Eternally Fated
Fox and Asura both stared into the same person. "You... you work for Elise. I don't know what you are getting yourself into, Panther." Asura didn't like that he sided with her arch enemy. "Why did you listen to her?"
Panther scoffed, "My mission is to neutralize specific targets for Elise to fulfill my wish. Fox McCloud is my first target and Grey Winter is my next." He explained once he eliminates two of them, he will be loved by Krystal for all eternity. He was marked by an aura, it dark and covering his body.
Asura felt the need to worry about Grey. What does he have to do with this? He is already burdened by world restoration. "Fox please stay back, it's a possession spell that Elise put on him. I don't think he is in control of his actions." Asura moved behind Fox with Katt in her arms. The slash that was made across her torso was deep to cover and stained Asura's clothing even more. "Oh gods, we need to get help soon."
"There is no possibility that Panther here is controlled. He is trying to take Krystal away from me," Fox said that Panther would make her suffer only because he admitted the truth. "I'll take it from here, don't let Katt die on us alright?" Fox turned and gave a thumbs up and grinned. "I won't come out the loser." Asura gave a warm smile back to Fox and quickly tended to Katt's wounds.
"You sure about that? I know you happen to be looking for a bomb somewhere. Only I know about it, but I'll tell you once you hand over Krystal to me." Panther made a deal with Fox. An interesting one but Fox immediately declined the offer. "Suit yourself, I won't let you know what will happen." Panther walked up to Fox and jabbed his chest region. The force pushed Fox back but he was resilient against its power. He slid parallel to the ground scraping the dirt with his feet. Fortunately, it held him well enough to stand strong.
"I won't hold back," Fox repositioned his body away from the worn-out ground. He stepped further away from the mess he made and faced Panther face to face. Fox kicked the side of his head. The kick managed to knock Panther to the side and he quickly stood up. They both threw out attacks at each other but both were blocked by each other. "Not bad," Fox chuckled sarcastically.
"You aren't so bad yourself, normally, someone would not have gotten up from the first hit I throw out," Panther complimented his skills. "Fox McCloud, you are just gonna make things a lot harder on yourself and for Corneria. Give up Krystal and I'll show you exactly where the bomb has been set."
"Fox," Asura spoke. "The future tells me where it's at, the bomb is located at the statue," Asura said this because the bomb is currently ticking with less than two minutes on its clock. "Please hurry, either you defuse it or we need to escape as soon as possible."
Panther was frustrated that Asura knew the location. "Curses, you and your mysterious power. Elise didn't warn me about it."
"Eyes on me, pal." Fox flipped kicked Panther's head and then punched his gut. "I'm who you want, not her."
There was blood coming from his nose as he wiped it off. "Good hit, but I'm still standing," Panther grabbed Fox's arm and twisted it behind him. "Brutality is what a true man has." Panther jabbed Fox's chest again and again. "You are not worthy."
"Fox!" Asura shouted. She couldn't move or else Katt would bleed out. "I need to make a choice. Katt will die if I don't treat the wounds." There was just too much going on at once and she has too much on her back.
"Hey don't give up, I'm here now." The mysterious voice made Asura look up and she saw the cerulean vixen. She shot Panther with the stunning shot and saved Fox. "Sorry I'm late, I heard the horn from miles away and I followed the sound to here. I knew Asura had to be teleported along with it." Krystal lent Asura a hand from off the ground.
"Krystal! I'm glad you are here." Asura said happily.
Krystal smiled and nodded, "You don't have the carry the burden all to yourself, we are your friends for a reason. Keep on Katt and I'll look at Fox." Asura was surprised that Krystal heard everything inside her mind. She is telepathic at the least and quite a good person. Krystal saw that Fox was quite injured but still breathing and well. "I'm here, my love, sorry to keep you waiting."
"About time, Krystal, I was almost a goner," Fox replied. "There's a bomb near the statue and I need you to defuse it quickly." Krystal made her way to the state of General Pepper and found the hidden bomb. She cut the wires and the bomb stopped ticking down. "Good work, we need to head back," Fox said but Panther got up immediately. He went straight for Krystal and tackled her to the ground.
Krystal felt fear in her body, unable to react to his force. "Get off of me, you freak." Panther didn't listen and continued to pin Krystal.
"Krystal!" Fox groaned in pain from his strained arm. He couldn't move or else the injury would worsen.
