Chapter/Tale 5: Fate/Void Factor: Act 3
Author's Note Intro:
So we're back to where we were again, huh? Just like old times… eh, anyway, I hope you're having a wonderful day, and also liked the last chapter. After what happened in the last chapter, you know darn well things are going south in the end. Everyone was kidnapped, and now they have to go save them, but not until Dedede comes back with the Soul Jewel first. What will happen next? Let's find out! Let me know your thoughts in your reviews, and without further ado, let's get this balling rolling! Enjoy! (I do not own Persona, by the way- disclaimer.)
Resume Dedede's POV? Yes.
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"Glad to hear it! Prepare to go against the Gem Soul of the Moonlight, Luno!" The spirit cackled.
"Bring it on!" I shouted. This is the only way I can prove myself to everyone, and I'm not letting it go anytime soon! Just wait, everyone. We'll save you, you'll see…
Duel with the Spirits- 25th Boss Battle
Dedede VS Moonlight-Luno (Boss Battle- Goemon's Great Adventure)
Boss Description: The duo from Kirby's Adventure makes their return as well! Meet Mr. Shine, the sun, and Mr. Bright, the moon. They were the guardians of Butter Building that held a piece of the Star Rod; with that, several artifacts were made with their power, such as the Celestial Rods which can slice its foes and splice them together. Regardless, since they're dependent on each other, taking down one of them will make the fight easier. Keep that in mind.
Moonlight-Luno challenges you to a duel!
"Here I come!" He shouts within the two brawlers that stands before me. The fight was on!
Mr. Shine was up first, while Mr. Bright stood back. He started to pop fire from his spherical hands and threw them at me. I evade the fireballs that he shot at me, then I went to bash at him in response. However, he jumped a few steps back every time I swung at him, taunting me with that cocky smile on his face. Eventually, he jumps back longer and suddenly charges forward like a fireball, which caught me off guard; luckily, I ducked to avoid the attack, and Mr. Shine ran into the wall.
With that, he leaped from the wall and switched places with Mr. Bright; the place becomes bright. Mr. Bright then throws some cutter blades at me, but I easily dodged them and went to attack; it was a good thing he decided to roll at me, because I swung at him at that moment he did, and he was pushed back. Mr. Shine then suddenly pours down a solar beam while Mr. Bright rolled at me. I sidestepped him, and he ran into the laser instead.
After that, Mr. Bright switched places with Mr. Shine, making the room grow dim. He raised his hands in the air, and suddenly, stars came raining down on me; I manage to block them. After that, Mr. Shine shot more fireballs at me, but I evaded every one and struck him after the last shot. Both of them were cracking already in defeat.
"Is that all you got?" I taunted.
"Hmm, not bad, king," Luno grunted. "But you should know that I don't go down that easily! Now the real fun begins!" Mr. Shine & Bright roared.
Phase Two Activated!
"Get a load of this!" Both of them came out together and they transformed into rods, the same ones that Mr. Slice and Splice had that time. But I forgot what they did again anyway. "Prepare to be diced!" In blinding speed, the moon rod was hurled at me. Before I knew it, I felt like I was falling apart.
It was quick before I realized it. Somehow, I didn't feel any different. "What was that supposed to do?"
"I don't know, I'm just messing with you," Luno cackled. "Now I'm really going for it!"
"Whatever, man! You're going down!" I said in unison with a female voice. "Huh?!"
It was then I realized that someone else was with me, and when I glanced around and next to me, I end up meeting a woman standing right next to me, who did the same as I did. We screamed and jumped back from each other.
"Who the heck are you?!" I shouted. "And why do you look so oddly familiar?! You look just like me, only female!"
The woman was almost like me, wearing the same kind of clothes, as if she's a queen. Her hair was long and blue, her robe was the same as mine, her clothes were more warrior feminine, and it was tight enough for her cleavage to show. Instead of boots, she wore yellow high heels. She has the same hammer as mine too, plus she's really hot! What's going on here?!
"I should be asking you the same thing too!" She replied. "You look just like me, only male and green!" To her statement, she was right- my clothes were green and so was my hair. On the other hand, the woman was also peach-colored just now. What just happened? "And now I'm suddenly peachy!"
"Oops, did I forget to mention that I sliced you into two separate individuals?" Luno laughed. "I guess we all have a male and female sides to our personalities!"
"Great, now I remember! It splits people into two and mixes them with another person together!" I groaned. "The Moon Rod does that to a person by itself. And that means…" Luno hurled the Sun Rod this time at the two of us, but he missed. The two rods then morph back into Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright, looking a bit broken.
"We need the Sun Rod to put us back together again," The other female "me" finished my sentence. "Or maybe we could just beat them and see what happens. Yeah, let's do that." It's really weird to be hearing that from my feminine self, but I think you'd probably agree that this has to end as soon as possible. The two adversaries stood before us, and so, the fight continues on.
We both decided to gang up on one of them whenever we had the chance. Mr. Bright came and threw crescent blades at us- multiple of them, in fact. My other side parried them all away in the same fashion as I always do; clearly, there's no doubt that she's me- we share the same traits and memories, I guess so. Still in the battle, she closed in on Mr. Bright and socked him hard, launching him over to me.
I immediately whacked the moon back to her, and it became almost a game of volleyball until the Queen me tosses Mr. Bright directly at Mr. Shine who managed to stop Mr. Bright, but the impact was enough to knock both of them down and leave them in a daze; the cracks on them were gradually getting bigger.
"Ngh! What the-?!" Luno grunted.
"Now's our chance!" I shouted. The other me nodded and we both ran at the two foes for an all-out attack.
"Let's finish this!" With those words, we ganged up on the two celestial beings in a dust ball fight, and in mere seconds, the match was over. The Sun and the Moon spiraled together until they explode into stars.
"EEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The spirit yelled in defeat.
"We won! About time!" We both said together.
Moonlight-Luno has been defeated! Victory! (Normal Victory- Grandia 1 HD)
Gained 985 experience points! You are now Level 27!
Health has extended to 850! All stats have increased by 80!
Dedede learned Mallet Dance!
New Magic Attack: Soul Snatcher!
You got a new fusion ability, Danmaku (Bullet Barrage), made from Psyche and Beam! You also got the Spirit ability, an enhanced version of Ghost! You got the Fighter ability! 6/12 abilities collected!
Item Retrieval: Sun and Moon Rings!
Next Level in 1000 experience points.
It was then the arena turned back into a normal area from the ying-yang theme it had. A ball of light appeared, which then morphed into a puffball like the others. He had fuchsia colored hair and eyes; his bang covered his right eye, mostly. A fuchsia body and feet; his other eye was scarlet red.
"Wow, I did not see that one coming," Luno gasped. "But nonetheless, you managed to beat me in battle. And obviously, you've earned this as promised." He snapped his stubby fingers, and out popped a fuchsia luna-shaped jewel that floated in my hands.
All right! You got the Luna Soul Jewel! Don't let up yet!
"Yeah, that's great and all, but can you turn us back to normal now?" We both demanded in unison. "I'll admit, my other self is extremely hot, but it couldn't get any weirder for the audience as of right now, so do something already."
"Aw, come on. You sure you don't wanna stay split for a little while longer? But seriously, you're gonna have to stay like this for a little while longer, and for various reasons. Or at least until you gather the rest of your allies then… Okay, fine. I'll just give you these two rods for all of your troubles; consider it your lucky day." Out of nowhere popped two different rods that were familiar, as in they were the Sun and Moon Rods from before.
"Thanks, now we can become one again… but don't you think it's hard to do with just the two of us here?" My other side asked me.
I sweatdropped. "Apparently so. We'll just get back to the others and have them sort things out. Hold on, wasn't there something you wanted to tell us about everyone else?"
"Oh yeah, that," Luno said. "How about I explain this to everyone else right after we leave, okay? Seems much easier that way. Barrier's broken, by the way."
The Dark Barrier's now broken! You can now enter the dungeon of Lunadark Star!
"With that, I say we bail for now, and when we do, we'll come up with something to save your friends and Amethyst, too," Luno ordered. "After all, we don't have much time left before the Void Hour begins." No objections raised.
We didn't have any other option, so we had to head back from the Void Realm and return to the others.
Level Four Complete!
Later at the dojo…
A few minutes later, we were back at the dojo in a few minutes to spare. Let's just say things got awkward real fast the moment we stepped in here. It all started when we sat down.
"Um, Dedede?" Kirby hesitated to ask. The remainder of the party was speechless at the sight of us. "Do I dare ask how?"
"Trust me, he's the one to blame for this," We pointed at Luno. Kazela was blushing, yet fascinated by the female version of me and clings onto her leg, which doesn't faze her at all. In fact, I think she's actually enjoying it for a bit as she lifts her leg up and down playfully with Kazela.
"Wow, Dedede! I never thought your feminine side would be this adorable and sexy; her legs are so hot and smooth, and her boobs are enormous!" Kazela giggles in an envious way. The female version of me blushed. "We should call you Queen Dedede from now on, right?" Somehow, this is so wrong on many levels.
"Kazela, no," Kirby ordered. Kazela was too distracted to even listen to him. "Ah, never mind. Let's leave her be for now. Anyway, that went much quicker than I'd imagine it to take. Yae has already returned a few minutes after you left from the hospital, and she's kinda preparing herself for the moment in her room, but she'll be out in a little while. Sirica… she's starting to wake up…"
"I see… did you hear anything from the others yet in any way or form?" I asked.
"Nothing; we called them multiple times, but they never answered," Kirby shook his head.
