Kirby & the Crystal Princess: Tales of Crystallia- An RPG Tale Re:Zero Chapter 30: Tale 5: Amethyst & Void's End: Act 4, a kirby fanfic

Chapter/Tale 5: Amethyst & Void's End: Act 4

Author's Note Intro:

Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed that last chapter there, because now, things are about to get real in this battle for everyone's souls- literally. Anyway, remember when I said I had to go somewhere during the week in the recent chapter? Truth is, I went on a family vacation on a cruise ship- and this was my first time going on one too! I had a lot of fun there, and inspiration has struck for me during the trip. I would tell you more about it, but I'd say it's time for the chapter you've been waiting for! Anyway, you know the drill and enjoy the last part of Chapter 5! (I don't own Persona and any other references spotted, again- Disclaimer).

Meanwhile...

At Popstar, things seemed to be at ease for the moment. After the incident in Skylight Star's arc, everyone was on a bit of an edge as to whether or not the same thing will happen again. Still, nothing happened. With that, everyone continued on with their temporary human lives, waiting for the others to put an end to this madness. In the meantime, some were busy on the task given to them by Blazel, who is starting to do better than before.

Although he regrets what had occurred, he had to make sure he could do what he can in any way possible. Motivated by the sudden return of Kazelaine, he was determined to do so. Right now, he's trying to make a Chaos Gate along with Kirby's friends with whatever they had. It was possible, but it wasn't at the same time.

"How's the gate coming along, everyone?" He asked the workers.

"Well," Tiff replied. "It's somewhat working, to say the least. We're still getting to the base part of it, though."

"You're all doing a great job so far," Blazel smiled. "It'll take some time, but we should be able to get through this near the end of the month at this pace. I'm surprised the resources on your planet makes such perfect replacements; I didn't expect that to happen."

"Trust me, Popstar's full of surprises in every way," Tuff answered. "Anyway, you're saying this will take us to the Cosmic Galaxy once it's done?"

"Exactly. In our case, it's going to send back everyone that was kidnapped straight here in the blink of an eye. That's the main method of transport ever since then. Our king thought it would be much easier to use these gates to port necessities to planets and such, so the order was agreed for every planet in the galaxy to have one for valid reasons," He explained.

"That sounds just like NME'S Delivery System in a way. You know, Dedede has one in his throne room, but I doubt it'll work after we destroyed the fortress along with all of the demon beasts, hopefully. In fact, Dedede's to blame for all of this," Tiff sighed afterwards. Blazel knew what she was talking about.

"I can understand that part, but blaming him won't solve everything, you know. All that's going to do is bring nothing but despair… I learned that from the king himself. He told me once that sometimes the mischief maker could be the reason behind your salvation in the first place, whether they are aware of it or not, their actions gave an opportunity for everyone," Blazel stated his case. "Maybe not today, but once you think about it that way, it might make sense to you someday."

Tiff didn't answer, but she seems to have grasped the meaning behind his words and reluctantly accepted it. He smiled back. Things were going well... that is, until one of the TVs nearby started glitching. "Huh? What the-?!"

The screen displayed what appears to be a live action sequence part of somewhere else, like another planet. It echoed a sense of despair and dread as they saw a strange person preparing to battle against seven people, who they recognized most of them on the spot.

"No way! Isn't that Kirby there?!" Tuff shouted. "But that guy there- he looks so much like a Demon Beast!"

"That's because he is," Blazel answered. He can tell very much. "But his aura is the same as Nightmare's! What is he exactly?"

"No… Kirby!" Tiff shouted. "Wait, Dedede?!"

Now Commencing Battle… Prepare Yourself!

"All who oppose about her coming will taste my wrath… and you little brats will experience it firsthand; you will become engulfed in the void. Now come, let's settle this," Monovoida taunted us.

Brawl with the Dark Invaders- 27th World Boss Battle

Party VS Monovoida, Zetsubō No Chisei's Avatar/Ultimate Demon Beast (The Dreadnought- Tales of Destiny 2)

Boss Description: The infamous demon beast makes his move! As he had confirmed before, he is a secret project beast made with Nightmare's genetics and was completed on the day of Nightmare's fall. With that, he has the power to create his own demon beasts as well as reviving fallen ones from the past, and now he seeks to revive his ultimate form by using the souls of every adult and teen, and everyone else serves as the medium to bring about the Tragedy permanently. Here begins the battle for everybody's souls- literally.

Monovoida is bringing the despair! Get ready!

There was no running from this. We had to go against him. I knew that damn well. Eventually, Monovoida made his first move, manipulating his hands in the same fashion as Magolor did. He shot dark energy spheres at us, making us dodge them. More came our way. We dodged them again.

Jodie went in for the first strike. He swung a few attacks at him, who swiftly evaded each one with ease. Yae dashed behind him and managed to strike him from behind; it didn't rattle Monovoida at all as he warped behind Yae and smacked her hard into Jodie, knocking them both back. I caught them when that happened.

Meta Knight and Sirica went in next to attack; first, Sirica shifted her weapon to fire bullets at Monovoida as a distractions, then Meta would close in to attack as well with his blade, which he struck critical attacks in that moment. He warped away and stood, smirking.

"Ah, that was really good, but not good enough- see?" The wounds we caused on him suddenly started to fade away, and he was already fine. Self-generation? That isn't good. "You think your feeble attacks are any worth to mine? You're up against the ultimate demon beast here! Black Flame!" With that, he held up his hand and blends of flames wrapped around it. He whipped his arm around like he was holding a whip and lashed at us.

Some of us ducked when the flames diced through a part of the pillars nearby, but Jodie jumped at the moment without warning, and he dove right in for the strike and using a light blade as well for the job; Monovoida was caught off guard when he dashed right past him that close. What I was surprised about the most is the part where Monovoida's right arm dropped to the floor instantly in one swift strike.

Before Monovoida could even react, his other arm dropped to the floor as well; none of us saw that coming! Jodie smirked. Not a single shot of blood poured from his limbs while his arms were on the ground, and Monovoida howled in agony, only for that to turn into a shot of laughter and amusement; energy started to gather from the limbs, and suddenly his chopped off arms quickly reattached themselves back to his body!

"Like I said, your level of power isn't worth jack against mine," Monovoida sneered. "Especially when I know your every move. For example, while I was speaking-" He caught one of Kirby's Fighter attacks in the process. "Pinky here was going to shoot at me, thinking I was distracted. And if that didn't work, he was going to get the drop on me with another attack like so." It happened just as he said, and he knocked Kirby back to us.

"How did he know what I was going to do anyways? Is he psychic like Yae or does he know what's going to happen here from the start?" Kirby growled.

"All of the above," He answered. He shot his hand with spell seals appearing everywhere, firing blasts of shadow bullet balls at us. Jodie managed to slice through each one with his light blade that quickly before going all out on Monovoida, but he took a different approach in attacking, perhaps diverting from his original plan.

Instead, he went for the body as in stabbing him directly with his blade. It didn't do much on its own, but that's when his blade burst with neon energy, causing a direct impale blast to occur. This knocked Monovoida back to skid on his feet, and it looked like his self-regeneration has stopped working for the moment. I felt pathetic that a kid like Jodie had more instinct to kill than the average grown-ups; maybe kids always had that from the start.

"Bet you didn't see that coming. And I thought you were psychic for a second or whatever," Jodie smirked.

Monovoida laughed. "Hmm, it's strange that you were able to lay a dent on me at all, just like your friends here, but I must say that a whole group against one ain't fair, you know. You sound so confident in yourselves, and that's hopeful for you. All the more reason I shouldn't hold back! See for yourselves what happens when I get serious!" The dread intensified even further as more power draws to Monovoida. I'm starting to have a bad feeling about this.

Rising Action Phase Activated! (A New World Fool- Persona 4 Golden)

"Allow me to give you a preview of her power firsthand! Boido-Sagiri!" With that, I heard the sound of glass shattering, and once that did happen, out popped a vague figure that may seem to represent the avatar of the real being, but it was wearing a mask that looked somehow familiar and was concealing the mass darkness surrounding it.

It screeched. "Vorpal Soul!"

"Yeah, not happening!" Jodie declared. A rush of blue light flashed before him that materialized into an object, looking so much like a Summon Ring. "Onmyo Seiryuu!" Within the palm of his hand, he crushed it, unleashing another deity to combat the other, which was a ying-yang dragon that looked the same as the other one. Just like when Sirica summoned using her gun.

Actually, the dragon appeared from his own shadow!

"Hey, don't let me out on the fun!" Sirica shouted, doing the same thing as before. "Mae-Tamamo!"

Once she had done that, another one appeared, and it looked like queen fox warrior of some sort. Yae seemed almost in shock, but I can't tell what it was about, though. Still, it was impressive; where did they get this kind of power anyway?

