Chapter/Tale 4: Black-Winged Angel: Act 5
Author's Note Intro:
Heya! How's it going? Hoped you liked the last one after two months! So now, we'll get into the noose as we kick things off with the fight of these two knights, followed by another brawl against the Gem Soul, Nimbus, which will lead them straight to the lighthouse. How will this play out for our protagonists? Let's find out! Don't forget to review! Now let's pick up from the cliffhanger, shall we? Fight might be a little short, but it'll cut off to the other party constantly… probably. And the fight may be short, so I apologize for that.
Resume Meta Knight's POV? Yes.
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Back to where we left off… get ready!
Meta Knight's POV: Duel in the Sunset (Part 2)
"Now, my opponent! Draw your sword and let's begin our fight!" Solaris drew out his weapon, which is also a sword, a blade made of the sharpest metal and jewels.
"That's my line!" I readied myself and got ready to fight. "Let's dance, Zero Knight!" We both rushed draw back and rushed at one another at the same time. It's time to take back my battleship once and for all! They'll know my power!
Duel in the Sunset- 19th Boss Battle
Meta Knight VS Zero Knight of Light, Solaris (Crossing Swords at Sunset/Vs. Meta Knight- Kirby Super Star Ultra)
Boss Description: Introducing the fourth member of the Zero Seven, Solaris! With his personality and his speech identical to Meta Knight, he is a mystery, but Dark Soul wins the award for that. Don't take him lightly, though, for he is a formidable opponent as well on the battlefield. As such, he can manipulate light itself in many ways. Show him what you got!
Solaris challenge you to a duel! Last man standing wins! Now fight!
"En Garde!" We both shouted, blades clashing with full fury. The intense blows from each swing made sparks fly everywhere as the blades struggled. Wind blew into effect. The clashing continued. The weight of my attacks were heavy at first, but I pulled through the endurance as we fought.
Solaris wasn't letting up either. He was also keeping up his side of the duel as well. His blade wasn't all talk either, parring my attacks every time. He's skilled, but this is only the beginning. I have yet to experience his true power.
"Not bad, not bad at all, I say!" Solaris chuckled while wildly swinging his sword.
"You're not bad either," I smirked, clashing as well. "Just as I expected from a knight of Zero, your strength is immeasurable beyond a doubt. I just wonder if you can pick up the pace!" The speed of swinging intensified between us, as if we were clashing fists of fury.
"Of course I can! Don't judge me so lightly, Meta," Solaris cackled. "We knights don't go down that easy, you know!"
"I'd figured as much," I grinned. "But that's only the beginning!"
A giant spark ignited, pushing us both back from each other. We skidded to a complete stop, then run back at each other again. The clashing began instantly, and it rinsed and repeated like a boss in a game. One strike after another. At one point, this clash would be bland and boring, so that's when we seem to have decided to spice things up a little.
Instead of charging again, I swung my sword multiple times, drawing energy for sword beams before instantly vanishing. At that moment, beams were fired at Solaris as he blocked them with his cloak, but that was a distraction as I reappear behind Solaris for a surprise attack. I manage to get him in the back, but he vanishes in that moment. He reappears at a range distance.
He pointed his blade forward, energizing a short beam attack that I quickly ducked under. More were shot as I dashed forward ducking and dodging my way towards the enemy. I deflect and parried attacks aside and lunged for the kill. Solaris made the move to block, and I ended up attacking his blade instead. The spark blew us both back again, and we still held our ground.
Solaris simply dusted himself and shrugged. "I must say, not bad. You've certainly possess skill, I'll admit, but mine is better. Think you can keep up?!"
Phase Two activated!
Solaris then raised his solar blade in the air, manipulating radiant light out of nowhere, in which the blade was glowing. It made unlatching sounds like ammo clips from a machine gun when you reload on bullets, but he was using light to do it. Then, the blade let out a ray of light into the air and now turned into a ball of light.
"Solar Wisp, fire!" At its master's orders, the ball of light began to swirl bigger inside itself like a black hole that sucks things in, but this one shot things out. It fired the equivalent of bullets from a gatling gun in an instant.
The beams rioted around the deck everywhere, poking holes below us. I cautiously dodged the attack and had to run and gun out of the barrage. I slashed another sword beam at the ball of light, and it immediately dispersed into nothingness.
I slashed more and more at Solaris, who summoned more Solar Wisps at me and then fired. As I dodged and parried his shots, so did my opponent as well. I vanish during one of my attacks and reappear behind Solaris once again, attacking in the front this time.
Solaris sidestepped before I could cut him in half, though. He then socked me in the stomach with a kick, followed by a barrage of hacks to my surprise. A leak of blood scarred my cheek as I crashed onto the floor. It actually stung more than I thought it would do.
The Zero Knight landed on the ground, chortling over that critical blow. Agitated, I grabbed Galaxia and stabbed it on the floor of the deck, pulling me up and with a flip to face my opponent. The instant I hit the deck with my legs, I unleashed my surprise attack when I pulled Galaxia out and sprung forward with Galaxia facing the enemy.
I caught him by surprise when I twisted myself around vertically and managed to pierce through his defenses. That was the Drill Rush, one of my most powerful moves in the tournament of Smash. In Season Brawl, I was overpowered and instantly destroyed my opponents, and because of this I was banned, but I didn't care. As much as I'd like to brag about it, now I have the time to strike down Solaris with that skill.
Solaris was instantly struck back as soon as the recoil has turned up and exploded that second. Soon, he was also in the same condition as I am, but much more fatal than I was. Still, it seems he didn't care about it at the moment. He smirked, ignoring the blood that was pouring out from the side of his stomach.
"Damn, looks like we're both even, huh? I'm right to assume that was only a display of your real power, right?"
"Indeed it is. So the same goes for you as well," I declared. "The fun has only just begun!"
"That, I agree. Don't think I'll back down that easily here and now!"
"Neither do I intend to!" I shouted, as we both held our ground and fought some more. It feels like forever we've been fighting for so long; that also reminds me of what everyone else had said before I even got here. I don't know how long until one of us yields in battle, but if I don't make it back in time, then they'll have to settle the score with Peganoa Knight themselves without my help. Ah, I'm positive they'll be fine.
Despite our injuries, we still kept on fighting. I tossed my sword like a boomerang towards Solaris, and he blocked it, with the sword still spinning and grinding its way on its own, then it was flung aside and since Galaxia is also sentient, it attacked without my assistance.
It parried Solaris' attacks like an invisible swordsman was taking my place. After that, I leaped forward and grabbed Galaxia the moment it was parried away. Catching it, I tighten my grip and perform a vertical spin attack that caused an increased in gravity.
An igniting spark pushed us back again, causing us to skid like crazy across the deck. I exhaled with gasping breaths, dripping with sweat and exhaustion. My head starts to ache in a sharp and quick pain, as if it represented my conscience telling me of something.
"Dammit, not now… just a little longer…" I thought to myself.
The battle has yet to end, so this may take a while to end, as the sun starts to set over the cloud sea below. Who knows how long this will end?
Meanwhile... while the fight was still raging on the deck, in the command center…
Little did Meta Knight or even Solaris knew, they had guests, one from the same side as the Zero Knight was on, the two that I had almost completely forgot about after Chapter 3, and I'm sure you had forgotten them as well. The first two knights, Auralia and Molotov, decided to see what Solaris was up to, because why the heck not?
"Hey Auralia, remind me why were on this battleship again, because I completely forgot about it." The hothead knight of blaze, Molotov, yawned as he walked with his sister, Auralia.
