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"I don't like this planet; there's too much water everywhere." Sigma growled, as he and X looked for a suitable place to land.
"Yeah, It's odd for a planet to have so little land." X agreed.
"Hey look over there! I see an island!"
"Alright, let's land there then."
"Finally, solid land." Sigma sighed in relief.
The ship came to a halt over a flat area. Slowly descending, the ship finally touched land once again.
X and Sigma walked slowly out of the ship, taking in their surroundings. This planet was far different then their's; plant life was abundant, there was not a machine or anything mechanical as far as they could see.
"Well this is an interesting change of scenery." Sigma laughed. "I despise it." his face darkened.
"This is, wonderful!" X shouted. His face was alight with pure bliss. "This land looks so peaceful! There aren't any signs of a battle! There's organic life everywhere! This is perfect!" he cheered.
"Feh, organic life." Sigma spit out.
X frowned at him.
"I don't know what your problem is. This kind of place is a utopia!" X sighed.
"Yeah whatever. Let's go look for some kind of sign, maybe that kid has been here." Sigma began walking away.
"Good point let's move." X agreed.
The two walked for some time. X seemed to be in considerably higher spirits; humming, stopping and babbling about a flower, even putting a bit of spring in to his step. Sigma however, was not; grumbling constantly, dragging his feet, even blasting the flower when X wasn't looking. As the two continued, they came upon what seemed to be a tower imbedded in the ground.
"What's this?" Sigma seemed a bit happier to see some mechanization. "It looks like some out-dated tower. Some kind of ruins?" he walked closer, and began to inspect it.
"Weird. Maybe this is some kind of tomb or something." X said, staring up at the large tower.
Suddenly Sigma took a startled step backwards.
"Wha-? I, I don't believe this!" Sigma yelled.
"What is it!?" X asked, voice alert.
"This tower; it's technology is too advanced for me to even fully analyze it!" Sigma yelled.
"Are you sure?! Such technology in this old looking thing?" Awe was in X's voice.
"That's not all! From what I can gather, it looks like it seems to be similar to our technology!"
"What does that mean!? Is this based off our technology? Did someone steal our tech, and better it?" X wondered.
"Maybe... or maybe this was made by us." Sigma said cryptically.
"That's crazy! How would something like that work?" X shouted.
"I don't know. I'm just saying it's a possibility." Sigma answered. "Maybe we should go inside, and see if we can find out more."
"Sounds like a plan to me, let's go." X nodded.
The two walked straight up to the large door. The door was old and rusted, with a red sphere in the middle.
The door did not budge for them. Sigma tried to pry the door open, or even blow it down, but the door stood strong.
"What the heck is this thing made of!?" Sigma shouted, kicking the door, and then proceeding to yell in pain.
"It's advanced tech remember? That means they probably have even stronger materials." X sighed.
"Well then what are we supposed to do?" Sigma questioned.
"I'm not sure. Maybe we cou-."
Megaman was interrupted by a loud noise, one of thrusters on some kind of ship. The two looked up to see a primitive looking rocket flying through the sky. The rocket sputtered on, going high into the sky. Finally the sputtering stopped, and the rocket exploded.
Sigma threw back his head, and gave a hearty laugh. X's eyes grew wide, and he began to panic.
"What if someone was on that?! What if there's people below it!? We need to go help! Come on!" He raced off towards the place the rocket came from.
Sigma slowly walked after him, laughing the whole way.
After a short while, a large flat area came into view. Some people were gathered near a launch site. The people seemed to be talking frantically, as if anxious over something.
"Oh no, not another failed rocket! We need one more than ever now! We don't know where he even drifted off to!" A blonde teenage girl dressed in red(even a cute oversized hat) shouted.
"You think I don't know that!? But what can we do!? We're not rich! We have to make do with what's available!" Another figure yelled, this one a girl with brown hair, dressed in a type of outfit that could only be described as bizarre.
"Well let's just be thankful that we're making progress." a kind-looking old man tried to calm them.
"Yes, do not worry. Trigger is built to survive all kinds of hazardous situations." A small girl with green pigtails laughed.
"What does it matter if he survived or not anyways?" A similar looking girl(minus the pigtails) muttered while staring at the ground.
