It had been two days, and the post incident party had already ended, and to top it all off, the locals that gathered at Reimu's shrine all agreed to fund and build Kirby's house as a token of appreciation and gratitude since the little inaudible puffball had saved all of Dreamland from possible starvation.

Kirby has been visiting the Iyori Shrine like a recurring customer. Occasionally giving Reimu a bright wave or a glance at her donation box(to which he recieved a flick to the head everytime he did that, he wanted to see if it had food after all).

Needless to say Reimu had definitely enjoyed his presence, even if it was annoying to her at times. It also helps that the locals here have began to visit the shrine more thanks to Kirby visiting it frequently..

Now it was today, she had used up the spare Star Coins to hire two Broom Hatters to clean up the shrine grounds of any fallen leaves, currently it was spring, and the flowers were already in bloom. Had Lily White been here, the sky would've had a distinct patch of colorful attack patterns made by hers truly but alas she's only unique to Gensokyo only.

"What a sad day.." She sipped on her tea as she sat on the stairs, her eye kept on glancing at a nearby tree branch where a oni would've usually lounge around in or the torii gate in front of her, expecting at least a familiar face or two..

She hadn't realized that she was kind of missing Gensokyo's inhabitants by a tad bit, and some of them she was actually quite fond of despite their differences and her frustrations with them before passing on..

"Maybe I'll see them someday" She sipped on her tea again, a Broom Hatter stopping in their task and looking at her, to which she glanced back with a raised eyebrow "What? It was nothing"

It shrugged anyway, going back to sweeping the dead leaves and pouring it on a nearby garbage bin.

Well, other than her reminiscing on her past life, it was starting to get peaceful again in Dreamland..

Well.. Almost

The sound of soaring in the air slowly faded in, but she paid no attention to it, keeping her hands on her hot tea with a relieved look, but the Broom Hatters meanwhile had slowed down their sweeping and even looked around in confusion.

And then the sounds of a plane soaring turned into the horrifying sounds of divebombing.

Reimu looked up in the air as she immediately became confused, placing the tea and plate down on the shrine wood that she sat on before she stood up.

"What the hell..?"

And then, just as she said these words, a glint can be seen in her vision and the torii gate, alongside the trunk of the trees around it were sliced in half.

Reimu's eyes widened, while the Broom Hatters quickly ducked on the ground in fear, she looked at the suports that would've held the roof above her, and yet they also had a thin cut on them..

The trees affected would slide and fall towards the ground, leaves and apples scattering throughout the shrine grounds, while the Torii Gate soon succumbed to Popstar's gravity, tilting over before tumbling towards the ground.

She ran out to the middle of the shrine, and took notice of a feather gently falling towards the stone ground.. Silvery, and sharp in appearance, as if it was made to cut through anything possible.

And then she turned, finally setting her eyes on a particular silhouette that soared towards the horizon with no care. A massive bird-like figure it seems with wings that spanned at least two and a half times it's size.

"You.." Her eyes twitched, before running back to the shrine.

It didn't take long before she ran out towards the steps and into the path with a gohei in hand, where she began to follow the bird that ceanly cleaved through her shrine with skill unlike any other. Intent on seeking it out and beating it to submission.

...

Snoore..

That was the sounds that Kirby was making, he napped underneath s tree with little to no care, all the while two Lovelies danced to the beat of the planet, each of them having no intent on attacking the sleeping puffball for the time being. They had no reason to of course, and they're not like their rose counterparts who were a tad more vicious in behavior.

"Lovely day isn't it?" The first Lovely asked with a smile

"Indeed! I've snacked on my favorite dish! One prepared by none other tha-"

Their discussion would be immediately met with a swift end by a soaring bird, one whose wings and feathers are as sharp as steel. The Lovelies were lucky they didn't get cut in half, however their petals were unfortunately not in great shape.

Kirby however kept on sleeping, but his naptime finally ended abruptly by a falling apple, to which he woke up with a shocked face alongside a mouth that drooled towards the ground.

He shook off the look of surprise and looked around, seeing the surroundings around him slowly slide from what looks like a clean cut in their middle, onto the ground. From trees to even hills!

