Chapter 129: Night Rest. A New Enemy?
As planned, with the exploration of Wondaria over, everyone returned to the Waddle Dee Town through one of Sweetie's rifts, the Lor left to patrol the night sky wherever it judged good.
As they were told, the rebuilding of the town had advanced well. Many houses and business were already done, including Kirby's, Sweetie Void's, and Bandana Dee's house, and others in progress. Among the important finished structures were also the inn and the coliseum.
Say whatever you want about Waddle Dees, they worked fast. And helped by the ponies and the Pokémon, they worked even faster. All the while despite Gorimondo constantly attempting to capture them again.
Speaking of, the heroes arrived just in time to witness Gorimondo being blasted off again by the town's defenders.
"How many time has it been now?" Sweetie Void asked the nearest Waddle Dee (who wasn't Bandana).
"It's the thirty-first attempt," the Waddle Dee answered.
"We have a bet going on about how many times he will try before he either gives up or you guys manage to put a definitive end to this," another said. "I already lost mine at thirty."
"Hopefully, he will stop for the night," a third said with a sigh.
With Gorimondo gone, everyone separated for the night. Most went to the inn, with Apple Death and Phantom joining their respective set of Mane Six, while Sweetie Void, Kirby, and Bandana were led to their new houses. Sweetie's Pokémon wanted to sleep in her home too. It was decided that Link will have his spar with Meta Knight the morning next day. Meta Knight also wanted to have a fight against Kirby afterward while Galacta Knight expressed wanting to spar with Sweetie Void.
However, before sleeping, Sweetie wanted to spend some time with Kirby. She wanted to talk with him about upgrades for his Abilities. Share her ideas and brainstorm together to find more. So they went together to his home (which looked a lot like his house back on Pop Star), took some paper, sat on the floor, and began to note down upgrade ideas.
"I liked your upgrade for the Water Ability, but I thought of something that may be more powerful. Remember that whale we fought?"
Kirby nodded. "Poyo." He couldn't put to test the idea, but he had a good feeling about it and noted it. He then noted an idea for the Sword Ability and showed it.
"An upgrade based on the Gigant Edge? Not bad. Will be slower, but will pack more punch. And maybe you could use the Gigant Edge's shield thanks to it.
Kirby nodded.
"After, it's easy to come up with upgrades for the Sword. Longswords, broadswords, sabers, rapiers, daggers, scimitars... The Gigant Edge Sword. My Swords. Link's Sword. Even Meta Knight's Sword. There are dozens of possibilities.
Kirby nodded again as he noted down the ideas.
"And speaking of Knight, for the Spear, you could use Galacta Knight."
Another nod. Then Kirby noted and showed another idea, this time for the Hammer.
"A Toy Hammer? Uh. I guess that it will add speed. Nice. And what do you think of turning your fire into a Dragon?"
Kirby nodded excitedly at this.
Sweetie laughed. "Poor Meta Knight. He will serve of test dummy for all these ideas tomorrow. Oh! How about you turn your Mirror into a Mirror that can absorb energy projectiles until you release everything in one big projectile?"
Kirby immediately loved it.
"And Metal. How about turning it into a magnet? This could be very useful depending of the situation."
Kirby noted the idea down. However, after listening a bit more to Sweetie's ideas, he eventually stopped and looked at her before he called her. "Poyo."
"Uh? What is it, Kirby?"
"Poyo poyo."
"Master Hand?"
"Poyo poyopoyo."
"What? You already fought him?!" Sweetie exclaimed in surprise.
Kirby nodded and proceeded to explain. Apparently, back in the Mirror World, he encountered Master Hand.
It was quite the unexpected encounter. The five Kirbys had been exploring the Mirror World when, inside a cavern, they came face to face with a giant floating hand who gave a "dramatic villain laugh".
"You five seem very strong! I defy you!" the hand exclaimed before he attacked the Kirbys with his finger gun attack that they easily avoided.
