Mini Crusade for the Blade

(Cubed Cinder; idea by Goomba)

Inside King Dedede's castle, Tiff, Tuff, and their parents were enjoying a nice dinner while the sky turned to pink and orange as the sun set in the distance. Kirby was there as well, and he was eating the right way... that is he wasn't sucking everything and the dinner table down his throat. It made Tiff smile that Kirby had changed so much ever since the day they first met. In fact...
"It's getting kinda late, Kirby. Why don't you sleep at our house tonight?" Tiff said, to which Kirby happily jumped up and down and made some noises of approval.
Seconds later, however, that peace was disturbed when a bright light shone from outside. Tiff and the others quickly got up from the table and ran towards the window where they saw what appeared at first glance to be a flaming meteor.
"I wonder what that could be?" Tiff asked. Eventually the 'meteor' was out of their range and they could only watch it disappear into the dense forest to the west.

What nobody in Dream Land knew just yet was that meteor was really a spaceship that crashed in the forest. As birds and crows en masse flew away from the burning rubble, the ship opened up, revealing a pale white alien girl who bore a striking resemblence (minus the white hair and different clothing which included a green bandanna) to Tiff. This girl carefully looked around the area before stepping out of her ship.

Hours later, with night falling over Dream Land, King Dedede and Escargoon were driving down the dirt path towards the forest in their car. Dedede yawned loudly.
"I ain't seen no flying saucers here. I just wanna go back to bed!" Dedede said.
"Sure... wake up with an alien for a neighbor." Escargoon said as he continued driving.
"Better an alien for a neighbor than them no good Cappys!" Dedede said. The two finally arrived at the cliffside where they got an up close look at the flaming rubble.
"Just look at this flamin' mess!" Dedede said. Escargoon looked out the front windshield.
"Look over there, your majesty." Escargoon said. Dedede did just that.
"WHOA!" Dedede shouted as he looked at the spaceship. He then picked up Escargoon and threw him in front of the car, then he jumped out himself.
"Hey! What'd you have to go and do that for!?" Escargoon said.
"Get on in there and search that hunk of junk!" Dedede said.
"Huh? But, sire, who knows what's in there?" Escargoon said with a scared look on his face.
"You'll find out soon enough! Whoa! I said get in there!!" Dedede said, only to have Escargoon cling onto him like a scared child.

As the two tangled with Dedede trying to get Escargoon to enter the spaceship, the two were finally interrupted by a female voice.
"Who are you and what do you want!?" the voice said. Dedede and Escargoon looked up at the higher cliff where they saw an alien girl pointing some sort of gun at them. Others would get to know this girl later as Sirica.
"Hey, who are you!?" Dedede shouted.
"I believe I asked you first." Sirica said. Escargoon then stepped in front of Dedede, suddenly putting on a brave face.
"You're not from around here so let me fill you in a little. You are looking upon the great and all powerful King Dedede!" Escargoon said.
"Heh heh heh heh heh! That's right!" Dedede said. Sirica blinked a couple times.
"So... I have finally arrived in Dream Land." Sirica said as she looked up at the night sky. King Dedede and Escargoon both thought she was now ignoring them.
"Hey! Ain't you got nothin' to say!?" Dedede shouted. Sirica, however, aimed her gun towards the two and fired a pink laser.
"Yikes!!" Dedede and Escargoon both shouted as they jumped out of the way. Their car wasn't so lucky, however, and the two watched as it got smaller and smaller until it was the size of a toy.
"Whoa! Our car is now a micro machine!" Escargoon shouted as he picked up the car. Then he got bonked on the head by King Dedede.
"Quickly, Escargoon! Let's get on outta here!" Dedede shouted as the two turned around and ran as fast as they could down the dirt path. Sirica, meanwhile, jumped down from the cliffs and changed up her gun so that it shot flames now. A couple embers got on both Dedede's robe and Escargoon's shell back and they both hopped up and down like mad like they were on fire... which of course they were!
"Ooooch! Ouch! Eeeeek! Ow! Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot!!!" Dedede said as he and Escargoon (with him holding onto their shrunken car) running on the path back to their castle. Sirica watched them run that way and set the castle as her next destination.