Asura closed her eyes and looked away. She was afraid to leave Katt to die, but there was no other choice. "Please gods, lend me your strength." Asura prayed deeply and left Katt for whatever to happen. "Hands off my queen." Asura ran quickly and pushed off Panther who was on top of Krystal. "Kira and I don't want you touching anyone of our friends." Asura pinned him down and punched his face left and right. "This is a lesson for you." Asura continued and did not stop until Panther was bruised up a lot.
Krystal had to pull her off to show mercy as this was not like her at all. "Asura! Stop that," Krystal kept pulling her until she was off of Panther.
"He deserves punishment, he wanted to kill Grey as well," Asura growled and attempted to go back but was stopped by Krystal. Panther laid on the ground, looking almost lifeless.
"Show mercy, he may be the enemy but they had enough." Krystal started to glow and then Asura started glowing. Her entire body was glowing and she looked at the back of her hands. "Asura, what is happening?" The vixen looked over toward the dragon to see that she was also glowing a bright color. "What?"
"I have ascended, we can finally turn the tides around." Asura looked over towards Katt to see that her condition had remained unchanged. Asura snapped her fingers and the wound on Katt had disappeared. Katt was fully recovered and stood tall and strong. "Remember when I told you and Fox were part of royalty. Previously, Fox had regrets but he was overall still confident in himself. You, Krystal, are kind and sympathetic, showing forgiveness no matter what as a queen." Her body transformed and she changed her looks. "Back when I was a student at my old school, I would always wear this to remember the friends I've made and kept with."
On her body, she was wearing a different uniform not familiar with Corneria's designs. It was a beige-colored coat and she had a barret on top of her head. "I was once a soldier after graduating, this was long after my first incarnation, and before my official surname change to Walker." By logic, Asura was younger than this before showing up to find Fox and Krystal. "Kuro stayed with me back to Harmony when the Great Elemental War began. He was the one who protected me and helped me get away from the world's destruction." She went over to Katt and hugged her once more. "Your act of bravery, after taking an attack that would have been the end of me. Thank you, Katt, you have a good heart. Please go back and watch the citizens, I don't want you being hurt on the frontlines again."
"Yeah, don't mention it, I'm wasn't expecting to see an outcome," Katt replied. "I won't let you down." The pink feline left to see if anything has happened elsewhere.
The dragon looked at Fox and snapped her fingers. "There's healing for you too, my king." Fox's broken arm was no more and it fixed itself. "Panther, I don't know what to do with him."
"Leave him," a masculine voice spoke from afar. "Don't worry about it, I'll just let it slide." Wolf stood opposite to Fox. "Just get out of here, there is no point for me to fight, you have the upper hand. Elise made a deal with Panther but I knew he wouldn't be able to handle it. So if you could make him forget or something I wouldn't care. I was originally supposed to fight the pup but Panther decided to do it." Wolf dragged his body away and Asura quickly removed some of Panther's memories away. The ones that had him talk with Elise. "Star Wolf is no more in this battle." Wolf left the scene, leaving Fox, Krystal, and Asura alone.
"Glad that's over, but what happens now?" Fox asked.
"We stand one last time, us against Elise," Asura answered. She grabbed her swords and put them together. "With all this power, I can recreate an old ultimate that Kuro and I created at one point."
Though it was quite mysterious, Krystal wondered why not with Grey. She was always mentioning Kuro, an old friend but not her significant other. "Asura, can you be honest? What is up with you and Grey?"
"Huh?" The sound of that name shocked Asura's heart. "I don't want to remain attached, because he was willing to give his life up to bring back your home. Please don't remind me of him, I've told him about it before, and he didn't feel any discomfort about it. I may love him, but I have major issues with relationships."
Krystal frantically apologized, "I am so sorry, I didn't mean it." Shaking her arms as a way of panicking.
A small smile was shown on Asura's face, "I know you didn't mean it, I am glad that you are still here, my queen. My objective has been completed, you and Fox have achieved the truly destined and I was granted full power. Now please come hand and hand, you two." Asura held her left hand to Fox, and her right hand to Krystal. The two vulpines grabbed the dragon's hand. "By destiny have these two lovely souls met, bound hand by hand. I ask that you allow me the power of the Eternally Fated." All three of them began to glow brightly. The started to soar and rose from the ground. A rift opened on top of them and it showed them another realm. "The realm of Cerinia's Past. Elise must be in here if the rift had opened." She guided them safely through the rift and out on the other side.
