Worde cannot describe how I feel about this chapter. In simple terms, it's terrible. I was just not feeling this chapter, and so this horrendous thing was born. It was meant to be better but... Like I said, I was just not feeling it for this chapter. So I'll just stop talking and let you all enjoy this horrific chapter.
Chapter 8:Dark Duel
Meta Knight unsheathed Galaxia and the blade appeared in a shower of sparks. In response, Dark Meta Knight tilted his head and said, "Finally done delaying the fight?"
"No, I finished fixing all of the problems you created. If you think about it, you were the one delaying, not me." Dark Meta Knight made a sound a amusement.
"Heh, you got me there. Now, shall we begin?" Dark Meta Knight asked as he unsheathed his sword as well. Meta Knight nodded. Dark Meta Knight immediately charged at him and swung his sword at him sloppily, which Meta Knight easily blocked. In response to his attack, Meta Knight attacked by quickly swinging Galaxia four times. Dark Meta Knight blocked the first two but his second two strikes slipped past his guard.
"I was going to go easy on you, but it seems like you won't go easy on me. Evidently you're not that considerate. All I hear about you is that you're so strong, cool, kind, and extremely brave. Clearly everyone is wrong about you. You're not kind. Oh, wait, now that I think about it, you're none of those things!" Dark Meta Knight laughed.
"My apologies. I thought that you were just warming up. Well, now that you are all warmed up, how about we start the real battle?" Meta Knight replied smoothly, ignoring his insults.
"Oh, that wasn't the real battle? Good, I didn't think it was." Dark Meta Knight said, his tone filled with malicious intent. Dark Meta Knight cast off his cape, and unfolded his wings. They were, as expected, just like Meta Knight's, except grey and they were tattered and torn. Meta Knight gripped Galaxia tighter, and launched up into the air, with Dark Meta Knight following close behind. The two of them flew heigh up into the air. When they stopped, they were little more than two purple and grey specks a short distance away from each other. The grey speck and the purple specks flew towards each other and collided with a loud clang. They spiraled away from each other, with Dark Meta Knight flying slightly slower than before. The two of them continued to do this, with it impossible for those on the ground to tell who was winning.
A fancy looking car rolled to the top of a nearby hill and a penguin followed closely by a snail leapt out of it. King Dedede looked around using some binoculars, and when he didn't see what he was looking for, he shouted, "Escargoon! Where a' Meta Knight and 'is copy? I don't see 'em anywhere!"
"W-well, there's Kirby and those meddling kids, so the copy has to be nearby. And Sword and Blade are here as well, so Meta Knight has to be here too." Escargoon rationalized.
"Then where a' they? They have ta be here somewhere, but I don't see 'em!" Dedede yelled.
"Umm... The kids are looking up... So maybe they're up in the sky?" Escargoon said nervously.
"UP IN DA SKY?! HOW WOULD DEY BE UP IN DA SKY?!"
"I-I don't know Sire!" Dedede directed his binoculars up towards the sky and immediately sputtered in shock. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. "What is it Sire? What do you see?" Dedede wordlessly gave him the binoculars in response, too stunned to speak. Escargoon brought the binoculars to his eyes then passed out in shock, and Dedede soon followed his example.
Meta Knight turned back towards Dark Meta Knight and gritted his teeth. This fight was getting nowhere: the two of them were perfectly matched in strength. He needed a way to turn the battle in his favor. Then it came to him. Meta Knight charged towards Dark Meta Knight, same as before, but when they grew near to each other instead of attempting to either attempt to strike Dark Meta Knight or block an attack, he spun in a drill like fashion with his sword pointing towards Dark Meta Knight, catching him off guard. Dark Meta Knight fell stunned towards the ground, but he recovered himself quickly and flew back up long before he hit the ground.
"What's happening? Who's winning?" Bun asked Fumu, his eyes trained on the battle.
"I don't know... I think the copy or whatever it is was just falling, but it could have just been the real Meta Knight's mask that I was seeing." She replied, concern in her voice.
"Oh. Well, Meta Knight-kyo better beat up that imposter real good for what he did!" Bun declared. "How did that person get the armor to pretend to be Meta Knight-kyo anyway? It made them look just like him!"
"Meta Knight told us that the imposter is a copy created by a mirror." Blade interjected.
"Huh? What kind of mirror creates copies?"
"He said that the mirror was likely made by Nightmare." Sword explained.
"What?! But Nightmare was destroyed by Kirby! How could he have created the mirror, and how could have Dedede gotten his hands on it?" Fumu exclaimed.
"Poyo poy!" Kirby added firmly.
"Well... Uh... He didn't say how exactly." Sword said uncomfortably.
"Hmph. Well, Meta Knight probably knows these kinds of things better than we do." Fumu said, though she looked uncertain.
"Hey, do you know why Meta Knight has wings?" Bun asked suddenly after a few moments of silence other than the clangs coming from above.
"...No. We didn't know until now." Blade said.
"So he kept it a secret from everybody..." Fumu whispered.
"Did you say something sis?"
"No, it's nothing."
Dark Meta Knight flew back up so that he was level with Meta Knight.
"Are you really so desperate to defeat me that you stoop to low blows like that?"
"We are evenly matched. I had to spice things up a little."
"Yes, I suppose there a nuance to this fight. Shall we 'spice things up a little?'" Without waiting for a reply, Dark Meta Knight promptly dived towards the ground. Meta Knight narrowed his eyes, then quickly followed suit. He flew quickly to catch up, but Dark Meta Knight was also accelerating at the same rate. Suddenly Dark Meta Knight slowed down, surprising Meta Knight. He attempted to slow down, but before he could Dark Meta Knight looped up and dealt a barrage of blows. Meta Knight managed to block a few, but the rest of the powerful attacks connected. Dazed, Meta Knight went into free fall towards the ground.
