Chapter 10: The Champions Collide
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The final 5, an amazing choice for the final 5 everyone would agree on. Though there are several worthy choices for a final 5, I feel that none are more deserving than the ones that stand in a circle, staring at each other ready to collide. Mario, the mascot of Nintendo and one of the greatest video game characters ever to become created. Bowser, Mario's arch rival and a force to be reckoned with, easily one of the greatest enemies in the world, and at 8 feet tall, a very great fighter. Link, the second mascot of Nintendo and almost equally as great. He has had several amazing adventures and easily proved his worthiness in the video game hall of fame. Pikachu, the main Pokémon. Though several Pokémon are stronger than Pikachu, he is the most noticeable, and therefore a great choice for a fighter. And finally, Sonic, the blue hedgehog, Sega's mascot and one of Mario's arch rivals. Gifted with incredible speed, he is a force to be reckoned with. And now, these 5 competitors would collide in one of the greatest conclusions to a fighting match ever created by a teenager's mind
They charged and collided in the middle of the circle, having to face 4 other competitors, each of them could be double teamed, but none of them gave an edge. Sonic reached the middle first and jumped high into the air, then landed on Pikachu, who had reached the middle as well. Pikachu was slammed to the ground, but quickly flipped back up and ran to the middle. Mario and Link had reached the circle at the same time, Sonic charged at Mario first. Mario blocked his kick and continued his charge at Link. Link sliced his sword down, but Mario jumped up onto Link's head and punched the top of it. Link sliced again, but Mario jumped off his head and landed on Bowser, who had finally reached the circle. Mario kicked Bowser's head, then rebounded off of it and landed on Pikachu, who had reached the circle again. Pikachu was, once again, slammed into the ground. Sonic slid to the ground and reached Mario. Mario and Sonic started punching and blocking each other as fast as they could, neither of them gave an edge. Mario ducked his head back as Sonic punched the air, then grabbed Sonic's arm and threw Sonic high over his head. Then, as Sonic fell down, Mario slammed his fist into Sonic's stomach, slamming him into the ground. Sonic hit the ground hard, but quickly recovered and dodged the punch that Mario threw at him. Link decided to take Bowser on and started slicing Bowser as much as he could. Bowser's shell took most of the damage, but a couple of the blows actually pierced the shell, so Link focused his attacks on those spots. Bowser learned quickly and grabbed the sword in mid-swing. He pulled the sword out of Link's grip and threw it far away. Link stepped back twice, but tripped over Pikachu and sent him flying. Link fell to the ground, and Bowser grabbed Pikachu's tail in mid air. Pikachu tried shocking Bowser as hard as he could, but Bowser ignored the shocks and swung Pikachu down as hard as he could onto Link. They made contact and Bowser let go of Pikachu, but his arm suddenly became paralyzed and dropped to his side. Pikachu made a loud grunt as they hit each other. Pikachu hit the ground, hard, and Link's head also hit the ground just as hard. Pikachu floated into the air, and disappeared in an even brighter light as before. The male's voice yelled even louder, "DEFEATED!" and the female's voice yelled, "FOUR REMAIN" in a cheerful voice.
Mario and Sonic were still fighting, but both of them stopped and turned when they heard the voices. They both saw Link and Bowser glaring at each other, and they looked at each other with the same thought in their heads. One down, four to go. They quickly shrugged it off and continued delivering blows. Link ran around Bowser and dove for his sword. Link rolled towards his sword and grabbed it. He aimed it at Bowser and charged. Bowser tried moving his right arm, but it was paralyzed from the shocking that Pikachu gave him. He looked at Link in shock and raised his left arm. Link saw that his right side was his weak point and took advantage of it. Link brought his sword down at Bowser from his right side, but Bowser turned around so that his left arm was being attacked and stopped the blow. Link released his sword quickly and brought out a bomb. He lit it and threw it at Bowser. It exploded and stunned Bowser, and Link quickly dove at Bowser and grabbed the sword from beneath. Link rolled back to his feet and turned around, his sword aimed for Bowser's neck. Bowser blocked the sword again, but this time held onto Link's actual arm. He crushed Link's arm hard enough that Link dropped his sword, then kicked Link's shield out of the way. Then Bowser charged up his fire breath and breathed it at Link, full force. Link shrieked in pain, causing Mario and Sonic to stop fighting once again. Mario saw Link in trouble and quickly punched Sonic in the face. Mario ran towards Bowser and saw the sword on the ground. He grabbed it and brought it up into Bowser's jaw and it came out of the top of Bowser's head. Mario released the sword, and Bowser released Link. Link grabbed the sword and took some steps back, and all three of them watched as Bowser dropped to the ground. He floated into the air and disappeared in an even brighter blast of light. "DEFEATED" and "THREE REMAIN" erupted through the six remaining ears.
