Kai and the Chaos Emeralds
Chapter 37: The Nexus World
Kai, Toad, Zero, Hazel, and Serena continued to ride toward Hyrule Castle, where Ganondorf was waiting for them.
"Ganondorf's pretty strong," Hazel said. "Beating him won't be easy."
"Nobody ever said that it would be," Zero replied. "But as long as we team up against him, we have a chance to win."
They focused on what was going to happen next. Eventually, they reached the ruins of Hyrule Castle. Ganondorf was standing in front of the ruins.
"You five are awfully persistent," Ganondorf said. "One would think that you would've used the chance that wretched Midna gave to you to escape."
"Can it, Ganondorf!" Kai shouted. "You'll pay for what you've done!"
Kai and his friends drew their weapons.
"Normally, I'd love to crush you like the insects you are," Ganondorf said," but I cannot right now. I have a date with another world. Come to me, Chaos Emeralds!"
Ganondorf held his hands into the air. Suddenly, he started to glow with a purple light. The seven Chaos Emeralds rose from the ruins and surrounded him. It seemed that Ganondorf's magical power was rising. Kai charged forward and slashed at him, but a barrier of magical power blocked the slash.
"The Chaos Emeralds must be protecting him," Hazel said.
Ganondorf's magical aura then forced Kai backwards. Kai crashed into a large pile of rubble.
"Yes," Ganondorf said. "I can feel the power surging through me! I am truly invincible!"
Ganondorf drew his large sword. He then slashed at the air in front of him. Suddenly, a purple vortex appeared where he slashed. He then put away his blade.
"Good-bye, Kai Kamai," Ganondorf said. "I have another world to conquer."
Ganondorf laughed triumphantly. He then took the seven Chaos Emeralds and entered the portal.
"NO!" Kai shouted as he got up.
He rushed toward the portal, but he was too late. The portal disappeared by the time he reached it.
"He's…he's gone," Toad said.
Kai dropped his sword and fell to his knees.
"No," Kai thought. "He won. Ganondorf won."
"There is still hope, Kai," Mario's voice echoed in Kai's mind.
Kai looked around for Mario. Kai's friends had apparently heard the voice as well, for they were searching for the plumber.
"Alakazam is using his telepathic powers to allow me to speak with you," Mario said. "You cannot give up hope yet."
"What can we do?" Serena asked. "Ganondorf escaped. We can't follow him."
"It is possible to go after him," Mario replied.
"How?" Hazel asked.
"Kai, in your possession is a certain item that allows you to traverse worlds," Mario answered. "Do you know what I'm talking about?"
Kai thought about this for a second. He then realized what Mario was speaking of. He pulled out the Silver Warpstar that brought him here.
"The Warpstar that sent you to your world and brought you back here is the key to opening the portal," Mario continued. "But it requires much magical energy to work. It will take all five of you to activate it."
"It's impossible to combine magical power from multiple people without a catalyst of some sort, let alone transfer it into the Warpstar," Hazel said.
"I believe that my brother has one in his possession," Mario said.
The heroes back in Hyrule Field looked toward Luigi. Luigi dug into his pockets and pulled out the crystal he found in the Hylian treasure room.
"Do you mean this?" Luigi asked.
"That's it," Mario said. "Alakazam, can you teleport that crystal to Kai?"
"Yes," Alakazam said. "Hand it over."
Luigi then handed the crystal to Alakazam. Alakazam then focused his power into the crystal. Suddenly, the crystal teleported into Kai's hands.
"Whoa!" Kai exclaimed.
"Now you have what you need," Mario said.
Kai and his friends then gathered together. One-by-one, the others placed their hands onto the crystal that was in Kai's. They began to focus their magical energy into the crystal. The crystal then transferred the energy into Kai.
Kai then held out the Warpstar. The Warpstar then began to glow brightly. Its power caused the portal to reappear. Kai then picked up his sword.
"Let's go!" Kai shouted.
