Episode 24: Armor vs. Armor

"Wait, pardon me?" Susie asked after hearing such ridiculous suggestion. "You want to battle against Kirby?"

"You heard that right! I wanna try fighting Kirby!" Dedede said bravely. "So get me something new that I can fight Kirby and win!"

"He doesn't know what he's getting himself into!" Escargoon said.

"I believe sir Escargoon is right, your majesty," Susie said. She was rarely concerned about Dedede, but this time, she was concerned. Very concerned. She was worried that he may have a problem with his head. "You don't know what you're saying."

"I know what I'm saying!" Dedede said. "So send me some weapons to get Kirby!"

"Sire, let's just use the clone made of your DNA instead," Susie suggested. "So that you don't have to get hurt."

"DNA?! Whatchu talking about?!" Dedede asked.

"Don't you remember what happened in episode 2?" Susie asked. "I got your DNA from your blood sample so that I can make a clone of you, along with Kirby and Meta Knight."

"And yo point is?!" Dedede said.

"My point is," Susie started the explanation that everyone would know by now. "I can make a clone out of your DNA, so that your clone can fight him instead of you risking your life to fight Kirby."

"I wanna fight him!" Dedede insisted. " I just wanna get him back!He made me lose the game!"

"Oh my goodness..." Escargoon and Susie put their hands over their forehead.

Susie then asked, "Is that your reason why you want to-"

"Yeah! That's the reason! Now get me something so that I can battle Kirby and win!" Dedede demanded. 

"Oh... okay..." Susie said as she sighed with frustration, internally. "I'll find something..." She disconnected. "Hmm... let's see... I saved this for Dedede's trained DNA clone, but I never knew he'd do it himself." Susie picked up the armor and mask she welded herself. "At least it's not any of our crew fighting Kirby, I don't want any more injured people, but if Dedede really wants to get hurt, then I wouldn't stop him. I'll just shine this real quick." She sprayed the mask, and armored mallet with the disinfectant bleach and used handkerchief to wipe and shine them. "But... I'm not sure if I really want to give it to him right now. I did't make this fragile, but I'm not sure if he can handle this with care. It would be a waste of my effort if he ruins something impossible to be ruined... Oh well, let's wait on it." She returned to her desk to connect to Dedede, but then she changed her mind and waited for him to contact her instead.

"Sire! You must rethink this!" Escargoon said. "You can't just think of this as a game! Kirby will not go easy on you!"

"How do you know?! Kirby never tried to kill me!" Dedede said.

"Sire, we were just lucky that he sucked up toy arrow," Escargoon said. "If he sucked up the real arrow, he would've definitely killed us for good, even if he didn't mean to."

"I just wanna win!" Dedede exclaimed. "I wanna know how it feels like to beat Kirby, just for once!"

"Wasn't the watermelon disguised time bomb already enough?" Escargoon asked.

"Why'd ya have to mention tha-hat?!" Dedede threw a tantrum. "Wa-haha!"

"I'll leave you alone until you calm down," Escargoon walked out, and sighed as he shook his head. "Why is he acting like a kid? I should't have let him read the book in the first place..."

Dedede grunted in frustration until Susie connected. "Sire, I have something for you." She showed the armor. "I made this armor myself. It comes with a mask, and armored mallet."

"Hey! That mallet looks like mine!" Dedede said.

"Well, I guess that's a good thing to hear," Susie said. "Anyways, this will cost a lot less than any monsters you can order from our company."

"I'll have that!" Dedede said.

"As you wish," Susie replied, and sent it over to Dedede through the transporter. "I will accept the transaction whenever you're ready."

"Hey~" Dedede said as he held up the mask and metal mallet. "These don't look half bad!"

'Doesn't look half bad'? It's suppose to look dashing! That fat ungrateful penguin! Susie thought angrily. "Well, I'm glad you like it, your majesty," Susie still said the nice thing that she never meant.

"Heh-heh-heh! I love this!" Dedede said.

Okay, maybe I'm just being oversensitive about his lack of skills of creatively describing things, Susie thought. "I am ready to get paid whenever you're ready. Daume bayo~" and disconnected.

"Heh-heh-heh! Gotta try this on!" Dedede said as he put the mask on and held up the hammer. He went in front of the giant mirror to check himself out. "Hey~ I look dashing~ But how come I can't get no princess in my life?!"