Link, Sonic, and Mario ran away from each other and stopped at an even distance apart, forming a triangle. Then, they charged. Sonic ran for Mario and caught him off guard. Mario didn't have time to block the three punches Sonic first gave him, but he did have time to block a forth punch. Sonic followed it up with a kick to the knees, causing Mario to kneel over. Link then came at them and threw an arrow at Sonic. Sonic got hit with it, but brushed it off and charged at Link. Link brought his sword down, but Sonic ran around Link at an amazing speed and kicked him in the back. Link was thrown to the ground, tumbling around, but Sonic appeared over Link's back and kicked his back hard, causing Link to stop tumbling, but only to slide to a stop. Sonic jumped up into the air and came crashing down onto Link's back once, twice, three times, before Link could do anything. After the third blow Link felt something happen to his back. And he tried getting up, but felt a sharp pain in his back. He couldn't get up, and he couldn't move. Sonic and Mario could both move, but Link couldn't. Mario had gotten up and jumped into the air, tackling Sonic in mid-air before he could attack Link again. They crashed to the ground and Mario pushed into Sonic's stomach to increase the blow's power even more. Mario then jumped into the air while they were still moving and kicked Sonic's head into the ground. Sonic stopped moving, but Mario was sent flying into the air, where he landed on the ground. Mario then turned towards Link, who saw him wave goodbye, and jumped into the air.
Link knew what was going to happen, but there was nothing he could do to prevent it. Mario landed on Link's head, but before Link could lose Mario grabbed Link and threw him into Sonic, where they made contact. Both Sonic and Link were sent flying, and Mario was right there with them. Mario reached Sonic first and threw him into the air, then reached Link and jumped onto, and rebounded off of him. Mario reached Sonic and meteor mashed Sonic to the ground. Mario landed on the ground and aimed a kick at Link, who was still heading towards him, and released the kick at Link's back, making it hurt even more. Link stopped completely, and then floated into the air. Link shamed himself for getting defeated so easily and disappeared. "DEFEATED!" "TWO REMAIN"
Sonic finally skidded to a stop and got up. Mario was looking right at him, his arms out and waiting for an attack. Both Sonic and Mario were breathing heavily, but Sonic seemed to have attained more damage than Mario. Sonic ran as fast as he could at Mario, but even that was only regular speed, no faster than Captain Falcon's anymore. The match was even now, only Mario had more martial arts experience and could use Sonic's moves against him, and that's exactly what he did. Mario ran at Sonic and they met. They exchanged several blows, but Mario dodged more than Sonic did. Mario then managed to move around Sonic and grab the back of his head. Mario then kneed Sonic's back, sending every part of Sonic into the air except his head. Mario threw Sonic's head to the ground, causing a hard impact as Sonic hit the ground. Mario kicked Sonic's head as hard as he could, sending Sonic cart wheeling into the air. Sonic regained control at the last second and landed onto the ground. Mario charged at Sonic once more. Sonic was losing stamina fast, and couldn't figure out a strategy to defeat Mario, and that's where it hit him. Sonic took three steps back, and when Mario aimed a punch, Sonic jumped into the air. Not too high, but high enough to clear Mario's head. Sonic turned around and kicked the back of Mario's head, sending Mario headfirst into the ground. Mario fell to the ground, but pushed off the ground with his arms and flipped back onto his feet. Sonic smirked, glad that he finally got the upper hand. Sonic ran at Mario and managed to kick Mario in the stomach. Mario got kicked back, but managed to grab Sonic's foot at the last second, sending Sonic flying with him. Mario then threw Sonic over his entire body and into the ground. Mario ground pounded Sonic harder into the ground and stopped Sonic completely, but picked up a huge cloud of dust.
The dust finally settled after almost five minutes, leaving an amazing scene. Mario was standing right above a hole in the ground where Sonic laid. Sonic floated into the air, and Mario waved at Sonic as Sonic disappeared. "DEFEATED" the male's voice rang out louder than ever before, so that everyone in the world could hear. But this time the female's voice didn't ring out, instead the male's voice called out again. "MATCH END!" Mario wondered what this could mean, but didn't wonder it for long, because he was teleported to the top of a giant tower. When he looked down he could see steps, and on those steps were the defeated warriors, including Nana, Popo, Ness, Captain Falcon, and Roy, the people who had died who were brought back to life, but they were sulking at their loss. Only the top six were looking proud, and Mario saw his brother only five steps down, waving at nobody in particular, but looking proud that he made it so far. Mario then looked around and saw that several people were looking at him and cheering. The entire match had been broadcasted for millions to see, and now it was over. The victor stood above the others, the victor, was Mario. Champion of the greatest fighting match in history. And the screen faded to black, as the match had ended.
THE END