Meanwhile, standing atop one of the many balconies at Castle Dedede were Meta Knight and his two comrades, Sword Knight and Blade Knight. They too had seen the 'meteor' fall from the sky, unaware it was actually a spaceship.
"Forget it... it was probably just a shooting star." Sword Knight said. Meta Knight then looked down and saw King Dedede and Escargoon running within the castle walls (with an army of Waddle Dees laying around), both patting their smoking backs.
"Hmmm... I do not think a shooting star could do that." Meta Knight said.
"Wake up, ya'll! We got an emergency! Close up them gates and head for your battle stations! We got a war on here!" Dedede shouted. Then he looked up at the balcony where Meta Knight was standing.
"Hey, Meta Knight! Get that lead out your helmet head! Do some 'fending or somethin'!" Dedede shouted.
"Yeah! What do we hardly pay ya for anyway!?" Escargoon shouted.
"Sword! Blade! Let's go!" Meta Knight said as they ran back inside the castle.
With the smoke from the flames they got hit with earlier finally gone, King Dedede stormed into his bedroom and slammed the doors behind him, hitting Escargoon and knocking him on his back, but he quickly got back up and entered the room as well.
"That extraterritorial done messing with the wrong dude! I'm gonna sic a monster on that freak!" Dedede said as he tossed aside his shrunken vehicle.
"But how, sire? You're cut off from Nightmare Enterprises until you pay off your debts!" Escargoon said.
"Then what am I supposed to do!?" Dedede said as he marched back and forth the bedroom.
"Maybe dust off your wallet." Escargoon said.
"Awww... who asked ya!?" Dedede said as he glared angrily at his sidekick.

Outside the castle, Sirica looked up at the raised drawbridge. Ordinarily this would chase off any other alien invader, but to Sirica, this was no obstacle. She changed her gun again and this time fired a grappling hook up at the top of the castle wall. She reeled herself in and landed on top of the wall, where a group of Waddle Dees looked shocked and surprised. Sirica then shot a missile out of her multi-purpose weapon, which exploded and sent Waddle Dees flying.
"Intruder! Man your stations!" Waddle Doo shouted. Sirica fired off some more missiles, setting off more explosions. On another side of the castle, Sir Ebrum and his family (Lady Like, Tiff, and Tuff) along with Kirby watched the smoke go shooting up in the air.
"Look! The castle is under invasion!" Sir Ebrum said.
"But who's attacking?" Tiff asked, finding it hard to believe King Dedede would be behind this madness.
"Whoever it is, I hope it's not after Kirby." Tuff said.
"I think we better go inside!" Lady Like said as she and the others all went back inside, including Kirby and Tuff.

As for Sirica, it was no problem for her to actually get inside the castle, and once she was in, she changed her tactics. She switched her gun back to her shrink ray. When she saw a group of Waddle Dees approaching her, she shot another beam out. The Waddle Dees froze with fear as they became covered in the light, and once the light died down, the Waddle Dees were all shrunken to a very tiny size. They watched as Sirica walked closer and closer, rising high above them like a castle. Sirica just kept walking, seemingly not caring for the Waddle Dees as she flattened them under her brown shoes. Some were flattened like pancakes while others got stuck like pieces of gum under her shoe, although they would eventually peel off and fall to the floor. Then she looked down at the floor below... where she saw exactly who she was looking for running by.
"Meta Knight!!" Sirica shouted. Meta Knight, along with Sword and Blade Knights, stopped running and looked up at the next level.
"It's been a very long time." Sirica said with a chillingly angry look on her face.
"You speak as if we have met. Have we?" Meta Knight said. Sirica jumped up on the rail.
"So you don't remember? My mother was the star warrior, Garlude!" Sirica said.
"Hmmmm!" Meta Knight said as that name definitely rang a bell. But before he could ponder further, Sirica changed up her weapon to that of a rapid fire laser rifle. She fired off a series of lasers which Meta Knight and his comrades easily dodged. Sirica chased Meta Knight into another room and attempted to destroy him with a missile, but she missed. Eventually Sword and Blade Knights jumped between the two.
"We'll handle this, Meta Knight!" Sword Knight shouted.
"Be careful." Meta Knight said as he ran away. Sirica was quite furious watching her enemy escape, but had to focus on Sword and Blade Knights as her fight was now with them. The two attacked with their swords while Sirica continued to fight back with her multi purpose weapon.

