[Maverick Hunter Zero]

While it would have been in his nature to kill, this was not it, Skeith had moved to act in the interest of preventing such eventual deaths; how he managed this however was a feat best viewed as odd, even for those who who knew that the Terror of Death was a unknown entity and possible threat.  Which was somehow akward to those who loathed him wondered why he was seen dashing at top speed with both an unconcious Banjo and Kazooie in his hands to the Lightweather Hospital, the moment he stoped outside the entrance, he initiated a vocal projection on one of the computers in the buildings lobby calling for assistance.

The moment this was answered, a group of doctors managed to take the two unconcious anthropomorphic animals to the Intensive Care Ward, Skeith made sure that he was preoccupied while the Bear and Bird were given medical attention.

'...' was the only thing on his mind, Skeith was unable to communicate with a voice, though he would most likely need a translater to properly communicate.

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Banjo and Kazooie were being dragged on a gurney to an emergency care room accompanied by several doctors all different species, one of them looked like a humanoid fox while another was a pink bulbous creature similar to Chansey but Banjo was fading in and out of consciousness that he couldn't entirely tell. At one point while being raced down a long hallway Kazooie was placed on a separate gurney and put into a larger more intense part of the facility for the seriously wounded. Banjo and his bird friend were split up from eachother and this caused Banjo to jolt awake in anger. "NO! SHE STAYS WITH ME! Where are you taking her!?"  The bear was violently flailing trying to make his way off the gurney but luckily for the medical staff he was strapped down pretty tightly and unable to properly move. One of the staff takes out a small syringe and ejects it into the bear's massive right arm. Within seconds Banjo is knocked out into an unconscious state again and is successfully wheeled into his medical room to be healed and fixed up. He is inserted into a long circular machine and shot with bright rays of light around his body virtually eliminating his injuries and making him appear as if he wasn't hurt at all. For the more deeper wounds he was sprayed with a special chemical by one of the medical nurses and bandaged up. After only a few minutes the still blacked out bear is wheeled out into the recovery lodge not far from the emergency medical halls and left there alone to refresh and replenish with nobody else around him when he wakes up to unleash on in case he still isn't stable. With his eyes still closed, it was only a matter of time before he came to now.

As for Kazooie, she was brought into a different much more labor intensive facility where she was surrounded by dozens of staff conducting various tests on her putting tubes into her skin and putting her through rigorous machine healing and chemical cleansing yet still she hasn't come to. They try one more test by placing her fragile bird body into a large chamber which is made to reverse wear and tear on the body using time traveling technology. "This hasn't been tested enough yet, are we sure about this?" One of the medical members speaks out hesitant to try the chamber, but she is given the nod by the rest of the team and she presses a long lever with the bird inside causing a rainbow colored array of lights to shower upon the bird. After several seconds, the chamber opens up with smoke coming out and Kazooie stands perfectly normal and fully recovered. But Kazooie's appearence looked different, she looked bigger, stronger, taller!



"Why thank ya kindly, all of you, but I do believe I need to find my partner. And oh my, it appears I can talk nicely now too. So excuse me." In a flash Kazooie stretched her mighty wings and flew passed the medical staff and on her way out of the facility to find her friend Banjo. Those remaining in the room were left alarmed and confused. "I think we just accelerated her growth process...oh my..." The staff all had shocked looks on their faces as the bird rushed off, not sure what to think about what just happened. Soon, the two would be reunited, and together their power would be great again, if not moreso than ever before.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Skeith had beem calmly anticipating the good news, Banjo was going to be alright and Kazooie, who had been unconcious recently, had been restored to physical fitness albiet on a level equivilant to the Blue Blur.

The moment he saw Kazooie searching for Banjo, Skeith decided to accompany the bird and try to speak to her.

though talking with a voice was something that would prove extremely difficult to the Terror of Death, Telepathy was on a level that he could understand. "I shall accompany you, for it was I who brought you here." Skeith's Telepathic voice said within Kazooies mind. It was clear that Skeith had helped them oit of the fate that would have befallen the both of them had he not acted in time, but he did not intend to give them a reason to attack him when he was not in a violent mood and was only openly violent when he needed to be.