Green Kirby charged at Master Hand with his Wheel Ability while Yellow fired with his UFO. The three others approached with Sword for Pink, Fire for Red, and Stone for Black, but they then had to scatter to avoid Master Hand dropping on them while turned into stone. They quickly used the occasion to attack him from all sides. But then, while still on ground, Master Hand suddenly charged forward, punching Red and making him lose his Fire Ability that he quickly inhaled back. All the while, Yellow never stopped firing at Master Hand as he moved, and Green rammed him repeatedly.
Master Hand "walked" on the ground with his fingers toward Pink and prepared to flick him. Pink readied to dodge, but at the last moment, Master Hand changed target and instead flicked Green as he had been about to ram him again, sending him flying and crashing into the wall of the cavern, which made him lose his Wheel Ability that he quickly recovered. Master Hand then flew toward Yellow to grab him, but the Kirby swiftly flew out of the way thanks to his UFO while still firing. Instead of attempting to grab Yellow again, Master Hand gathered rocks into a spherical boulder that he threw at him, almost getting him. Giving up on Yellow for now, Master Hand proceeded to fire lasers from his five fingers, sweeping the ground randomly with them and getting Black who didn't see one coming from behind him.
Red charged at Master Hand as a fire ball only to be caught midair. Master Hand then constricted him a bit until he lost his Ability before throwing him toward Yellow who managed to dodge again. He followed by slapping Pink who had jumped at him to slash him, only to receive a powerful rock punch from Black before being rammed by Green again.
Master Hand then stopped attacking and flew a bit away from the five Kirbys, facing all of them.
"Not bad! As I thought! You win for now, but I'll be back! I want to fight you again!"
The hand then disappeared inside a rift.
"He was clearly holding back," Sweetie said at the end of the story.
Kirby nodded. After watching Sweetie fight him, he understood that.
"But that's strange, he didn't seem to recognise you when you met again in the Pokémon World."
"Poyo." Kirby nodded again, agreeing. He found it weird too. That's why he wanted to talk to Sweetie about this while they were alone.
"And did you encounter him again after that?"
"Poyo." A few more times, and the Kirbs always managed to defeat him with more or less ease or difficulty depending of the Abilities they had at the time. Master Hand also displayed more and more power from fight to fight, always forcing the Kirbs to remain on guard as they attacked. Master Hand even managed to knock out Yellow in one of the fights.
"Poyopoyo." But then, Master Hand came for a last fight, and he wasn't alone.
The Kirbys were high in the sky of the Mirror World when they traversed one of the many mirrors that served as doors in this world. They then found themselves facing yet again Master Hand.
"MUA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!"
But then, from behind the Kirbs came a second laugh.
"MUA HA HA HA HO HA HA HE HE HE HE HEEE!!!"
Here came a second hand, a left one, with more chaotic finger movements.
"WHAT?! There's a second hand?!" Sweetie exclaimed in horror.
Kirby nodded.
The Kirbs looked back and forth between the two hands, watchful of who will be the first one to attack.
"You were right, Righty! This bunch seems promising! It's gonna be fun!" the new hand said.
"Told you," the other said. "Now, let's start!"
The two hands immediately attacked. Master Hand attempted to punch Black who dodged and riposted with his Spark Ability while the other hand threw bombs all over the area, forcing the Kirbs to move around to avoid them. Pink, who had the Cupid Ability, fired arrows back at the left hand, Red threw bombs at Master Hand, and Green used his Sword to send sword beams at the left hand. This left Yellow who had the Hammer Ability but was too far to attack both hand. Master Hand moved away before he could get too close, and he didn't dare approach the left hand while he was throwing his bombs. Master Hand then proceeded to fire his sweeping finger-lasers while the left hand attacked created a huge fireball that he smashed toward the nearest Kirby who barely avoided got out of the way of the resulting explosion.
For a while, this continued. The two hands threw attacks after attacks, forcing the Kirbs to constantly run around to avoid the attacks as much as possible. So far, the hands had mostly similar attacks, but the left one's more chaotic behavior made him more unpredictable. He was also more treacherous has he had the tendency to attack the Kirbys who were focused on Master Hand, taking them off guard. He also used more feints, to make it worse.
Clearly, this hand was the most violent of the two.
Then, the two began to use team attacks. They clapped. They played volley ball with a giant energy ball. Master Hand materialised a giant energy rope and made the left hand catch one of the extremities before they did jump rope.
