Thanks for the comments guys! I hope you like this chapter!

Just as a side note: Kari mainly fights close-combat, and can create energy weapons based on her element, and she is a Light.

Chapter 21

Mikee's Battle:

Inner Rage

Mikee was staring at Final Phoenix, as his darkest form roared at him. It vanished and slashed at him viciously until driving him across the ground, spinning while doing so. Mikee eventually kicked him away and rammed away the beast. Mikee fired multiple Shine Busters, but they had no effect. Final roared and unleashed its own beams and they hit Mikee as he fell into the ground, groaning in pain. All his energy was used on the last move.

"Come on, I need more power!" Mikee yelled. Final charged again and Mikee held his position. Eight black wings came out of Final's back and wrapped around Mikee so fast that he couldn't dodge. It was close to crushing him, but held him there. Mikee grunted and couldn't unleash anything to stop him.

Suddenly, Mikee felt his heartbeat fasten a bit. His eyes turned the same color of red as his DeathPhoenix form. He growled and tried to resist the energy flowing through him. Mikee knew the strength of the DeathPhoenix came from his rage, and right now, it was close to bursting out. This Final Phoenix that was nearly crushing him, this was what Ganondorf created when he used his dark magic. Mikee now understood about what he recently did with the attacks on the Smashers, the reason why his Burst Mode wasn't effective against the Meta, why his natural DeathPhoenix couldn't hurt the Meta.

Ganondorf prevented his rage from the first time he attacked his friends.

Now that the spell was wearing off, his rage and natural powers were returning. Final Phoenix's eyes glowed a bit and it looked at Mikee.

"So, the girl's blast weakened my restraints on you. This is the true power I have been absorbing from you. Why aren't you attacking with that power?" Ganon's voice rang in the area around them as the wings shone in static electricity and Mikee was electrocuted badly, as if every molecule in his body was being shocked. He fell to his knees and still had the red eyes.

"No, when I use my rage, everyone I know gets hurt! Kari, Dawn, and my whole team!" Mikee told Final Phoenix. It shocked him again and he almost fell over if it wasn't for the wings wrapped around him.

"As of the current moment, I am fighting Kari. She came to protect you and the girl, but she won't last long against our combined strength. Show me all the power, the true darkness within your heart, the darkness the Horde craves." Ganon told Mikee as Final was close to nearly defeating him. Mikee somehow stood back up and looked at Final in the white eyes.

"I will defeat this Final and stop you from hurting everyone!" Mikee declared.

"But, you know better than anyone else that you cannot do that." Ganon told Mikee as Final closed its eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Mikee asked as the crushing began.

"So, their names are Aaron Hakura and Issac? You couldn't save Aaron from being slain by the evil forces and you couldn't save Issac from the darkness in his soul." Ganon brought up.

Mikee's eye was slightly twitching as he stared in shock. He remembered slightly about the events that happened to Kari's brother and Issac, his greatest rival.

"You cannot save them if you're so weak!" Ganondorf yelled and dragged his body through all the ground around them. After flying up, Final smashed him further into the ground, several feet below. The once blue skies were now gray in color until Mikee exploded in red energy, nearly destroying the wings that wrapped him. Final roared in a bit of agony as it retracted the blown-off wings. In the smoldering crater stood Mikee, but in the same DeathPhoenix energy with the four white wings and four black. He seemed so angry and furious.

This was the true DeathPhoenix.

"That's right, feel the rage, feel all the rage within your body!" Ganon yelled as Mikee vanished and appeared above Final. His fists became pure red and while spinning to increase the initial power, he roared and punched Final in the face, sending the creature crashing into the ground. Mikee roared once again and slammed the creature again. He jumped back after the debris fell down.

Final lashed out and fired a fist, only this time, it impaled Mikee in the stomach. He was gasping for air.

"You won't be able to save them. I'll finish everyone off after I see you fail." Ganon told him.

The white wings behind Mikee turned black and his expression hardened to near pure evil. His eye pupils vanished and Final jumped away as black energy surrounded Mikee and his body. His injury vanished instantly as the energy surrounded it.

In a different dimension, far from the Smashers, two pairs of red eyes opened wide. He's using the Final Phoenix form. Mikee's done it. The eyes thought.

Back with Dawn and the others, she sensed the evil energies inside of Mikee. She felt the evil. Mikee was almost groaning as she felt his forehead. He was burning up and sweating. Lucario sensed his usually blue aura turn a horrid black. Kari was blocking Ganon's sword strike.

"What's going on?" Kari asked and pushed back Ganondorf to swing herself, but the tyrant vanished within his own shadow and reappeared behind her, swinging the Sword of Six Sages. She blocked quickly and jumped back, skidding on the ground. Ganondorf dashed in, sending sword strikes in every direction and Kari successfully blocked. Link was amazed at her swordplay. Her movements were not wasted as she kicked Ganondorf in the face.

"It's Mikee, he's doing something in his battle that's turning him evil!" Zelda told Kari. She gasped and leaped over Ganondorf's swing and using a staff, smashed Ganon across the face. Mikee, what are you thinking? She yelled in her thoughts.

"Zelda, can you send me in?" Dawn asked the princess. Kari knew what she wanted to do.

