CHAPTER 8:
Blossoms of renewal, roots of revenance
Act 1-BOSS
Magolor was accustomed to travelling through countless universes, in fact, with the lor starcutter, it was almost second nature to travel through the endless worlds when he was interested in either the lore, artifacts… or just wanted to answer a question…
Which made waking up in the middle of a forest when he was in dream land sleeping on his free time… a painful annoyance…
And that was an understatement.
OK, ok… what's going on here- the wizard egg asked, as he took a look at where he was, he could see a castle, an Eastern, ancient castle with a triforce as it's insignia and flag.
Ok, neat castle, but it got nothing on the lor…- he turned around in a panic, only to find the lor starcutter… and taranza, also unconscious.
Heya pal… wake up, wake up… -taranza wasn't budging…
-TARANZA!
ACK!... oh, hello magolor…- taranza saluted.
Hello to you… say… do you know on what universo we ended up on… because those forests don't seem to belong in dream land.- magolor asked.
Well… they look quite similar to those from the rift adeleine and ribbon explored… perhaps were in that world.- taranza argued.
In that case-
Before magolor could even finish his idea… a flying robot head went flying his way.
WHAT WAS THAT!... oh… it seems there's a ruckus over there.- magolor points towards starr park.
-It's indeed suspiscious… but it's also our best chance to find help… even then…
Ah, relax pal, with the lor starcutter we'll be there in a jiffy, and if they're hostile, we can handle ourselves.- was magolor's response.
After pondering for a bit, taranza decided.- very well… but we don't know what's ahead… what we do know, is that we have allies in this realm, let's just hope to find them.
End of flashback
And that's how we ended up seeing your great battle against those robots… nice beating you gave them.- magolor resumed.
Well… thanks for the rescue back then.- shelly began.- and it seems like you don't know where we are… which is a shame…
Actually shelly… we might know.- jessie began.
Well then, what a twist.- magolor muted.
Anyways- jessie resumed.- when we were in dream land… we saw a man wearing a black and red robe… and we saw a symbol, three triangles… sorta like a trifoce… he said he was from sengoku japan (before saying uyijasu's name… better check)
The description of the man triggered a reaction from magolor… as he began to piece the puzzle.- wait… you said he had a triforce as his symbol on his clothes… right?
-Yup.
-Well, call me crazy, but i saw a castle from where me and taranza crashlanded (somehow)… and it had a flag bearing that triforce symbol.
Then that means…-shelly realized what it meant.- WE'RE IN UYIJASU'S WORLD, sengoku japan…
And if what i remember is correct… he said he ruled over kanto province.- leon followed.
So… to resume… we're in the kanto province, thus, in uyijasu hojo's domain… that's perfect, because we can ask for his help.- taranza resumed.
In that case, what are we waiting for… time to get this show on the road.- now it was janet and Bonnie who said that…
As for stu… pam was treating the poor robot to some repairs after such a battle, as he took quite the bruises from the mysterious enemies sent by their foes.
Seems like this scrap was quite a lot for you…- pam said, somewhat amussed with how Little damage the brawlers took from the ordeal- but are you sure it wasn't the fumes catching up to you that you took the frontlines?.
N-n-n-no. After i saw that man wi-t-th that robotic claw, he meant ill… s-o-o, i decided to fight for my daughters.- he answered, solemnly.
Like a real father would.- pam grinned in approval, however, she's still somewhat bitter that their home was site to such a battle.
Only for something else to catch everyone's attention.
Guys… would you look at here, i think i saw something… something pink and fluffy.- magolor called, in a jesting manner, but also serious.
What is it magolor… if it is a cheap stage trick…- before janet would even finish her sentence…
Her sister was surprised by what she saw…
Ok, what's going on?- leon and jessie then joined, followed by bibi, nita and bea… soon shelly…
And what they saw was surprissing.
KIRBY?!- they all screamed, as they saw the pink puff head into the forest from the east (or more accurately, the north) onto uyijasu's domain.