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Banjo began to gradually open his eyes until he felt his energy being restored back to him and sprang up out of the wheel chair he was placed in. He looked around the room alert and startled but saw nobody. He looked at the bandages on his arms and chest area and ripped them off. He then ripped off the medical apron he was given to reveal his furry upper body and rushed to the door. He swung it open and saw a long hallway filled with medical personnel walking in all different directions from room to room, he knew he had to be careful not to get caught or sedated, he would have to lay low and try to avoid their eyes to properly make it through the facility. "I'll find you Kazooie, somehow we'll find eachother again." Banjo began to tip toe out the door of the room he was kept in and creeped from wall to wall hugging the wallpaper attempting to avoid any windowed areas and sneaking around in a quiet manner in order to not make any sound. Realistically, however, he was a bear first and foremost, and would not be hard to spot, but he knew he had to at least try the stealth tactic before things got...for lack of a better word...harry.

Meanwhile, Kazooie is flying down the hallways of the hospital searching room by room for her friend turning her head left and right to keenly see through the windows of the closed doors around her but Banjo was nowhere to be seen. During the search Kazooie was stopped by the same strange figure who was present during their big fight. She was surprised to hear him offer help after what happened. "I don't know if accepting your help is the best idea mister...I mean...you are allied with that long haired psycho saber fellow...how can we trust you to help us with ANY thing?" Kazooie knew she had a good point, and wondered if she had stumped Skeith for a response. She wanted to keep flying around in search of Banjo before any medical staff had a chance to restrain her, so she impatiently waited for Skeith before flying off again as she stayed afloat in the air to hear him. She only was giving him a small amount of time to explain himself, and then she would fly off again.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Skeith simply said in that same telepathic voice "Why would I be allied with a piece of Technology that I could easily short-circut. I merly came to the area as it was Waluigi that had disturbed the silence and I openly prevented Waluigi from escaping further, I did not fight as I would have only gotten in the way and Alleys are just not my style in terms of combat." and continued to follow Kazooie.

It was true that Skeith did not participate in the actual battle against Waluigi, but Skeith allied woth ZERO!? that was the wrong way to go about it, even with someone like the Terror of Death.

"Just to be blunt, I brought the two of you here for fear that you both would have met your end, if not by the robot, but by natural causes." Skeith added, noticing that Banjo would be clearly visible by him as he had seen the bear attempt his best interpretation of Solid Snake sneaking down the hall with his back to it.

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The bird did not expect such an answer from the tall fellow. Kazooie could have sworn he was siding with the hunter, but she was glad he wasn't. The bird landed on its feet and stopped hovering in the air showing the tall creature that he earned her time. She smiled. "Well then, thanks for savin our lives and thank you for doin what you thought was right good sir. I'm Kazooie! I would love some help findin Banjo!" Kazooie suspected that the strangely figured creature might have seen Banjo around and didn't want to turn down the offer of aid. The bird then took to the air again and spotted some nurses rushing down the hall to try and apprehend the bird and his new friend. "We better make haste my misshapen amigo! Their gonna strap us down if we don't escape." Kazooie darted off again fluttering through the air in spirals and spins making her alot tougher to capture.

Banjo noticed someone saw him sneaking around the walls, but it wasn't a medical person, it was the large figure that saved his life earlier. He wasn't sure what to think of that creature just yet, but he certainly had some ideas. But with that tall phantom, he could have sworn he saw Kazooie buzzing by, but bigger, and full of energy! Banjo wondered if that was his same friend from before, and started to head towards that direction being so filled with excitement he grew impatient and detached himself from lurking in the shadows to chase after the bird; or at least reunite with the figure who saved his life. But as he ran towards the grim looking figure he saw a group of medical staff running by near him and hesitated to keep going that direction. One of the nurses turned her head and saw Banjo in the middle of the adjacent hallway and raised a hand into the air to signal the bear to stop. "STOP! GET BACK TO YOUR RECOVERY ROOM!"  Banjo was dumbstruck as to what to do next. The nurse started to run towards the bear and Banjo looked around for anything to stall her. He managed to find a jar of cotton balls and began to throw it at the nurse. He kept throwing them at the medical person as he ran by her heading towards the giant looking behemoth that saved him before. "WATCH OUT BIG GUY! SHE'S FEISTY!"  Banjo was nearly there now with the nurse calling for backup, but this time it wasn't just medical personnel, it was a group from the Police HQ of armored Toads rushing after Banjo now. Banjo let out a gulp and screamed aloud. "OHHHH MAN!" He said unsure what to do from here.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Skeith merely taped the bottom end of his Red Wand onto the ground and caused a barrier to form between Banjo and the people giving chase. another barrier would be erected that could send Kazooie back to where Skeith was standing. "Fiesty or not, the nurse means well, even with you and Kazooie healed, you must understand that the medics are nice people." Skeith said telepathicly to the bear named Banjo. "For now let us adjourn to your Recovery room so I can get you up to date on that unpleasant... incident" He added, lifting Banjo up and placing him piggy-back upon his back.