There were forests, rivers, mountains, and villages with people. It was an endless world with many different things. "I wonder why she ended up here." Asura took a look around the area. She explored the flowing river's water. She engulfed her hand inside to feel its cool and flowing motion against her hand. "The waters are calm, she hasn't corrupted it yet." Fox and Krystal looked around themselves but nothing has happened. "Stay alert, we won't know what might be out there."
Fox and Krystal both felt something strange on their necks. As if a ghost was breathing cold air. They jumped in fear and shock only to see nothing behind them. Krystal was scared but Fox remained courageous for her. "It's okay, we are together, right?" Krystal held onto Fox's arm to keep the comfort for him and herself. Fox suddenly sees a dark sphere floating around him. Krystal could also see this mysterious thing but Asura could not. "Asura?! What's going on?" Fox was startled by the entity.
Asura's instinct was to unsheathe her sword and fight the thing that was among them. "I don't see anything, is this a trick against me? I won't be able to fight without having a clue to its whereabouts."
Krystal had to tap into her telepathy to gain a vital clue. "It's behind you."
Asura turned around and slashed the thin air. It responded with an excruciating scream and revealed itself to the dragon. "I see it, but what is it?" Asura slashed the entity with many different forms. Upper slash, down slash, forward pierce, and finishing with a horizontal slash. The entity disappeared and revealed Elise from the hidden darkness. "It was you, up to no good."
"Ah, if it weren't for your vixen friend here, I probably would have ended your lives," Elise responded. The human erupted water from the ground, destroying the land beneath them. "Exterminate those who defy me." She targeted Fox and Krystal with her dark water. "I'll get rid of everything, nothing shall remain, not even organism." Asura guarded the attacks and protected Fox and Krystal with a barrier. "I'll be the one who completes the Elementalist." Elise began to chant spells and an arena formed around herself but blocked off outsiders without a key.
She only trapped herself inside and nothing else. Elise gathered power in the meantime as water traveled from the stream and into her body. Asura knew what was going on and explained to them what happened. "This is it, the final battle. There is no going back, we have to stop her from destroying everything." Everything was on the line, the lives of many different people. Elise was a potential world destroyer and even a universe ender. "Once again, thank you for being such good friends. I can't imagine not meeting y'all and trying to take her on myself." Asura gave Fox a blaster. "Your father handed this down to me for future use but it's best if you use it." Asura gave Krystal her staff. "Grey always knew you were the one to carry your father's staff. He was right about most things." Asura pointed her sword at the barrier. "It's now or never, I'll open the door to Elise. We must fight or else everything falls."
"I'm with you," Fox replied.
"Let's do this together," Krystal cheered.
Asura nodded and opened the arena with her sword. She turned the sword like a key inside a keyhole and opened the door. They slowly walked inside and saw how much Elise had transformed. From a human to a demonic being, she controlled arms at her will. Her body was suspended in the air using water and arms to keep afloat. "You'll fall where you stand, Elise. There's no holding back anymore." Asura split the swords into two and engaged the battle. She prepared for an attack by holding the swords in the same position. Asura released a horizontal attack against Elise and slashed some of the arms off. "It's pointless to cut them all off, we need to remove some and attack Elise herself." This was her plan currently with no other suggestion in mind. Cutting a few off would leave enough time for an opening to attack. Asura commanded Fox and Krystal to go for Elise whenever at least three arms were removed. So far there was at least seven on Elise's back. They would regenerate over time if at least one was removed. If at least three were removed, regeneration speed would double. If all of them were removed, it would regenerate instantaneously.
They had to be careful, otherwise, it would be a prolonged battle and they would tire out too easily. "I'll keep you two safe, just look to eliminating Elise." Asura sliced off two arms and jumped towards Elise. "Light Flash." A flash of light blinded Elise and Asura lashed out a flurry of sword slashes. She quickly blinked away and reappeared next to Krystal. "I may not possess the full potential of the element of light, but the power of the Eternally Fated should do the trick." Asura attempted to attune her body and weapons to another power. "By fate they have brought us here, lend me the power of the ultimate bond."
New abilities have been obtained.
Learned the fate's power, "Divine Embrace, Blazing Blade, Earthen Shatter, Spectral Shadows, and ?" There was a final ability but Asura could not understand it. However, she heard the voice of the true Elementalist. You need to cast all five elemental abilities at once. She didn't know the fifth one though and was lost.
