wiiboychris: "Kills Writer's Block"
Phew, the last chapter of this arc is done! Finally, after some time to think about the creation of this chapter, it's here!
To NintendogeekwiththenumberthatIusuallyforgot, I didn't EVEN tried to scare anyone in the previous chapter, but thanks to your advice, I can write more interesting stuff happening, thank you!
Enjoy, read and review please!
Chapter 52: Midna's Lament
"...Zant...why..." Midna found herself standing in the emptyness of the darkness and she got up, moaning a little in pain "Where...am I?"
"Humph."
Midna turned to see Mewtwo who appeared from nowhere "Yo-you're him! Please, I know this is strange, but I need your help!"
"And why should I?" Mewtwo asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" She asked and she quickly noticed that everyone except Link appeared in a group "How did you get here?... That's not important right now, please, can you help me?"
"No." Chris responded.
"B-but...why?"
"Don't act like a fool around us Midna," Marth said "We trusted you since we met."
"That's a misunderstanding! O-of course I trusted all of you!"
"Well, it doesn't seems like that," Pikachu said lowering his ears a little "You took advantage of us for your plans.
"I-I didn't!" Midna said joining her hands "I listened to Link too! I-Isn't that enough?"
"But only listening to Link won't get you friends," Popo said shaking his head slowly "Your behavior is the most important thing too."
"I-I showed you my good behavior!"
Chris looked down sadly "That's not true... You're lying to yourself."
"Chris, leave her alone, she doesn't matters." Lucario said.
"You've got to...be kidding me!" Midna said surprised.
"Lying is the first path to destruction." Mewtwo said narrowing his eyes.
"Tricking people is dishonorable." Marth said.
"Attacking them is even worse!" Pikachu said.
"Saying harsh things can hurt them from the inside." Nana said.
"Betrayal? Isn't that a bad thing too?" Pichu wondered.
"Gaining their confidence and then throwing it away is painful." Popo said.
"If you want power over friends, who is going to stay by your side when you want company?" Chris asked.
"Solitude...that is the place where you belong." Lucario said glaring at Midna with crossed arms.
"No way...I can't believe...I did all that...to you..." Midna said dropping to her knees "I'm...I'm sorry!...I'm so sorry!" It wasn't too late for her to cry and burying her eyes in her hands.
"How could you do that to us? We were so friendly to you!" Nana said furiously.
"We tried to be good, but why did you do that?" Pichu asked crying.
"There is no place for you in this world, burn in hell!" Lucario said.
"No! Wait! Please, don't leave me alone! I'll atone for my deeds, just don't leave me alone!" Midna said trying to run after them but it was futile as they walked away in the darkness.
Midna's Lament
"Don't go...please...don't go..." Midna opened her eyes a little and she looked around above dark green fur, it was night, and the sky had many clouds which were going to create rain in any minute "...Link..." She was able to identify Link, who was in his wolf form looking at her a little worried "...Let's...see...Zelda...she...knows..." She said before losing consciousness, Link ears perked up and his mouth opened surprised and he ran at the east at full speed, if Midna knew a way to return Link to him human form, then there was no time to lose.
"!!" Link noticed that the Smashers were coming from the east and he stopped when they saw him.
"Link, what happened?" Marth asked. Link couldn't talk but he looked at Midna and they looked at her weakened body, panting heavily "Oh, it's her."
"...I'm..." Midna managed to say.
"Humph! I don't care what happens to her anymore!" Nana said crossing her arms and looked away.
"You're the first person who makes me sick!" Pikachu said glaring at Midna.
"People who betrays us like she did are destined to suffer for eternity." Lucario said.
They noticed that Link was staring at them, blinking with a blank face and Popo rubbed his chin "Hey, are you trying to tell us something?"
Link looked at Midna and he turned to see them again "...Link, don't tell me you want us to help her!" Pichu asked surprised and Link nodded.
"After what she did back in the temple? Forget it!" Nana added angrily.
And again, Link was just staring and blinking at them with a blank face "Link, is this is a joke? She could do something very bad to us if we find something to save her!" Pikachu said protesting.
But Link looked at Midna again and he stared at them "Please Link, she deserves this!" Marth said protesting but Link was still staring at them.
"Are you willing to help her even if she used you?" Lucario asked and Link nodded "...I can't believe you still trust her."
Link looked at the direction of the castle and they joined his view "The castle? Are you going there?" Marth asked and Link, once again, nodded "But why?" Link looked at Midna "It's for Midna?"
"Link says Zelda can help Midna in her situation." Lucario pointed out.
"...But we're talking about Midna! The same person who betrayed us!" Nana said.
"I'm right with her." Popo said raising his hand.
"Me too." Pikachu said.
"Me too!" Pichu said pouting.
Lucario sighed to himself "...Fine Link, I'll help Midna."
"WHAT?!" The four little Smashers said surprised.
"Lucario, are you for real?" Pikachu asked.
"Don't think I trust her, if she makes another move like before," He pointed at Midna with his hand glowing "I'll kill her, no matter what."
"...If Link wants to help her, we don't have any choice left." Marth said sighing "But beware, I support Lucario's idea."
"Unbelievable...alright! I'll help her too." Pikachu said "But! I'm another person who supports Lucario's idea."
"...I...I don't like where is this going...but I'm in." Pichu said.
Popo looked at Nana "There's no point in staying in this group only by you and me."
Nana sighed "Okay...I'll help too." She said.
"Then let's go to the castle." Marth said and they nodded.
"...Thank...you..." Midna wispered with a tear strolling down her cheek. Not much time passed before the rain started to fall.
Hyrule Castle Town North
"It's not good," Marth said "The gates are closed and only Lucario, Pikachu and Pichu can pass to the other side."
"What really impresses me is that the townsfolk only screamed after they saw Link." Popo said.
