Chapter 13: Marth VS Kai

Marth walked through the dark and empty lab. Except for one area everything else was clean and sterile. Kai was sitting down on a stool in what appeared to be a containment area. However with no energy running it was just a void. It was a small 30 meters by 30 meters square that was suspended above a dark pit that was 10 meters thick. A small 1-meter narrow metal platform extended from one side of the platform to the other. Marth walked across it. When he was across Kai brought out a remote control and pressed a button. Suddenly the lab gained power, the containment field came up and the metal platform retracted.

"Its time to end this," Marth said walking towards Kai. He was eventually in front of Kai and he placed his sword on his shoulder right by his throat.

"It seems that they were all set free," Kai laughed. "Its clear what you want now. You want to kill me. But can you really do it?" Marth grabbed his sword and sheathed it. "The instant kill strike won't work on me,"

"I'll find that out for myself," Marth replied shifting his feet and holding his sheath in front of him. They both stared at each other. Marth knew that if Kai did attack he would be defenseless. Kai just raised his arms up as though he was tormenting Marth. Marth drew the blade and attacked, Kai however just stopped the blade with his finger.

"I know every technique of the Smashers except yours, luckily Link also knew the Mortal Draw." Kai jumped back off of the stool it then was crushed into a metal ball. It flew over to Kai who grabbed it and then flicked it at Marth. Reacting naturally Marth used counter. However it hit the counter with so much force that it broke it and sent the metal ball into Marth's gut winding him. "And Roy knows counter. For your safety I hope you don't try that again." Marth slowly got up his body was shaking. "Look we have an audience!"

All of the Smashers had come to watch the battle. Floating there behind them was Master and Crazy Hand. "Once I'm done with you I can infect all of them again! This time even getting your so called mentors!"

Kai opened his hand to reveal several more small metal balls. He then began to flick them towards Marth who evaded and ran towards Kai and punched him in the face. "That was so weak!" Kai sighed. "I'm used to DK's punches to the face. It sure took me long to infect DK..."

"You talk too much!" Marth shouted gritting his teeth and slashing his sword forwards. Kai however just effortlessly dodged it. He then teleported to the other end of the room.

"But enough reminiscing in the past!" Kai laughed. "Tell me why do you cherish them? The way I see it they are the same with or with out my infection! Violent monsters! The only difference is that my infection makes them stronger! They have no repressed powers, they will only fight!" Marth slashed at Kai who was able to effortlessly dodge.

Marth noted that Kai's speed was unnatural as he suddenly appeared behind him. Kai's hand was at Marth's neck almost ready to snap it into two. "You're hesitating," Marth sighed.

"You don't want to tempt me!"

"I'm sure if you wanted to do it you would have killed me all ready." Marth replied turning around and slashing at Kai. Kai just narrowly dodged the attack.

"Before you die I want you to know your purpose!" Kai laughed jumping over Marth. "You were all created with noting more than the intention to fight and kill each other!"

"No," Marth replied blocking an attack from Kai. "We were brought together to protect the universe from the people like you, from The Government."

"Its evident that you still believe that crap that Master Hand spoon fed you!" Kai said. "Well then it looks like not even defeating you will open your eyes."

"Dr. Mario told us what happened on that day, the same thing has happened. You were unable to piece together the full puzzle and you just jumped to conclusions."

"And what does he know about me?" Kai asked disgusted. "He abandoned me and left me to die!"

"No Kai I wanted to take you along!" Dr. Mario shouted. "It was you who decided on staying to ensure my safety!"

Kai blocked an attack from Marth and he just stared at Dr. Mario. "Quiet!' He shouted upset. "I should have dealt with you when I had the chance! Why did I have a moment of sympathy for you? You of all people I should hate the most! You of all people I swore to kill. For the past while I have been living in absolute terror, not knowing my fate and its all your fault!"

Marth and Kai clashed once again. This time Marth's sword had left several cuts on Kai. "Shut up and fight against me!" Marth ordered Kai. The two charged at each other. Marth jumped towards Kai and was ready to slash him down. However Kai stopped moving and was ready to take the attack. Marth stopped his attack just in time.

"You're hesitating as well." Kai laughed.

"I will cure you of the virus... I won't kill the innocent Kai!" Marth replied.

"Shame." Kai laughed cutting Marth's side with his hand. The next thing he knew Kai had placed his hand on the cut. In an instant Kai had disappeared into square pixels and gone into the wound. Marth realized what this was. He was infected. Both his and Kai's thoughts were one. "and now for your friends" Kai's voice echoed through out Marth's head.