GUYS!- once kirby Heard their scream, he looked at their direction, and was happy to see the brawlers fine.
Seems like the world has given us quite the adventure… heheheheheh.- the King jested, knowing that it was only the beginning of something great.
Flashback
Dedede's theme (from battle royale) goes here
In King dedede's castle… the transition was quite rough… as after the mysterious snake eye blinded everyone… adeleine and ribbon were on the floor, the energy toppling them, the King was confused, meta knight just shrugged it off, more or less focusing on what did cause such a pulse… and kirby was rolling down the stairs, somehow WHATEVER has happened, sent the poor pink puff of the stairs…
Well… that was sure an odd sunrise… or was it a sunBREAK, heheheheheh.- the King did his best to lighten the mood…
Adeleine and ribbon laughed a bit, while bandee was chuckling…
But on their laugther, ribbon saw a familiar flag with four diamonds…
Hey… is it just me, or is that…- ribbon pointed towards the flag.
Yeah… you're right… IT'S SHINGEN'S FLAG.- adeleine rememebered the masked samurai, and indeed, the diamonds were the takeda symbol.
So… it seems we're in their world now… eh?- the King… was confused, but also impressed, somehow the entirety of castle dedede was moved onto the other world… and it seemed natural, like at most, a tremor.
So… this is uyijasu's world, seems pretty neat, with all the forests, lakes and mountains.- kirby took his time to look at the scenery once he climbed up the stairs, once again, allowing him a clear sight onto the three triangles forming a triforce, the ones on uyijasu's back.
And somewhere, i seem to see the triforce that was on his back- kirby bemused
WHERE!- ribbon and adeleine mutually asked.
Right at the end of that forest.- he pointed as best as he could… but with the nubs for hands he had… bandana dee had to point with his spear… to indicate more presicely.
Even then, the sight of the flag was clear, and it was atop an Eastern castle…
So… it seems that we're in uyijasu's world… in that case, we should seek him for answers to return home, or help should we be stuck.- the knight of dream land resumed.
Well then… it means another adventure's on the way… heheheheh.- the King rose his hammer.- no matter the land, we'll fight for dream land, and for the people.
And this time, we're going too.- adeleine and ribbon confidently proclaimed.
Can't say no… as much as i'd want to… given you two are the ones who know most about the area.- dedede said in a teasing manner (but if those fiends are truly dangerous… then they'll shall meet my hammer)
And so, the six heroes of dream land departed into the forest, as the waddle dees stood there, protecting waddle dee town and the king's castle…
Beginning their great crusade across a world of strife.
End of flashback
And that's how we ended here, we simply took the road to the hojo's big fancy castle (which might also be their house), and we saw the lor starcutter from the canopy.- dedede clarified.- it seemed like our esteemed foe meant for us to meet… either he's funny or has some honor.
Whoah… that's… pretty neat neat- shelly was impressed with how eager the dream landers were to travelling lands unknown…- anyways… can we go with you?
Sure, you know what they say, the more the merrier.- kirby joyfully agreed.
Well, i could take us with the lor starcutter to the castle- as if to callo ut magolor… coo arrived, and he was holding rick, who was holding a fishbowl… which had kine…
And kirby's animal friends crashed into poor mags… as if denying such an easy road.
-an hour ago-
Coo was sleeping tightly on cookie country, on his comfortable nest… the flash in the sky, the sun transforming into an eye and the sounds of footsteps weren't enough to snap him awake.
Kine was relaxing in the Little pond he had his home in, currently chilling with his friends, and planning a vacation to the rainbow islands… however, he was quite shocked with the sun becoming an eye (ptsd from the dark matter wars, perhaps)… but then shrugged it off.
Similar thing with rick, who was writting a journal with what he did today, as for his reaction to the eye in the sky: while it was indeed a once in a lifetime experience… dream land constantly deals with things like that, so he wasn't all that frightened… the sights of more normal and natural tres compared to dream land's more whimsical and bright ones did hint that something was up…
It wasn't 'til kine slapped him with his fin that he saw what was happening.