"Well, maybe if you weren't full of hot air, I wouldn't have to keep telling you every single time! We're here because I wanted a front row seat of Solaris fighting that masked swordsman, the wielder of Galaxia! I'm always wondering how powerful he is from the beginning of this heist, so I can't miss out on this one, Molotov! I know a good fight when I see it!" Auralia sighed but huffed with excitement as well.
"Man, your reasoning is so… typically you. Says the girl who shops for makeup and all of that crap. Well, this fight better be worth three minutes away of my sleep! But that reminds me, didn't someone else go with Solaris on this battleship? I know Eclipse, Volt, and Pandora haven't left the ship yet until it's their turn to fight Kirby and his allies for a fact, so with that, Coral is missing, so where did she go anyways?" Molotov questioned, not wanting to even think about it because his head scorches every time. No seriously, it does.
"If I had to guess, it's most likely that she'd snag the greatest front row seat in a battleship- and it's behind this door without a doubt!" Auralia huffed with pride as if she had won an award for being a genius or whatever.
Molotov groaned. "Well good for you, small chest. Want a cookie for having the world's most flat chest award other than Kailaine?" But he said that to himself when he did to avoid the Gale Knightess' wrath.
When she opened the door leading to the so-called front row seat, boy, she was in for a surprise. What Auralia wanted was the front row seat, not a bunch of bottles lying around the floor as if someone has been partying hard and barfing all over like a bucket.
Because unfortunately, that's what happened. The second they both saw this, they gasped and screamed in shock, gazing upon the one they were looking for- Coral.
"WHAT THE HELL?! WHO LET CORAL GET TO THE BOOZE?!" Both Auralia and Molotov shouted.
Coral was apparently on the floor in her own barf and leftover spillage of drinks that were never meant to be touched, to be hidden, and yet she found them and drank them.
"Oh, it's you- hic- again, Auralie and Molotov…" Her face was entirely red and blushing. "I wasn't expecting you two to show up again… you came just in time for the main event…"
"Coral! Oh my god, she's completely drunk! Everyone knows she can't drink these kind of stuff because she gets drunk off these bottles for some unexplained reason! She's the youngest of us all! But worst of all… she stole the front row seat that was supposed to be mine!" Auralia shouted.
"Seriously?! Is that all you care about right now?! We should help her out, you know. There's no telling what could happen if we leave her in this state as of right now!" Molotov panicked.
"Like what?" Auralia should've kept her mouth shut there, because at that second, Coral immediately grabbed her by the breasts and pressed her head on Auralia's chest.
"That's one of them," Molotov said after it happened.
Coral snuggled against her older sister's kinda small chest while she was drunk. "Man… your chest is soft, big sis, so nice, so warm and kinda hard… it reminds me of how flat Kaila's chest is… in fact, your chest is also flat like the princess!"
Auralia sweatdropped and gasped. "M-me?! F-flat chested?! But that's a lie! Even I have at least something on my chest than the princess!"
"That's a lie, and you know it! At least Kaila in her Zerosterlia form has a bust and she doesn't even know it!" Coral managed to say, even while she was drunk. Auralia was in fatal shock to be compared to the flat-chested crystal princess we've all come to know and love, and that was something she could not stand, and we all know it. Of course, since I'm the author/sometimes the narrator, I have the power to make it happen, but you all know we ain't got no time for that… probably.
Molotov looked over to the window, and noticed the duel between Meta Knight and their brother Solaris. "Hey guys, Solaris is fighting Meta Knight on the deck right now like it's a game of Super Smash Brothers! Ooh! Happy Feet! Wombo Combo! That ain't Falco, that ain't Falco! OH! (X30) Get out the way! Damn bro! Mess him up, Solaris!"
"Hey, what are you doing?! You're sitting around watching the fight… and you didn't invite me?!" Auralia stood up, despite Coral snuggling on her flat chest. "Make some room, bub! And yet I have to do something about her… are my boobs really that flat than Kailaine's? Lucky princess. Who dares curses me with a chest flatter than Kailaine's, while Coral has a bust at a young age very illegal?"
Well, that's a secret to her, but it's only for you and me to know, right guys? I guess that doesn't matter now, because we've got a fight to return to… or maybe not. Because it's the whole switch scenario during a good fight cliché. Yeah, I know what you're probably thinking, but there's a perfectly good reason for this. For now, how about we turn over to the other party at the Spectrum Chamber?
I can guarantee you this fight isn't over yet by the time we get back to Meta Knight, because don't forget these events are happening at the same time. So, it'll be just like how it is when you left it. Alright, let's get this ball rolling and skip to our friends heading to the Jewel Chamber.
Level Six: Chamber of the Spectrum Rainbow
Kirby's POV- Reaching For The Skies
"Ah, damn, why are there so many of us in one area?! I mean, couldn't at least some of us stay behind while we had the chance?" Karly complained as we dashed and sprinted nonstop through every area we've previously been for the pieces and to get to the chambers across the spiral ascending pathway that led to an exhausting trek. By the time everyone got there, they were ready to fall flat to the ground and they did that instantly.
"We're… finally… hah… here…" Dedede huffed and puffed, then fell. I was the only one with the energy to keep going.
"Come on, guys! We can't afford to rest not even for a little bit right now!" I growled.
"I don't know how these people live like this!" quivered the Mermaid Princess Aqua. "Anybody can fall off the dang cliff and die! Oh god, why?!"
Aqua then clung onto Bandana Dee tight, who also grimaced and cringed as her nails dug into his skin and was shaking in fear. I totally forgot she has acrophobia back at her home planet when we were at the second trial on Stingray Falls. "I can't stand heights! Why did we have to go to a skyworld in the first place?!"
"Aqua, your nails are digging through my skin…!" Bandana Dee choked, cyanosis appeared on his face.
"Forget about your acrophobia, Aqua," I declared. "We've gotta get the next spirit ASAP before the invasion starts and we can kiss that planet goodbye! Besides, Meta Knight has his own job to do, so we've gotta stall for him until he comes back!"
No one complied with my statement. I facepalmed myself and sighed. "Fine then. If you're really exhausted, then rest inside while a few of us take down and salvage the spirit. Who wants to beat something up?"
Aege volunteered. "Hell yeah! I want to beat something up, and so does Saito over there!"
Speaking of which, the cupid boy was still traumatized about what had happened earlier. As you can see, he was about the same height and age as Aege, having golden colored hair from the sun and emerald eyes. His style of clothes were simple, that which consists of a yellow double-sleeved shirt, white short pants, an orange scarf around his neck, orange sneakers, and blue goggles strapped to his forehead. He had some kind of raccoon tail sticking out above his butt, and he has white veil wings, but they're small and so was the ears on his head that blended within his hair. I find it hard to believe he can control the sky if he's that much of a coward.
He turns his head over to our direction, hesitantly but seems willing to do it. "Y-you want me to go? Okay then… as long as he keeps far away from me as possible."
"Alright, let's go and get the next spirit before we waste any more time!" I shouted, facing towards the doors leading inside that opened without warning. Then we entered inside with the doors closing after us.
Chamber of the Spectrum Rainbow- Main Hall
We walked through the same yet different colored hallways, the same process as before the last three times. Walking towards the pedestal, it was the same as usual. With all of the pieces, they reassembled themselves into one complete orb automatically, with the light symbol engraved on it. It did the same as usual and granted us a new power; my crystal reacted as the orb floated in place.
Kirby learned a new Mystic Arte, Sword of Light! Aege learned Time Beam! Saito learned Cosmo Rush!