Nonetheless, they shielded us from the other being's vector attack, and so they both began to fight against it. I could witness the battle of unnatural beings at will, summoned by the wishes of unlikely characters. Onmyo Seiryuu fired a blast of energy from its mouth, while Mae-Tamamo shot ghastly flames at Boido-Sagiri, who was somehow overwhelmed by the two forces before vanishing.

"What are you guys waiting for?! Let's get him!" Sirica shouted; Meta and Yae joined them.

It had just occurred to me that I actually didn't do anything the entire first phase, and I had yet to actually do something, which also applies to Kazela. Speaking of which, where did she go? And the answer to that question was that she went to where everyone else was while the fighting continued, most likely to free them of their shackles hopefully to cancel the sacrifice somehow. She was about to reach for Karly, who was the nearest to her, when…

"Not so fast, kiddo," Monovoida abruptly spoke, putting out his hand and fired supersonic waves at her. "You're not allowed to touch the sacrifices."

Luckily, she evaded the waves before they even reached her due to whatever she gained from before. I knew he wasn't going to stop there; there must be a trick to this as well- I didn't know what it was, though. But I decided to do the same as I ran with Kirby over to everybody else. I hope everyone can keep him busy enough for us to get them down. Once we had reached her, Kirby pulled out a scythe and was ready to hack their chains all in one strike, and we were going to catch them when they fall.

"What did I tell you? Now here comes the punishment, fools!" Monovoida warps from the group fighting him and whacks them all aside to us just once. Then, he whistled. On that command, you know what happens next- shadow missiles from all over appear, and they were aiming right at us. Eventually, Luno comes out by Kirby's call.

Spirit Attack: Soul Snatcher! 5 stars left!

"Can't be helped, right? Soul Snatcher!" Heeding the call, Luno got the cliché demolitions to freeze and they all spiral together at whim like a pillar of souls being taken away by the reaper. With that, they gathered into one ball and instantly, Luno shot it at Monovoida like a volleyball spike, directly striking him at an incomprehensible speed. Not only that, but he was pinned in place as well.

"Now's our chance! Let's get him!" Jodie declared. "Pile on Pedovoida!"

No one dared to hesitate to get the pile on the infamous demon beast as they were all engaged in beating the crap out of Monovoida. The way I'm saying this, it sounded like I didn't join in, and you'd be right. For some reason, I couldn't even find myself to even lift my hammer the entire time. I had no idea what's going on with me; I knew something was holding me back, but I couldn't even figure out what it was exactly. But I wanted to shake it off and not try to hold anyone back.

Well, it didn't even matter anyway because everyone was finished from doing an all-out attack on Monovoida. Honestly, the fight felt that short, and that's when I knew something was up, but I couldn't anticipate the event exactly. Monovoida was gasping heavily as his self-regeneration stopping working. He glared at the others desperately, angered, and surely he must be feeling what we feel- despair. He could've fought back had not Yae aimed for his shoulder. Now he's helpless.

"Egh, to think that you fools could actually force me to this position in a matter of mere minutes… it's degradingly embarrassing! I'm supposed to be invincible, and yet I got that drained out of me by one little girl! You brats are so annoying- ack!" He came from being on his knees to getting kicked across the face and onto the floor, stomped on by the high heels of Yae on the face. "I'm fed up with this, you a-ack!"

"We had enough of your shite, demon beast!" Yae growled, digging her high heel deeper into his cheek, making a dent in it. "This is by far one of the most unforgivable things you did, and you're gonna pay in pieces until there's nothing left of you! It's over, Monovoida. Either you release everyone and their souls now, or rather you'd prefer if my heel goes more than just your cheek, get diced by a 5th grader, mauled by two star warriors, your blood stolen from a vampire girl; maybe we'll have Kirby do it, or how about Dedede turns you into bloody paste? Your call; after all, I think you'd enjoy my heel stepping on you than all of the other ones, right?"

"Tch... you're so naïve; you've got the boobs and legs, but no brains at all. You think I'd just give up all of what I worked so hard for because of you brats? Not a chance; or else what, two feet on my head?" Monovoida answered, with that resulting in Yae intensifying the amount of pressure directed to her shoe on his face. "Don't deny it- you know it's the truth."

"How dare you call me brainless," Yae's expression dramatically shifted to that of a lunatic killer, glaring at him with cold, bloodthirsty eyes. "You call yourself Nightmare's ultimate creation? You don't even look anything close to him- how ironic. It means that we've been out of our heads for nothing on this disappointment. You're definitely a worthy opponent, but it's a shame you were nothing but a waste of everybody's time… no matter. I'll have you lick my feet by the end of this; now let them go. All of them- or else…" The rest of us stood back a little due to her malice and somewhat strange fetish, but also in pure shock.

"Now that was just pure savage right there," Kirby commented. "Talk about disrespect!"

Monovoida growled and wanted to retaliate, but given the position he was in, he was forced to obey Yae and sighed.

"… Fine. But only because your heel is digging into my skin. This is so degrading of me… I can't believe that I'm already throwing the towel," He groaned. "Just… ah, just get your foot off my face before I can do that, you know. Don't expect me to start licking, if you were actually serious- you were serious about that, were you?"

"Did I stutter?" Yae confirmed as Monovoida slowly got up from the floor and sitting up; you could see the scar etched on his face. I was staring at the unconscious presence of everyone else hanging on the stakes in the meantime with Kazela.

Yae continues after placing her foot on his shoulder. "That's more like it. You're gonna see what it's like to catch your own spread of your own disease after this. And once you're done, you can start the front of my shoe- hey, what's that in your left hand?" Specifically speaking, it was a black gauntlet that was made for this kind of purpose or whatever; I thought it was for decoration, but now it looks somewhat familiar.

"Isn't that the Ying-Yang Scepter used to swallow human souls, just like when that woman turned into a child?" Kazela recognized it off the bat. "Why did it turn into a gauntlet anyway? Sounds unnecessary, unless it had another function to it…"

"Yes, this can also forcibly stop her coming if certain conditions are reached, such as now," Monovoida answered. "If not, then nothing can stop it from ever happening. What a shame that'll never be fulfilled… soon, your friends will be released, so just give me a minute..." Something feels… off about this, wouldn't you agree? I mean, it didn't take us that long to stop him before midnight when it's not even close to that. So why am I having this feeling then?

"In the meantime, I'll ask you this," Meta Knight demanded. "Knowing that you have Nightmare's genetics, does that mean you gained his knowledge of everything about him?"

"Not really. I was only able to create more of my own, but I don't know everything about him exactly upon my birth."

"Then how were you able to revive fallen ones that have clashed with the Star Warriors if you don't have all of your creator's knowledge about the many demon beasts he made? Need I remind you that you sent Wolfwrath to attack the capital and wreak havoc as a warning to us?" Sirica asked. "If that's so, then where did you learn about the destroyed beasts?"

"Oh that? It was easy- all I did was plow through the bestiary left behind by his salesman and that's it. Nothing else to it- you'd be surprised that his company was the richest throughout his terror than anyone else at approximately up to trillions to quadrillions of cash. Yeah, he keeps a record about every one that he creates," He answered. "That includes how many are sent, destroyed, their values and the consumer that orders them, including one's debts and taxes if they were to be destroyed by pink demon; no one's allowed to avoid paying their taxes and debts, although there was this one rumor spread that a certain individual managed to commit constant tax fraud and avoid paying to any company, so it turns out they were forced to charge the debts over to a daily customer that orders on a regular basis since no organization force could catch that person. Hate to be that guy."

Why does that sound oddly familiar? I never committed tax fraud anyway and got away with it, so I was always wondering where in the world I had to pay that large amount of money. Kirby beating them was enough for me to pay, but if it's true, then this whole time... I got pressed with someone else's charges all because they committed tax fraud?! That explains why those bills won't stop being mailed to me every time, even today! Once this is all over, I swear I'm gonna get the little tax fraud that threw those charges on me!

"In short, that bestiary contains the files of every Demon Beast ever made, and you managed to revive them that way, am I right?" Kirby summarized. "If you could do that, then there's no point in doing what you're doing now- wouldn't that have been enough for you? But there's also something bothering me as well. You don't look like you're possessed by Dark Matter, yet your attacks are similar to the others before; I hardly doubt they're involved in this. But as Yae pointed out, you obviously don't look anything similar to Nightmare if you have his genetics. He's the embodiment of all bad dreams, but your gimmick is despair this and void that, and the word 'void' disturbs me. In fact, that isn't related to Nightmare at all. What's up with that, huh?"

