Post by Ghost on Feb 15, 2008 12:03:42 GMT -5
Chapter 13: The Tribe of Yoshi
Slippy struggled to free himself from the ropes as the tribe of yoshi carried him, Kirby, Metaknight, and Dedede through the jungle. Metaknight was in deep thought, while King Dedede was happy to be in motion but not be physically exerting himself. Kirby, with his feet tied to the long pole was annoyed at this point. As the tribe of Yoshi followed their leader, King Yoshi, they stomped deeper into the jungle. After what seemed an eternity, The yoshi tribe arrived at their campsite. King Yoshi took his place at the throne, with Boshi by his side. The prisoners were tossed to the ground as several other yoshi’s began to erect large structures out of nearby stumps and limbs. It didn’t take Metaknight long to realize that these were stakes upon which they would eventually be tied to and burned on. Slippy too seemed to realize this as be began to struggle more vigorously.
After the yoshi’s had prepared the four stakes, a black yoshi picked up a large stick and walked over to the open flame. King Yoshi snapped his fingers, and a swarm of yoshi’s rained down upon the four prisoners. After several seconds, all four were on their feet facing King Yoshi. A female yoshi was sitting by him feeding him golden turnips.
King Yoshi: “As is a custom of our tribe, you will have a trial before me, before you are judged.”
Boshi: “Yeah, and the punishment it death for your crime.”
Slippy: “WHAT crime?”
King Yoshi: “SILENCE! You shall speak when I ask a question of you.!”
Boshi: “The crime is trespassing on Yoshi territory and attempting to steal the golden turnips”
Kirby: “Golden Turnips?”
King Yoshi: “Are you deaf? I said SILENCE! Yes Golden Turnips, these wonderful little roots. They are so delicious, and eating has made me strong, very strong!”
Boshi: “We’ve already executed several of your koopa and goomba friends, but I didn’t know Bowser would be sending all manner of creatures to our sacred grounds.”
DDD: “Let me handle this guys, he’s a king too. Perhaps I can talk diplomatic to him.”
Kirby and Metaknight knew this plan wasn’t going to work before Dedede even attempted. Dedede walked up to the base of King Yoshi’s Throne.
DDD: “King of the Yoshi, My name is Dedede, I am King of the Waddle Dee’s on the planet Pop Star. You’ve made a big mistake. You’ve captured us without ..um…what’s that word……justification! I would have never made such a stupid mistake.”
Metaknight, Kirby, and Slippy knew they were doomed. King Yoshi’s anger flared up when Dedede began to laugh. King Yoshi jumped into the air and slammed down on top of the giant penguin. The impact sent Dedede soaring into the air, but King Yoshi wasn’t finished with him. He stuck out his chameleon-like tongue, and swallowed King Dedede whole. The result was surprising as Dedede emerged encased in a giant egg. The egg began to move slightly, but Boshi began to laugh hysterically.
Boshi: “What a fool! With these golden turnips, King Yoshi’s Egg Lay attack has been increased exponentially. It will take a long time before this idiot gets out of there.”
King Yoshi: “I’ve had enough of this nonsense! You come here to steal my turnips, then insult me! Judgment is being passed now. I find all four of you guilty, and the punishment is to be burned on these stakes.”
King Yoshi snapped his fingers and a multitude of yoshis ran at the prisoners. Spears high, they tied Metaknight, Kirby, and Slippy to the trunks, while several rolled the Egg containing King Dedede over to the fourth trunk. Once the egg was tied to the last trunk, the yoshi tribe gathered in a circle and began to chant loudly, slamming their spears on the ground and stomping. King Yoshi smiled as the Black Yoshi lit his stick with the flame and began to walk towards Kirby.
As the Black Yoshi approached Kirby, a loud cry was heard throughout the camp.
“YOSHI!!!!”
The tribe of yoshi began to look around for the source of the noise, when suddenly, hundreds of eggs littered the sky. They began exploding all around the tribe. In a panic they grabbed their spears and began fumbling about. The black yoshi was caught off guard when a yoshi rolled towards him in an egg roll attack. The attack hit the black yoshi square in the chest and sent him flying through the trees. As if on que, several more yoshi’s rolled into the tribe, plowing over anyone in their path. Before the prisoners could figure out what exactly was going on, Yoshi, the one true yoshi emerged before them.
Yoshi: “Hi guys, sorry we were a little late.”
Kirby: “Yoshi, is that you?”
Yoshi: “Yeah, it’s been crazy around here. Here, let’s get you all out of these ropes.”
