The sound of the crowd was deafening as they cheer with anticipation for the next match. Link, The Deep Sea Zora, a mysterious black skinned Zora that entered the tournament with unknown motives. Then there was Fizz, The Tidal Trickster, which pretty much described the half pint being in a nutshell. Fizz was only half the size of a average mermaid, had flipper like dreadlocks, webbed feet and webbed toes, bright big green eyes, and he always carried a trident like the king himself.
Link had near rumors of his dexterity, slyness, and more important his mischievous nature. He was actually told multiple times to stay away from Fizz.
The two combatants stared each other down as they faced each other in the middle of the area. Link looked stoically at the half pint.
"This is going to be tough." Link thought.
Meanwhile
In the King's Box, Triton smirked evilly as he watched the two combatants below. This was perfect! Two of his least favorite people fighting to the death! He was secretly hoping that they would kill each other so he would be rid of both of them.
"A guy can dream of a...pest free world." He thought arrogantly.
Tina noticed the smirk on her father's face and narrowed her eyes.
"He's up to something." She suspected.
Sebastian twisted uncomfortably in her arms.
On the arena floor.
Link threw his blades at Fizz, who avoided them by jumping on the tip of his trident. The trickster than vaulted himself forward and kicked Link in the chest. The black Zora stumbled as he nearly fell backwards.
Link gritted his teeth.
"He's good." He said.
Fizz playfully smiled at Link, who titled his head to the side.
"This is fun!" He said.
At first Link was angry because he though the half pint was mocking him. But the thing was, he wasn't. In fact his voice didn't betray his thoughts, he was genuinely just having fun.
Link smiled.
"It is fun, but I need to win this." He said.
Fizz smirked before he dashed towards Link. The black Zora deflected a blow from the trickster and countered with a swipe. Fizz gracefully dodged and stabbed forward with his trident. Link's eyes widened with horror as he was stabbed in the gut.
"Gaah!" He gurgled as blood came out of his mouth.
Link looked down at his wound to realize it as bleeding a lot more than it should. At this rate he was going to bleed to death before he could lay a finger on Fizz.
"Th-that trident." He thought as it glowed a bluish color.
Ignoring the bleeding for now Link stood straight up to glare at Fizz. He needed a plan. This fish was proving to be too dexterous and quick to fight.
Suddenly Fizz dashed forward as Link braced himself. The trickster pole-vauted forward then lunged forward with his trident. Link was barely able to dodged as the trident grazed his arm. Ignoring the blood and the pain Link saw a opportunity. He reached behind himself and gripped Fizz by the arm before pumped bio-electricity into him.
The trickster winced with pain at the shocks, before he was round house kicked away. He was sent sailing into the wall.
"Ouch." He groaned as he hit the stone wall.
Link dropped down on one knee as he held his bleeding stomach. The bleed was much worse now, it was more intense. Link, gasped for the first time, at the very thought that he could die again. No! He couldn't let that happen! Not until he had his revenge.
The black Zora placed a hand over the wound as a mass of black shadows appeared around his hand. Suddenly the bleeding stopped, but the wound was still open.
"Alright Fizz! Show me what you've got!" He shouted enthusiastically.
The trickster smiled.
"No problem."
The two rushed forward at each other. The collision of their weapons made sparks fly as they traded blow for blow with each. Neither side was giving an inch until Fizz made a bad move and Link tried to capitalize. He swung his blades forward. His eyes widened as Fizz pole-vaulted over his back and stabbed him in the kidneys.
Link could felt the blood leaving his back. As more and more blood left, one thought entered his mind. He was going to die here.
"Feeding Time!" Fizz sudden cried out.
Link turned just in time to see a sucker fish attach to his chest. He arched an eyebrow before suddenly looking up to see too massive sharks circling above. They were easily three times Link's size. The sharks then sped towards Link. The black Zora jumped up to avoid the first shark and swam to side to avoid the other one.
"He can control sharks?"
Link turned to the side just in time to see a pair of jaws clamp around his arm. He screamed with agony as the saw like teeth tore his flesh. He tried to wrench the arm free, but it was no use, to make matters worse he heard the other shark coming as well. He turned to see Fizz as riding on top of it with his trident ready.
Link's eyes widened. He felt something enter his system, something he hadn't felt since his resurrection.
Fear.
"I'm not going to die here."He thought, "I'M NOT GOING TO DIE HERE!
Suddenly his body started to surge with bio-electricity as the bleeding stopped and the shark on his shark as reduce to charred remain. Fizz watched with interest until he felt the shark jerk and throw him off.
