#cappies

Bonus Blade Knight and Sword Knight in sleepwear!

I cannot fucking believe that Cappies kept falling over Dedede's tricks like how many times? I cannot keep fucking track as they fail to realized that Dedede hasn't change his tricks while Kirby he always the same by saving the day.

Such as with Don't Bank On It episode when Dedede when he gave all the Dedede dolls to everyone, then he uses doll phrasing "Dedede! You like me! Dedede! You trust me!" forcing Cappies to give him money and worshipping Dedede. The other episode Un-Reality TV when Cappies thought Dedede is being kind by giving them free TV all in their homes, but Dedede uses the TVs to hypnotize Cappies to spread propaganda that the demon beast is chasing after Kirby and terrorizing the town and only way to stop the monster is by getting rid of Kirby.

What Kirby did? All he did just enjoy living the moment, help out everyone, defeating the monsters that Dedede order, and not interested in getting praises from everyone. Just give him basket of fruits and he is willing to share it with everyone. Besides the less known hero needs guidance as after all Kirby didn't reach maturity as he is only being a baby. Sure Fumu and Kirby are kids, but Fumu guides Kirby along that she is more knowledgeable than Kirby. Though Meta Knight isn't great at giving guidance shoving all that onto Kirby such as not knowing the societal rules of Cappies Kirby would be very lost on what to do. If you think about doesn't matter if Kirby looks cute or plain or baby or adult, Cappies would still hate Kirby no matter what.

KBASW Chapter: 1 The Nightmares of Reality 

“Well I guess that’s the last of it!" jeered Gus.

*Bang

He plopped the last of the piece of lumber. Putting it with the rest of the menagerie of materials they gathered. Everyone in Cappy Town was scrambling around, pulling from the charred remains of their homes… Trying to salvage whatever they could find.

After the Destroya attack, the whole town was left incinerated. What was left of their little village was a burnt, empty hollow husk of what it once was. Buildings and houses were charred, roads were uprooted, and the giant oak tree that once stood proudly in the middle of the square was gone. 

It's been a week since then...

But despite that, all the townsfolk were in good spirits, still pumped up on their success. Those who were there regaled their peers with the details of their journey. Extremely proud of their success… How they “went to the heart of NME’S lair and destroyed the place, they were heroes!” 

~Even though technically a good portion of them didn’t do anything but hey, it was still “a win” ...

But more importantly, hearing this gave the other cappies a can-do attitude. It was that type of infectious attitude that made them believe “we can do anything”, giving them the willingness to work.  Even the kids were helping out, especially Kirby. 

The pink puffball was in the middle of helping Kawasaki yank out his old pan. It was buried under the roof; it jammed in a small pocket of debris. Luckily he was small enough to wiggle his way in through. Kawasaki anxiously waited, praying it wasn’t still usable. 

*Pop*

Kirby emerged triumphantly out of the rubble. He waddled over with his pan; it was still in one piece.

 “Thanks, Kirby,” he said as he happily hugged his beloved frying pan. “I’ll make sure you're the first person to eat at my restaurant once it reopens!”

"Poyo, poyo!" he cheered. Excited at the prospect of eating there again.

"Hey, can someone help me out?", Gengu asked. "My old sign is stuck!"

Before leaving, the chef thanked Kirby once again then,... Zoom, he was off on to help the next person. The whole incident really brought the town together. It was a chaotic but lively scene.

And at the center of all this chaos was Fumu. She was busy directing townsfolk around where to put everything. Looking and checking the quality of their findings. 

“Alright, everyone, let's get organized!” Fumu called out. Quickly she whipped out a pen and clipboard and started to write. She carefully counted: jointing down all the things they had managed to save amongst the wreckage. 

~GAAHH

Soon her brother made his way toward the town square with two fists full of trash bags. Brugglingly dragging them across...Unlike the rest of the town, he was in a foul mood. Before he even had the chance to set them down.

