
"Well, with this many people in the party, going to one place is impossible, and you know I have to be there with the others. I've already talked to my parents about this and they agreed. Listen, now that Aqua's coming with us, there's no telling how many people are coming to help us. Not everyone who joins can go to one place altogether."
"I guess so… but still, we need all the help as we can get to even be able to stand up against Zero. Even though I fought against him myself, I have a feeling it's not going to be the same as before. That's true, though. But honestly, I don't think we should let something like that get in the way of our objective." I scratched my head while speaking.
"I know that, but with this many people involved, it'll be a hassle going to other planets with a huge party. It just doesn't seem to work that way…"
My mind came up with an idea. "Wait, I got it. We can have that many people with us, but instead of going to one place, how about we split up into different groups depending on the number of members we have and send them to other places on the planet? That way, we'll get a lot done in a matter of minutes and it'll be faster as well and not so time consuming."
"You sure about that, Kirby?" Merina looks at me, not knowing what I meant by doing that.
"I'm positive, Merina," I replied. "Of course, I haven't forgotten our main priority, duh. But what we should keep in mind is that anything can serve as a roadblock to us, so it's best we have those parties take out anything trying to stop us from reaching the chambers or the main dungeon. Danger's everywhere, Merina, and they'll strike when you least expect it, so it's best to eliminate the problem before it gets out of hand quickly. Understand?"
Merina takes a moment to evaluate my idea, then she nods. "I see. So that's what you mean. I guess that might work."
"Yeah, ain't that the truth, princess?"
"Don't call me that, Kirby," Merina sweatdropped.
"But you are one, right?"
"… damn, you're right, though. But still, I'm just a Wind Princess, and right now, I'd prefer if you didn't address me by that title for now. Besides, now that the three princesses of wind, fire, and aqua are gathered, we still need to find the light, psychic, thunder, and ice princesses and inform them of Kaila's fate. But knowing Kaila, she isn't one to be a sitting duck."
"Eh? What do you mean?"
"Kaila's trapped in some kind of dark matter ship right now along with one of your friends, so knowing her, she'll find a way out of whatever situation she's in no matter how long it takes. But I'm not so sure how she will find her way out though, considering what we're dealing with here. Who knows? Maybe she found out something about their plans or whatever. Who knows what they really aim to achieve with her and the rest of us involved?"
"Nothing other than use her for the core of unlimited dark energy, enough to make themselves powerful. But that doesn't explain why they also wanted to kidnap you all in the first place, along with Kazela losing her memories without knowing what happened to her those years, or why they decided to turn us human. There could be multiple possibilities to this, but we don't know which one is right or how it even went down. Looks like we'll have to solve the mystery for ourselves on this adventure," I sighed.
"Seems so. But we're not getting anywhere just standing here. We should probably tell everyone about your idea first before going."
"Yeah, we should do that. By the way, how come you aren't with the others? What are you doing here by yourself?" I asked.
"Packing, and I went shopping as well while I was at it. Figured it'd be best to change into a different outfit once in a while. You don't seem to mind wearing the same clothes every day except your nightclothes. However, I think Karly needs to at least change into something else, her outfit's kinda out of date and kinda of disturbing, which is why I got something for her as well. It never hurts to change, am I right?"
"I guess not."
"Perfect. Now we shouldn't keep the others waiting, should we?"
"Oh yeah, that's right! They're waiting for us, let's go!" We both ran to the elevator and went to the first floor and into the cafeteria, where it was packed with women once again. Everything's back to normal on this planet once again.
I noticed when looking outside the large glass window panel nearby, the whole beach was filled with crowds of people as if nothing happened before. But this time, I noticed a handful of people from the other kingdom territories we've sailed to before shows up there also. I already knew they were mermaids. Seeing how on good terms they are with the humans made me smile. Although now I'll have to deal with the rants of Kazela if she knew this, and that actually means… Karly was right.
"Hey Kirby, over here!" Karly was waving in the distance to where the entire party was as well.
"Oh, hey Karly. I was wondering where you all ran off to this morning. You have some nerve ditching me." We both sat ourselves in the available spots saved for us. "Anyway, what's it gonna be this time, guys?"
Karly spoke up. "Well, you see, we were discussing our next move this time. If Merina told you this, then you know what this is about."
"About the cause of the playback on time after the defeat of the colossus? Yeah, I was wondering, what planet did that come from, and how did he get his hands on one?" I asked.
"First of all, that crystal came from the Planet Skylight Star, a floating horizon planet, and that's pretty much the closest planet we can go to. And second, someone seems to have given Poseidon that crystal a long time ago, I guess," She continued.
"Figures, but why would you all discuss something we already agreed on long ago?" I asked. "Isn't it obvious by now what I'm talking about?"
"That? Oh yeah. But with this many people joining us, we'll basically be an army by then, and it'll be a hassle to deal with later on. Kazela's the only exception, I think, because she's has to recover her lost memories. I'm saying that we'll be easier to target in a large group, and everyone has their own reasons for coming, but how do you suppose we work this out, Kirby?" Karly asked.
"Are you kidding? I've already thought of this long ago. I kinda anticipated the possibility of people helping us here, so I came up with a system for something like this." I explained, pulling out a sheet of paper and scribbled and sketched out a diagram, or putting the finishing touches on it. "I've been working on something like this for a while, just in case."
"How's that going to work, Kirby? I mean, you're the leader but what do you have in mind exactly?" Dash questioned.
"First, let me show you this." I showed the finished drabble on the paper to everyone and they looked at it, confused. "This is a status report on the current party members here, with their strengths and weaknesses. Just like in an RPG, this shows what level each character's on. This is like our profile here."
"How does that work?" Dedede asked.
"Let me start off with this part, the members," I stated. "Here are the main members listed here."
Current Party Members:
Kirby, Karly, Dedede, Meta Knight, Bandana Dee, Dylan, Dash, & Aqua. Level 14. Difficulty: Invincible Star Warrior. RPG style: Side-scrolling and Action RPG. Player: KirbyPwnz1234.
"So we got 8 people right off the bat? Wow," Karly could only say.
"The others are the ones who have to stick with us during our time here. Well, you know who they are. Next, here's a brief status on each and every one of us listed here about our attributes in a summary." I also pointed out.
Kirby: Stats are average as a human, with the exception of high agility or reaction time and variety of mana due to Copy Ability. HP: 455/455. Mana/Star Points: 200/200. Element: Star. Title: Legendary Star Warrior/Pink Demon.
Karly: Stats are the same as Kirby's, with the exception of high evasion and accurate strikes and variety of mana due to Copy Ability. HP: 450/450. Mana/Star Points: 200/200. Element: Luna. Title: Legendary Starlet Warrior/Pink Demoness.
Dedede: High Attack and Defense, but slightly low agility. Mana is average. HP: 484/484. Mana: 120/120. Element: Earth. Weapon: Wooden Hammer. Title: Warrior King of Dreamland.
Meta Knight: Balanced attack, defense, and agility, but weak mana. HP: 460/460. Mana: 100/100. Element: Light. Weapon: Galaxia Blade. Title: The Lone Masked Swordsman.
Bandana Dee: Average in close combat and excellent in far range, but weak in spread attacks. Mana is average. HP: 439/439. Mana: 130/130. Element: Thunder. Weapon: Poseidon's Electric Trident/Axscharia. Title: Warrior of Aquarius Star.
Dylan: Great with spread attacks, but weak reaction time. HP: 470/470. Mana: 140/140. Element: Blade. Weapon: Unscathed Scythe. Title: Desert Reaper.
Dash: High attack and Mana, average in defense, but low in mana regeneration. HP: 445/445. Mana: 110/110. Element: Fire. Weapon: Predator's Knuckles. Title: Dinosaur King.
Aqua: Great with far-ranged attacks and high mana and accuracy, but weak defense. HP: 430/430. Mana: 180/180. Element: Water. Weapon: Mermaid's Staff. Title: Mermaid Princess.
Everyone was speechless when seeing this. Karly spoke. "Is that really how strong we are independently? Is this some kind of joke, Kirby?! This looks like it was taken straight from an RPG!"