"Oh don't be like that. I know you care about Trigger just as much as the rest of us." The pigtailed girl teased.
"Sh-Shut up! I don't know what you're talking about!" the girl shouted.
"Fine, whatever. Anyways, we just need to work harder on this. It'll be hard, but with our technology, all we need is some proper materials for the actual thing." the pigtailed girl sighed.
"We wouldn't even have this problem in the first place if some of us hadn't messed up!" The second girl growled, glaring at a group of small robots.
"We-We're sorry Miss Tron!" they shouted, bowing their heads frantically.
"Tell it to the punishment room!" She shouted.
"Oh No!" They shouted, spinning in small circles.
"I think that might be a little harsh Tron. I mean, we all make mistakes." the blonde
X and Sigma stared from afar at the chatting group. X breathed a sigh of relief when he realized nobody was on the rocket. Sigma's grin dropped, and he began to mutter.
"Let's go see if we can find out anything from those people. We might find out where we are, or what that tower is." X suggested, walking towards the group. He stopped abruptly when Sigma raised a hand in front of him. "What's the matter?" X asked.
"Do you feel that?" Sigma began looking around. "Something's... coming" He whispered.
Suddenly the sky went pitch black. Something large had flown right in front of the sun. It's massive silhouette was an amazing sight to behold; it was practically the size of a small town or city, wings appeared to jut out from the sides of it, a large weapon stuck out of the front of it, various other weapons adorned the ship, and a large tower stood above all in the very center.
"What is that?" X wondered, marveling at the ship's presence.
"I don't know, but I've got a feeling it's not here to make friends." Sigma growled.
The ship turned towards the launch site of the rocket. The booster in back began to fire up. And with a sudden burst of speed, the ship blasted towards their location.
"Get ready Sigma. I think we've got a fight on our hands!" X shouted, pointing his buster at the ship.
Sigma grinned, partisan held at the ready.
"It's about time!"
"Will he be ok?" Geno asked Saria cautiously.
She looked at him, and gave a small sniff before answering.
"H-He should be fine. I can't heal the larger injury, but it sh-shouldn't be a big problem. At least I h-hope not." her answer was shaky, and she gave a sudden gasp of breath occasionally.
The group hadn't spoken too much since the Metal left; they had taken Link into one of the buildings that had been abandoned, Link was still unconscious, Saria was occupied with healing his smaller wounds, Megaman was outside keeping watch, and Geno was pondering on what to do next.
"Ok then, I'll leave him in your care Saria. I'm going to go check how Megaman is faring. I'll be back soon." Saria nodded her head slowly. "And Saria," she looked up at him, "don't worry, Link is too strong to let something like this get the better of him." he said in a comforting tone. She looked at him, and gave a small smile. Geno smiled back, and left the building.
Saria sat there, staring at Link's face; it had a few small scratches on it, his expression was one of pain, he was panting heavily, sweat dripped down his brow. Saria pulled out a small handkerchief, and wiped the sweat off of him.
"I'm sorry that you have to go through this Link." She whispered. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. This was all my fault. If I hadn't been so stupid. Then, then-." She started to cry again.
Link had always been her pillar in life; whenever she was feeling bad over something he had always comforted her, and made her laugh again. Vaati was a very dear friend to her also, but Link and her just seemed to connect. She remembered one of the times Link had comforted her.
(AN:Time for a KH parallel, name it if you recognize it.)
A younger Saria was crying. Her face was buried in her hands as she sobbed. She looked like she was trying to stop, but all that happened was that she cried harder.
A wooden Ocarina lay broken at her feet. It's worn body showed that it had seen much use. It lay in two pieces, apparently it's body was too fragile to withstand a small fall.
A younger Link and Vaati stared at her with sad faces. They each tried to comfort her, yet she kept crying. They looked at each other with worried faces.
"Come on Saria. Cheer up." Link tried to comfort her, his face sporting a sad frown.
"Yes Saria, please. Why don't we go do something to take your mind off of it?" Vaati suggested faintly.
"I-I'm sorry you two, But that's my favorite Ocarina. I made it myself a long time ago. And now it's g-gone!" She sobbed.
Link and Vaati tried to think of someway to comfort her. Suddenly Link's face broke out into a small smile.