"I have been granted new power by the Eternally Fated, I must utilize them for the greater good." Asura sharpened her blades against each other. "Your time is over, Elise, I understand everything about this now." Asura ran forward closer to Elise, "Krystal, I need you to fire a blast at Elise and distract her with all you got."
Krystal nodded, "I'm on it," the staff gathered enough energy to release a blast of condense flame at Elise. The blast made contact with Elise causing her to flinch, losing her stance and creating an opening. The vixen grunted as she attacked Elise at close range to extend the vulnerability. One more attack and Krystal had been knocked away after smashing the staff onto Elise's barrier. "AHH," and she was caught by Fox, breaking her fall. "Thanks," she replied.
"Stay strong, alright?" Fox brought her into one last hug and resumed back to combat.
Asura charged into Elise as the demonic human threw out a devastating attack at her. Shards of dark ice were shot out of Elise's hands and they were extremely small and sharp. Asura has a low chance of deflecting every single one since they were so tiny. "I must use one of my new abilities. Divine Embrace," Asura shielded herself, Fox and Krystal with a mysteriously light and blocked all incoming damage. "That should do it, the first ability" the shield persisted for a long period and Asura reached Elise. "Blazing Blade," her sword was infused with burning energy, hot as the sun and melted the ice Elise had made. Asura struck Elise's dark ice barrier and it evaporated into water and the water into vapor. "It seems like we both have learned something, Elise."
Elise retaliated and grabbed Fox's body with her arms. "I'll make sure he doesn't have his way." Elise began to drain Fox's life force causing him to feel weaker. Asura quickly ran up and cut off the arms grabbing him. She then grabbed Krystal and did the same. Asura had to repeat the attack once more. "I'm back to a healthy state after absorbing their life essence."
Fox and Krystal were on the ground with less energy than before. What can they do to help Asura? Asura had to think fast or else they would lose the battle entirely. She sang to Fox and Krystal to restore their lost stamina. Even so, it wouldn't be useful in the long run. Asura came up with a very strategic plan. Fox had to shoot the arms as they came up because his aim was the best. Krystal has to protect Fox while he fires away. "I'll do my best to defeat her and we can win."
Fox shot off three arms and created an opening for them. Krystal intercepted attacks coming toward them. Asura wondered about the fifth skill but she had to make do with what she had. Asura attuned her sword into flames again and stabbed Elise's stomach. "Blazing Blade," and the flames burst inside Elise and she screamed from the burning pain.
Her aquatic body was unable to douse the water. Elise had placed more power into darkness and created permanent dark water stronger than the hottest flames. She extinguished the flame inside her and proceeded to strike Asura back. "Thirteen Corrupting Waters," Elise began to gather energy for her powerful ability. "I won't let you win," Elise shot out many waves of tsunamis filled with darkness inside them. They were all engulfed by the waters and could not stop them. Krystal and Fox struggle to stay afloat in the limited space arena. Asura saw their struggles and quickly sent them to a place elsewhere. Elise was angry with her decision making. "How dare you send them to somewhere safe," Elise followed them into the rift and closed it behind her.
"I won't let you end them, they are what fuels my power," Asura blinked into the same area as the others. Her body particles were readjusted accordingly to her background and even a change of clothes at the same time. Where am I? A city that was full of tall buildings and bright sun. Asura thought it was Corneria, but something about the building's designs was different. It suddenly began to rain but the rain droplets were emitting a dark aura. Asura readied her sword and searched for Fox and Krystal. There was no one in the cities, and she ran down the streets. Where could those two be? I must find them before Elise kills them. Asura rushed at a corner and from her peripheral view she saw them far down the corner street. Asura quickly rushed down the street to get to them. She charged with her swords behind her, "Elise, let them go now!" Elise did not respond but Asura had to do something. She blinked forward and slashed off three arms before blinking again. She reappeared behind her and stabbed her back with the two swords. "Earthen Shatter."
Her swords started to cover in rocks and moved downwards toward the tip. It struck Elise's back with full force knocking her away and freeing Fox and Krystal. "Are you two alright?" That was the third ability I just used. "Do you know where we are at?"
"Papetoon," Fox answered. He once lived here before moving to Corneria where his father worked as a mercenary. "It was before my parent's deaths and I was pretty young beforehand." Why was this the location of escape when Asura sent the two here? Was it a cause of memory retrieval? "Strange that we were sent here, Asura."