“Bun, trash doesn’t go there-” 

“Aw, come on!” Bun whined, "Everything looks like trash right now!” Gesturing arms to the state of the town. Then he angrily yanked his two trash bags together and propped himself up beside them. Making a scene in the middle of town.

Everyone paused for a moment to watch the spectacle. "We've been working all day." he continued. "Can't we take it easy... my whole body's starting to feel sore!?"

Hearing this, everyone suddenly started to recall their aches and bruises too. They had indeed been working all day. And soon, work on the town halted all at once.

"Now that you mentioned it, my back starting to feel sore," Professor Curio called out. He started stretching and then.

*CRACK

"Ahh, my back" Curio sunk down to the ground. "I'm too sore to go on."

"Oh, me too...," Mabel said as she looked down at them. "At this rate, my calluses will have calluses." She dropped to the ground and leaned up against the remains of the old oak tree. "Perhaps we should all take a break."

"Mabel's got the right idea: we've earned it." Samo agreed. He made his way to sit beside her, with Mabel happily making room for him. The lively bartender was holding a big wooden crate under his arm.

He sat down and opened up the top. "I have some drinks I managed to find if anyone interested." It was filled with a colorful array of cold sodas and drinks. They shined beautifully under the boiling sun, like a trove of treasure. Making them look irresistible to any weary Cappy.

"I have some instants from the grocery store... might as well eat'em!" Tuggle soon joined in. He came carrying two boxes of food. They were filled with convenience store lunches and instant meals.

Soon all the townfolk dropped their things and took up Samo and Tuggle's offer. Lining up to get their free food and drink. Some of the other cappies started to take out snacks and share them with each other. They all began to walk away from the construction site and into the open field to enjoy their lunch.

It soon became a lively town picnic, much to Fumu's dismay.

"Wait a minute... we were making such good progress..." the young girl explained as she pointed at her clipboard. "We're almost done! We can start rebuilding soon-"

Mayor Len walked up beside her. "Fumu, I really appreciate your work ethic, but..." He gestured to the townsfolk. Everyone was comfortably relaxing and talking amongst themselves. Laying on the grass, taking in the sun... They were all dead set on taking a break. "I'd hate to be the one to put a damper on this!"

"He's right, dear!" his wife, Hana, chimed in.

She was all smiles carrying two bags of food and drink for her family. "Maybe, it's a sign we should call it a day: after all, it'd be a shame to waste such lovely weather." She leaned on her husband's shoulder. "Besides, we have all the time in the world."

"You know what, my darling... you make an excellent point!" he happily agreed with her. Taking his wife by the arm, he turned to the Fumu. "My child, lighten up; there's no more of this monster nonsense: problems solved, everything is fine now."

"Yeah, right... everything's fine." Fumu watched as the mayor was led away by his wife. She stared at them, laughing and chatting away: as if nothing was wrong. She soon became lost in thought, his words ringing in her ear.

~Everything's fine he says but why don't I feel fine-

“ Yeah, lighten up, sis!" Bun joined her once again. He came over with two sandwiches and soda pops. He offered her one of the drinks. "Don't be a killjoy for once here, have some-?”

*Smack

Swiftly she slapped the can out of his hand. "Oh, you just had to complain, didn't you?!" she scolded her brother. "Now they've stopped working!" She recoiled instantly after realizing what she had done.

Her brother wasn't having any of it, he snapped back. "Hey, what's your problem-."

"I DON'T KNOW!"

That caught him off guard... a silence settled between them. Her body seemed lifeless after that, but he could see her shaking. It was as if she was trying to shrink herself smaller and a sight: he had never seen before...

His strong-headed, hot-tempered, fearless older sister; was-...actually, he didn't know what she was at that moment.

“Hey sis... are you ok-“

“You guys gotta get back to the castle!” two small squeaky voices cried out.

Lololo and Lalala had suddenly appeared: the twins zooming towards the siblings with great speed. Both looked panicked and out of breath.

"Woah, Lololo Lalala; what's the rush?"