"I can answer that," Luno stepped in. "Obviously, as they were taken in the Void Realm, all kind of communication from the other plane is cut off, as they don't function properly in different dimensions. In that case, everyone must be somewhere in the palace of the capital that's devoid of reach, perhaps. However, once you get there, if you're seen as a threat, you'll be depicted as thieves and such. Things will get tougher from here on out."
"Do you know anything about what Monovoida's up to?" Meta asked. "His true intentions, perhaps?"
"The way I see it, there are a few possibilities that lines up with your situation, and any assumption you make could be one of them, or they all add up as the components to one big conspiracy plan. That's all I can gather at this point," He sighed. "But I'm certain that kidnapping your friends acts as a part of his plan."
"Looks like we'll just have to get there to find out for sure," Monokitsune said. "Is what I would say, but I have something important to do based on this note from that chest I received earlier… probably. I can assess that you lot can take care of yourselves on this one; I'll join you whenever I can. My gut is telling me something bad will happen sooner or later on. And for this girl here, I'll handle this right now." He walked over to where Sirica was to wake her up… by slapping her silly. And believe it or not, it actually worked.
"WAKE UP, THOT!"
"Ow! What the heck was that for?!" She suddenly jolts awake and sitting up, rubbing her cheeks like an animatronic. It took her second to realize what was going on around her. "Huh?! A Monozodia kitsune?! Wait, where am I?"
"You're dead, girly," Monokitsune joked. "Death by a rock. I know, right?"
"What?!" Sirica gasped, then turned red in embarrassment when she sees him snickering with self-pleasure.
"Just kidding. You're at the Cherryna Dojo, owned by Yae and me," He explains after ceasing his laughter. "As much as I'd like to take the credit, I'm pretty sure you recognize those Star Warriors over there; they're the ones who saved you when you were possessed by a Shadow."
At once, she takes a looks at us all in beguilement and surprise, maybe disbelief too. "Wait… Meta Knight, Kirby- and Dedede… and another female Dedede?! Is that you?! What are you guys doing here?! I thought you were out to rescue Princess Kailaine a few weeks ago!"
"So you've heard what happened then, huh? Spares us the trouble of an explanation," Kirby smiled. "So glad to see that you're okay; what have you been up to these days? It's been a while since we've last seen each other. And because of that, we're utterly confused as to why you're wearing a school uniform and such."
Sirica hesitates to respond. "Isn't it obvious? I wouldn't be wearing this for any other reason I would have; I'm still a teenager, so of course it would make sense to finish my high school years while I've nothing better else to do until another threat arises here."
"Huh? But I thought you were…" I started to say, but I stopped. "Actually, never mind that. It would be rude to ask that question anyways." Sirica glances at me and to the other me, taking note of Kazela as well who was resting on her lap now; she glances mostly at me with a look I can easily tell what she's going to say. "If you think I'm responsible for this, then you're dead wrong. I'm not same guy from before anymore, I guarantee that much. Plus, we've got bigger problems now."
"I'd figured as much," She replies. "Also, is that woman the female version of you? And that girl is Kailaine's long lost little sister, right?" Wow, she easily figured things out without having us to tell her! "And is it me, or is it just the few of you here? I'm pretty sure there's more allies with you."
"And that's the bigger problem, Sirica," I answered. "The catch is, they were all kidnapped by Monovoida and taken into the Void Capital; this was reported on the news a little while ago. And what's worse, the Void Hour starts tonight at 12:00!"
"What?! You can't serious- tonight?! Damn, this was way too sudden!" Sirica gasped in a panic. "I was unconscious this whole time, and this happens? We better do something about it quick or else everyone's lives are forfeit!"
"Hey, you sure you can go out like that? I mean, you just woke up, you know," Kirby asked.
"I'm fine, believe me," She answers, getting up from the bed she was resting in. No signs of susceptibility detected. "I'm not that susceptible. More importantly, we need to get to the capital now; time's wasting already. It looks like you've already found a way inside, so there won't be any problems breaking in."
"Apparently, less had to be explained to this girly warrior! Looks like we're almost set, just need to get Yae, and everything will fly smoothly! Oh yeah, try not to let your grudge get in the way between you two just like the grudge Dedede had against Kirby years ago- it's quite troublesome," Monokitsune called me out. I think everyone already gets the idea, okay?
"Then it's settled," Kirby said. "We'll leave in a little while once everyone's all set and ready, the usual-"
"Except this time I'm going with you, Kirby," Kazela speaks up all of a sudden. "I know what you're thinking, but I can handle myself now, even though I've been a sitting duck the entire time I've met you all. Don't look down on me as to assume that I'm helpless as a 10-year-old; you know what I'm capable of, and yet you still put me out of danger because of that. Please, can you all not treat me like a little kid for once?!" She's not lying… she meant every word she said. I'd feel guilty now for putting a kid on the front lines, but I think I'd rather take her up on this.
Kirby appeared to react the same way after some thought was given. "If that's what you want, then I won't stop you. In fact, I had a feeling you were going to say that sooner or later. But let us know if it's too much for you to handle, alright? Your sister might be pissed at us if she was here, you know. You ever thought of that?"
"I'll deal with her on that sooner," She replies; she sounds really mature at her age. "But thank you." I hope we really don't regret this later.
"Sorry I took so long, guys," Yae said, coming out from the hallway. "I just contacted the team and had them on standby in case anything else happens outside of our raid- uh, why are there two Dedede's here? And why does that one look so hot right now?" We both sweatdropped.
"And this is where it all ends," Queen Dedede sighed, putting Kazela down from her. "Okay, can someone smash us with the Sun Rod now? I've reached my limit."
"I couldn't agree more; this could not get any more awkward now," I added. That was all I could say before I got whacked along with my other self with the Sun Rod by Monokitsune. It was only a few seconds before I felt myself becoming whole again.
"Done and done," The fox exhales.
"Aw, come on!" Kazela groaned. "Couldn't you stay like that for a bit longer?! I never got to feel her boobs yet! No fair… my sister can't compete with her flat chest; how am I supposed to be satisfied now?!" Huh? When did she get into that kind of stuff?
"Don't worry, Kazela-san," Monokitsune replied. "If you wanna see more of that, why don't you use the Moon Rod on Kirby or Meta Knight here later on? I'm sure they'll live up to your expectations!"
"Oh hell no!" They instantly replied. "We ain't going through that gender-bend anytime soon!"
"Ignore them," Monokitsune whispered to Kazela. "Anyway, I think we've wasted too much time with this idle nonsense. It's about time you guys get going now; after all, time is something you don't have. So, without further ado, it's time I say- BEAT IT!" He screamed at us. "What are you waiting for?! Your friend's lives are all in danger as we speak… probably! Who knows?!"
"Alright, alright! We're going now!" Sirica groaned. "Can I have my weapon back? And I'll just have to go with my uniform anyways. It doesn't matter, everyone who's there is counting on us!"
"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure they're okay… probably," Kirby shrugged. "What's the worst that could happen to them, besides torture and slavery? I know for a fact he wouldn't dare kill them at all, but I can't really imagine anything else that he'd do to them that could be worse than that."
"Anything you'd least expect them to do," Meta answered. "I just hope it's nothing fatal…"
Yeah, I hope so too… a little while later, everyone was ready, and we set off to the Void Capital through the Void Realm. Somehow, I'm having the strangest feeling that something will happen; I can't shake it off…
Sirica and Kazela joins the party! You can now include 4 more members in your party! Remember to watch out for Kazela if you decide to take her with you; she is just a kid, after all. Ironically, she's battle ready capable just like her older sister. Hopefully, you'll find her to be very reliable for her age at the same time.
The Void Realm- Shadow Palace
This is it- here we stand in the realm before the so-called infamous Void Capital. I'd expected it to be a bit twisted in the realm, but it's insanely huge compared to Cherryna. A huge tower was spotted in the labyrinth of a city- our target and obviously where our friends are. Void Palace. Our view was from a hill.
"So, we're here… damn, I never thought it'd be this massive," Kirby sighed. "It'll take us too much time to reach there. It's not like we can just hover all the way there without being spotted."
"That's reasonable," Yae answered. "Neither is taking the front gate a valid option. Look, there's Demon Beasts guarding the front gate anyways; they seem to be elite ones. If we decide to fight them, we'll just draw attention to ourselves in the process. We need another route inside; but ironically, no one else from the outside has been able to successfully reach inside, of course. If only there was a way…"
"Um, guys? Demon Beasts are coming our way from behind!" Kazela warns us. "And they've spotted us already!" Turning around, her word was true, and that was a bad thing. Demon Beasts, or rather Shadow Beasts in the Void Realm immediately noticed us and started chase!
"Shadows?! Tch, we were here too long!" Sirica grunted. "Now what?!"
"Psst! Over here!" A voice called out to us from over in the distance and behind a manhole. It sounded like a boy. "You wanna get inside, right? I can lead you to the palace if that's where you're going! Hurry or else the Shadow Beasts will get you!" Apparently, even if this is cliché, obviously we didn't have any other choice but to obey that voice and take cover in the hole at once; the person quickly closed the lid that blended with the ground once we were all in.
"Whew, that was close, are you all okay?" The voice said in the pitch darkness. "Ah, wait. Let me take care of the dark… ah, there we go. You can see now, right?"
The area around us was lit, revealing a massive secret base unlike any other. As to our surprise, we were greeted by the voice that guided us to safety in the first place, and it was a boy who had a neon white backwards cap with the lid being red; reminds me of Ness. He had on the same uniform that Sirica has but it seems more suited for elementary kids or middle school kids; he wore short black pants and scarlet sneakers with black socks. His eyes were bluish purple, and his hair was short and spiky. The boy also wore a black hoodie as well; he wore gloves, too.