"Yeah, the guards didn't do anything except protect themselves with their lances from us." Pikachu said.
Suddenly, Link's ears perked up and he remembered something from the past in Kakariko Village.
Flashback
"Before I go, I need to tell you something, there is a secret passage inside my bar that leads directly to the Hyrule Castle, if you want to know where is it, come to the bar, good bye!"
End of flashback
"...So that's the other way." Lucario said to Link.
"What?" Pichu asked.
"The woman that you met before said something about a secret passage in her bar that leads inside the castle."
"You mean Telma?" Marth asked and Link nodded "Oh well, let's go there."
Hyrule Castle Town South
"Link, I don't think it's a good day if you enter firs-" Pichu was interrupted before Link was pushed from the bar, rolling in the floor and the door closed with a lock.
"Great, now we can't enter the bar." Popo said frowning.
"Miaaoo." They turned their heads to see a female fluffy cat with a violet ribbon looking at them, the cat walked towards Link and she talked to him.
"What is she doing?" Nana asked confused, the cat ran away to the boxes at the left of the bar and she jumped to the top, where she talked to Link.
"Link says that the cat told him about the secret passage, it's inside that window." Lucario said pointing to the window where the cat was standing before she went inside.
"Phew! We were almost in a problem!" Popo said before they started to climb the boxes to enter the bar from the window.
Telma's Bar
"Shh, the bar is a little crowded, don't make any sound while walking." Marth warned them as they looked between the jars to eavesdrop the persons inside the bar, Telma was worried about what happened to Link when he went away from Kakariko Village, a Goron was asking to himself what to do with the rain outside and another group were sitting around a table, talking about someone wearing green clothes that defeated the beast of the temple.
"Look, there is a path over there." Lucario wispered to them, pointing to a dark path from the other side of the room "We can use those ropes to cross to the other side." He said looking at some ropes that were hanging from floor to floor.
They carefully walked above the ropes without making sounds, what really impressed Nana is that the people inside the bar didn't noticed them, even a little.
"There is water coming from the passage, let's enter." Marth said and they nodded, entering the passage.
Jovani's House
On the other side, they found a room filled with treasure, Nana squealed after finding gold below her foots, a floating candle was there floating and Pikachu was suddenly attacked by an unknown force.
"Ugh, who attacked me?!" Pikachu asked surprised.
Link started to growl angrily and he used his senses to find a ghost with a maniac face ready to slash Lucario from behind with a big scythe, Link jumped towards to Lucario, who gasped and ducked to let Link attack the phantom by biting its body, the ghost disappeared by Link because he pulled out a red soul from its chest, finding a Poe Soul.
"Oh little puppy, did you defeated that ghost?" A gold statue sitting above a big red chair spoke to them and Pichu hid behind Marth, scared "Thank you for collecting that soul, I'm Jovani, the owner of this house and the treasures, but may I request you a favor? Can you please defeat and collect the souls from the Poe's that took my body from me? If it is not much? If you accept, I'll open a secret path to the castle."
Upon hearing the words "secret path to the castle", Link nodded "Thank you! Here, I'll open it without moving from here." Jovani said and a big treasure chest opened to reveal a hole leading to somewhere.
"Whoa, how did he do that without moving?" Popo asked with shiny eyes, but Nana frowned to herself and they jumped inside the hole.
Castle Sewers
"WHEEEEEYYYYYYYYY!!" Pichu shouted happily after sliding across the water from the sewers, taking them to the sewers of the castle.
"Wait up, Link!" Popo said as Link ran away in a hurry, they followed him to find Zelda by passing through the sewers, in the way, Link had to grab levers hanging from the roof to open some doors.
"This place is full of ruins." Marth said looking around, where the rain was falling above their heads.
"Don't stay in the rain for too long or you will get a cold, Chris." Lucario said looking behind him, but he gasped a little "Where is him?"
"Lucario, remember, Chris is in the mansion trying to recover from that wound." Marth said.
Lucario looked down with his eyes closed "...I know."
"I'm very worried about him..." Nana said.
"Yeah, I didn't thought he could receive that attack." Pikachu said.
"And this rain makes everything so unhappy and sad." Pichu said, drying himself by shaking.
"..." Lucario just walked ahead of them, looking at the floor while the rain was soaking his fur.
Pichu made a sad face "Poor Lucario..."
Pikachu patted his back "Don't worry, I got the feeling that Chris is going to be fine."
"Let's finish this mission to see if he recovered." Marth said and they continued their way with Link.
The group of Smashers eventually made it to the top of the castle, outside in the roofs.
"Be careful not to slip, or we could die from this height." Marth said.
"Yikes!" Pichu said slipping and going down the roof, slidding by the water, but Pikachu was able to catch him by grabbing his tail and he sighed.
"Be more careful Pichu!" Pikachu said pulling Pichu to him.
"Sorry, I was thinking about something else..."
"Pichu, I already told you, he'll be fine! Trust me!"
"...Okay, if you say so." Pichu said, returning with the others.
"Zelda is inside that tower, on the top." Lucario said pointing to a tower far away from them.
"We're almost there!" Popo said.
"Ahh!" Nana was being attacked by a big bird who appeared from behind her, Popo and Marth joined forces and they defeated the bird with a combined blow, falling down the castle.
"Nana, are you okay?" Popo asked worried.
"...Y-yes, I'm fine, it's just..."
"...I'm also worried about him, but please stay alert!"
"...I...I will."
Popo smiled a little "That's the spirit! Let's go!" He said running through the roof with Nana and the others.
Midna was breathing heavily with long pauses, she noticed and heard all the conversations from the Smashers, the demostration of how they cared for Chris was surprising her by the way the others were thinking about him, because they were his friends, but there was one problem with Midna, who is going to get worried about her right now in her current state? Does she has someone who actually cares for her? Probably not she thought, recognizing about all the things she did only by caring about her, and only her.