For the first time, the Kirbs really had to work as a team to fight the two. Black used his Spark Ability to cover Pink's arrows, Red's bombs, Green's sword, and Yellow's hammer in electricity, improving the damage they caused. Pink placed himself so the others could bounce on him to get closer to the hands. Green used his sword to parry any attack he could to protect the others.
Thanks to that, they managed to avoid being knocked out despite the fight being much harder than when it had just been Master Hand.
Until the left hand materialised a giant gun and fired several energy balls. The projectiles immobilised themselves in the air, so about a dozen ended up floating around by the time he stopped. At the same time, Master Hand threw dozens of swords upward. As the weapons began to randomly rain all over the battlefield, the left hand changed his gun into a rocket launcher and fired a huge energy ball that created a huge explosion when it crashed into the ground. At the same time, the smaller fireballs that were still floating suddenly flew toward the nearest Kirbys to their positions. As the Kirbys were busy running away from the explosions while dodging the raining swords, most of them just couldn't manage to dodge that too. Pink easily flew out of the way, and Green and Yellow parried with their respective weapons, but Red and Black were hit.
And for Black, it was finally too much and he dropped unconscious.
Pink quickly transported him out of the way before he resumed firing at the two hands. By now, the Kirbys decided to mostly focus on the left hand who was the most dangerous of the two. Green was the only one still focusing on Master Hand. Thanks to his speed, Pink alternated between the two.
After Master Hand punched the ground, causing several spikes of rock to sprout out of it all over the area, the left hand did a horizontal karate chop alongside the ground. Not only this forced most of the Kirbs to jump, but it also cut some of the spikes at the base, making them fall around, some of them right of the jumping Kirbs who thankfully all managed to float out of the way.
One of the Kirbs then got an idea and quickly shared it with the others before they all agreed with a nod. The four (Black still being unconscious) then gathered and lifted one of the fallen spikes like lumberjacks lifted cut tree trunks, and then promptly threw the spike at the left hand, skewering him, causing some black stuff to briefly come out of the wound before it healed when the hand forced the spike out.
"Oogh! I felt this one," the left hand shouted in pain.
Surprisingly, this made Master Hand laugh.
"Yeah yeah. Laugh it up!" the left hand shouted, irritated. He then pointed a finger at the nearest Kirby and charged energy.
Only for Master Hand to come and grad the finger to point it toward the sky. The finger fired the energy, and the next instant, a giant explosion engulfed the sky. It would have disintegrated the Kirbs if it had been fired at them. Or at least, it would have severely hurt them.
"This is not that kind of fight!" Master Hand scolded.
"Oops. Sorry. I got carried away a bit."
"I think that we should end the fight now. Let's consider they won."
The left hand whined. "Buuut! Already? We barely started! Come on, a bit more. So I can at least return the favor for skewering me."
"No."
"At least, let's end the fight on something more spectacular than this simple spike combo. How about we do our special boom boom one?"
"Which one?"
"You know, where you fly up there and do your thing, then I fly up there and do my thing, and it goes "boom boom boom" everywhere. We haven't gotten to do this one since forever."
"Fine."
Master Hand then flew into the sky and, the next instant, a Moon appeared far up. Then, the left hand flew toward the Moon, which exploded, and meteors began to rain everywhere, causing "booms" wherever they crashed. The meteors were easy to dodge for the Kirbys, but their number countered it. All of them got hit at least once as a result, and Yellow and Red ended up knocked out too as a result.
When the hands returned once the attack ended, they were immediately attacked by Pink and Green, the last two still standing. Pink focused on the left hand while Green attacked Master Hand.
"Ok, you win, stop attacking," Master Hand said, ending the fight.
"Ooh alright," the other said. "I must say, I hadn't had that much fun in a long time. Thanks for the fight. With mister party pooper over there, I rarely get to do what I like, so I'm always bored."
Master Hand sighed and, if he had had eyes, he would have rolled them. He then snapped his fingers, and in a flash of light, a mirror shard as well as several Maxim Tomatoes appeared. "Your reward. Now, farewell."