The armed Toads from the Police Station and the medical personel steped back, afraid that Skeith would attack, but when they saw that he was being nice and trying to help out, they let out a collective sigh of relief. Skeith glided to where Banjo had been recovering, and made a chirruping noise that Kazooie would be able to hear, which was a note to come back and meet Skeith and Banjo in the place Banjo had escaped from.

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Overtime things seemed to get more and more out of hand. Banjo was starting to feel like he was in some kind of variety act. Once he was able to reach the familiar figure he was surrounded by a strange barrier and then hoisted up on the creature's shoulders just like before. The bear was more confused now than he had ever been. But his life was saved previously by the same being, so he trusted the being knew where he was going. When he had heard the figure was going to take him back to his recovery room Banjo seemed jumpy. He just wanted to be with Kazooie again and nothing more. But once the towering titan mentioned he wanted to explain the prior incident Banjo appeared pretty open to it. He really did want to know what happened. He shouted for his pal Kazooie. "KAZOOIE! WHEREVER YOU ARE! Meet us in the recovery room!" Banjo at least knew Kazooie was out and about, and definitely figured the bird wasn't dead. The medical staff and the Toads from the Police HQ at this point just considered Banjo to be insane and let Banjo's large comrade take care of the rest. Some even looked relieved when they saw Banjo being escorted back to his room. The bear just waved to them and let himself be moved back.

Soon afterwards once they reached the room, Banjo jumped off of the figure's back and reverted to his feet. He heard the creature make a noise that sounded like a bird, and Banjo chuckled. "You know, Kazooie can understand english." Little did Banjo know, the bird could now fluently speak it as well. Within a minute Kazooie raced back into the room zipping passed the medical staff again and gave Banjo a giant hung flying so fast she crashed into the bear's mighty arms in an embrace. "I missed you so so much Banjo!"  The bear collided to the ground from the hug and made a look of shock. "Kazooie, you can speak, WELL!"  The bird removed herself from the bear's loving grip and nodded spinning around and showing herself off. "Yup! And I'm taller too! I also feel much more stronger than before. Whatever they did to me it made me more powerful than I've ever felt. Now I can be REAL useful in a fight with you Banjo!" The bear smiled and gave Kazooie another hug. He was just happy she was alright and they were together again. He tried holding back tears as he hugged her once more. "You know it was never about how we fought Kazooie....it was always about our safety." Banjo never wanted to let go of Kazooie, but the bird removed herself from the hug again and gave Banjo an assurance of independence.

"You don't have to worry about me Banjo. You know as well as I leaving your side never crosses my mind, even now although I'm healthier and better than ever, I still wanna stick with you buddy." Banjo blushes and bashfully slides his foot across the floor. "Aw shucks Kazooie." Before things got too weird Banjo looks up at his strangely figured new friend and shows him gratitude. "Thank you. For not only saving our lives, but making sure we don't lose ourselves in the process. As far as I'm concerned you're a real friend." Banjo hugs the figure now and gives him a nice pat on its mighty back. Although the height differences were so apparent, that it was more like a bug hugging a tree than a bear hugging another living being. "I'm Banjo. I hope you can tell me your name." The bear then let go and stood in front of his new friend all ears. "Now...there was something you were trying to explain to me...." Kazooie waddled over to where Banjo and the tall savior was and she too, seemed to be interested in listening. They were intrigued to find out the reason behind such deep injustice.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"People and creatures who fear my presence call me 'The Terror of Death'; But you and Kazooie can call me Skeith. As for the info, Waluigi had finally been aprihended by a 2D creature who is black and human shaped, the white-haired Swordsman, and the very person who did that punishing attack which had nearly done the two of you in." Skeith said in Banjo and Kazooie's subconcious domains, referencing Mr. Game & Watch, Ragna the Bloodedge, and Zero; which Banjo had locked a grudge on when Zero had caused that Rekkoha to nearly decimate Kazooie.

"I might add that if you openly declare a challenge to the robot or vice versa, you might be able to exact your wrath upon him. But there are rules in the arena that are followed. One cannot escape from the arena, nor can they use items, cheat, call for outside assistance, or even kill one another. And all arena battles are conducted within 5 turns, Making the fighting limited but fast paced for people." Skeith added, making a mental note to try fighting in the stadium sometime in the near future.

