avatar: Okay, everybody. Just so we're clear who today's opponent is, Shina is from the Bloody Roar series of fighting games. The series has never been the best, but I'm a fan of the characters and the concept. I believe the more recent games are available for XBox and Gamecube, if you feel you want to take a look/rent a game.
Yoshi: avatarjk137 does not own Super Smash - feed me - Bros. or any other game series within this - feed me - fic. He only owns - feed me - the contents of this story. FRIGGIN FEED ME!
avatar: you just HAD dinner, Yoshi. Yours and Mewtwo's.
Yoshi: I'm still hungryyyy...
Chapter 7
Zelda vs. Shina
"Alright," Master Hand continued, "I'm tired of Final Destination. Yes, already. Our next match will be held at Hyrule Castle!"
"Really?" Zelda asked. "Why?"
If Master Hand had a mouth, it would be grinning in a rather alarming way. "You're one of the fighters."
"So… who am I facing?" Zelda asked. She stood at the huge, torn-up palace that was Hyrule Castle. "Is it another princess?"
"No," Master Hand said with a chuckle. "She may be another good-looking blond woman, but 'princess' is an absolutely horrible word to describe her. I now present… Shina 'Marvel' Gado!" A woman landed across from Zelda. She had spiky, bleached-blond hair, and was dressed in a tight red shirt, dark blue jacket and pants, and black boots. Her face, aside from the hair, suggested a Japanese heritage.
"Just call me Shina," she said. "Pleased to beat you." Zelda huffed and got into a battle-ready position. "Oh, tough girl in the flowing royal robes. Alright, bring it on!" Shina cracked her knuckles and stomped into her own fighting posture.
"Excellent. You two seem more than happy to battle your feelings out. Feel free to start… now."
"Haa!" Zelda started with a swipe at Shina's chest. Shina jumped back a bit, but electricity crackled from Zelda's hand beyond her normal reach, shocking Shina, who yelped. Zelda decided to press her advantage and kicked forward, but Shina dodged this one easily. She reared back with her fist, and energy from the ground seemed to flow into her. Uh-oh, Zelda thought, I'd better dodge this. She ducked down, and the punch flew right over her. Shina's fist connected with the stone wall, blowing a moderately large hole in it. That's… not good. She must be a really intense martial artist. Zelda's mind raced nervously as she jumped back, but Shina quickly caught up with her.
"Ha-ha-HYAA!" Lifting one foot, Shina kicked Zelda twice in her side, and quickly swung the leg up and around. She then used her leg to slam Zelda into the ground face-down. As Zelda recovered from the shock of the blow, Shina stomped on Zelda's back, causing the princess to cry out in pain. Zelda rolled back to her feet, and thrust her palm forward, creating a fiery explosion of mana. Shina was blown back, but flipped and landed on her feet. Zelda kicked forward again, but this time Shina was ready. Her body crackled with green lightning and she held her hands to her gut. When Zelda's foot reached her, Shina grabbed Zelda's leg and kicked her in the shin, knocking her to the ground. Still holding Zelda's leg, Shina sat on Zelda's back and performed a very painful leg-breaker move of the sort faked in professional wrestling. Zelda cried out in pain.
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"I think I like this girl," Samus laughed.
"I KNOW I like this-a fight," Wario said. Several other male Smashers nodded.
"What I don't get," Captain Falcon stated, "Is the weird energy thing she's doing. I know martial arts, and most martial artists don't crackle with green electricity before an especially strong attack."
"Well that's easy," a voice said behind them. Everybody turned, shocked, to see three guys. The first man was brown-haired, had an X-shaped scar on his face, and wore a white T-shirt, black shorts, black sneakers, and fingerless gloves. The second, who had spoken, also had somewhat shorter brown hair, and wore a black button-down shirt and black pants. He was also noticably on the small side. The third man had long silver hair, white pants, and a long red coat that was fastened to his pants at the thighs. "Shina's not just a martial artist."
"Who're you?" Captain Falcon demanded.
"I'm Bakuryu," the short man in black continued. "This is Yugo," he gestured to his friend with the scar, "and Xion." He pointed to the silver-haired one. "We're all Zoanthropes, like Shina."
"Zoanthropes?" Vyse asked. "What are those, and why're you here?"
"Since you apparently aren't familiar with our realm," Xion began, "Master Hand brought us to explain Zoanthropes to you guys. You see, Zoanthropes are like a different race of humans… a better race."
Ganon laughed inwardly. Unlike Shina and the other two guys, this Xion guy didn't reek of heroism. He smelled more of the fine brand of villainy that Ganon could respect. "Watch who you're talking to, pal," Ganon said with a grin. "Wouldn't want to sound racist."