Meanwhile, inside the room where Sir Ebrum and his family stayed, he and Lady Like continued to stand outside and look over the balcony.
"Ze explodings have stopped." Lady Like commented.
"You're right, my dear. Perhaps the worst is over!" Sir Ebrum said.
"I hope so!" Lady Like said. While the two were preoccupied, this gave Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby the chance they needed to leave the room.

Later, as Sirica blew out another wall within the castle with a missile strike, she looked around trying to find Meta Knight.
"Come out! There's no use hiding from me, Meta Knight!" Sirica shouted. Then she saw Sword Knight and Blade Knight charging in from both sides. She was getting tired of fighting them, but she didn't have to look far to find her escape. She fired off her grappling hook and latched onto another side of the castle, swinging down and crashing through a glass window... which happened to be the one in King Dedede's bedroom.
"Hey! What's going on here!?" Dedede shouted. Sirica didn't say anything, however, as she switched her gun back to a shrink ray. King Dedede and Escargoon jumped out of the way as Sirica ended up shooting Dedede's bed instead, reducing it to a tiny size.
"Arrrrgh! Look here, missy! I'm just about tired of you minifying my properties!" Dedede shouted as he looked angry. Sirica, however, reloaded her weapon and pointed it straight at the two.
"Sire, let's get out of here!" Escargoon shouted as he and Dedede went running out of the room, just as Sirica fired the shrink ray again and hit nothing. But instead of chasing after the two, Sirica ran the other way.

Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby, meanwhile, were all running down another hallway. Tiff gasped when she looked around the corner saw an army of Waddle Dees storming down the hallway.
"Oh wow..." Tiff said, finding it hard to believe that many Waddle Dees were running away.
"What's going on?" Tuff asked. Suddenly, there was a big explosion with parts of the roof coming down. Stepping over the rubble was Sirica.
"Come out and face me, Meta Knight! You coward!" Sirica shouted as she looked around the hallway.
"Hey, look... it's a girl!" Tiff said. Sirica then looked towards that corner, causing Tiff and Tuff to gasp and take cover. Kirby, however, didn't budge and stood as curious as ever.
"Kirby, come on!" Tuff said as he gently pulled on Kirby's arm, but Sirica made a bold leap forward and was now less than a foot away from him and Kirby, causing the two to back away nervously.
"Tuff, hurry!" Tiff said, only to watch as Sirica joined them in the hallway with the gun pointed squarely at all of them. Tiff, however, acted brave and stood firm.

"Who are you!?" Tiff asked.
"My name is Sirica." Sirica said as she kept her stone cold facial expression and her weapon trained on the three.
"Why are you after Meta Knight?" Tiff asked.
"He has something that is very precious to me! His sword... Galaxia." Sirica said.
"Galaxia?" Tiff asked.
"You mean Meta Knight's sword has a name?" Tuff asked.
"This is ridiculous! Meta Knight's a great star warrior! Not a thief like you!" Tiff shouted. Sirica then blinked her eyes and shockingly smiled.
"Hmmm... Meta Knight inspires great loyalty for someone so heartless." Sirica said. Tiff and Tuff both gasped.
"What do you mean!?" Tuff asked.
"Your friend, Meta Knight, was an enemy of my mother! It was many, many years ago. My mother, Garlude, was considered the greatest of all Star Warriors. She and Meta Knight had been chosen among many noble warriors to reclaim the sacred sword, Galaxia, which had been stolen by the evil beast, Kirisakin. They began to battle the great monster. Both were brave and fought valiantly, but in the end, the beast proved too much for Garlude. Just as she was reclaiming the sword, she was overpowered. Meta Knight stood and watched as my mother lost the battle... he stole the sword and fled... leaving my mother to perish... alone." Sirica said as she fought hard the urge to cry thinking about her mother's tragic ending.

