Hiya! Sorry to leave you all hanging last time. This is the second half of
the big battle, in which Scales must find the true power of he Master
Emerald in order to defeat Majora. Speaking of whom, now you get to see his
true form! Enjoy, and a big thanks to Fierce Deity for his reviews.
Disclaimer: I'm not going to say a thing, except my apologies to Devil May
Cry for taking their boss fight.
He was ten feet tall. He had two dinosaur legs, with nasty talons. He had a heavily muscled torso, in configurations unfamiliar to anyone not from Hell. There was a black mark on the chest that looked exactly like his mask prison. His arms were equally muscled, with massive claws. Spines grew from his back. He was red, with black stripes on the limbs and green veins. His face was most shocking, having the same color scheme as the mask. It was multicolored, with spots and stripes. It was like the face of a dinosaur, but with a blunt snout. He had two horns on the back of his head and eight spines sprouting from hiss lower jaw. His eyes were huge and filled with an evil light. It was the true form of the demon prince Majora. "Ahhh.it's so good to be in my old body." He said, stretching his arms. "Are you-are you free?" stammered Scales. "No, I am still imprisoned within the mask. I am only able to assume my true form by drawing on all of my stolen power. This is temporary. But once I kill you, I will finally be complete." He said. "Well, I don't think you're gonna find it that easy to kill us!" said Omochao. "You have no idea what you're dealing with here. You have proven you could defeat my Hatred, but this form is completely invincible to a mortal's attacks." Said Majora proudly. "Well, technically I'm not a mortal." Said Scales. "I'm the prototype Ultimate Lifeform. I think I should be able to cause some damage." Majora shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. But we're wasting time. I say we finish this battle. But first, how about a change of scenery? I believe we should relocate to a more proper locale for this final match." "What do you mean?" asked Scales suspiciously. "I mean we should fight somewhere else." Majora explained. "Like where?" asked Omochao. "How about my home?" Majora said, with a grin. Before either hero could say anything, Majora gestured, and all three of them disappeared in a burst of flame. As the audience started panicking, a giant fire sprang up on the Showdown Central platform. The flames cleared away, revealing an image, showing them what was happening with Scales and Majora. With nothing else to do, they sat back and watched.
Scales looked around her, shocked. "Omochao, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" "If you mean do I see the bowels of the infernal netherworld, then yes." "Ah. Just checking." They were, quite simply, in Hell. They were standing on a crest of rock sticking up from a great ocean of lava. Great pillars of brimstone came out of the lava at other places around them. Screaming, tortured faces were carved into the rock. Off to the right was a magnificent and horrific castle, towering miles into the air, its top seeming to scrape the gray, dark clouds that formed the sky. The castle was huge and made of black stone, spikes and statues jutting up everywhere. There were towers, terraces, and bridges all over the incredible structure. Excruciating screams of pain could be heard from the castle. "Majora, is this Hell?" The demon nodded. "Part of it, anyway. That castle over there is the home of my father, the Grand Infernal, Satan. I lived there for all my younger life. This is sort of my backyard." "It's a big backyard." Muttered Omochao. "Not to mention creepy." Said Scales. "What, you mean the pillars? Oh, they're nothing, just the souls of the damned trapped forever in solid rock. Now, are you ready to begin?" asked Majora. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Said Scales. "Good. Here is what I propose, a test to see which Master Emerald is strongest. The one who beats the other wins, and their Emerald must be the real one." Said the demon. "How can we test that?" asked Scales. "Like this." Majora suddenly swelled to ten times his size, his red skin turning neon pink as he used the Master Emerald's power to become Mega Majora. He punched the ground. The rock trembled and slowly started to sink. Looking up, Majora grinned. "It's simple. If you can use your Emerald to transform and chase after me, we can have one last battle. If not, you will sink into the lava and die, and I will retrieve your Emerald from the molten sea. Got it? Good. Ta-ta!" Majora leapt backwards off of the crest, flying away while facing them. "We're screwed." Said Scales, moaning. "Why?" asked Omochao. "I don't know how to transform with the Emerald! I've never done it before." "I think you need the seven Chaos Emeralds to transform to Super." "Yeah, and the Chaos Emeralds are back on Virtual Earth, with the others." "Why not get them?" "How?" "Call them!" "What are you talking about?" "The black Emerald has power over the seven Chaos, doesn't it? Use it to bring the seven here!" Scales sighed. "Okay, I'll try." She concentrated, willing the seven Chaos Emeralds to appear. Time passed. The crest got lower and lower. Omochao was starting to get worried when suddenly, the Emeralds appeared in a flash of light. Scales opened her eyes. "All right, it worked! Now what?" "I think you have to pick up the Emeralds and try to absorb their power. At least, I hope that's how it works." "Let's see." Scales walked over to the Emeralds, which were lying on the ground. She picked up the Emeralds and concentrated again. The Emeralds glowed and flew out of her arms, spinning around her. They converged on her body. There was a flash, and Scales was suddenly golden-brown instead of red brown. Her cables glittered and her Talons glowed with power. "Cool! Now I'm Super Scales! Time to get off this rock. Come on, Omochao!" She ran and jumped off of the crest, flying after Majora. Omochao quickly went after her as the crest of rock finally sank into the lava. Majora saw Scales coming. "No! Impossible! How did she do that?" He conjured four large black orbs, which circled in the air in front of him. He then stopped and began attacking Scales, throwing large asteroids at her. The asteroids hovered in place, forming a series of obstacles for the lizard. Scales hadn't quite reached the field of asteroids yet. "So Omochao, how do fight Majora?" "He's protected by a shield formed by four black orbs. The only way to break through the shield is with your Serpent Strike. That will