"Im escaping now! Don't think badly of me!"

Were the words the PA system said before running can be heard, up until mechanisms were heard being operated. Sooner or later an escape pod would be seen being shot out from the bridge.

Marisa scratched her hair as she waited for the elevator to move upwards, her ears twitching and her forehead sweating from the tense situation she's currently in.

So far so good she probably has minutes left before this ship finally loses it's anti gravity mechanisms and eventually fall, so she has a short timespan to meet the perpetrator of this shortlived incident first

It's insane really, call it a world record even because this has got to be the shortest incident she was involved in. Of course and the one that was currently solving it is Kirby.

Funnily enough he had done so much over the past minutes and so to dismantle the Halberd compared to her progress and it was impressive to witness it upclose, at this point she would've genuinely thought that Kirby does it better than Reimu in terms of incident resolving but she has yet to witness any more abilities of the pink puffball

"Gah!" The Keke yelped before she immediately ducked as several projectiles were shot at her upon reaching the top through the elevator. Several Magical Sweepers were seen rolling about with two of them opening their inner workings to shoot short-lived colored bullets at the hallway intruder.

She fought back by shooting several star projectiles back at the Magical Sweepers, the seemingly animate disks would be knocked away with some even clattering into several pieces

"Tch! Annoying da ze!"

She huffs as she places her proto-hakkero back in her waist before flying off towards the hallway where she saw a hole on the walls leading to the outside.

"So.. Now it's time for the rest of you to escape as well."

As she escaped the Halberd through one of the holes, she would feel the harsh winds being blown at her face, her hand instinctually holding her hat in place to prevent it from flying off.

She looked at the bridge of the Halberd as she listens to the PA Announcement which was still active even when the Halberd had lost it's reactor.

It was delivering a heartfelt conversation between the suave sounding voice and two other voices.

"I will stay until the bitter end!"

"We should finish off Kirby and the Keke then all escape together!"

The commanding voice would stay silent for a while as Marisa slowly made her way to the bridge through flying, and then they spoke again

"...You are all about to perish."

Eesh.. This seemingly got grim for her

"Do as you please."

With a renewed vigour, Marisa immediately sped away towards the bridge, where she would then stop at it's walls and grabbed her proto-hakkero.

Shaking it as hard as possible until it glowed whiter than normally possible. With it, she aimed the hakkero at the metal walls before firing. A large star projectile forming and smacking into the walls where it formed a smoking hole.

"What the!?"

At the same time, a skill-faced knight and a mechanical looking mace knight would be seen rushing into the room, stopping at the sight of Marisa on one of the holes made.

"The Keke! I know that face, she showed up on TV hijacking the king's Gourmet Race!" The Mace Knight shouted

"What are you even here for!?" The other knight, Axe Knight, shouted at the Keke.

"Well.."

Before she would answer, Kirby would emerge from the elevator, running in until he stopped in front of the two Meta Knights, the duo shouting in horror at the sight of the Pink Menace in their presence.

"Oh hey Kirby!" She waved at the puffball

"Haii!" the pink menace would wave back at her in response, now donning a purple cap and what looks like a yoyo on the other hand too.

"So you're in cohorts with Kirby!" Axe Knight already had tears running down from their mask from the relevations he was getting "N-no wonder!"

"But.. I thought you two were enemies or something!" Mace Knight shouted

"Sheesh, tone down you two. No I was never really enemies with the little fella, we were just having a little bit of fun back at the race!" She answered the question asked at her before sighing and laughing at their expressions. "Oh whatever.. Say, were we supposed to meet whoever your superior is right?"

"T-then I can't let you two pass then!" The Axe Knight brought out his axe, pointing at Marisa as he sniffed.

"Yeah! We cannot let you go any further.. This is for Meta Knight!" The Mace Knight then brought out his mace and swung it around.

The two groups would stare down at each other as alarms blared down below, with Marisa squinting her eyes at the Axe Knight and Mace Knight shakily holding his mace as he stared down Kirby who gave him a blank yet knowing look.