"No, it's not. I can somehow tell how strong an individual is, although it limits to the bad guys. And to be blunt, we're fairly powerful but still weak in certain areas as you know now," I explained. "We've got a long way to go still, so this is actually the incomplete version, to show how we are at the moment. Anyway, the reason for the empty spots here is because you're right about us not knowing how many are joining us. But, the other thing I want to show you all is this." I pointed to the other side of the page.
"A diagram? To show how much you suck at tactical games, Kirby?" mocked Dedede. I sweatdropped.
"Ha-ha, very funny, Triple D. I'm not terrible at it. Anyway, Merina already knows what I'm thinking to do, but you all have yet to know what I'm planning. The back of this is the layout of one of the cities in Skylight Star, Solatora, and it's the fourth planet we have to head to next. Just how Aquarius Star is laid out, this is a multiple pathway area that's scattered all across the land of the skies. It seems we're playing pirates and mermaids again as this requires another orb hunt." I pointed out.
"But how's that gonna help with our problem here, Kirby?" Dedede asked.
I smacked myself in the face before explaining the answer. "Okay, okay. Long story short, the idea I have is the answer to this little problem regarding party members. We split up into different groups and embark on our own to where the barrier holding the Gem Star, Platinum, is, right after passing the Gem Soul's trials, who is named Nimbus. I know what you're thinking, but it can actually work. Instead of us going into one place, we can all go separately and get the job done that way. Of course, the goal is always the same, so at this point, it doesn't matter who gets there first, as long as at least one of us can make it there."
Assigning Groups To Different Areas
In this game, you won't know how many are going to join your party the first time, and only 4 members are allowed in each group you make. Here, you can assign a group of members to specific places of the planet if you want to, it'll make your search easier. They'll acquire treasures and exp on their own, so you won't have to spend your time doing that yourself. This is entirely optional. As Kirby was telling the others a few minutes ago, he plans to have them go in different places so that they can find the orb pieces much faster that way. He calls this "Tactical Party Army Invasion." (TPAI). Whenever you head out to the overworld of the planet, depending on the situation, you'll be asked the option to assign party members to certain areas. Once done, you'll head to the area you picked to go and choose which party you want to play as. You can switch POV's anytime through the pause menu.
Everyone seems to agree with my statement. I nodded. "Okay then, we don't know what that planet could throw at us, so we have to be careful when we do this. Anything on that planet can serve as a roadblock to us all, especially when we're trying to head to the barrier, so in my mind, that group can stop whatever's trying to throw us off before it gets out of hand, and the rest follows. Understand?" They nod, except for Meta Knight, who seems awfully disturbed by something.
"Hey, Meta Knight, is something wrong?" I asked him. He quickly shook his head in an instant. I looked at him more closely before deciding to shrug it off.
"No, it's nothing." He replies. But it doesn't appear to be that way to me. It seems he wasn't alright with going there or something, I don't know for sure.
"It would appear so. Any questions?" I asked. No one had any. "No? Ok, then. We embark for Skylight Star at 12:00, so make sure you've gotten everything you need with the available time you have. Do whatever you need to do before we go. Got it?"
"Yes, we get it!" They replied. The group disbanded from the table right after the meeting. Meta knight seems hesitant as if he fears of something. He slowly got up from the table and immediately left the cafeteria in a seemingly normal fashion. But I could spot some sort of tension going on with him.
"What's gotten into you, Meta Knight?" I said afterwards to myself.
End of Flashback
Meta's POV: The Angel/Demon Princess of Light
Now that you've gotten a glimpse of it, here's to the part where we end up in a busy town known as Solatora. The place was like a normal town except that it was floating, but it was like a large city rather than a small town. This was the main hub of all the other cities. Seeing it was amazing, but it wouldn't be pleasant if you have a fear of heights.
As well as that, there were multiple islands all across the cloud sea in the skies around and large monuments that were recognizable among all who lives here. It wasn't long before we found ourselves in some kind of lookout, where we settled ourselves for now and this was supposedly one of the elemental princesses' living area. We were greeted by one of them.
Callie sighed as they tried to explain to her the situation we're in. The girl they were talking to was about my height, except a few inches shorter. She had on a strapless top that had a red heart but it was broken in half like someone's feelings were crushed, not counting the E-cup size of her chest. The rest of it was black and resembles Karly's outfit. Her arms were covered in black sleeves that didn't connect to the shoulders as well as the soft neck brace on her neck. A rhombus shaped hole was in the center, revealing her belly button. Her leg had one stocking while the other didn't, and her shoes were black boots. Her eyes were red, yet her hair was silver prism and were twin-tails as well, held by two black headbands. I noticed there were horns on her head and a tail behind her.
Callie growled as she tried to get this through her head, but the girl refused to listen. "Ugh! Are you even listening, Dinah?! We're trying to tell you that something bad happened to Kaila!"
Dinah, that must be her name, wasn't listening at all. She laid back on her couch while munching on some popcorn and watching her Highschool DxD episodes. Apparently, it didn't seem she cared at the moment because she was too busy watching her anime. Dinah turned to Callie and the others and gave an expression that screams, "Girl, does it look like I care? No!"
"So? What does that have to do with me, and why the heck did you bring a group of… mortal humans in my watchtower? I wasn't prepared to entertain guests, ladies. The guests are supposed to entertain me, peasants! Feels like a waste of my time, if you ask me." Dinah grumbled, but enjoyed emphasizing the line, "The guests are supposed to entertain me, peasants!"
Adena sweatdropped and had an angry vein on her head. "God, Dinah? I see you haven't changed a bit over the years! Can't you see Kaila's in danger, and so are we if nothing is done about it! Why do you think we're here in the first place, Dinah?! Our best friend is in danger, and Popstar's only hope are now cursed humans!"
Dinah chuckles for a bit. "I'm sure it's nothing that severe. Kaila must be going through emotional stages of her life, like the time she reached puberty in her human form. It was hilarious. So, what is it this time? Did the Unicorn come back to haunt her again? Or was it that she cracked when we played the King's Game?"
"Not even close," The three of them replied, with blank expressions on their faces.
"So, tell me," Dinah stuffed her mouth full of popcorn. "What are we dealing with this time? Not that I care or anything, but just tell me the answer. We've dealt with leftover demon beasts, mutant mythologies, and whatever was left of the incident 8 years ago. I mean, that was bad enough, what could be worse than that bastard giving us this stupid curse?"
"How about that same bastard from before kidnapping Kaila and using her as dark energy?" They reply together. Dinah's grip on the popcorn bowl slipped at the mention of that bastard. The popcorn spilled all over us to where we were sitting in an instant.
When she heard this, her eyes instantly became devil red. "Oh, you've gotta be freaking kidding me! That one eyed monster bastard's alive?! But we killed him twice for freak's sake! How the heck is he doing this?! Why?!"
"That's what we're trying to tell you, dingbat!" The three princesses of gale, fire, and water yelled. "That one eyed freak kidnapped Kaila and his forces are more widespread than ever before!"
"Oh heck no! This is 8 years all over again! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! I ain't having that crap, and I ain't going through that crap again!" Dinah was all furious and enveloped in rage. A devilish aura shone around her. "Why the heck didn't you three or Vanja, Zeta, or Yae do anything about it?!"
"Because no one saw it coming, and it happened on Planet Popstar, where she plans to spend her vacation days after months of her duties and whatever." They replied. "How were we supposed to do anything about it then?"
"God, you guys are killing me," She sighs. "Alright, then. Tell me, why the heck did you bring these guys with you? Like I said, I wasn't prepared to entertain guests."
"Maybe you would know if you were paying any attention at all!" Merina shouted at her. Then she turns to us. "Alright, you know what? Kirby, you go tell her the reason for your being here!"
"Wait, why do I have to do it?" Kirby asked. Merina pointed her finger at him, poking his nose.
"Because," Her eyes shone completely green and a green aura flowed around her. "Gale Princess Merina orders you to do so!"
"But I've done this more than once! Can't someone else tell it to her face?" He complained. Dinah's eyes roamed at him and glared.