"Does it really matter?" Yae sighed impatiently. "We've got him on the edge now. Besides, I bet he wishes he should've tried to end it when he had the chance. Can he possibly do anything in the position he's in now?" I wouldn't be too confident in that. "Any last words before we make you pay for your crimes, Pedovoida?" Yae drove her heel into his shoulder as she said it, making him howl in agony and gasp for words.

Pedovoida- ah, I mean, Monovoida appeared to be on the ropes for this one, but I had a feeling he may be scheming something at the same time. You know, with the way this scene is playing out, it reminds me of this one movie that we went to see on April the 27th. Just when one of the heroes was about to end the villain, that's when he surprised him by saying one particular line before ending almost half the universe with a single hand command- just like a finger snap. Why does this feel oddly familiar though?

"You… y-y-you s-should… have…" He gasped, trembling his left arm to lift it up. "You should've…" It hit me. Is he actually going to-?! No way… if he says that line, then that means... we're screwed. I wasn't taking any chances this time.

Instantly, I shot forward with my hammer, running towards Monovoida as I got ready to bash him. If I'm lucky, I might be able to interfere with that plan of his. The others were taken aback by my actions and without warning, they all jump on me somehow and made sure I was pinned to the floor.

"What are you guys doing?! Let me go!"

"And let you try to stop him freeing everybody as he promised?" Sirica replied. "Not this time, Dedede. When will you stop trying to ruin everything for once? You'll never learn, will you? Do I have to remind you that this was entirely your fault at hand? Those Demon Beasts would've never been back if it wasn't for you ordering them back then."

"F-forget that! You don't understand why I'm doing this! Can't you all tell he's lying?! Haven't you learned anything from the past battles we've had recently? If they throw in the towel that early, you know they're plotting for their final attack! And now you're just gonna believe he'll release our friends right away?! What's wrong with you people?!" I shouted. "Nothing hasn't even changed ever since he yielded to us too early! Open your eyes, for god's sake!"

"Enough, Dedede. We've had it with you constantly trying to ruin things when it's convenient for you, so just shut up already," Kirby snapped. "That side of you pisses me off. It pisses everyone as well."

"Everyone, stop it!" Kazela and Jodie cried out, but they all ignored them both. I knew it, that bastard did something to them without anybody noticing!

I was too fixated on Monovoida to even care. His arm slowly raised upwards, twitching to react. My eyes shot open in that regard, and I struggled desperately to break free from everyone that piled on me; I managed to pop through, resuming my attack. "Yae, don't let him use the gauntlet! Do something about it!"

Yae was not convinced. "And why should I? Give me one good reason why I should do so instead of just stepping on his shoulder." I was close to them, and so I leaped into the air to land the death blow on him.

"Because… you should've gone…" Monovoida gasped, turning his death face into a cunning victory visage. "For the hand…" He raised his left arm, manipulating his thumb and his third finger to interact with each other. Yae looked confused when she watched his arm rise up.

"Yae, don't you see?! IT'S A TRAP!" I screamed, landing him hammer to strike the demon beast as it was nearing his left hand. It should've hit, it should've… but at that time, the one thing I manage to hear from all the noise… was a single finger snap. Just when I had least expected it…

"KYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

I was suddenly shot backwards by a strong force, rolling across the floor. The first thing I witnessed was the sight and the sound of thunder, striking the same spot where both Yae and Monovoida was. A shot of black and white had filled the area, one that looked so familiar from before. And just when I thought of that possibility, the lightning ceased and launched someone straight towards me, and I managed to catch them. When I did, it was Yae shot back, but she seems somewhat smaller than before as if she was a- oh no.

"Dedede, are you okay?!" Kazela ran to me, but she stared in shock of Yae. "This can't be! Dedede, Yae! S-she-! She's become a little girl!"

Gazing at Yae, my dread reach its peak as to my horror she has become what I had feared to happen to her. She was greatly unconscious as well.

"No… wait, what about everyone else?!" I asked.

To answer that question, the horror unfolds. Everyone else was also near us, but to our despair, they have suffered the same fate as Yae did, along with the other victims- they were also children and they vanished… except for Jodie, who managed to regain consciousness and went on our side.

"Damn it! Everyone's disappeared! What about everyone else?!" Not only did those that were with us vanished on the spot… The others we were trying to rescue…

They were gone from the stakes. The red hearts that houses the souls of adults and teens were also gone as well. "Everyone is gone! And Yae's the only one left!" I shouted. "Could this scenario possibly get any worse?!"

"It just did," Kazela pointed. "Dedede, Jodie, you might wanna look up there." In that instance, I twist and forced myself to gaze upon what Kazela was pointing at in the sky. I glared in shock and horror as to a massive sight that laid before us. In the light of the full moon, our worst fears ripple into reality of this realm to create a massive figure that landed in front of us.

Four black azure wings were the first visible things to appear as they flutter to reveal who it was carrying- a huge, buff figure. It looked slim, but with the body of Void Termina. Its arms were covered with black gauntlets up to its knuckles as well as the skin being black and the nails all sharp. The legs were ridiculously pointy thin like heels while the thighs were buff and have shin pads. The body was both buff and skinny at the same time; the belt was a hexagon similar to Void Termina's as the buckle, and some sort of man-skirt drapes made of pulsating black are visible. The chest has a mid-section armor plate and the upper chest was covered in a feather scarf of darkness like flames with a ruby jewel in the center. Its right arm wielded a huge scythe. And the face… I could never forget those long, golden behemoth horns. The shoulders draped with braces… and the face that looked like a heart-shaped mask shook me; it had a wicked smile for a mouth, and the eyes were hollow black as its black hair blends in with the scarf on its neck. One side of its face was a white half- the other side was black and had a horizontal red stripe and a toothy smile. I was in disbelief and surprise, and do you know why?

Because that thing looks like, "Void Termina?! That's the kind of void Monovoida spoke of?!" I screamed. "Out of all of those beasts, it had to be this one?!" Well, truthfully that is the only void enemy we've ever faced; I thought it could be any other void under that name!

"Wait, isn't that Monovoida?" Kazela pointed.

"That was my name for some time," It responded. "I didn't mind it at all that name given to me by Nightmare."

"What do you mean?" Jodie asked. "Are you two different entities yourselves?"

"Monovoida is not here, although we are one in the same; we're genderless in this state. I am the result of the despair in human hearts- all of what they fear, all of what they suffer through. I am the Eldritch Void- Zetsubō No Chisei is my name now. And just as you were trying to prevent from happening, you were so close yet too late."

"Dang it! I had a feeling this would happen! That meant everything was a trap from the beginning!" I snarled.

"Indeed it was. Ever since the Tragedy years ago, I have been whisked away by an opposer of despair, sealed away by the hopes of all that rebels against me infused with Heart Spears. However, a year ago, another force was also scattered, unleashing the seal on me halfway. As a result, I have laid dormant until I found myself connected to another being of darkness and despair- that is Monovoida. With his ability of Nightmare infused in him, he went to collect the souls of every human there is in order to bring about my revival; I needed specific humans that would serve as vessels, and your friends fit perfectly in that regard. I'm certain that he explained why souls were stolen from adults and teenage humans and why they turn into children. But one thing is that this realm that you are in now, that was how I brought about the Tragedy- because I am its creator."

"What?! How?!" I asked.

"Because I absorbed a part of a shattered heart imbued with that being's powers one day, giving me the power to do as I wished. As you know, this realm is the significant image of the dark side of humans depicted as monsters and heartless beings, all of their negative feelings are merged here. I lied in sleep here until the events that led you here happened. And now that Monovoida and I have become one, it's time that I answer to the will of the masses once more and bring about their desire for everlasting despair on the hour of my call," It smiled wickedly. "But not until I deal with you fools first. You'll resist me to the very end anyway."

"Tch, there's no other way! We have to take it down right here, right now! Everyone's counting on us!" I stated, readying myself for the worst. Jodie agreed with me; Kazela went to watch over Yae.

"Hehehehe… you have sealed your fates by defying me... so let's begin," It screeched. "I am Zetsubō No Chisei- Void Despair. In my hour, the world ends with you."

Climax Phase Activated! (Darkness- Persona 3 FES: The Answer)

"Here I come!" I shouted, dashing at the void being. I swung at it, but it vanished every time I did. It kept warping around every second. "Damn it, stop warping so much and let me kill you!"

"Those would be my words, but not entirely- Vorpal Shock." In that instance, lines of thin dark beams scattered about. I barely could predict their range of fire was forced to defend, many of them chipping pieces of my skin in the process. If that wasn't enough, anytime a beam strikes the ground, pillars of shockwaves form, just like one of Void Termina's attacks. I was blown back by one in hiding.

Jodie narrowly avoided them and leaped for the rushing slash that struck Void Despair. He rapidly slashed at him without remorse with critical hits and retreats back. Void Despair was not fazed by that; it did nothing. Instead, Void Despair starts to smile arrogantly.