"I've got an idea, but it'll take a while. So you stay here with her ok Vaati?" Link ran off.
"H-Hey! Wait up Link!" Vaati shouted. But Link was already long gone.
Saria kept sobbing as Vaati patted her back.
It had been over a day now, and Link still hadn't returned.
Saria was still depressed, but she and Vaati were far more worried about Link.
"Where is he? It's been a whole day!" Saria exclaimed, worry on her face.
"Don't worry Saria, I'm sure he'll be back soon." but Vaati could not keep the worry off his face.
"Oii! Saria, Vaati, It's me!" A voice shouted.
The two whirled around to see Link running towards them.
His clothes were slightly torn, and he had scratches on his hands and face.
"Where have you been Link!?" Saria shouted, tears in her eyes. "We've been worried sick about you!" she was furious.
"I'm sorry Saria." Link bowed his head. "But I made you this!" he handed her something, a slight tint of red on his smiling face.
It was an ocarina, and not just any ocarina; this one was incredibly smooth, each hole in it was the perfect size, the mouth-piece was sanded down to be smooth, and it seemed to be sturdier than the last one.
"Link." Saria gasped.
"I made you a new one!" he smiled. "I'm sorry it took so long. I'm not very good at making things, so it took a few attempts." he rubbed the back of his head. "If you don't like it I can try agai- oof!" He grunted as she wrapped her arms around him tightly.
"Thank you Link!" she shouted, smiling as she hugged him. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!" she shouted. She stepped back from the dazed boy, admiring her gift. "I promise I'll take extra good care of it!"
Vaati stared at the two, a look of amusement on his face. He gave a small chuckle, and stared fondly at them.
"You two, what am I going to do with you?"
The next day Saria had carved Link an ocarina of his own from a very special tree.
This tree was known as the Heart Tree. It was known by this name because it was rumored that if two people exchanged gifts made from this tree, that they would be together forever.
She supposed she had been the first to ever actually use it though; the base of the tree looked to be undisturbed.
She worked on the ocarina for a few days. And she was blushing when she gave it to Link, not telling him where she had made it from.
He had promised to treasure it, and also practice it so they could play their ocarinas together.
Vaati had politely refused any sort of ocarina, an odd knowing smile on his face as they offered.
Saria smiled as she held out the very same ocarina Link had given her.
It was still in top condition, except for some marks where she had gripped it while playing.
She grinned as she thought of all the fun times they had together, and knew that Link was not the kind of person to leave his friends alone.
While she was staring at the ocarina, Link slowly opened his eyes. He stared at Saria, and smiled when he saw the ocarina he had carved.
He still carried his ocarina with him as well. In a pocket on his chest, close to his heart.
Yes he remembered the ocarina he had carved her; the one he had carved from the very top of the Heart Tree.
Geno sighed as he walked outside. His face reflected how he was deep in thought. He suddenly bumped into Megaman.
"Sorry about that Megaman. I was somewhat preoccupied." Geno bowed his head.
"Oh... don't worry about it Geno." Megaman said, a worried look on his face.
"Is something the matter?" Geno questioned.
"Well, is Link going to be ok?"
"Saria informed me that he will be fine." Geno said in a kind voice.
"Oh... that's good." Megaman's face brightened slightly, but it still seemed sad.
"That's not all that's troubling you, is it?"
Megaman sighed. He sat down and turned towards Geno.
"That star we found today. It helped restore some of my powers from my true self." Megaman said. Geno nodded at him, listening closely. "Well... it was amazing; I felt stronger, faster, even smarter. I mean, I've already recovered after being hit so hard by Metal." he stared at his hands in front of him. "And I feel like I've regained some of who I once was. Of Trigger." he shuddered. "But I feel his presence so strongly. It's overwhelming; his thoughts and memories. So overwhelming that I feel I might lose who I am right now!" he shouted.
"Ah, I understand." Geno said. "Megaman, do you have people who you hold dear? Those who you're willing to die for?"
Megaman nodded at him.
"That is a sign of your pure heart. It shows just how strong you value others, and that is who you are. No matter what happens, no matter how much of Trigger you regain, as long as you truly want it, you will always be Megaman." Geno smiled.
Megaman smiled back at him. He seemed to have calmed down now.