"NO!"

He knew that he would lose control of his body. All ready Kai had forced Marth to discard the Falchion. All ready Marth could feel each of his memories being scanned by Kai. It would only be a matter of seconds before Kai would find out his deepest secrets! "Weapon of Heart!" Marth shouted, in his hand appeared a Sword encased in its sheath.

Quickly pulling out the sword he stabbed himself with causing Kai to get out of his body. Marth looked at the Smashers their expressions were fixed with shock, horror, and panic. There was also the odd look that practically spoke "Wait when did he make a Weapon of Heart?"

"Fool," Kai's voice echoed through out the lab. "You would rather die than be my slave. There is now nothing else you can do! I now know everything you know. I am now the perfect warrior."

"You are far from being perfect." Marth replied. "You lack one of the most important things for being the perfect warrior: experience, and the maturity that comes with being on the battle field."

"That doesn't appear to be a deciding factor in this battle, there is now nothing that you can do! I know your every technique!" Kai laughed reappearing in front of him.

Marth just smiled his hand was on his self inflicted wound. He felt the warm blood coming out of the wound. But he just smiled. "Knowing my every technique is one thing. Being able to perfectly counter them is a completely different and unrelated thing!"

Marth charged towards Kai and swung his Weapon of Heart around. Kai however was able to dodge each swing effortlessly. "Using Mewtwo's future sight I can evade each attack." At those words Marth grabbed his sheath and knocked Kai several feet into the air hitting him at the chin. Kai fell down to the ground with a thump slightly scared. "How did you avoid future sight?"

"Mewtwo explained to us the greatest flaw of future sight. It relies on planned strategies, anything made up at the last second or reflex attacks are ultimately useless." Marth laughed. However he soon collapsed from blood loss.

"Pathetic." Kai laughed. "It looks like you were at your limit after all!"

Marth closed his eyes. He breathed deeply to try and get rid of the pain. Quickly he let off a gasp of shock. Somehow he had seen himself through Kai's eyes. 'That's right the link between us. I have to use it to defeat him!' Marth stood up still with his eyes closed. 'I have to win, I must win, I have no choice but to win! Otherwise... what will become of the Smashers?'

Kai punched at Marth who just dodged the attack by leaning to the side. "Tell me Marth what are you capable of doing now in your critical condition?"

He opened his eyes and stared at Kai. "There is still one thing I can do," Marth responded sheathing his sword. "You should know the weight of my sword and how it is heavier than anything you will ever experience. Master Hand taught us a lot, the foundation of the Weapons of Heart and how they were built. In my own haste I wanted to excel so I made this weapon. Know that you can't destroy it."

Kai laughed, "Then it seems that you shall die a fool."

Marth closed his eyes and tightened his grip on his Weapon of Heart remembering the reason he created it.

Master Hand was explaining to them how the Weapons of Heart worked. "They draw in your energy and your emotions can dictate how strong they are. But their true power lies in what you stake upon using the Weapon of Heart. By using stricter rules and stricter consequences is the way to maximize your weapon's power."

It was then a while later, during the three weeks of relaxing Marth decided to create his Weapon of Heart. He had hired a sword smith and gotten several high quality items from using the prize money from the tournament.

After the sword was crafted the smith put it in water to cool it down. "Its done," the smith sighed. "Never have I met a customer as picky as you."

Marth grabbed his completed weapon. "Weapon of Heart," He said using it to create a small cut and he placed some blood on it. "I vow to use you to protect my friends from those who wish to do them harm. And I vow to steak my life if I hurt anyone else using you." With that the sword glowed with a bright green aura. Instantly Marth let go of it and it floated in the air. It then rushed towards his heart, piercing him but yet not drawing blood. He felt a sharp pain through his heart, this was the sign that the deal had been made.

Kai punched Marth who just blocked with his sword. The punch would of been enough to shatter any blade however nothing happened. "I told you, you can't destroy it. It was blessed in order for it to never wear out and be destroyed. And besides..." Marth opened his eyes. No longer could he hide his rage. "It was made to counter you who brought harm to my friends!"

Kai ran forwards and attacked Marth who just countered with his sword. On contact Kai went flying back. Marth just walked forwards and placed his sword right by Kai's neck.

"Stop!" Kai pleaded. "Let me live!"