And for the record, it hurt… a lot.
HEY!, what was that for…- rick called out kine… before seeing roots forming spikes… and those roots were similar to whispy's… not only that, but wild nruffs and buffahorns rushed through the woodlands…
Oddly enough, there were bernards mounting the nruffs… and they pointed their blunderbusses at the trio… who was more scared by the incoming rush of animals.
STAMPEDE!- rick called, as kine threw him a fishbowl, and then jumped inside, before grabbing coo, who carried the three away from the rush at the canopy… the bernards missed all their shots… even though they really tried.
Maybe they need to buy some new hats.
-back to the present.-
After coo told everyone what happened…
Whoah… that's quite rough, but don't worry coo, we'll restore peace to the woodlands.- kirby reassured his owl friend.
The descriptions of the animals, the fauna interested nita, at the same time, she couldn't let this chaos take over the woodlands…
Nita wants to help.- so she offered he raid to kirby and crew, in blunt terms… (emotional matters equal eloquence and tact, simple issues let her be blunt).
Sis… can we accompany them?- Bonnie asked her sister.- because this forest seems like the same cookie country they described, even if fused with the Woods of this world… and i want to see them.
Janet pondered for a while, even if they might know next to nothing, they would have the aid of kirby and friends, and besides, she was also exited to explore a new world… however…
While i'd want to let you… stu's.- before she could continue, the robot who was their Foster father spoke up.
y-y-y-ou better go w-w-ww-with them, a-a-a-aafter all, you'd never know when you'd get such a chance… d-d-d-don't worry, i took worse scraps in my early days.- truth be told, he was still feeling the injuries of such a battle, but wanted to see his daughters explore, discover and bond with these fellows… he might be a robot, but even he knows that they will grow.
A tear ran on janet and bonnie's faces- thanks dad, and don't worry, we'll show this Woods what we can do.
Yeah, we'll give them quite the show.- Bonnie followed janet.
As for jessie…
-Mom… you'd know i want to stay with you… but i also want to explore these lands… and by the looks of it, kirby's friends need help, and i simply can't turn my back on that.
I know… but you're heading into lands unknown… and i can't help but worry… even if that pink puff over there might be responsible enough to ensure your safety… it's on a mother's nature- pam expressed her doubts.
-I know… but i want to bring joy and help people with the gadgets and machines we design… and that means helping the weak and the innocent…
So… you ain't backing down?- jessie nodded in response.- well then… my dear, if you want to help them, you have momma's approval, just remember, if it get's too rough, you have the right to back down…
Thanks mom.- jessie hughed her mother, as the two shared a moment… before nani handed her some wheels.
-These are for scrappy, and i just know you will give them a good use.
Thanks mom… bye.- jessie hurried to meet with kirby and co.
Leon simply took the adventure as an interesting challenge… so his response was blunt.- i'll go.
Bibi on her end, wanted to test her might against what dream land could throw at her… but also wanted to vent her frustrations on grand's reveal…- count me in, i'm tough as nails… and no one stops me.
As for bea, she had the simplest reasons: she wanted to look at the flora in cookie country, the flora of dream land, and how nature evolved.- this will be a beeautiful endeavor.
As for magolor… he and colt agreed on something.- i'll take our guests to mr. Hojo's domain, you help coo and friends down here… and once you're done, adeleine paints a beacon, and we'll fetch you… ok?.
Ok.- it was bandee who responded, as kirby was stretching before parting.
Heh… that pink puff's too stubborn to say no to someone in need…-magolor muttered.
Or to forgive, as you might attest to- taranza, decided to snide back at magolor, given kirby fought to save him from the master crown, and was the first to accept his redemtion… even after all he did.
Fair… annoying, yet fair.
Now, remember- meta knight directed his speech onto the brawlers.- while we know these forests with the palm of our hands, the mysterious thing that occur 3 hours ago has fused our worlds together… so we don't know what awaits us there… so remain with us and you'll be ok… understood.
