a/n: Sorry for the wait guys. Here is the next episode featuring Ike and the moody Squall. Man, I don't have much to say. Enjoy.

Chapter 10: Ike's decision:

Inside of Ultimecia's castle, the cogs and gears in the background and the spiral staircase in the Clock Tower area of the castle. The arena features a large open central area with tall pillars and a spiral wooden platform with railings. The sides also feature small areas with large gears.

Ike came to one of the balcony of the area and thinks about why Roy would work with Chaos and let himself be under control. Wasn't he his and Marth's friend? Something didn't feel right. Then he looked up to see Squall was about to use Heel Crush above him with his gunblade. Remembering he was still in training, he dodges Squall's attack quickly.

Ike and Squall clashed swords through the area. Ike ran around the walls as Squall quite firing Blizzard Barrets. Ike leaps from the wall and onto the pillar. He waits for Squall to come to him and then strikes him down with his Eruption attack. Squall crashed through one of the wooden floors and crashed into a wall. Ike then skidded down the rails towards him. Squall saw him coming and used Revolver Drive which hit Ike.

Ike got up again and blocks Squall's gunblade. Then Ike slashed Squall to the air and gave chase and hit into into the mist on the ceiling teleporting Squall to the balcony. Ike got onto it only to get caught in Squall's Beat Fang as he was hit by Squall's many combos because sending him crashing to the ground. Squall was about to do it again but Ike stops him with Counter.

Squall hit the ground but rose but then realised Ike was looking at the ceiling. The feeling was fighting Squall makes Ike remember his pratice battles with Marth and Roy and was worried about them and Titania.

"What's wrong?" Squall asked.

"The reason I fight… was for my friends" Ike said "but they are not here, 2 got captured, one I'm fighting against" Ike said "I am not sure why I fight anymore."

"Everyone has doubts" Squall said "personally I prefer to fight alone."

"Alone?"

"Yes. You should to. That is how I got my crystal" Squall said.

"But, don't you need others to help you?" Ike asked.

"No. I don't" Squall said.

"Why not?" Ike asked.

"Because he has distrust in his friends and because of his cold-heartedness" said a voice. Squall and Ike turned to see Ultimecia behind them.

"Ultimecia!" Squall said.

"You again!" Ike snarled.

"My, my. So the swordsman's still alive eh?" Ultimecia said "You can never be like lion boy here. Time cannot change anything. He fights alone cause he has no trust in his friends, but you do. You two can never get along."

"What's that suppose to mean?" Squall asked.

"You see your friends as illusions" Ultimeica said "you wanted no help from them at all."

"Even some friends decieve and betray you" came another voice. Ike turned to see…

"ROY!"

Roy came onto the wooden path. "You two shall always be alone. No one to help you, cause he sees his friends as fakes, and you have nothing to protect."

"SHUT UP!" Ike shouted.

"You're wrong on many occassions" Squall said "And I can prove it to you." He turned to face Ultimecia but Roy used his sword to attack Squall but he dodges.

"I will punish any of stands in Chaos' way!" Roy said to Squall.

"I will rescue Rinoa and the others" Squall said as he gets ready for battle "And you cannot stop me."

Ike looked at Ultimecia and held his sword in front of her. "I know Squall cares for his fellow warriors. Don't tell him what he is and what he isn't!"

"And I'm supposed you too feel the same. Time will be mine and you all shall be erased" Ultimecia said as she begin her fight with Ike.

Roy begins to attack Squall but Squall ducked under his sword and used Aerial Circle. Roy dodges and slashed Squall into the air and follows. He tried to slash Squall again but the SeeD dodged and hit him back to the wall. Squall skidded down to Roy and dodges Roy's Blazer. They clashed their swords back and forth.

Ike tries to slash Ultimeica but she keeps teleporting away. Ultimecia then flew in the air and used her Knight's Arrows which she shot mutlie magic bolts into the air and fired them on Ike. Ike used his sword to deflect all of the blasts. After he deflected each one, Ike then used Aether attack and hit Ultimecia in the air and they both fell to the ground. Ike landed on the platform below but Ultimecia was hit and crashed into a wall.