"That uniform… are you a student of Bloomarixa Elementary?" Yae asked the boy.
"Yeah, that's right. I knew you'd come here to the Void Realm, princess," The boy answers, signaling for us to follow him around the base filled with seemingly young children. He had us sit in the main recreation room to talk more as he spoke. "The name's Jodaraka Eribaska, but just call me Jodie instead, it's much simpler than my actual name. Anyways, I'm sure you're surprised as to how I knew you'd come here, right? Well, first of all, this is the Safe Zone Base, a refuge center for many of Monovoida's victims. Secondly, it is unfortunate how Monovoida scored a large group of special victims in one shot; they're your friends, in short."
"How did he manage to do that?" Kazela asked. "It would make sense that at least someone would escape, right?"
"Honestly, it may be late to point this out, but let's face it- there's way too many characters here! Ain't nobody can relate to such a bloated cast other than Smash; it makes you way vulnerable to plot deaths and twists no one will ever see coming to any character! It'd make sense that you gotta thin the numbers through any method possible, ya dig?" Kid's got a point there. "Nonetheless, we've confirmed that the kidnappings were triggered by setting up traps in the most convenient places for the victims- that's how your party got captured in the first place, I'd imagine such a scenario."
"You've gotta be kidding," Kirby groaned. "If that's true, then it would explain how they were kidnapped without leaving any tracks behind. Then, what does he do to those he captured?"
"His methods are unorthodox and clearly mystical, but if that happens, we go rescue as many as we can and bring them here for the time being until the crisis is resolved. The victims kidnapped are kids around my age or a little bit older than me. However, we did find out two of the methods he does to them," Jodie explains.
"Like what?" I asked.
"You noticed how many children there are in here, right? Well, truth be told, half of the victims are certain adults and even teenagers. It turns out Monovoida drains the soul force out of every adult and teenager, and without that, they transform into little children and make them slaves. The other method- he tears out their soul from their bodies and plants them into puppets, and they are also slaves, but to such crueler treatment to the point where it's become abuse."
"Holy crap… it's much worse than I'd thought it'd be," Sirica gasped. "Could that also mean he did the same to everyone else too?"
"Rest assured, Monovoida haven't done anything to them, at least not yet," Jodie sighed. "I think he's keeping them around for certain reasons. Either way, we must put an end to this madness quickly and hopefully turn back the adults and teens back to normal before the Void Hour comes. I mean, just look at them. The adults and teens are now terrified kids; it's tough trying to play the adult for them when you're just elementary kids in 5th grade."
"I can't imagine a kid trying to bear that responsibility themselves," Meta sighed. "Yet, you manage that already, perhaps with some help."
"Thanks for that. Now, we really don't have any new intel yet, but our main objective is clear- we're going to go free the other children that remains there as well as getting your friends back. Lucky for you all, we finally managed to secure an infiltration route throughout the capital and the palace, but only to the prison sector. A couple of hours we have left is plenty before the Void Hour; nothing to worry about, unless something were to happen- eh?" Jodie's words were cut off when another kid came up to him.
"Hey, Lisae. Something wrong?"
"Jodie! We've found the location of Princess Yae's group of friends in the palace!" The young girl replied. "They're on the top floor, and Monovoida's there too. And it looks like there's someone else with him, but we couldn't make out who it was; however, that individual is involved with the incidents in the real world somehow!"
"Really?! Then that makes things much easier! Did you find out their plans or anything?" He asked her.
"That's right. He's planning to draw out something really evil from the top, but we're not sure what it is, though; it's estimated to occur once it turns to midnight. Sorry about that," Lisae apologized.
"No need for that, it was more than enough for us," Jodie smiled. "Now we know he's working to lure something to that location, but we won't know for sure unless we get there ourselves! With that, enough talk. Gather all the kids that can fight and have them go out to destroy the Shadow Beasts! The rest of us are going to the Void Palace right now and finish the job. This madness ends today! We'll stop that Demon Beast and beat him at his own game! Everyone! Prepare for the raid!"
Under those commands, the children obeyed and immediately got to their stations like elves at a toy factory. "Lisae, back us from here and keep us up to date on what's happening. We'll be back. All of you, follow my lead- we're going to kick some Demon Beast ass."
It was weird taking orders from a little kid, but why complain when that's somewhat ironic for us as well? This boy knew what he was doing clearly, and we had no choice but to comply; we followed him around the base until he took us to a teleporter of some sort, and we soon were out of the base.
Jodie joined your party!
Level Five: Boss Gate- Part One
Road to the Enemy: Monovoida's Despair City Labyrinth (Night Survivor- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana)
Kirby's POV
We arrived in some house inside the capital, assuming it's a safe zone. There were a lot of Demon Beasts patrolling every square inch of the capital like a crowd blockade. I noticed Jodie's clothes have changed to a kid who was a master thief. I didn't bother to question it. I also found a new Copy Ability lying nearby; it looked like a Mage or something.
You got the Mage ability, an enhanced version of Magician! 7/12 abilities collected!
"Alright, coast is clear," He confirms. "Everyone, follow my lead and don't lag behind. See the chapel over there? That's where we're going; it's not far from here. Let's go!" We followed the boy throughout the heist, avoiding being caught by patrolling beasts and such; it makes it harder when there's seven of us here.
Eventually, we ducked for cover behind some crates nearby, and we ended up near the chapel already. "This is it. And as expected, there's a Demon Beast guarding the front entrance. We'll just go from behind," Jodie carefully went ahead a little and ordered us to come once it was safe. We have reached the back entrance.
"Why, though? I don't understand that when you can just beat it up," Kazela asked.
Jodie shot her a look that said, "Are you kidding me right now?" He unlocks the basement entrance in the meantime.
"We're like assassins, and the number one rule of a master thief: never use the front entrance when you steal," He replied. "Only an idiot uses the front door; what if there's more than one of them near the front entrance? A risk we can't take. Luckily, this chapel's connected to the palace, so it'll be much easier to get in." The kid assassin went inside already, and we went in after him.
Silent Chapel (Marionette, Marionette- Ys IX: Monstrum Nox)
After going through the desolate and narrow hallway path, we got out of the basement and ended up somewhere in what almost looked like a prison. Walking a bit further, we came in contact with a cage that looked like an entrance to something much deeper than we thought. Jodie tugged on the door, and surprisingly, it flew open. An ominous presence filled the air from beyond the depths of the cage.
"This is the secret entrance to the Void Palace; little does Monovoida know that this cell used to belong to a dark mage a long time ago who was ensnared and trapped here. This mage created a rift here to escape from the injustice on regular Luna Hours; the Void Hour also affects it here, making it active. If we go through here, we'll end up inside one of the cells in the palace and continue from there. Let's hurry, we don't have much time left, you know."
Inside the depths of the cell was a whole different area that laid before us. It looked like an eerie carousel from a circus. The whole ripple of reality was dark blue, shifting to blood red slowly, and even purple. Eventually, I could see the other exit inside this rift of the cell, but it looked really far.
"There's our ticket inside, let's go."
"My, my… what do we have here?" A feminine voice stopped us in our tracks. Glancing from above, I noticed someone descending down from the top to our level. It was a woman, alright; she was on a broom. In fact, she looks like a witch, but somewhat a female jester. From the top, she had light purple hair and fuchsia eyes, and her ears were pointy like Link's; she had pointy teeth as well and red lipstick. Her outfit consists of what seemed to be a mix of a witch's and a jester's; she had a light purple shirt underneath a female vest that was structured with red and blue on opposite sides and lined with yellow line borders.
She had a scarlet red ribbon that covered as a tie and covered her cleavage; from her shirt, she had on long black sleeves. She had a black skirt with white diamonds on the side, her stockings were two different color and patterns- red with white rhombuses, and blue with white stripes, she had brown witch high heels. And her hat was a witch kind, but the ends were a jester's with red and white triangles on one side and blue and white circles on the other. Her broom looked like a scythe also. You know, I can't help but feel that she reminds me of a certain someone… hmm… "What are the chances that you humans actually knew about the secret rift inside the palace?"
"A mage? But she's a jester with a broom that looks like a scythe? And is she a vampire too? Her teeth are pointy," Sirica speculated in confusion. "I'm already confused at this point… which one are you?"
"All of the above," The girl replies. "Honestly, I thought it'd be some concerned parents, but to think that a little kid like this boy here actually knew about it, a main character! What a twist, indeed. Hmm? Why are you looking at me like that, pinky?"
"Wait a minute," I speculated. "You wouldn't happen to be Marx crossdressing as a female witch and playing vampire, aren't you? I thought I'd recognize that ego, outfit, and some third element that I forgot, but let us go, Marx! Unless you also plan to backstab us again, that is."
"WHAT?!" The witch that looked like Marx gasped. "You dare think I'm that psycho jester's human female version?! Don't confuse me with him, don't even lump me in with him! Why would you think I'm that baka anyways?! You will pay for even comparing me to that dumb jester with your own blood!" With anger and humiliation building up rapidly inside of her, she prepares herself to take us down personally; I realized that the entire area was starting to rotate itself, and fast like the world revolving and spinning.
"Nice going, Kirby!" Meta Knight scolded me. "You just had to open your mouth, did you?!"
"Well, it ain't my fault exactly! You two thought she was Marx too as well, right?! Anyone can make that mistake anyways! I mean, it may not look like it at first, but she has a striking resemblance to Marx just by her clothes! You wouldn't happen to know anyone else like her, would you?" I refuted.