"Huh, so you're Kirby, am I right?" Dinah asks. She flew right over to him for a better look.
"Yeah, I am. What about it?" Kirby replied.
"You were there when it happened, right?" He nods. "If that's so, then how come you didn't do anything about what happened to Kaila?"
Kirby gave her a blank expression. "What they said. None of us saw it coming, and even if we did, how were we supposed to do anything about it?"
Dinah suddenly got mad at him. "And just what the heck's that supposed to mean?! Does that mean you just stood there and watched as they took her away?! Why didn't you do anything, you brainless idiot?!"
"Of course we tried to do something about it! We freaking chased them all the way to this galaxy until they shot us all down in the end! Of course I'll do something if anything threatens the peace! Stop being a little jerk, because you know you as well didn't do jack about it! Just a few minutes ago, you acted like you didn't care! What's up with that, huh?!" Kirby shot back. "And besides, how come you didn't know about this earlier, since it happened a week ago?!"
"That was- um… AH, SHUT UP, PINKY!" Dinah fumed red. "You know what happens when you disrespect your superiors, don't ya? They get spanked!"
"Well, excuse me, princess," He shot back. "But you're only 16, the same age I am, get your facts straight, tsundere!"
"T-t-tsundere?! Who the heck do you think you are, calling a princess that?! Some warrior you are!" Dinah shouted. "Don't compare me to Celia!"
"The name's Kirby, and don't you forget it, tsundere! Some princess you are!" He yelled at her. It was at this point they both got into pure rage with full red eyes and a murderous aura around them. Everyone stood back a little to avoid being caught in the slaughter that was about to rage between them. Everyone except me. You know, it's really annoying.
"You wanna go, pinky?!" Dinah challenged. "I'll crush you! Mess with a princess, and you'll get it shoulder deep!"
"Heck yeah! Bring it on, tsundere!" Kirby growled. "Mess with the bull, and you'll get the horns in your backside!"
"Aw crap! They'll murder each other in a flash second if we don't stop them!" Dylan groaned. "Karly, can't you do something about your brother?!"
Karly shook her head. "Sorry, there's no stopping Kirby once he's this riled up. Not even I can stop him."
"Great, now what?!" Dash sighed.
I started chuckling for a while. The others look at me like I'm crazy, but I didn't mind. Because I knew what was gonna happen to Dinah if she keeps this up. "Don't worry, this'll end before any one of them swings first. Surely you know what happens when Dinah gets too nasty with anyone, am I right?" They look back at Kirby and Dinah, who were about to fight.
Dinah devilishly smiles. "There's just one thing I wanna say to you before I pound you into the ground for good, pinky. It's- ah!"
"3…" I counted.
Suddenly, she falls to her knees as if she was in extreme pain. Kirby's rage subdued completely and quickly as to what she was doing or to question why.
"Hey, what's gotten into you all of a sudden? Weren't you gonna say something to me? If so, spit it out already! I don't have all day, you know."
"2…" I counted again.
"Yeah I do! What I wanted to say was- ahh!" Dinah trembles some more. "N-no! Don't m-make me do i-it!"
"1…" I was almost there.
"I'm… I'm… I… am… SORRY!" Dinah shouts, apologizing instead of insulting Kirby. "I AM SORRY!"
"Huh?"
"And… boom. It's done," I chuckle, snapping my fingers.
Dinah trembles more and more until a white light beamed around her. When the light dispersed, the others took a look at Dinah and jumped back in shock. Dinah's appearance looks different now. Her black outfit has now became all white and the heart that was shown to be cracked was now a whole heart again in the chest. The horns on her head was replaced with a halo and her wings are now like an angel's. Her red eyes were now sky blue and the bands holding her twin-tails are now angel white and shaped like wings. Her deviant evil face was wiped off and painted with an innocent one.
Kirby stood there with a face that couldn't understand what just happened. "What just happened?"
Dinah comes up to Kirby and ends up apologizing to him innocently. "I wanted to say… I'm so sorry about what I said to you before!"
Kirby became dumbfounded. "Say wha-?"
"I shouldn't have said all of that when you really don't deserve it. I should have been more considerate!" Dinah blushes. "Please forgive my rudeness!"
Kirby sweatdropped. "No, no, no. It's my fault for reacting that way. I should be the one apologizing. Most importantly, what happened to you?"
While that occurred between them, everyone else was speechless. "It's amazing how they were just going at each other's throats and the next thing you know they make up like nothing happened. Cliché, ain't it?" Bandana Dee sweatdropped. "Yeah, why did she turn into an angel?"
"Simple: Dinah is a Princess of Light, and since she turned into an angel, in other words, she's an Angelmon," I summarized. "Whenever the demon side of her would become real nasty like earlier before, it won't be long before the angel pops out and takes over her body. And that's what's happening to Dinah right now."
"I really didn't mean that at all. I know you were trying your best to do all you can to save her… and I know you'll do your best now. And as an Angelmon Princess of Light, I'll do my part to help you as much as I can!" Dinah smiled, or rather, the angel girl did.
Kirby wasn't sure about it, but being the puffball he is only human, he gladly accepted her offer and forgave her. "Apology accepted, I guess. But seriously, though, how long are you gonna stay like that?"
"Oh, you mean her? Eh, she won't be coming out for a while, not until I make amends to whatever problem she causes. Like earlier, she didn't want to hear your full story as to what happened that time, although she did pay attention a little. So, as that follows, how do you plan on stopping Zero now?" Dinah asks us all.
"We'll do what we did before, don't you remember?" Adena spoke. "We use the Star Ring as well as the 14 spirits of the Cosmic Heart Shard on Kaila's home planet."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that thing! With that, we can beat Zero again this time!" Dinah exclaimed.
"Unfortunately, we've got a problem," Kirby sighs.
"A problem? What is it?"
"Zero shattered the Star Ring and scattered the 14 spirits across this galaxy way before he even attacked Popstar. So now Crystal Star is under his control and that's where we need to go now, but there's no way we can do that unless we reunite the 14 spirits together." Kirby summarized. "And if that wasn't enough, now Zero has a special force known as the Zero Seven Knights, who were sent to hinder our progress through any means, even if they have to look into anybody's background to do it. I don't know how, but it happened."
"What? He thought this far ahead into what he's planning? Zero's not taking any chances anymore after what happened last time, so what has he been doing his entire time?" Dinah asked.
"Who knows about that part, but if you haven't heard from him those eight years ago, then he did spend his time on Popstar and Ripple Star, though. So we cleaned up the mess he made and that was it from him, although some villains we did face may've hint to be part of Dark Matter somehow, but I'm not entirely sure though. The incident with the Jambastion Mages, which we're good with now, their leader mentioned something about they are masters of a matter most dark or something like that, I don't know, their leader probably lost his sanity long ago. Anyway, maybe after that, that's when he decided to lay down low until now. I don't know the reasons for the curse he placed on all of us, but either way, we have to stop him. Hopefully, we can figure out what's really going on." Kirby shook his head. "It's like he didn't care much about the 14 spirits or the Star Ring anyways, he only wanted the Heart Shard, it seems. It's exactly what they did on Ripple Star."
"Yeah, it's weird, but at the same time, it does make sense," Bandana commented. "Since they are the reason why he lost to you all before us, he'd realized that they'd be better off if they weren't in his way, and it came up to the point where they decide to make sure they don't escape where they're banished, and that goes to all the lives he took 8 years ago. So because of that, we have to reunite them again. So far, we've rescued six of them."
"Are you saying that possibly some of them might be here as well?" Dinah asked. "Sorry, I can't say I've seen them earlier."
"Well, for starters," I decided to speak. "Can you at least tell us if something went unusual here, like some global crisis?"
"Hmm… well, actually, some people has been reported missing a few months ago or something like that. And after that came the part where the other kingdoms of the land and skies suddenly went into war for some reason. Somehow, unknown knights appeared and caused chaos everywhere. The cloud sea was awfully violent these days, and monsters made from the ozone layer appeared," Dinah started to explain. "There was a lot, but the most noticeable incident is that the Celestial Lighthouse was inaccessible for the past few months due to something protecting it. It wasn't like this at all, or before the Fallen Angeloid Knight Invasion."