"The Void is the means by which the darkest of all sins are revealed…" He spoke. "The moment the first man and women disobeyed God and devoured the fruit of the forbidden tree, they sealed the fates of all of their future offspring. A cunning stunt pulled by the devil himself, much despicable. Despair spreads throughout all mankind as a result of a single lie; witness it firsthand, mortals."

He then leaped into the air and once he hit the ground, multiple shockwaves were emitted, knocking us backwards- the same as Void Termina's attack. Jodie then summoned Onmyo Seiryuu again, this time using that to charge up; it was called Chaos Charge, and he was now focused and strengthened.

"Soul Flash!" The dragon unleashed a chaotic warp shot at Void Despair, striking him with a ton of damage due to the effects of Chaos Charge. It did nothing still.

"The Void is the means by which the darkest of all sins are revealed…" Void spoke again. "After the earth was filled with the devil's influence, the almighty god entrusted the fate of the human race through those who seek to do what is right, thus offering a dim light that would become the sun to them- that light was hope, one of his qualities."

With that, the entity raised up his soul-reaping scythe and swung at us. We both parried the blow with our weapons, causing a blade struggle cliché. Once we managed to push him back, I charged up my hammer with flames and swung as hard as I could at the body, knocking him off his feet- he warped away. He then smiled arrogantly again; it still did nothing!

"The Void is the means by which the darkest of all sins are revealed…" Void spoke again. "As you know how that story goes, the lore of this universe isn't something that can be easily understood. There are many secrets that have yet to be discovered, and they always hold some sort of deadly sin within. Sin exists in every man; not one person is safe, no matter who you are. It brings such despair."

"Enough already! Who ask you to give a lame speech anyway?!" Jodie shouted, unleashing his summon once again and attacking with Ether Blaze. But I noticed that Void Despair has erected some sort of barrier before Jodie even made his move, and I realized that it was a trap.

"Jodie! Pull back- he set a reflector against you!" I warned him, but the spell struck the barrier covering Void and bounced right back at the sender. I ran and tackled him out of the way, but it explodes before it even reaches us.

"GAH!" We were rolling backwards across the floor, skidding on our bodies before we knew it.

"Agh, shoot!" Jodie coughed, struggling to get up. "I didn't see him make one at all! This is troublesome…"

"That rids of the kid… now for some real fun, king," Void smiled. "Your time has come. Drown in despair for your sins."

"What the- gah?!" Before I could even react, a blow out of nowhere bopped me across the face, launching me away from Jodie and Kazela. I managed to get a hold of my footing before seeing Void Despair ahead of me.

"The Void is the means by which the darkest of all sins are revealed…" Void cackled. "You're quite something, king, but you cannot wish for hope to be your salvation. It's all meaningless; we've already begun. Tell me, how do you manage to search for hope when all you've done is aid in people's despair?" Void suddenly appeared, whacking me with his pointy legs backwards into one of the pillars nearby in the air.

"Uwah! What are you- ngh?!" He was suddenly right there, ready to slash his scythe. I quickly dropped from the crater and evaded Void's slash that hacked the pillar. Unfortunately, that caused a blast that hurled me again, then before I knew it, I was being clapped rapidly from all angles without being let the chance to breathe.

"AAAAAAAGGHHHHH!" Blood became my vomit instantly.

It was then I found myself kicked into the air and spiked to the ground and back and forth like a bouncy ball; more blows struck me, dragged across the floor like a skateboard, and overpowered by being grabbed by the neck and got shot in the face- Void unleashes a finishing punch straight at me. The fist was like being struck with a giant mallet, and crashing into the ground is where I ended up after that. I was barely standing.

"Dedede!" Both Jodie and Kazela shouted. Void Despair was smiling haughtily this time.

"You see now? You cannot hope to stand against me," Void cackled. "Where's your hope now? Standing on top of all of the other hopes and dreams that you've personally crushed yourself. And now your selfish ways in the past costed the lives of others in the present, including your so-called friends here. They're right about you: you just love stomping on people for your own entertainment."

"The hell you're getting at?! That's a lie- it's not like that!" I refuted back. "You've got it wrong, I- gah!" Another blow was slapped to silence me; I collapsed on the shattered floor, barely clinging on to consciousness as I was hurled back to the other two kids.

"No excuses now. Surely you're aware that this entire façade only happened because everything I needed for this to occur was the result of a single stupid customer that bought enough Demon Beasts all to take out a single Star Warrior and a few more. That's how this was brought about to begin with."

"What?!" I gasped.

"It's all thanks to you, Dedede," Void laughed. "Admit it- you're just a sorry excuse of a king. No one in your homeland would ever seek out your help, not after all the trouble you've put them through. A foolish mortal you are indeed; gullible in every way possible. You have no chance of defeating me, an immortal being of high caliber. You will be erased soon enough. What can you do now?"

Nothing. And he's right- everything he said; it was pointless to deny it. The last thing I wanted was to ever be reminded of what I've done in the past. Now I've gone and screwed up big time; it costed the lives of everyone I cared about, but no one would bother to believe that I would care about anyone but myself. Now that I think about it, was I really much of a jerk to make everyone hate me? How did I manage to blow through it all anyway?

How am I even alive after taking death-giving blows? I should've been a goner by now. Now I know what it feels like to be the one pummeled day after day, just like how I threw Kirby into that situation then. I have no excuses for everything that happened; did I even had a good reason to do so? I guess not… I'm sorry, everyone… All I can do is stare down in shame, with the tears leaking from my eyes, my heart sunk, and there was nothing I can do to make up for it all…

"It's all over, isn't it? I was really stupid… to think I could… change things…"

"No! You're wrong!" Kazela was near me suddenly. "Get a hold of yourself, Dedede! Are you going to let that get the best of you?! Everyone's lives are on the line still, and we're the only ones left that can stop him!"

"Still, what's the point? All I did was make things worse, and it costed us everything; it's all my-!" I cried out, but I was cut off by her.

"Remember what I said to you earlier? Do you truly think you're evil as they say you are? I'm not sure what you exactly did, but you had a different intention of that, right? Listen, we all make mistakes, and that's okay since no one can be truly perfect. You may think so on the outside, but on the inside, you're a good person at heart that's just misunderstood a lot. Even if you did bad things, that doesn't really make you a bad person unless you did them for your own amusement and without remorse. If that was the case, then you wouldn't be here helping us right now. It was because you really cared a lot to even help Kirby save my sister. Your past problems can't be erased, but it's best to tackle them head-on and keep moving forward no matter what," Kazela warmly smiled.

"Better listen to the princess, king," Jodie added. "I think you should handle this yourself. Honestly, Kirby couldn't beat Nightmare if it wasn't for your villain persona you wore that time; I think it was for a good reason as well. Right now, he trusts you enough to put an end to madness if he can't. If you aren't a villain as Void Despair claims you are, then you need to prove him wrong! It's never too late to get back up again! You can do it, Dedede! Be the masked hero of this planet for us all!"

What was I thinking, letting two kids lecture me about this? In fact, why am I just lying here when there are countless lives in danger? That's right… I remember now. If I didn't care about then, I wouldn't have become the bad guy in the first place. There wasn't much I could do, but I knew I had to do it. Maybe I got so caught up in it that I had completely forgotten my real reason for doing so. Right now, I need to act; it's a miracle I was able to stand up after a bloody beatdown that should've killed me.

"Ah, so you're still resisting, even after all of that, you plan to oppose me? Your efforts are pointless. You cannot ignore what you've done; why do you still struggle? You must be afraid of what you fear, correct?" Void Despair questioned.

"I know damn well, and of course I'm scared," I trembled, but I walked forward to him regardless. "But what's the point of brooding over things that I can't change? It's true I've done those things, and I still regret that. All I've been doing is running away from my problems like a coward because I'm always afraid, it was the inner struggle I've always had for years… but this girl helped me realize that I need to keep moving forward. I'm tired of running away, and living means confronting the tribulations brought on by the devil of this world with a smile on my face. It's time that I accept it and stand my ground for myself and everyone I care about!"

I point a confident finger at the arrogantly laughing Void Despair and shouted, "Don't look down on me with that stupid crappy smile on your face! I'll defeat you and protect everyone, even if they don't believe in me! That is the hope I've made for myself!" Those words struck Void Despair with intimidation; I'm sure no one else heard, but that's my goal from the beginning.

"Well said, King," Suddenly, my head were having pangs of pain, causing me to clutch it and scream like I'm losing my sanity. "With that resolve, you're able to overcome the despair that had almost consumed you. Although you were spurned and misunderstood, you kept going at the cost of your dignity, all for the greater good in secret. Do you still think everything you did was a mistake?"