Everyone else nodded their heads. They all then rushed into the portal and disappeared.
They reappeared in a large, seeming endless room that was completely white.
"What is this place?" Kai asked.
"Isn't this your world?" Toad asked.
"No," Kai answered. "This is someplace…different."
"I wonder…" Hazel said.
"What do you wonder?" Toad asked.
"Could this place be some sort of connector of the two worlds?" Hazel asked.
"You are correct!" a familiar voice echoed.
They looked toward where the voice came from. Ganondorf was standing there. The seven Chaos Emeralds were on the ground. The strange thing was that they were all drained of their colors.
"This is the Nexus World," Ganondorf continued. "The Nexus World lies in the exact center of the two worlds."
"Explain why we're here instead of in my world?" Kai asked.
"The Nexus World regulates what is in which world," Ganondorf answered. "Until I destroy the barrier blocking your world, we will remain here. But before that happens, I will defeat you!"
Ganondorf formed a large sphere of energy into his right hand. He then threw it toward Kai and his friends. They managed to dodge this attack. Ganondorf continued to barrage them with energy blasts.
Serena managed to get behind him. She pulled out some poison needles and threw them toward Ganondorf. They stopped right before they hit him, though.
"What?!" Serena exclaimed.
"Here's how you throw needles," Ganondorf said.
He then formed needles using his magical energy. Suddenly, they shot straight toward Serena and hit her. She fell onto the ground. Zero used this opportunity to attack. He charged chakra into his right hand and used his Meteor Blast on Ganondorf. Ganondorf saw him and slid to the side. He then grabbed Zero's arm and flung him onto Serena.
"If single attacks won't work…" Toad began.
"Then we'll just have to team up!" Hazel shouted.
Hazel charged her Gyro Sphere into her hand as she rushed towards Ganondorf. Toad then charged a Firaga spell into his hands as well. Hazel charged from one side, and Toad charged from the other. Ganondorf grabbed their hands and pointed them upwards. Their attacks shot into the air. He then spun them around and slammed them against each other. He then dropped them onto the ground.
Kai then slashed down toward Ganondorf with a vertical slice. Ganondorf drew his sword and blocked Kai. Kai continued to barrage Ganondorf with sword techniques, but Ganondorf blocked them all. Ganondorf then used one hand to blast Kai away with an energy blast. Kai managed to land on his feet, however. Kai then began to focus his magical energy. Suddenly, white wings formed on his back.
"So you have wings now," Ganondorf said calmly. "No matter. An aerial strike won't work."
Kai then shot straight toward Ganondorf with blinding speed. He seemed to disappear and reappear behind Ganondorf. He slashed toward him, but Ganondorf managed to block him once again. Ganondorf immediately countered with a jab to Kai's stomach. Kai shot straight into the ground.
"Impossible," Toad thought. "Kai's speed makes him practically invisible. If his Avian form doesn't work, nothing will."
Meanwhile, back in Kai's world, Naomi, Randall, Matthew, Luna, and Jacob were hanging out at the park.
"Kai's been gone for a while, hasn't he?" Randall said. "Should we have told Kai's parents about what happened?"
"They wouldn't have believed us anyway," Luna said. "Who disappears into thin air in an arcade?"
"Touché," Randall said. "What do you think, Naomi?"
Naomi didn't notice him. She was to busy looked at something strange in the sky. Many clouds were gathering together into one single point.
"What's going on?" Naomi asked.
"Maybe it's a tornado," Jacob suggested.
"Tornados form into a funnel," Luna said. "That is no Tornado."
"Then you explain it," Jacob said.
Soon, the clouds were all together. Suddenly, something like a television screen formed into the gathered clouds. The screen showed the battle between Kai and Ganondorf. Kai was still losing.
"Is that…Kai?!" Matthew exclaimed.
"What's going on?!" Randall asked.
"We have to go see Kai's parents," Naomi said. "They'll want an explanation for what's happening."
"Too late," Jacob said while he looked to the group's left.