Tiff and Tuff, however, did not buy the story.
"That didn't happen! Get out, you liar!" Tiff said.
"That's right! Meta Knight would never do something like that!" Tuff said.
"I speak the truth! He abandoned my mother and stole Galaxia! And to prove my point, I'll use my shrink ray and step on you all like bugs!" Sirica said. Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby gasped and tried not to think of the thought of being shrunken to a tiny size.
"That is what YOU say!" Meta Knight's voice suddenly shouted. Sirica turned around and saw Meta Knight standing proudly a few yards away.
"So... you finally face me, Meta Knight. Let's settle this with me reducing you to crumb size!" Sirica said as she fired her shrink ray at Meta Knight. The warrior jumped out of the way and the beam shrunk a pile of debris seemingly out of sight.
"Whoa! She means business with that shrinking beam!" Tuff said. Sirica quickly took another shot. This time, as Meta Knight jumped towards Kirby and the others, he blocked the beam with Galaxia. But after the beam bounced around a few walls, it eventually ricocheted right into Kirby, who was shrunken down immediately to 2-3 inches tall.
"Kirby!!" Tiff shouted in despair. Meta Knight turned around to see what had happened to Kirby, but when he looked and faced Sirica again, he had no time to dodge the next blast, and he shrunk in size as well.
"Yikes! Meta Knight's been hit too!" Tuff commented.

But before Sirica could approach both of her shrunken enemies, she turned around as she heard battle cries from both Sword and Blade Knights. Sirica quickly had to switch to sword mode on her weapon to block their strikes.
"Tiff! Get Meta Knight and Kirby out of here! We'll cover you!" Sword Knight said.
"Right!" Tiff said. She ran up to Kirby and Meta Knight, reaching down and gently picking them up. Kirby couldn't help but look up in awe as he saw how big Tiff looked from where he was standing, at least until Tiff covered her hands so they wouldn't fall off them. Sword Knight and Blade Knight eventually made Sirica's weapon launch a missile straight up, and naturally the explosion took out a huge chunk of the ceiling that all parties had to evade. Sirica went one way while Sword and Blade Knights went another, following Tiff and Tuff. Eventually the group got far enough away, and Tuff saw that Sirica wasn't following them.
"The coast is clear, guys! She's gone. How are Meta Knight and Kirby?" Tuff said as he ran up to Tiff, Sword Knight, and Blade Knight. Tiff looked down in her hands at the two shrunken warriors.
"Sigh... smaller than we remember them." Tiff said.
"Sirica has a powerful array of weapons and is most dangerous." Meta Knight said.
"Tell me something I don't know. How are we going to get you two back to normal?" Tiff asked.
"Unfortunately only Sirica has the tools to reverse our current state." Meta Knight said, causing Kirby to let out a sad-sounding sigh.
"The way she is now, she'd shrink all of us until she got her hands on Galaxia." Tuff said as he looked at the miniscule golden sword in Meta Knight's hand.
"I suggest we hide for now until we've thought of a new attack strategy." Sword Knight said. Blade Knight said a bunch of gibberish as usual.
"Yeah, but where? She's made a mess of almost the whole castle." Tuff said.
"We need to go far away. We'll hide inside Kabu." Tiff said.
"Agreed. Let us hurry. Sirica will not give up her hunt so easily." Meta Knight said. As Tiff closed up her hand again to keep Meta Knight and Kirby safe, she, Tuff, Sword Knight, and Blade Knight all ran down the corridors and eventually made their way out of the castle. Little did they realize Sirica was watching their every move from high above the castle's rooftops and secretly following them.

Meanwhile, King Dedede sat back on his throne after pressing the button that would lower the monitor from the ceiling. Once it was down, the screen powered on and revealed the ever-cunning salesman from N.M.E. He had a big smile on his face despite the ever stern look on Dedede’s face.
"Hey! What up, Triple D?" the salesman said.
"I need me a monster and make it quick! I got a alien after me trying to turn my castle into a dollhouse!" Dedede shouted.
"Did you say alien? Tell me more about it." the salesman said.
"She's a little girl with a big ol' gun and a whole lot of attitude!" Escargoon said.
"Hmmm... very interesting. If this space girl is as tough as you say she is, I think I better send... the big guy!" the salesman said. The monster downloading machine went active, lighting the whole room up with purple energy and lightning bolts. When the sparks died down, a very tall monster (probably 9-10 feet tall) with sharp fangs and two very long claws for hands roared upward.
"Now THAT'S a monster!" Dedede said.
"I think I'm going to faint..." Escargoon said.
"Introducing Kirisakin! He's a beauty of a beast that we found in..." the salesman said as he gave the full sales pitch of the monster's capabilities to the villains.