After that, the orb flew into the keyhole and unlatched the tumblers locking the door to the final trial of Skylight Star. The three of us went through the wide open doors and I went to step on the Star Point to save.
Would you like to save? Yes.
Now Saving… Save Complete! Showing Results…
Current Status:
World 4, Level 4-6: Spectrum Chamber
11/12 abilities collected.
Current Level: Lvl 19. Next in 500 exp.
Party: Kirby, Aege, Saito. (Trio)
Current Location: Jewel Chamber- Entrance to the Spirit Arena
Now exiting…
I went to catch up with the other two allies, and the doors closed behind after us, locking us in for the final trial of this planet.
Jewel Chamber- Spirit Arena: The Gem Soul of Spectrum
Darkness loomed in on us, and the echoes of our footsteps were the only sounds we heard. Well, except the shivering Saito. As usual, I spotted a jewel floating through the abyss in the darkness, a prism colored luna-shaped jewel, the same as the previous ones we've gotten before. This concept is pretty simple to me, but it's new to the new allies in our team.
"Dude, what the heck is that thing?" called out Aege. "I thought you said we're gonna beat something up, and you were gonna save me the trouble of beating up Saito here."
"N-no, Aege, stop it!" Saito cried out. "Not another one!"
"Don't worry, you'll get to beat something up right after this happens," I said, stretching my hand towards the jewel, resulting in the same cliché as before.
It vanished into thin air. "Poof!"
"Just as expected, now," I shrugged. "This is the part where the voice comes in, right about now." And it was on cue.
"I sure do, pinky, cupid, and doofus!" A male voice echoed out in the darkness. "And it was a bore to wait on you slowpokes!"
"Who the hell said that?!" Aege yelled in a fit of anger. "It'd better not be you, Saito! Or else-"
"I didn't say jack, Aege!" cried Saito.
"Calm down, guys. It's just the spirit of this chamber that said those words about you," I answered.
"That's right, it was me, the one who explicitly let my orb pieces spread out to the public and stuff. Trust me, I think this is way better than to just do it all here at once. But that's my opinion anyways, and it's unfortunately necessary for what happens next."
"What is that guy talking about, pink head?" Aege asked. "Is he giving us a cheap item or something?"
"You're just asking for someone to insult you, right?" I shook my head.
"And what's that supposed to mean?!"
"Exactly what it sounds like- what you wanted in the first place."
"Yeah, now you're talking! Saves me the trouble of this trial procedures to explain, but let's cut to the chase and get this over with before the invasion starts in 2 hours and destroys Solatora."
"Two hours?! Man, I hope Meta Knight makes it back before then!" I panicked. "Alright, let's hurry this up and get this ball rolling, right?"
"With pleasure, pinky." The spirit snapped his fingers, revealing an arena that seems like the floating battlefield in Smash, but it was different. The darkness faded away and gave birth to light, emitting a ball of light that banished the echoing darkness. It was a circular arena, and in the middle was a ball containing some sort of gas from clouds.
"Huh? What is that in the middle there?" asked Saito.
"Now, let's have some fun, and by that, I mean a brawl to the death!" The gas escaped by breaking the cylinder containing it, and out floated a small piece of a cloud, but it was made up of only four parts, including the on in the middle, whereas the others were spinning around it and fast; it kinda reminds me of that cyclops cloud from before- wait a minute.
"Hey, wait a second! That cloud-! That couldn't possibly be him, would it?!" My question was answered as the cloud started to gather more air to fully form itself. Yellow horns stuck out from each side, and the middle of that cloud… popped a blue single eyeball, one that I'd recognize from anywhere.
"Kracko?!" I shouted.
"That's right, now prepare to fight against the Gem Soul of Light, Nimbus!" The spirit inside the cloud roared.
"Guys, wanna beat something up? Well, here's your chance!" I offered.
"Aw, hell yeah, finally!" Aege smirked, cracking his knuckles, while Saito shrugged and got ready to fight.
Duel with the Spirits- 20th Boss Battle
Kirby, Aege and Saito VS Solar-Nimbus (Ordeal! - Team Kirby Clash Deluxe)
Boss Description: Another old-school enemy emerges again and constantly too. Kracko, the cycloptic stormcloud, is one of the most familiar enemies in history. From the beginning of the series, by now Kracko can be a formidable opponent as well on the battlefield, especially when its moves specializes in controlling the humidity and the ozone layer, even changing the weather at its will! But still, even a cloud's not invincible to everything! Just strike the solid object in the middle and you'll be fine!
Solar-Nimbus challenges you to a brawl!
"Think you can take me on?! I'd like to see you try!" Nimbus shouted.
"Bring it, you one-eyed freak!" Without a second's worth of hesitation, Aege had made his first move on his turn, dive-kicking straight into the eyeball of Kracko with an accurate strike. He rebounded from his attack, flipping backwards and landing swiftly on the floor.
Kracko flinched, but it got mad and retaliated by shooting a thunder ball at Aege, which exploded into multiple beams that scattered everywhere. Aege didn't hesitate to freeze the ones that were in his way and carried on with the pouncing to the eyeball.
This time, it lashes out an electric whip horizontally then vertically on the sides, slapping Aege off guard and flung him to the side in a flash to where we were, but we sidestepped out of the way when he crashed.
Once he got out of the crater, he got angry at us. "Damn it, why the heck didn't you two do anything to help me?!"
"Dude, that was all on you! You went for the kill before we could do anything about it, and you got owned still!" Saito shrugged. "Remember? Time manipulation? And you call me the idiot around here."
"STFU!" shouted Aege. "Or else I'll-"
"Can it, fools! We're in the middle of a freaking fight right now!" I howled, turning into Wind. "If you've got time to talk, spend it on this fight then!" I point my finger into the air, creating a ball of wind at will and pointed it at Kracko.
The wind shot struck the cloud, evaporating the body like mist and took out half the body of Kracko. In that time, the body then started to regenerate like nothing happened. In response, Kracko then pulled the double whip, but then he made balls of thunder that held it together and dispersed them all over, unleashing thunder bolts targeted at us.
"Tch!" I grunted as we all evade the attack. "Well, this is new. No matter, you'll still get some!" Grasping my right arm with my left during the evasion, I charge up my hand and direct it onto my finger for a flick smash. "Smash…!" I released my finger, unleashing a vortex burst of wind that was extremely powerful and purged right into Kracko.
During the outburst of wind, Saito gets a chance to show off his stuff as he also dive-kicked into the eyeball, bouncing away and curling into a ball that was spiked by Aege instantly for another one. This time, Saito grinded against the eye when struck the second time in a jab lock. He finished the combo breaker with a backflip kick to the eye and landing on the ground.
"Huh, that was easier than I thought it'd be at first. But I'm still not satisfied yet. Too bad that fight was short," Aege sighed.
"Who ever said the battle was already decided? I'm not down yet! That was just a warm-up! Ready for Round 2?!" Kracko then roared through the arena, his eye turning red.
Phase Two Activated!
"Twin Needles, engage!" Without warning, two giant corkscrew drill needles popped out from the sides, acting as the replacement arms for Kracko, but this time each of them split into half and what latched out were the noses of machine gun!
"What the hell?! Since when did a cloud possess a drill machine gun in the first place?!" Saito cried out in surprise.
"Honestly, this is one screwed up universe we live in, especially since we hardly know anything about it at all, even if we do. But never mind that, he's gonna open fire!" I shouted.
Kracko fired electric bullets shaped like lightning bolts that exploded the second it touched the ground, making us all run around to avoid bullet hell. Then, Kracko bounced around the area, shaking the ground somehow and fired a piercing drill needle that holed through the ground and exploded.