At this, the two hands flew away, disappearing into the sky.
"And you never got this hand's name?" Sweetie asked.
Kirby shook his head. He never got Master Hand's name either. The left hand simply named him "Righty".
"Well, let's name him Lefty for now. So, there is a second hand, who may or may not be Master Hand's brother - it's only speculation - and who is generally more violent and chaotic while being just as powerful as Master Hand, making him even more dangerous. We will have to keep an eye open for him. Especially if he is a leader of the Subspace Army. Maybe he is even a co-supreme leader alongside Master Hand. Eh, or maybe he is Master Hand's right hand, which would be ironic since he is a left hand. Thank you for telling me about him."
"Poyo!"
"Now, let's resume our current task: make your Abilities even more overpowered. So, what do you think of this one for the Ghost?"
For the following hour, they continued to note ideas for Ability upgrades until Kirby eventually fell asleep, making Sweetie sigh in fondness. She then picked him up and levitated him to his bed, on which she saw Elfilin asleep curled in a ball at the foot. Somehow, the little guy managed to snick up into the house and onto the bed while the two were busy. Maybe it was during Kirby's story, and Elfilin ended up listening to a part of it.
Once she tuckered Kirby, Sweetie Void decided that she was too tired to go to her own home (even thought she couldn't really get tired) and jumped on the bed to sleep beside Kirby. She also held Elfilin to use him as a plushy.
Trying not to think of Master Hand, his brother(?) and the Subspace Army, she closed her eyes, nuzzling Kirby, hooves wrapped around Elfilin.
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While I'm surprised that you were able to keep your promise, I am grateful that you did. Thanks. 👌
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You're welcome.
As the one internet thing says: YOU ARE ALREADY DATING!
You know I haven’t thought about this until now, but could Kirby get the Smash Ability by using Copy on Master Hand?
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He already has pretty much a permanent Smash Ability. He can use Hammer, Fighting, Cutter, Suplex, and all that stuff he uses in Smash whenever he wants.
But at the time when he couldn't switch Abilities at will, I'm not sure of what he would have gotten. Maybe Fighting? A lot of Master And Crazy Hand's moves consist of giving punches.
After you are done with Forgotten Land, could you have Sweetie discover Rain World during Gourmand’s campaign?
Mainly because I’m desperate to see the Slugcat Tribe join The Alliance and help them.
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I knew absolutely nothing about this game before you mentioned it, and I don't think that I will use it. At best, a cameo. Already too many other things planned.
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Alright. You should at least find out more about the game, it’s amazing.
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I will.
As funny as this would be, I’m still holding out for a classic Sword Duel, primarily because of an idea I have on how Meta Knight Sword could be incorporated into the story
Finally caught up.
So for the Kid Icarus arc are going to start with the fight against Medusa or from the start?
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Not sure yet.
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Tavern suggestions for the Waddle Dee town. Do any off them seem good?
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I didn't understand everything, sadly. If there were written lyrics, it would have helped.
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Nuts. How's the next chapter looking by now? I want to see more of the adventure. Also, I am curious what Mario adventure you will use for the next Mario world, if it's not another original one.
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The next chapter is about halfway done, I think.
I just thought of how the encounter with Sweetie Void and Piranha Plant would go:
Sweetie Void: sees a Piranha Plant fighting, approaches “So you can fight?”
Piranha Plant: nods
Sweetie Void: You want to join the alliance?”
i have a question that won't be relevant for a long time.
Will Sora get new Keyblades or abilities?
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I don't think it will happen this way. Actually, I may have a good idea of how I will introduce THE Piranha Plant.
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Maybe. Not sure yet.
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The word for world in Japanese is the same as the word for Universe and that would be more accurate to what Kingdom Hearts "Worlds" are given some of these worlds have multiple planets in them.
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It took you 6 days to get halfway done the first time I asked. Is the second half of the next chapter almost ready by now?
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Almost. I got sick so I got delayed.
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Nuts, how close to being done is the next chapter by now?
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Maybe a couple of days.
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Did something happen, or did you not mean 2 days when you said a couple of days?
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"Maybe" and "yes" are different words, did you know that?