Squall ran up the wall with Roy following. Roy then leap above Squall and used Double-Edge Dance but Squall leaps up and gets ready for Rough Divide. Roy dodges it and slashed Squall to the wall. Roy was about to use Blazer again but Squall leaps over and used Fated Circle which hit Roy.

Ultimecia got up and then rolled into a looper and shot more magic bolts at Ike. Ike dodged and leap from it. As Ultimeca stood right up again, Ike whacked her upwards using his sword. Ultimeica dodged his next slash as he gave chase and then whacks him back down. Then she used Shockwave Pulsar as she summoned an huge orb and fired. Ike dodges quickly and then leaps towards Ultimecia and hit her with Quick Draw.

Ultimecia got up afterwards as Ike landed near her.

"So you had gotten better since we last met".

"Heh. I'd still haven't gotten serious yet." Ike said.

"Then I think it's time for you to be rid of you" Ultimecia said as she turned into her Junction Greiver form.

Squall looked up to see this but didn't see Roy used Raging Fire mode and used Flare Blade which hit him. Roy then rounds it up with Flare Blade X10 which he put power into himself and his blade. His blade turned into a fire sword and slashed Squall 5 times and then send a rage of fire to engluf him.

Ultimecia froze Ike using Time Crush and then used Apocalypse which send a field of energy and send Ike flying. Ultimecia then froze Ike and used Time Compression and summoned more magical orb as she walked past Ike and then unfroze Ike and the orbs hit him multi times. She then finished it off with Sorceresses Heart.

Ultimecia and Roy finished their attacks and before they can take a deep breath, Ike emerges from the smoke with his Powerful blade in hand. Ultimecia was shocked to see Ike still alive. But Ike used Aether on Roy. She turned to see Squall's Blasting Zone and got hit. Squall has his LionHeart Sword equipped.

"Ike! Let's finish this!" Squall called as he slashed Ultimecia to get ready for his Renzokuken attack. He charged and slashed hard on Ultimecia 8 times before powering up his gunblade and used Lion Heart attack which he charged and defeated Ultimecia as he slashed through her causing an explosion.

Ike slashed Roy upwards and yells "Great Aether!" as he follows him up and slashing and kicking him 12 times before leaping into the air and slashing Roy downwards. Roy was defeated afterwards.

Squall walks towards Ultimecia. "Are you still planning to create a world full of compressed time? Cause like I told you, I don't want to live without a past nor future."

"Time stops for no one" Ultimecia said "but we will meet again. And my goal will be complete." And she vanished.

Ike walked to Roy. "Roy… why?"

"Why what?"

"Why you betray Marth and I? Aren't we friends?" Ike asked. Squall walked up to them.

"Because… I was supposed to be in Brawl! But you took everything from me. I know, if I beat you, I can be No 1 again. But… you win this time. I promise you" Roy snarled "Next time, I will win!" And he vanished.

"That wasn't Roy's words" Squall said. "Ultimecia must be controlling him somehow."

"What?"

"His words were all mixed. He is not the Roy you know. He was being used. He never wanted to fight you or Marth. But he was brainwashed."

"Why do you care?" Ike sad "You never trust anyone."

"Listen, Ike. You're wrong. Even though we're apart, we still fight together" Squall said.

"What?" Ike asked again.

"I still see them as friends, but we all have to fight on our own. In the end, our comrades will be always be behind us. Do you now understand?" Squall asked.

Ike understood. "Of course. No matter if we all are apart, we still have our friends behind us. In that case, I have to fight Roy, friend or foe. And I shall fight him on my own, with my friends watching my back."

As soon as he said that, something glowed in front of him, It was a silver crystal shaped like Fire Emblem Symbol sword.

Squall shows his crystal which was look like a set of feathers. "That is your crystal. You and I both found our reason to fight. Other than that. I have nothing more to teach you. You passed."

Ike nodded and takes his crystal. "Even we have our doubts, we shall always fight together." He looked in the sky. He shall contiune to fight, alone and with others.

To be contiuned…

A/N: There are two more left now so next is Terra and Samus and finally Link and Cloud. Also, a little something else for the future chapters. See ya soon.