"No… not anymore!" I growled. A pulsating feeling jerked around in my head a little more.

"Then let us form the contract," The voice echoed in my head. "Vow to me… I am thou, thou art I… Without you, all would be lost in thy pits of despair. No one knows what you really are because of the act you had to perform, but it's not a problem. Show them your real face behind the mask! If you're not an evil person as this fool claims so, then prove that he's lying! Unleash the fury within, and all will see the kind of person you really are!" The voice stopped, and my pain stopped.

A strange feeling masked the skin of my face after a flash of blue flames appeared before my eyes. It was a mask- literally, but it looked a lot like my old one. I patted my face to feel the mask on me; I don't know why, but it's really irritating my skin. Grabbing the edges of the mask, I went to take it off, but it clung to my skin like a tick, and so I struggled a lot to get it off until the sound of flesh torn off retched like Velcro. I couldn't stop there, so I continued on until I got it off… all I saw was dripping red; I heard myself scream in agony. Nothing but the pure raw smell and sight of blood was shed.

I was gasping for a break… then I was gasping for a howl of laughter instantly, glaring at Void Despair with a creepy yet evilest smile I ever gave; a much more sinister act, I'd say. Soon, blue flames were lit from the blood gas on my face, and I was surrounded in a giant blue pillar of it. I felt myself slowly being consumed with a power that I've never experienced before. Before I knew it, I was filled with a great power unbeknownst to me, but I knew what it was.

There was a being behind me, and it looked like me somehow but different in a way. It's supposed to represent me in that form of a mirror king; it looked a lot like that Dark Mind I've heard about before… but I can't think about that for now. I realized that my clothes have changed to a purple kind of color palette, and my hammer was a heavy Halberd. With that, the being introduced itself.

"I am the mirror of all pure human minds, Raitomira! The Light Mind King! They shall all know your true strength without a doubt!" He howled.

"Holy crap, I did not see that coming!" Jodie shouted in surprise. "Looking good, Dedede!"

"Go Dedede!" Kazela cheered. "Tear that pedo to pieces!"

"This power… I did not foresee that you have the willpower to obtain this spirit," Void spoke, remaining calm. "No matter… I will crush that will along with your false hope anyways."

"Enough talk, Void Despair!" I smirked. "Try all you want, but you'll regret the day when you've messed with the lives of innocents! You'll be the one to fall! Let's do this, Raitomira!"

Ultimax Phase Activated! (Willpower- Persona 5)

Void Despair made the first strike. She raised her scythe and swung at me with her insane speed rate. I was able to evade and dodge every strike before I even knew it, and by the time she was about to strike, swinging once was enough to knock her back; she was caught off guard then. Just earlier I couldn't parry it with my hammer. "Incredible…!"

"Don't get too excited yet; stay focused. Her source of power is extremely reliant on the souls of the masses, specifically the main vessels to house the souls. If we can destroy them, she'll be extremely susceptible to every attack you throw at her, not just a single point of damage. Everyone's sealed in parts of her body. See those red glowing marks? That's where they are located! Strike each spot and free them!" Raitomira explained. "Call upon my power- unleash your rage within!"

"Okay! Let's do this!" I shouted. The mask on my face glows with blue flames, and so I pressed my hand against it in order to call upon his power. "Vector Sphere!" At once, Raitomira lifted up his hand that held an energetic sphere, propelling that sphere directly at one of the glowing spots unbeknownst to Void Despair, striking a critical attack on him, which was located in a secluded spot on one of his four black wings. In a single moment, we managed to break through him this time as something popped like a water balloon filled with blood that instant. I saw the veil of souls expelled quickly from Void Despair.

"You're quite something; alas, even if you do gain a new power, it's useless against me," Void cackled. "Thousand Needles."

He struck the ground and a homing swarm of needles appeared, but I bashed the trail with a single strike, destroying them. "Hm, interesting… shall we put this power to the test then?" Void's wings began to move, and soon he was hovering into the air.

It didn't matter though. I just simply leap from a pillar nearby and used that to strike at the moment I began to near him. Void quickly parried my first blow and slashed again, only to find me standing on top of his scythe and rushing at him as I targeted the next glowing area, which was his right shoulder that also popped, doing the same thing. That aside, he warped away, and I had bounced back to the high point of the pillars; Void Despair reappeared in the sky.

He flapped his wings faster in place, and feather shards came flying out. I swiftly evaded the onslaught as I bounced from pillar to pillar continuously; at one point, I made my move and shot myself again straight at Void's front left wing, destroying another spot nearby. He was starting to lose balance, but still wasn't fazed. He warped again, still with that permanent grin on his face.

Void appeared again, but I was ready to get him from behind. "Light Die!"

Raitomira made a prism die of energy and shot it at Void, trapping him inside before closing itself on him without literally crushing him. It destroyed at least 6 spots in one strike that were on the two other wings, causing him to lose his ability to fly and forced to land on the ground.

With that chance, I bounce from that point for a dropkick on the back, which also had a glowing mark, making it ten now. It reminds me of those eyes that appear on Void Termina's body every time one is destroyed. I also strike the ones on his other shoulder and on his back neck as well; once I made some distance away from him, there was only one eye left to destroy- the one on his forehead. Even after all of this, Void smiles arrogantly still.

"Impressive… to think that you would be able to stand against me and clapped my wings in a matter of time… even though I have the advantage, yet this happened. I did not expect this outcome to occur; is this the result of your so-called hope?" Void asked. "No reason to panic yet. I'm still invincible to any of your tricks anyways; you will fall to me in the end."

"Let's settle this then," I declared, walking towards him.

"Oh? You're approaching me?"

"I can't clobber dat dere Kirby out of ya without getting closer."

"Oho, then come as close as you like," Void smirked, doing the same. It was a dramatic scene, of course, but the tension couldn't be broken. Just then, we were face-to-face with each other in a stand-off. "I see how it is. Then, let's dance." I reacted quickly when he swung first rapidly as he launched blows of fury at faster rate to the point where you can't even see them actually hitting the target. And just when he launched the finishing blow, I wasn't there in place.

"WHAT? THIS IS-"

"THE END!"

What really happened was that I wasn't there when he attacked, and before he could even react, the only thing he did was cough and gasp when he was struck directly in the forehead with the axe, right at the last void eye. The sound of the scythe dropped to the floor like dropped spoons. Silence bloomed. And the sight of blood painted black brushed everyone's visions. The last group of souls were freed from Void's body. Yanking it out from his forehead, I jump back for some distance. Void Despair was at its knees for a while and finally gave in, collapsing on the floor, admitting its own defeat.

"My body was not ready for that butt-whooping! You did it, Dedede!" Jodie cheered. "You actually did it! Glad that's all over… and just in the nick of time! Now everything will be alright!"

"I knew you could do it, Dedede!" Kazela smiled and blushed. "Now everything will be back to- eh? Dedede? What's the matter?" Her happy attitude changed dramatically, and so did Jodie; it wasn't long before they faced to what I'm seeing and it clicked.

It was Void Despair, who manages to get up on its pointy legs and stands upright normally. This can't be happening… how?

"Well played, Your Highness. You've proven your worth against me in certain aspects in our match alone. I was a fool to underestimate your cleverness; you found me out without me realizing it, something shouldn't have overlooked. And you got away with it…" To my shock, his visage revealed a similar marking to the one that I've struck on his forehead- it was a visible eyeball. "ALMOST."

"Are you serious?! Oh, that's so cliché!" I barked. "You slippery son of a-!"

"-Buff Boy. Yes, I couldn't let you break my remaining vessel left, so I simply pretended to take the blow instead. Quite the roundabout there. You may have freed the other vessels and souls, but I've already absorbed all of what I needed anyways, and I can simply end you with a single vessel in captivity. An outstanding performance I'll give you that, but your role has come to an end, along with your little friends here." Void Despair smirked; in the blink of an eye, I found myself being held from my neck in a matter of seconds, and his eye radiates with crackling energy. I couldn't breathe, but I wasn't afraid. Because I had a feeling something's going to interfere.

"YOU CANNOT ACHIEVE VICTORY; HOPE IS USELESS AGAINST ME." Void Despair was about to unleash his final attack. "IT'S OVER- WHAT?"

"SORE WA CHIGAU YO!" The next thing I knew, a mixed bolt of energy made of four separate attacks snipe and struck Void in the eyeball on his forehead, breaking the last vessel and setting that one free, causing him to lose his grip on me and let out an anguishing scream. A figure dropped straight in front of us, one that I had recognized that easily. "You've got that wrong."

"MONOKITSUNE?!" We gasped. "What are you doing here?!" The fox just simply shrugged.