"Thanks Geno. You're right; as long as I know who I truly am, Trigger is just a thing of the past." He stared at Geno. "But there's something bothering you too isn't there?"
"...Yes." Geno sighed. "Link's injury, and your's as well; they are my fault." Megaman stared at Geno. "It is my fault for not being strong enough to protect all of you, it is my fault that all this is happening in the first place. If I had been more careful, maybe none of this would have happened." He dropped his head, and stared at the ground.
"It's not your fault Geno." Megaman said. "All of us chose to get involved in this. We all wanted to help not just you, but ourselves, and everyone else out there. We knew what we were getting into. And all of us, even Link, aren't blaming you for what happened." Megaman smiled at him. "If we had wanted to just live safely, we would have stayed behind. So don't blame yourself for this. We'll all find a way to save our worlds together." He nodded as he finished his sentence.
Geno stared at Megaman. He seemed to be feeling a bit better after Megaman's speech.
"Thank you Megaman. I feel much better about this ordeal now."
Megaman smiled at him.
Suddenly Saria came out of the building, a smile on her face.
"Link's awake you two! He's already doing way better than before!" she shouted in glee. "Come on! You two should go talk to him." and she ran back inside the building.
"Come on Megaman." Geno chuckled. "I believe it's time that we decided our next course of action." and he began walking after Saria.
Megaman gave a small laugh before running after the other two.
Sonic, Falcon, and Ike all stood near the large clock tower. They were looking around frantically; trying to spot the runaway groom.
"Alright guys, he's gotta be around here somewhere. So let's split up and find him!" Sonic shouted.
Ike and Falcon nodded, and the three ran in separate directions.
The group spent an hour searching around town. They searched all the buildings, asked if people had seen him lately, Sonic had even searched all the roof tops, but nobody could find him.
Ike's search finally brought him to the town's laundry pool. It was a decent sized pool; with a mailbox, bridge, and even a door that lead somewhere(it was locked).
Ike sighed, and rested against a large tree.
"We're never going to find this Kafei guy." he muttered to himself.
"Kafei?" A croaking voice asked.
"Who said that? Show yourself!" Ike demanded, startled at the sudden sound..
"Down here my boy." the voice said.
Ike looked downwards; a small frog floated in the pond several feet in front of him.
"You!?" Ike looked startled.
"Yes me." the frog replied.
Ike shook off his shock, and bowed his head.
"Forgive me, but where I come frogs do not speak."
"Think nothing of it my boy." The frog waved away Ike's apology. "Now, you said you were looking for Kafei? Ribbit."
"Yes!" Ike's eyes lit up. "Do you know where he is?"
"Try ringing that bell above the mailbox my boy, see what happens." The frog suggested.
"Thank you sir!" Ike ran over to the mailbox, and rang the bell.
With a tiny creak, the nearby door opened. A small blue-haired figure ran out of the doorway. The figure ran up to the mailbox, and began to search it.
From this proximity, Ike could make out the figure's appearance; they seemed to be a small child, a fox mask was on their face, the clothes they wore seemed somewhat decorative, and they had short blue hair.
The figure suddenly snapped to attention, noticing Ike several feet away. Before Ike could even utter a word, the child had turned and ran back inside, locking the door behind them.
"Hey! W-Wait a second!" Ike shouted, hammering on the door. He finally gave a sigh of defeat, and went to find Captain Falcon and Sonic.
After breaking up another argument between the two(something to do with Falcon's outfit), Ike brought them to where he had seen the child.
"-and he ran back inside before I could talk to him." Ike finished explaining.
"So, he's in there huh?" Sonic asked.
"Yes, but I have an idea this time." Ike stated. "If we ring the bell again he should come out. When that happens someone can corner him on one side, and I can come from the oth-." he continued explaining, not noticing Sonic and Falcon slip away.
"Falcon Punch!!" with a mighty yell, Falcon sent the door flying off it's hinges.
"Good work CF!" Sonic shouted.
The two high-fived, not noticing Ike's exasperated expression.
Behind the door, the child sat hunched over, arms over their head.
"Hey boy." Falcon grunted. "Who are you?"
The boy stood up, and turned to face them. Slowly he took off the mask he wore, revealing his face; except for seeming to be much younger, the boy looked identical to Kafei.
