Here's the Final chapter, the EPIC moment where Ghirahim goes Super Saiyan, which I had a lot of fun writing by the way. I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I have enjoyed writing it! Please read, review, and enjoy.
A/N: Nappa: Vegeta, what's his power level?
Vegeta: It's over 9000!
Nappa: 9000?
Cliche joke, I know. But I had to get it out of my system. Enjoy the story!
Link made it to the Sealed Grounds, but before he could dive to the bottom of the pit, Link's path was impeded by a barrier decorated by yellow diamond patterns, courtesy of Ghirahim. Link looked to the bottom of the pit to see Ghirahim performing a bizzare dance around the still-motionless Zelda and chanting in a demonic language. Upon finishing the dance, he looked up to chuckle at Link before beginning the ritual to free Demise with a maniacal laugh. Zelda's body began to glow as she hovered over the ground. All the while, Link could only look on in horror.
"Hear me, my hordes!" Ghirahim began. "The spell is nearly complete! The demon king returns! Until then, you WILL keep that whelp from interfering with my ritual!" He commanded as hordes of Bokoblins appeared. "I don't care if the whole lot of you get lodged on the end of his blade. You will buy me time I need! Do not fear him... Fear my wrath if you fail me!" he shouted as the Bokoblin hordes ran up the pit to attack Link. As they did, the sky began to darken. Seeing the oncoming hordes of monsters, Link drew his sword and charged into the fray. With the Master Sword at full power, the bokoblins were nothing more than insects to be swatted away.
Link ran into the horde, cutting down bokoblins at full charge. The bokoblins did everything in their power to delay the young hero, using swords, arrows, and bombs. Ghirahim would occasionally erect magic barriers and summoned more monsters. Soon Stalfoses and Moblins joined the fray, but these beasts fared little better against Link, and he eventually mangaged to reach the bottom of the pit. Desperate, Ghirahim erected a smaller barrier around himself and summoned another mob of bokoblins. "Stop him, you idiots!" the Demon Lord shrieked.
Drinking a potion to regain his health, Link quickly made short work of the pig nosed opponents. With them gone, it was just him and Ghirahim now. "You're far too quick, boy!" he grumbled as Link walked towards him. "I realize a simple child like you knows nothing of magic, but spells like this take time and a steady hand!" he exclaimed as he gripped his head with his hands. "Can't you wait quietly like a good boy? HMM?" he asked, the exapseration easily heard in his voice.
"You petulant brat... you've pushed me too far. I've waited my whole existence for this! This is my moment!" he ranted with much melodrama. "You know what? Fine! If your so intent on hurrying to your grave, I'll be happy to show you the way!" With a wave of his arm, Ghirahim telekinetically lifted Zelda into the air. "This time there will be no heroic escape. I was a fool to toy with you and let you walk away with your life before, but I won't make that mistake again." he said. Ghirahim hunched over and growled as orange diamonds surrounded him like a ring of fire. As his cloak began to dissolve, the orange diamonds began to turn black. A few seconds later, he raised his arms as the black diamonds began to envelop him. "That, I promise!" he roared.
Orange diamond patterns began to appear on the ground, which formed a platform that lifted both him and Ghirahim upward. Once high enough off the ground, the platform expanded. Link simply assumed his battle stance, ready to fight. But when the cloud of diamonds cleared, Link was taken aback by what he saw. Ghirahim's appearance took a radical change. His once-pale skin turned brown, save for the white diamond patterns decorating it, particularly on his chest and forehead. His eyes had turned white and lost their pupils. His once-angular hair had now curved upwards in a manner similar to Fi's. Both of Ghirahim ears were now pointed and his mouth had two small fangs in it. Link thought that Ghirahim and Fi could be brother and sister for a second.