But what about Link's thoughts?
Tower
The Smashers climbed the long stairs and stepping inside a room, where a hooded person was looking outside the window.
"Who are you?" Marth asked.
"Have you seen someone named Zelda around here?" Nana asked.
The hooded person turned his back to see them, but he was surprised after identifying who were they, Marth glanced at the face and he blinked in surprise.
"...Zelda?" Marth asked surprised.
"...Marth? Is that really you?" The hooded person revealed herself to be Zelda.
"Zelda! What are you doing here, locked-up in this room?" Pikachu asked.
"And how do you know us? You're a different Zelda." Marth asked.
"It's because I know who you are, I can remember all the fights we have been." She said, uncovering her head to see them more clearly "It's good to see you all again...who is him?"
"Lucario, a Pokémon like Pikachu and Pichu." Popo said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Zelda said extending her hand at Lucario, but he looked away "Why is he so silent?"
"Something bad happened to a new friend we met a while ago, and he has been like this for a moment." Marth explained.
"...Oh...I see." Zelda said returning her hand to her, but she quickly noticed that Midna was all weakened above Link and she kneeled to see her "Midna...did you were pulled to the Light Realm?"
"...Zelda...Zant...did...it." Midna said in a weak tone.
"One bad thing after another, Link, I presume Zant used his dark magic to turn you into a wolf permanently, right?" She asked and Link nodded "But don't fear, there is a way to return you to your original form." She got up.
"Really?" Pichu asked.
"Yes, deep inside the woods of Ordona, lies the Sacred Grove, where the Master Sword rests in the remains of the Temple of Time, with the light of the sword, Link can return to his original form," She looked at Link and Midna "Link, Midna, you should head there and get the sword before Zant attacks with his forces."
"But what about Midna? She can't dwell in this world for too long!" Marth said.
Music Stops
Zelda put her hand above Midna's body and it started to glow with a shiny light and Midna gasped "Wait! Please...don't do it Zelda! You...will die...if you use that!"
"Sorry Midna, is the only way to save you."
Midna slowly looked at Link "Link! Stop her! Now!"
"Zelda! Don't die!" Nana said putting her hand in front of her face.
"It's too risky to lose you!" Marth said.
Zelda slowly closed her eyes "Midna...I hope you can understand what sacrifices are meant to."
"I...I know Zelda! But this is my fault, not yours!" Midna said trying to not cry.
Lucario couldn't resist anymore and he looked at Zelda "Your sacrifice is not going to bring any good!"
"...It will..." Zelda said with a little smile "...It will save Midna from the death..."
"Zelda!" Pichu shouted crying.
"We just found you are you're already sacrificing!" Pikachu shouted crying.
"Please! Don't do it!" Popo shouted.
"...Farewell..." Zelda said, turning herself into a blinding light, everybody shouted her name in preocupation before the light covered Midna completely, her body was recovered and she floated down the floor, looking at her hands with a worried look on her face, she couldn't believe that someone was caring for her all this time, and that person was Zelda.
"Midna..." Marth trailed off.
Midna blinked before she looked at them "...Everyone...I have something to say...I'm sorry..."
"Are you apologizing?" Pikachu asked very confused.
"Yes...I've been very rude to all of you...especially you Link," She said to Link "I'm sorry for making troubles...for thinking only about me...for saying insulting nicknames...for not helping inside the temple...for saying that you should go to hell...for not trying to be friendly...for everything I've done!"
"But that doesn't changes the fact that you were trying to keep us away from helping Link." Marth said, crossing his arms.
"Yes...it will take some time to get your affection and acceptance, but until that day comes," She looked at Link "Please, trust me, and I will trust you."
"What do you think everyone?" Popo asked.
"Well, she looks very troubled this time, so I guess we could trust her one more time." Nana said.
"...I'm only doing this because Zelda gave her life to Midna, but I'll help her." Pikachu said.
"She said "sorry", meaning that she is a good person, right?" Pichu asked.
"Zelda was a very special friend to me, I'll give Midna another opportunity." Marth said nodding.
"Thank you everyone..." Midna said smiling a little, it was the first smile she used instead of an evily smirk or a grin, she rode Link again, but she forgot that Lucario hasn't said anything to her and she looked at him "Are you going to say anything to me?"
"..." Lucario didn't said anything.
"...Oh...right...I didn't apologized for insulting him..."
"..." Lucario turned his head to see her with crossed arms.
"...If he can survive...tell him that I wish him good luck...and a safe journey with all of you..."
"..." Lucario was staring at Midna for more seconds.
"...And I'm sorry for not caring about him and all of you..."
"..." Lucario was still staring at Midna.
"Well, say something! I already said I'm sorry!"
"...I'll be the only one in this group with a desire of death towards you...but...if you're going to change, I'll think about it."
"...Thank you..." She said nodding slowly, knowing that she had to work hard to gain their trust again.
Faron Woods
Midna used her dark magic to teleport them deep inside the Faron Woods, where the first temple which Link went through before was there.
"It's this the deepest part of the woods?" Martk asked looking around.
"Yes, I think so," Midna said "But I didn't knew there was more here."
"UKYE!" Someone shouted from afar, it was a monkey being attacked by strange dark puppets with scary faces and they noticed the animal in danger.
"Hey! That monkey is in trouble!" Nana said.
"And look at that aura, the Subspace Army must be behind of this!" Pikachu said gathering electricity in his cheeks.
"Let's fight!" Popo said running after the dark puppets, everyone joined him and they managed to defeat them within 8 minutes, their velocity was increased along with their strength, good thing Midna used her force field to make Link to deal a fatal blow to all of them.
"Hey, are you alright?" Nana asked to the monkey, it was a female with a flower on top of her head, the monkey looked around before realising that she was saved by them, but after looking at Link in his wolf form, she remembered him and walked towards him, she told him something about a disturbance far away in the gorge close to them, before she went away jumping to some trees and disappearing. Link also got the feeling that the Master Sword was deeper inside the gorge.