They all looked to the left. A woman with brown hair and brown eyes was standing there. Her hair was short. She was wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. Next to her was a man with short, black hair and purple eyes. He wore a black suit. These were Kai's parents, Susan and Jack.
"You five have some explaining to do!" Susan shouted.
Meanwhile, Kai's fight with Ganondorf was continuing. Ganondorf was now doing the attacking. Kai couldn't defend himself, however. Ganondorf was punching Kai with arms covered in purple magical energy. Each blow brought overwhelming pain to Kai. Ganondorf slammed Kai into a wall, and Kai coughed up blood. Ganondorf then rapidly punched Kai in the stomach. He then threw Kai onto the ground. Kai's wings disappeared.
Ganondorf then kicked Kai toward his friends. Hazel took a look at Kai. He was badly bruised and cut. His whole body looked as if he fought a dozen trucks and lost.
"Are…you…guys…alright?" Kai asked weakly.
"We'll be fine," Hazel said. "You, on the other hand…"
"I'll distract Ganondorf," Zero said. "Hazel, you have to restore Kai's health."
"What about you?!" Hazel exclaimed. "You don't have the energy to fight."
"I still have my Chakra Release," Zero said.
"You've already used that once today," Serena said. "What happens if you…"
"It can't be worse than what happens if I don't," Zero said. "Use to catalyst to transfer your power to Hazel so she can heal Kai. I'll take on Ganondorf."
Zero then focused his chakra. Suddenly, a burst of charka began to flow through him. He then walked toward Ganondorf.
"You five are getting quite annoying," Ganondorf said. "You and Kai seem to like pain the most. So what should I break first, your arms or your legs. Maybe I'll break your whole body at the same time."
"Try laughing when you're a dragon's lunch," Zero said.
Zero bit his right thumb and began to form hand-signs.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu!" Zero shouted.
Zero slammed his hand onto the ground. Suddenly, smoke rose from where he slammed his hand. When the smoke cleared, Zero was standing on top of a golden dragon much larger than any dragons he had summoned before.
"So you brought a pet along," Ganondorf said.
"This is a Sun Dragon," Zero said. "They are quite ferocious. Now you shall feel its wrath."
Zero began to form some hand-signs.
"Fire Style: Golden Flare Bomb!!!" Zero shouted.
Zero and the dragon began to breathe golden flames. The flames took the shape of a dragon. The flames shot straight toward Ganondorf. Ganondorf used his two hands to block. He was having a hard time keeping the blast back. The force of the attack was slowly forcing Ganondorf back. Soon, an explosion shot from where the blast hit Ganondorf.
"Did it work?" Toad asked as Hazel was healing Kai's wounds.
When the smoke from the explosion cleared, Ganondorf had disappeared.
"Where did he…" Zero thought.
Before he could finish this thought, the dragon began to roar with pain. Zero looked behind the dragon and saw that Ganondorf had punched it on the back. The dragon fell over and Zero rolled onto the ground. The dragon then disappeared.
Zero tried standing up, but the pain was too intense. He could barely breathe.
"Damn," Zero thought. "Not now!"
Ganondorf slowly walked up to Zero.
"Now this isn't fun," Ganondorf said. "I like my prey to run around in panic."
Ganondorf grabbed Zero's neck and held him up into the air. Zero began to choke.
"Now I'll just wring your neck," Ganondorf said.
"NO!" Kai shouted.
Kai was fully healed. Kai's wings had grown back. He managed to fly straight past Ganondorf and free Zero in a blink of an eye. He then carried Zero back to Hazel.
"You alright?" Kai asked.
"I'll…live," Zero said. "You just…take him down."
Zero's eyes closed, and he passed out. Kai glared toward Ganondorf.
"Round two's about to start," Ganondorf said. "Let's have some fun."
Ganondorf began to laugh evilly. Kai drew his sword and began his charge toward his opponent. Zero gave him one last chance. Now was the time to use it.