Everyone nodded…
In that case… let the campaign begin.- King dedede declared, as the group headed deep into the Woods.
We know a quick road through the woodlands, i live here after all- rick proudly proclaimed.- so follow me.
Here plays beyond the hill (from return to dream land)
The journey across cookie country was quite the wonderful experience for the brawlers…
Bettwen seeing the commo spiders rest on the woodlands, the pop flowers taking the brawlers's colors (gold for bea, green for leon, yellow for jessie, pink for janet, White for Bonnie and purple for bibi)… the sights were truly to behold… sleeping waddle dees, a hollowed truck of a tree that serves as a tower, a wooden walkway atop the treetops, sleeping nruffs, mountains that looked like cheese, crystaline caves near the sea level, and a forest which somehow always had sunlight arrive to lighten the road..
WHOAH…. It's truly pretty.- jessie was amazed by the beauty and serenity of the woodlands…
You know, this might make for a good hiding place- leon pondered, the Woods were pristine.
Peaceful plains… they deserve to remain as such.- nita admired the natural wonders, swearing to protect it's inhabitants…
One could simply let the wind carry them away…- bibi muttered, in amazement and peace with the wonders in dream land…
A truly marvelous adventure… and i'm buzzing with joy.- bea exclaimed happily…
As for janet and Bonnie, the two were humming along with adeleine…
But the heroes' missadventures continued, as the hollow tree was unstable and teetering, thus requiring coordination, the crystaline caves were puzzling and labyrinthic, and key dees were annoying… the rivers of the Woodland carried many things… but a waddle dee on a boat offered to ferry them… thus allowing them a chance to rest before resuming the trip… climbing tres, seeing the valley in it's entirety… and the occational falling rock collums… as well as nruff and buffahorn stampedes…
It was a wild journey… but they managed to reach whispy's Woods…
Here plays dark clouds (from kirby triple deluxe, the boss prelude theme)
And in front of them… an odd sight… one that filled the heroes of dream land with somewhat of dread… for in front of them…
There was a sword, fire and cutter ability essences… and a maxi tomato on a tree stumpt… and beyond them… a door, with a sword and gun forming a cross, with a red demonic eye forming a shield… the semblance of the army of evaristus.
Well… this is quite… odd.- leon remarked…
Ability podiums… the maxi tomato… and a scary gate… no doubt about it… we're in a boss' domain…- bandee resumed
Boss-what-now?- the brawlers were confused with the term…
Adeleine, in order to explain, took her canvas, and let ribbon hold the brush to paint the pictures…- a boss domain, or corridor, is the road before the arena which has a major boss…
And i asume that major boss is powerful, eh.- bibi suggested.
Exactly.- adeleine commended her answer.- the major boss is the one in charge of an area, thus, unless we defeat them, we can't proceed.
Basically… if you find one of these gates, or these pedestal thingies-
copy pedestals.- ribbon clarified- they hold copy abilities for kirby to use.
Ok… anyways, we find some copy pedestals, an empty-like hallway with no dangers, and a maxi tomato, it means we found the enemy to defeat and we're in the right track- leon pointed out
Pretty much.- bandee answered.
So… whatever's beyond the gates is going to be dangerous?- janet asked, trying to hide her nerve…
Indeed, but knowing the woodlands, our foe is pretty clear, all things considered…- meta knight answered.
While the brawlers were indeed quite brave, there was also a looming fear, for they didn't knew what was ahead… it was unnerving to see just who they would face
Well sis… i… i'm ready for anything.- Bonnie tried to sound confident… but even she got some chills.
Seems like it's time for a tussle.- bibi proclaimed confidently…- so long as we stick together, we'll win… right?
Yeah.- jessie agreed with joy.
Of course.- bea assured.
Yup.- leon grinned, while nita laughed.
And after some pondering… the two acrobatic sisters made their call.- count us in.
Teamwork does make the dream work after all. Hehehehehe.- the King laughed…
And so, they walked into the gate, which opened… leading to a clearing… and in front of them, their next opponent…
Was a tree… one with crimson red eyes… and an overly smug grin…
Great… well guys, this is whispy Woods…- kirby introduced them to their foe.