"Holy-!" Saito gasped.
"Not now, stupid!" Aege insulted Saito, in which ironically he ran into a rock that fell before him without him noticing and he crashed into it. We both sweatdropped.
"Wow, now that's completely ironic, don't you think? He didn't see the boulder fall right in front of him," Saito said sarcastically. "And he calls me the idiot here."
"Shut up…" moaned Aege, whose words were slurred from the ram.
"Okay, so what now, Kirby? You fought that guy before, right? So do you know any weaknesses a cloud like that have or anything?" questioned Saito.
Now that I think about it, when I was on Planet Towera recently, I did fight Kracko there with my band of allies. After his twin transformation by the Jamba Heart, he unleashed a rainstorm as an attack, but Chilly ended up freezing the water, in which it froze one of them, and Plugg electrified the other with plasma… this gave me an idea.
"Actually, he does have weaknesses, Saito- in fact, he has two of them, so it doesn't matter which one we use, because the point being is that using either one will do the trick. Ironically, if he unleashed Rainstorm, thunder will be very effective and ice does the trick very well too. I don't know if he will, but any water attack he pulls on us will have to do!"
"Eh, sounds legit," Saito shrugged. "So, how are we gonna do it?"
"Simple, we use Aege as the bait to take the beating while we sock Kracko with thunder and ice, or better yet, we use Aege as a human body shield to block the attacks. How's that?" I offered.
"Hell yeah, I like it! Let's do it!" shouted Saito as he ran over to Aege and grabbed him like a ragdoll without a worth of hesitation.
"Alright, while that's happening, time for me to get to work," I said to myself.
Saito dragged Aege across, running or gliding above the ground to avoid the drill stab of Kracko's Twin Needles. Of course, he totally couldn't care less whether Aege was okay or not, not after he took a huge strike of thunder from Kracko.
A little bit of chasing and I don't know which one to use or where to be to attack, but the timing of my attacks is what mattered the most. Any water attack will do! Then, I realized that Saito was running towards and past me with a fried Aege. Kracko finally called upon his special attack to finish the job.
"Now, this is the end!" shouted the spirit inside the cloud. "Dousing Waterfall!" He hovered into the air, preparing to unleash his strongest attack. A flood-based attack like a waterfall, just what I was waiting for.
"I believe that's our cue to strike, Saito. Let's go!" I declared, preparing to strike. The waterfall prepared to rain on our parade, but it's not gonna be that way.
Saito made a shield of light that had a point sticking out in front of him, like a reticle target or something. It was locked onto the purging waterfall that was starting to fall, and I got behind Saito and began the fusion attack. "Ready, Saito?!"
"Yep! Let her rip!" Saito answered.
"Let's do it!" I shouted, turning into Spark, but however I also grabbed the Ice ability at the same time, and unexpectedly, I had made a new ability that combined Spark and Ice together, but I can tell it's a rare chance thing, but it helps.
Fusion Abilities
You made a new Fusion Ability, Hailspark! This one's an exception to the Fusion category. In fact, you know how there's always one fusion ability for each planet? Well, guess what? There are actually more fusion abilities with you than the ones you collect! In other words, you can fuse previously collected abilities to create more combinations than before! Amazing, right? But doing that contradicts the 96 ability limit that I've mentioned before, and honestly coming up with 96 abilities really requires you to think outside the box and sounds like a stretch, but that's what inspiration is all about!
Okay, sorry I went off topic there. Anyway, the fusion abilities makes up for the 96 abilities, but if you wanna fuse abilities, then you're just gonna have to collect elemental crystals and have Marco take care of that for you because usually the process is somewhat tedious and they're more of an optional thing at your disposal if you want that extra something. This time is an exception, so… yeah. Since you have 11/12 abilities so far here, this one will be added to the stocks of Fusion abilities instead. Alright, I've talked enough, now go finish this fight so we can get back to Meta Knight and fast.
"Time to finish this! Sparkeruga Stormblow!" I rolled out my eyes to white, releasing a fused Sparkeruga with Ice from my mouth and onto Saito's Bouncing Light Shield, which turned the white shield into a mix of blue and white-blue, then releasing a deadly laser beam made to stop the flow of water. More than that, actually, the mix of thunder and ice traveled up the waterfall, spark first, followed by the petrifying ice that froze the water all the way up to Kracko. In a binding second, he was encased in an ice and spark prison.
"What the-?! AGH!" The spirit cried out. The waterfall has been frozen. The cloud was on ice. Aege was still knocked out, doing his part as a body shield. Everything around us became a winter wonderland in the sky planet plus spark.
"It worked! We've got him now! Wanna do the honors of giving the finishing blow, Saito?" I offered.
"With pleasure!" Saito grinned, pointing his finger at the frozen cloud and simply shot a low-class attack that was enough to shatter enemy for good. The second he did, the match had already been decided. The frozen fall started to shatter into electrified ice cubes, and Kracko began to crack like fragile glass until it reached its breaking point and shattered as well, resulting in a mass of explosions everywhere. Pretty soon, the eye that was left of Kracko spiraled around dizzily until it looked with a straight eye and exploded.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The cries of the spirit ends up leaving the possessed cloud, defeated.
We both high five each other and cheered, except for Aege, who was still knocked out like a sissy. "Like POW! How you like me now?!" cheered Saito.
Solar-Nimbus has been defeated! Victory!
All party members gained 500 experience points! You are now Level 20!
Health has extended to 620!
All stats went up by 70!
New Fusion Ability: Hailspark!
New Magic Attack: Jolting Lance!
Item Retrieval: Pocket Watch (Aege), Light Scarf (Saito)!
Next level in 721 experience points!
Saito was slapping Aege awake constantly as the arena had turned to normal in the aftermath of the fight while I was facing towards the glowing spirit, another puffball who was white all over, and had grey feet. He had goggles over his head as well as light eyes and silver hair. That was pretty much all there was to him, but it shouldn't matter anyway.
"Man, we were just about to get to the good part of the fight! Oh well, it's been a long time ever since that tragedy struck those last eight years. God knows what we've all been through. I guess that settles it. Kirby, was it? Well, I'll just cut the praises for now and just give you what you came here for, since I'm not a fan of that cliché." Nimbus snapped his stubby fingers and out popped a platinum Luna shaped jewel that floated in my hands.
Awesome! You got the Solar Soul Jewel! All trials clear! You're halfway there!
"Well, thanks for that, but why did you have us scavenge for the pieces of the orb in public and known breeding grounds or something like that?" I asked. "Mist made us do that as well previously."
"Like I said, it seems much easier to just get them all beforehand than to do it right here, you know. But I suppose I did have another reason for this. Ultimately, it has something to do with this planet's backstory."
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Since we fought for only thirty minutes, I guess this one time I'll get in on the details, but only what you need to know here. For starters, without a doubt the invasion will start in an hour and a half here with the pile of Beast Knights and Fallen Angeloids from Celestial Lighthouse. But that's also the reason why I had you all search for those pieces in public places. That's because it was to make you completely aware of the events that were happening without your consent. I'd figured it'd work either way, but if not for that, it wouldn't work anyways. But now you understand what's going on, right?"
"Yeah… I do now. Everyone on Popstar has been suffering from the day we crossed into the Cosmic Galaxy to save Kaila, and it hasn't stopped ever since. They're going trigger happy with this nonsense, and whatever the reason is, there can be no doubt it's a part of their plan. Damn it, if I wasn't so oblivious to this…" I growled.