"And now you're questioning my freaking identity?! You are the worst! Die already!" The jester screamed. "And my name is Marxanae, by the way! You want in the palace? Catch me if you can, FOOL- I mean you, pinky! Let's see how long you can last on this carousel, you heartbreaker!" Everyone shot me nasty looks.
"Oh, so now I'm the bad guy here?! That's a load of bull right there! You started this fight, and now I'm gonna end it like I did to Marx!" I growled. "By the way, your name's no different from Marx's, you know."
"Heh, you think? Not even close, you're going down!" Marxanae cackles.
Mage, Jester, and a Vampiress- 26th Boss Battle
Party VS Marxanae, Mage-Jesting Vampiress (The World Revolving- Deltarune)
Boss Description: Meet Marxanae, who is supposedly a mage, jester, and a vampiress all at once. I don't know what she's doing here, but I guess she just wanted a bit of mischief here and then, but now Kirby's gone and broke her heart just by comparing her to Marx, the jester that backstabbed him, and now she's bloodthirsty! Try not to die, okay? (Honestly, she does look like Marx, but don't tell her that!)
Marxanae is gonna bring chaos! Chase after her if you wanna live, fool!
The floor started to shift into overdrive like the forbidden lever at maximum power; soon, it was like a moving background and we weren't even moving at all. It was like the world was revolving, perhaps reality instead. But this reminds me of the time when I fought Marx after all.
"Take this, pinky!" Marxanae pulls out a spell card of some sort, and immediately it begins to glow with power. "Scythedyne!" Without warning, loads of scythes began falling from above like a rain of spears! Once they hit the ground, they morphed suddenly into hordes of shadows that were heading our way.
"Here they come! Let's do it!" Jodie shouted, dashing right at the shadows. To our surprise, he was more than just a kid in elementary! Jodie's fighting style was like a professional's; he attacked one shadow and defended himself against the others without even trying, then wiped them all out at once with one blow! "Piece of cake."
Marxanae flew upwards and drops little seeds that buried itself into the ground, about 6 of them in different areas. One plopped near Kazela in the process.
"Kazela, watch out!" I immediately pushed her out of the way in time, because the seeds sprouted huge, thorny plants instantly; surely you can tell whose attack that belonged to, right? Everyone else managed to dodge the attack as well. "Are you okay, Kazela?"
"I'm fine, Kirby," She huffed, getting up on her own.
"Not bad, but you're just only delaying the inevitable," The witch cackled. "Think you can lay a single hit on me? Not with this! Astriel!" With that, she flashed and in that time, there were now multiple clones of her! They all laughed in unison like a mob. "Catch the real me if you can!" The witches flew about to spread the chaos even more.
"In that case, I'll just fight fire with fire, or at least with one of them," I sighed, pulling out the ability called Danmaku. Once I had transformed, I immediately fired a machine of colored bullets from my hands, taking out a few clones of Marxanae. However, the clones multiplied afterwards.
"The clones multiply after we defeat them?!" Sirica growled, taking down a few of the clones. "Damn, we're not getting anywhere at this rate!"
"If that's how it is, then we're gonna have to play her game of hide-and-seek and find the real Marxanae," Dedede said, taking down a couple of clones as well.
"And how do we do that when we hardly know anything about her?!" Meta asked.
"Just find which one stands out the most out of the rest, that'll make it so much easier!" Yae shouted.
The army of Marxanaes came together and taunted us while shooting spade bullets and warping all the while. It was really tough to fight through the bullets, but not as hard as trying to spot the difference within an army of clones that multiplies whenever it's defeated. Marxanae's clones continued the chaos with loads of scythes, spell cards, spades, and chaos.
"Oh well, looks like I'll have to wipe them out all at once then!" I shouted, pulling out the Mage ability and transforming. I knew for a fact that they used spell cards, and pulling out one, I smirked as the card glows and floats above the palm of my hand and I crushed it like glass. "Nygracide!" I shouted. Suddenly, after the card shattered, a huge wave burst out, and it went through every single clone of Marxanae; they all disappeared until one was left standing- the real Marxanae.
"Tch! This isn't over yet! You haven't got me yet!" She yells. "What can you do from there when I'm up here?!"
"This," I chanted a spell. "Luna Dial Clock Shot."
A single spell is all that I needed to end this fight; I pull a card enchanted with that spell and just aimed it at her without even trying, striking her instantly. At this, she let out a bloodcurdling scream that made our ears want to bleed and falls to the floor; everything that was once spinning came to a halt like the end of a ride. Her broom clatter on the floor, and she was on her knees.
"Who's the bad guy now, huh?" I smirked.
Marxanae has been defeated! Victory! (Normal Victory- Grandia 1 HD)
Gained 1000 experience points! You are now Level 28!
Health has extended to 895! Stats have increased by 85!
You got a new Copy Ability, Jestecythe! Be a badass while wielding the scythe of the famous Jester King called Soul Eater and snatch the souls of many! Cause tons of mischief with the spirit of Jesters and play your enemies for Fools as the Joker! 8/12 abilities collected!
Next Level in 1050 experience points.
Everyone had approached the fallen jester after that; Marxanae raised her head up when she saw us surrounding her. "Alright, Marxanae. No more games. What's the big deal here?" I demanded. "And by that, I mean the whole Marx thing. Obviously by your name, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that you're somehow related to him, am I wrong? Answer me, or else you're gonna- huh?"
"That's… I…" Marxanae's eyes started to brim with tears. Then, she exploded like a broken sprinkler in seconds.
"Uh… UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU'RE SO MEAN!"
"You made her cry, Kirby. How heartless are you now?" Everyone turned against me immediately, shooting dirty looks at me as if they expected me to feel the shame. Obviously not.
"Whose side are you guys on?! Need I remind you that she tried to kill us a few minutes ago?!" I shouted; I shook my head and groaned.
Marxanae started to calm down after wiping away the tears from her eyes. "Okay, you got me. I do know Marx since we were kids; he was a real jerk to me, always playing pranks every time. He mocked me because I wasn't good at being a Jester than he was and that continued until then. Everyone looked down on me just because my name is similar to his own, so they thought of me as his sibling! You would think that wasn't much of an issue, but to me it was! I wasn't the kind of person who could easily handle those insults- I was mentally weak and he took advantage of that, backstabbing me in the process as a test subject for his cruel pranks! He ruined my entire life! I'm sick of it all!"
"Huh, looks like he was more of a bad seed than I originally thought he was," I sighed. "As if making the Sun and Moon fight each other wasn't enough for him. Okay, I can see where this is coming from, but rest assured, if you're wishing for him to change, then it's already happened. Of course, I don't expect you to believe me."
"R-really?" Marxanae sniffed. "You mean it?"
"It's the truth. Probably you'd want to see that with your own eyes then," I continued. "If things doesn't work out, you can always get back at him the next time you see him. I mean, you're obviously a witch mostly, so… yeah."
Marxanae seemed satisfied and calm now. "Thanks for that." She slowly got up and dusted herself off, and I had to hold Kazela to prevent her from touching her boobs again.
"Glad to hear that things worked out between you two and all, but we have people to save, you know!" Jodie cut short of the mood. "I'll be brief here, what do you know about what Monovoida's up to? Anything will do at this point."
"Not really; truth is, I actually ended up captured and put in the prison here, and I just so happened to wind up in the same cell that leads to here in the Void Hour. It was most likely I was gonna end up like the others before me. But I did hear something about a ritual of some sort earlier… maybe something like that is what he's planning?" Marxanae explained the best she could.
"Just as I thought, we shouldn't idle around any longer! We have to reach the top floor of the palace and fast! Luckily, the prison is the closest area to the top floor; it's the largest as well!" Jodie responded. "Hey, you think you can free all of the other kids as well?"
"Sure, I'll do it," Marxanae answers. "Leave it to me!"
"Everyone, we have to go now!" Jodie urged us. "The Void Palace is just up ahead! Let's move it!"
On that, we all took off running to the exit of the secret realm space in between cells. In that, I noticed Kazela carrying something with her and stashing it away for later, perhaps she found something… But it didn't matter for now as we ran towards the secret entrance inside our main target area after some time to run there. It's time to save our friends.
Part One Complete!
Level Five: Boss Gate- Part Two
Road to the Enemy: Monovoida's Despair Palace Labyrinth (Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country- Touhou 9.5: Shoot the Bullet)
Kazela's POV
At once, we found ourselves trapped in a small cell, supposedly the same one that Marxanae was thrown in. We looked through the bars in the cell, only to find a whole massive area filled with cells and the sounds of poor children crying. It was like we were shrunk to size as little miniature toys. This was on another different level.
"I take it back," Kirby gasped. "This is so wrong on many levels; is this some sort of children's dungeon or what?!"
"Keep it down- look," Jodie points to the center of the area, where it seems something major was occurring to us, and in ominous ways too. There was a stake in the middle like an execution hub, and my body purged with the feeling of dread and unwanted tension, due to the fact that I know of the possible outcome- now I was going to experience it for the first time. I know what kinds of weapons they use to execute someone, yet I've never seen any method happen before; I'm not a sicko that enjoys these things, alright? Unfortunately, we have front row seats like in a movie theater.
And now the action unfolds immediately. Guards that seem to be Shadow Beasts hauled an adult woman to the center and strapped her to the stake with metal binds, her arms and legs were bound to the stake, and now she hangs in the X position as if she was on the spinning wheel of torture. Her expression and body movement says it all- she was driven in despair and fear unwanted, I guess you could compare that to the mutual feeling of sudden death; cyanosis runs through your body, everything is in chaos inside of you, and your life really does flash before your eyes- that is to be expected.