Elise made a rift and jumped into it. Asura had to follow, "Quickly, we must reach her before something terrible happens." Asura entered the rift and Fox and Krystal followed her pursuit. They visited another world, an extremely cold world. All of their clothing had changed again. All of them were wearing much warmer clothing and outside was an ongoing blizzard. "Where are we now, Fox?"
"Fichina, the cold planet in the Lylat System." Fox directed them to a nearby base where they could alter the weather to be more suitable for their likings. They found the base but it was uninhabited when they got there. Fox went to find the control panel to control the storm that was happening at the moment. They walked down the hallway searching for the room with the control panel. So far they have not found it, but at the final door, they were hoping to find something with buttons. Fox immediately activated the door switch to access the room. He typed into the control panel in order to reduce the effectiveness of the blizzard. Krystal and Asura have not seen technology this vast in their entire lives.
"If we type in this command, then it should work." Fox was rapidly typing on the holographic keyboard. There was a screen with a camera facing the storm. It showed snow blowing all around the area. Fox pressed enter on the keyboard and slowly the storm started to fade away. It must have worked, he thought, and quickly went outside to check. The weather had settled down and they were free to explore whatever was out there. Fox had heard a voice but Krystal was unable to detect its presence.
"Be careful, Fox, I don't trust this silent world." Krystal stayed alert for any oncoming danger, Asura readied alongside for combat if anything happened. She wanted company while they waited for a response from this world. "I can see her, Elise."
Asura tightened the grip on her sword, "Where is she, Krystal?" She was quite concerned with keeping her friends alive. Krystal then pointed a direction and called out another life was rushing toward Fox. Asura quickly took action and guarded the incoming attack on Fox. She stood in Fox's way and blocked the hit back to its source. I can see her, once a hit like that comes by, I can see everything she does. Asura dashes into the fog and she disappeared.
Fox and Krystal were suddenly taken away from Fichina and into another world. Suddenly, it was warmer and their clothing changed again. They were wearing their pilot's uniforms and in a forest. "Fortuna," Fox said. He navigated Krystal and himself through the thick trees and bushes. They could hear weapons clashing together and an explosion. They quickly made their way over and saw Asura and Elise fighting again. Their weapons pushing against each other. Fox makes a run for it and attacks Elise's legs. "Fox? What are you doing?" Asura shouts at him. What he did worked and Asura got a hit on Elise. "Spectral Shadows," she chanted. Swirling darkness covered her sword and bound Elise. "I can't let you win, you and I have to die." Asura combined her swords into one and stabbed Elise. "This is the end, I'll do whatever it takes to put you out. Ultimate: Life and Death." Asura's body started to glow and her essence was starting to channel inside Elise.
"What? What are you doing, you're gonna get both of us killed!" Elise screamed.
"Anything to stop you from taking over the universes again." Asura was starting to disappear when suddenly Elise canceled it entirely. "But how?"
"You pity me, you are afraid of death, you show too much mercy, Asura. That spell must be cast with an emotionless mind, if someone sparks any feeling, it will be canceled by anything." Elise got her on hanging onto her emotions. "You won't kill me, because we used to be close friends."
"S-shut it, don't give me that shit, you are dangerous to be kept alive." Asura started to tear up, but she wiped it away. "I can't trust you, I must end this."
Elise snapped her fingers and grabbed Asura's swords. "Foolish girl, you are such a weakling, afraid to fight me. I'm the strongest master left. They need someone who has power, not some weakling who cries like you."
Krystal jumped in front of Asura. "She's not weak, she is our friend, a strong one." Krystal looked back at Asura, "Don't give up, we can stop this together."
"Fool, you think you can stop me?" Elise channeled water into one concentrated attack. "It'll be too late, Water Spout," a burst of water rushed toward Krystal and Asura. However, it stopped right in front of them strangely. "What? How is this possible?"
Fox laughed, "You forgot about me already? How pitiful, I have a barrier grenade that Slippy prepared for me." Fox recalled the barrier grenade and held it tightly. "Don't underestimate us." Fox rushed down Elise to disarm her weapon, but Elise's power pushed him back forcibly. She sent Fox flying and he landed into Krystal's arms.
"You are just a mere mortal, I don't have time to play with people like you." Elise faced her true target, Asura, and chanted a spell. "Combination of Darkness and Water." A perfect sphere full of darkness and water appeared in her hand. "It's too late, Asura, I've already mastered both elements."