Caws can be heard from the bird, and Kirby turned to look, ignoring the two Lovelies that have already been balded by the time the legendary bied had left.

"Popoyo.." He muttered to himself, before a new objective came into his mind. With a resolve, he soon began to walk down the clear pathway that led towards Peanut Plains.

"O-ow.." The first Lovely whimpered

"S-shouldn't have jinxed us both d-didn't I..?"

"N-no, but at least the little p-puffball's out to take revenge on it.."

They hoped that he would finish it sooner or later.

...Heroes are preparing, please wait warmly..!

Reimu casually strode past several tall objects on the ground, each cut were still just as clean, her eyes surveying the whole area before she continued to run.

Such destruction at this scale was unheard of to her, but as she saw more cleaved structures on the ground alongside angry Dreamlanders, she simply asked to herself, just what the hell was the bird trying to do? If anything, she would've thought that Youmu, a gardener of the Netherworld somehow came into Dreamland and went on a rampage with her sword, if it weren't for the bird that flew away from the scene of course.

It would seem like both the bird and Youmu's sword had comparable capabilities, both of which they were able to do feats such as this.

Though she doesn't think that the bird can cut as much as her sword..

Nevertheless, she went on her merry way, the disgruntled Flaming Leos and Waddle Dees were quickly dispatched off her path, alongside Bouncies that went in to try snd tackle her down simply because she seemed like a good place to hop on.

Woodland creatures like Chips and Nruffs usually went and go, with the few that were brave enough to try and tackle down the Poppy Sis down.

Strangely enough, there were a lot more Tookeys and Twizzies that hopped along on the path that she was taking, pecking on the ground for any seeds or insects way tinier than their Dreamlander counterparts that they could find.

"Hey! Get off my hair!" She swatted a Twizzy away from her head, the young chick proceeded to fly away in frustration however but it flew into an already fallen tree where it hid underneath the canopy.

"Hm.." It would probably seem like they were all afraid of the danger that the large bird was showing at the moment. They are much smarter compared to the birds on Gensokyo so maybe it's that.

"Probably should finish this incident soon.." She muttered to herself as she found a path that led towards a collection of hills and meadows.

'Peanut Plains' a sign wrote, with star grasses around the sign and cream covered mountains in the background, this is where the trail of destruction led her then?

As if on point, the bird would soar above once again, then it began to circle around a particular mountain. One that resembled much more like a dormant volcano.

More hills were cleaved from the bottom, to which they would slowly slide and fall towards the ground below them.

She gritted her teeth and ran straight ahead, whatever it's doing, the bird really NEEDS to stop.

It didn't take long before Dreamlanders of many kinds began to block her way, ranging from Waddle Dees gently gliding from the sky with a parasol to Sir Kibbles and Waddle Doos with their abilities going at her with the intent to cool off from Dyna Blade slicing through Peanut Plains.

The Broom Hatters were left to their own devices don't worry, they aren't really doing much against her besides sweeping the floor without a care even with the mess that the bird had created

"Much appreciated"

She said to a Broom Hatter passing by, the latter giving her a short salute.

The star shaped lake immediately caught her attention, the Poppy Sis stopping in her tracks just to sightsee.

"..." And she stared, and stared..

How long has it been since she was reborn on Popstar? 16 years? 17? It's been long since, and she hasn't seen much outside her home before she moved out. Aside from the occasional sights such as Butter Building when her parents took her to the markets to buy necessities, she hasn't really seen much of Dreamland's landmarks.

This one is definitely marking a lasting impression on her that's for sure.

Reimu lets out a relieved exhale, twirling her gohei around and gazed at Mallow Castle in the distance for a split second "Alright.. Let's do-"

The castle in the distance began to crumble, and she was in eyeshot of it.

Failing to keep her mouth from falling, the Poppy Sis, along with other Dreamlanders that stopped to see what the hell was going on all watched as Mallow Castle collapsed in a few seconds, the only structure that was manned in this very region somehow got blown up, and how exactly?

She ran off to see what had occurred there.

...