Marth just looked at all of the Smashers. "No, I can't." He replied. "You blackmailed me into your little game by threatening to kill my friends if I didn't agree. I tried to end this twisted game early and what did you do? You mortally wounded me! And now you want me to show you mercy?" Marth raised his sword and brought it down, however it was blocked by The Melee Master. "Step aside!" Marth barked.

"No," he replied. "Marth sometimes death is the least cruel punishment." The Melee Master placed his hand on Kai's head. "I'll heal him with the N-Sword, please I don't want to see any blood spilt! Not over anything as pointless as this." The Melee Master looked down at Marth's self-inflicted wound and placed his hand on it healing it.

"This wasn't pointless." Marth replied. "He came here to kill us all. I can't let someone like that live, someone who will hurt my friends."

"He is but one member of EON out of billions, I'd say that this was quite pointless in scale."

"So what are you going to do with him?" Marth asked.

"I'll heal him and then I'm going to question him." The Melee Master replied. "He should know who planted him in here and started this whole mess. I'm sure we will eventually meet him and then you can get your revenge. Besides with out his virus powers he is nothing more than a child."

With that The Melee Master walked away. "You two are the same that's why you pitied him."

"Created from darkness, lost in the world, and confused. You're right we are the same. I believe that he doesn't deserve death. After all he is just a kid, perhaps he should experience life." The Melee Master said. "Besides there is one difference between us. He didn't have anyone to look up to as a father figure. Only the twisted ideals of The Government. He didn't have someone like I did to look up to."

"So you want a monster to experience life?!" Marth shouted. "He can always regain his powers, and what if he causes a second outbreak? One that none of us can stop! Or perhaps the virus that you have been manifesting inside of you has taken you over and you want your precious master to stay alive for his second coming!"

"Marth even during this dark game you wanted to spare his life." The Melee Master replied calmly. "What made you change your mind so quickly?"

"When we were one for about five seconds. We saw every single memory of each other. His filled with violence, and trauma." Marth was visibly shaking. "EON was the most repeated thing burned into his memory."

"EON... Eternal Onslaught. Created by our very own Dr. Mario, originally as a synthetic life project however the Government soon revealed their other plans, to make an army each following six different ideals about what the perfect fighter would be. The first a collective mind, the second exposing bodies to large amounts of radiation, the third putting the bodies to beyond their physical limitations, the fourth traumatizing them into fighting machines, the fifth merging man and machine, while the sixth is adding genetics from different beasts and people to create the perfect fighter."

Everyone was staring at The Melee Master. "You seem well versed in the ways of The Government." Master Hand said.

"One must know their enemies that they wish to conquer." He replied calmly. "I don't waste my time on trivial matters."

"Then I'm going to search his mind for more information." Mewtwo said approaching Kai. "I want to know why they had chosen this time to attack?"

"Probably because Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and The Melee Master weren't here." Mario replied. "But how did they find out about them not being here. Perhaps there is a traitor among us."

"We'll find out soon enough." Mewtwo said raising his hand right next to Kai's head. He closed his eyes and began to read his mind. Suddenly Mewtwo flinched.

"Mewtwo stop!" Marth shouted quickly running towards him. However it was too late as words were being etched into Mewtwo's skin. Mewtwo and Kai both began to scream and eventually collapsed. Everyone rushed up to Mewtwo and began to read the etchings.

"You are perfect, EON, Kill them all, Power, Kill the Smashers, Government's orders, Enemies, Fools, Shau, Failure, Unlike the others, Freedom, Aaron, Despair, The plan, The Nine, Yuen, Failure is inexcusable, you are weak, Perfection, More Power, Destroy, Yuki, Shinji." The Smashers read the various words.

"What does it mean?" Peach asked shaking.

"Its everything in his memories." Marth confirmed. "But did Mewtwo inflict this wound on himself? Or was it something more?"

"Let it begin," Someone laughed from the shadows.

To be continued...

I really feel like I shouldn't say this but… The Government in my story is only a fictional organization… I am not anti government blah blah blah… sigh only 12 chapters too late… This will be added to the first chapter disclaimers for all future stories…

Zack and Wiki almost stopped me from updating... Buy it... it just wouldn't be a Capcom game with out a sequel... And it really does stand out in the trash of the library of the Wii that is filled with port after port and mediocre experiences (With a few exceptions). They should be rewarded for actually bringing something original to the mix and not a PS2 port with tacked on controls.