"If only I'd put you in your place from the very beginning. Show a human a little mercy and next thing you know, he thinks himself your equal!" Ghirahim ranted as he bent over, covering his face with his hands. His voice had now become as metallic as his skin. Breathing heavily, he lowered his hands and continued, "Given my station, I had to maintain some semblance of dignity, so I let you run with your life... Twice, even. Such a guilty pleasure. But instead of scurrying away like any creature with a basic instinct to survive, you just kept coming back again...and again...and again." Folding his arms across his chest, he said, "I've let a mere boy make a fool of me for the last time. You stand before a demon...or should I say a weapon without mercy!" During his speech, Ghirahim momentairly transformed into a large, demonic sword.
Link narrowed his eyes dangerously, ready to strike. Ghirahim lowered his head to face Link and said. "For you, boy, I've prepared a most appropriate and humiliating death. I even have a pet name for it-I call it the endless plunge! First I will take my time bludgeoning you, and when I grow bored of it, I will drive you to the edge and deliver a last strike to send you falling to your doom! I'll delight in casting your body into this pit and snuffing out the flame of your life! Your broken body will serve as fine sustenance for the demon king!"
Thus, the final showdown began! Link charged at Ghirahim and delivered a mad frenzy of sword strikes, but to his shock, they did little to faze the demon. Flashing a fanged smile, Ghirahim balled up his fist and retaliated with a right hook to Link's face, followed by a roundhouse kick to the boy's chest. The kick sent Link flying to the edge of the arena. Ghirahim then leapt into the air and dived at Link. The young hero managed to shake off the pain and rolled out of the way of the incoming fist. Quickly springing to his feet, Link remembered Ghirahim's words and formed an idea. He charged at Ghirahim once again, delivering another flurry of strikes. Though they had little effect, each attack pushed Ghirahim closer and closer to the edge.
It wasn't long before Ghirahim found himself teetering at the edge of the platform. Link quickly dealt a roundhouse kick of his own to send the demon falling off the edge. Ghirahim, however, quickly created another platform to catch himself. Remembering his knight's training, Link jumped off the platform, and drove the Master Sword into Ghirahim's chest, causing him to shout in pain. Ghirahim quickly got back up, clutching the now-cracked diamond on his chest. Link then repeated the same strategy from before, but when he drove Ghirahim closer to the edge, Ghirahim grabbed the sword with his hand coated in purple electricity. Link screamed in agony as the dark energy coursed through the sword and through his body. Ghirahim took the opportunity to manuver behind the boy and deliver a solid kick to his back, sending him falling off the edge.
Thinking quickly, Link pulled out his clawshot and grappled the platform, allowing him to pull himself up and deliver a boot to Ghirahim face. Link then continued his strategy of driving him to the edge, knocking him off and delivering a fatal blow to the diamond on his chest. After doing this a third time, the platform slowly lowered itself to the ground. Once there, it disappeared. Link almost thought that his battle with Ghirahim had at long last come to an end, but it was far from over as the Demon Lord got back to his feet, clutching his chest, which had cracked to the point where it revealed a large, orange diamond on his chest. Enraged to have been wounded to this degree by a mere child, Ghirahim snapped his fingers and summoned his rapier.
Ghirahim charged at Link and swung his sword, but the boy used his indestructable Hyilan Shield to deflect the blow, allowing him to stab at the diamond on Ghirahim's chest. In pain, Ghirahim jumped back and held his rapier skyward, charging red energy. He then fired the energy in the form of a fiery disc. Link instinctively blocked with his shield, but soon gained another idea. Paying close attention to how Ghirahim fired the disc, Link deflected the attack back in the same way. It quickly turned into a game of tennis between the two swordsmen. Ghirahim lost that tennis game, however, as he missed the disc and it ended up stunning him. Link seized the opportunity to run in and deliver several stabs to Ghirahim's chest. Ghirahim managed to regain his composure and jumped out of the way. He then attempted another swing, but Link swung first and knocked the blade out of Ghirahim's hand, allowing him to stab Ghirahim's chest some more.