Yoshi along with a couple of his allies untied Kirby, Metaknight, and Slippy. Metaknight set off to break Dedede out of the egg. The battle between the yoshi’s was chaotic. Everywhere you turned, Eggs were flying, and rolling around. Yoshi’s team wore koopa shells on their heads and shoulders, while the tribe members wore traditional garbs of leaves. Slippy pulled out his blaster and began to shoot into the crowd as often as he could without striking a member of Yoshi’s team.
Kirby: “What’s happened around here?”
Yoshi: “Well, it all started a few months ago. I left the Yoshi tribe to live with Mario in Peach’s Castle. He’s always depended on me, so I appointed a successor. He was doing well until the golden turnips began to grow everywhere on this planet. He found them and figured out that by eating them he would grow stronger. The power must have gone to his head because he began to act harshly towards his own tribe members. Anything less than perfection was treated as a punishable offence. Several were thrown into a pit on the other side of the island, others were banished to the main land, while others were even killed. One of the yoshi that were banished found his way to Peach’s Castle and informed me of the situation. I immediately left, but didn’t tell Mario why. This was not his burden to bear. It was my fault I left such an incompetent in my place. He has enough to worry about.
I came back with my old friend, and rounded up the other banished yoshi. We needed a plan to take back the tribe. A fellow yoshi had spent some time digging around in an old fire cave here on the island. It was a cruel task because of the skeletal dragons that roamed inside it, and the new King didn’t dare send any of his trusted yoshi in. Luckily, the Skeletal Dragons had dug deeper into the cave, so we’ve been using that as our headquarters for the past few months. We’ve been sneaking around the island, recruiting members, and even rescued the ones from the pit. A few weeks ago, Boshi learned of our hiding place and paid a visit. I don’t fully trust him, but he stroke up a bargain with us. He would help us with all the information we needed, but in return, he could keep all the yoshi’s store of golden turnips.
When you guys landed here and were captured, Boshi sent one of his men to our cave to inform us. We came as soon as we could.”
Metaknight flew into the air and slammed his sword down upon the giant egg once more. The force of his sword finally broke the egg’s shell, and King Dedede came rolling out. Metaknight joined the yoshi resistance to finish of the few remaining tribe members that were not captured. Dedede on the other hand was about to settle a score. He lifted his mallet and began to stomp towards the throne.
King Yoshi: “Such insolence! I shall finish you all.”
King Yoshi curled into an egg and began to roll around the campsite. The power he gained from the golden mushrooms made him unstoppable. He rolled through the crowd sending his tribe and the yoshi resistance members flying. Seeing his men being harmed, Yoshi curled into a ball and began to roll towards King Yoshi. Metaknight flew towards the giant egg slashing his sword, and Slippy began to shoot at King Yoshi’s egg. Both eggs were flying towards each other. Metaknight’s sword and Yoshi’s egg roll hit King Yoshi simultaneously. The force knocked him out of his shell. He stood confused for a moment until Boshi jumped from a nearby tree and kicked King Yoshi in the back of the head. As he fell, King Dedede swung his giant mallet and hit the yoshi in the face. This sent him flying into the air. Yoshi, Kirby, and the rest ran after King Yoshi’s flying body. Suddenly, they stopped as King Yoshi flew into the opening of the prison pit he had created. A few members of the Yoshi resistance began to carry sticks to cover the mouth of the pit.
Yoshi: “Good riddance! Fellow members of the Yoshi Resistance, the Battle has been won!”
The Yoshis began to jump around and cheer as they untied their brethren. The celebration had officially begun as fruits were brought out from their former king’s stores. Fires burned, Yoshi’s sat around telling stories and laughing. Music was being played as others danced around the central fire. Peace on Yoshi island had been restored. Boshi however was nowhere to be seen. Metaknight searched through the grounds but found no evidence of any golden turnips either.
MK: “Yoshi, Boshi has fled with the golden turnips.”
Slippy: “WHAT?”
Yoshi: “Well, that was part of the deal I made with him, but his quick disappearance disturbs me.”
Kirby: “Do you think we should tell Mario? I mean we have so much to tell him anyway with my world being destroyed and all?”
Yoshi: “Wait WHAT?”
Kirby once again told the story of the Destroyer, Geno, and Ridley. Yoshi looked extremely scared, and quickly stood up.
Yoshi: “We need to go tell Mario right away. I know the fast route; you guys can follow me. We’ll tell him about Boshi as well.”
Slippy: “We also need some fuel for the ship”
MK: “I wonder if these golden turnips could help us with our fuel.”