"The Master Sword is just beyond the gorge." Lucario said translating Link's words "But they are there too."
"Let's save Zelda!" Nana said, lifting her hammer.
"For Zelda!" Popo said, lifting his hammer.
"For this land!" Marth said, lifting his sword.
"For the cake!" Pichu said, putting his hands on his hip and they stared at him confused.
"...Just ignore him." Pikachu said frowning to himself.
The group crossed the gorge where they found a secret path leading further inside the forest, Link stopped because he found another Howl Stone to call the Hero's Spirit, after he finished, they went inside the forest.
Sacred Grove: Labyrinth
"Why did it turned too weird all of a sudden here?" Pichu asked confused, Link found another Howl Stone and he howled another melody, but something was strange, the Hero's Spirit didn't appeared, except for a creepy Skull Kid glowing with the same dark aura, the kid summoned forth 5 dark puppets with his strange trumpet of the wind to kill them before he vanished in midair.
"Here they come!" Marth warned them by grabbing his sword from his sheath.
Hidden Mountain & Forest
GET
READY!
"Take this!" Marth stabbed one of the puppets with his sword before it vanished, Pikachu used Thunder to eliminate 2 of them and the Ice Climbers frozed the remaining 2 and crushed them with their hammers, shattering the ice.
"Well, that was easy." Pikachu said.
Not much time passed before they heard the same sound the Skull Kid produced with his trumpet, and 5 more dark puppets came making noises with their invisible strings.
"What the, there are even more?" Marth asked confused, he looked around for a way to escape and he found a little cavern "Follow that path!" He ordered and they went running inside the cavern, finding another area with more trees.
"They're following us!" Popo said as the dark puppets came closer with their maniacal faces, Pichu went after them by using another Thunder, but he was quickly interrupted by the claws of each puppets and he screamed in pain.
"Pichu!" Lucario yelled putting his hands close to the other to create an Aura Sphere...but something happened and he couldn't use his aura to create the orb "...What?"
"Lucario! Just don't stand there, do something, quick!" Pikachu said running to save Pichu, Pikachu attacked one of them with his tail and Link bit one of them furiously, Marth was surrounded by 2 of the dark puppets but he shielded himself using Counter to retaliate their attacks with a strong slash, cutting them in half, the last one went after Lucario.
"HIYAH!" Lucario punched him in the face, but the dark puppet stared at him evily and the Aura Pokémon gasped and looked at his hands "What is happening to me? Why I can't destroy him?"
"Lucario! Look out!" Popo called.
"Hu-" Lucario was slashed across the face and he backed away, wiping the trail of blood from the scratches.
"Ha!" Nana destroyed the dark puppet that slashed Lucario and they went with him.
"Lucario, why didn't you do anything back there?" Marth asked.
"I...I don't know!" Lucario said astonished.
"Pichu was going to be seriously injured if I didn't intervened from their attacks!" Pikachu said coming with Pichu.
"...My aura..."
"What about it?" Popo asked confused.
"...My aura...is gone!"
"Wait, isn't your aura the source of your power?" Pichu asked.
"Yes, without it, I can't fight very well and my strength is greatly reduced...I can't believe I lost it." Lucario said looking down at the grass.
"Great, now we need to take care of him." Midna said and she earned a glare from him "No! I wasn't being bad for that!"
"...Maybe...you can't concentrate well because something is preventing you from doing so." Marth said rubbing his chin.
"...I think I know wh-" Nana was interrupted.
They couldn't have more time to talk because the dark puppets came again tilting their heads as the Skull Kid summoned more of them to kill the Smashers.
"This is not good, we need to find that monster and defeat him!" Marth said running inside a cave with everybody else.
"Wait, he's up there!" Pikachu said pointing to the top of a tree where the Skull Kid laughed as he summoned even more dark puppets, now there were 10 surrounding them.
"PPPPPIIIIIIIIICCCCCHHHHHHUUUUUU!!" Pichu casted down a Thunder above the Skull Kid and that made him lost his control and the 10 dark puppets vanished, the little monster stomped the tree in fury and he vanished again, appearing in another location.
"Ignore the puppets and find the monster!" Marth said as the other went inside another cavern, finding another area.
"Where is he?" Popo asked looking around.
Midna remembered that the Skull Kid had a lantern with fire on his left hand and she found the light of the fire coming from a close cavern "Link, he's inside that part, go there now!" She ordered and Link ran to the way Midna directed him and they followed the wolf, but as soon as they crossed the other side, the Skull Kid summoned 8 dark puppets to protect himself from the Smashers.
"Idiot, if he called this amount of puppets, he must be hiding somewhere around here." Midna said grinning.
"Good thing that grin was friendly." Nana wispered to Popo, who nodded.
"I see the light behing that stump!" Pichu said pointing at a stump with the hat of the Skull Kid being shown, the dark puppets appeared quickly in front of the stump and they slashed Link while protecting Midna.
"Link! Are you alright?" Midna asked looking at Link's face, he nodded with his eyes closed a little, before he growled and lunged at 1 dark puppet "Don't waste your time beating those monsters, the Skull Kid is important to defeat them instantly!" Midna said before a puppet lunged its claw at her and she blocked her face with her arms, but Pikachu slammed his tail hard to the monster, and the dark monster disappeared "...But...why did you..."
"I got to admit," Pikachu smiled at her "You changed as you promised!"
Midna blushed a little after hearing this and she looked away embarrased "H-hey! What did I said to you before? Attack them!"
"You didn't said that..."
"...W-well, do it! What are you waiting for?" Midna asked trying to glare at Pikachu but it was imposibble to her since she was still blushing and sweating.
