Ranger: In retrospect, I kinda see your point…but it's a little late now…
Chapter 13: King Dodongo
The next round was the one that was long expected—TL's group vs. Airnaruto! The hedgehog stood in front of the ninja, who readied two kunai. The match began!
Lunatic jumped into the air and produced a fireball jutsu. However, a blast of wind extinguished the oncoming inferno and knocked the Nutty Ninja clean out of the air.
D-Dude let loose a screech and charged in to fight Airnaruto. However, the ninja dodged aside and tossed a set of kunai at the Fictorian Dragonsaur, pinning him to the ground by his wings.
Kakashi held out his hand and chakra began to spark in it. A small blade appeared in his palm and he sprung forward, "LIGHTNING BLADE!"
Airnaruto jumped over and made several hand-signs.
"WIND-STYLE!" Airnaruto shouted, "GIANT FUNNEL JUTSU!"
Airnaruto then began to spin until he made a giant tornado.
"This guy's good." Was Kakashi's simple statement before getting sucked up and thrown into the stadium with enough force to smash open several seats.
"NO!" Ezlo screamed out of sheer horror, "MY STADIUM!"
Sasuke jumped into the air, making hand-signs.
"FIRE-STYLE!" he shouted, "PHOENIX FLOWER JUTSU!"
The fire entered the tornado, turning it into a swirling funnel of flames. Sasuke then hurled two giant shuriken into the inferno, expecting Airnaruto to have either been sliced in half or be burned to death. However, the two shuriken flew out at Sasuke. The Uchiha barely dodged, some of his hair being the only thing to get sliced off. The whirlwind of fire then dissipated and Airnaruto was unharmed.
"THIS should be fun." TL grinned, summoning Konoha Ninja. He swung the Keyblade down, but Airnaruto blocked with a set of kunai. TL then charged the Konoha Ninja with Neural Disruption energy. The Airbending Ninja's hands sprung open and released the kunai. TL jumped up and brought his foot down. Airnaruto narrowly dodged the blow and rolled over to his kunai. He picked them up and tossed them at the hedgehog.
TL used his Keyblade to block the oncoming knives, but soon noticed Airnaruto's fist fly into his face and send him, careening, into the stands.
Airnaruto huffed and walked over to TL, a kunai in hand.
"It's nothing personal, hedgehog." Airnaruto said. He then noticed the blade in TL's hand, "A Keyblade? Is THIS why Vaati wants you dead?"
A deafening roar burst out of nowhere. Airnaruto glanced over to see a giant, four-legged monster! It was King Dodongo (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)! It roared and spat a burst of fire at Airnaruto, who barely blocked with airbending. However, the dinosaurian monster bolted over and slammed its foreleg onto Airnaruto. TL flicked his fingers to remove the kunai from D-Dude's wings, the membranes quickly healed themselves as the Dragonsaur bolted over to the others.
TL kicked himself up to help Airnaruto, but King Dodongo reared his head up and made to bite the Airbending Ninja in half. However, he was lifted up by a man, clad in green with pointed ears.
"LINK!" Ezlo shouted.
The man turned his head around to show that he had a head of blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Ezlo, get them outta here!" Link (Legend of Zelda) shouted to the hat.
Ezlo led the group out of the stadium and into the lobby. Lunatic was gasping for breath as he said, "What…the heck…was that?"
"THAT was too close for comfort." Ezlo stated, "Seriously. That thing was King Dodongo. Link's fought him before and he should do fine…or maybe not. He didn't look in his top condition. THIS won't turn out well, mark my words!"
TL glanced over to the entrance and then to his four companions, who all nodded. They made to walk into the stadium, but…
"HEY, WHAT'RE YOU DOIN?!" Ezlo shouted, wrapping himself around TL's leg, "THIS ISN'T A MATCH! THIS IS FOR REAL!"
"I'm NOT afraid." TL replied, untying Ezlo from his ankle, "Decide whether or not we're hero material after THAT!"
TL, D-Dude, Loony, Sasuke, and Kakashi then ran into the arena.
"Just be careful, kid." Ezlo called.
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Link had his sword drawn in his left hand and an unconscious Airnaruto over his shoulder and an EXTREMELY hungry King Dodongo in front of him.