Kirby: “Possibly, but let’s go with Yoshi to find Mario.”
Slippy: “Where’s….AH HEY PENGUIN, quit stuffing your face, we’re heading out.”
DDD: “Can’t you guys wait till I can finish eating one last watermelon?”
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Krystal stood next to a large coconut tree as she watched King K. Rool’s crocodilian minions transforming the ship into a rocket. They had been working for several days, and were almost near completion with the body. They however still needed to fix the insides and come up with a form of fuel.
Cranky Kong stood over to the side with a large crocodilian general and Diddy Kong. They were messing around with various powders and liquid chemicals. So far each attempt had failed completely. They did however produce a rather potent gunpowder which K. Rool had tested with his musket. The result shot a cannonball approximately 2 miles. This still wasn’t potent enough to fuel an entire rocket ship though.
Getting discouraged, Krystal picked up her staff and walked over to the pool’s edge and dipped her feet into the cool. Dixie Kong noticed the look of discouragement on Krystal’s face and walked over to sit with Krystal as Donkey Kong swore loudly into the air when a crocodile dropped a metal beam on his foot.
Dixie: “What’s wrong Krystal?”
Krystal: “Oh, I’m just concerned about my team mates. I have no clue what happened to them. I don’t even know if they are alive. It’s just so hard. I know you all are doing all you can, but sometimes I feel like I’ll be stuck here forever and never get to see my dear Fox ever again.”
Dixie: “I know how it can be. These guys aren’t necessarily sensitive either. I know, I’ve lived with them for the past 5 years. Donkey just doesn’t think. He just opens his mouth before he even thinks sometimes, as you can tell with his choice of words at that crocodile. Diddy, bless his heart, is just stupid sometimes. He thinks he’s being nice when he pulls your tail and hair. Poor child has his own gun blow up in his face too. But you get over it.”
Krystal: “I’m sorry, I’ve just been so worried. Poor Fox.”
Cranky: “OH BOY I think we have it!”
Cranky began to pour a clear liquid into a jar of black powder. Diddy pressed his face against the glass in anticipation of what was to come. Unfortunately, something went wrong as the entire contents exploded with an enormous blast. Vials went flying as well as the trio at the table. Dixie hid her eyes, as Krystal lowered her head.
Krystal : “Lovely….we’re gonna still be here for awhile.”
Slippy struggled to free himself from the ropes as the tribe of yoshi carried him, Kirby, Metaknight, and Dedede through the jungle. Metaknight was in deep thought, while King Dedede was happy to be in motion but not be physically exerting himself. Kirby, with his feet tied to the long pole was annoyed at this point. As the tribe of Yoshi followed their leader, King Yoshi, they stomped deeper into the jungle. After what seemed an eternity, The yoshi tribe arrived at their campsite. King Yoshi took his place at the throne, with Boshi by his side. The prisoners were tossed to the ground as several other yoshi’s began to erect large structures out of nearby stumps and limbs. It didn’t take Metaknight long to realize that these were stakes upon which they would eventually be tied to and burned on. Slippy too seemed to realize this as be began to struggle more vigorously.
After the yoshi’s had prepared the four stakes, a black yoshi picked up a large stick and walked over to the open flame. King Yoshi snapped his fingers, and a swarm of yoshi’s rained down upon the four prisoners. After several seconds, all four were on their feet facing King Yoshi. A female yoshi was sitting by him feeding him golden turnips.
King Yoshi: “As is a custom of our tribe, you will have a trial before me, before you are judged.”
Boshi: “Yeah, and the punishment it death for your crime.”
Slippy: “WHAT crime?”
King Yoshi: “SILENCE! You shall speak when I ask a question of you.!”
Boshi: “The crime is trespassing on Yoshi territory and attempting to steal the golden turnips”
Kirby: “Golden Turnips?”
King Yoshi: “Are you deaf? I said SILENCE! Yes Golden Turnips, these wonderful little roots. They are so delicious, and eating has made me strong, very strong!”
Boshi: “We’ve already executed several of your koopa and goomba friends, but I didn’t know Bowser would be sending all manner of creatures to our sacred grounds.”
DDD: “Let me handle this guys, he’s a king too. Perhaps I can talk diplomatic to him.”
Kirby and Metaknight knew this plan wasn’t going to work before Dedede even attempted. Dedede walked up to the base of King Yoshi’s Throne.
DDD: “King of the Yoshi, My name is Dedede, I am King of the Waddle Dee’s on the planet Pop Star. You’ve made a big mistake. You’ve captured us without ..um…what’s that word……justification! I would have never made such a stupid mistake.”