"Watery Grave!" Link called.
The black Zora suddenly grabbed Fizz and punched him in the gut. He then delivered a punch the head, a kick to the gut, a uppercut, and then a guillotine to send him into the ground. Link then swam above the area. His fists started to spark with lightning as he started to descent back down.
Fizz was unable to move as he watched the lightning coming closer and closer. He smiled grimly.
"Well done." He commented before chuckled.
At the moment Link's lightning in fused fist collided with the fallen trickster. A amount of sand was knocked into the water as the view of the collision became obscured. The crowd gasp while Triton smirked, at least he got rid of one pest today.
Soon the sand cleared to display a Link falling over a semi-unconscious Fizz. He raised his blade to deliver the final blow when.
"Stop! Don't kill him!" Brone interrupted.
Link blinked.
"What? Why?"
"Trust me, you really shouldn't kill him. Don't like your anger cloud your humanity. Fizz was just trying to get respect in a city who hates him."
Link groaned before standing down.
"Fine."
At that moment the announcer came back into area.
The announcer began to sweat when he noticed he was getting stared down by King Triton. He tried his best to ignore the peeved king.
"A-alright everyone!" he said, "This is the semi-finals! Match: Link V.S. Nautilus, The Titan of The Deeps!"
Link facepalmed.
"This sounds bad." He glowered.
He turned around to see a hulking humanoid. He was very big and apparently very strong due the the fact he was wielding anchor. He was clad in metal armor that only failed to cover his shining orange eyes. He was also breathing really heavily since Link could hear him from across the arena.
"Well sheeeeeeeeee-iiiiiitt!" He shouted.
Suddenly Nauilus grabbed Fizz and threw him out of the arena. Link's mouth hang open as he watched Fizz sail over the arena.
"What a jerk."
"I've had enough of this waiting! Now that insect is out of the way," He slammed his anchor into the ground.
"You're in the deep in now!"
Suddenly Nautilus sent his anchor hurling at Link who rolled out of the way. However, the black Zora had to roll even more when the giant pulled himself towards his anchor.
"This guy." He thought.
Finally getting to his feet Link launched his blades at the giant. The blades hit with a clank as they bounced off. Link gritted his teeth as he dodged a swing from the massive anchor. It was probably for the best not to try and block that.
"I will have vengeance." Naut said."Depth Charge!"
Suddenly Link was knocked up into air by a column of pressured water erupting underneath him. The black Zora then the wind knocked out of him when the anchor struck him bluntly in the gut. Link hit the ground hard.
His eyes widened at the sight of an anchor coming down on him. He tried to roll out of the way and he did for the most part, but.
"AAAHH!" Link screamed when the anchor crushed his left arm.
Nautilus lifted the anchor up and was poised to strike again. Suddenly Link shot and touched the armor clad giant. His body surged with lightning as he super-charged his hands.
"I hope this works." He thought desperately.
He channeled as much lightning into Naut until he couldn't hold it any longer. Link back away from the giant that seemed to be frozen in is posed to strike state.
Suddenly the giant fell backwards and didn't get back up. The crowd roared as the King himself descended from his box to face Link. Triton's body was now decorated with glowing white markings and his eyes were glowing white. He pointed his trident at badly injured Link.
"All the work...for nothing. I would really hate to be in your shoes." He said arrogantly.
Link growled.
"Such arrogance will be his down fall." A voice said.
Link turned to see a handsome, young man standing next to him. He was very tail standing 6'9, appeared to be very muscular, had sleeked back black hair with white streaks, silver eyes, and pale skin. He wore a black chest plate decorated a vine pattern. He wore black robe cloak underneath and was holding a scythe in his hands.
"B-Brone?" Link asked dumbfounded.
The man smirked.
"The one and only. I'll help you this time for free, but next time it won't be free." He said.
Triton titled his head to the side.
"Who are you talking to?" he asked.
Link sweat-dropped.
"Don't you see him?"
"See who?"
Brone leaned over to Link.
"Only people who have have been close to and have seen death can see me. You've been dead so you can see me."
The black Zora sighed.
"Of course."
So far Fizz has came the closest to killing Link. Naut is in a close second for almost taking his arm off.
Yes, Brone really looks like that.
Both Fizz and Naut used spells they have in the game. Fizz used.
Seastone Trident (Twice)
Urchin Dash (Once)
Playful/Trickster (A few times)
Chum the Water (Twice technically)
Naut used.
Dredge Line (Twice)
Depth Charge (Once)
Note: This chapter was breifly deleted for a last minute additions before it was added to the story.