IS THAT IT?!- understandably, most of the brawlers (bibi, leon, jessie, janet and Bonnie) were surprised with the tree being their foe…
Yes, however, he might be dream land's punching bag… but he's still a formidable oak… even if a Little too stubborn.- dedede, with a confident grin, procclaimed.
So long as you don't ack recklessly, or without abandon… we shall win.- meta knight resumed, as simple as he could.
However, nita felt a painful chill run her spine…- something… something feels off…
And before they could ever ask her what it meant…
Whispy's roots formed a wall to block the door… as the tree… inhaled air… and with a strident roar, began the fight.
Bouncing boss battle from triple deluxe goes here.
What the¡!- bibi had no time to complete her question, as inmediately a giant Apple began bouncing over the battlefield.
Begining with the rough ones eh, whispy?- dedede smugly asked, wondering if the tree was tired over the mayhem…
The question was answered by falling apples, nruffs and gordos (as for why no waddle dees felled… there were none).
Jessie had to jump to the sidelines, taking pot shots at the tree…
Take that you big oak.!- whispy's left eye began to cry, but otherwise he was still on the fight… in fact, he began to inhale…
Only to spit air bullets directly at adeleine, bandana dee and janet and Bonnie…
Bonnie launched herself from her cannon towards whispy, janet put her jetpack to good use before taking the Little sword she got from her valkirie costume and slashed at the tree.
Heave and ho!- she said in a teasing manner…
Bandana dee just spun his lance like a chopper and flew away… or rather, straight into whispy… who felt every rotation cut at his leaves…
Adeleine and ribbon began painting a flame galbo… who took life… and ribbon promptly took it… and aimed it like a flamethrower…
So how about we paint you red?- she said before the galbo began to breathe fire… burning whispy Woods, and making him panic…
So… that's all you got?- leon asked… wondering if that was it…
Too bad whispy flinched… and in that moment, he took a can of silver paint… and painted himself silver… thus gaining armor…
HEY, THAT'S ELLINE'S PAINT!- adeleine called out the petty maneuver pulled by the tree…
-Did he just…
- became armored through PAINT!?- the disbelief was palpable in bea and bibi's faces… not before noticing a root with a flower…
Until mr. Bee saw it…- hey, don't buzz away.- bea tried to call it, but it was too focused…
When mr. Bee touched it… whispy ha done drip of sweat fall from his oak…
Thus allowing kirby to remember…
OH YEAH… last time he pulled that trick we either used star power… or in this case… we attacked the sprout that wasn't armored…
Well then… in that case…- leon's grin returned, as dodging falling apples and spiked balls with eyes was becoming annoying…- hey bibs, want to topple a tree?
ON IT!- and the two rushed ahead, with bibi preparing some bubblegum…- you better chew the taste of defeat.- and used it to trap the root… and then leon threw some shurikens at it, while bibi swung her bat like an axe…
This made whispy flinch in pain… before his eyes turned full red and he was overtaken BY FURY.
Seems like he's angry now… be careful everyone.- meta knight warned…
And whispy began inhaling with a potency that rivaled kirby…
WHAT!- was the reaction of the brawlers, as the sudden attack forced a massive withdraw (had kirby brought bettle, he might had a chance to exploit it, but alas, he didn't, and adeleine forgot to paint kracko)…
This isn't good… scrappy, time to shine.- as jessie took a capsule from her pocket, launched it, and it transformed into scrappy … she then used him as an anchor and makeshift wall, while the turret took shots at whispy, who was once again crying in pain…
This… this simply isn't fair.- leon was already annoyed that such a tree had countless tricks up his nonexistant sleeves…
Focus… focus.- janet was trying to calm down as she rocketeered away from the tree, holding Bonnie in her arms…
Your routine while awesome, is annoying.- Bonnie retorted to the tree…
As for bibi… she was running like an athlete to outpace the absortion, same thing with bea… nita however, was riding bruce… while kirby and friends ran away… minus meta knight, who was flying atop whispy's mouth, and slashed the tree… who was looking tired…
Nita noticed this…- something's driving him to keep going in exaustion… but he's on his last legs…
Sure enough, whispy had to take a breather to recover from his inhale…
Too bad everyone saw it…
Seems like the golden chance to me.- bandana dee realized.