"Ah" She simply said, staring at what appears to be another trail of defeated and very bruised Dreamlanders up ahead, all leading straight to the remains of Mallow Castle.

"Wanyaa..."

"Ow ow.."

"Kirby then" She presumes, of course it had to be him, he partook in cleaning up Dedede's mess so it wouldn't be out of the blue to assume that he's also here to stop the rampaging bird too.

"Pfft" She shook her head with an amused smile and ran straight ahead, following Kirby in his tracks. She may beat up anyone in her path during incidents, but ONLY to those that try and block her way, come on Kirby why beat up the Broom Hatters too?

...

Kirby poked at the Knuckle Joe on the ground, clearly passed out from the puffball's inhalation. How cruel

It was just recently that he learned how to conjure up a helper on his won just like how Kracko did with his Waddle Doos! By concentrating his copy essense into a compressed thing(dunno how he'd describe it), he can create his own helper! Right now a Sir Kibble is currently aiding him in going after Dyna Blade.

It can't talk like any other, but it's phenomenal when it comes to aiding him in fighting against baddies, besides he still does the face-to-face tradition with it whenever it gets severely injured even if it's just a fake Kibble.

Shrugging at the downed Joe, Kirby would gesture the silent Sir Kibble into following him "Poy Poyo! Go!" before he ran straight for the caverns ahead of him

Cocoa Cave here we come!

...

"Stop moving and let me HIT you!" Her opponent shouted with venom in her tone

Reimu hopped away from one of her attempted punches, the armored Dreamlander grunting as she tried to step closer to the Poppy Bro.

Her opponent right now is a rather intimidating opponent, a Iron Mam.

Donning a tough blue armor with spike balls that serves as her shouldedpads, detachable round hands and finally decorated with a bow, she's a opponent that's rather tough for Reimu to beat, having the same difficulty as that of her fight with the living clock guy from Dedede's army.

The downside to her armor is that she's rather heavy, and as a result her attacks are fairly easy to dodge.

The upsides of it however.. It can tank her ofuda explosions

"Damnit!" She cursed as another row of ofudas slapped into her armor and exploded, only leaving behind scorch marks as a result.

"Oh ha ha! This baby's designed to tank attacks such as these!" She smacked her helmet with her hand before laughing to her heart's content "You ain't going through my bad boy! Now have at you!" The hotheaded brute would leap at her to try and crush her, but she only ran out of her way.

"Figures, guess I'll go for your face then" She smirked, conjuring up a few more ofudas in her hand and throwing them away.

Two of the ofudas only hit her helmet and shoulder pads, but one managed to slap her in the middle of the face

"G-gah! Damnit, you little-"

BOOM!

The Iron Mam stumbled back, holding a hand to her face with a wince, Reimu didn't hesitate to conjure a few more ofudas on both of her hands, the gohei was useless against her of course, she wasn't that strong to dent her armor after all.

The Mam then wore a scowl on her face, punching both her hands together and fumed "alright I had it, nobody dirties my face like that! HIIIYAH!"

She went in for another winding punch, only for the nimble Poppy Sis to back off fast, then Reimu counterattacked with her ofudas.

The Mam attempted to cover her hands, but two of the ofudas would blow up, causing them to be blown away and daze her, shortly before three more slapped into her face, even covering her eyes

"Aaww come ooo..."

KABOOM!

BOOM

BAAM!

The Iron Mam stood for a few seconds, her face completely obscured by the smoke coming out. Reimu waved it off with her gohei.

And there it was, Iron Mam's unconscious face was there, she can apparently faint while standing up which is quite impressive but Reimu wouldn't let that slide.

With a slight push to her forehead, the Iron Mam collapsed backward, and the armored dreamlander could only cough up a puff of smoke as a result.

"Welp that does that" She shrugged, maybe she might actually need training just like how Marisa did.. Her performance with a few big guys here are giving her difficulties..

Now that she's out of the way, she can now catch up with Kirby, starting with the cave that he took! Judging by the Knuckle Joe that was starting to wake up, he had passed through here.

Intending to finally work together with him seeing as he's also going after the bird, she ran forward. Maintaining her smile along the way.