Meanwhile, at the Kabu statue, Sword and Blade Knights sat behind the fire standing guard while Tuff and Tiff sat down on the ground. Meta Knight stood at the end of one of her shoes (which were both pointing upward), while Kirby was jumping up and down on the other. Tiff couldn't help but smile.
"Heh heh... for being so small, Kirby doesn't seem to be bothered by it." Tiff said.
"One benefit of being a pink ball of enthusiastic energy." Meta Knight commented. He then watched as Tiff reached out and gently picked him up, holding him in the palm of her right hand.
"Meta Knight, tell me. You didn't really steal that Galaxia sword, did you?" Tiff asked.
"No. I did not." Meta Knight said rather softly but bluntly all at once.
"You would never do something like that. Why don't you tell her the truth?" Tiff asked.
"Nothing I say will change her mind, I am afraid." Meta Knight said.
"But, Meta Knight, how are we ever going to convince her that you're innocent?" Tiff asked. Meta Knight unsheathed Galaxia and held it above his head.
"My sword knows I am innocent." Meta Knight said. Tiff just sighed.
"A lot of good that does. After all, it's not as if your sword can talk or anything." Tiff said.
"We must speak with Kabu. He will explain things to you." Meta Knight said. Tiff looked up at the ceiling as if Kabu were looking down on her himself.

Kabu spent the next couple minutes explaining the histories not just of Meta Knight and Garlude, but also of the sword, Galaxia, itself. Tiff eventually would stand back on her feet while the story was told, with Kirby jumping from one of her shoes to another while the explanation occurred. When Kabu stopped talking, she looked back down at Meta Knight in her hand.
"I didn't know your sword was so powerful. But there's one thing that still bothers me... what really happened to Garlude?" Tiff asked. Just then...
"Look out!!!" Sword Knight said as he and Blade Knight jumped backwards, only to get hit by a pink laser beam that made them shrink smaller and smaller. They were falling a long ways down from the pedestal.
"(gasp!) Sword Knight! Blade Knight!" Tiff said as she ran forward and caught them in her other hand. Kirby was kicked up in the air thanks to Tiff's sudden movement, but he took in a load of air, puffing him up and allowing him to float safely onto Tiff's shoulder.
"So this is where you were hiding!!!" a female voice shouted. Everyone looked up and saw it was Sirica.
"Sirica!" Tiff shouted.
"No way! She must've followed us here!" Tuff said. Sirica then changed her gun to missile mode and fired. Although Tiff and Tuff ran away from the missile, the explosion knocked them both off their feet. Tiff crashed against the wall, rubbing her head with one hand while looking down on her other hand and seeing Kirby, Sword Knight, and Blade Knight.
"Kirby! Are you alright?" Tiff asked. Kirby nodded as he seemed to be in one piece.
"Wait! Where's Meta Knight!?" Sword Knight shouted as he and Blade Knight both shook themselves off.

Tiff gasped when she saw where the shrunken Meta Knight had ended up. In the middle of the floor, and Sirica had jumped off the upper platform and was towering over him.
"Meta Knight!" Tiff shouted as she tried to get up, but was in too much pain to do so.
"I've wasted enough time, Meta Knight! Give me Galaxia NOW!" Sirica shouted.
"No, Sirica. You cannot have it." Meta Knight calmly said.
"Hmmm... so defiant for someone so small. Very well then, I'll just crush you like the bug you are." Sirica said. She raised a foot up and was about to crush the hero flat, when suddenly there was a loud roar coming from outside. Everyone looked towards the entrance to Kabu and ran towards it, with Tuff helping Tiff up the stairs as she carried all the shrunken warriors.