Asura panicked, "Shit, a combination attack, I have to do the same. I can't do it because I am not at full light power." Even at a time like this, she had to attempt it. "Combination of Light and Darkness." The sphere she created had more darkness than light energy on it. An unbalanced object formed on her hand. It's not stable, I won't be able to beat her.
A hand touched her shoulder, "Don't give up, we are still here for you. We can fix the balance, just as we are the Eternally Fated." Krystal smiled and the light attempted to fix itself. Fox did the same and the light was starting to fix itself again and again. It was almost completely fixed but there was still not enough to make it equal to the dark counterpart. Another being appeared behind Asura and hugged the three together. "With teamwork comes strength and power. You three will be the ones who change fate here and now." The light balanced out and Asura was able to fight back fully. "I know that my pupil, Asura, will become the next master and the true Elementalist." Asura looked back at her former master and faced Elise. In unison, the two masters spoke, "With the power of elements, I shall defeat you!" The two combination attacks canceled each other out and Asura gained control of the battle.
"Fox, you have been a dear friend and king the moment you and I met again. I am thankful that you remain strong and courageous during a time of sorrow." Asura turned her head over to Krystal. "Krystal, a lovely queen, and friend for someone who was once concerned about their own well-being. You are strong when it comes to having allies." She nodded and closed her eyes, To Falco, a great friend giving me assistance when I was struck down from many things. Slippy, a smart toad whose fortune is coming sooner than he expects. Peppy, a good man who treats everyone well and kindly." Elise fired a shot down at Asura, but it mysteriously disappeared when the attack reached her. "It's quite rude to interrupt someone who is thanking their friends, Elise." Asura prayed to the rest of the people she met. The rest, thank you for believing in me, you are the best and deserved to be cherished.
Elise was not the slightest happy, "I will kill you and forfeit your stupid inner monologue." Elise teleported in front of Asura and struck her with the swords. A barrier made of light blocked the attack and Asura quickly gained control of her blades. "What?!"
"A very sad moment indeed, Elise, but your time of reign is over." Asura attuned her blade to the flames, "Blazing Blade." The flaming sword struck Elise and damaged her effectively and left burning scars on her body. "Earthen Shatter," her sword was covered in a special type of earth that did extreme damage and left behind shards that stunned her nerves. "Spectral Shadows." She attuned her sword with the pitch-black darkness that removed the dark element from Elise's body. She was unable to utilize the darkness that she had mastered perfectly.
"What the hell? How did you?" Elise knew exactly what she was planning. "You are trying to kill me with the power of the Eternally Fated, well it won't work without all the-"
Elise was interrupted again by Asura. "Flowing Ocean." Asura danced swiftly and smoothly around Elise as her blade traveled perfectly around Elise. Each strike connected with each of Elise's vital parts of her transformed body. Asura removed all the arms and they could no longer regenerate altogether. "But how? That's impossible, you never learned water. I am the only master!" Elise was furious but Asura knew much more.
"There was always something you would forget, Elise." Asura calmly said. She smiled and looked toward the beautiful skies. Her finger carefully pointed at very tiny particles within the atmosphere. "I'm sure you can see these." They were little water particles that remained floating in the air. Asura took those and formed her own water element crystal because of Krystal being nearby and understanding how they worked. "Krystal has taught me a lot about Cerinian magic. I am a fast learner and made my very own shard. I only need the water element's special ability to trigger the Eternally Fated's ability."
Elise laughed knowing something was up. "But you are missing one thing, your own element. How can you possibly win without using your primary element?" Elise's arms managed to regrow back and engaged with all she had. "I win..." Asura grinned at her. "Why the hell are you smiling?"
"I already used the light spell already when I blocked your attack during my prayer spell." Asura smiled and shed a tear. Her body glowed a bright rainbow color. "I have reached the full potential of what a true master can seek." She started to move her arms in certain ways. A small area around her began to change and her power was growing stronger. "I'll be taking over as the new Elementalist, it's over for you, Elise." Asura channeled all of her energy into one powerful strike and delivered a devastating attack towards Elise. A blast of radiant energy traveled toward her and Elise fought back. Her power was getting weaker with every second she was inflicted with the special energy. Weaker and weaker with every instance of its essence. "This ends here! Fate Beyond the Horizon!" Asura shouted. The full force of mysterious energy blasted the entire area and the whole phantom world. It started to eradicate the world and everything in its path. Asura closed her eyes and let out a warm smile as the blast took her and Elise away.
Fox and Krystal covered their eyes and fell along with the blast as well.