"Take it easy, pal. After all, now that you're aware of this, it's time that I say only that whatever and whoever they took will be used against you. But that'll be a major problem in our hands. Right now, we've got bigger fish to fry. If anything, only one of your allies can end this madness for good on this planet since they have major history here. So, the only thing we can do is stall until that time comes," Nimbus explained.
"I see… in that case, the only one that isn't with us besides the other at town is Meta. I hope he's doing okay, with his battleship stolen and stuff," I sighed. "I guess we'll have to take over if he doesn't make it by then, so I guess we should head to the lighthouse for the time being. Saito, get the others and bring them over here."
"Okay, got it," Saito nodded.
"Eh, I'm sure Meta is fine! What's there to worry about anyways?" I shrugged. "Now let's head to Celestial Lighthouse and stop the possessed dictator, shall we?"
Level Six Complete! You will be at the lighthouse the next time you return. So now, let's get back to Meta Knight's continuing duel with Solaris, but don't forget you're still in battle mode, so ready yourself!
Continuing Level Five, Havoc-Hacked Halberd…
Meta Knight's POV: The Secret behind the Mask
"So, is that all you got?! If so, then I'm fairly disappointed!" I taunted, slashing furiously.
"The same goes for you as well. I'm fairly surprised that you and your band of misfits lasted this long with the curse of a powerless human. It's as if this was some sort of RPG game and you're getting stronger every second. Sounds cliché, but at least it was kind enough to put on a show!" Solaris smirked.
"Heh, as if we're going down that easily!" The fight had continued on for quite a while, with both of us dealing our share of attacks and damages. At this point, it's impossible to determine a winner if both fighters are that skilled.
It can't be helped. Damn, and I was starting to enjoy myself. But I could not afford to waste any more time on this fight than I already have. After all, I need to even the odds with that knight and question him about something.
I held these thoughts away and kept my mind on the active battle. My body was already exhausted than ever before, thanks to the loss of some blood and grazed scars. So was Solaris. He's more powerful than I'd anticipated, but I have to end this match and reach the others.
We both fought with all we've got, turning into a hell fight of fury. I kept countering and attacking and dodging constantly and repeatedly, but it feels like I'm getting nowhere with those basics. In that instant, I backdash and spun myself around in a swirling vortex, Mach Tornado.
Solaris lunged forward for a counterattack, hoping to break the flow. But that's what I wanted him to do, because once he was close to me, instead of moving forward, the only thing that moved was Mach Tornado, except the fact that I wasn't in the center like I'm supposed to.
This caught Solaris off guard as he was entangled and furiously grazed by the vortex and knocked back in a flash. Smirking, I stab the deck, Galaxia crackling with power, and unleashed a Mach Twister for the finale. That moment… decided the match this time. Solaris got caught in the attack and was swung around like a ragdoll until it ended swiftly, with Solaris landing on the floor on a knee, and his sword struck the ground and got stuck there.
"Gah… heh-heh, it seems this match has been decided," He finally yields not after rising up like it was nothing.
"So, the match has come to an end. About time," I sheathed Galaxia, grinning.
Solaris yields! Victory!
You got 800 experience points! You are now Level 21!
Health has extended to 650!
All stats has gone up by 80!
Mach Tornado Howling Effect Unlocked! You can now unleash the tornado at will without moving yourself in it!
Next Level in 850 experience points.
Finally… it's over. Although, something doesn't feel right here. I took notice that we may have attracted an audience of some sort. I thought that was the case after this. Solaris shakes his head and retracts his blade with the swift of a finger snap.
"Foo… such a shame I let my guard down with that last attack of yours. Such is the fate of a duel; as expected from the Ultimate Lone Swordsman, Meta Knight. Bravo, you've earned it," Solaris commended me.
"About time, now hand over my prize, or rather yet, my battleship which you stole rightfully from my planet!" I urged with consistency. "But before that, I'd like you to answer something that has been on my mind for a while."
"Go on, what is it? Not that I might have a positive answer for your question," Solaris replied.
"Tell me, what in the actual hell are those two doing here on the command deck while we were fighting all out?" I pointed to the two other knights besides Coral.
"What? No, it's just Coral that's watching- wait a minute, the hell?!" Solaris started to realize we have more guests than the one invited to the party. He snapped his fingers and I realized he warped us both back to the command deck. And a surprising event unfolded before the both of us.
We found not only Coral, but Auralia and Molotov were also at the party as well, as if they were off high or something. I stare in shock as to what my eyes laid upon… and there I find a bunch of empty bottles lying all over the floor, as if it was flooding with a bunch of them. I immediately recognized what those bottles were, and where they came from.
Those bottles… were my year's supply. And now that I think about it, there's only one person who could've gone through it without my consent or knowledge. Coral, the Knightess with the glass in her hand when I arrived here. She didn't dare, did she?
"Okay, can any of you explain what the hell is going on here? And why are you two here in the first place? Didn't Master instruct you to watch over the captives until we've returned with the vessel?"
"Uh, I have no idea what you're talking about when you say that," Molotov whistled. "I just heard from Auralia that you were gonna fight Meta Knight here, and it's been a while ever since the fight on Aura Star we were last seen to the public, so it was our chance to get some spotlight here."
"You're making it sound like we're in some sort of fan story or something when you put it that way," said Solaris. "So you came here for the fight, is that true then?"
"Hell yeah! You know I don't like to miss out on opportunities like this, so that's why I wanted to get the front row seat of your battle! Unfortunately, we had to deal with little miss drunken here, and she's still clinging onto my breasts right now," Auralia sweatdropped.
"Oh, I see. So her behavior before we fought was actually because she was drunk. And if she's drunk, then that means-!" I turned my attention to where the bottles came from, and much to my hunch, my answer was confirmed when I saw that the safe containing all of these bottles cracked opened like a thief broke in. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding me! How the hell did she get to my year's supply that I've hid from Kirby all those years?!"
"Wait a minute, these bottles are all yours?" Molotov asked. "But these are non-alcoholic and extremely rare ones too! How can someone get drunk off of these if they aren't alcoholic?"
"Hell if I know. I didn't expect someone like her to actually break through the safe and gulped all of the bottles and then get drunk from it, because it was meant to keep away Kirby at all costs, since he raids my battleship somehow. How did she get to it?" I asked.
"It's simple… really…" answered a drunk Coral. "I just guessed the year you decided to go trigger happy on Dreamland and stuff… I was never expecting to get it right, y'know… sometimes the world will never know what's underneath that mask of yours, not just face, but secrets unknown to everyone… yep, that's the stuff…"
"What are you implying? And keep your hands off my stuff," I snatched the bottle that was now empty before I flung it out the window without even thinking. "Damn, that was the last one. Thanks a lot, you drunk Knightess!"
"You're welcome, you black-winged angel of destruction," said Coral. "Ya freaking masked dragon angel, ya frickin weirdo… burp!"
"Why are you calling me that?"
"Because in this reality, that's what you are now! Probably that's part of you, but who friggin cares about that detail? What matters now is that you are the- hic! -10,000,000 angeloid/beast knight slayer and lord and savior of Skylight Star! Isn't that right, Meta Knight aka the Masked Angel?"
"NANI?!" gasped Molotov the weeaboo.
"W-w-what?!" I found myself saying. "How did you-?!"