"JUST HURRY; WE'LL EXPLAIN ON THE WAY!" Lalala was in a panic. Immediately pushing them to run. Causing both brother and sister to forget something very important... and they weren't the only ones.

~

"Hey, where's Kirby?" Buttercup (Cheif Bookem's wife) asked.

Everyone was about to finish their meals when they realized the little pink puffball was nowhere to be seen. Which was an oddity of init of itself; Kirby was always where food was. The first one to nap and take a break... But the little orb was nowhere to be seen.

*Thunk *Thunk *Thunk

There was a loud hammering in the distance.

" I know that sound, Gengu said, "that's my hammer..."

Everyone followed the sound of the banging... It was only a hammer, but for some reason, there was something ominous about it. As if it was a prelude to something terrible.

The sight that awaited them was something they didn't expect. All the garbage and debris they left to clean was gone. Charred remnants of the town that still needed to be swept vanished. It was spotless...

The town was ready for reconstruction!?

What had happened was while everyone was away, Kirby continued to work. Cleaning up everyone's mess. Inhaling all the garbage and gathering up all the lumber by himself.

And at the center, Kirby was banging on the wooden log: a pitiful attempt to rebuild a house. Mayor Len was the first one to approach Kirby. "You didn't hear me call for a break: you can stop now-"

*Thunk *Thunk*Thunk

Despite his words, Kirby pressed on; as if he were in a trance. More people arrived at the scene, even more concerned now. Calling out to him: telling him "he could stop now."

*Thunk *Thunk*Thunk

But the little pink puffball would not budge: as if he were on autopilot. Hammering away, creating an unsettling requiem with it... Tuning them out.

*Thunk *Thunk *PING-

It was: Kawasaki; he halted Kirby's hammer with his frying pan own. The vibration of the metal finally made him stop; he turned to him and asked. "Kirby, what's wrong... why are ya still hammering away?"

The child slowly tilted his head to Kawasaki, meeting his eyes.

He finally got a glimpse of Kirby's face; he saw it. A dullness had come over Kirby's eyes. Dimming the brilliant blue of his eyes, the sparkle they once adorned it. The life of them was gone. A sight that made Kawaski quiver.

The small child looked away, lowering his head. And in a soft coo, he answered... "Po-yo...my fault-"

~Huh!? They were flabbergasted at his answer. And then, in response, Kirby gestured his little arms to the wreckage of the town... Tracing it back to what he was doing.

"What ?!" The Chief spoke out, "Who told you that-"

~Uh oh, they were the ones.

They were ready and willing to kick him out before Meta Knight came to the rescue with the Halberg. And here they were, treating him normally... pretending that little incident never happened.

But he remembered... Kirby remembered.

Everyone in the square gave each other that look -"OH MY GOD, how could we have forgotten that..."

"Kirby, you don't have to do that" Gengu swiftly swiped the hammer away from him out of shame. "Besides, we didn't mean it." He patted the little puffball's head, awkwardly reassuring him.

"Oh yes, you did!?" a snarly voice said. " Ya'll were practically ready to get the pitchforks and run'em out of town!" The sound of the voice came from the sky.

It was Tokkori; he had just arrived at the scene. He landed at the top of an old lamp pole (the remains of it). He continued on. "And you would have if Metal Head didn't come to the rescue with that big old ship of his."

"Kirby, don't listen to him: we didn't mean that honest... none of us meant it!" Samo was quick to shame Tokkori's. "Tokkori, apologize to Kirby!"

"Apologize, HA!" Tokkori answered back with even more fire in his! "What about all the times ya treated him like he had half a brain cell... not like guys were wrong but... I have never seen you guys apologize for that."

"Half the time you guys get tricked or side with Dedede!" He shrugged his shoulders. "You guys flop sides faster than a fish... " Tokkori began to chuckle. "You never apologized for that either...But then again it's not surprising, given how little he matters to ya..."