Hmm, so she knows about that incident then? I see... I should keep it low for a while.
"Celestial Lighthouse inaccessible?" Aqua asked. "Maybe that's where the next Gem Star is held. Certain places are usually surrounded by some barrier, so that means Dark Matter made themselves a dungeon hideout there."
"Ah, I see…" Dinah said. "I guess I didn't think of that before. Heh."
"By the way, we plan to get there, but do you know how to get to the lighthouse, and if so, what other dangers than the ones you've mentioned are in the way there?" Karly asked. "We can't go there blindly without knowing what'll attack us on the way!"
"Oh, about that… I don't know how to get there. I've never been to the lighthouse myself without getting lost. Sorry. But I do know someone who's been there before, maybe that'll help?" Dinah awkwardly smiled. "Oh yeah, there's been multiple attacks by many battleships, so you should be careful once you go there on the way. With that, that's all I can tell you, I suppose."
"See, what did I tell you all?" Kirby reminded us again. "I told you something like this is gonna happen soon enough! In that case, you know what to do, right?"
"Yeah, whatever," Dedede stood up. "I'm gonna look around the town for a while, if y'all don't mind."
"So am I," said Karly. "I'm sick of sitting here every time, you know." Soon, the rest followed after, except of the other three princesses and of course, Kazela, who had to stay behind as always.
"Aw, come on! Why can't I go with you guys?! It's not fair!" She complained. "It's not like I'm useless or anything! I lost my memories for a reason, and I wanna find out for myself why! I'm capable of being like my captured older sister, I'm telling you!"
Kirby sighed and walked over to her, rubbing her head. "Listen, I know what you're feeling, and I think it's great you want to help save your older sister, but at times like this, it'll be dangerous for you to risk yourself, especially when you're the little sister of a princess who is wanted for their evil plans. Whatever reasons you did lose your memories, I think Dark Matter had something to do with that, and as your temporary older brother and siblings, we can't let anything bad happen to you. Understand?"
Kazela sighs and shakes her head. "I see… alright, Kirby. I guess I'll stay here like the helpless long lost little princess I was years ago. I've forgotten how I lived my own life even today. If that's what you want, then so be it."
"Heh, I knew you'd understand," Kirby sighed but smiled. "Now be good while the rest of the pretty princesses watches-"
"Um, Kirby?" I pointed. "They already left by the time you said that last sentence." Merina, Callie, and Adena were all gone from their usual spots in a flash. Only Dinah was left here, in her angel form still.
"-over… you… dang…" Kirby sweatdropped, knowing now it's pointless.
"Kirby, we don't have to go right now, you know (especially since I've gone and made myself a name during that Angeloid Invasion… all to save her)," I suggested. "Maybe you should take her around the town so she won't feel like Rapunzel trapped in a tower or whatever you think of it anyway. I think she'd like it."
Kazela gasped and squealed in joy. "That's a great idea, Meta Knight! Big brother, take me to the city now!" She cheered as she grabbed Kirby's hand and took off with him, leaving only me and Dinah in the room alone.
I sighed as I glanced at Galaxia, how it reminded me of the times here on this planet. Perhaps… I don't know for sure what to think now. My mask could be faintly seen on the blade of Galaxia as a reflection, as to remind me yet again why I never take off the mask. Kirby already knows what I look like, only for a brief moment before I leave the scene with my Dimensional Cape.
Little do everyone know that under the mask I am obliged to wear holds a dark secret that left scars on me. What secret does a mask contains? A face. But my face, even as a cursed human… they always say that behind every face there's always a story to tell… that's true, all right… that mask serves a purpose in my power…
My face… it screams the fact that there are just some things that are best left undiscovered for now until it was time for that. After all, here, is one of the places where I have yet to finish something that I started, and I intend on doing so. I wonder…
"Um, excuse me, Meta, was it?" Dinah came to ask me. "It seems like something's bothering you all of a sudden." She was still in her angelic form. I guess her demon side won't be out for a while.
"What are you talking about? There's nothing going on. I'm fine, see?" I rolled my eyes as I kept reading my novel. Dinah descends to the ground to where I am, and got on her knees as she moved forward to me slowly like a dog. Her cleavage shows right there as she crawls forward up to the point where it was closing in on my face.
"You're the only one who stayed behind while everyone else is out in town. It's like you're an emo kind of person who laze in the dark or something. Is something wrong?" The angel side of her said concerned for me. "Come on, I can at least show you around, if you'd like."
"Um, yeah. First of all," I replied, not making any sudden moves to the view I was unintentionally getting; I wasn't fazed. "You're standing too close to my face. And secondly, still there's nothing wrong. I just wanna read in peace or rest for now until they decide it's time to go or at least something amusing happens." I lay back on the ground with the book on my mask.
Dinah looks at me for a while, first backing up a bit. "Oh, okay. If that's what you want, then at least let me give you something to lay your head for that."
"Hmm, alright. I'll take up our offer then. Figures," I exhaled. "What can I say?"
"Ok, take all the time you need. I'll let you know if something happens, Meta." Angel Dinah smiles as she slides something soft under my head. It felt soft and fuzzy, but also squishy too. I must be imagining things… my mind drifts into a state of unconsciousness…
"Thanks," is the last word I said before drifting away from reality…
…
"Meta… he looks familiar… where have I seen him before? Could he actually be…? I think he may be that person that I met before the incident…"
Kirby's POV: The Tournament is Alive Again
"Thanks for the ice cream, Kirby! This is really delicious!" Kazela smiles as she gobbled her way through the bowl of Star-Swizzle Sundae Blitz Ice Cream.
"You're welcome, but this is all going on your older sister's tab, if she doesn't mind, once this is all over," I grinned. "Gotta hand over our debt to someone, you know." Yeah, Kaila's gonna kill me for this, that is, as long as she doesn't find out.
We sat on a nearby bench, admiring the view of the skies, which was beautiful. It was midday this time. I already had 10 bowls of gold ice cream and I didn't contract a brain freeze. There was gold bits in that ice cream, and probably I could sell them for a heck of point stars maybe, if it weren't for the fact that I paid for everything on Kaila's tab.
After that, we continued to walk around the town. During our stroll, Kazela notices something on the wall and looks at it. "Huh? What's this, Kirby?"
I look at the poster on the wall and removed it from there. "It looks like some kind of ad for a tournament. Wait a minute, this is an Air Ride Tournament! Oh my god, can you believe it?!" I jumped for joy when I saw this. "I was starting to think that tournament was history!"
"Air Ride Tournament? What's that, Kirby?" Kazela asks.
"It's a racing tournament where we race against each other in crazy stages and tracks on mechanical stars we call Air Ride Machines. It was really fun that time. Man, after all these years, I can't believe they still remember that race! Man, if only I had time for that," I smiled.
"Hey, Kirby. There's more to this tournament!" Kazela pointed on the flyer. "It says here that the winner of this year's Air Ride wins a decent amount of money and a mysterious relic that is said to be a piece of a Light Orb! Wait a minute, don't you need orb pieces to head into the spirit's chambers? Could that be the orb you need on this planet?"
I glanced a second look at the poster and my eyes widen. "Holy crap, you're right! This is one of the orb pieces we need to get to the Light Chamber somewhere! But isn't it supposed to be somewhere sacred or whatever? Why would it be in a place in public?" I thought.
"Maybe this is the spirit's trial," Kazela suggested. "After all, this is a sky planet, so there's no way it'd stay in one place away from the human eye. Possibly the orbs location is in places we'd never thought it'd be, and maybe the trial is to do whatever it takes to get it."
"So that means if we win the Air Ride of this year, it's the equivalent of passing one of Nimbus' trial!" I concluded. "The tournament's tomorrow at 10:00, so that means I have to register in there before it closes! But man, it's been so long since that race years ago. That means I have to train somehow before tomorrow or else I'll lose! Oh well, at least we have a good reason for being in there. Let's go tell everyone else!"