The group looked from the boy, to Kafei's picture, to the boy again.
"He looks just like him!" Sonic shouted.
"But he's way too young to be the Kafei we're looking for." Ike said.
"Still, they look identical." Falcon grunted. "You don't think, he's-." the group paused for a moment.
"Kafei's secret love child!?" the group shouted in shock.
"Oh jeez! No wonder he ran off!" Sonic shouted.
"That's despicable! I can't believe Anju would see anything in such a man!" Ike growled.
"She's going to tear him into pieces!" Falcon exclaimed.
"Wait a minute!" the boy shouted.
Everyone stopped, and turned to look at him.
"Did you say Anju?" he asked.
The group nodded.
"So, Anju sent you to look for Kafei?"
Another nod.
"Well, as hard as it may be to believe; I am Kafei." he nodded his head with this statement.
"What!?" the group shout could have shattered glass.
"But you're so, so, short!" Falcon shouted.
"I wasn't always like this." Kafei shook his head sadly.
"So care to explain to us why you're making such a sweet girl cry?" Sonic inquired.
"It happened a while ago." he began, face considerably more sad at the mention of Anju crying. "Anju and I were set to be engaged, and I couldn't have been happier."
Kafei walked down the road with a slight bounce on in his step. He was humming merrily, holding a mask ,that resembled the sun, in front of him. He was so preoccupied with the mask in front of him, that he accidentally bumped into a large figure. Kafei fell backwards, and stared up at the man.
"He, he was terrifying." Kafei shuddered. "His eyes seemed to stare into my soul, his hair was flaming red, and his voice chilled me to the bone."
"Who?" Sonic asked.
"He called himself; Ganondorf."
"F-Forgive me sir!" Kafei bowed to the man. "I was not paying attention!"
"Yes, I could tell." Ganondorf sneered. "You dirtied my clothes. You were too busy looking at that mask."
"I'm truly sorry!" Kafei pleaded. "I won't let it happen again."
"Yes, I'm in a hurry, so I won't waste too much time here." he sighed. "I'm busy looking for an ally anyways." he raised a hand towards Kafei. "I'll take this mask as compensation." he grinned.
In a flash, Kafei's mask was clutched in Ganondorf's hand.
"What the!?" Kafei started. "Give that back it belongs to me!"
"The mask was very important you see." Kafei sighed. "When two lovers unite in marriage; the Sun and Moon mask unite in honor of their unity."
"A little cheesy isn't it?" Sonic asked, Ike nodded his head, Falcon brushed away an unseen tear.
"You think so? Well it's normal for us around here." Kafei chuckled. "Anyways, let me get back to my tale."
"You sound like a child." Ganondorf groaned. Suddenly a grin lit his face. "Well if you sound like a child; you might as well look like one too." He flicked his wrist at Kafei.
Kafei screamed as darkness enveloped him. He felt his body change; his bones cracked and bended, and he began to feel different. He fell to his feet, and quickly stood up.
"What's happened to me!?" he shouted.
But Ganondorf had already disappeared.
"The mask! Where's the mask!?" he panicked. He searched throughout the town, yet something felt amiss. Finally he stopped searching, and began to examine himself. "What's wrong with me?" he wondered; his legs and arms seemed shorter, his voice was higher, and nobody seemed to recognize him. "It couldn't be!" he shouted. He quickly ran to the laundry pool, and looked at his reflection in the water. "I'm a child!" he shouted in shock. He fell back, clutching his face. "How did he do this!? I have to tell Anju! B-But I don't have the mask anymore! We can't get married without it! I'm already a child! That's bad enough!" he was wild with fear, panting heavily. "I just have to find that man again, that's all. I'm sure he'll return me back to normal if I pay him enough, and I should be able to get my mask off of him as well." he did not seem to realize the type of person Ganondorf was. "That's it! Money! Surely he'll try to sell my mask at a shop!" he brightened up at the idea. "But which one?" he wondered. He remembered hearing talk of mask selling at the Curiosity shop. "That's it! I'll just wait there for him to come there and-!" his thought process was interrupted by a beautiful noise.
Anju slowly walked down to the Laundry Pool, carrying a basket of clothes. She hummed to herself as she carefully washed each article. She seemed to be a mirror of how Kafei had felt just a few hours ago.