"Hey yeah, no good bird!", Tuggled called out. "STUFF IT!" He hucked a water bottle in an attempt to shut him up. Soon the others joined to silence him and get him away before he said anything else.

Tokkori was mad, but he was determined to prove his point. He went to the center of the square and flew even higher; so they could all see him. At this point, he was beet red, with anger ready to unleash his rage...

“HYPOCRITES! YOU’RE ALL HYPOCRITES!” he shouted at the top of his lungs. "AS SOON A PROBLEM COMES ALONG, YA BLAME HIM! AND WHEN HE FIXES IT, YA FORGIVE AND FORGET! IF HE DIDN'T FIX THIS MESS, SURELY YOU WOULD'VE KICKED HIM OUT... YOU'RE ALL TOO JUST COWARDLY, TO TELL THE TRUTH!"

In a sorry attempt to disprove Tokkori's claim, the townspeople pushed Mayor Len to the center.

"You know what we were... we were, we were-." the mayor fumbled with his words. He was panicked; he looked towards the crowd hoping that someone could retort back.

"Tell..."

"Huh!?"

They all turned around in unison. Not prepared for what they were about to see. What stood before them was no longer the fearless hero they had known, but a sad hurt little boy...

The little child started to tremble with tears in his eye. He looked at the townspeople. In a small wavering voice, he uttered again, "Tell..." Taking a deep breath, he spoke again in a tone he had never used before, which shook the cappies, "TELL KABI!"

He wanted the truth: were they really going to throw him out? After everything they've been through. Would they do it again? He had to know... But none of them had an answer for him.

"What's wrong; cat got ya tongues," soon Tokkori wore a smug grin on his face. " Face the truth... A monster exterminator; that's all Junior is to you!"

"That's not true at all! " Mabel said in response. "We all love-"

"Kirby do this..., Kirby destroy this, Kirby suck up that, Kirby kill that, Kirby save us from that!" he mocked. "As long as he gets the job done, you don't give a hoot!"

He flew around the town square as if he was doing a victory lap. He enjoyed their seeing sad, shameful faces; as they all stood there in silence. But that wasn't good enough for him.

"Once he messes up again, you'll find another reason to kick him out: you'll see." He landed right on top of the mayor's hat; to take one final jab at all of them. " Or maybe not, since there's no more monster to fight... who needs him-"

*sniffle*sniffle

In all his narcissism, he didn't even think about Kirby.

"What I was just saying was the truth-" Then he saw it... The last hint of sparkle that once shone in Kirby's eyes vanished. And replaced with a haunted hallow shadow. And all that was left was an empty VOID...

For once in his life, Tokori he knew... he went too far.

"Kir- Kirby I..." Before he could even justify his actions, Kirby fleed the scene, disheartened. Pushing and shoving everyone out of the way, with tears in his eyes. Unable to face any of them.

Soon a mob formed around Tokkori.

“Tokkori, look what you’ve done now?” Mayor Len turned his gaze to him. Soon everyone turned their attention to the arrogant bird. All eyes were on him. As their stares became more intense… he became more anxious.

Gus grabbed him from the top of the mayor's head, "C'mere ya rotten canary ..." Squeezing the bird into his fist. "You've said enough!"

"HOLD IT, HOLD I-". He turned pale as a ghost. "I can fix this just, let me get him-AH!?"

"EVERYONE JUST STOP IT, WE'RE ALL TO BLAME!"

It was Kawasaki... Sheepishly, he made his way to the center of the mob. "Are we really going to get mad at Tokkori for spitting facts..." His head was hung low, and his chef's hat crumbled in his hands. "The only reason none of us could say anything earlier is because it was the truth... we're just as bad."

He turned to the chief and asked, "Chief Bookem if a kid were to steal something from the store, would you arrest him..."

"Wait, what?" the chief was caught off guard by the question. "Of course not!"

"Why is that?"

"Well because he's a kid, ugh-"

Finally, everyone was able to grasp the reality of the situation. The truth is no one had an excuse. Kirby was their hero, their protector, but... had all forgotten that he was a kid. They failed him.