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Banjo raised a snout at Skeith's comment about exacting revenge and being in a situation where it was completely ok to attack someone who was considered a good guy by most, and upheld justice in every sense of the word right down to its very core. A bit overboard in Banjo's mind as to what justice truly meant, but the guy WAS half robot after all, which means the robot humanoid mix halfway relied on calculations and his own taught data to make decisions and exist. With the other half simply trying to cope with what he was. Banjo wished he could have pity for him, but after what the robotic creature carelessly did to him and Kazooie, especially Kazooie, Banjo found it exceedingly difficult to forgive. But from what Sketih was saying, several of them were working together to crush Waluigi, which meant all several of them wouldn't hesitate to destroy anyone in their way either by accident or even by complete innocence. They didn't quite care about what was right or wrong, they did what made sense, which meant destroying the purple culprit and sentencing him to prolonged community service duty after turning him into a trophy. Nothing was adding up. It was all too harsh a punishment with little explanation in Banjo's mind, and he didn't want to point fingers until he had all the facts.

"Yeah I heard about that Sunshine Stadium place...and I think challenging him is a fine idea. He can see what real power me and Kazooie here hold. Thanks for the motivation big guy, he won't know what hit him." Banjo strokes Kazooie's feathers as she coos once again calm and happy now that the reunion has happened. "Nobody hurts Kazooie like that again." Banjo proclaimed this loudly and Kazooie just smiles. "Oh Banjo, now that I feel bigger and stronger and full of energy more than ever before, I'm sure we can take on that cyborg together no problemo!" Banjo contemplates the dangers of this a moment knowing previously what he was capable of, but realizes the cyborg warrior doesn't know what the duo was completely capable of either. "I don't suppose anything too dangerous can come from that punk in a..sort of friendly match. So Skeith...." Banjo turns to look up at Skeith to hear his take on the bear's decision. "Should I go set up our match now or what?" Kazooie was just as eager as Banjo was as she, even though bigger and healthier, was able to jump inside the bear's backpack again like old times and sit comfortably even now to provide a perfect fit.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"You may do so, it would be interesting for all to see who comes out on top between the two of you." Skeith said pleasantly in Banjo's mind, hoping there will be some enjoyment in this as he knew full well that there would be retribution for the red robot.

"It would also be noted that the being you refer to as a cyborg is in fact a Humanoid Robot. which is also fitting since he was made by someone who is concidered to be the 'self-proclaimed' robotics expert. That man does not have the I.Q. exceeding that of one with 300 however, which makes him as simple as the humans who live within this Life Sphere." he added, in reference to Eggman and Wily. Skeith had not met either of them, but had learned of their reputation for building robots and what-not.

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Banjo and Kazooie listened to Skeith carefully. He knew an awful lot about the Maverick Hunter and this was helpful to the duo. The two of them haven't battled in a long time, and they were eager to jump into the action again for the first time in a long while. They weren't sure exactly if their strength would measure up to Zero, but they sure did know that their willpower and determination was going to exceed his very limits. The bear and the bird weren't the smartest around, but they sure did know exactly what it took to endure immense pain, and how to cope when their bond is severed and the feeling of almost losing eachother. All Banjo could do was remember back when Kazooie almost died by the robotic man's hands, and all he could feel was that anger and wild rage he felt upon seeing his partner and best friend laying there not breathing. He looked at Kazooie now, staying strong and holding back tears, wondering just how long they'd be healthy and alive like they are today, and realizing at any moment, either or both of them could meet their doom on the harsh planet of Li. Whatever their emotions beckoned them to do, they were going to give it everything they had to ensure Zero regrets what he did.

"Well Skeith, I hope you're there to witness it when that no good pony tailed pompous parasite gets pulverized by the team of Banjo and Kazooie. It's time he gets his ego shot down and make him understand that he isn't the most powerful dude around. He needs to be humbled." Kazooie suddenly becomes empowered by Banjo's words and forms a look of focus upon her face. "Don't worry Banjo old pal, he won't see it comin, but we got a few tricks up our hides!" Banjo patted Kazooie on her head and appreciated her tenacity. "That's my girl." Banjo then looked to Skeith and glared at him with such ferocity it was almost like Banjo was a different bear. "It's time for us to go Skeith. Thanks for your time. We'll be at the stadium." No longer wishing to wait for the right moment, the duo leave the hospital through the back exit and make their way to the stadium leaving Skeith alone in the room signifying that for the first time ever, history between species has been made. Skeith has just witnessed the true nature of the beast.

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[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"Don't worry, I'll most certainly be there toenjoy the fight." Skeith said to himself as he vanished from the Lightweather Hospital completely.

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