The woman frantically struggled to break free, glancing around her to notice only God knows how many children there are in the prison cells, taking note of their dreaded expressions and stiff fear they have. She doubled her efforts, but it was futile as the guards scornfully laughed at the poor woman. She was rendered powerless; all she had left was despair- because she was filled with it only.
It was about to get even worse for her. "No… stop it… please!"
The sudden murmurings of children intensified in the factor of fear and dread. The guards then prepared for the execution, the execution of the adult. They pulled out a rod that had the Ying-Yang symbol as the jewel and took aim at the woman; it almost look like the Sun and Moon Rod used to slice and splice people. It energized with a dreadful aura, gathering power instantly and ready to kill. The woman's cries came to a halt at the sight of the scepter.
"Don't worry, it'll only hurt a little bit- yeah, right. This is gonna be really agonizing once your adult form is executed from you! Fire!" One of them shouted- the other unleashed the finishing shot on command. The scepter didn't hesitate to do so. A wide ray of black and white immediately shot out and struck the woman all over. A blinding light scattered all over, making us shield our eyes.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The woman cried out in an ear-piercing scream, one so loud to implant despair into everyone's minds.
All of the children cried and gasped and groaned and cringed, some tried to stay strong and comfort the other kid next to them anyway possible, others weren't made of stone and barfed and fainted. I managed to peer from the blinding light only to witness the terror unfold. It was the woman's soul being yanked out from her body, and it's desperately trying to hold on- it was no match for the being that snatched it away from her and was swallowed by the scepter's mouth like ramen noodles.
That was just half of it- the other half was a shocking sight to witness, for the woman's scream starts to change in frequency and pitch, and her body begins to shrink gradually too. Her scream continued for some time… until it was all over; the light ceased, the woman's screams did as well. All the children hesitated to stare at what has become of the woman. The scepter was warped elsewhere too.
She was gone from being pinned to the stake to being on the floor in front of the guards, but she was smaller than before in a stray of the same clothes she had once, and they were really big for her now. Why is that? It's unfortunately the truth when I tell you…
This woman has reverted back into a child once again. The children gasped in terror and panic and fearing for themselves as well. Can you really blame them after seeing that happen? I think not. The woman that has now transformed into a little girl forcefully were at the hands of the two heartless beasts before her. She felt herself before realizing that she has become a little girl, and she starts to bawl because of the natural instinct of a child.
Everyone dropped to their knees in physical faint. This doesn't sound like a real threat to you, and that's because I cut out the most fear-inducing parts of it. Trust me, you don't wanna know what really happened compared to what I told you; what actually happened is way more brutal than it looks in your perspective.
Big brother was paralyzed with that much dread in him. "Holy… this... I…" He could barely start a sentence now. "This can't be…"
"Is this for real?" Dedede trembled. "I'll be seeing that in my nightmares from now on; I ain't getting no sleep tonight."
Meta Knight hardly said a word about it- he was traumatized, stiffed with fear and shock.
Sirica and Marxanae exhaled and slightly gasped for only a few seconds, not knowing what to even let out a say about it.
Jodie growled and clenched his teeth, pounding his fist into the ground, mumbling coherently about how he should've done something. Even though he does this all the time, keep in mind that he's just a kid at the moment. Not even he could stay together after seeing that happen.
But Yae totally broke down in tears. I don't know for sure, but this may have forcefully reminded her of something more gruesome that happened to her in the past. Honestly, you may not think it's that terrible in your standpoint, but that's where you're wrong if you think that. It was more than just flashing lights- it was an actual execution of people's souls in that fashion, and that's the worst sight you'd ever want to see. And Yae expressed that the most out of everyone here.
"I can't believe that's how they do things here! Why is the world so cruel?!" Yae sobbed, and emotionally she ends up hugging me against her boobs in a way she hugs a stuffed animal. She's really affected by this… or was she? I can feel something was done to every one of them.
"You can sense it too, right Kari?" My pet rabbit leaped onto the side of Yae's boob and nodded.
"I thought so. This aura… it took into effect once they stole the woman's soul and turned her into a kid. It's that same feeling before from Skylight Star that night. If that's true, then everyone's traumatized to do anything because of that. And since I'm the only one who managed to stand ground… it must be done. Kari, let's take one for big bro and the others too." Kari nodded and bounced to the top of my head.
I knew I had to do something. I cannot stand still and watch this madness go on any longer!
I pat the girls on the head, hugged the boys and kissed Kirby on the cheek before I easily busted the cell door open and jumped from it, landing in front of the two guards unexpectedly to them.
"You leave that girl and all of the other kids alone now!" I shouted fearlessly, defending the girl that was once an adult. She cowered behind me immediately. The children gasped.
"Another girl, eh? Looks like we've got fresh meat today, a girl who thinks she can defend all of the other children we've captured here," Snickered a guard. "What are the odds of this happening? I thought it'd be some stupid adults, but to think it would be a little brat like you! Hah, how foolish! You think you stand a chance against us or our leader?! With these souls from adults and teenagers, you couldn't possibly compete with the sheer awesomeness of that power! It's entertaining to watch them all suffer in despair as we steal their soul forces from the adults and teens that lived through a crappy life; capturing them was so easy, another level to blow through! People just eat this stuff up!"
"So this is nothing more than just a game to you, huh? You have some nerve to be saying that! This is no game- this is just messed up! Only psychos will enjoy this- the majority of people will never accept it as normal! Even the readers can agree on it!" I growled. "I swear, you bastards will pay for this!"
"Who gives a damn anyway? That's just how humans are- so hypocritical in many aspects of every situation. In the end, it doesn't matter. They'll be their own reason why the world around will crumble to the ashes! And yet they claim it's not their fault? Pathetic; right now, you'll see it'll be your own end!" The guards came closer to me and hoist me up by the collar of my shirt. I wasn't intimidated. "You've got guts, kid. Too bad that's all you can say before we're through with you! Just what are you gonna do about it? You're just a little kid!" The children went in a frenzy after seeing the mace that the other guard had with them.
"Go ahead. Do it. If you can, that is," I taunted. "Can you even bite back after all of that bark you spat at me? So cliché."
"You damn brat! Take this!" That one swung his fist right at me. It was at the point where you could say it was child abuse; everyone shouted rapidly, and the others were still inflicted with that aura to even notice. But I didn't mind. They're about to have those words shoved down their throats in a few moments the second I grabbed the guard's swinging fist easily.
"What?! Agh!" His fist was being crushed slowly in torment by my hand, losing his grip on me and he was on the floor with his fist being impaled.
"Y-you…!"
(Smash Up!- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana)
"Didn't I tell you? You're gonna pay for your crimes, and your leader's gonna get it too," I spoke grimly to them. "Bastards like you who think this is nothing more than just a game makes me sick." I felt a surging force of aura resonate in me, completely changing me, and that aura was visible to everyone else around me. I knew it completely well, from the sudden sharpened growth of my nails to the sharpness of my own teeth, I had changed, enough to drive fear into the two fools before me.
I had the sudden lust drive for… blood. I smiled wickedly, giving them a good scare factor.
"Tch! I had enough of you!" The other guard furiously spun the metal mace wildly at me quickly, but I pull the other guard I grabbed right up and in front of me as a body shield for the mace that struck him. A solid hit knocked him out, and I tossed him aside like a doll; he got up, though. "You… don't mock us, you brat! We'll crush you!"
That didn't faze me. "Can you? Heh, I'd like to see you try going up against the current version of me right now, if you can."
They were enraged and came at me. I was aware of the girl behind me, so I asked her to get to safety, and she did so. With that, the fight was on. The one on the left went in first, swinging his other fist at me; I caught it again.
"You call that a swing?" I smirked. "In that case, how about you taste my blows instead?!"
Yanking his arm and pulled him in closer, he was greeted with a swinging high kick up the chin followed by a single kick to the stomach at once, launching him straight at the prison walls. All the children's despairs lifted from them and they started to cheer.
"You little- you're dead meat!" The other guard charged and leaped into the air with the mace again and hurled it rapidly. I backdashed away swiftly from the spike and kept dodging it as the mace was being pulled up and out and shot constantly to spike me. I caught the mace like it was a game of dodgeball and threw it back at the sender, making him fall to the ground backwards.
"Ngh, what is this kid made of?"
"Come on, you hypocrites! I'm just warming up!" I cackled. "Whatever happened to those egos of yours just a little while ago? Oh, did I break them so bad that you're probably peed yourselves right now?"
They both jumped up and rushed at me again. "That's it! Die, you little nuisance! Say your prayers!"
"Sorry boys," I grabbed a nearby scythe and glanced menacingly. "That's my line."
They were idiots to keep charging at me even though they saw the scythe I had. They flanked to get me from the sides, but I took one huge swing at them, and that was enough to stun them if not hack them in one slice in front of me.
I noticed more reinforcements arrived at the time, a lot of them, but they all fell once I had hurled the scythe at them with ease, wiping them all out in one shot. It stuck to the wall. The other side with guards were also wiped out once I grabbed a giant pair of scissors nearby and hurled it at them like a kebab on a stick. It wasn't that much of a deal anyway.
The two other guards quickly got up for a surprise attack, but I saw right through them already before they even did it; in response, I snagged them by their heads and rammed them into each other before I threw them back. I wasn't done yet.
I ran for one of them and the urges for blood bubble in me, so I took a bite on the neck, which made him yell and scream as his sweet blood filled my stomach. After that, I went for the other guy and bit down on him too. Honestly, I didn't know they even had blood in them. They tremble before me, now aware of what I have become.