Escargoon was looking the whole scenery. "Who can ever help the King..."

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"Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo~!" Kirby chanted as he hopped around the castle.

"Kirby!" Dedede called, without the mask and the metal mallet.

"Poyo?" Kirby responded.

"I challenge you to battle!" Dedede said.

"Poyo?" Kirby asked.

"Wait a second, Dedede!" Tiff interrupted as she stood in front of Kirby. "Why are you challenging him to the battle? He didn't do anything wrong!"

"He made me lose during the game!" Dedede said. "Now he's gonna face it with the new weapon I got!"

"Kirby's not gonna battle with you!" Tiff said.

Dedede ignored her anyways. "I'll see ya today sundown in the castle garden! Don't chicken out!" Dedede said and walked away.

"Poyo," Kirby responded. 

"My, he's so stubborn!" Tiff said angrily. Meta Knight was watching the whole thing.

Meta Knight called Kirby to his room. "Kirby, are you sure about this?" He asked, very concerned about Dedede's intention. "He seemed to order something dangerous."

"Poyo," Kirby replied.

"Well then, let's get your Robobot Armor ready," Meta Knight said. "No matter what, you have to win without getting injured."

"Poyo," Kirby replied. 

Meta Knight walked up to him to embrace him. "You poor thing..." He said. "Don't worry, I will be with you. I cannot attack the King myself. But I will support you for the battle."

"Poyo~" Kirby giggled by the warm embrace.

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"Heh-heh-heh-heh!" Dedede said as he ate his lunch. "That goofball is gonna get down!"

"You sure that mask and mallet are sturdy enough to withstand Kirby's attacks?" Escargoon asked. "Kirby can almost destroy anything!"

"Susie said it's sturdy enough!" Dedede said.

"I didn't hear her saying anything like that..." Escargoon said.

"Hush up! I trust her and Haltmann!" Dedede exclaimed. "Even they don't say, I know they're strong enough!"

"Well, whatever you say..." Escargoon said.

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Kirby was eating lunch at Kawasaki's place with Tiff, Tuff, Fololo, and Falala. "Who could ever stop Dedede?" Tiff asked.

"Did Dedede really say want to battle Kirby?" Fololo asked.

"What's the problem with him?" Tuff asked.

"He's out of his mind," Falala said.

"Well, he's always out of his mind," Tiff said. "This time, he's just crazier." Tiff peeked over at Kirby, who was really into the food. "How can Kirby not worry about this kind of situation?"

"You should't worry too much either, Tiff," Tuff said. "Kirby always wins."

"That's true," Tiff said. "But I heard Dedede ordered completely new stuff this time that Kirby isn't aware of. At least that's what Meta Knight told me earlier."

"But Kirby always ends up winning," Fololo said.

"Yeah, so you shouldn't worry about him that much," Falala said.

"Maybe..." Tiff said, still concerned.

"Poyo! Poyo!" Kirby said as he finished his food.

"Thanks for cleaning up my leftovers, Kirby," Kawasaki said. "I always need your stomach for all these mess."

"Poyo!" Kirby said.

"He needs the energy to battle Dedede," Tiff said.

"Battle? The King against Kirby?" Kawasaki asked. "Why would he think of that?"

"Who knows? Dedede always have bad ideas of doing things," Tiff said. "Making extremely bad choices when he's extremely bored."

"That sound exactly like what the King would do," Kawasaki said.

"Kirby," Tiff said. "I think Meta Knight told you already, but you must be on Robobot Armor. Do you understand?"

"Poyo," Kirby replied.

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The sun was now set. In the garden, Dedede, Escargoon, Waddle Doo, Waddle Dees, Tiff, Tuff, Fololo, and Falala were all standing there. Meta Knight was in the hall of the castle, where he was out of everyone's sight. Dedede had his mask on and an armored mallet over his shoulder, waiting for Kirby to arrive. "Heh-heh-heh! Looks like Kirby's gonna chicken out!" Dedede laughed with pride.

"He's probably too scared that he's gonna get out of this kingdom!" Escargoon also teased.

"That's not true!" Tiff said. "He's on his way!"

"I'll believe it when I see him!" Dedede said. Then everyone heard stomp coming near them.