"No, he wouldn't," Bakuryu said with a nervous smile, passing Xion a 'shut-it' glare. "Anyway, Zoanthropes are a little different than most people. For starters, we're naturally drawn to martial arts. It's our forte. Secondly, our more experienced fighters can manipulate ambient energy, like you've seen Shina do. Most importantly, though, Zoanthropes can all shapeshift."
Zelda rolled to her feet. Shina wasted no time at taking a swing at her, but Zelda was prepared. "Farore's Wind!" As a green wind surrounded Zelda, it blew Shina backwards. When Shina regained her footing, Zelda was gone. She turned to see Zelda thirty feet behind her, just as her body began to shine. Zelda sparkled and spun in place, and when the light faded, the pink-robed elflike princess had been replaced with a red-eyed ninja dressed in dark blue and white bandages. "Now you'll go down," Sheik spoke coolly.
"We'll see about that," Shina said as she sprinted toward Sheik. "I see you can shapeshift too." Although Sheik was a bit nervous that Shina said she could shapeshift, she didn't show it. Instead, she released a large volley of senbon needles toward the blond girl. Shina dodged most of them, and simply ignored those that did go into her body. She yelled and tackled Sheik. Sheik rolled and got to her feet. Where had Shina gone? The sound of crackling electricity caused her to turn, just in time to see the familiar green lightning on Shina. Shina yelled wordlessly again and raised her foot, delivering five kicks to Sheik's body in the space of a second and knocking her to the ground. Shina pulled the needles from her body and tossed them away. "Nice try, but I've faced ninjas before. I know how they tick. CYBER-ninjas, now those are tough." Shina leapt over Sheik's rising form and then lashed out with her feet. She caught Sheik's neck between her ankles and spun her body, throwing Sheik back to the ground in a Frankensteiner.
"You can't defeat me," Sheik said as she got up. Shina threw another punch, but Sheik ducked down and spun in a hand-stand, propeller-kicking Shina back. Sheik then followed up with a pair of front kicks, then grabbed Shina. Sheik tossed Shina upward, slid gracefully under her, and planted both of her bandage-wrapped feet in Shina's gut, knocking her farther straight up. Sheik then grabbed over a dozen needles, and threw them all straight up after Shina.
"Enough!" Shina curled into a ball as the needles darted toward her. Then, with a feral roar, she released a wave of force from her body, repelling all the needles. The force changed her, too; gold fur with black spots spread across her body. Her hands and feet swelled and grew claws. Her hair disappeared, and her ears rounded and perked up to the top of her head. A tail emerged from the seat of her pants. Finally, her face extended into a short muzzle. All this took place in the space of a second; where there had been a blond girl, there was now a large, anthropomorphic leopard dropping toward Shina, and a very angry-looking one at that. She was still wearing her clothes, although they were a bit shredded and her shoes were gone.
"Uh-oh." Sheik jumped out of the way as Shina gouged her claws into the ground where a ninja/princess had just been. Shina instantly recovered and lunged forward, grabbing Sheik by the throat with her jaws. She then shook Sheik around like a ragdoll and slammed her to the ground before letting go. Sheik coughed a bit, then rolled out of the way from Shina's clawed foot. Sheik jumped to her feet and lashed out with her chain, striking Shina several times and knocking her back. Shina growled and ran through a hole in the wall. "I'm getting the unpleasant feeling I'm being stalked," Sheik muttered, pressing her back to a wall and grabbing a double handful of needles.
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"What's the deal?" Captain Falcon complained. "Why did Beauty and the Beast run off?"
"She's trying to get the element of surprise," Snake remarked. "An important tactic."
"Correct!" Bakuryu approved. "15 points for you!"
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"ROOAAARR!" A catlike figure dropped from the next level of the castle in front of Sheik. She threw her needles, but the figure was gone. "C'mon, where are you…" Sheik produced more needles, keeping her back pressed to the wall and trying to control her heartrate. This didn't work very well, as a clawed fist burst from the wall right next to her head. The fist pulled right, hitting Sheik. Sheik then jumped away from the wall just before Shina's shoulder shattered it. Sheik threw more needles, but Shina ran forward on all fours, going under them, and came up with a vicious uppercut. As Sheik was thrown into the air, Shina jumped up and drop-kicked her back, knocking her into another wall of the castle and smashing it.