"Kirby! Over here!" We both saw Karly and Bandana Dee running towards us.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
"You won't believe this! We found a request flyer on the wall asking for someone to investigate one of the floating palaces, and there's an orb piece there as well! If that wasn't enough, we've found more flyers that have at least an orb piece waiting there! We've basically hit the jackpot with all of these requests!" Bandana Dee cheered.
"Well, looks like our job just got a lot easier for us! That depends, how many are there, including the one for the Air Ride Tournament?" I asked.
"Hmm, seems like it's four again like last time," Karly answered. "Shouldn't be that much of a problem, right? After that, we just need to go to the Spectrum Chamber and head to the Celestial Lighthouse and we're done here."
"Yeah, you're right! With this many people, it should be a piece of cake! Speaking of which, I want some right now. So, what are the places for today?" I asked.
"First, that floating palace called Bubbly Palace, then another one in a watery area called Cloud Sea Fountain, one in a wild ruin known as Timeless Canyon, and the one with the Air Ride Tournament is located on a giant island referred to as Solatora Colosseum." Karly read off the flyers of each one. "Oh, there's this one place that was victim to an incident known as the Fallen Angeloid Knight Invasion. It's the Sanctuary of the Masked Angel, the nearest to the Spectrum Chamber and the warship grounds known as the Skies of Suffering, where half of the battle took place."
"Sounds complicated," Kazela shrugged. "There's so much to think about there! We all have different places to go now! But that doesn't sound too bad, right?"
"Yeah, you're right. Now all that's left is to decide on who's going where," Bandana Dee added. "So how do you suppose we do that?"
"Let's discuss that when everyone is gathered up back at the tower. We'll decide then," I answered. "Speaking of which, has anyone noticed how Meta Knight was acting strange lately? Or am I the only one that notices?"
Everyone looks at each other, not sure of a good response to that. "Now that you've mentioned it, it seems like Meta Knight knew something, as if he was there before. You know how he mentioned that Dinah was cursed as an Angelmon? It sounded like he knew this would happen personally. I think he's hiding something about this planet or whatever," Kazela confirmed this.
"How can we be sure? He couldn't possibly have a reputation here before, right?" I asked. "Well, here's to say he lived a full life of lots of years; what? I don't know how old he's supposed to be! He dodges the question with something convenient every time I ask him!"
"Let's just go ask him personally then," Bandana Dee suggested. "It's better than just waiting for the answer to come to us, isn't that so?"
"That's a great idea, and knowing him," Karly adds to his comment. "Unless he had something personal to do here right now, he'd never move from the same spot once he got comfortable, so he must be at Dinah's Watchtower still! Let's go get him!" Karly took off for the lookout with us three chasing behind her.
"Alright, Meta. I wonder what past you had with this planet, and we're gonna find out!" I shouted.
Dinah's Celestial Watchtower
We trekked up the tower, until we've reach the top of it, not all the way on top, just the floor that she hangs out in. It was already in the middle of the afternoon, about 5:00 or somewhere around that time. Time really does go by quickly.
"Meta Knight! We have something we wanna ask you, and we've also found out where we can the orb pieces!" I called out.
"Shh! Not now, guys," Dinah shushed us, still in her angel form. "Not a good time to be making all of this noise here, not when he's sleeping."
"Huh?" I asked in a lower voice. "What do you mean by that?"
We then noticed Meta Knight lying on the floor, with his book all over his face and he was sleeping. He seems more relaxed than I'd ever found him like that before.
"Aww, he looks adorable when he's sleeping like that," commented Kazela. We all gave her weird looks. "What? It's not all the time you see that from someone like him, you know, if I'm right in assuming that."
"I guess so."
"Yeah, but he must feel uncomfortable lying on the floor you know," Karly pointed that obvious out. "Don't you have something to lay his head on?"
"Of course I do, but I thought he'd feel comfortable in this one," Dinah answered. We took another look at his position, and although he was on the floor, it turns out she did give Meta a pillow, alright.
The one she gave to him was her lap. Meta's head was laid sideways on her lap face up, and Dinah's legs were straight out. Meta slept soundly as she rubs his head gently with soft-angel fingers, her cleavage is shown when she leans forward her body. Her boobs slowly tips over the book on his face whenever she did lean forward, and it slowly presses on him without notice from Meta somehow.
The girls suddenly felt jealous of Dinah and were actually amazed at how adorable it was, while Bandana and I tried not to have that scene trigger other moments. But I got a perfect picture shot of this moment just to add to my collection. We all sat down since we were tired of standing.
"You gave him a lap pillow, Dinah?" Bandana Dee questioned. "I'm not sure if your other side would like this if she popped out at this time unfortunately."
"Don't worry about her, Bandana Dee," Dinah smiles. "I get to take over this body for the rest of the day, so she'll be back by tomorrow. I've always wanted to try this out on my own someday anyways. Adorable, don't ya think?"
"Yeah, don't ya think your boobs are kinda too close to him a bit?" I asked, putting clogs in my nose just in case. "I forgot to mention, he doesn't do well with women's bodies that are curvaceous. I guess it's more accurate to say that he ain't a simp. A pimp savage is more like it."
"You don't say?" She giggles and leans forward more, then backwards, rubbing Meta's head once again. "Now, I believe you wanted to ask him something, yes? Well, since he's asleep right now, maybe I can answer some of them for you until he budges on his own."
"Hmm, why not? Besides, I don't even know if this masked swordsman even sleeps at night," Karly shrugged. "For starters, we were gonna ask-"
"-how come you have big boobs, angel princess?" Kazela interrupted Karly, while going over to Dinah and poking at them, mostly in the cleavage area. "I thought Angelmon girls were all supposed to be flat-chested, not more bustier. Getting a boyfriend these days is all about the bust and the butt, I think."
"Kazela, save that for when you're a teenager yourself."
"What's wrong, Kazela? Jealous because almost everyone has big boobs?" Dinah didn't react violently as Kazela squeezed both of her boobs and messing with them as if she was comparing them to something else. There was no sign of hostility from her, not even a sign of blushing. How was this possible? "Or did you fall in a situation relating to this? I can say, all Angelmon girls are always busty as a result, so there's no helping that."
"Thanks for interrupting me, Kazela," huffed Karly, who also seems jealous, even though her Mermaid Adaption gives her boobs, but maybe it's her current human state she's directing it on. "As I was saying before, we were gonna ask about these flyers here. Do you know possibly anything about at least one of these places?"
Dinah examines the flyer's advertisements without reacting to Kazela groping her boobs still. Neither Bandana nor I knew how much of this we could take before we reach out limit. Dinah stops at one of them.
"Oh, I see. These flyers advertise that the orb pieces you need to head to that chamber are in different places, and you won't be able to get them until you fulfill their requirements, eh?"
"Yeah, that's what it looks like, I guess," Karly replies, unsure.
Dinah continues on with Kazela still rubbing all over her breasts all out. "So, each one of them asks that you reach their objectives if you want those orb pieces that bad. For instance, this one says that two kids wearing pink and blue suddenly raided the Bubbly Palace and asks that you deal with them. The one at Cloud Sea Fountain states that a cupid kid entered inside the Sea Cave which the entrance was block by a rockslide and so they beg that someone with lung capacity can enter inside the alternate water entrance to save the kid. In Timeless Canyon, there's been a knight who resembles a butterfly and is driving away all the harpies and dragon humans, so that is to put an end to this person's actions once and for all."
"Man, there's always a catch to these things! Well, at least it saves the trouble somehow." Kazela still was groping Dinah's boobs. Dinah still doesn't respond to this but smiles. The ecchi scene was almost too much for us to handle. Please stop. It's time to stop.
"Anyway, the one about the Air Ride Tournament… that I can help you with. I am also one of the assistants who organize the Air Ride races, and the main organizer is none other than my father, Fatenao, who's also the leader of the Solatora Air Force. Anyways, I can get any of you registered in time for the tournament tomorrow if you want," She explains.
"Oh heck yeah, please do so!" I cheered, holding back the nosebleed that was about to leak.