"Tch! I should've known what we were up against once her hair became silver and her eyes were bloody red! That's no ordinary girl here, she's actually the S-Rank kind of monster- she's a Rosary Vampire, and that's the strongest kind of S-Rank monster there is!" The guard groaned. "In that case, we'll just-"
"If you're thinking about taking me down with the common weaknesses of one, I'll have you know those things are so cliché, they don't actually have any effect on me," I answered. "Anyway, I'm getting bored already. I'll just end this charade if you don't mind now."
"You're gonna regret this, I swear you will!" The other one growled. With the energy he had left, he came running towards me, staggering desperately to hit me at least once. So did the other guard as well. "Time to die, you little runt!"
"Big mistake, bastards." I smirked. Because of the blood I drank from them, I was able to attack and react faster than they could. I purposely swung my legs at the air, and it drew Red Crescent beams that shot at each of the two guards, stunning them in place. That's when I dashed around them with hypersonic speed and attacked them at that rate. I jumped back into the air, showing off, and readied myself to end it with a spinning dropkick.
"THIS ENDS NOW, YOU SICKOS!" I yelled, slamming right into both of the guards, taking them out for good into the ground. Landing in front of them from the rebound, I patted myself and smiled innocently. "What a shame, you were all bark and no bite after all. That'll teach you for ruining the lives of people!"
Elite Shadow Beasts got pwned FTW! Victory! Bet you didn't see that one coming! Well, this one wasn't planned, but you still get the bonuses anyway, as per usual! Who cares? You don't! (Normal Victory- Grandia 1 HD)
You gained 1050 experience points! You are now Level 29!
Health has extended to 927! All stats have increased by 90!
Kazela can now use her new form, Vampire! Unfortunately, I don't have enough information to explain about her at the moment, but it seems like she can assume the abilities of different types of monsters somehow! That'll come in handy!
You also got a new copy ability, which is also Rosary Vampire! What a coincidence! Do more than just suck your enemy's blood for health! Pull off destructive kicks and punches way beyond comprehension!
You also got a new ability, Medieval! Wield the many weapons of a knight such as an axe, mace and many more at once!
You got a new ability, Puppeteer! Instead of manipulating puppets and cut their strings with scissors, why not be a puppet and slay monsters with a big pair of scissors, just like this one kid who- ah, best if I don't reference that for now. 11/12 abilities collected!
Kazela earned the title, "Kid Princess of the Children!"
Next Level in 1100 experience points.
"THIS GIRL KNOCKED THE FREAK OUT OF THOSE ANNOYING GUARDS! WE'RE SAVED!" One kid shouted.
Soon, all of the other children starts to rejoice in the matter out of hope, thinking I'm their savior. I realized I had to get them out of their cells, so before I revert back into my normal self, I snapped my fingers, and a few slashes of vector blades hacked through every cell in the area, freeing all of the children trapped. I reverted back into my normal self. Everyone seemed to have snapped out of the ailment and they ran right to me in a panic. The children also leaves their cells and crowded around me as well.
"Kazela! What the heck just happened? I don't remember anything else after I saw that poor woman being turned into a girl," Yae groaned. Everyone replies the same way too. "But if I had to guess, it looked like you took care of it on your own for us, huh? If so, then thank you, Kazela."
"Kazela?! Isn't that Kailaine's lost sister?!" One of the children recognized me. "Everyone, she's alive!" All of the children cheered for joy towards me, and I was blushing.
"Thank you, princess!" The woman that turned into a child ran up to me and hugged me while she was at the brim of tears and relief.
"Oh, uh, you all don't have to be that formal to me at the moment," I tried to say. "But I'm glad that I could help you all, especially when I've heard what was happening to you guys. I couldn't let that slide, and neither will Kirby here and his friends will let it happen. In fact, they're the reason why I'm even here in the first place; you should be thanking them."
"Hooray for the Legendary Star Warriors for finding the lost princess!" All the children cheered.
"Er, sorry to interrupt this, but just how long were we unconscious while you took care of whatever happened in here?" Jodie asked.
"Only a few minutes, if you're worried about the amount of time we have left," I answered.
"Heh, I guess we have enough time to stop Monovoida then. Nonetheless, we need to reach the top floor of the palace as quickly as we can! Time can fly quickly, you know!" Jodie responded.
"But what about the kids here?" Yae asked. "Hate to be the party pooper here, but in case you haven't noticed, you think we can leave behind an entire prison full of children? Not to mention that their souls were stolen as well! We also have to get them back!"
"Quit worrying, Yae. I'll take it from here since I can handle this situation well," Marxanae stepped up. "This place is the last one that has any children here. I'll just lead them back through how we got here and no problems should arise, right? I wish I could help you fight him, but there's something I need to do afterwards."
"Seems that way," Jodie nodded. "And that solves only a part of the situation here. The rest has to be prevented by us, especially your friends who were taken here. But I doubt anyone would know about it."
I looked at the two guards who were still on the ground after that last attack; obviously they must know something about it. I walked up to them in that regard; they hacked and coughed, lifting their heads up to me when they saw my shadow.
"Alright, you creeps. Out with it- now! You obviously know what I want from you two!" I plant my foot on top of one of their heads as I said it.
"Or what? You're gonna put two feet on our faces?!" Grunted the Shadow Beast. "Just give it up already! You'll never be able to last a mere second against Monovoida anyway! It's pointless, it's futile! It's- ack!" He groaned when I stomped on his head.
"Drop that cliché. Answer me- what is Monovoida trying to accomplish stealing the souls of adults and teens anyway? What is he going to do to our friends on the roof? And when you do, just get straight to the point," I barked. "If you don't, this will happen."
I stepped back a little bit and direct my kick over to where it really hurts the most for the males- their special zones. Every male groaned and cringed once I did that, the girls were cheering. I did the same to the other one too. They were both rolling over in the most excruciating pain in their lives.
"Oh god! Not cool, shrimp! You never go for the chode! That's a freaking low blow right there!" They cried out. "The pain!"
"Ready to cooperate? Because if you don't answer my question, so do help me, I'll kick you there a million times over; it'll be like kicking soccer balls. That's gonna be the death of you two," I sneered and grinned wickedly. "Now surrender and get to the point already."
"No! Our weakness! Alright, we'll talk, okay?!" They begged. "Monovoida's planning to use the souls from every adult and teen as a part of Zetsubō no Chisei resurrection; he's going to sacrifice your friends as part of the initiation before the Void Hour comes! And that woman whose soul we stole was the last one to fill his sack of souls! In fact, those people that were murdered and assassinated weren't killed- it was because their soul was snatched in the Void Realm all along. That's a part of what Zetsubō no Chisei is about- chaos and despair!"
"What?!" I glanced at the little girl at hearing this. She was down in despair and shame. "So you mean those murders never actually happened?! It was just special effects?! Explain!"
"In that sense, yeah. They're actually in a coma in the real world. It just works like that, so we don't question it! And those souls stolen from them are the key ingredients for the ritual! Your friends will most likely be consumed in the process by the factor- the Eldritch Void," The other added. "All I know is, once the initiation is complete, the tragedy years ago will be unleashed, and everyone turned into kids will stay that way forever!"
"What is this Eldritch Void you speak of?" Yae asked.
"The source of what makes Zetsubō no Chisei the most terrible tragedy in the first place, and since you want to prevent that, it's best you don't find out what it actually is," They answered. "But that Void will dominate the real world once resurrected and all will be shrouded in eternal despair! That's all we know, we swear!"
"One more thing- what is Monovoida? Is he really a Demon Beast, or is he a puppet to Dark Matter?" I asked.
"Well, why don't you see for yourself about that instead of pestering us now? You seem confident enough to go against him, right?" They answered. "After all, you don't have much time left. You've had your suspicions about the situation, but maybe only one of your worst fears may have already become reality; who knows which one it is?"
"Hmm, looks like you're not pulling any tricks on this one, so I'll take your word on it," I replied. "And while it's convenient, tell us the quickest way to the top. No pranks whatsoever."
"That pathway over there… just follow it and take the lift upwards to the main room; it's the nearest to the roof," They pointed.
"That's it? How cheesy, but thanks for the info," I stepped away from them amused. "We're done here, Jodie."
"Looks like everything's all set for us! Marxanae, get the kids to safety here and away from trouble. The rest of us will go rescue your friends and stop Monovoida for good this time! We need to hurry!" Jodie ordered.
"Understood and thanks for earlier. I'll come back some time later to help you guys, I promise. Everyone, follow me!" Marxanae demanded the children, and they obeyed immediately without much of a hassle.
"Don't worry, we'll get your souls back for sure! We promise!" I smiled at them. Despair from the kids were no more- it was gone. They followed the witch with hope out of the palace of despair and hopefully to somewhere safe until then.
The rest of us didn't hesitate any longer and took the pathway that was guaranteed to lead us to the top of the palace; a strange lift was there, just as they said earlier. Jodie jumped on first, and he vanished. Then Yae and Sirica went next, followed by Meta Knight and Kirby. Dedede was the last to go on, but he hesitated to go on.
"Hey Dedede, what's wrong? We're about to confront the enemy here," I asked walking back to him. "Come on, just let it out now."
Dedede shook his head afterwards. "I'm fine, Kazela. Don't let it bother you that much, okay? I was just experiencing a short-term headache, that's all. Besides, we shouldn't keep the others waiting, so let's get going." He hurriedly jumped onto the lift and vanished in a rush, it seems.
"Dedede… you're lying to yourself. You still haven't faced yourself at all in the past, I can tell very much. When will you stop running from your problems and face them head-on?" I sighed to myself and jumped onto the lift to catch up with everyone else.