"I'm not going to lose!" Sheik got up, and saw Shina charging her again. This time, she threw a smoke bomb to the ground, knocking Shina back and stunning her. When the smoke cleared, Sheik was gone. Shina sniffed the air, and turned around just as Sheik punched her hard in the face from behind. Sheik pulled out her chain and swung it, wrapping it around Shina's arm. Sheik then swung Shina in a circle, cracking her on a few stone walls, and threw her down to the next level of the dungeon. "Sayonara!" Sheik threw a kunai knife down to Shina. As Shina got up, she noticed a flickering piece of paper on the kunai's rear loop. The note was marked with the Japanese symbol for 'explode'. Shina's ears lowered in shock as the knife exploded, knocking her back.
Shina growled as she got to her feet, and Sheik landed silently behind her. However, Shina could still smell her opponent. She turned and slashed at Sheik, who blocked with another kunai. Shina then balled her other claw into a fist and slammed it into Sheik's gut, knocking her back. Shina then stepped back into a guarding crouch, and a blue barrier formed around her. Sheik drove her kunai into the barrier, and everything around them flashed with indigo light.
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"This is the best part," Xion said with a smirk. "The girl's fallen into Shina's Mad Trap. This is a Beast Drive, one of our last-resort attacks. Watch carefully."
Suddenly Mewtwo regained consciousness. "Ohh… my head…" He suddenly keeled over and vomited. "That Bane attack… the asshole poisoned me too! Natural Cure!" Mewtwo flashed and was better. "Where is he?"
"He's comatose, Mewtwo," Ness said, rolling his eyes. "You've beaten him enough."
"Whatever…"
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Shina blocked the kunai with her hand, knocking it away. She then grabbed Sheik's throat in her jaws again and began viciously slamming her to the ground. Finally, she let go of Sheik's throat and began tearing into the ninja's chest with her claws. The indigo light faded, and Shina's form became human again, her clothes repairing themselves in the process. "Have you had enough?" Shina asked.
Sheik got up, now bleeding profusely from her chest and a bit from her neck. I knew I should've kept a fairy in a bottle. "No. I am not going to lose to the likes of you!" Sheik then threw another wave of senbon needles. Although Shina attempted to dodge, several buried themselves in her arms and legs. Sheik sparkled and changed back to Zelda. "Time to finish you! Din's Fire!" Zelda waved, and a fireball flew from her arm toward Shina. Shina slid under the fireball, but it exploded behind her, causing her to stumble forward. Zelda was right there to kick Shina in the face with her high heel-clad foot, knocking her onto her back. Shina rolled back and stood with her back to a wall, and Zelda charged forward, her hands sparking with magical energy.
"AGGHHH!" Shina was slammed by the energy back into the wall, cracking it. She dodged the next blow, and gave Zelda a one-two punch in the face. She followed up with another triple-kick to the chest, and finished with a foot sweep, knocking Zelda off her feet. Shina then jumped backward, wall-kicking off the cracked wall forward toward Zelda. Zelda rolled forward, dodging Shina's double-fisted hammer-blow slamming into the ground. Shina turned and crackled with green energy, pulling her leg up. Zelda knew what was coming and jumped upward as Shina delivered multiple rapid kicks to the wall, shattering the lower part. Zelda planned to come down with a magically charged downward kick, but Shina was ready. She jumped into the air, grabbed Zelda's neck between her ankles, and Frankensteiner'd her again, this time into the already damaged wall, which enitirely collapsed under the stress. Both girls were buried under the pile of rubble.
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"Wow," Bowser laughed, "we've really been tearing these places apart today."
"Yeah," Xion said. "Shina's absolutely destroying this girl."
"Hey!" Link said to Xion. "Zelda's doing fine! She doesn't need somebody criticizing her, especially not some prejudiced, emo, wannabe villain!"
"Prejudiced…" Yugo grinned, finding this hilarious.
"Emo?" Bakuryu asked blankly.
"WANNABE?!" Xion yelled. "I'll show you, punk!" Xion flashed and transformed. Where he had once been, there was now a silvery, metallic demon. Blades grew from his back, wrists, and ankles, he had long, thin antennae, and his eyes glowed yellow. He grabbed Link's shirt in his clawed hand. "Don't EVER call me an emo wannabe!"
"Got it…" Link yelped.
"Maybe I should've mentioned what Xion transforms into…" Bakuryu said with a nervous smile.