"Didn't I explain that I'd catch up with you later on? But I thought to just let you resolve this on your own since this incident involved you, and it almost worked out. However, Void isn't done for yet!" He pointed.

"You fool... you owe me your well-being of existence. Betraying your own kind to aid this young fox princess who had despair… look at what's become of her now- she's just a mere child. Are you still insistent on defending her at this state?" Void coughed. "You're supposed to feed on despair too, so why?"

Monokitsune glanced at the unconscious Yae before answering. "I can't deny that fact; I know it. But that changed when I met her all alone, weeping for the deaths of a legion of foxes that have suffered from your reign. She's the reason why I lost my craving for despair, by giving me the opposite- hope. One cannot exist without the other, just like Yin-Yang. That's the order of things, so even if you manage to douse the world in despair, as long as there's a ray of hope, no one will give in to despair no matter how much of it is there!" Those words become like a bullet to his hollow head. "It's no surprise why Dedede hasn't succumbed to your influence as he made his resolve his own hope! And now you'll experience the power of hope as your fate!"

"Don't give me that cliché nonsense; this is reality. Besides, if you plan on taking me down yourself, you're pathetic- you can't win by yourself," Void cackled. Monokitsune smirked, with an ace up his sleeve. "You and what army, little fox?"

"COMET HELL! SOUL STROKE! ESPERNOVA!" Hearing those words, they became true as unexpectedly out of nowhere, a stream of elementals flashed and bombed Void Despair in a few seconds without warning. Void was on the ground while three figures were dropped off in front of us by a flying vehicle. Three girls wearing kimonos, that's definitely strange.

"This one, Void! A three-woman army!" Monokitsune laughed. "You did not see that coming, did you?!"

"Sorry about the late entrance, everyone! Hope we weren't too late!" One of them said. Yet, she looks awfully familiar though. Void Despair was on his knees after that, and it looks like he finally lost it. His face was like his left side, and it was now whole.

"IMPOSSIBLE! ANOTHER INTERFERENCE?! UNACCEPTABLE- I AM THE DIVINE DEFINITION OF DESPAIR! I CAN'T LOSE TO A PAIR OF MORTALS! YOU SHALL PAY FOR YOUR SINS- AAAAGHHH!" The two other girls silenced him by chaining him down with paralysis so powerful.

"We've got it on the ropes! Now's your chance to destroy it for good!" They shouted. Monokitsune nodded, but he looked directly at me.

"You want the honors of ending this tragedy for good, Dedede?" He smirked.

"You know dang well I do!" I grinned, walking up to the detained entity. "I've been waiting for this! Everyone, stand back!"

Monokitsune became the judge of Void, announcing his verdict. "Void Despair, you have caused too much destruction in your time, at the cost of many lives. But this is where it all ends; you lost the game, and now you must pay with your very life! Society demands it! Now then, I've prepared a very special punishment for Zetsubō No Chisei, the ultimate despair!"

"You little-! You dare slay the will of the masses?! Inexcusable!" Void struggled.

"ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE AUDIENCE, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU! LET'S GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT! IT'S… THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT TIME!" Monokitsune roared. He pulled out a gavel and some kind of sound block and whacked the red button. A digital click sounded, and the screen begins to light up.

Game Over!

Void Despair has been found guilty! Time for the ultimate punishment!

Void Despair began to sweat for the first time. He glanced around to see everyone staring at him, his dread intensified somehow. Monokitsune laughed with enjoyment; I summoned Raitomira for the final attack. Void couldn't move, filled with his own despair used against him.

Void's End- Despair's Execution (Il Vento D'oro AKA Giorno's Theme- JJBA Part 5: Golden Wind/Punishment Feat. Hellicopter- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)

Mystic Star Arte Activated! Masked Revenge!

We lunged forward at Void Despair; I swung first at Void, and Raitomira attacked second. Void was seemingly even more susceptible to normal attacks as black blood was shed. We continued to attack him mercilessly, which became a fury of rapid blows in the process, eventually letting Raitomira rapidly pummel Void with rapid fists of fury like a Stand clapping a guy for seven pages straight.

Void's blood was being pummeled out of him constantly until we knocked him back; Raitomira kept on with the onslaught and pinned him down against a pillar for the moment. The despair coughed and gasped, breathing with the death right on its ass and around the corner. Raitomira backs off of him. Monokitsune was dancing to the beat of the music as a troll.

"This can't be… I'm a superior being, yet I fall to this little welch?! I'm immortal- you mortals are not, especially you, Ruler of Dreamland!" Void screamed.

Raitomira fired about 20 piercing blasts of energetic missiles, just like how I used my other hammer when I fought against Kirby that one time. I realized that my axe has morphed into my jet hammer, but it still had the blade at the top. I didn't question it though; I was ready to get my revenge. I leaped at Void for the final strike. "Now you die! This ends now!"

Void screamed, "YOU ARE JUST A KING! JUST WHAT IS A KING TO A GOD?!"

"AND WHAT'S A GOD-!" I shouted, bashing at him with every word.

"TO A NON-BELIEVER?! TASTE MY FURY! MASKED REVENGE!" With that, I spun myself around so fast that I became a fiery tornado of blue, and I shot at Void with the final strike; a burst of painted pink blood filled the air like a genocide bombing. I was shot back by the impact, but witnessed the fall of the eldritch abomination.

"I CAN'T BE DEFEATED… IT CAN'T BE…" Void Despair breathed its last as it plopped to the ground with a heavy thud. It was finally over.

Casually, I just did my victory dance like it was nothing. "It's over. Hope will never give in to despair!"

Zetsubō No Chisei has come to an end! Victory! You won the World Boss Battle! (Victory Dance- Kirby/Perfect Victory- Grandia 1 HD)

You gained 1100 experience points! You are now Level 30!

Health has extended to 1000! All stats have increased by 100!

Dedede can now become Masked Dedede and can summon his Persona/Stand, Raitomira!

Dedede earns the title, "Despair Slayer!"

Item Retrieval: You got another Piece of Something! (What is it, for god's sake?!)

Next Level in 1500 experience points.

World 5: Lunadark Star All Cleared!

The same process as usual happened, but it seems it was different this time around. Not sure what it was, but it didn't really matter, right? Anyway, after I reverted back to normal, everyone who was still standing was cheering for my actions. But it had to wait when Void Despair was still clinging onto reality.

"Just like the last time, huh? I guess I was a fool to begin with. After all, I the embodiment of everyone's despairs; I cannot yearn for hope, even if that was what I wanted. I'm just the messenger for the wills of the masses that wish for eternal despair, and that I must answer as it is my role in this story. Perhaps fools such as myself are the real cause of people's sufferings. A shame I am just trapped in this endless cycle for eternity; I acted the way I did because of the host, Monovoida. I was filled with his ambitions from Nightmare, giving me all of his knowledge, thus resulting in this humiliating defeat." It sighed.

"That means it was just adapting the will of the one that revived it; it had no motive to begin with until given one," Jodie answers. "So what will happen now that you're on your last legs? What about Monovoida?"

"Since his actions defended humankind's true wishes, it shall be as you wanted it to be- everything will return back to the way it was from the start. As for the host, he may not appear for some time. I shall take me leave along with this realm, but I'll be back if it demands me so, perhaps not in this way again. I should mention this, though- I can feel the remaining spirit of Nightmare raging slowly in the galaxy. Be warned- he may be right under your noses somehow. For now, this is goodbye. I'll be watching…" Those were its last words as it disappears and shines so brightly in a flash.

When I opened my eyes, I knew that the Void Realm is no more; we were in the actual Void Palace in the real world. The crazy sky returned to what it was before, and the moon was white again. The souls that were collected scattered about sentiently, returning back to their original bodies. One of the glowing souls bounced back to the unconscious little Yae, resting back to where it belongs. And instantly, she began to revert back to her teenage body.

"Looks like Yae's turning back to normal now," Monokitsune sighed in relief. "And look! There's everyone else!"

In the sky, I saw the bodies of our friends suspended in midair, slowly descending to the ground unconscious; the three girls went over to get them while clones of Monokitsune handled the rest. They were unconscious but they're gonna be okay, I knew it.

With that, a shining light was summoned with violet energy in a crystal. It hovered over to my hands after the crystal shattered, and it was the same as the others, the fifth Gem Star Spirit.

All right! You rescued the fifth Gem Star, Amethyst! Only 4 more left! Don't give up yet!

This time, though, she was still unconscious in her gem form. Luno pretty much confirmed it so, saying it's best to let her rest for now. Kazela tugs on my robe.

"You did it, Dedede," Kazela smiled. "I knew you could all along. Thank you for saving everyone; you're a good king in my eyes." She leans forward and kissed me on the cheek, and I turn red, but I could feel my eyes water. I'm not crying; you've never sweat through your eyeballs before- of course I'm crying!