Unexpected Encounter: Suspense Approach (A Boss is Nearby- The Legendary Starfy)
We ended up in a hall that led straight towards the double-doors that takes us to the roof possibly. I saw that Kirby already found a new ability for his collection.
You got a new copy ability, Lunatea! All 12 abilities collected!
I ran up to the others that were waiting for me. "So, this is where we'll find Monovoida, huh?"
"Let's hope so, otherwise it'll be all for nothing on our part of the job," Jodie answered. "Luckily, Lisae confirmed that this is the source of the darkness, and it's just beyond here."
"Then, let's get going," Meta Knight urged us.
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Current Status:
World 5, Level 5-6: Boss: Despair Labyrinth
Lives X 40
All abilities collected.
Current Level: Lvl 29; Next Level in 1100 experience points.
Party: Kirby, Dedede, Meta Knight, Yae, Sirica, Kazela, Jodie
Soul Jewels & Gem Stars Rescued: 9/14.
Spirit Elemental Spells: Storm Wind, Dark Flare, Gyro Burst, Jolting Lance, Soul Snatcher
Current Location: Top Floor of the Void Palace
Now Exiting…
With that, the doors automatically opened itself at our presence wide. Jodie didn't hesitate to run inside, and so we went in as well, ready to save our friends from the Void…
There was no turning back now.
? Mysterious Encounter
Dedede's POV
The darkness evaporated. All became lit at our approach. Dread filled the air. I glanced around me to see a fancy room that looked almost like the throne room in Atlantis. However, I get the feeling of bloodlust going on around here as we walked past the pillars; I spotted kid-sized puppets at the moment in cages and were bruised liked broken toys as the marks and defects were transparent on their skin. It gave me the chills.
"What the hell? This is so wrong on many levels," I shuddered. "As if it can't get any worse than this." A grand stairway was ahead of us, and we went ahead on it.
"I can smell everyone else! They must be nearby somewhere," Yae points out, her bushy tail wags with excitement. "I hope they're okay."
"And how would we know that? That line won't guarantee their safety unless it is so they are," Meta questioned. "Not until we beat the crap out of this so-called demon beast; I want answers out of him."
"I know. There's no way these Demon Beasts could be revived without some sort of reasoning behind it," Sirica adds. "Is he really what we somewhat feared him to be?"
"We're definitely screwed if that turns out to be true," Kirby said. "At least we can be sure Nightmare ain't coming back anytime soon, but another Demon Beast maker is where I draw the line."
"Hey, I see the top!" Jodie exclaimed.
The light of darkness became as lighter to us as we dashed for the rest of the plight up the spiral stairs up until it became flat. Right then, the arena of doom was set for us. The sky was an eerie green mixed with purple; the moon hid itself from sight. A large circle made up the top floor of the palace, painted the same as the sky.
"This is it- the top of Void Palace," Kirby huffed. "All right, now where's that little sneak- huh?! No way- everyone, look!" Kirby points straight ahead, and what we saw filled us with dread. Ahead were multiple crosses- no, they were all stakes. What was significantly dreadful about them?
There were people pinned to each one, and those people were our friends! My head aches to the sight of seeing everyone end up like this. They were unconscious, put to a deep sleep-like state as they hung there pinned with metal bands from their arms to both their legs. A sight of fear and despair stood before us all, seeing them positioned in a séance-like pattern for something more destructive.
"W-WHAT THE HELL?!" I shouted. "THIS CAN'T BE REAL, RIGHT?!"
"Why are they hanged up like that?!" Kazela gasped.
"They're martyrs," Jodie answered. "Or in this case, sacrifices. Back then during the era of Jesus Christ, on his last day after the Passover Meal, he was sold out by one of the 12 apostles known as Judas Iscariot for 30 pieces of silver, I believe. Once he was turned in to the officials, they did all sorts of terrible things to him; they whipped him mercilessly with the Cat o' Nine Tails whip first. Then, they placed a crown of thorns over his head and mocked him as king for fun and ridicule. Finally, they made him carry a large stake over to an area, and that's when they hung him by pinning his arms and legs with nails, and he died over 3 days that have passed then, serving the purpose from his heavenly father to free humankind from sin. Nowadays, crosses were used to represent his death, but this is mostly an execution style of some sort." I'm surprised he even knew this kind of stuff, but that does seem more reasonable than the one I've heard about. That doesn't matter now.
"In other words, they're gonna be sacrificed in the same fashion used to execute people back then?!" Sirica shouted. "That's screwed up! What kind of psycho enjoys this sick madness?!"
"That would be me, of course," A dark voice echoed on cue. "My, you made it this far to the top of my palace; you all are a persistent bunch, you know." At once, a figure appeared right before us from the pits of darkness. The figure wore some kind of kimono that flashed with the color preset as Nightmare did, and it also had fox ears and a tail just like Yae. The figure's eyes were purple with a hint of the void within, and the hair was long and purple. There wasn't that much to the person, but I can feel immense power emitting from that individual, the same energy as Nightmare. The figure smiled.
"I thought I smelled a bunch of packrats like you lot coming here."
"Obviously to take back what you stole from us. Isn't that right, Monovoida?" Jodie answered.
"Really? I thought it'd be some concerned parents, but to think it'd actually be you, Jodie- a main character!" Monovoida mocked the 5th grader.
"Hey, that's my role here!" Kirby shouted. "But enough of that! You get your filthy hands off our friends right now!"
"And why would I do something like that anyways? Besides, you interrupted me in the middle of the initiation, just when things were starting to get good. It matters not, as the hour of the void draws near for the wills of the masses to be granted eternal darkness and despair once again," He cackles.
"Just wait a moment," Meta Knight barked. "Before we get into that, you're answering to our questions first. We've heard a lot about you being a surviving Demon Beast with the capability of harboring Nightmare's power and making these Monozodias and reviving former beasts. I want to know- all the crimes you've committed and the rumors about you… is it right to assume those claims are the truth?"
"Nothing but the truth, you're right to charge them all," Monovoida answered without emotion. "I am one of Nightmare's creations back in the day of his reign when he was still alive along with a few others. Surprisingly, I wasn't completed until the year that would soon become almost the last, the day before you invaded the fortress. I had yet to leave the pod I was formed in, and by that time, you blew up the fortress to bits. Of course, I survived and you know the rest afterwards."
"And our suspicions are confirmed," Sirica grunted. "With that, what's your real goal here? I don't think that was truly specified at all."
"Why ask a question you already know the answer to? I'm talking about the Void Hour, obviously. The point in time that is invisible to all but the ones who can withstand it. This time is special, so as a being of the kind I must answer her call and fulfill her wishes."
"Wishes? Whose wishes?" Yae asked.
"The despair herself, conjured up by the will of the masses of people whose despair is shown daily. The Void Realm's purpose is always serving that, to rally up the remnants of her previous debut little by little until she is called on the same day as before. However, she remains weak to the opposer of despair you call hope. It is why her servants are tasked in slandering hope with despair and bring her the souls of those despairing," He continues.
"So that's the whole point in those incidents!" Jodie growled. "But why adults and teens you aim for, not the children themselves? Or rather, why do they become them exactly?"
Monovoida snapped his fingers, and a mystical orb appeared, which looked like the same one we saw in the Void Realm elsewhere, containing a full house of souls within. Soon, numerous ones appear wildly before us.
"That's-!" I shouted.
"You see, adults and teens understand the meaning of despair because they have experienced it firsthand themselves; living a harsh life gives them that melancholic spirit within. However, children in general do not experience despair nor they understand it as well; they know so little about the world's true colors that they believe fantasies are real. That's why it's much easier to steal the soul force of those two groups of humans than children. And once the current soul force of one is snatched, because they haven't aged any further than that, they revert back to the period in which they are children without it. With that, these orbs are offered in order to bring her back to this world."
"Our friends… what purpose do they serve here? Didn't you already obtain the last soul a while ago?" Kazela questioned. "Let them go now if that's the case!"
"Wrong. True, I did receive the last soul from my men, but that's not all I captured them for. It was also thanks to this little gem spirit that I have obtained the necessities to execute the revival, and by that, I mean this!" Monovoida points to where everyone is hung, and from there I saw the Gem Star spirit, who is currently unconscious and suspended upon nothing in the air.
"Amethyst!" Luno shouted. "What have you done to her?!"
"She was a feisty one indeed," He cackles. "But she's the reason why your friends are even here at all. And their purpose is not only as offerings for her, but a lure."
"What do you mean by that?" Kirby asked.
"Idiot. All that are offered to her are what draws her to this very spot for her to devour the souls collected. In just a few moments, she is coming even as we speak; I lied about being interrupted. Truth is, you're already too late! All that's left is to wait until the hand strikes the hour twelve, and this realm will take over the real world; all remaining humans will be turned into children, and your time alive will be erased in the very darkness of my creator! You have no means of preventing this, you pitiful humans! You'll just be delaying the inevitable anyway!" Monovoida laughed.
"I-I don't believe you!" Kazela shouted.
"And unfortunately, he speaks the truth in his words," Jodie countered. "All because he was one step ahead of us the entire time! But it doesn't matter, because that's not going to stop us from doing what we came here to do! You'll see it firsthand what happens when you mess and screw around the lives of people like they're toys! Just who do you think you are?!" Monovoida merely chuckles, then it escalated to a bloodcurdling laughter like the howl of a werewolf under the full moon. He backdashed away from us for distance.