Kafei stood behind the large tree, carefully watching Anju. He wanted to greet her so much; to talk to her, or just be near her. But he bowed his head, and watched silently. She wouldn't want to see him like this; a pathetic child who had lost something so precious as something vital to their marriage.
"I will return to you Anju." Kafei whispered. "No matter what."
"And that's how my tale goes." Kafei finished. "I tried to ask the Great Fairy ,who watches over our town, for help; but she said it was far too powerful dark magic."
"Great... Fairy?" Falcon asked.
"You've never heard of A Great Fairy?!" Kafei gasped.
"We're from, out of town." Sonic muttered.
Kafei shrugged, and continued on.
"I use this "Keaton's Mask", which I bought from the Curiosity Shop, to hide my face. The owner agreed to let me watch customers from behind the counter. And I've been waiting here for that man to come in ever since."
Thwack!
Sonic smacked Kafei right on top of his head.
"Ouch!" Kafei yelled. "What was that for!?"
"That was for breaking Anju's heart." Sonic growled, Falcon and Ike glared at him too.
Kafei lowered his head.
"I know, I'm really sorry. I think about her everyday; I can't get her off my mind." he moaned.
"Well then there's only one thing to do!" Falcon shouted.
"What?" Kafei asked.
"Go and apologize to her. You owe her at least that." Ike said, in a tone that left no room for arguments.
"B-But I- and the mask- and-" Kafei stuttered.
"Look; we'll help you find a way to return to normal and get your mask back. If, you go and talk to Anju first." Sonic offered.
Kafei looked at them in shock.
All three of the warriors had a smile on their faces.
"Do you really think Anju will care about something like this? Do you really think her so low?" Ike asked.
Kafei shook his head.
"Will she still love me after disappearing for so long?" Kafei asked in a worried voice.
"Ask yourself." Falcon suggested.
Kafei didn't even have to ponder this for a moment. He turned to them, and smiled.
"Alright then. Let's go. I have a lot of explaining to do."
"Now that's more like it!" Falcon roared.
The four men(er, two men, a child, and a hedgehog) turned around, and set off for the Stockpot Inn.
The Warpstar bobbed left and right, weaving in between the deadly lasers being fired at it. This chase had been going on for what seemed like days, although it had only been a few hours.
"We can't shake this guy!" Ness shouted.
Marth's face took a look of extreme concentration. He seemed to be in deep thought over something. Suddenly, a look of achievement grew on his face.
"I've got a plan!" He shouted triumphantly. "Kirby! Bring us into the smoke of that large mountain. Ness, we need your help especially."
Wolf was growing angry. After chasing these annoying pests for an eternity, his patience was wearing thin.
"Graggh!! I'm tired of this!" he shouted.
Suddenly the star ahead of him swerved, and pulled into the smoke billowing out of a large volcano.
"Think you're getting away? Oh no, I'm going to end this!" he sped after them in blind fury.
Upon entering the smoke, Wolf found his vision highly impaired.
"Damn! I can't see a blasted thing in this smoke!" he shouted. "Wait a minute! What's that?" A green light could faintly be seen in the smoke; it grew larger and closer with each second, until it was right on top of the Wolfen.
"Now Ness!"
Boom!
The green energy erupted into an enormous explosion. The energy crackled and sparked. It enveloped the Wolfen with it's awesome form.
"Agh!" shouted Wolf, as he was engulfed in the blast.
"We got him!" Marth cheered, the others shouting in happiness with him.
Fshh
Smoke began to billow out of the Warpstar. It was such a heavy cloud that the riders began to choke.
"We've been damaged too much. I think we need to land." Ness stated.
"I don't see Wolf anywhere. Hopefully it's safe to land." Marth sighed.
Kirby nodded at the two, and quickly pushed down on the nose of the Warpstar.
The ship tilted downwards, and came to a slow stop in a large field.
The field was vast; it covered the ground for miles, and the green grass gave off a serene feeling. Nearby, a large castle and town stood behind a large drawbridge. To the right, the large mountain loomed, smoke billowing out it's top. Behind, other than a small ranch, a location could not be seen from this distance.
"Where are we?" Ness wondered.