As she entered Cocoa Cave, she had noted many things about it while she traversed through the cave tunnels, first and foremost the residents and denizens

They were not as populous here as that of the surface, but they're equally as grumpy during incidents. Here though they're quite angry that Reimu, or even Kirby had trespassed these private grounds. Unfortunately for them both incident resolvers were more prepared for their response to the two's presence.

Kirby had already passed through half of Cocoa Cave, seeing as some of the denizens Reimu had crossed paths with were already laying on the ground with scars and bruises, groaning in pain even. The rest of the Cocoa Cave denizens were fortunate enough to avoid his path but they were very unfortunate enough to try and block Reimu's path instead of the puffball. To which she would respond with quick jabs of her gohei and countless ofudas in the face.

From Driblees spewing blobs of surfing water at her to angry Plasma Wisps, strange ghost-like creatures made of 'flaming electricity' much to Reimu's confusion. Strangely enough, her ofudas seemed to be more effective against these Wisps. Perhaps they're actually more Youkai then what Dreamlanders think?

Nevertheless they were in her way, and much like any other, they were quickly exterminated by her gohei alone.

Now secondly about the cave.. The environments.

It was like traversing through several places at once. In one area where Kirby had already traveled through, there was howling winds that blew throughout the rest of the cavern, prompting Reimu to hold onto her ribbon on her hair. Another was tons of snow and icicles that threatened to impale her frail body. And finally there's a massive cave overflowing with magma.

"Im not crossing that." She immediately spoke to herself with furrowed eyebrows, she may have flown over Blazing Hell when she was still a human in Gensokyo, but here? She's a Poppy Bro, she hasn't unlocked her ability to fly yet! And she hasn't figured out how to do so..

Shaking her head, she walked back into the cave and ran towards another path.

And almost immediately after fighting through countless other Knuckle Joes who seemed to have marked this particular part of the cavern as their territory, she had somehow been kicked by a lucky Knuckle Joe into a cannon with a direction arrow facing the wall.

"H-hey! Crap! Get me out of here!"

"No worries chucklenuts! You'll do fine just outsife our turf!"

"Goddamni-"

And just as she was about to curse, the Cannon finally launched her out, sending the Poppy Sis crashing towards the walls of the cavern, kicking up rubble and rocks much to the horror of the surviving Knuckle Joe

And as for Reimu? She was now sprawling on the grass floor just outside the caves, a massive forest around her with canopies that blocked the still sun above her.

"Euuugh..." She groaned, her feet twitching, she struggled to get up and shook her head.

"Poy.. Poyoke?"

"Ueh..? Who.."

Reimu would use her ofuda as a walking stick just to keep herself from falling over from the concussions that the cannon had given her, and eyed the concerned puffball that was now looking at her dirtied face

"Poyo!" Kirby smiled as wide as possible, realizing that this was the shrine maiden of that particular area, and waved at her.

"H-hey Kirby..." She chuckled, before looking behind him.. "So.. Whose your partner..?"

"Friend!"

Indeed they are, there's a Knuckle Joe that seems to be following Kirby behind him. Although he wore a different headband, he seems much like any other Knuckle Joe, this one doesn't seem to speak however.

He did raise his arm at her in acknowledgement though.

He did raise his arm at her though.

And so she raised her hand at him..

"A-anyway" She would turn towards Kirby who offered her a pudding. She accepted that anyway, so as to heal herself of any injuries she sustained while she was launched out of the cave.

"So Kirby, I noticed you were also going after the bird"

Kirby tilted his face at that

"Mind if I lend a helping hand then? Im also going after the bird too" Reimu gave him a smile, she usually doesn't join the other incident resolvers as she usually does her own thing, but Kirby here? He's pure at best. Even if he's terrifying during incidents.

"Poy.. Poyo!" And he happily accepted Reimu in his little incident resolving party.

~~~~

The stunt that Dedede pulled off had deprived Dynablade of food to provide for her babies,

Even if Kirby returned all the food to Dreamland and the Sparkling Stars set back into place, the Dreamlanders all hogged up the food first so she didn't really get the chance.

And so that leads up to the events of Dynablade at least from what I can see.