"At this point… it should've been obvious who fits that description of the Masked Angel, right? If you wanted to conceal someone's identity, don't make segued clichés like that the next time… it makes someone stand out that way, you know…"
"Is this how you spend your time, meddling into the affairs of other people? If that's how it is, then that would most likely explain your succession in almost leading Aquarius Star into destruction for good. In fact, this is what you're doing to stall us, by bringing up our past out of nowhere when we least expect it. That makes it sound like you're desperate to stop us if you think about it that way. But it's not like everyone has something to hide if it doesn't matter anymore," I shook my head. "And how are you able to say any of that if you're still drunk from a non-alcoholic drink?"
"Don't be such a silly baka… everyone has something to hide, including you, since you're full of mysteries not even your friends can figure out these days… if those mysteries didn't matter today, no one would be questioning it in the first place… this universe is full of surprises and lore that is even deeper than the other ones out there…" Coral smirks, despite the fact that she's still drunk and oblivious to it.
"You're not making any sense at all," I sweatdropped. "Seriously, you three. How long are you gonna let her be like this while she's drunk? And, I believe we had a deal, Solaris. Return my ship and we can get back to whatever business we were doing, agreed?"
"Yeah, about that, dude…" Molotov hesitantly spoke. "Can it wait? I'm trying to stall for a little while for multiple reasons."
"Same goes for me as well," Auralia admitted.
"Well, I've still got one last job to do anyways, so for only a little while, you can have your battleship back for the time being. I'm done using it in this phase," Solaris shrugged. "So, I assume we'll have to take our little sister back with us-"
"Like hell we're going back, you brainless dingalings!" Shouted drunk Coral. "This battleship is mine, not blueberry over there! I'm not giving it up to some masked angel freak, especially when it has hit the jackpot big time!"
"It must be the drunkenness effect of her," Auralia sighed. "Normally, I wouldn't take advice from our enemy, but at least you have common sense for this type of scenario. She wouldn't stop calling me flat-chested the second she got drunk, and she said that my chest is way flatter than the princess' chest, since her Zerosterlia form has her chest skip two cups without her consent. Really ironic, don't you think? Actually, Kailaine's been driving me nuts with the whole flat-chested deal ever since we've captured her and her friend too. I wonder if we can last the entire trip with her if this keeps up… "
"Honestly, that's the female's problem, not the men's, so to speak," said Molotov with a shrug. "Well, with the exception of Eclipse and such, I don't think Pandora has to worry about her chest, because she doesn't give a care about her chest, even though hers is the only one that all the female members envy. Boy, will this trigger some girls out there."
"Molotov, now's not the time to talk about that subject. How about we leave the lone swordsman alone with his battleship precious for now and let's take Coral back to the ship before she causes another disaster like the last time she was ordered to do her job? You remember what I meant by that, right?" Solaris suggested.
"I agree, although the other three has yet to show off their stuff, somehow the youngest of us all managed to start a revolution just by misleading a mermaid queen into almost committing mass genocide until that spear wielding friend of Kirby put a complete end to the madness without even trying, something that puts our attempts at domination to shame. And she did that without putting any effort into it; all she did was misled one person and that caused a revolution! Damn, it's like she's the only one with real development of her personality and we're stuck with the leftovers!" Auralia complained.
"Like I said, we can continue this conversation elsewhere and leave the star warrior alone for now," Solaris grunted. "Besides, we're distracting him from what he needs to do in just an hour left before the crisis arises on this planet again. His foe will not be the same, that is, unless he decides to break the seal that conceals him and a fraction of his true potential, but that's up to him to decide. Such is the fate of when you end up being the savior."
"You're making a fool out of me, aren't you?" I frowned.
"To tell you the truth, it was Coral who spoke those words using her perfect impression of me, and she's still drunk," The real Solaris admitted and pointed to Coral.
"What's the matter, Meta Knight? Afraid to face a major part of your past once again? Man, you're much more chicken than I thought-!" Coral was gagged by Auralia's hand in a second.
"And we're leaving, you big boob loli capable of causing a planetary domination, and have you checked out as well. And will you stop touching my chest, for crying out loud?! You and I are gonna have a talk later on, and so will the princess as well. Man, why am I highly sensitive about my chest right now?" Auralia gloomed in defeat as she snaps her finger and opens a green portal that leads possibly to their ship and carried Coral with her as she walked into it, leaving the battleship.
"What a shame… I was hoping to last a bit longer, but I guess this part of the time meets the requirements of ditching my job. Guess I'll head back as well, so I'll see you in a little while, Solaris." Molotov resigned and went towards the portal that was still active, also exiting the room as well. Solaris turns to me and grins.
"Well, we'll cross paths soon enough, but I look forward to fighting you once again when the time comes. Until then, you better watch your back." With those words, Solaris stepped into the portal and the portal disappeared after he stepped in, leaving me at peace with my precious. Everything that was on my stolen battleship… was gone.
"About time! I thought they'd never leave. But it's all worth it. I've reclaimed my stolen baby back, and now they can't use her for their hideous plans. Hmm, I wonder how I'm going to carry her around like that. Well, I'll deal with that for when that time comes. If I heard Coral correctly, then I have less than an hour before the invasion starts. I must make haste now… as soon as I clean up the mess that drunk loli knightess made with my year's supply of Deluxe Peppy. Damn, she's even worse than Kirby," I sighed as I started collecting the empty bottles and disposed of them all.
"If I had known we were going to be thrown into a situation like this, I would've planned ahead of time. But now, I have bigger things to worry about. Perhaps I can still reach the others in time; just have to steer her away from the town first."
With the bottles taken care of, I went to check all of the Halberd's current usage of power in multiple areas in a haste swiftness. Some of the weapon's energy and ammo has been consumed, but it appears nothing major of that stands out to be fatal. Seeing how it is, all the defense robots are still contained and have not been used, it appears. With these results, I turn to the wheel and took back control of the Halberd, steering it away from Solatora and into the open sandbox sea of clouds.
The red darkness that engulfed the white light vanished and gave in to light, and it fled from Solatora immediately. I exhaled in relief and focused on flying towards the Celestial Lighthouse with the Halberd. I just hope that I'm not too late…
Level Five Complete! You can now explore inside the Halberd without worrying about a time limit! While on the Halberd, the ship will automatically drive itself to its destination unless you reach forks in the path. For now, the Halberd will be on Autopilot, so you can take the time to explore the inside until you reach the lighthouse. Also, I strongly advise this option anyway, just saying. Press the X button to explore the ship. With that out of the way, you can now return to your regularly scheduled walkthrough game. Oh, and don't forget you can change POV's at any time you're not battling as well. There are some secrets you can find while you do that. Ok, now you can go.
Kirby's POV: The Tower to Heaven
"Let me get this straight: so the reason for leaving those pieces out in the public was because it seemed easier, but to make us completely aware of the things that were happening around us?" I restated.
"That's basically that in a nutshell," Nimbus sighed. "In other words, I did you all a huge favor in those ways. Honestly, the crisis is only a fraction of the real problem. Not only your home planet, but others have been affected as well. Obviously, your planet's the main target; no big surprise there. But with that out of the way, we've got bigger problems to deal with."
"The invasion. We'd better get going then."
"But what about Meta Knight?" Karly asked, who was with us after the fight was over and everyone else was there.
"Meta Knight will be fine, trust me! He's perfectly capable of dealing with his own problems himself, and he'll be there to help us when we need it! Now's not the time to be worrying!" I sternly spoke. "So let's go and kick some ass right now!"
"I'm ready to kick some ass- wait, what just happened?" Aege finally woke up from his state of unconsciousness at that timed moment. "Did… did we win?"
"Big time, Aege," Saito answered. "Now stop licking the ground and let's get going or we'll leave you behind."