"HA!" Marth slashed the Skull Kid, and the monster stomped the floor again before vanishing in thin air, revealing a hidden cavern leading to a new area.
Now the Skull Kid summoned 15 dark puppets that blocked totally the cavern to stop them, but Lucario had an idea.
"Leave this to me!" He said accelerating.
"But you can't fight without your aura!" Pikachu said.
"You forgot that I still can use my spikes of both arms!" Lucario said putting his arms close to his face and he went crashing, striking them with both spikes and making a path to let them pass, they hurried further inside the area to find the Skull Kid sitting above a tall tree rising from the water as he called more dark puppets.
"Without Lucario's Aura Sphere, we can't reach him!" Pichu said.
"Leave it to us!" The Ice Climbers said in unison using Belay to pull Popo to the air, slamming his hammer right on the head of the Skull Kid before he vanished again, revealing another hidden path.
"I'm starting to hate that monster and his giggles!" Nana said angrily. For her luck, they found the final area of the forest where several pedestals and some rocks were located, the Skull Kid appeared on the center above a pillar, he giggled before summoning more dark puppets and he vanished again.
"Wait, he disappeared from this place!" Pikachu said looking around for him, he was eventually attacked by 3 puppets and he yelled in pain.
Marth quickly cut the puppets in half and he kneeled to see if Pikachu was fine "Pikach-"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little scratch on my back." He said sarcastically because Marth was staring at the blood coming from one scratch.
"...Y-yeah, sure." Marth said rubbing his head before he attacked just in time at 2 dark puppets from behind him.
"Stay back!" Pichu said appearing from behind the currently surrounded Lucario and he casted a Thunder to eliminate 7 of them "See? I'm useful to you Lucario!..." However, his Thunder was able to reach Lucario and he was laying unconscious above the grass with his tongue sticking out a little "...Oops?" Pichu replied sweatdropping as a little jolt appeared between Lucario's ears.
"There he is!" Pikachu yelled pointing to the giggling Skull Kid blowing his trumpet to call more puppets to kill them, Marth ran at high speed using Dolphin Slash to reach and hit the Skull Kid, the mischievous monster appeared in another side and called ever more dark puppets who went quickly flying at them.
"Darn it! He keeps calling more of them!" Popo said smacking 2 of them with Nana, then freezing 4 by using Blizzard, Pichu appeared jumping and slamming his tiny tail to shatter the ice and the monsters inside.
The trumpet made yet another sound and more dark puppets came tilting their heads, scaring Pichu in the process and Marth and Pikachu did a combinated attack, with Pikachu slamming his head with Skull Bash and Marth using Dancing Blade to cut 6 in a row.
"NOW!" Pikachu shouted casting another Thunder above the Skull Kid, he vanished after receiving another attack and called more dark puppets that filled enterely the room, cornering them in one place (where Lucario was fainted, still with the dumb face).
"Midna, do something about this!" Nana said.
"I'm on it!" Midna said casting the longest force field she ever did so far, targetting all the puppets who were just going to attack at the same time and in a second, Link made many jumps to many sides of the room dealing devastating blows to each one of the puppets, creating a big field of dead wooden corpses before they vanished in unison, the Skull Kid got very enraged and he inhaled more air to call the double of puppets to eliminate them once and for all.
"STOOOOOPPPPPP!!" Pichu yelled at the top of his lungs before using Skull Bash to strike the body of the Skull Kid, the monster was just about to vanish before Pikachu came behind creating a ball of electricity, electrocuting the Skull Kid, even worse for the monster was that Marth used Dancing Blade dealing several damage, Popo and Nana followed up using Squall Hammer to hit his head in quick movements, and finally, Link lunged at him biting his little body with his sharp fangs.
The Skull Kid yelled in extreme pain and Link backed away growling, the dark aura around the Skull Kid disappeared and he falls unconscious on the grass, after a second, he got up with the same scary smile and he vanished.
"Hehehehehe! Thank you very much for rescuing me! The idiot who made me this is further inside this area, be careful!" The Skull Kid said before another area was revealed before them. The crowd cheered at their victory.
Music Stops
"Finally! This nightmare is coming to an end!" Pikachu said sighing in relief as they walked inside the hidden area. But more puppets without the dark aura appeared tilting their heads again "WHAT NOW?!" He asked very annoyed this time.
"Even so, I'm still evil, so I shall put my final move on you!" The Skull Kid said from afar and the puppets lunged their bodies at the Smashers, trapping them in the walls with their claws stuck on the hard cement, but the only one who was able to evade and kill one puppet was Link along with Midna "Hehehehe! How amusing! I shall cheer you 2 againts that idiot! Good luck!"
"...We were defeated by this cowardly move...right?" Nana asked annoyed, looking at Popo.
"...It appears so..." Popo replied back, who was upside-down.
"Where is Lucario though?" Pikachu asked, Pichu looked over where Lucario was still laying unconscious with the same dumb face and Pikachu sweatdropped "...Erhm, go on ahead, we just need to wake him up to get out."
"...Okay, you heard him Link, let's go!" Midna said and Link nodded, as they went to the next area.
"...Lucario!" They yelled in unison trying to awake Lucario, and sadly for them, this was going to take a while...
Sacred Grove
"We...we made it!" Midna smiling a little after finding the hidden Sacred Grove, home of the legendary sword, the Master Sword, Midna didn't wanted to lose more time and she looked around, there were some destroyed statues with black points in front of the door to the Master Sword, without more interruptions, they ran inside the door. Where Wolf was trying to pull out the sword with all his strength.
"UUUUGGGGGGHHHHH!" He panted "Stupid sword! Why don't you get out already?"
"Hey! Leave the Master Sword alone, you furry!" Midna said with gritted teeths.
"Another wolf? You must be kidding me." Wolf said.
"What are you trying to do with the Master Sword?" Midna asked demanding for an answer.