The chief knew exactly what Kawaski was driving at... they all knew, "Dammint this whole time we've been trying an innocent kid as an adult this whole time..."

"I realized that when I saw his little face, saying it was his fault." Tears started to well up in his eyes. "Only a little kid does that..." Kawasaki started to clench his hat even tighter. "If I see Kirby again: I promise I'll do whatever I can do to make it up to him... and give him all the food he can eat."

"We all knew he was a kid, but.... we were all just- I don't know, what we were thinking!" the mayor added. "We were so hard on Kirby this whole time and-" He clenched his fists. "AND FOR WHAT!?."

Ms. Hana started to tear up as she imagined one of her own kids in that position. And then she started to cry "If Kirby never forgives us, I don't blame him..."

By then Gus had already loosed his grip, enough for Tokkori to fly away, but he didn't. Instead, he just stayed there, still haunted by the image of Kirby. He thought of all the times he recklessly ran his mouth to Kirby.

Kirby had never said anything in his defense... he was so used to seeing him unaffected by his words. Believing he could get away with saying anything to him. But this time...

"I broke Kirby..."

~

Meanwhile, Kirby was running as fast as his little feet could carry him. Off to Castle Dedede to find the only person who could give him a semblance of comfort at this moment...

Fumu.

As he got closer to the castle, the heaviness in his chest increased; it overwhelmed his fragile little body. Desperate to take in the air: he began to hyperventilate. As he remembered the events that lead to his showdown with Nightmare. Reevaluating his relationship with everyone.

Remembering all the times his intelligence was questioned, remembering how quick they were to fall for Dedede's scheme and turn against him, and remembering all the times they made him feel like an outsider even though he was their "hero."

Boundless questions began to fill his head. "When I mess up, will they hate me again...", "If can't fight monsters anymore, will they make me leave...", "What am I going to do if I can't fight anymore...", "What can I do to make them love me again..."

"What am I worth: if I can't do anything!"

His heart hurt so much it was just too painful to bare. His worthlessness seemed all too true when they were ready and willing to kick him out... but one person could prove this wrong.

Fumu.

He needed Fumu; Fumu always made him feel better. She'd love him no matter what... Tokkori was wrong, right? He just needed to hear her say that she loved him, and that would prove it.

He was in such a daze that he didn't realize how fast he ran to the castle... his head was spinning. His vision was blurred, making him out of sync with his steps. It gave him a chance to catch his breath, but the voices in his head were relentless.

"So it was always Meta Knight, he just dumped this job on me!"

Kirby knew that voice... it was Fumu. He bolted toward's the sound of her voice. Just hearing it snapped him back to his sense. It was as if his hope was restored.

He saw her; she was with Bun, Lololo ,& Lalala. As he ran ever closer, his heart became fuller. Even some of the light he had in his eyes returned...

Just one more turn around the corner and then she'll-

"I thought I was the only one who could call on the Warp Star... but he could've- it didn't have to be me", she shouted. " I HAD TO PUT UP THIS ALL NONSENSE... BECAUSE HE MADE IT SEEM LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD LOOK AFTER KIRBY !"

~What(Poyo?)

Hearing that, Kirby stopped dead in his tracks. He started to cower back into the corner, hiding himself. He watched in horror as he saw her cry in frustration.

"I ALWAYS HAD TO BE THE RESPONSIBLE ONE HERE..., I ALWAYS HAD TO BE THE SMART ONE, I ALWAYS HAD TO PLAY THE GROWN-UP, AND FOR WHAT?... EVEN META KNIGHT DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, SO WHY SHOULD I?!

~please stop... (Poyo-yo-)

"I NEVER WANTED TO BE THE ONE TO LOOK AFTER KIRBY!"

~CRACK

At that moment, something inside him broke.

He thought she loved him and that he was special to her.

But the reality of the situation was... she didn't love him the way he thought she did.

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