"Let's just take down that Pegasus and get this over with already…" Aqua pushed us all physically like boxes to the doors that had opened without our notice. "M-m-move it a-already…"
"Okay, okay Aqua, just calm down," Bandana Dee tried to calm her down. "It's okay, we're just gonna cross a bridge to the lighthouse and that's it, nothing to be so anxious about."
"That's not comforting at all!" Aqua quivered and shook as she pushed us still, due to her acrophobia and the fact that she's a mermaid intensifies her fear of heights unless there's water nearby. "You should know better, Bandana!"
"I know how you feel, but after this, I can guarantee that it'll be over before you know it- eh?" Aqua stops pushing us all and jumps on Bandana Dee's back, latching on to him like a tick and clinging tightly like a frightened child. Bandana Dee blushes and kinda turn blue since she locked her arms around his neck and her breasts were pressing on his back.
"Ack! Aqua, what are you doing?!"
"Then carry me all the way to the lighthouse! Won't you, sweetie?" Aqua pleaded, and gave Bandana Dee a new nickname that made all the boys cheer, and Karly fawns at this kind of thing.
"Sweetie?! Damn, Bandana Dee, you are one lucky bastard right now! Get on with your bad self!" Dedede hollered like a lunatic fan.
"What?! Aqua, isn't this a little too much to ask?" Bandana Dee replied, but sighed and gave up. "Alright, fine. You win. But you're getting down once we fight, okay?"
"Say no more, sugar. Just hurry up and go already!" Aqua nervously commanded us.
"And that's our cue to leave. Shall we?" Nimbus suggested.
"You don't have to ask us twice!" I started heading towards the open doors and the rest followed behind us.
Skipping forward to the dungeon… The dark barrier has been shattered! Now you can enter the dungeon of Skylight Star!
We arrived moments later in front of a bridge that lead to our destination, the lighthouse. Usually, when you think of a lighthouse, you'd normally think of the ones near the sea to guide sailors and ships in foggy atmospheres. Apparently, not this one. To me, it's more than just a lighthouse. Well might as well call it Celestial Tower, since it's much bigger than what it appears on photos. Still, it's not a lighthouse without a giant lightbulb on top in the watchtower lookout.
I don't think I've ever been inside one before, to be honest. Well, now's the perfect time to do so. Everybody was marveled at the building that laid before us.
"So this is Celestial Lighthouse, huh? Compared to Atlantis, it's beautiful and large as hell… I'm at loss for words here," Dash complimented. "It's kinda hard to believe a place like this is the storage ground for Angeloids and Beast Knights that almost conquered the world. But still, the whole revolution on Aquarius Star still ties with the invasion here for first place."
"That, I can agree on," Dylan added.
"Well, let's get to the top and end this now before it's too late," I started walking across the bridge that leads straight into the main entrance, with the rest of the party trekking behind to catch up.
Level Seven: Boss Gate
Road to the Enemy: Peganoa's Celestial Labyrinth (Sky-High Bridge- Rabi Ribi)
The inside of the tower was grand and spacious, and was jaw-dropping too. Forward into the trek, our destination was obviously on the top of the tower. Unfortunately, we can't fly up there easily due to the labyrinth factor of every dark barrier infested places we've been; the floors that were connected to a spiral ascending case of stairs had Star Key Locks on them, hence, we've gotta find them all.
"Oh hell nah! You mean we have to climb up these freaking staircase to the top?!" gasped Dedede.
"What are you, blind or stupid? What else is that damn staircase for?!" shouted Aege.
"Says the guy that got his ass kicked by a cloud for the rest of the fight!" Dedede shot back.
"You wanna go, tubby?!" Aege gritted his teeth. "I'll beat you up so hard that you'll trim away that pot of fat in your belly!"
"Nah man, not if I send your whiney ass to your big momma!" Dedede growled.
"Both of you, shut up before I rip both of your mouths and those egos of your and sell them on the internet!" shouted Karly, shutting both of them up for good.
"Yes, ma'am," They replied in immediate fear.
"Let's… climb up this staircase, murder the pegasus and call it a day, right?" Aqua shakily requested. I couldn't agree more; yeesh, the way she casually said murder, though...
There's nothing like a good puzzle-solving havoc to mentally trigger you when you get it wrong and of course, face the consequences like being electrocuted by arrows, avoid exploding scrapped angeloids, and a slap across the face by a nice, sleeping Angeloid after someone tried to touch her secret treasures, if you know what I mean, resulting in a head that's stuck to one side for the rest of the day. But it seems he enjoyed it somehow and the angeloid chick gave us a Star Key to advance to the next floor. Karly had to snap his neck back in place without him dying from that. It's a thing that defies logic, so… yeah.
The next floor had more puzzles and solving and more pain added to our artillery of pain and torture, if running a long flight of stairs and steps and floors wasn't enough to turn us into peanut butter and jelly with a side of trimmed fat and feeling the burn. For some of us, literally, and he had to stop, drop, and roll and we had to put out the fire that ignited for a few minutes. Another nice angeloid chick gave us the next Star Key and kissed me on the cheek. Aege was jealous he never got to touch them treasures, yet honestly if you think about it, he had way too many chances to do so, but I guess he's too chicken about it.
Don't tell him I said that.
The third floor includes the following symptoms: barf, pain, butt cramps, endless burning suffering, and the illusion that you're called to the light by god was just from mere exhaustion and delusional suffering. At this point, Aqua was already triggered by her acrophobia and she was nauseous to the brink of barfing. Bandana Dee was turning purple, and everyone else except me was already crying from the flight of endless pain. After avoiding more traps and more suffering and more goddamn complaining, we finally got the last Star Key from another nice angeloid chick, a kiss to the cheek and after the last floor was unlocked, she kindly warped us to the last floor and led us into the boss gate before flying away.
Hey, wait a minute. Why didn't we just fly all the way to the top, you may ask? You think we didn't attempt that the first time we stepped foot inside? Well, here's the stitch:
It didn't go well.
The Boss Gate has been unlocked! Now you can enter inside whenever you're ready to fight!
Unexpected Counter: Suspense Approach
Inside the gate was a spiral storage of sealed angeloids and beast knights of different kinds around us as we walk along the walkway in the middle. There was another Copy Essence Deluxe Trophy that was floating nearby, and it was kinda white and appears to have a light symbol. Upon contact, I transformed, with a white cloak wrapped around me and my hair being prism white and clear; a black bodysuit was underneath the cloak and a black visor were acting as shades. I marvel at this new ability.
You got an Enhanced Ability of Light, Solatea! All 12 abilities collected! This ability can light up dark places and can give you the ability to warp anywhere there is a light gate, and warp in battle as well!
With that, everyone collapsed on the floor, laying in their own pool of sweat that made my eyes bleed water and a bit of a runny snot as the platform we were on acted like an elevator and ascending diagonally for us to see the millions and millions of angeloids and beast knights trapped in see-through prism capsules.
"Holy crap, Dinah wasn't kidding. There's this much of them?" Bandana Dee gasped.
"To make it worst, the estimated amount of these two groups combined totals to 10,000,000, the exact number that the Masked Angel slayed in a single hit. And that same number will rise again if we don't stop them in time," Karly added.
"Ugh… my legs are killing me, and I'm really feeling it," quoted Dedede, groaning.
"I'm with you, man. I'm really feeling the burn right now," added Aege.
"I know how you feel, but save it for when we kick the possessed dictator of this planet," I gasped for a breather. "In fact, we've arrived at our destination." The lift came to a smooth stop at the top of the lighthouse, on a floor where there was a double door with prism crystals on the side and glued to the wall. A Star Point was nearby, so I went ahead and stepped on it.