"I'm not sure." Marth replied. "Maybe we should head to that town over there. We could find a way to repair the Warpstar, and maybe get some food." he suggested.
"Faiyoh" Kirby agreed.
"Well then let's go!" Ness shouted. "I still need to use the bathroom!"
"Stop right there!" A familiar voice shouted.
Wolf stood only a few feet away from them, blaster pointed right at them.
"Because of you, my precious Wolfen is damaged!" he shouted. "You aren't going to get away now! Your lives are mine!"
Ness stepped forward to fight, but suddenly he collapsed.
"Are you ok Ness?" Marth asked, as he supported him on his shoulder.
"Yeah, I just used to much power to damage his ship. I'll be fine." Ness panted.
"Huuu!" With a grunt of determination, Kirby stepped in front of Marth and Ness.
"What? You're gonna fight me Marshmallow? Don't make me laugh." Wolf barked.
"Kirby, run away!" Marth warned. Suddenly, Wolf fired a blast that sped towards Kirby.
Kirby opened his mouth wide. Suddenly, air began to pour into his body, like some kind of giant vacuum. Trees shook with the mighty force of this move.
The laser flew right into Kirby's mouth.
Kirby swallowed the laser, and suddenly he changed; a pair of wolf ears sat on his head, on his eye some type of scanner rested, and in his hand he held the same bladed blaster that Wolf used.
"What!?" Everyone gasped in shock.
In a split second, Kirby fired the blaster. The shot crashed into Wolf's chest, sending him flying
backwards. He grunted, as he crashed into a tree.
"Wo--w." Ness exclaimed. "So he can copy things that he swallows!?"
Wolf leapt up to his feet, a growl in his throat. He sprang at Kirby, claws raised.
Kirby blocked the claws with his blaster. He quickly slide-kicked Wolf's feet out from under him. Grabbing the dazed Wolf from behind; Kirby lifted Wolf over his head, and performed an expert example of a back-drop.
Wolf spun around, and landed a kick on Kirby. He began to slash at him wildly; opting for speed over accuracy.
The two continued this dance; each taking turns on the offensive.
"All of you! Halt!" A voice shouted.
Atop a nearby hill, at least fifty soldiers stood at the ready. They wore shining armor, and all seemed rather tall. All of them had spears pointed at the group. They looked to mean business.
"In the name of the Hyrule Guard, stop this violence at once!" an important looking soldier yelled.
"Sorry, but I'll have to deal with you punks later." Wolf growled. In a flash, he quickly darted off
through the nearby trees.
"After him!" the soldier ordered.
Ten soldiers ran off in pursuit of Wolf.
"As for the rest of you; for engaging in the act of disturbing the peace; you will be brought to Hyrule Castle. The place where your fate will be decided." He said with a blank expression.
Surrounded by the armed guards; the three could do nothing, as they were taken by the soldiers, and escorted away.
The Formless were fleeing, the calm manner this enemy commanded his strange warriors was amazing; predicting each one of their moves, using their limits against them, not letting a single one escape his sight. It could not be described as anything short of, perfect.
One by one the Formless fell. They had vastly outnumbered their enemies, yet the enemies commander had defeated them with only three warriors.
Another Formless screamed as he was disintegrated by scorching flame.
The commander seemed to not want any of them left alive. He just stared at them; his eyes cold and calculating, watching their every move.
Finally the last Formless screeched, as it was shredded to pieces. It's body dissolved, and was carried away like dust in the wind.
The battlefield was silent. Dust blew along the scarred battlefield.
The three victors walked over to their commander.
He was about the size of a boy of sixteen or so. His face was covered by a red cap. He wore a red vest over a black shirt. Casual jeans covered his lower half. His black hair stuck out the sides of his cap. He seemed to be rather stoic, but not unkind.
"..." he murmured a grunt of approval, and affectionately patted their heads.
The three seemed very pleased with this; as they each gave a somewhat different purr.
"...Good job, return." He held out three spheres with a large button on their center; the spheres opened up, and shot out a beam of red light. The beam hit all three warriors, and they seemed to glow before shrinking, and being sucked into the containers.
