A/N: Chapter 4 guys! Hope you enjoy!

Ike and Pit were hanging out outside the stadium. This was where the annual tournaments took place, the only place and time purposeful violence was allowed. In such a controlled environment with the latest technology and lots of insurance, there were rarely any deaths.

The two boys were hanging out here, waiting for Link. While Ike was patient, happy to stand still and think while he waited, Pit was restless, his bow (which could split into two handy knives) itching in his hand, fiddling with his leather gauntlets, twisting his light bangles, inspecting the hem of his white and gold toga. Ike was quite surprised he wasn't diagnosed with ADHD, considering the way he acted.

Pit gave the side of the stadium a kick. 'Where is Link? He said he'd meet us here!'

'Relax,' Ike interrupted Pit's complaining spree (he could go on forever). 'Maybe he just ran into some trouble. He'd tell us if he couldn't come.'

Pit was silent for a moment (a world first). After a while, he spoke up again.

'I'm going to go into the stadium. They have targets to shoot.'

'Are you sure about that?' replied Ike, a hint of worry in his voice. 'You could be caught!'

Oh, don't worry.' Pit tapped into his carefree manner. 'There's no one here to see us and I'll only be visible for a few seconds. Should I give you a lift in?'

Reluctantly, Ike agreed, both to Pit's idea, and the prospect of being airlifted in. He wasn't sure if Pit could lift his weight, but it turned out to be fine as Pit just dropped his into the first row of seats a few seconds after picking him up. Then he swooped off to the battlefield for archery practice, Ike following behind.

In a flash of blue, five light arrows quivered in the bulls' eye of the target, before disappearing into particles of light, ready for the next set of arrows. Ike envied Pit at times; not only were Light Arrows lethal, there were infinite amounts of them.

After watching the target subjected to copious amounts of torture and pain, Ike heard a noise behind him. He turned around, an excuse forming in his mind for the police, but the actuality was far more horrifying.

Solid Snake walked towards the duo, gun in hand. Their eyes met and his narrowed.

Pit noticed Snake's arrival, and came over, bow in hand. 'Can I help you?' he inquired innocently. It was hard for him not to look innocent, with his wide, blue eyes. He was an angel after all.

Snake cut straight to the point. 'Is Link here?'

'No, but whatever you want to tell him, you can tell me.' Pit responded with a smirk.

Snake stepped closer, a strange look in his eye. 'Why do you get involved? You're no Montague, and I make a very bad enemy. It's not worth it, so why do it?'

'Well,' replied Pit. 'Link and the Montagues make much better friends than you do.'

Snake made as if to hit him, but before he could do so, the sound of hooves were heard outside, which could only come from Link's horse, Epona. Sure enough, a few seconds later, Link strode into the stadium.

'Snake!' he called. 'What are you doing here?'

'I'm here to find you, villain.' replied Snake, the anger in his eyes apparent.

Link recoiled slightly at the harsh words, but regained his cool composure. 'Why do you want to find me?' he asked.

'You know what you did!' shouted Snake, furious. 'How dare you enter our Capulet party! I will kill you for this!'

Link stepped back. 'Calm down Snake!' he said. 'I'm sure there's a way around the violence!'

But this only succeeded in increasing Solid Snake's rage. 'What?' he hissed. 'You don't want to fight me?' His voice grew louder, and higher in pitch until he was practically screaming. 'WHY WON'T YOU FIGHT ME?!'

This was when Pit stepped in to try and solve the problem.

'If you really want to fight you can fight me.' he said, stepping between the two men and raising his bow.

'Pit, no!' cried Link.

Pit turned around to face Link. 'Then why won't you fight?' he asked. Link remained silent, even though he had an answer in his head. That he was now technically married into the Capulet family, and didn't want to harm any of his brethren. But he couldn't say any of that, of course. He only knew that nothing good could come of this.

Pit carried on. 'He insulted your honour. You have a right to fight back. If you won't fight, I'll do it for you. After all, we're friends, right?' Pit didn't wait for an answer, and turned to face Snake again, leaving Link to think about his words.