"I've been requested to steal this sword from you, but, this thing doesn't wants to get out."
"It's because you're not worthy of its power." Midna said crossing her arms.
Wolf stood in a fighting stance "This will be your grave...prepare to die!"
"Here he comes Link!" Midna warning Link who growled.
Sacred Grove: Labyrinth
"Lucario!" They continued shouting their name which didn't made any result.
"Okay, that's it, we're stuck here for eternity." Pikachu said sighing in disappointment.
"Wait," Marth said "Pikachu, Pichu, why don't you use Thunder to destroy the puppets?"
"...Why we didn't thought about that before, Pikachu?" Pichu asked confused, looking at Pikachu.
"...Shut up please." Was the reply of Pikachu and he gathered his strength to cast a Thunder.
Sacred Grove
Hidden Village
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As soon as the battle started, Wolf ran after Link and he slids below him, slashing his stomach with his claw and Link growls in pain, he quickly backed away before leaping towards Wolf to try to bite him, but the Subspace enemy kept Link away from his face to preventing contact with his fangs.
"There's no way I'm gonna lose to this animal!" Wolf said with gritted fangs and he throws Link away with his right leg to get up. Then he proceeded to fire several shots from his blaster to paralyze both of them and he kicked them using Wolf Illusion.
"Ugh! I hate these kind of people like you!" Midna said glaring at Wolf as Link got up from the floor, he ran in circles surrounding Wolf and he attacked his back with his claws, but Wolf grabbed one of his paws before lashing him to the floor with force. But luckily for Midna wasn't crushed accidentaly by Link because she hid under his shadow to prevent damage.
"Where did that little imp go?" Wolf asked with a glare to Link, before he was struck down with a dark spell from Midna below his feet "You...you little!"
Midna appeared above Link's back and she was panting "I'm not suited...to use my spells to fight yet...I leave this to you Link..."
Link nodded and he ran after Wolf again, unfortunately, Wolf used his Reflector to create a wall around him and Link crashed into it, he shook his head a little and was attacked by Wolf using Fire Wolf (question: does he even gets covered by fire in that attack? It looks like a purple gas if you ask me), dealing a strong downward kick, pinning the Hero of Twilight to the floor by Wolf's foot.
"Heh, weakling." Wolf said smirking.
"Aaah!" Midna, surprinsingly, lunged at Wolf to slap him across the face, he backed away rubbing a little the spot Midna slapped before Link was the person pinning him down, trying to bite his face with his fangs.
"So this is a wild fight now? Then both of you will have one!" Wolf said punching Link in the face, sending him in the air a little, then Wolf used his claws to incrust them in Link's paws, the wolf of Twilight growled in pain and he bit Wolf's right arm. Not much time passed before Wolf decided to actually bite Link in the same paw with his own fangs.
"Stop it!" Midna demanded.
"Shut up, you little imp!" Wolf said while his fangs were getting deeper in Link's skin.
"Don't call me little imp, you smarty little dork!" Midna yelled hitting Wolf's head several times, but she couldn't do much damage and Link was continuing to suffer the loss of blood getting out of his paw.
"UGH!" Wolf was attacked by 2 jolts of lightning, stopping his attack in Link and the wolf of Twilight was twitching in pain, his paw was seriously bleeding "Who did this?!"
"Us!" Pikachu an Pichu said glaring at Wolf from the door.
"Don't think you can interfere!" Wolf said pushing a little button from his scouter, activating a force field hiding in the door that prevented the Smashers from helping Link and Midna.
Popo came carrying Lucario's body with Nana and he looked at both wolfs, he smiled after knowing what were they doing and he shouted "WOLF FIGHT!"
"Popo! This isn't the time to be happy!" Marth said.
Both wolfs continued their fight afterwards, Link jumped to a nearby wall before jumping from it towards Wolf, the leader of Star Wolf stepped away and Link dug his claws in the floor, before Wolf dug his own claws in his left part of his body (of Link, not him).
"Go away!" Midna said biting Wolf's hand to deal damage, he backed away as his eye was twitching after feeling the blood escaping his hand.
Wolf was now panting, this fight was so far the most dangerous to him, and who knew he was going to fight againts a wolf, what irony "...Okay...now is time to get serious..." He said taking out his vest, which made Nana to faint with a smile and she rolled behind her since there was a slope.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Pichu asked confused, just to know that the vest made a crack on the floor and he started to sweat.
"Wow, his vest is heavy?" Pikachu asked surprised.
"(No wonder why he is Fox's rival.)" Marth thought.
"Be careful Link!" Midna warned as Wolf ran after them, Link went after him too, but Wolf was faster than him and he was attacked with both of Wolf's claws, scratching severely his face and he shook his head, before Wolf continued his quick attacks with a kick on the face, sending Link to crash in a wall with Midna hiding in his shadow to protect herself.
"Link, are you okay?" Midna asked concerned about Link, his face was getting a little bloody but he nodded growling.
"HAA!" Wolf came unexpectly behind Midna and she was fataly attacked with one claw, and she went flying towards a wall, where she lost consciousness upon falling to the floor.
"MIDNA!" The Smashers yelled worried about her.
Link got furious and he quickly leaped to Wolf, pinning him down once again in the floor and he started to scratch Wolf's face with his own claws, Wolf gritted his fangs in pain and he used the knife attached to his Blaster to cut Link's stomach, creating a severe cut which was starting to bleed.
"Talk about a bloody fight, eh?" Popo asked laughing but Marth hit him hard in the head and the blue Ice Climber fell above Lucario's stomach with a dumb face.
Wolf followed up his attack with a kick in Link's injured paw, he gritted his fangs feeling the strong pain going through him before he was hit in the head with a punch. Throwing himself in the floor, moaning in pain, then Wolf put his right leg above Link's throat to crush it slowly.
"Stop it! You're going to kill him!" Marth demanded behind the force field.