Would you like to save your progress? Yes.
Now Saving… Save Complete! Showing Results…
Current Status:
World 4, Level 4-7: Boss: Celestial Labyrinth
Lives x 30
All abilities collected.
Current Level: Lvl 21. Next level in 850 experience points.
Party: Kirby, Karly, Dedede, Bandana Dee, Dylan, Dash, Aqua, Aege, Saito
Soul Jewels & Gem Stars collected: 7/14.
Spirit Elemental Spells: Storm Wind, Dark Flare, Gyro Burst, Jolting Lance
Current Location: The Peak of Celestial Lighthouse
Now Exiting…
We had our energy vitalized and strengthened, and we gathered around the door to the top, upon contact the doors once again opened widely, light bursting out of it. At once, we nodded and one by one, we each went inside the door, with the point of no return once again as the doors locked us in.
? Mysterious Encounter
It wasn't long at all to repeat the process over and over again, but still fear took us all by the hand. Who knows what it was? Despite that, we still followed the silver carpet through the grand top of the lighthouse that was massively spacious and stellar with presentation with the giant pillars lying about. What I noticed is that the sky was visible on the outside through the doors on the side. Everything else was kinda the same.
A little while later, we reached the center of the lighthouse. We stopped in front of a strange presence lurking in the area. I saw a strange figure that stood right before us, floating in mid-air, but it was hard to see who it was because of the light that's shining down. The figure spoke or rather it was in the middle of speaking.
"Less than 30 minutes remain… yes, just a little while longer and the city of the sky will be mine for the taking. I must say, I have to thank that gullible princess for releasing me from that crystal prison of mine, because none of this would've been possible without her. It took years, but it was worth the effort. Still, it's such a shame that blueberry stepped in and reduced my hard work to ashes in one hit. Heh, I'll be damned if he shows up and ruins my fun again, that is, if he's even here at all," The figure mumbled to themselves. "Well, I shouldn't concern myself with him now. The orders are now complete, and things will flow smoothly in the next 30 minutes. Hmm, seems like the only thing left to do now is to deal with the roaches here. Ah, and just in time for extermination."
The figure floated down to us, revealing to be masculine in appearance. From what I can describe, it seems the individual resembles the greatest knights in history, or maybe he's from the same generation of them. Similar to Meta Knight, Galacta Knight and even Morpho Knight that appeared in the gauntlet of the True Arena, this knight stays true to his appearance. He had long, white hair like a Pegasus but wider, a mask that was shaped as an X, leaving room for his mouth to breathe and a horn sticking from the forehead of his mask above his darkly shaded colored eyes, his attire of armor were the same, but it begs to differ.
Just like all the other knights, shoulder, shin, chestplate, and boots were included in his armor, but however, the bodysuit was required to be black. As for the rest, it was prism white; the boots, the shoulder pads with Pegasus horn ornamentations, arm braces, utility belt was silver white, and the rest followed. His cape was a white veil that also seems like Meta's dimension cape. He gives a toothy yet light grin at us.
"It appears there's more roaches than I thought there were, more like mice, to be exact. And if I'm not mistaken, you're the kind of mice that someone had informed me of that would be rather hazardous to my plans, indeed," He spoke with a vacant expression.
"You don't say," Aege sweatdropped.
"I see. Then, things would rather go interesting from here in the running time. I suppose I could use a little diversion from managing this assault of which it took many years to do. I certainly despise the fact that pests like you lot are the reason I never get anything done, compared to the masked blueberry. But it looks like I got lucky this time."
"What are you talking about?" Asked Karly.
"Let's just get to the fact I got a little help from someone due to a strange encounter that fell right from the depths of space and into my humble abode. I must say, that knight definitely helped me out in many ways; the process was sped up and so things went smoothly from there. With that, the preparations are complete. And if I'm not mistaken, it doesn't take a genius to figure out the reason why you're here: your real reason is because of her, the Gem Star Spirit," The knight snapped his fingers, and out popped a small crystal containing the captured spirit that we only saw in a brief moment.
"NIMBUS! HELP ME!" The spirit then vanished before we knew it; in fact, it's honestly cliché.
"Damn it, this again?! Seriously, you all gotta stop doing that cliché, but I'm still pissed at you, lowly servants of Zero!" Nimbus growled.
"Does it really matter at this point? Thanks to her, I was able to obtain power that I've never experienced before from a knight of darkness, one that not even the Masked Angel could ever fathom! If he dares to show his ugly face in my presence again, I'll make sure to wipe that pathetic mask off his visage for good! Such a person deserves this for taking what was rightfully mine in the first place many years ago, and reducing all of my hard work to bitter dust and stomped on it! Ah, but he's not my problem anymore." The knight wickedly cackled.
"Damn, both Arecena and that guy are equally tied for virtual insanity and hellbent on world domination and sorrowful destruction! Man, these two planets are exactly alike!" Dash gasped in realization.
"Say what you want, but I don't give a damn about it. Soon, this stinking town and the rest of the stinking inhabitants of Skylight Star are going down in 30 minutes and counting! All that's left is to send you all straight to the fiery pits of the inferno! And so I'm prepared to slaughter a few idiots for the sake of my plan to work without any interference at last! Hehehehehehe…. Hahahahahhahahahahahaha!" He laughed maniacally like a student who believed in a crazy view of ultimate hope.
"I stand corrected," Dash sighed. "He's exactly like Arecena's wicked alter ego! Dammit, why are these two planets alike in many ways?!"
"I agree, looking down on someone that defeated them before is so hypocritical in a way, and the rest follows," Bandana Dee unsheathed his spear. "In fact, that's the scenario that just unfolded on the last planet!"
"So that's your wish, huh? Fufufufu… okay then. You all are something else, aren't ya? Just like the Masked Angel of yore, you're still stepping in to be the heroes of this planet. Not if I can help it. If you think you can stop me, then go ahead and let's settle this right here and now! But do you all think you can do it before half an hour is up? That's the challenge for you foolish warriors. Either way, it's game over for you all!"
"Oh, we'll see about that!" I shouted, getting ready to fight, and so did everyone else. "Sorry, but you're not taking over this planet on our watch!"
"You still plan on defending this accursed planet? So be it! You'll regret the day when you go against the Demon Beast Warrior, Peganoa Knight!" The knight cackled as he summoned his weapon and rushed at us.
"Let's go, guys!" I commanded.
"But what about Meta Knight?" Dedede shouted.
"I keep telling you all, he'll be fine! We've gotta pull our end of the weight right now if we want to see tomorrow until he comes!" I kept saying that, but inside I was really worried about him at the same time. I really wonder if he'll be okay…
To be continued…
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Author's Note Summary:
Well, it's finally done. Anyways, I hoped you liked this chapter and such. Originally, I was planning to hold this one off until the next chapter, but I decided not to and just get it over with. So, after five weeks, it's done. It's usually two weeks per chapter, but a lot of stuff has happened, so yeah. Moving on, there were a few references here and there, but the one I hidden in there is personally my favorite one, so I hope you can figure it out for yourselves what it was! As such, the ability Hailspark, as previously explained, is a fusion ability you can make with ones you've already found, and it was a reference to Star Allies, since those are Kracko's two weaknesses there. For the enhanced ability of light, Solatea, I based it off the designs and skills from a web series called Gwain Saga, and I suggest you check it out sometime. That's pretty much all I have to say, so with that, we'll pick off from the fight the next time. Let me know what you thought about it in your reviews and have a nice day! See ya!