"I can, but it's risky. If I get hit, you could get lost in his mind. If you get lost inside his consciousness, then you could possibly lose your mind. I can't pull you out if that happens. You have to maintain a constant concentration so that I can pull you back out." Zelda told her.

"It doesn't matter, I need to help him." Dawn told the princess.

"Unfortuantly, I won't allow that." Ganondorf yelled and leaped up. In his palms, he charged up a massive dark blast. Kari gasped and focused energy in her palms. They both fired, but Ganondorf's beam curved at the moment Kari's energy was supposed to hit and it went for the unconscious body of Mikee.

Kari jumped in the way and created a huge shielding using the same energy as her swords and staff, as the beam made full impact and pushed Kari back a bit. Ganondorf scoffed and fired another beam to make his even stronger, tearing at the ground of the Isle, leaving them almost floating. Kari grunted and held her ground, but she wasn't going to make it.

"Dawn, get Mikee out of here! This island is falling apart; get Mikee to safety!" Kari yelled. She was being pushed back still.

"What about you? I'm not leaving you to Ganondorf, he'll kill you!" Dawn told Kari. She smiled and Dawn understood. She knew she was going to die. Dawn nodded and the remaining Smashers picked up Mikee and left.

As for Mikee, the energy surrounding him grew three times its size and exploded in red fury. Final Phoenix was pushed back a bit as Mikee roared out in his own Final Phoenix form, slashing Final's chest and then its arm, causing the copy to roar in agony. Mikee reached and slashed off the copy's wings, making the copy roar even louder and back off. Mikee dashed towards the creature and slammed into it, crashing it into the ground.

The Final Copy was breathing weakly, lying on the ground and at the mercy of Mikee's inner rage. Mikee growled and jumped back, charging up a powerful beam to finish the job. The beam's strength was growing even more with every passing second. The energy build-up was even cracking the ground beneath Mikee.

Back with Kari, she was standing on the only section of the Isle of the Ancients. The entire island was completely destroyed, and she was standing on the last remaining piece. Ganondorf still held his position in the air, the beam still as destructive as ever. Dawn and the others were on the ground near Jungle Japes, around the waterfall. Zelda was powering up for mind travel. Kari's land below her feet was beginning to crumble.

Dawn, listen to me, I know I'm not going to make it. Before I go, please, I want you to take good care of Mikee just like I would. He knows about this, and once I'm gone, he'll sense it. Be with him and make sure you're there for him when he wants to be alone. Kari told her in Dawn's thoughts as the last of the ground crumbled and her shielding went down.

Her yell of pain echoed through the air as the beam destroyed her completely, leaving nothing left. "KARI!" Dawn yelled.

Mikee was about to fire when a small glow came from his chest. It fell to the ground with a small thump and it shaped to his necklace. It opened up and had Kari's picture with the glass cracked across her face. Mikee stared at it and his eyes vibrated a bit. His expression softened and he reverted back to his normal form.

"Kari…" Mikee thought and picked it up, noticing the crack. He knew that she couldn't last against the tyrant, and that's the reason why he had to finish this. Kari, we'll talk soon. Mikee thought and charged at Final Phoenix.

Dawn stood horrified as Ganondorf floated towards the Smashers. He was extremely agitated at the moment. His sword glowed in black energy as well. The Smashers were now nervous, and they backed away as he advanced slowly.

"This fight was over from the beginning. Now, since you have wasted my time, I have no choice but to turn each and every one of you into trophies, erasing all your memories, and ending your lives. After I'm done here, I will target Master and Crazy Hand, demand the world I so rightfully deserve!" Ganondorf yelled and charged at them.

Mikee leaped and slammed Ganondorf away as the tyrant crashed into the ocean, dropping the Sword of Six Sages. He was refreshed and ready for battle.

"Well, it's about time. Do you know what we had to go through to save your butt?" Mario asked Mikee. His attention was on Dawn.

"Do you have the Power Orbs?" He asked. Dawn nodded and the Power Orbs encircled Mikee. He nodded and floated above the ocean. It was time.

He crossed his arms as the Power Orbs circled him faster and faster. He yelled out in a power-up yell and exploded in energy once more, as the Power Orbs floated towards Dawn so that she could hold onto them. Mikee was now in Perfect Mode, but his was different. His hair was a bit longer than before, and he was stronger. Mikee was ready to take on Ganondorf, and end him.

Ganondorf came back up, but he wasn't himself, as he was covered in black energy. He moaned in pain and grew twice his own size. He stood on four legs and grew a huge red line of fur along his cracking spine. Tusks were created in front of Ganon's former face and finally, the creature, Beast Ganon, roared in Mikee's determined face. This was going to be a challenging battle.

Yeah, wasn't that long, but next chapter will be awesome. Trust me.

Anyway, I finally have an animator, and I've told you guys I've been getting into spriting, which means that if I get all the things I need, I can make this an actual series over Youtube or such.

It's still pretty early, but I have made the Power Orbs, Mikee's Normal, DeathPhoenix, Final, and Perfect Modes using Naruto and Goku edited sprites. I also made Dawn using Sakura's sprites.

So, look forward to that. As for Power Academy, I'll have the next chapter once this story is finished, since PA happens after this one.

~PerfectPhoenix

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