"Who do you think- hah?! Don't make me laugh, you lifeless warriors! You wanna know what my connection really is? Then it's simple. I'm not reviving a being- I'm trying to regain my ultimate form back through this! You wanna know why? It's because this Eldritch Void, the one that will be brought to rebirth once again and answer the calls of the masses of millions-"
"IT IS ZETSUBO NO CHISEI ITSELF- THE SOURCE OF THE TRAGEDY YEARS AGO. AND GUESS WHAT? THAT IS WHO I REALLY AM- I AM NIGHTMARE'S CREATION… A BEING MADE FROM HIS OWN GENETICS… THE TRUE VOID… THE ULTIMATE DEMON BEAST… ZETSUBO NO CHISEI IS THE NAME OF THE ELDRITCH VOID- AND I AM HER AVATAR. YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE CONSUMED AND BECOME CHILDREN, AND SO WILL YOU." Monovoida declared, unleashing a wave of energy at us as a windstorm goes.
"Tch! This aura-!" Yae gasped.
"ONCE THE HOUR REACHES TWELVE, IT MATTERS YOUR EFFORTS NOT- DESPAIR AWAITS YOU AND THE ENTIRE WORLD. YOU WILL BECOME CHILDREN, AND YOU WILL BELONG TO THE VOID OF NIGHTMARE'S CREATION- MONOVOIDA."
"He's serious about this- that means we're in big trouble if this continues on! Everyone! You know what to do!" Jodie ordered.
"You don't have to tell us twice!" I growled, readying myself for the unavoidable battle. Everyone else did the same. "You're going down, you monster!"
Monovoida laughed and levitates into the air, filled with immense power of darkness. "Fools. You dare interfere with the will of the masses? Fine then. Your despair awaits you after I'm through with you. All of you seem so confident, but let's test that unshakable faith you have in the feeling of hope."
I was sure and confident in ourselves that things would end up the same as before. Little did I know, those words would be our undoing almost, and I have the bitter feeling in the fact that I had something to do with this… but I was more dreadful in the things that have yet to happen…
Meanwhile…
"Upupu… so, it finally begins. I hope I taught the king enough for him to endure through this- he'll be the center of the cause somehow." Monokitsune shook his head as he saw through his red eye what was unfolding before him. It looked like he knew the outcome of the events that haven't occurred just yet.
"Maybe I should've told them that he was Zetsubō No Chisei itself, or at least the avatar of despair. The souls collected and their friends were the key to unleashing the sealed state of the Eldritch Void- his true form. Once that happens, Lunadark Star will be clouded in eternal despair permanently. Just like those times, it'll be unstoppable- like you're fighting against death itself. The incident was prevented last time, but that's so cliché if the same thing happens again; the same tactic won't work twice. There's so little he could do, if only I knew where to find a few more helping hands… it's not like it'll be knocking on your door as of right now-"
There was a knock on the door. Cliché, right? The fox ran right over to get the door for whoever knocked on it. Short as he was, he somehow unlocked the door without using a booster stool. As usual, he pulled the door open.
"Welcome to the dojo of lost hope, what do you need?" He responded. There were three females before the cub, and they glanced down on him.
"Um, you wouldn't happen to know Yae Nirazeiko, right?" The girl in the middle asked him.
"And what's it to ya?" He asked. "If you're looking for the ninja fox princess, she's busy defending the planet along with the pink demon true S-tier of Smash, the blue edgy borb, 3-Ds on my report card, Briar Rosy cheeks, and the badass lost royalty from Zetsubō No Chisei aka Nightmare's surviving demon beast and saving souls and yeah. That's all gonna happen at midnight, oh… and all of their friends have been captured by the void as sacrifices in one swoop."
"You can't be serious, are you?" The other girl replied. "Just so you know, I happen to know almost every one of them related to the pink demon you speak of."
"Well, I don't," The third girl answered casually.
"Not now, busty," The first one sighed. "Anyway, we were told to come here by someone, and this is very important, so please trust us on this!"
Monokitsune didn't seem convinced- not until he remembered to pull out the same letter from earlier and skim through it. It was very specific as it was attached to a treasure chest mailed at his doorstep.
"This treasure chest is sent to you on behalf of a crisis going on. Later on, expect that three girls will arrive at your doorstep later on, and as soon as you meet them, have them change and take them to the Void Realm with the key provided to the Void Palace at once. This is not a prank, I swear if you think it is, you're gonna have a bad time. Now get the stuffing out of your waxy ear build up and do it, you stuffed animal!"
The fox was somewhat offended, but nonetheless, it described everything that was to happen; he glanced at the three girl that gazed at him with innocent and cute eyes. Submitting to that act was enough to convince him.
"Oh, I see! Looks like hope is definitely on our side! This is going to be everyone's lucky day! Thank you, god! Alright, come inside, ladies; get yourselves cleaned up and let's give that creep his last surprise!"
"Thank you very much, er-"
"Monokitsune's the name," He replied. "Eh, I'll explain the situation once you're all done. We better hurry, or everyone else will get clapped! Also, it's being broadcasted to almost every planet, including Popstar, so yeah. Follow me, ladies!" With that, everything was underway, and little did the fox know, it was all caused and was possible because a certain someone turned the tables against their own, and that person watched as the scene unfolds.
"Looks like everything went just as I planned. Convoluted because of what Zero did, true, but it was all worth it. That said, the rest will occur depending on how Master reacts to this, so I better keep a low profile until then. But what I find strange about the crisis the most… I'm not the one who triggered it at all or had any involvement. If that's the case, then who did? I'll keep that in mind for later, but not until Nightmare's creation is defeated..." I thought to myself.
"Well, I can say for sure that things are going to be interesting from now on afterwards… heh-heh."
"FOR WACKY MONDAYS! WE WILL AVENGE YOU!" Monokitsune shouted.
"But it's not Monday," I sweatdropped. "What a weird Monozodia."
To be continued…
End of Chapter 5 Act 3!
Author's Note Summary:
I swear you did not see that coming… again! Surprised again? I hope so that you liked this chapter as well, and it took me another month to do so- how ironic. Nonetheless, there's a lot of things I have to explain yet again. Some won't make sense until future chapters… probably. Well, where should I start?
Ah, I guess I should start with the first fight in the chapter against Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright. At the second phase, what you read happen… obviously, if you've watched Right Back at ya, you'll know where this came from. What more do I have to say? The new ability, Danmaku, is actually inspired by Touhou, meaning bullet hell. You should check it out sometime if you're not familiar with the series. Obviously, the Void Realm is referencing the worlds in the Persona series. And now Sirica and Kazela are party members now.
Speaking of which, in that regard, you met the leader of the resistance, Jodie, an elementary student in 5th grade, and he reminds me of Ken Amada from Persona 3; honestly, I actually liked him. As you already know, he goes and rescue people that have been captured, and the majority of them are all adults and teens turned into children. How he pulled this off wasn't mentioned, but just assume he has been doing this for a long time now. With that, he leads them to a secret entrance in the chapel that's only activated during the Void Hour.
That's where you all run into Marxanae. And at first sight, you might've thought she was just Marx crossdressing or something. She's also a jester, but mainly a mage. Of course, Kirby thought she was Marx, and so she retaliates. The whole battle was inspired by Deltarune if the theme wasn't so obvious. I was planning to have them go against Marx, but I thought it would be better to expand on his entire race and stuff, so yeah. Also, Jestecythe was mainly inspired by Bête Noire from Glitchtale; the scythe mainly. You should check out Glitchtale if you haven't seen it yet.
So, after arriving in the prison cell, you all bear witness the execution of one woman as her soul force was being drained from her, reverting back into a child again. Trust me- the actual method was way crueler than it sounds. Because of that, everyone was paralyzed with despair… all except one of the 8 allies, who managed to withstand the dreadful aura. That was Kazela.
And here comes the part you all never saw coming. The lost princess turns into a vampire somehow and wrecks the enemies without breaking a sweat! Truth is, I planned for this to happen sooner; after all, she does possess strange powers as well, it never occurred to her to even use them, not even once afterwards. But this? That was on a whole different level right there! How did I turn Kazela into a badass in one chapter? Actually, how did she do so in the first place? That remains a mystery… unless you just so happen to figure it out, but don't assume that'll be the answer, at least not yet.
Anyway, the new copy ability Rosary Vampire was inspired by Moka Akashiya from Rosario Vampire, her true form without the rosary, and it makes it more badass than the usual kind of vampire. The next ability is Medieval, which allows Kirby to wield the kinds of weapons a knight uses back in those days. And last is the Puppeteer ability, which makes Kirby wield a pair of giant scissors as a puppet boy; inspired by the PS3 game called Puppeteer and Cabernet from the GBA game known as Magical Vacation. Lunatea is the opposite of Solatea, so no surprise there.
Lastly is the encounter with Monovoida. Whatever stumped you earlier, he may have answered it during so. But basically, he is a secret creation of Nightmare and miraculously survived the fortress' explosion. Sure, some parts may be confusing, but when you think about the role he plays, it could make sense to you somehow. Anyway, you know what will happen next afterwards, but this one won't be as last time… just saying.
I believe that should cover the chapter in a nutshell. Hopefully you get the basic idea of what made this chapter now, but as usual, feel free to PM me for any questions you have or in your reviews. It seems like this is rushed again, and if you think that, you'd be right. That's because I'm going somewhere during the school week and I won't be back until next week. So, I wanted to finish this chapter as soon as possible before the deadline of that day, and also my deadline for chapters is kinda once a month; it depends. But that's the gist of it.
So, with that, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I apologize for the long wait as usual. Next time, we'll see the fate of everyone as they are pitted against Monovoida in battle and hopefully prevent the fall from coming. As usual, let me know your thoughts in your reviews or PM me for more questions. Until then, I'll see you all next chapter! See ya!