And then, the two knights charged with a yell.

Marisa flew to the side as she fired several star projectiles at the Axe Knight, said knight would yelp and step back several times as star bullets struck down the floor where he used to stand on.

"I-im still not backing down!" He shouted as the Axe Knight would step back and throw his axe at the Keke who proceeded to fly to her other side once more to dodge the incoming axe projectile

"It'll take a lot more than just- GYAH!" She looked at her back just in time to see the axe fly back at her, yelping and flying towards her left side once again to avoid being hit by the deadly weapon. "Clever bastard!"

"My axes are a lot more than that!" The Axe Knight said before rushing in, catching his axe before raising it for an attempt at cutting down Marisa.

She flew back and shot several more stars at the Meta-Knight, he ran to the left and to right just to avoid being struck by her projectiles, right until he miscalculated and struck face first into a star projectile left behind by Marisa, the knight tumbling down and hitting the wall.

She watched as the Axe Knight groaned in pain from the tumble.

"Wahaha! And that's all it took!" She placed a hand on her face and laughed before checking up on Kirby's progreas with the Mace Knight.

She saw the Mace Knight on a crater, his head now facing the wall behind Kirby who cheered at Marisa from up close.

"Huh.." How did Kirby beat him up again? All he got was a yoyo and.. Oooh right, Yoyo abilities. They already exist in Dreamland of course..

She shrugged "Whatever, let's visit whoever this Meta Knight is.."

"Hai!" She hasn't heard a poyo from him for a while now, so it seems like he was improving in Dreamlandian voice-wise.

As the two approached the elevator ahead of them, the two defeated knights shouted from behind them.

"Lord Meta Knight! Please take care!"

"W-we'll go on ahead then!"

Guess they're going off from the ship then, good on them.

Once they entered the elevator, it activated immediately, with Kirby pressing the up button and Marisa on the ground once more, her hand holding onto her broom as she placed the broomhead on the ground.

"So Kirby, whaddya think about this Meta Knight guy?"

"Hm.." He brought a hand to his face, before shrughing "Hoyi.."

"Still incomprehensible huh, pfft.." She snickered as Kirby tilted his face in confusion, right until the elevator stopped and it's doors opened right in front of them, leading to a small room with a door leading straight into what looks like a room full of terminals..

"Alright Kirby, you ready? This gotta be the perpetrator of this incident"

"Hai hai!" He shouted happily, hopping up with hands in the air

"Aha! Love your enthusiasm ze!" She elbowed the puffball, making him tilt over to his side until he hopped back to his feet. The two incident resolvers would walk forward to meet the perpetrator of this short-lived incident

As the two approached the bridge, a voice echoed out from the room before them

"This is the end.. Kirby! Come and meet your doom!"

A sword stood in the middle of the bridge, stuck to the ground while Kirby looked up in awe at the cloaked knight infront of him, Marisa can see the bridge looking still intact but with alarms still blaring and red lights lit up the back of the bridge..

Alongside that, there's apparently a Waddle Dee at the back with a sailor hat on, her stubby hand on her face with heart racing..

Kirby looked down at the sword in front of him, the weapon seemingly waiting for the puffball to pick it up..

"So this is the bridge.. And then there's Meta Knight.." She looked up, as well, staring at the lonesome knight's cloak.

Up until the knight turned to give her the side eye stare.

"You, the Keke.. Stand back"

"Whaddya mean?" She immediately answered

"This is a fight between me and Kirby, stay out of this"

The two stared each other down, the Keke contemplating her decision until she felt fatigue set right in on her arms.. Marisa would eventually shrug and walk towards the back of the bridge "Eh, Kirby can have all the fun, im kind of tired"

"Poyo..?"

Once the Keke reached the back of the room to spectate, she turned towards Sailor Dee who was looking at the two puffballs stare each other down

"You feeling good?"

"N-not anymore... I mean, Lord Meta Knight is about to challenge Kirby a-and.." The female-sounding waddle dee stuttered.

