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Dendy's mother, Pepelina, looked at Dendy. She'd just been staring at two things, the pond or her phone. "Dendy? Is something wrong?"
Dendy sighed, trying to make her lips not tremble. "Yes mother. Something is wrong."
"Do you want to talk about it sweetie?"
"Yes."
Pepelina took her daughter inside. "What's wrong Den?"
"KO is going out with a girl. He never even told me her name. It's like nothing else matters to him anymore. Everyone's super worried about my feelings, so they try to make sure I don't hear them talking about her…"
Pepelina froze up. "What did she look like?"
"Long locks of auburn hair, ivory fair skin, eyes that are emerald green instead of my stupid malachite…" Dendy looked at her mirror. Of course KO wouldn't want her in a romantic way. She wasn't as pretty as her.
"Did you get her name?" Pepelina asked as she brought down a book.
"Jolene."
Dendy stood, a snarl playing upon her lips as her mother helped escort her to the plaza. "I can't believe it."
"I can. Jolene was always wanting to go after stronger males to drain."
"When I find her, she's going to pay for what she did to my KO!"
"I'll be here for back up if you need it sweetie."
"Thank you. I hope that will not be necessary."
Dendy walked up to the area where "Jolene" and KO were making out. She let out a growl.
"Jolene." She said, accusatory. "I challenge you to a power battle. Right here, right now."
KO glared at Dendy with an animalistic growl.
"No, no. Pet, it's alright." Jolene reassured him.
"His name. Is KO." Dendy said through gritted teeth.
"Well, he enjoys being called it, don't you Pe-" She was cut off as Dendy struck her with a swift kick. "Oh, you wretched little brat!" She gnashed her teeth. "Don't you know who I am?"
"I know exactly who you are. You're one of the oldest sirens to ever exist. And as KO's friend, I am determined to take you down and make sure that you never harm him again."
The siren merely chuckled. "Sit this one out Pet. I want the satisfaction of taking her down myself."
With that, the siren sprouted her wings, and suddenly Dendy found herself up in the air, Jolene's hands at her throat. She struggled for a moment, before charging up some of the turbonic electrical energy that the siren had drained and used it for a swift kick to her stomach. The siren released her, allowing Dendy to land safely on a cloud. Dendy charged up another super jump, but lost footing as the siren sent out feathers to destroy the cloud she was on. It took her a couple of moments to activate her hackpack's hang glider. She didn't realize the Siren was that strong!
The siren chased after her, only to be suddenly derailed from her mission as an electrical kick hit her face. "Who!?" She hissed as she looked around the crowd that was beginning to form.
"It's been a long time Panemorfi." Pepelina growled.
"Ohohoho! No wonder she was such an ugly girl! It's such a good thing that I made him love me instead!"
This elicited some growls from the plazians, but they were ignored.
"Don't you dare talk about my sweet Dendy like that!"
"Well, Pepelina, I've learned much from our last battle, and it looks that you've grown soft."
Pepelina smirked. "Yeah," She super charged her feat and in a heartbeat, kicked the siren across the face once more. "But looks can be decieving."
"Oh! ALL OF YOU ARE RETCHED BRATS!" The creature broke out of its human skin, and standing before Pepelina, Dendy, and the assortment of plazians was an ugly vulture looking creature with oily and dandruff filled black hair that looked like a wig on it's head, some parts balding.
"Ugh! Ugly sure reeled it's head!" A distinct sentence from Radacles was hear over the gagging from the looks of the creature.
"But you're too late to save him." She looked at the pair of kappas smugly. "Oh Pet~ Deal with the younger kappa for me, will you?"
KO suddenly jumped from where he was left and landed in the middle of the group. He reeled back his arm as everything seemed to slow down. Dendy turned towards him, only to dodge his fist at the last minute.
"KO!" Dendy cried out as she kept trying to dodge his onslaught. He wasn't himself! He didn't even use his quick jab or any of his power fists- …His power was already drained! Which meant-! "Mom!" Dendy cried between dodging. "Watch out! She has his- Power!"
Dendy said it at the right moment, because the siren let out a shrill note that manifested into a Power Note. Pepelina jumped over it with ease.
Dendy kept trying to dodge while KO kept throwing the punches. "KO! Stop this! I- Love-" She tripped and fell backwards, her exauhstion trying to catch up with her.
KO reeled back and he threw a punch- only for it to be stopped inches away from her face. He tried again, but suddenly his red armband grew spikes and turned black as it hit him square in the face.
"KO!?"
"You need to fight her!" He told her.
"What-?"
"Go! I don't know how long I can hold him off!"
"T-TK-"
"GO NOW! Stop her before she hurts anyone else! I'll keep him distracted!"
Dendy nodded and charged towards the siren, who at the moment was trying to find a way to choke her mother. She delivered a swift uppercut to get the siren off of her mother.
"This is no quarrel with you kappaling. Go fight your lover."
"I challenged you to a Power Battle. It's only fair the two fighters are the ones who finish the job."
Dendy charged at the siren, able to dodge her cordinated attacks and able to deal some swift and powerful blows.
She was on the ropes.
Dendy charged with a super jump ready to be released at any moment-
The siren chuckled. "My pet! Now!"
Dendy suddenly felt paralyzed as something blasted at her back.
She felt a trickle of blood come out of the corner of her mouth.
She felt herself fall…
And it was over as her world went white.