On it.- and leon rushed ahead, as jessie popped out of her makeshift cover, put scrappy back in the capsule… and began rushing alongside him…
Whispy, began to form a wall with it's roots…
No you don't.- jessie then fired another salvo of her weapon… and the electric blast bounced between roots, taking them out…
Seems like your show's over… was fun while it lasted.- leon simply swung around the tree's nose… while slapping him with his new weapon…
All yours kirbs.- and with that, kirby borrowed dedede's hammer… and rushed ahead, leon distracted whispy enough to hide kirby's approach…
And then…
HYAAAAAAAH!- in an uppercut motion, kirby swung the hammer… managing to defeat the tree, as the impact made him spun around… before stopping… and crying a big tear from his right eye…
And from the treetops… a mysterious sword fell… before vanishing in red mist.
Odd…- nita mussed… she felt the same anger on the sword as on whispy…
And from where the sword was… they saw a mysterious coin emerge: it had a diamond shaped hole in the middle… and on one side they could see the forest, while on the other, whispy was displayed in his might…
A sort of boss emblem, if you may.
And after such a fight… there's one thing the dreamlanders had in mind…
Dance!... and so, the crew coordinated into their victory dances, before posing thriumphantly in front of whispy…
This somewhat amused the brawlers, for they celebrated winning a brawl, but such a fierce fight…
These people are indeed something else.- bibi exclaimed, tired yet happy, everyone agreed.
So… should we take the coin?...- bandana dee called atention to the coin.
Considering it fell from whispy after we bested him… it should be wise… just in case.- kirby agreed.
And just as the waddle dee took the coin… the Woods opened… and they saw… uyijasu hojo awaiting for them, in front of the castletown they saw…
So… what took you so long to arrive.?- he asked in a teasing, yet curious manner…
Well… is this sight one to be glad of.- magolor and the brawlers arrived…
-So… the gang's toghether… ehh?, this will sure be a quite interesting tale… but before you tell us what has been going on… i'd see you're tired, fought a battle?
Yup, a fierce one… against a living tree.- jessie answered.
Well, this will truly be a day to behold…- and everyone then proceeded to laugh…
As from the shadows, kotaro grinned…
-so… these are the new faces… it will be fun to torment them with the demons war brings… but by the way they toppled that tree… it seems i'll have quite the challenge… heh, makes it all the better.
On another hill…
-NOT AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY PLANS HAVE BEEN BROKEN… AND THAT WAS THE EMBLEM I STOLE FROM GRAND'S HOUSE… SO MY CHANCE TO FINALLY KILL HIM IS DELAYED.!
WHAT DID I HEAR?- tenebrae hue asked.
NOTHING… JUST, I SUFFERED A DELAY, DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL HAVE WHAT YOU SEEK SOON.- The mysterious man known as Lucifer polished his cloack, cleared his throat, and headed back into the lab, as the blood red katana manifests… he grins.
The energy of strife holds such great power to control wills… excellent, thus, soon… I WILL DESTROY ALL!.
He left, laughing mad… as he returned to his lair to plot for the next dawn…
On another place… koshi castle perhaps…
The desolate ruins of magma and brimstone marked the road to koshi castle, formerly the lair of the serpent King himself, orochi…
However, it was now abandoned, and in this new form of orochi's world, it was relegated to an island in the wester of the land…
Three figures could be seen unconscious and unbelonging to the land…
For they were three duelists who were unnaturally brought to orochi's world…
Their names: yuamu, yuhi and yudias…
As for the why… that be a different tale to tell…
But for now, the tale shall be…
TOBE CONTINUED.
End of act 1.