"Those things, they seemed to be in pain, even when they weren't being hit." He muttered to himself. "Where did they come from?" he shook his head sadly. "It doesn't matter, I have other things I need to do." He held out another sphere; it looked old and worn, as if it had been saved for a long time. "I've still got this one saved for you, Mewtwo." he gave a small grin. "And it doesn't matter where you go. It's my destiny to catch you!" Red grinned, looking up at the stars.
"Metal? What are you doing back so soon?" Robotnik asked in surprise.
In front of him stood a damaged Metal; the top of his head was still broken, and his body was covered in deep scratches.
"Sorry master. I was reckless. And then I let my anger get the best of me, and I abandoned my primary objective."
"What!? Are you serious!?" Robotnik gasped.
"Yes, forgive me!" Metal dropped to his knees. "Next time I will not abandon my mission. I could not even catch that man who attacked me!" he punched the ground. "I will restore honor to your name master."
"Yes, well let's hope you do!" Robotnik shouted, as he walked closer to Metal. "Your energy levels look low. Did you activate overdrive!?" he shouted.
"Yes! I apologize again Master! But I just felt so angry! I couldn't control myself."
"Metal... The shards are very powerful, but the Chaos Emeralds are also extremely powerful." Robotnik sighed. "Your design is powered by the shard. But, if you want to achieve maximum potential, you must find Chaos Emeralds. This is how you are designed."
"Yes master, I understand." Metal nodded.
"Good, good." Robotnik smiled. "Now let me repair you." Robotnik demanded. "You also need a few modifications that I came up with while you were gone." He began to walk towards the operating table.
"Yes master." Metal began to walk after him. He stopped suddenly, as if remembering something. "Master?"
"Yes Metal?"
"There's, one more thing." Metal seemed uneasy.
"What is it?" Robotnik looked curious.
"When I fought the enemies on Stagnessol; I felt angry at them, they infuriated me." Metal clenched his hands. "But, when I wounded them badly; I felt, something. And I don't know what it was. I didn't like it though." his voice sounded confused.
"Is that, so?" Robotnik's eyes seemed to sadden as he looked at Metal.
"Do you know what's wrong master?" Metal asked.
"No... no it's nothing." he sadly shook his head. "Now come on Metal, we need to fix you up."
"Right behind you master!" Metal ran to catch up with Robotnik.
"And one last thing Metal." Robotnik added. "Be... careful ok? Please."
"Master..." Metal stared at Robotnik. "Yes, yes I promise master!" he nodded.
"Good." Robotnik smiled. "Now let's get you fixed up!"
The Red Star had grown exponentially. It's humongous shape pulsed, and grew. It still could not be seen by others; much too far still. But it kept growing regardless, stretching out towards everything.
Fond memories are always valuable to us.
Our happy days made immortal in our minds.
Bitter memories are so much more vivid though;
driving us onward without reason,
filling us with rage and fear,
and destroying us from the inside.
But memories are simply that;
moments of the past.
What's more important than the past is right under our nose.
The present.
I think my poem is shaped like a lamp. Well at least it's good for something.
Sorry that chapter took a while. Haven't been on the comp as much. But the next chapter should come faster.
I feel good about this one. There were a few things I wanted to add, but I decided to save them for later.
I personally enjoyed my L/S moment. I know it wasn't written particularly well, but it made me smile. Although now the action people will hate me for the romance, and the romance people will hate me for the crappy romance. OH NOES!
As you can see, Red has been added to the story. I went with his silent personality from Gold and Silver. But he's still a nice guy at heart. He's just, how should I put it, wise for his age. I'm not sure all the pokemon he'll use, or if he'll be able to switch them out or something. So suggestions on favorite pokemon would be nice(I like Zangoose, Electavire, and Tyrannitar).
Next chapter is gonna be real fun. Ike, Sonic, and Falcon get curses placed on them(Ohhhh yeah!). Sigma and X get into a fight with the captain of the unknown ship(yeah, like you don't know what it is). Geno explains, and maybe his group sets off again. Marth, Ness, and Kirby meet the princess of Hyrule, and Ness's bladder EXPLODES!(JK) And maybe some villain stuff too(does anybody like the villain sections).
There's a bunch of characters I wanna add. But I'm saving them for a certain point in the story.
Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'll continue to make em as long as I have readers.
So let's continue our adventure, to the very end.