"HEY, LIZARD!" TL shouted, sending a blast of electricity at the giant dinosaur.
For all the damage it did, he might as well have just tossed an unusually small rock at it. However, TL's statement caught its attention AND caused a distraction for Link to take Airnaruto to safety.
"Look, kid, I've got a word of advice for ya—" Ezlo said before shouting, "ATTACK!"
The five heroes then charged into battle.
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The five were kneeling in front of Ezlo and Link, Ezlo reading something off a piece of paper. They had taken out King Dodongo (A/N: I didn't put in the fight scene simply because I didn't feel like it. Call me lazy, but that's just the way I am.) and Ezlo was now naming all of them heroes.
"And thus, I do hereby dub thee JUNIOR heroes," Ezlo recited, "With full rights and privileges to participate in all tournaments. Furthermore…"
"HEY!" Lunatic shouted, "WHADDA YA MEAN JUNIOR HEROES?!"
"Because you rookies STILL don't know what it takes to be a TRUE hero!" Ezlo replied.
"So, what DOES it take?" Kakashi asked, calmly.
"Well, that's something you'll have to find out for yourselves." Link replied (A/N: I know Link doesn't talk, but I can hear him sounding either like Knuckles or Kiba), "Just the way that I did."
"No problem." TL grinned, "We'll start by proving ourselves in the games!"
Ezlo jerked his head over to a sign that read "Closed".
"Sorry, kid, but there's not gonna be any games for a while." Ezlo stated, "That little tussle left the stadium in shambles."
"I KNEW going D-Rex was a BAD idea, D-Dude!" Lunatic snapped.
"Look, I was WRONG, OKAY?!" D-Dude snapped back.
"Hey, Link." TL said, "I think I know what it takes to be a true hero."
"Really, what?" Link asked.
TL walked over to the block of stone and began to heave at it. He struggled, but soon he felt that it was sliding easier. He looked up to see his brothers and the two ninjas helping him.
"What?" Kakashi asked, "There's no rule that says we can't help you."
The five heaved the stone block away and saw a small keyhole right under it.
"It's one of those…things again." TL said, awestruck. His Keyblade then appeared and pointed at the hole. A light shot from it and there was a clicking noise as the light shot into the keyhole. The keyhole then vanished.
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The five walked out, Ezlo looked into the stadium to see King Dodongo, who was slapped silly.
"I STILL can't believe that hedgehog beat King Dodongo." The hat said.
"Just between the two of us," Link said, a small grin appearing on his face, "I already wore King Dodongo down when the guy and his friends jumped in."
A mischievous grin appeared on Ezlo's face as he replied, "My lips are sealed…"
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The group looked ready to leave, but TL saw Airnaruto next to the door.
"Are you okay?" TL asked, walking over to the Author Ninja.
Airnaruto looked over to TL and simply replied, "Yeah."
"Why'd you go with him, anyway?" TL asked.
"I'm looking for someone. Vaati promised to help." Airnaruto replied. He stood up and continued, "I tried exploring the darkness, but it soon backfired. I got consumed by the dark and I couldn't find the light."
"You'll find it." TL said, "I'm searching, too."
"For your light?" Airnaruto asked. He simply placed a LEGO into TL's hand and began to walk away, "DON'T lose sight of it."
TL stared at the LEGO. He glanced up at Airnaruto and called, "How about a rematch sometime? Fair and square, no dark powers involved!"
Airnaruto adjusted his headband and said, "Maybe later."
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The five then left the stadium as Vaati appeared and looked at an image of Hercules.
"Link. He's the perfect image of a hero." Vaati said before bursting out, angrily, "PERFECTLY INFURIATING! HE MAKES ME ANGRY!" A burst of dark winds whipped around Vaati. The master of dark winds then calmed down and said, "What am I worried about? Everything's going according to plan. I'll let Link train the hedgehog. When they come into the NEXT games, I'll finish them both off." Vaati then glanced over to the tall, pale woman with polar bear fur, "What do YOU want? Stay out of this. This is MY fight."
"As you wish." The witch replied, "Fight to your hearts' content."
Vaati smirked, then scowled and wheeled over to face the witch…who was gone.