Sirica was the first to see what was coming, and she gasped as a fierce looking beast came charging down the path. She knew right away what was coming.
"This can't be... it is Kirisakin, the great monster!" Sirica said.
"Kirisakin is coming to reclaim the sword. We must stop it!" Meta Knight said from Tiff's hands. Sirica wasted no time in attacking, picking up her multi-purpose weapon and switching it to missile mode. Kirisakin evaded the missiles, forcing Sirica to change to rapid fire laser mode, but the lasers just bounced off its skin. She finally had to switch to sword mode and use the blade to block the strikes from the monster's claws. She took a few swings herself and managed to scratch the monster, but its wounds quickly self healed. Tiff and Tuff backed away while she and the shrunken ones watched.
"Oh man! This is bad, Tiff! What will we do!?" Tuff said.
"Sirica! Please grow Meta Knight and the others back to normal! Let them help you!" Tiff shouted as she pleaded to the female star warrior.
"NO!" Sirica shouted as she held on for dear life onto Kirisakin. But finally she lost her grip and went flying off, landing a few feet away from Tiff and Tuff. Then, all of a sudden, Meta Knight leapt right off Tiff's hand.
"I will not allow the monster to succeed!" Meta Knight said as he, despite only being inches tall, went charging towards the monster.
"Meta Knight, no!!!" Tiff shouted.
"He's crazy!" Tuff commented. Meta Knight ran past Sirica and held up Galaxia above his head. He charged it up and fired an energy beam... a rather decent sized one despite being so small. The monster winced a bit as the energy went into its body, but it roared again and smashed one of its claws at the ground. While it was far from hitting Meta Knight, the impact knocked him off his feet, causing him to lose his grip on Galaxia as well.
At the same time, Galaxia suddenly enlarged itself back to its normal size, but nobody was paying attention to that. Everyone was instead watching as Kirisakin was undergoing a big change itself. The monster suddenly grew bigger as golden energy, presumably from Galaxia, swirled around the monster's body. Kirisakin now stood almost 50 feet tall and certainly looked more menacing than ever before.
"Now what will we do?" Tuff said. Kirby tried to jump off Tiff's hand just like Meta Knight did, but Tiff stopped him by putting a finger down on top of him and nearly flattening him.
"No, Kirby! You're much too small." Tiff said.

Meanwhile, with everyone looking up at the enlarged Kirisakin, Sirica realized there was nothing to stop her from grabbing Galaxia, especially now that the sword had somehow returned to its normal size.
"Now is my only chance… I must take what is mine!" Sirica said to herself. She ran up to the sword and reached down to pick it up. As soon as she held it firmly in one of her hands, however, numerous lightning bolts shot all around her body.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Sirica screamed as her hair flailed around wildly like it was in a hurricane. When she opened her eyes, she then saw nothing but a field of stars and nebulas. Then there was an elegant female voice.
"My name is Galaxia. Only the most powerful of knights may wield my ancient magic. Meta Knight is the chosen one. Your mother, Garlude, knew then this truth." Galaxia said. The mention of her mother's name then made Sirica gasp.
"In sacrificing her life, Garlude made the ultimate sacrifice." Galaxia continued, with Sirica now seeing an image of Garlude pulling Galaxia from the rocks and throwing it towards Meta Knight. Meta Knight then knocked Kirisakin out just as Garlude collapsed and perished.
"But her spirit remains strong within my golden metal, and as a parting wish, she sealed within me her fighting spirit. A powerful spirit that you, Sirica, shall now possess. Use it to once and for all defeat the beast that held me captive for centuries." Galaxia then continued. Sirica then felt the need to scream again as her vision returned to normal and she felt power coarsing through her body.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Sirica shouted.

Tiff and Tuff (with the shrunken warriors Kirby, Sword and Blade Knights, and Meta Knight all gathered back into her hands) gasped as they watched Sirica undergo an incredible transformation.
"Oh my goodness, look!" Tiff said.
"Wow! She's getting bigger too!" Tuff said. Indeed, Sirica, along with Galaxia in her hands, slowly grew bigger as electricity continued to swirl around them. Eventually, the energy faded away, and Sirica was now 50 feet tall much like a shocked and stunned Kirisakin behind her.
"Oh… oh my… I've grown gigantic." Sirica said, surprised to see the area around her smaller, especially seeing Tiff and Tuff by her feet.
"Wow! This is so awesome! This is like my favorite action show on Channel DDD, where the hero grows big to fight the giant monster!" Tuff shouted. Tiff could only raise an eyebrow over at her brother.