"You are the sweetest little girl I've ever met in my entire life… you just remind me of your older sister in the short time I've gotten to know her before we got into this mess…" I sniffed. "Thinking about your situation makes me wonder about lots of things. I still can't believe a young princess helped a king come to his senses, and you're doing a really good job at it, you're becoming really mature so much that you slaughtered the beasts for our sake and many others."

"Ain't that the beautiful truth?" Jodie added. "This girl's got more guts to take down an entire wave of Shadow Beasts and two elites and became everyone's savior, not to mention she's a vampire. Without her, I guess you wouldn't have been able to get your Persona there and pretty much wrecked an entity of despair. Now everyone should have gotten their soul forces back and revert back to their original forms. We should get everyone else back away from here, give this capital some time to breathe on its own."

"Yeah, we saved the planet like a boss again," I grinned, turning to Kazela. "Anyway, you're a really good kid, Kazela. One day you'll make a fine ruler just like your older awesome sister and your parents too. It's a good thing Kirby found you, otherwise this wouldn't be possible. Man, if your sister was here to see you before this happened, she would definitely be proud of you. I just wish she didn't have to be kidnapped, though. It would take a miracle if she ever got out there alive with Adeline…"

"What are you guys standing here for? We got fresh pairs of unconscious bodies waiting for some healing. I'd prefer them bloody pink if they bled that is to say. Take us back to the capital, Warpstar!" Monokitsune called out; at that moment, it was definitely the Warpstar that appeared at his call. "If you wanna question it, wait until after we return home, then we can settle matters on the hand here."

We looked at each other and shrugged, going along with his idea and hopping onto the Warpstar. The Warpstar hums gradually louder and begins its drive from the roof. I noticed that one of the girls was holding Kirby tightly as if she was his mother. I can't help but feel that I've seen her before, but I didn't bother for now.

I'm glad that everything worked out in the end.

The Aftermath

The capital was hopeful again. All the people who were victims had returned to normal as well as all the other incidents were cleaned up and resolved immediately. Everyone got their hopeful lives back again. Eventually, things were being settled at the dojo. The others were resting soundly in another room while the remainders sat and talked it all out as the news played by.

"And in most recent news, Luna Star lives to see another day as the Tragedy was prevented once more from ever happening. The whereabouts of Monovoida are confirmed to be unknown at the time being, and the Void Capital has been freed from his grasp, so investigation will start tomorrow in the day. But I've gotta say, this event has really left a mark on this planet as we witnessed the fall of the being of despair, slained by surprisingly the King of Dreamland, Dedede! His selfless actions have defended the planet as a whole, thus not only saving the souls of everyone, but also saved our Wacky Mondays! Best of all, it was Live at that time! Without his efforts, all would've been lost. Be sure to give him your respects when you see him. As of now, everything should flow as normal…"

"Well, everything's back to normal now," Monokitsune stated. "All the Demon Beasts are gone, so I guess we shouldn't worry about that for the time being. Now then, excellent job, everyone! Mainly you, Dedede. I was going to fill in if it got too tough, but obviously you handled your part very well executed. I didn't come sooner because that was personal for you, with the whole Nightmare incident and all. In fact, it's about time you come clean with that. Since you showed that you were not who everyone thought you were out there, that means there was a motive behind your previous actions."

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to," Kazela digressed. "I understand it anyway."

"Okay then," I declared, piping up everyone's attention. "You wanna know the truth behind what happened back then? It all began when I found out about that Delivery System hidden in the Throne Room, which led to me finding out about NME; I thought of it as a normal company with weird knacks. With that, I decided to get a squid and keep it as my first pet which was named Octacon. Turns out that it was an actual Demon Beast; maybe that's how he got to Dreamland in the first place. Regardless, that squid terrorized the town for some time, and I never knew it was that same one right under my nose. And well, that all changed when Kirby came around."

"Interesting, go on," The fox sneered.

"Basically, a lot happened once he came. And that night, that's when Octacon revealed himself as the same monster when confronted by Kirby, and well, he managed to send Octacon flying elsewhere… and my chances of getting a refund. I would never had bought that squid if I'd known that it was a Demon Beast, and I lost my refund and got heavily taxed for no reason. I never heard the end of that from the townsfolk, since they kinda hated me for how I acted. But that was because I was going through major issues that were rather personal; and that's not how I really was. When I found out more about the company, I realized that I made the biggest mistake yet. Demon Beasts were going to be sent to destroy Popstar at will; that was something I couldn't let happen. There was no turning back once you've ordered a Demon Beast once from the company as the policies states."

"Basically, you were screwed the moment you bought that squid; ties cannot be severed with Nightmare," Monokitsune sighed.

"Yeah. I knew I had to make up for that mistake, but I didn't know how. That's when I remembered what happened with Kirby then. Apparently, his starship warped to Dreamland because it detected a Demon Beast, causing him to crash land. Thinking about when he killed the squid, a thought popped into my head. I was stuck doing business with Nightmare, but because Kirby was their target, I thought I could use this to my advantage. I thought since everyone hated me and such, I could pull it off by constantly ordering Demon Beasts to go after Kirby as a way of making him stronger. To do that, I had to be the antagonist or it won't work. The conditions for that were already met; my idea was to force the company to crack by ordering monsters for Kirby to kill on his own. That way, they wouldn't know that my service was a fraud, just like those taxes avoided in sales and the IRS. It was a death-risky gamble and it wasn't much I could do, but I knew I had to. Eventually, it led to his final attack and that's when it all ended," I explained. "Exactly as I planned it went. And that was my role in the matter." Everyone was in shock.

"Long story short- you were never evil in the first place," The fox answered in complete surprise. "It was all an act to fool Nightmare and put an end to this madness once and for all by spamming orders of Demon Beasts to be wasted on Kirby until he launches an all-out attack so Kirby can kill him. A bit silly, but it's actually genius in both thought and execution in this given scenario. The roles were set from the start, so that's why it was possible. Man, if you were pretending to be bad, you did a really good job at it, no one could even tell that you're faking! It was worth it, at least."

"Still, it doesn't changed the fact that I put everyone's lives at risk with that desperate plan. That's something I'd never forgive myself for, even if no one got hurt. I bet that also affected Princess Kailaine somehow; the demon beasts were always around, but I feel like it's all my fault in the end, no matter how much I try to make it up. An apology is never enough, but if it does heal, then I could say I'm sorry to Kailaine at least. In fact, I was planning to do that on the first day after I found out about her past. And now she's kidnapped along with Adeline before I even got the chance. If I even told her this, would she forgive me still? Would everyone else will, especially Tiff?" I sighed. "That's the price I have to pay, right?"

Kazela sighed as well, clutching the communicator. "I can feel that pain too. And our only hope was this dumb communicator that did nothing but scream Fatal Success for half an hour straight, and I thought it was a bomb! You were right about it being a double-edged sword, Dedede. It would take a miracle if they got out there alive with that dumb program, sitting right here in front of us while wearing kimonos and… why did that sound somewhat ironic?"

The three girls looked at each other and giggled innocently, leaving us in confusion while Monokitsune howled with laughter. "Oh, sweet, innocent Kazela. You don't know how ironic that statement is; I was going to make that a surprise, but since you made that segue ironically… there's no point in hiding it any longer."

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask this and I know it's a bit late, but," Jodie pointed. "Where did those girls come from and how did you manage to get them to help you instantly in that short amount of time?"

"Well, why was Kazela's statement completely ironic then?" He hinted. "The answer is very simple, so I'm gonna say it flat out: THAT IS IRONIC BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH! THAT SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU DENSE FOOLS!"

It clicked as we took one good look at the girls, and my eyes widen, my mouth grew wider, and my body wasn't ready for the unexpected twist. "You… are you meaning to tell us-?!" I gasped. "You're-!"

"Apology accepted, Dedede," The pink-haired girl smiled. "No, I mean, I'm the one who should be apologizing to you for getting involved in my troubles, in fact, everyone here. I'm sorry too, Kazela."

"Kaila, is that you?!" Kazela cried, suddenly at the verge of tears; all those feelings she bottled up were let loose on pure instinct as she ran up to Kailaine to embrace her in a heartwarming hug. She couldn't hold back anymore- she's just a kid. But I'm one to talk- I found myself uncontrollably giving way to tears upon seeing this reunion. My heart sunk in a mix of emotions.

"Hey, what's going on here? Why is everyone yelling all of a sudden?" It was Kirby along with everyone else that had just woken up. Kirby noticed us crying. "What's wrong guys? Did something happen?"

"Surprise, everyone! Your hard work really paid off, and these ladies are your rewards!" Monokitsune grinned. They stared at the girls for a while, suddenly realizing who they were.