"You wish to join, Kirby?" Dinah asks. Kazela ends up being tired of touching her breasts and falls flat, not before attempting one last squeeze, but she falls exhausted. Once that was over, the urges subdued completely and we both exhaled for relief.
"Of course! It's been a while since I've last had an Air Ride Tournament, so I'll definitely enter! However, I do need to brush up on my skills before I jump in there blindly. But I don't have anywhere to practice, and yet it's tomorrow. And I can't use my Warpstar here since it's the mechanical kind I have to ride," I sighed. "I'm sure there's a penalty for doing that."
"Oh, that's easy. There's a training track in the Colosseum that many use to brush up on their skills. The Colosseum is that big sky island connected by a bridge here. You should spot it easily if you look out from here through my telescope." Dinah points to the telescope that was out the window across from us. Karly takes a peek through it and scouted all around until she spots it.
"Sweet Nova. That's the biggest Colosseum I've ever seen," She marveled.
"So, I can go in there anytime I want and practice all day long?" I asked.
"Of course, it's always open. That shouldn't be a problem, right?" Dinah says. Meta's head has escalated up her body a bit by that time. "I'll have you registered today, so there'll be no problems afterwards."
"Well, with that out of the way, we'll decide on who's go to where once everyone comes back. Now the other thing we wanted to ask is about this so-called Fallen Angeloid Knight Invasion near the lighthouse. Do you know anything about that?" Bandana Dee asked.
Dinah didn't hesitate to answer, although it seems she didn't feel comfortable talking about it, but nevertheless, she did. "I was wondering when someone would question that. In that case, I'll tell you. It all started at the Celestial Lighthouse. The lighthouse is the source that controls the manner of light and time here on this planet. Not only that, but it was also a storage of scrapped mechanoid angels known as Angeloids and where the mystical creature resides, an Angelic Knight whose true form took on a Stormlord Pegasus, Peganoa Knight. Not much of his backstory is known, but it's inferred that he may have come from the same place where all knights are gathered on this planet, although we know nothing as to why he was in the lighthouse."
"Peganoa Knight? I've met a lot of knights, but his name sounds like he's a high ranked kind, almost like Meta Knight," I wondered.
"You're right. He's one of the high-ranked knights so far heard in history. He's also mentioned as some sort of guardian angel, or so I've heard. Peganoa is one of a rare case, though. There's some rumor going on that the most feared knights were born out of a living creature of some sort, or as we call them Beast Knights. No one knows how, but they do know it's caused by some power that mutates them into living knights, only in like a ball form with stubby arms and only feet. It didn't matter what it was. Whatever it was, it gave those mutated knights the ability to morph into their original forms, only becoming a hybrid of both when done so. And Peganoa was obviously a Pegasus, so his beast-form would take on one," Dinah goes on to explain. "But we also refer to him as the Demon Pegasus we call Skylares, due to his beast form resembling the other half of the Solar Pegasus."
"Ah, if that's the case, then it's possible- no, a guarantee that he may be possessed by Dark Matter." Bandana Dee suggested. "The Gem Star, Platinum, must be trapped at the lighthouse."
"So, what caused the invasion in the first place?" Karly asked. "And what about the Masked Angel? I mean, what was he to you all?"
"The Masked Angel… him… it all started with the first Angelmon Princess, Deva. She was naughty and mischievous like a demon because of the awful tricks she pulls on people. A problem princess would be a more accurate description of her. It wasn't long before she found out she became an Angelmon. After that, that kind of breed became more common than anyone has ever anticipated. After a while, it escalated forward to the sudden discovery of Angeloids residing in the lighthouse made by her, and soon it got out of hand." Dinah shook her head. "Peganoa Knight was found trapped in a pink crystal, as if he was sealed away. She took a closer look at him, and being the demon she was from the start, she ends up releasing him from the seal. Unfortunately, this triggered the rest of the stored Angeloids to be awakened and it caused a strange change in the Beast Knights."
"You mean like breaking him from the seal somehow activated a program in the Angeloids that carries out the order to commit mass genocide everywhere?" I inferred.
"Wow, you catch on quickly, Kirby," Dinah sweatdropped.
"Eh, not really. Just making assumptions."
"Actually, yeah. Soon after, the Angeloids and the Beast Knights started to invade the cities of both the land and the sky. Armed forces and others had to fight back against them. However, the army of Angeloids and Beast Knights wiped them all out within a flash that time. It was only a matter of time before they ended up conquering the kingdoms on this planet. And it's been this way for almost eternity, and this city was the last to be conquered. It was unknown to anyone here at that time for some reason, but soon word got out to Solatora about the lighthouse years after that and before 8 years ago."
"What about the Masked Angel, then?" Kazela asked.
"Oh, him? Alright, then. That was when the last air force here went against the Angeloids and the Beast Knights once they came to take over, with Peganoa as the leader. That time, I was normal but wielded light powers then and I forgot what age I was before they came to invade Solatora. I was with someone that I mentioned earlier who can manipulate time, and he's my cousin. A place before we called it the Sanctuary of the Masked Angel were just known as the Ruins of Light and Dark. We were checking out the area because we saw something crash there. Once we got there, we found a dark blue living ball in a crater, and he was badly injured. We took care of him for a while, not before realizing that he was a warrior from somewhere else in the galaxy. His wings were completely destroyed and were very fragile, so my cousin thought about using the mysterious cape found in the ruins that he snagged in a second, so that his wings could be restored and that he'd be able to summon them with that cape. After we found him there, a long number of weeks have passed then since we sorta took him in." She looks down at Meta Knight like she reminded him of something.
Dinah still continues on. "That's when it happened. The army of Angeloids and Beast Knights attacked Solatora, but they were held back by the remaining forces that were left. Soon, the battle was pushed forcibly away from the city and into the sky battleground we now call the Skies of Suffering. It wasn't enough to stop them, especially Peganoa, who used his beast form Skylares to kill all the remaining air forces. When that blue knight saw this, he immediately jumped into the battle from the ruins with the cape we gave him. I don't know what he was thinking, but I thought there was no way he could take them on by himself. I was wrong."
"Does that mean he defeated them?" Kazela wondered.
"He did, alright," Dinah sighed. "But he did more than that. He actually wiped out the entire army of fallen Angeloids and Beast Knights within a second that hasn't even gone by, a total of 10,000,000 of them he took out!"
I had my mouth dropped to the floor along with everybody else. "Holy crap! I've never heard of someone who could take out that many in a single second! How?! That's literally impossible! You'd have to be a literal god to do that!"
"Don't know, but it happened, that we can't deny," She continues. "Only Peganoa was left to fight and he took him on in his knight form. The result of their battle raised up all hell, for the impact of it caused almost every natural disasters possible. Surprisingly, so far, Peganoa was known as the Angel Undefeated, where no one was able to win in a fight against him. But that title of his changed when that knight actually defeated him for the first time with a skill that came from the cape we gave him and the blade he wielded. After that, Peganoa suddenly flew off and swore that he will defeat him someday if he ever comes back here. It was then I noticed his mask was so close to be broken and it seems he couldn't show his face to people and as well fears he couldn't control the power, so I gave him a new one, one that can limit his destructive skill that bounds in that cape. The mess of broken Angeloids were collected and were sent back to the lighthouse to be rebuilt again, although it will take years for that to happen. After that, he flew off after waving goodbye to us and left the planet, never to be seen again."
"So that means he was known as the Masked Angel because no one knew what he looked like under his mask. And that's why the Ruins of Light and Dark are known now as The Sanctuary of the Masked Angel, because that's where he was found," I concluded. "You know, he does remind me a lot like Meta here. He doesn't like to show his face whenever I broke his mask and that cape in that tale seems to have similar properties to Meta's. Must be a coincidence."
"Yeah, in fact, I wonder what goes on in that head of his now," Bandana Dee looks closer at Meta. "Or maybe I wonder what he's dreaming about right now."
"Hmm, I suppose you right about that," Dinah glances at Meta, who was resting on her lap right now still.
"What an awesome story, by the way," Kazela commented. "So, now that we know what we're dealing with, what should we do now, or tomorrow, perhaps?"