Snake, however, still had his sights set on Link. Maybe if he could get this angel out of the way, he could have a clear shot at that villain Link. The idiot peacemaker Ike wouldn't dare get involved.

Snake fired three shots at Pit, hoping that maybe he'd get out of the way; leaving Link to get hit, but he had no such luck. Pit fired a Light Arrow to cancel out two of the bullets, while the third he deflected off of the tip of his bow. Not bad.

In response to another three shots in his direction, Pit raised his Mirror Shield, which reflected the bullets back at Snake, who quickly dodged them.

Pit yawned. 'This is boring.' He said as he split his bow. 'Time to get up close!'

He charged at Snake, who was quickly reloading, and raised one of his knives.

This was when Link knew that he had to stop the fight before anyone got hurt.

'Stop!' he shouted, as he dived between them. This made them pause as not to hurt him.

But Snake had found an opening, and took the shot.

It flew under Link's arm, and into Pit.

With a cry, he stumbled back, hand clutched at his side, trying to keep what was inside where it belonged, which was failing.

Snake was well aware of the warning Master Hand had issued, and decided to leave before any of the police could find him (they'd probably have heard the gunshots and were coming by now).

Link and Ike rushed to Pit to steady him.

'It's fine.' he insisted, though he was clearly not, as he stumbled and collapsed onto the stadium floor after he had said it.

'You'll be fine.' Link had told him, over and over again. 'They'll get you to hospital. They'll heal you.'

'They'll never get here in time.' Pit said. Then he looked up at him with sad, questioning blue eyes, like they were trying to see into his soul, trying to find answers. 'Why didn't you fight?'

Link had no answer.

Pit went on. 'But why do you fight?' he asked, not expecting an answer because he knew that there would be no answer that was satisfactory for him. 'Why are you always fighting for a cause a lifetime in the past, for a reason all but forgotten, yet you still insist so, so, why? Why?'

His eyes met Link's and Link wondered if they had actually reached his soul this time.

'Who else must die for you?' The air tingled and crackled. Ike and Link knew only too well what this was; angel magic.

'A plague on both your houses!' he declared. On the far side of the stadium, Snake heard this also. 'Who else must die for you? A plague!'

Pit fell still on the stadium floor. Link could tell that his time had run out.

Only a few seconds later, a column of gentle light reached down from the heavens, and then Pit was gone.

Link stood, his gaze steely. 'He's gone back to Skyworld.' He mused. 'And he'll never come back.'

He turned and set his sights on the retreating figure of Solid Snake on the far side of the stadium.

'YOU!' he roared, his vision red and his mind filled with nothing but anger. 'YOU WANT A FIGHT?! WELL, YOU'VE GOT ONE!'

…

Link drew the Master Sword from its sheath on his back and advanced on Snake. Snake cocked his gun in reply.

'You have the guts to fight me now?' he asked slyly.

Link's only reply was a slash of his sword.

'You think you can beat me?' taunted Snake. 'That you can avenge you friend's death? I 'm sorry, but it will be in vain.'

'We'll see about that.' said Link coldly.

Snake raised his gun to shoot, but before he could act, Link knocked the gun from his hand and, with a cry; he stabbed his sword through Solid Snake's chest.

He fell to the ground, dead. Link could only stare, his body, the blood on his sword.

It couldn't be his fault. This was the stars' doing.

The sound of police sirens echoed in his ears. Ike was next to him now.

'Run!' he was shouting. 'Get away before the police get here!'

Still in a daze, Link ran off, and away from everything he'd ever known.

…

The police issued an order for Link's banishment soon after, as Lucario told Link when he ran into the church. He watched Link leave his room with a feeling of sadness, wondering how such a young and carefree man's life had gone so horribly wrong. But Lucario was also worried about Pit's words; he knew that angel magic was not to be taken lightly.

As for Link, he returned home quietly that night, packed his things (including his arsenal of weapons), saddled Epona, and disappeared into the night. No one watched him leave.

A/N: So I hope you like this! I'm not very good at fight scenes so I hope this one wasn't too boring. Next chapter will be the last, so I'll see you then. And, out!