But before anyone could wonder how Sirica became a giantess, Kirisakin once again let out a loud roar. Sirica swung around and looked at the monster right in the eyes.
"Kirisakin! It's time you finally met your end! HAAAAA!!!" Sirica shouted as she charged forward and engaged in battle with the monster. She swung Galaxia around like a pro star warrior, clanging the weapon with the monster's claws and causing sparks to shoot out. It wasn't perfect, though. Kirisakin shot a fireball towards Sirica's face and she had to sidestep the attack, but in doing so, it gave Kirisakin the opportunity to shove Sirica with its claws. Sirica lost her balance and crashed back first to the ground, her hair coming within inches of landing atop Tiff and Tuff.
"Yikes! Watch it with the hair!" Tuff shouted. Sirica quickly got back up and got back to fighting Kirisakin with her sword. Tiff couldn't help but be mesmerized not only by how tall Sirica was, but her fighting style as well as she weaved around the monster from side to side.
"Wow… to see such a tall woman fighting like that… it's almost too elegant." Tiff said to herself.
"Tiff, I must ask that you repent on the squeezing." Meta Knight said. Tiff snapped out of it and looked down, realizing she was squeezing her hand into a fist too tightly for Kirby and Meta Knight's companions (Sword and Blade Knights) to take.
"Oops! Sorry." Tiff said as she unsqueezed her hand.

The battle raged on for a few more minutes before finally Sirica was gaining the upper hand. Kirisakin was getting too tired trying to keep up with Sirica's agile movements (despite her enlarged size), and after a couple good slashes on its body, Sirica held Galaxia up and charged it with energy.
"This is for my mother!!!" Sirica shouted as she swung Galaxia down, sending a green slicing energy wave towards Kirisakin. The monster roared as he watched his claws get sliced off, and then he got sliced perfectly in half before exploding.

As the smoke cleared, Sirica breathed a sigh of relief as she heard Tiff and Tuff cheering from below.
"Yeah! All right!" Tuff shouted.
"Way to go, Sirica! Woohoo!!!" Tiff said. Sirica smiled as she then looked down at Galaxia.
"Galaxia… now I know my mother remained a true warrior to the end." Sirica said. Then everyone watched as she and Galaxia shrunk in size.
"Oh, she's shrinking." Tuff said.
"I guess the magic is wearing off." Tiff said. Sirica was quickly back to her normal size, and Tiff and Tuff ran up to her.
"Sirica, she would've been very proud of you." Meta Knight commented from Tiff's hand. Sirica smiled as she looked down on her former rival, and then she leaned in closer.
"Meta Knight… please forgive me for my rash behavior." Sirica said.
"You are forgiven, Sirica." Meta Knight said.
"Soooo, Sirica… do you think you could bring everyone back to their normal size now?" Tiff asked.
"Oh… I don't know. I think Meta Knight looks super cute at that size. Maybe I can keep him and take him across the galaxy with me." Sirica said as she poked on Meta Knight's mask, knocking him on his behind. Sword Knight, Blade Knight, Kirby, and Tuff couldn't help but laugh. Tiff, however, had a somewhat serious look on her face.
"Please, Sirica?" Tiff said.
"Okay, okay." Sirica said.

After Tiff set everyone down on the ground and she stepped back (along with Tuff), Sirica set her weapon on the shrink ray mode. She knew a second blast would reverse the shrinking effect and bring everyone back to normal, which is exactly what happened as she fired the pink laser. It only took seconds for Meta Knight, Kirby, Sword Knight, and Blade Knight to grow back to their normal sizes.
"Yay! Kirby!" Tiff said as she and Kirby hugged each other, with Kirby obviously happy to be back to his normal size. Sword and Blade Knights approached Meta Knight.
"It's good to have you back to normal, Meta Knight." Sword Knight said.
"Yes. I am grateful this story had a happy ending." Meta Knight said as he looked over at Sirica, who smiled and nodded.

As the morning sun started to rise, Sirica was back in her spaceship and taking off for the skies in search of her next adventure. She took a look at her view screen and saw everyone looking up at her (with Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby waving). Then she zoomed in on Meta Knight, with Galaxia rightfully back in his possession.
"Goodbye." Sirica softly said before her ship went into warp speed and rocketed past the atmosphere.
"Well, Meta Knight, she really was a great warrior." Tiff said.
"Yes. And one we will see again very soon." Meta Knight said before he, and eventually everyone else (including a bouncy happy Kirby), walked away from the cliffs and began the walk back to King Dedede's castle.

END