"Well, for starters, I'm gonna try to brush up on my Air Ride skills and practice at the Colosseum," I answered. "The rest of you should find out more about those requests and decide on who is going where once everyone comes back from wherever there are right now."
"Well, what about Meta?" Karly asked.
"Eh, knowing him, he'll know what to do anyways." Kazela shrugged. "Besides, I think he's starting to enjoy that nap he's having."
Meta's head soon settled down in the middle of Dinah's breasts as if he was sitting on a massage chair. He mumbled in his sleep every time he slightly turned his head around. Dinah didn't mind.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. You also need a pass to be able to use the Colosseum for training, so I'll just give you the one I have."
"Really? Thanks, Dinah!" I said, but I realize she has yet to hand it over. "So, uh, where is that pass?"
"Hold on for a second," Dinah slowly moves Meta off her chest and with her free hand she reached into her cleavage and rummaged around for a few seconds until she pulls out a red pass from her breasts and fixed herself to let Meta lay on her breasts and tossed the pass right at me, which I caught in time.
You got the Solatora Colosseum Entry Pass! You can now enter in the Colosseum!
"Oh, well thanks for the pass, Dinah," I thanked her. "Although I don't think it was necessary for you to keep this in that busty chest of yours."
"What, does that bother you? Of course, I keep everything in my breasts. It's just a habit of mine," Dinah reaches into her boobs and pulls out a series of items she keeps in there, and boy, it was a lot. "I only keep small things in my breasts and luckily they're so big there's enough room to fit a decent amount, although I'm the only one aside from Vanja whose boobs are much bigger than a normal woman's are, which explains these." Dinah places the items all back in her chest before resting the sleeping Meta between her cleavages, which jiggled every time.
I blushed afterwards. "Yeah, I didn't need to know all of that, god dang. When I saw what you keep in those breasts, I thought those are what made up those curves, but I guess not. But seriously, I think you're bustier than the demon side of you with that habit of yours. Anyway, with this, I'll take my leave and head to the Colosseum before I get a nosebleed. Thanks though." I stood up and went out of the room.
It's been many years before I've last done this, and so I get another chance to do it again.
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"So, with Kirby gone, I'm gonna find everyone else, see what they're doing with their time," Bandana Dee said as well as Karly and Kazela stood up once again to go.
"Okay, then. Be sure to find the others and tell them I'm serving curry tonight, okay?" Dinah waved back to them as left exited her tower.
It's just Meta and just her by themselves again. For a few minutes, it was silent. A little peace and quiet was all Dinah really needed, especially now she can think about the events that she told the party about. Now that she thinks about it, Meta and that Masked Angel do share similar qualities. Dinah wondered for a while if he had anything to do with that Masked Angel, but she wasn't so sure if he was indeed the same person, because when she and her cousin, Aege, found him, he never mentioned his name, not even once.
Even today, Dinah still tries to figure out what his possible name could be so she won't refer to him as his prodigy title. It was hard to do so. Meta was sleeping and he's out cold for the rest of the day between her breasts, which she doesn't mind at all if someone plays with her boobs, like Kazela was doing so earlier. Maybe it's only the angel that enjoys that, but we won't know for sure unless the demon side of her comes out in that same position.
Not to mention her weird habit of keeping things in her breasts. Who knows how she feels with all of those belongings sitting in her breasts? It's more of an adoptive habit she got from her mother Diversa, who loved keeping things in her big breasts and hugging people with them as well. As far as she knows, the only princess who has a flat chest is obviously the captured princess, Kailaine. After Crystal Chaos, Dinah and the other princesses helped Kailaine to adapt to her cursed human form. Kaila noticed that her chest is relatively smaller than the others, whose busts were off the charts or at least averagely busty enough to cause a nosebleed.
And of course as from what you've read in the previous chapters, now Kaila can't stand having a flat chest, although what she doesn't know is that in her Zerosterlia form, her chest slightly skipped two cups, and that wasn't mentioned last chapter. Anyway, enough boobs. After Kaila has gotten used to adapting to a human lifestyle, they all disbanded temporarily to hopefully find a way to remove the curse and find Kazela as well. Well, for starters, obviously finding Kazelaine was already complete by Kirby, so mission complete on that. The other issue is if the curse implanted in her and all the others who were affected will really wear off once Zero is taken down for good.
The memories of Crystal Chaos still lingers in Dinah's head, tormenting her about the mass genocide that also occurred, and let me tell you, later on, you'll find that also very disturbing. Boy, it wasn't pretty. An incident like that is one that no one will ever forget, because everyone in the Cosmic Galaxy was a victim, no exceptions. Even though this is just a fan-made story, you could possibly relate to something as disturbing as that time, although it never gotten into specific detail on that. But other things in that is something you could relate to, such as Kailaine losing her parents and her little sister who went missing.
Dinah was feeling the same way as well. To see her best friend in heartbroken pain after she nearly lost all she cared about in her life because of a heartless monster gives her a sorrowful vibe that she can feel in her heart. There's no pain greater than losing a loved one, and that pain is worse than being stabbed in the back, but unlike other pains, this is one that'll never go away. Because it left a scar that became permanent in everyone's hearts. Dinah always wondered why things are like what they are today, and that's something she never understood at all, like she never understands why no one ever tries to make up and become friends just like in cartoons.
She understands now. It's because reality forces people to stop clinging onto their own fantasies and shows them what the real world is like, no matter how much you don't wanna see it. Just know, a lot happens within a single day, and one day a time will come when things will go out of control and the rest you'll see for yourself. Dinah knew this now, and just as her cousin Aege says, it's true: "There's no age, time, day, week, month, year, or generation that's safe from the clutches of hard reality, or more preferably, death, the enemy of everyone. We all live to tell the tale, but we all die in the end, and there's no point of immortality, because death collects us one by one. All we can do is pray for a better future, and maybe immortality will overpower the sinful nature of death someday. We'll just have to wait and see."
"We're all going to die anyway, but if your time to die is near, you should die with no regrets than bring any with you, because although everyone's lives are cut short, at least it was one that you will definitely cherish for the rest of your natural born life before you rest in peace. Literally. But if you're lucky, maybe you'll live long enough to see the end of a world that's deserves to start over. Who knows? It could happen."
That's always Aege's motto, although a bit long, but the shorten version is narrowed down to this: "A time where everyone can lead endless lives might come someday, but for now, we do our best to survive in this world of strife until a new world comes." That's what always kept Aege going every time.
Dinah sighs heavily, her breath fumes on Meta who still hasn't woke up yet. He was resting slightly on the side of her breasts, but she gently pulls him in between and hugs him, stroking his hair and shyly kisses him on his head. She gazes out through the window that revealed the dusk turning into night and the sun that stood above the planet had to end its day shift and let the moon do its night shift. This is a dark night suddenly. Her eyes glistened in sadness as reflected in the moonlight.
The TV was still on, playing on the shows. Dinah turns over to it, seeing one part of a show that had the characters living in peace and they were all happy. She frowned and sighed upon seeing this. Hugging Meta closer to her breasts and a bit tighter, a faint tear slid down her cheek and soon more, causing her to wipe them off. She kept thinking many thought of this to herself the rest of the day that has become night.
"Everything always works out in fiction stuff and they all live happily ever after. How come it never works out in real life? How come some people never get their happily ever after? It doesn't make any sense." Dinah sighed as she turns off the TV.
If there's one thing Dinah learned from all of this, it's that in a world like today, not everyone gets their happy ending. Something always goes wrong. I guess now Dinah hopes what Aege always said comes true somehow, hope for a better future.
If the world becomes worse someday like a virus sweeping the nations, we'll just hope that something good comes out of it. Never hurts to have hope, doesn't it?
Meanwhile on Popstar… Again…
Wonder why we're back to here, yes? Well, it's simple. Earlier before, Popstar's inhabitants tried their best to resume their daily lives, but they can't help but worry. For one thing, finding out more about the history of the Cosmic Galaxy wasn't easy, especially when there's crazy plot twists and dramatic turns that messes up the flow of it.