Ghirahim teleported to the center of the pit to recuperate a bit. Inside, he was seething. "How could this be happening? I am Lord Ghirahim!" he thought to himself. "How humiliating to think that I, the Demon Lord, could be outclassed by this filthy punk! I am most powerful being in existence, second only to Demise himself! This is a nightmare! It's the only logical explanation, why else would this be happening?" After growling at Link for a few moments, he shouted, "You wretched brat!" He then snapped his fingers and summoned a bigger, two-handed sword.
Ghirahim then lunged at the boy, wildly swinging his sword in a murderous rage. Luckily, the young hero's Hylian shield protected him. "So, boy, are you having second thoughts about challenging a superior warrior?" Ghirahim asked tauntingly. "I cannot be defeated, not by you or anyone else! I've waited my whole damn existance to see my master revived and I shall not be denied! Do you hear me?" Link performed a shield bash to throw Ghirahim off. Ghirahim retaliated by swinging his sword, but Link swung his sword at the same time, causing them to clash. The impact caused Ghirahim's sword to break. "Impossible!" he howled as he looked as his blade. With the Master Sword charged with heavenily energy, Link stabbed at Ghirahim's chest again, stunning the demented demon. Link again seized the opportunity to stab Ghirahim again and again.
It wasn't long before Ghirahim fell to his knees, clutching his chest in pain. Ghirahim glared at Link with his eyes filled with wrath. "This... This is preposterous." he breathed out. "Driven to my knees by a simple child of man. Laughable! No matter how many times we clash, I can't prevail! You think I can't defeat you? You think I can't win? Boy...what are you?" he asked.
After a few minutes, Link spoke in a small voice that still brimmed with anger. "I'm Link, chosen hero of the Goddess, and the wrong human to mess with! Now let Zelda go and you can still walk away from this."
Instead of getting enraged, Ghirahim instead hunched over and began to chuckle. "Ah... But never mind that. Victory is still mine to savor. While we fought, the ritual I started continued..." he said as the marks on the ground began to glow. "At last, it's complete! The demon king shall devour the soul of the goddess and resurrect in his full glory!" Ghirahim laughed maniacally and teleported out of the way as the ground began to open up, causing dark mist to pervade the area. When the mist cleared. Out stepped the the towering beast known as the Imprisoned, the sealed form of Demise, and the monster that had haunted Link's dreams.
The creature took a few steps foward and then opened its massive maw. A few seconds later, Zelda screamed in agony as her soul is ripped out of her body. The Imprisoned promptly devours her soul, then began to glow with dark energy. The dark energy swirled around the Imprisoned with the strength of a hurricane. All the while, Ghirahim laughed insanely, driven mad by his success. "Don't you see? It's all over!" he exclaimed. "This world and everything in it now belong to darkness! They belong to my master!"
The dark mist finally cleared, and in place of the Imprisoned stood a male humanoid figure. Though human is a relative term when describing this beast. He seemed to have been loosed from the bowels of Hell itself, come to unleashed chaos untold upon our world. nearly every part of his body was covered in the same scales that covered the Imprisoned. He wore a cape around his waist and he was barefoot. Veins of darkness would appear on his body at regular intervals. Upon its forehead was a white X-shaped scar. But the most defining trait about the creature was his fiery hair and piercing red eyes, which could strike fear into the hearts of the bravest of warriors. This was Demise, the demon king. The sum total of him amounted to the most frightening creature Link had ever laid eyes on.
Demise looked around him, trying to ascertain his surroundings before looking at his right hand. He smiled a malevolent smile as he flexed his fingers. Ghirahim, placing a hand on his cracked chest, bowed to the figure and said, "Welcome back to us, Master." Demise, however, said nothing. Instead he balled his hand into a fist before outstretching it with a roar, releasing a pulse of dark energy. Ghirahim gasped as if he suffered a stroke, his face twisted into an fanged, insane smile. He fell to the ground only to be telekinetically lifted up in a pose similar to crucifixion. Then, what appeared to be the hilt of a sword began to pull itself out of Ghirahim's chest. Demise flashed a fanged grin.