Metaknight, Kirby, and Slippy knew they were doomed. King Yoshi’s anger flared up when Dedede began to laugh. King Yoshi jumped into the air and slammed down on top of the giant penguin. The impact sent Dedede soaring into the air, but King Yoshi wasn’t finished with him. He stuck out his chameleon-like tongue, and swallowed King Dedede whole. The result was surprising as Dedede emerged encased in a giant egg. The egg began to move slightly, but Boshi began to laugh hysterically.
Boshi: “What a fool! With these golden turnips, King Yoshi’s Egg Lay attack has been increased exponentially. It will take a long time before this idiot gets out of there.”
King Yoshi: “I’ve had enough of this nonsense! You come here to steal my turnips, then insult me! Judgment is being passed now. I find all four of you guilty, and the punishment is to be burned on these stakes.”
King Yoshi snapped his fingers and a multitude of yoshis ran at the prisoners. Spears high, they tied Metaknight, Kirby, and Slippy to the trunks, while several rolled the Egg containing King Dedede over to the fourth trunk. Once the egg was tied to the last trunk, the yoshi tribe gathered in a circle and began to chant loudly, slamming their spears on the ground and stomping. King Yoshi smiled as the Black Yoshi lit his stick with the flame and began to walk towards Kirby.
As the Black Yoshi approached Kirby, a loud cry was heard throughout the camp.
“YOSHI!!!!”
The tribe of yoshi began to look around for the source of the noise, when suddenly, hundreds of eggs littered the sky. They began exploding all around the tribe. In a panic they grabbed their spears and began fumbling about. The black yoshi was caught off guard when a yoshi rolled towards him in an egg roll attack. The attack hit the black yoshi square in the chest and sent him flying through the trees. As if on que, several more yoshi’s rolled into the tribe, plowing over anyone in their path. Before the prisoners could figure out what exactly was going on, Yoshi, the one true yoshi emerged before them.
Yoshi: “Hi guys, sorry we were a little late.”
Kirby: “Yoshi, is that you?”
Yoshi: “Yeah, it’s been crazy around here. Here, let’s get you all out of these ropes.”
Yoshi along with a couple of his allies untied Kirby, Metaknight, and Slippy. Metaknight set off to break Dedede out of the egg. The battle between the yoshi’s was chaotic. Everywhere you turned, Eggs were flying, and rolling around. Yoshi’s team wore koopa shells on their heads and shoulders, while the tribe members wore traditional garbs of leaves. Slippy pulled out his blaster and began to shoot into the crowd as often as he could without striking a member of Yoshi’s team.
Kirby: “What’s happened around here?”
Yoshi: “Well, it all started a few months ago. I left the Yoshi tribe to live with Mario in Peach’s Castle. He’s always depended on me, so I appointed a successor. He was doing well until the golden turnips began to grow everywhere on this planet. He found them and figured out that by eating them he would grow stronger. The power must have gone to his head because he began to act harshly towards his own tribe members. Anything less than perfection was treated as a punishable offence. Several were thrown into a pit on the other side of the island, others were banished to the main land, while others were even killed. One of the yoshi that were banished found his way to Peach’s Castle and informed me of the situation. I immediately left, but didn’t tell Mario why. This was not his burden to bear. It was my fault I left such an incompetent in my place. He has enough to worry about.
I came back with my old friend, and rounded up the other banished yoshi. We needed a plan to take back the tribe. A fellow yoshi had spent some time digging around in an old fire cave here on the island. It was a cruel task because of the skeletal dragons that roamed inside it, and the new King didn’t dare send any of his trusted yoshi in. Luckily, the Skeletal Dragons had dug deeper into the cave, so we’ve been using that as our headquarters for the past few months. We’ve been sneaking around the island, recruiting members, and even rescued the ones from the pit. A few weeks ago, Boshi learned of our hiding place and paid a visit. I don’t fully trust him, but he stroke up a bargain with us. He would help us with all the information we needed, but in return, he could keep all the yoshi’s store of golden turnips.
When you guys landed here and were captured, Boshi sent one of his men to our cave to inform us. We came as soon as we could.”
Metaknight flew into the air and slammed his sword down upon the giant egg once more. The force of his sword finally broke the egg’s shell, and King Dedede came rolling out. Metaknight joined the yoshi resistance to finish of the few remaining tribe members that were not captured. Dedede on the other hand was about to settle a score. He lifted his mallet and began to stomp towards the throne.