"Calm yourself! I know this sounds devastating for your faction as a whole but I promise!" She brought a hand to her chest "I'll host a party for you guys after all of this.. I mean it!"

If they survive the crash that is

"Like.. As in the post incident party that you all have started holding back in Dreamland?" Sailor Dee replied with a unsure look

"Ooh? So you've heard huh? Yeah!" She nodded ecstatically before she looked back at the upcoming fight that's about to unfold before the two "Ohoho, hold on... HEY META!"

"Hm?" She saw Meta Knight give her a short glance

"YOU OWE ME A FIGHT AFTER THIS!'

"..." He stayed silent at the declaration all the while Sailor Dee stared at her in shock..

"I, buh-.." The dee trailed off for a second, thinking about it before she shook her head in resignation "...Nevermind"

The Keke looked at her weird until she shrugged, before she saw Kirby eject something out from himself.. A purple star flew out from the puffball and bounced around the room as Kirby inhaled the sword right into his mouth. Isn't that supposed to hurt or sonething?

The puffball would immediately gain another outfit, this time he donned a simple green hat with a yellow pompom at it's tip. Alongside that was a sword on his left hand.

Kirby swung it around before he pointed it at Meta Knight, who gladly accepted his challenge as he threw away the cloak to reveal his appearance and a yellow sword of his own too.

He donned a silver mask with shoulder plates.. All the while his skin was blue in color.

Meta Knight Battle - Kirby Super Star Ultra OST

"Then come forward!" Meta Knight hopped down from the platform and struck Kirby by the blade, the puffball struggling to hold him up before he manages to overcome his strength and throw him away.

Meta Knight would swing his sword several times. his weapon clashing against Kirby's as he tried to land a hit or two against the blue puffball.

Kirby would leap forward and manage to land a hit on Meta Knight, the blue puffball sliding back and stuck his sword on the ground to stop himself before he pulled it back up and attempted to jab at Kirby.

Kirby leaped back and landed a few more hits on his mask, prompting Meta Knight to leap in the air and try to land his sword ontop of Kirby. The puffball would slide forward to avoid the attack before landing a few more jabs at his back

"Gnh!" He stepped back in pain

Marisa leaned forward from where she stood, now seemingly more interested in the fight between the two sword users "Oh boy this is getting more interesting every second.."

"Meta Knight.. Come on.." Sailor Dee wished to herself.

As Meta Knight composed himself, he started charging up an attack before slashing the air infront of him, an energy wave was shot out from his sword as a result and flew at Kirby, who was surprised before he was struck by it

"POYI!"

"Now we're on equal grounds Kirby.." He mused before he attempted to slash the air again, creating another energy wave that flew towards Kirby.

Fortunately he recomposed himself just enough to leap out of the way of the energy wave attack.

"Haa.." He exhaled, before he assumed a stance again with Meta Knight doing the same.

He then leaped forward, striking Meta Knight on the top when he least expected it, the knight stumbling back before he charged up another attack.

A small tornado erupted before him after he struck the sword into the ground, the pink puffball yelping in shock and backing away quickly to avoid it. And just as quickly as it appeared, the tornado attack dissipated upon inches away from Kirby.

"Hm.. That technique needs some honing to do" Meta Knight said to himself before he leaped forward to strike at Kirby.

Unfortunately for him, Kirby was prepared

"Ha!" In a split second, Kirby slid underneath the lunge attack with Meta Knight slowly looking down at him in shock.

And Kirby struck him in the back with his sword, sending him flying face first into the consoles, crashing into it and damaging the equipment.

"WOOHOO!" She immediately pumped her hands into the air with an satisfied look on her face.

"Oh no! He lost!" Sailor Dee panicked as he looked around before looking back to the Keke "I need to go now bye!"

And then the Waddle Dee ran off, leaving Marisa to himself and the two puffballs

"Oh! Uh bye then!" She waved at the Dee, before turning to stare at the defeated knight

"So..? How was the fight?" She asked smugly

Meta Knight would place a hand on the consoles and push himself up, struggling to stand until he turned towards the two incident resolvers with a darkened look, his eyes weren't even glowing from his mask anymore.