All the waterlings had disappeared from Corneria, and from all the other planets that they inhabited. The opened rifts were beginning to close as Falco noticed the main one in Corneria had disappeared. Peppy had received reports from other planets saying the rifts all vanished at once. He immediately contacted all of Star Fox and the Cornerian army that they had won. Falco sat down and looked toward the sky, they did it, we won and beat them. He suddenly remembered that Fox and Krystal were both missing and quickly went to find ways to recover them. But as he did that, a rift opened specifically for him and he hopped in knowing that it was something for him. The avian arrived at another place, filled with forests, rivers, and special magics. Falco spotted the two vulpines lying on the ground nearby unconscious as he rushed over to help him. "Fox, Krystal!" He checked their pulses and luckily they were still breathing.
He was very thankful and for that he got help immediately. However, Falco saw another sight that diverted his attention away. "Asura?"
She ran up to him and fell forward with a smile. "Thank you, again..." Her grip was starting to weaken as she started to fall to the ground. Falco grabbed her and quickly went for help. But there was no one to assist him. He carried her and pleaded that she woke up. Nothing happened in the slightest. There was a special item inside Asura's hand and Falco took it from her grip. "What is this?" The item in question began to glow and suddenly the world around him started to gain life. Fox and Krystal were the first to be awakened and then life around them returned to normal. The souls of the lost were beginning to return to the planet. Life as we know it was returning to its original self and people started to reappear once again.
"This must be world restoration, but who did she get it from?" Falco realized that Asura was still lifeless and had to seek help. He went up to Krystal but her power was less than what they really needed. Strangely, he felt a very weak pulse in her body. Falco put his ear next to her heart. It was faintly beating, she was still alive but not strong. "She needs medical assistance, now!" Someone stopped by them and volunteered to help their fallen friend.
They carried an accent, but still fluent enough to hear them speak. "Your friend, she is on the verge of losing life, she will have a low chance of making it. There is a camp nearby with all the healing supplies that we have. I'll see what I can do." Meanwhile, the others began to rebuild the world and all of the missing issues that disappeared.
A few days later...
Krystal returned back to the camp with handpicked flowers all decorated in a special way. On the way back, she spotted Fox who was relaxing by the lake. "Fox? What are you doing here?"
Fox turned his head and gave a warm smile. "I wanted to explore the peacefulness on Cerinia. The very first time ever visiting this place." He noticed the flowers that Krystal had picked out. All of them a unique color each but mainly the colors white, red, and pink were the most noticeable. "Who is that for?"
Krystal sat next to Fox to chat with him. "These are all for Asura, her favorite colors are white, red, and pink. She prefers the pink color the most." She got up and went to go see Asura who was still recovering. "I'll see you soon, Fox." Krystal made her way over to the camp. Some of the things left on Cerinia were still missing but at the very least the people are back to life. She will be very pleased with what I found for her. Krystal entered the camp and into the infirmary tent where Asura was residing. The dragon's body was hooked up to machinery that was foreign to Cerinia. "I am not surprised that developed such technology in a short amount of time." She grabbed a chair and sat right next to Asura who was recovering. Her condition was now stable and her eyes started to flicker. Asura must have been trying to awaken.
She is waking up? Krystal was quite amazed at how well she recovered. Finally, Asura opened her eyes and she noticed Krystal to her right. "Hey there, you doing alright?"
"W-what... where am I?" Asura replied weakly. Turning her head slightly, she saw nothing but the tent she was in. "Is.. is this a camp?"
Krystal nodded back, "Welcome to Cerinia, my homeworld, but there is one thing I don't understand. How did you restore this world without Grey?"
Asura let out a smile, relieved that the one she loved was still alive. "Before I defeated Elise, she told me one thing before her passing."
Memory Flashback
The tyrant human laid on the ground, knowing that she was defeated. Her body was left in heavy wounds with no possibility for it to be healed and returned to normal. "I guess... you win, Asura. I didn't expect things to turn out the way they are. You are the true Elementalist, Asura." Elise started to cough up blood as the injuries were worsening.
"Elise... I am sorry, I had no choice but to defeat you in battle. It's too late to use Kira's soul as a sacrifice for Harmony, I have to use yours." Asura prepared a crystal to begin the world restoration process.
Elise let out a sigh, "I guess you didn't know, I was never apart of Harmony's origins. A long time ago, I was just a small child with no biological parents. I happened to end up on Cerinia and that became my home. The world's aura must have stuck onto me as I learned the language and lived a normal life."