King Yoshi: “Such insolence! I shall finish you all.”
King Yoshi curled into an egg and began to roll around the campsite. The power he gained from the golden mushrooms made him unstoppable. He rolled through the crowd sending his tribe and the yoshi resistance members flying. Seeing his men being harmed, Yoshi curled into a ball and began to roll towards King Yoshi. Metaknight flew towards the giant egg slashing his sword, and Slippy began to shoot at King Yoshi’s egg. Both eggs were flying towards each other. Metaknight’s sword and Yoshi’s egg roll hit King Yoshi simultaneously. The force knocked him out of his shell. He stood confused for a moment until Boshi jumped from a nearby tree and kicked King Yoshi in the back of the head. As he fell, King Dedede swung his giant mallet and hit the yoshi in the face. This sent him flying into the air. Yoshi, Kirby, and the rest ran after King Yoshi’s flying body. Suddenly, they stopped as King Yoshi flew into the opening of the prison pit he had created. A few members of the Yoshi resistance began to carry sticks to cover the mouth of the pit.
Yoshi: “Good riddance! Fellow members of the Yoshi Resistance, the Battle has been won!”
The Yoshis began to jump around and cheer as they untied their brethren. The celebration had officially begun as fruits were brought out from their former king’s stores. Fires burned, Yoshi’s sat around telling stories and laughing. Music was being played as others danced around the central fire. Peace on Yoshi island had been restored. Boshi however was nowhere to be seen. Metaknight searched through the grounds but found no evidence of any golden turnips either.
MK: “Yoshi, Boshi has fled with the golden turnips.”
Slippy: “WHAT?”
Yoshi: “Well, that was part of the deal I made with him, but his quick disappearance disturbs me.”
Kirby: “Do you think we should tell Mario? I mean we have so much to tell him anyway with my world being destroyed and all?”
Yoshi: “Wait WHAT?”
Kirby once again told the story of the Destroyer, Geno, and Ridley. Yoshi looked extremely scared, and quickly stood up.
Yoshi: “We need to go tell Mario right away. I know the fast route; you guys can follow me. We’ll tell him about Boshi as well.”
Slippy: “We also need some fuel for the ship”
MK: “I wonder if these golden turnips could help us with our fuel.”
Kirby: “Possibly, but let’s go with Yoshi to find Mario.”
Slippy: “Where’s….AH HEY PENGUIN, quit stuffing your face, we’re heading out.”
DDD: “Can’t you guys wait till I can finish eating one last watermelon?”
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Krystal stood next to a large coconut tree as she watched King K. Rool’s crocodilian minions transforming the ship into a rocket. They had been working for several days, and were almost near completion with the body. They however still needed to fix the insides and come up with a form of fuel.
Cranky Kong stood over to the side with a large crocodilian general and Diddy Kong. They were messing around with various powders and liquid chemicals. So far each attempt had failed completely. They did however produce a rather potent gunpowder which K. Rool had tested with his musket. The result shot a cannonball approximately 2 miles. This still wasn’t potent enough to fuel an entire rocket ship though.
Getting discouraged, Krystal picked up her staff and walked over to the pool’s edge and dipped her feet into the cool. Dixie Kong noticed the look of discouragement on Krystal’s face and walked over to sit with Krystal as Donkey Kong swore loudly into the air when a crocodile dropped a metal beam on his foot.
Dixie: “What’s wrong Krystal?”
Krystal: “Oh, I’m just concerned about my team mates. I have no clue what happened to them. I don’t even know if they are alive. It’s just so hard. I know you all are doing all you can, but sometimes I feel like I’ll be stuck here forever and never get to see my dear Fox ever again.”
Dixie: “I know how it can be. These guys aren’t necessarily sensitive either. I know, I’ve lived with them for the past 5 years. Donkey just doesn’t think. He just opens his mouth before he even thinks sometimes, as you can tell with his choice of words at that crocodile. Diddy, bless his heart, is just stupid sometimes. He thinks he’s being nice when he pulls your tail and hair. Poor child has his own gun blow up in his face too. But you get over it.”
Krystal: “I’m sorry, I’ve just been so worried. Poor Fox.”
Cranky: “OH BOY I think we have it!”
Cranky began to pour a clear liquid into a jar of black powder. Diddy pressed his face against the glass in anticipation of what was to come. Unfortunately, something went wrong as the entire contents exploded with an enormous blast. Vials went flying as well as the trio at the table. Dixie hid her eyes, as Krystal lowered her head.
Krystal : “Lovely….we’re gonna still be here for awhile.”