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Shina's hand burst from the rubble. Badly bleeding, she pulled herself up. She noticed Zelda struggling to her feet about twenty feet away, and charged her with a yell. Zelda looked up, and began to spin. "NAYRU'S LOVE!" She spun rapidly, encased in a blue diamond of energy. The energy knocked Shina back, and threw several pieces of rubble into her. "Farore's Wind!" Zelda teleported behind Shina, and reared back with a double-handed blast of magic in her hands. Shina turned around and blocked with her forearms, but the magical blast still hurled her back into and thru the next wall back, about sixty feet and to the edge of the stage.
"Dammit," Shina said as she got to her feet with a large burn on her chest, "That anime forearm block thing never helps much."
"DIN'S FIRE!" Shina looked up, and saw another fireball hurtling toward her. She dove out of the way, swearing. "Din's Fire! Din's Fire! Din's Fire!" More fireballs came, destroying more castle architecture. One detonated close to Shina and nearly knocked her over the edge.
"Too close," she muttered, pulling herself back up. She saw more fireballs coming at her. "Only one way to win this. YAAAAUUUGHHHRRR!" She transformed into a leopard again, but this time was different. Her entire body was shimmering and crackling with electricity (a normal, blue-white type, not the green type), and everything around her seemed distorted. The fireballs roaring toward Shina slowed down before stopping completely in the air. Shina roared and began running and jumping thru the now-stationary fireballs.
"What? No!" Zelda transformed back into Sheik and threw more needles, but these too froze in midair soon after they left her hand. "W-what's going on here?!"
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"Now what?" Ganon asked.
"The Hyper-Beast form," Yugo answered, speaking for the first time. "Shina must be desperate, because it's painful to initiate and self-destructive to hold that form. However, one of its effects is that time stops around her for anything less than a sentient creature. Those throwing weapons will be useless."
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"Rowr!" Shina leapt and kicked Sheik back, and slashed her again as she was falling. Sheik rolled to her feet, grabbed her last needle, and shoved it into Shina's foot. Shina roared and pulled it out, tossing it away where it floated. She then slashed at Sheik, but the veteran Smasher had drawn a pair of kunai to block with. She slashed Shina right back, further wounding her burned chest. Shina responded by glowing with green lightning and kicking Sheik repeatedly in her own chest wounds, her toe claws adding extra damage. Sheik fell back and drove her kunai into Shina's advancing form. Shina roared and uppercut Sheik, knocking her off a ledge. Sheik threw her chain, and it wrapped around Shina's leg, pulling her down. Now Shina was hanging from the ledge by her claws, and Sheik was dangling below from the chain. "Rrrr…" Shina scissored her legs, slicing the chain. Sheik began to fall, but then disappeared in a puff of smoke. As Shina crawled back to the platform, Sheik appeared in front of her. The ninja lashed out with a kick, but Shina weaved her head out of the way and bit down on Sheik's calf, swinging her around and throwing her back. Shina began to approach Sheik, but stopped and clutched her chest in pain, the form's consequences beginning to catch up with her.
"Ugh… had enough?" Sheik got slowly and dizzily to her feet. Out of kunai… out of senbon… her chain broken… her Zelda form's mana nearly depleted… what else could she do?
Shina began to walk forward again and spoke, her voice a feral growl in this form. "I think I've got enough stamina for one more attack… CROSS BLADE ZAPPER!" As the world around them glowed blue-purple again, she slashed upward into Sheik's chest once, twice, three times, the last knocking Shina upward. She then leapt into the air, threw Shina to the ground, and made a double-handed outward slashing motion, creating a rippling wave of force.
Now's my only chance… Sheik thought as she changed back to Zelda. "NAYRU'S LOVE!" She spun on the ground as the wave of energy struck her. The attack should've left huge claw marks gouged in a massive 'X' around Zelda and sliced her open, but thanks to the successful counterattack, it was repelled back into the air, where it struck Shina.
"AAAHHH!" Shina reverted back to human form and was hurled up and back, landing a good distance away. Her clothes were torn up, as was her skin, she was bleeding profusely, her arm appeared to have broken during the fall, and she was unconscious.
"Zelda wins the match!" Master Hand proclaimed.
"Well, alright then," said Bakuryu, a bit put out.
"I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU LOST!" Xion roared, in his human form again.
"That was a pretty fun fight," Bakuryu continued. Yugo nodded. "I guess we'll be going. See you again, someday!" Master Hand turned and zapped them, and they were gone.
Zelda grabbed Shina and used Farore's Wind to teleport them both to the audience platform, using the last of her energy. "Can we get some band-aids or something here?"
End of Chapter
And now, the winner of the poll: Sonic The Hedgehog! You'll see him fighting in Chapter 8! And Ganondorf will be pitted against a Final Fantasy character in Chapter 9. Thanks for all those who voted this time.