Asura had a feeling of shock in her body. "But, you told me you lived on Harmony all your life."
She gave out a small laugh, "Well, I lied to you so that I could maintain our friendship. All my life, I was always lonely and wanted someone to talk too. The people on Harmony don't refer to people outside of their homeworld. You were my only calling card, I knew that I could befriend you and I felt happy until one day I became obsessed with gaining power over the years."
"What?" Asura was in the slightest of confusion. "But why were you obsessed with power? I thought you were an amazing person until now."
Once more, Elise coughed up more blood out her body. "I was jealous of you when the gods gave you life again after you and Kira were great guardians. They were able to get you into a school where you could hone your powers once again. I wanted to be like you, an optimistic and strong person. I decided to use forbidden arts in the water elements tab to gain an advantage and broke the rules of Harmony. As you can tell, it worked up until now when you struck me down." Elise began to cough even more blood as her body was now giving up on her. "I-I am not in good shape, it hurts to even breathe in this condition." Elise grabbed Asura's arm and pleaded. "Do me one last favor, end my suffering, there is no point in me being alive anymore. I must atone for my past actions, Asura."
The snow-white dragon stared at her wounded body and started to break down. "No..." she started to sob. "I c-can't... this is my fault for hurting you. I don't want to lose you!"
"P-please, it is too much pain to bear." Hearing Elise begging Asura made it even harder to put her down. "You won't be able to become the Elementalist if you don't take my life away, I want you to at least put Cerinia back to normal and teach them how to not spiral out of control, Suu." Elise let out a small smile on her face. "Now... take my life away, Suu."
Asura, who was already broken down by a dying Elise, took her sword out of her sheathe again. "I...am..." she could not speak her final prayer. "Sorry..." She took her sword and struck it into Elise's heart and took away her life in favor of less suffering.
Flashback End...
"I did not know that Elise had originated from Cerinia, that is why this world still exists," Asura explained. "We were very close friends many years ago. She called me Suu as a nickname to me, she thought it was cute, and even then I accepted it as her token of gratitude. Maybe someday, I should inherit that name in place of Asura. Because Asura is finished with her work."
Krystal felt satisfied to here the end of the story. "It's up to you what you want to be called, I'll be sure to call you by that very name. I am very relieved that my brother didn't have to be taken away."
"It'll be alright, it's time that I fulfill a promise." Asura sat up, "I will teach the new Cerinia how to master the power of the elements." A new destiny has arrived for her and she was pleased with it.
Krystal received a telepathic link from familiar minds. "Is that who I think it is?" Krystal rushed out of the tent and spotted Grey who was still in good condition. "Little brother! I'm glad you are alright," and she hugged him very tightly.
"I'm glad you are still well, Krystal," Grey had to relay a message to Krystal. "It's for Asura, the people want her to lead them, she proved herself worthy of leading a new world and to teach the new generation."
"That is great news, I'll be sure to tell her," Krystal turned around but Asura already heard.
Asura was in a wheelchair but she smiled happily, "I'm glad to be of service, this dragon still has ways to go." Asura went to find Fox to thank them all together. She found him next to the same lake he was relaxing at. "I would like to thank you for accepting me into the team. Once I fully recover, I will continue to work with you again. Thank you for helping me secure the Elementalist title."
Fox gave a bright smile. "I'm here for you, Asura, I am grateful for being here with everyone I call family."
The snow-white dragon grinned back, "Let's get going, we have something waiting for us."
A ship was heard nearby and they spotted the Great Fox. It landed and Falco appeared outside. "We did it y'all, let's celebrate our victory for Star Fox." The entire crew had an amazing moment. Asura was crowned the new queen for Cerinia, Fox and Krystal achieved a special bond. Katt and Falco were together, Peppy and Slippy were able to fix the Great Fox. Fara, Miyu, and Faye were able to jumpstart their team again for new missions.
I never imagined ever having a day like this. It is a miracle to me and everyone that I met. I am the Elementalist and I will teach the new generations what it means to master the elements. This is Asura Walker, signing off, thank you for tuning into my story of how I became the Elementalist.
The End
A/N: This is the end of this story. Sorry for the long delay, with the pandemic being an issue and school at the same time, there really isn't much time for a lot of things. Since I am finished with school, I have more time to write stories. I hope you enjoyed this story while it lasted, Asura finally achieving what she wanted in the end against Elise.