"Poyo, poyo!" Kirby was approaching with Robobot Armor.

However, Dedede was rather chill about Kirby's Robobot Armor. "Heh-heh-heh! My mallet can still get that Kirby!"

"Sure you can," Escargoon said.

"We'll see about that!" Tiff said. "Go get him, Kirby! Don't go easy on him!"

"Poyo!" Kirby said as he pressed the scan button. Since Waddle Doo and his sword were the only things Robobot Armor was able to scan, Robobot Armor gave him two options: Sword Mode, or Beam Mode. Kirby wanted to see how Sword Mode works, so he pressed the Sword Mode option. The Robobot Armor then upgraded to Sword Mode. 

"Heh-heh-heh!" Dedede laughed. "You expect that weird looking robot to beat me?! How pathetic!"

"We'll see about that, Dedede!" Tiff said. "You're really gonna regret what you said!" 

"Hush it, girly!" Dedede demanded. "It's between me and Kirby!"

"Poyo!" Kirby said as he took his stand.

"Be prepared, goof ball!" Dedede said as he also took his stand, and ran towards him with the armored mallet above his head. Kirby had a relaxed smile across his face and pressed the button to perform multiple Sword Beam with the blades that grew on his Robobot Armor as soon as it transformed into Sword Mode. Dedede struck all the Sword Beams with multiple swings causing all the beams to shatter into pieces. "Heh-heh-heh! You really thought that you could beat me with those lousy tricks?" As Dedede laughed, Kirby used the joystick to run up to him and spammed the button to perform one two three punches on Dedede, causing him to fly away few inches, squishing all the Waddle Dees. They squirmed violently to get out of Dedede's weight pushing down on them against the ground. Dedede also struggled to get up, he had to groan so loud as he stood up since Kirby's Robobot Armor's punches were so strong and bad that hurt his stomach for a long time.

"Yeah! Go Kirby!" Tiff cheered.

"Go get him, Kirby!" Tuff cheered.

Meta Knight proudly nodded from a distance as he watched the battle. 

"You asked for it Kirby! Get ready for my next move!" Dedede grabbed the mallet with both hands by the handle, pointed it sideways, and started to spin around and went towards him. Kirby tried to stop him by making another sets of Sword Beams, but the mallet shattered the Sword Beams, and hit Kirby's Robobot Armor multiple times, making Kirby back up.

"Oh, no, Kirby!" Tiff said.

"Are you all right, Kirby?" Tuff asked.

"Poyo..." Kirby grunted.

"All right, Kirby," Tiff said. "Let your full power out and attack him!" 

"Poyo!" Kirby said.

"Heh-heh-heh! Bring it on!" Dedede said.

Kirby pressed the other button that performed the other trick. The Robobot Armor went up to Dedede and performed a combo attack with four chops forward to get Dedede, causing him to let go of the mallet, then it caused one more last move, spinning and striking up Dedede and breaking his mask.

"Uggh!" Dedede groaned as he fell along with the armored mallet and the broken mask.

Kirby wasn't finished. He used the blades to drill down and attack the mallet, causing it to smash into pieces.

"Yay! Kirby won!" Tiff cheered.

"Hooray for Kirby!" Fololo, Falala, and Tuff cheered after Tiff.

"I knew this would happen..." Escargoon said as he saw King Dedede down on the ground.

"Let's take him away!" Waddle Doo ordered to Waddle Dees.

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"Ooh... I knew this would happen..." Susie said as Escargoon showed injured Dedede and the broken mask and mallet.

"Kirby's Robobot Armor hurt him so bad!" Escargoon said.

"Looks like President Haltmann made the Robobot Armor with diamond coating," Susie said. "I wonder where he got enough Diamond to coat the Robobot Armor."

"Can you get him anything that can treat him?" Escargoon asked.

"Well we might have something," Susie said. "But I think it would be better to send him here and our medics can take care of him. It doesn't seem he's hurt that badly."

"We can do that!" Escargoon said.

"Well then, let's bring him here," Susie said.

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"You did a nice job, Kirby!" Tiff said.

"Poyo! Poyo!" Kirby said.

"Kirby, you have indeed grown. You never let me down," Meta Knight said, still hiding in the castle hallway. "You are pretty much fluent with controlling the Robobot Armor. I cannot wait to see what other achievements you will make."

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