"That's the plan, you idiot." Wolf said grinning evily, Link's throat was being crushed by Wolf's foot and he was starting to whine silently, and Midna woke up slowly.
"...Ugh...Link..." She said trying to get up "I...will...not...let...you...die...now!" She said making an upset face and her hair grew, and ordered it to slam Wolf to the floor, and he gritted his fangs in pain.
"Midna! Don't push yourself!" Marth said warning Midna.
"It's...alright...now...I know...what are...the meanings...of sacrifices..." Midna said while a little smile grew on her face.
"Don't think you defeated me yet!" Wolf said under the hair and he used his Reflector to send an electric shockwave through the hair which landed on Midna, she screamed loudly before her hair returned to her, and Wolf got up and he walked slowly to her, taking out his Blaster.
"...I know what is he going to do!" Popo said awakening from his unconscious state "He's gonna cut Midna'a throat with the knife of his Blaster!"
"...I wasn't going to do that, but that is not a bad idea either." Wolf said smirking evily.
"POPO! STOP GIVING IDEAS TO THE ENEMY!" Pikachu said electrocuting Popo, who fell unconscious again above Lucario's stomach.
"AAHH! PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP HER!" Pichu said crying loudly, Wolf was walking slowly to Midna, sharpening the knife with one of his claws with Midna's reflection on the tip of the knife.
"(...Link...)" Midna thought slowly in her mind "(I...changed didn't I?... Did I saved you from the death?... Did Zelda's sacrifice was all in vain?... Did they accepted me?... And most important... We defeated him?... At least... I tried...)" She said with tears coming from her eyes.
Wolf was now standing in front of Midna and he lifted his knife above his head and he smirked "This...is the end for YOU!" He said aiming the knife at Midna's throat and he struck the knife towards her with great speed.
"NOOOOOOOO!!" The Smashers yelled in unison, blocking their eyes to not watch the horrible scene with the death of Midna.
Music Stops
Then...a stab of the edge of a weapon was heard through the forest, within the Sacred Grove, making some birds to fly away.
"..." Nobody was able to talk for several seconds. The sound of the leaves by the wind was breaking the silence that engulfed the whole place, Pichu was trying to not cry under his hands, Pikachu looked away with eyes closed to not watch, Marth blocked his face with one arm, Popo was still unconscious with Lucario and Nana was even fainted a few steps behind them.
To know what happened after the sound of the weapon, Lucario chose the time to wake up from his current state and he looked around confused and ignoring the events that have occurred during his accident "What happened?" He asked.
"Lucario is awake!" Pichu said smiling and forgetting that he was about to cry, his curiosity got the better of him and he glanced where Wolf was standing without moving at all, the knife was just a centimeter away from Midna's throat "...Huh?" He stared at the place before he pulled Marth's cape.
"What is it Pichu? Don't you see I don't want to see?" Marth asked behind his arm.
"Marth! Look!" Pichu said.
Marth lowered his arm slowly to know what happened, he made a surprised face after finding a sword crossing through Wolf's chest, for his own surprise, a familiar person was grabbing the sword from behind Wolf.
And that person was...
"LINK!" Marth and Pichu yelled, Pikachu looked at Wolf, while Popo and Nana recovered their consciousness.
Link was now back in his human form without any trail of blood, the Master Sword was stabbed in Wolf from his back, with blood covering the tip of the sword which made a drop that fell above Midna's face and she looked above her where Link gave a little smile to her.
"Link! You're fine!" Midna said smiling.
"...Why...you...little...punk..." Wolf said with the last energy he had before Link sheathed his sword, Wolf walked to the right grabbing the area where the sword was with his right hand, he let out a last gasp before he fell defeated, turning himself into a trophy. And finally, the crowd cheered at Link for his victory and he deactivated the force field to let the Smashers in.
"Link! You did it! You saved Midna!" Pichu said crying in happiness, running towards Link and Midna with the others.
"And Wolf's trophy is a perfect proof of your victory." Marth said glancing at the trophy.
"Link...thank you for saving me," Midna said with a tear running down her chin "I...finally gained your trust after all..."
"Midna, you gained my trust since you rescued me from that cell." Link said with a little smile.
Midna gasped a little and she made a surprised face "I...I can't believe you trusted me from the beginning...even if I was acting like that before..."
"...Link is admirable." Lucario said, looking at Link "He was trying to help you, regardless your actions that almost endagered his life in doing so."
"...Wait...you're...you're smiling!" Midna said to Lucario who was giving her a little smile "...I gained your trust too?"
Lucario nodded "It appears."
"Everyone...thank you...thanks for all the help you gave to me." Midna said smiling.
"Ha-ha! You a-re blu-shing!" Popo teased pointing at Midna.
"N-no I don't!" Midna said blushing more, glaring at Popo. But after a second, she was starting to laugh heartily and they joined her that lasted for a minute.
Nana sighed "Well, this world is alright now, that means we can return to the mansion anytime!" She said.
"And don't forget Wolf's trophy!" Popo said pointing to the trophy, which being dragged inside a dark portal "..."
"..." Everyone stood there watching the trophy slowly getting inside the portal.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET THE TROPHY!" Lucario demanded at the top of his lungs and they lunged in unison to catch the trophy, it was too late and the trophy disappeared along with the portal and they crashed right into the other with a thud.
"Darn it...we were so close..." Marth said getting up and scratching his head.
"Who cares anyway?" Pikachu said getting up and lifting his hands "We can always beat him another day."
"Pikachu's right!" Pichu said pouting "Next time I see him I'll shock him but good!"
"Hahaha, let's see if you do that." Link said.
"Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink!" Pichu said annoyed.
"Oh please, stop now," Marth said and looked at Link and Midna "Link, we part ways from here until you're done with your mission." He said as Pichu used the Wiimote to create the portal to the mansion.