And then, his mask snapped in half.

Revealing..

"W-whuh" Marisa immediately leaned forward for a double take, blinking until he brought a hand to her face "A-another Kirby!?"

Indeed, it was the face of another Kirby, the revelation that she gad made him glare at the two incident resolvers, all that menacing looks and apparently it was to cover his cute face.

The blue puffball covered his form with a cape out of nowhere, enveloping his entire body before it shrunk down and sent him away to who knows where

"Huh"

Kirby turned towards the Keke with a blank look

"He looks a lot more like you" She said.

Kirby shrugged.

And then they heard electricity crackle, prompting the two to stare at the consoles as it crackled and shook with electricity.

The entire thing began to light up

"...I don't think that sounds nice-"

Her whole world lit up immediately.


"IAAAAAAAAA"

Marisa screamed all the way as she was launched out from the bridge, the Keke frantically trying to recompose herself before she looked up to see the broom spin midfall.

Instinctively she tried to reach for it, and managed to do so. The Keke finally recomposing midair and stop herself from freefalling.

"W-whaah.." She laid on her broom with a relieved sigh, breathing in and out until she opened her eyes to see the Halberd fall slowly towards the ocean in front of her..

She immediately went silent

The Halberd, a massive flying fortress with giant cannons.. Was a mess

It had burning holes all over, wings ripped apart to shreds, and it's boosters were struggling to keep it afloat, all because of Kirby's work...

"Wow.." She spoke once more

A twinkle can be seen flying out from the Halberd alongside a figure flying out from the front.

And with it, the Halberd finally impacted the ocean surface, quickly sinking due to it's own sheer weight.

...Hey hold on, she barely even got anything interesting from the halberd! Aside from this one wand that looked way interesting compared to the others that she saw inside the armory

"Darn!" She cursed. Oh well! At least she brought a wand with her, maybe she can test it out later..

Well after the post incident party that is, because looking at the ocean surface, she saw at least a thousand pods floating, housing many crewmembers that were beaten up before by Kirby.

Shouts and cries can be heard from each pod as a ship and two sailed in to greet the former Halberd crewmembers and bring them up to their decks.

She's definitely sending out more invites..

"And so we meet again.."

"GYAH!" She leaped out from her broom, right before she caught it and clung onto it. She looked around to find Meta Knight just a few feet away from where she is "M-Meta Knight!?"

"I've heard of you.." He had his mask back on, as if he had a spare and two just in case of an event like earlier. And then theres the wings.. Yeah she has no idea he had them

"Yeah duh!? So whats the deal with you and the others then?" She would pull herself back up onto her broom and leaned forward to Meta Knight with a raised eyebrow "And why did Kirby even storm your battleship!? Wh-whatever it was anyway.."

"Relax" He raised a hand "I can explain my actions.. But I would need some introductions first starting with.." He trailed off intentionally

"Oh right" She scratched her hair cheekily before spinning around to pose for Meta Knight "Name's Marisa, your ordinary magician!"

"Hm, as if there's anything ordinary about you Keke" He folded his arms "You singlehandedly dealt with my recruits, stormed the Halberd and came out with light scratches and minor injuries.. I would say that's impressive of you to pull that off"

"Oh pleease it's not like I came out unharmed.. Im charred all over!.." She waved it off until the Keke blinked her eyes "Hey, you're derailing the conversation! Stick to the topic will you!?"

"My apologies then" He nodded before pointing at the distance "We can talk about it along the way, come.." His wings began to flap even more as he flew towards the cliffside where he would land

She sighed and flew alongside the knight, well a little chat can't hurt can it?

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Sorry if this chapter came out kinda.. wack to you guys

It's hard trying to brainstorm their conversations lol, and there's definitely gonna be a lot more talking happening next chapter so.. Im so gonna die bruh

Anyway hope you all enjoyed!