Blazel was the only one who stayed behind due to a near fatal injury from the assault. He wasn't feeling good, either. Something was wrong there. Even though he could've pursued them in the ship, unfortunately there's two things that stopped him. One, some of the debris from the assault somehow fractured the ship's internal engines, some of the engine's systems somehow and it's unable to takeoff. Two, even if that didn't happen, if he's unable to pilot the ship he could ask a few cappies to do it, but their technology is way out of their league. So, with Crystal Star made prisoner by Dark Matter, no one could escape from the planet or get in. Only the 14 spirits are able to break the barrier. I know, it sucks.
Luckily the ship's other systems are still intact, so unable to do so on his own, he asked the others to fill in for him as they also try to repair the ship while figuring out a way to warn Kirby and the others if they've found something- anything crucial. But those alone wouldn't be that helpful now, but maybe later it could.
However, some situations are out of their control sometimes. For instance, some people went missing after the attack which they call Darkness Matters. That included beasts and animals as well. Then it seems like certain animals became sentient or rather they were able to speak. Now, we have the incident of the stolen Halberd, stolen by someone who is assumed to be with Dark Matter. What could possibly go wrong now?
Nothing, right? What else does Popstar possibly have that they want? They've gotten everything they need for their domination! What else do they want from them?! Please universe, give them more headaches!
What's the point? They have a lot of headaches already. Now that the Halberd is stolen, everyone's trying to find a way to contact Kirby to warn him about what happened. What could they use a battleship for? I mean, this is Dark Matter we're talking about! Just think of the possibilities they could do with it.
Anyway, the group has yet to contact Kirby, but it always goes to voicemail every time. Everyone else, no one responded for whatever reason. This leaves every individual frustrated. Trying to repair the ship's engine was hard enough, but soon something else is missing.
"Man, a day to ourselves never seem to come after what happened last week," Escargoon grumbled as he got covered in soot from the engine that Gus tried to work on. Next came the flamethrower. He was nearly sizzled into a crisp completely. "And why the heck am I getting covered in freaking soot every time?! How come you're not affected, mechanic?!"
"Heck if I know, and heck if I give a care about it," Gus shrugged as he tried to screw some bolts into the holes. "What happened last week happened, and apparently no one thought it would lead to this, us adapting human forms and the dark eyeball taking off with the princess, yeah, this was one jacked-up week we've had. And who would've saw it coming anyways? Even if anyone knew it was happening, would they have been able to stop it in time?"
Escargoon dusted himself to get rid of the soot on him, leaving some smudges on his body. "Well, I'll say, you've definitely got a point there. Even if they saw it, they wouldn't know when they'd strike in order to stop it. In our case, they struck earlier than had anyone ever anticipated, and it's only been two days. I gotta say, two days must be the quickest record for a bad guy striking for us, I suppose."
"Heck, for now, we have to hope that Kirby, even as human, can pull through this tough spot he's in. Even the king ended up going to save her. Man, it's only been a freaking day, and that many people went missing? Something's wrong here," Gus replied. "They got the princess, they turned us human, and now Meta Knight's battleship is stolen within a single day, and that all happened in one week! What more could they possibly take from us now?"
"Well, whatever it is, let's just hope it doesn't cost us, literally. Blazel's already injured and their ship has been knocked out of commission. So far, he's had to put up with his shattered arm. Who knows if he asks any of us to steer it to another galaxy? I think we should bet it all on Tiff, she's the birdbrain."
"Who are you calling Bird Brain?" Tiff shouted. "Just because I know most things doesn't mean I know how to pull off something that advanced! Besides, it would be nice if I could have a few extra hands on that as well!"
"What about Tuff? He's not doing anything, right?" Escargoon asked. "Being the temporary supervising king isn't easy, you know. I mean, I've got a lot on my hands now, like for instance, we have to rebuild the freaking castle once again! What a pain in the butt!"
"Sorry, but he's with Waddle Doo at the moment," Tiff replied. "Don't know what they're doing though. Anyway, stop complaining and just do it already!"
Escargoon sighs as he dragged himself over to Tiff. "Well, I'd appreciate it if those two blue and pink kids came around to give us an extra hand or two, considering how much people has suddenly disappeared."
"You mean Fololo and Falala, Escargoon," Tiff corrected. "God, Dedede, your servant's killing me, I swear."
Tuff came running towards Tiff as if he witnessed something horrible. "Guys! Y-you're not gonna believe…!" He appears to be hurt, as there were scars all over his body; he couldn't stand.
"Woah, Tuff! Calm down! Just relax and tell us what happened." Escargoon calmly but asked him in more distress. "And by the way, where's those two pink and blue brats?"
"That's exactly what I'm here for!" Tuff pulled out what appears to be Falala's favorite yellow ribbon, one that appeared to be damaged and torn slightly in certain places. "Both of them were abducted by some cloaked figure and were taken inside some weird portal! I… I tried to… but I got beaten by that jerk...!"
"What?! Not again!" Tiff shouted. "Hang on, we'll get those wounds treated!"
"OH, COME ON!" Escargoon shouted. "As if we didn't need this crap happening at a time like this! Those bastards are toying with us now that they've gone and took the two poor souls! That's it! We've gotta send some warning to Kirby before anything or anyone else is taken and becomes weapons against them now!"
Just as if things couldn't get any worse, another stupid plot twist occurs, with now Fololo and Falala being kidnapped! This type of turn of events was something that cannot be ignored, and so upon hearing this, those working to repair the ship and the rest of the remaining damages hurried as fast as they could to send some sort of distress signal to wherever Kirby was, for their location was unknown to them. With this, Kirby and friends are in for one hell of a time once they find out about the situation…
Oh boy, don't you hate when something like this happens?
To be continued…
End of Chapter 4 Act 1!
Author's Note Summary:
Heya! So I hope you liked this chapter today! Okay, first I'll just say that I forgot to put in the boss that I had originally planned for this chapter, and by the time I came up with Peganoa Knight, that's when I realized it, but I thought since that boss is similar to Peganoa, I thought maybe I could make that boss Peganoa's beast form. Just saying that. Again, I'll say that what happens in this chapter regarding Meta Knight isn't true, if you know him that well, so don't you dare come up to me and complain about it when I freaking explained that. It's a pain in the arse for me as well. The Angeloids were inspired by the anime Heaven's Lost Property, and I think you should check it out, but at your own risk, just saying.
Anyway, with the characters, I know I might've made them a bit too overpowered, but I haven't forgotten that other factor to that. The Invincible Warrior setting is actually to beat the game with little damage or at least don't get a character to fall in battle. Besides, I listed a set of the character's strengths and weaknesses before, so that should be as about accurate as to how strong they are, although they're limited with weaknesses. The only reason they look untouchable and powerful is because I stuck to that Invincible Mode. Although some moves are OP here, I knew I had to place a limit on that, like for example, Kirby and Karly cannot use the ability they lost again until the battle ends and you go and replenish it. The Summon Rings holds great power, but the downside is that you could lose half your HP after it ends. And the Daemon Crystal's downside is that if activated once HP is empty and you lose with the Daemon Crystal, it results in an automatic game over. There's more, but I'm just gonna say that I won't go by the factor of no damage sometimes later in the story. A good fight is nothing without a great struggle of some sort.
Also, the next chapter will bring back Air Ride, for those who've played it before. I thought this would be a good idea since it matches the theme of Skylight Star, and I don't own Air Ride- disclaimer obviously. I don't know if the backstory of Skylight Star makes any sense to some of you, but if it doesn't, just let me know. So, the next chapter, everyone will embark on their own to find the orb pieces from the requests they've found, and the trials are actually the requests or mission objectives that they must complete. So it'll often transition from one person's POV to another, so just a heads up. So now that you know what happen on Popstar, you know where this is going. Anyway, let me know what you've thought about this your reviews and let me know what I need to change a bit. That's all and later! Peace out!
P.S. The answer to the Star Allies reference was actually Morpho Knight, if you didn't get it at first. Yeah, now he's canon in my story. Still don't own Kirby though, but OC's are mine. Don't make me repeat this again!