"Good luck to you, I'll join you after I finish here." Link said doing a handshake to Marth.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!" Somebody yelled from inside the portal and Lucario gasped before he entered in a hurry.
"Chris! We forgot about him, let's go!" Pikachu said running inside.
"Wait! Don't forget about my apology!" Midna said stopping Popo.
"Don't worry! We will tell him that!" Popo said smiling and waving at Midna before he and Nana entered the portal.
"See you later Link!" Pichu said disappearing inside.
"Take care Link, you too Midna," Marth said waving at them "Good luck to both of you!" He said before the portal could vanish, disappearing with them.
"...Link."
"Yes Midna?"
"Are they going to be fine without us?"
"I'm sure they will."
"I thought so." Midna said to Link, and both shared smiles.
WORLD COMPLETED!
YOU HAVE GAINED 1200 SMASH COINS!
Smash Mansion
Lucario's Room
Everyone was gathered in Lucario's Room were Mewtwo was finishing the instructions that Dr. Kawashima was telling him to do to save Chris, fortunately, everything went as planned before he kneeled to catch his breath.
"CHRIS!" Lucario came from the corridor panting heavily and he looked at Chris, sleeping in the bed with bandages covering his body "Tell me! Is he going to be okay?!" He asked grabbing Roy's shoulders, he was recovered now by the time they were in Hyrule.
Roy sighed "Yes...luckily, he will live."
"Thank goodness..." Lucario said sighing in relief as the remaining Smashers came panting.
"Ugh...this treatment drained all my energy left..." Mewtwo said twitching in pain.
"Cheer up! You're a hero!" Dr. Kawashima said above a desk. But Mewtwo used his last energy to turn off the DS in annoyance.
"Not even Maxim Tomatos were enough to heal him." Jigglypuff said.
"But see the bright side! He just need a rest before he can go with us to save the worlds!" Falco said trying to cheer everyone.
"Speaking of worlds," Master Hand said "Tomorrow, a new world was opened when you were fighting in the Glitz Pit, but I'm warning you, this world is not related to any of you."
"You mean this world..." Fox said "Is different?"
Master Hand nodded "Yes, and to tell the truth, I don't know ANYTHING about it, but Chris may know."
Everyone looked at Chris "I hope he can recover for tomorrow." Pikachu said.
"For now," Master Hand said and they looked at him "Let's sleep for now and be prepared for tomorrow."
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Chris said getting up.
"I want to go to that new world!" Pit said.
"Me too, learning something new is good." Roy said.
"Yeah, good night." Popo said leaving with Nana yawning, before everyone else left the room and Chris went back to sleep.
"..." Everyone was ignoring something very important, they stopped walking to their rooms before yelling and running back to Lucario's Room (the only one that didn't yelled was Mewtwo and he returned to his room).
"AAAAHHHHH!!" Chris yelled scared to death after they filled the room again "BUNCH OF WEIRDOS! LET ME SLEEP FOR ONC-"
"CHRIS!" The little Smashers jumped in unison into the bed embracing Chris totally.
"He's alive!" Shouted Lucas from behind him with his eyes making this face. XD
"OF COURSE I'M ALIVE! LET ME GO!" Chris demanded and they got out of the bed "Phew, I was going to die just a second ago."
"Sorry." Pichu said embarrased.
"But how could you be like this without feeling the pain in your back?" Pit asked.
"Pain in my back? What do yo-AAHH!" Chris felt the pain right behind his back.
"Stop! He needs to recover!" Master Hand yelled.
"Ack!..." Chris panted heavily after a second.
"Chris, you need to rest right now to recover your strength, that battle againts Porky was too much for you to handle."
"...I...I know." Chris said lowering his head slowly to the pillow "I couldn't see what happened after I was brought here."
"Midna changed when you were here, she is now a good person!" Pichu said smiling.
"Really? Did she apologized?"
"Yep! For all the things she did!"
"...I'm...happy for her."
"The next time I see Porky he is going to die!" Lucas said a little furiously.
Roy raised an eyebrow "But if I remember you were hiding below the desk after you saw him."
Lucas blushed "S-shut up! That's not true!"
"Hmm...I think I know Porky somewhere else before..." Ness said rubbing his chin.
"Please, if all of you can do me a favor, I need to rest to recover." Chris said.
Fox sighed "Okay, you earned it."
"Thank you."
"Good night." Some of them said to him before going to their rooms to sleep. Leaving Chris and Lucario alone in their room.
"...Lucario...it's something wrong?" Chris asked looking at Lucario, but he turned his back clenching his hands with force and Chris was getting worried "...Lucario..." He muttered before he fell asleep.
1 hour later...
Lucario finally turned his back to see Chris sleeping deeply in his bed, he blinked for a moment before closing his eyes and trying to not cry as he kneeled, touching the right hand of Chris "(Master...I couldn't protect you in that battle...please...forgive me...I was an idiot...)" He thought as the first tears were strolling down his cheeks, he looked at Chris's hand and grabbed it without doing brusque moves and he lowered his head, resting it above the bed, then he put the hand between his ears to try to make like Chris was rubbing his head, and to end his actions for the night, he slowly closed his eyes, falling asleep.
But deep inside his own self, a terrible fault was hurting him, he wanted to cry for the sudden events and nothing could help him...at least for today...
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Smash Mansion
Chris, Lucario, Pichu, Roy, Mewtwo, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Pit, Ice Climbers, Fox, Falco, Ness, Marth, Lucas
Many things happened in the course of this chapter, Lucario lost his aura, the next world is unknown to them, Chris is still injured and nobody has figured out yet what kind of cake Pichu was refering to. XD
Next chapter is a filler, how is that going to be a filler? You'll find out sooner, hopefully, I can only tell you that someone of the Smashers is going to be the protagonist of the next arc...a certain angel...oops! I let that slip out of my mouth!
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