Ghirahim giggled madly as the sword began to rip itself out of him. A few seconds later, it flew out of Ghirahim and into Demise's hand. The sword looked physically similar to the Master Sword, but it looked twisted with darkness. The sword's blade began to glow as Ghirahim was absorbed into it. Demise took a moment to inspect the blade before turning his gaze to Link, who drew his sword. "So you are the chosen knight of the goddess." Demise said, his voice deep, disorted, and practically dripping with evil. He then directed his gaze to the floating Zelda "Intriguing... The goddess lowered herself to a mortal existance to keep me imprisoned. How pathetic. This bag of flesh pales in comparison to the magnificence of her previous form." He said with obvious spite. Demise then waved his sword, sending a gale of wind that knocked Zelda to the ground.
It seemed Zelda would meet her end. There was no way Link could reach her in time. But hope soon came in the form of Groose, who ran to catch the falling Zelda. "Don't worry, Link! Groose has got this!" Zelda landed straight on Groose's lap. "Link, I... I caught her! She's OK!" He yelled, slightly out of breath. Link gave a huge sigh of relief, then turned to face Demise. "Hmm... So you and that other human would stand before obliteration to aid the goddess would you?" The demon king asked. "How curious... The humans I've known were weak things. Hardly more than insects, shivering under rocks and ready to flee at a mere glimpse of me. When last I walked this world, they did little more than scream and cling to their goddess, mewling and praying... counting on her to protect them. How amusing to think those cowards begot someone like you." Link said nothing, but raised his sword in response.
Seeing a mere human raise his blade against him amused Demise to no end. He laughed heartily at the mere thought of a human challenging him. "You grow more fascinating by the second, human." He said. "I never imagined I'd meet one of your kind who wished to stand against me in battle." regaining some composure, Demise said "Very well, then. I shall prepare a place for us where we will not be bothered by distractions. If you still have the courage to face me, seek me there." Link nodded his head in reply. He then took a few steps towards Demise, only for Groose to shout, "Link, it's all on you! Oh, and listen up! Grannie had some info for you! The old girl says it'll take time for that grease wad to absorb Zelda's soul completely! If you can take him down before her soul gets all sucked up into that... thing, you might still have a chance! I...I know you can do it! So...yeah! You've gotta do this! You're all Zelda's got! You've got to make this happen!"
Demise lifted his sword skyward, causing darkness to surround him. "If you fear for your life, do not follow me." he commanded. "You can spend what little time your world has left cowering and crying as befits your kind. But if you truly wish to raise your blade against the world I would build, come for me. I've waited eons to return. I can spare a few more moments to let you decide." he said as he vanished, leaving behind a portal of darkness.
"It's up to you now, Link." Groose said to himself.
Link approached the dark portal, but Fi appeared. "Master Link, I have important information for you." she said. "Once you enter this portal, my analysis indicates a 0% chance that you will be able to return, unless you are able to vanquish your foe. Are you ready to proceed?" She asked.
Some part of Link was worried, Ghirahim was a tough opponent already, But Demise's power greatly dwarfed Ghirahim's. But then he remembered the reason he began this quest: Zelda. He made a vow to Zelda's father that he would bring her home, and he would fufill that vow no matter the cost. If he was going down, then he would at least take Demise with him. With this in mind, he nodded his head in reply. "Understood, Master Link." Fi said. "Know that even in the place that lies beyond the portal, I will be with you... And Master...good luck."
With that Link went to face the fight of his life.
THE END!
Jesus! This took awhile to write! Well, so ends my tale! But... if I got a lot of requests, I might be persuaded to novelize the fight between Link and Demise as an epilogue.
A/N: Like I said in chapter 3, I may make a full noveliztion of Skyward Sword, but you may have to wait unitl sometime after Christmas as I won't get the game until then.