"No way… it's Kaila and Adeline!" Karly shouted in shock, dropping to the floor. "There's no doubt about it! It really is them! I can't believe it!"

The five princesses were already at tears, running up to her for a group hug. "KAILA! YOU'RE OKAY!"

Kirby along with Bandana Dee and Karly and Fololo and Falala hugged Adeline too. "WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU!"

"Yeah, we're sorry about that," Adeline answered.

"Well, what matters now is that you're all safe," Bandana Dee smiled. "I'm curious to know, how did you manage to escape anyway? And who's that other girl with you?"

Kaila and Adeline looked at each other and sweatdropped. "It's a long story… oh yeah, Kirby. I believe this belongs to you." The third girl hands Kirby his Warpstar, which made him shocked.

"My Warpstar! Where did you find it?!" He asked.

"Like we said, it's a long story, but I think it should wait until tomorrow," Kaila explained. "However, I'd like to say that I'm really sorry that you all got yourselves hurt because of what happened. I should've known this would happen, but I needed to be there. Now your whole planet's in danger after the mess I ended up bringing with me; you're all humans and yet you're still willing to stake your lives for our sake. And to be honest, a vacation at your planet wasn't my only reason. I only told Karly about this, but I wanted to find Kazela as well."

Everyone looks at Karly in bewilderment. "Karly, you knew this whole time?" Kirby asked. "If I had to guess, you were going to tell us the next day, but that's when it happened, right?"

Karly looks down and slowly nods. "Yeah. I should've told you when I had the chance."

"It wouldn't matter, because I would've helped her anyway," He said, which is true, no doubt. "But even if we don't have to, we can still make this work once this is all over. You can still have that vacation, Kaila, this time with your sister and all of us with you! Don't worry, everything will be okay! I promise!"

Kaila blushes. "You know, that's something my father would always say, that it'll be okay. I don't know why, but you remind me a lot of him. I appreciate it though; thank you, Kirby. In fact, thank you all for doing so much for me."

"Well, that's just how we do things in Dreamland, princess," I grinned. "We help each other, even if it's tough. And we're gonna stick to that to the end; we'll get through this together, and we'll beat Zero at his own game!"

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered.

"Now that's more like it! The mood is so good, it'd be a shame not to waste it being wasted!" Monokitsune cackled. "Let's give it everything we've got! IT'S… PARTY TIME!"

It was a night of tears and pain, happiness and sadness, but we were all okay. We spent the entire night having the time of our lives; it was only temporary, but no one gives a damn about it. Why let that ruin our time anyway? It's because we knew things were going to change for us from now on.

That was a feeling of hope. It was in the fact that we reunited lost siblings again after a tragedy occurred, and we were blessed with our own efforts to do so. It felt really good, besides the fact that I was watching Monokitsune dance in a sexy way. Okay, that sounded really weird. But we basically partied all night and went for the hot springs as a result. I don't know how things are going to play out now that our main problem is solved, but I'm not worried.

Because it's going to work out for us, I know it well. And I'm glad that I managed to deal with my own troubles; I just wish that everyone on Popstar could see that. Maybe Tiff's still mad at me. Who knows what they think of me now?

It's not a problem, though. I'm just glad that it worked out okay, but I was enjoying myself to even care at the moment. Just as Eclipse said it would… speaking of which, I wonder why he even cared enough to help us out… did he have something to do with this? Eh, I must be overreacting.

I'll think about that for tomorrow… right now, just leave us in peace for the time being…

Meanwhile…

"Just as I planned," I thought, gazing from the rooftops. "To be honest, I wasn't expecting this to actually work, but if it wasn't for that Warpstar of his, it would've been all for nothing. So, I've done my end of this. From now on, they best be careful if things do go south from here."

I glanced at the full moon that was back to normal. "I better get back soon and see the damages done. The only thing is that I still haven't found out who triggered the unfortunate events yet. But that Void's words bugs me a lot, something about the spirit of Nightmare raging, even after he was defeated. Maybe there's more to this than I thought… but nothing I can do about it."

"Despite that, there's that hidden program, Fatal Success, which was the key to their escape. If I had to guess, the main source may've originated on Techno Star. Maybe that's where they'll find the creator of that program. Anyway, they'll figure it out soon. I'm out of here, got stuff to do. The rest is up to them now," I smirked.

All's well that ends well, wouldn't you agree? But that's only temporary. The real problem now is dealing with Zero. The battle's won, but the real war begins from here on out…

Now Saving… Save Complete!

To be continued for World 6: Techno Star…

World 5: Lunadark Star Complete! End of Chapter 5!

Author's Note Summary:

And that concludes this chapter arc! Sorry about the delay everyone! But regardless, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well! So, what do you all think this time? I really spent the month trying to direct the chapter to the way I want it to be, and it really paid off in my opinion. Now it's that time again to explain several parts to this.

First, it started with the others on Popstar. As from the fourth chapter, they were trying to build a Chaos Gate as a precaution using the resources available. It was going along fine until the TV's were acting up due to the revival of Void Despair, as Monokitsune said it would do.

Next, here comes the fights. Although the first two phases were quite short, it was significant as it referenced Persona many times with Jodie and Sirica. Still hoped you enjoy it. Anyway, after an all-out attack, Yae stomps on him and orders him to release everyone or her yandere side will be unleashed. With that, he complies alright… then it came to the fact how it was all possible because of the bestiary left behind. And then, here comes the taxes. It turns out someone had committed tax fraud and avoided punishment, so the charges were thrown on Dedede, which could explain those ridiculous payment amounts beforehand that he had to pay. I know it's getting old, but it's still good.

After that, it was then Dedede realizes it was a trap and goes out of his way to stop it, but he was too late because it was done with a finger snap. Of course, you know what happens then- the others fell victim and so came the revival of the Eldritch Void or known as Void Despair. Its design was based off both Void Termina and Nyx Avatar from Persona 3. So you may recognize some aspects of him from Void Despair, especially the line it said. Void is genderless, so yeah. Moving on, that's when the going really gets rough as Dedede is getting clapped constantly.

That leads to this perspective about Dedede. Because I watched the anime, I didn't like him for how he made everyone go against Kirby when they knew clearly it was him. But afterwards, my opinion of him changed as I got to understand his character more and thought maybe he really wasn't a bad guy as I thought he was. Looking on his actions made me think that he did what he did for a good reason besides stealing the food from Dreamland. Of course the games and the anime were different in certain aspects, but I had different views. Anyway, just when he was about to give up, Kazela comes to the rescue, reminding him of what she said before.

And that's where watching Persona really paid off as you witness his awakening to his power. I was going to use Masked Dedede somewhere in the story anyway, so it was a good time to do so. Also, Raitomira is a Persona I made up for him. That fight may be my personal favorite so far along with Bandana Dee and Meta Knight's fights. By the way, destroying the red eyes was necessary as it is a void being like Void Termina. That's how it went down for the most part. Basically, Monokitsune swooped in along with the three girls, bound Void with chains, and punished the Void, which is a Danganronpa thing. You know how it ended there.

Continuing on with Dedede's perspective of things, this was actually how I looked at the whole situation if Dedede was pretending to be evil; my idea was that Dedede realized he made a mistake and tried to find a way to fix it, but his actions don't really line up with his intentions. However, because of his reputation and with Kirby staying in Dreamland, he decided to take the role of the bad guy in order for his plan to work without anyone's notice of faking it. If it was true, then he really did a good job at it up to the point where he forgot he was faking, but it was necessary. It was to force Nightmare to the point of declaring war, and the circumstances were right on cue; by that I mean the last few episodes of the anime or the movie rather. It may not be much on your standards, but it did have a massive effect as well. This is just how I see the situation, so don't get all riled up because I know it's not true, but I'd like to think that it is.

Lastly, what you all wanted to happen in the end- the princess being freed and reunited with her lost little sister, and everyone else as well. Maybe I could've done this another way, yes I'd agree to that. Nonetheless, you all deserve to see this ending to this chapter arc anyway. By the way, now that Kaila's free, what will happen to the rest of the story then? Usually the next chapter is a POV of Kaila in the ship, but she is released of that prison now. That, I thought about but I didn't decide on which to do first, that is. I was going to replace that one with Eclipse's POV on things and the effects from the escape or something like that. Getting on with the next world is another thing.

I guess I'll show his POV the next chapter. Hopefully it won't be that long as the usual 10,000 word quota somehow. But I'll figure something out by then. Right now, I'll save it for next time. With that, I hope you really enjoyed this one. Note to self: probably shouldn't do 10,000 words if it costs me a whole month or so. Let me know your thoughts in your reviews or PM anytime, and be sure that your body is ready for Joker this month in Smash, otherwise you'll never see it coming. Anyway, thanks and see you all next time!