temporarily deactivate the shield, stunning Majora and allowing you to get in more hits! Oh, and WATCH OUT FOR THE ASTEROIDS!" "What aster-OOF!" Scales slammed right into an asteroid when she was looking at Omochao. She groaned, shook her head, and smashed the asteroid with one blow. She flew into the asteroid field, flying under, over, or around, any asteroids in her path, and smashing through any that she was too close to. Eventually, she made it through the field and faced Majora. He started throwing more asteroids at her. Scales dodged the giant rock and charged up her attack, feeling it was more powerful than ever before. "SERPENT STRIKE!" A giant cobra made of green flames manifested before her, smashing through the protective shield and striking Majora, exploding and causing massive damage. After Majora screeched from the explosion, Scales flew between the black orbs and started frantically punching, kicking and tearing at Majora, drawing black blood each time. After about a dozen hits, Majora flew away from her, his shield reforming. When he was about a half mile away, he stopped again and called lightning bolts from the sky. The lightning came from the clouds and went into the lava, forming several dozen pillars of death. Scales almost flew into the first lightning bolt, narrowly avoiding electrocution. She flew madly through the lightning storm, flying like a bat in a forest to avoid getting hit. She finally made it through the lightning and faced Majora again. He hurled lightning balls at her while she charged up her attack. Finally, it was done. "SERPENT STRIKE!" The green cobra smashed through the barrier and exploded on Majora, causing him to scream. Scales flew in and started tearing away at his chest once more, marring the demon's once perfect muscular figure. She got in more than a dozen hits before Majora recovered, reformed his shield and flew away. When he got half a mile away from his pursuers, Majora stopped and started throwing a hail of meteors at Scales. These were harder to dodge, since they seemed to be able to partially home in on her current position. It was very difficult to dodge the meteors. At one point, she got fed up and tried to smash one of them. It exploded, hurting her. Due to her Super status, she was able to shake off the pain for the moment, and decided not to do that again. As more meteors hurtled towards her, she went into overdrive, heading for Majora at her top flying speed while simultaneously avoiding the meteors and charging up the attack so she wouldn't have to worry about getting hit close up. She got right in front of Majora. As he started to throw more meteors, she unleashed her fully charged Serpent Strike. The green cobra smashed through the new meteors and the barrier, exploding on Majora and making him scream. She flew through the orbs and started inflicting yet more damage on the demon prince's body.
After maybe twenty hits, Majora flew away from Scales and reformed his defenses. Half a mile away, he conjured a dozen golden orbs and sent them out to kill Scales. Scales saw the orbs and assumed it was a weaker asteroid field. However, as she got closer she was proven wrong. The golden orbs started firing a continuous barrage of plasma shots at our heroine, striking her. She yelped and fell back, trying to block the shots with her Talons. When that failed, she tried swerving and dodging all over the place to avoid the cloud of projectiles. She started getting better at dodging the plasma shots, finally bursting past the last of the orbs and facing Majora. As he started firing plasma shots of his own from his hands, Scales started charging up. After dodging several shots, it was ready. "SERPENT STRIKE!" The green cobra smashed through the barrier, exploding on Majora and causing him to scream. Scales flew through the orbs and got medieval on the villain. After no less than two dozen strikes hit him, Majora managed to fly away. Once more, he stopped half a mile away. As his defenses recharged, he formed an archaic circle in the air, the center of it being right in line with the mark on his chest. As Scales flew towards him, the mark on the demon's chest glowed and fired a white blast. The blast passed through the center of the circle and was amplified into a massive particle beam. Scales barely missed getting hit, flying away from the beam. Majora turned his body, following Scales' path in an attempt to hit her. Scales ended up flying inches away from the surface of the lava, the beam right behind her. She suddenly made a sharp turn, barrel rolling right under the beam and flying around it, getting back in the air. Majora swung back up, causing the beam to sweep through the air. Scales kept flying around the beam whenever it tried to strike her, all the while charging up. When she was in range, she released her Serpent Strike right before the particle beam could hit her. The green cobra destroyed the archaic circle, stopping the particle beam. It smashed through the barrier, exploding on Majora and causing him to scream. Scales flew forward and hit him over and over again.
When he tried to fly away, she stayed close, sticking inside of his protective barrier and getting in more hits. After getting in fifty hits, Majora screamed in pain and knocked Scales away with a swat from one of his huge arms. She caromed off one of the black orbs and flew dizzily, trying to stay up. They realized that they were both weakening. Majora suddenly fell from the air, crashing into a lake of lava surrounded by a large ring of stone in the middle of the ocean of magma. Scales faltered and fell as well, crashing onto the stone ring that surrounded and formed the lake. As Omochao helped her up, Majora suddenly erupted from the center of the area, waist deep in the lava. They both panted a little. "Well," Majora managed to say. "It seems we can no longer fly. But I am still not beaten, lizard. Let us see if you can defeat me as easily on the ground as you did in the air." He gestured. Floating crests of rock appeared and slowly started circling Majora. "How do I fight him now, Omochao?" Scales asked. "Um, let's see. Oh! I know! See the black mark on Majora's chest? That's his weak spot! You have to get really close to him and then hit it with the Super Serpent Strike you used to break his barrier." He said. "I'm feeling a bit weaker and tired. I'm not sure I can charge the Super Serpent Strike as quickly as before." She said. "How long will it take now?" he asked. "Five minutes." Omochao cursed. Majora grinned and started attacking. He opened his mouth, which started glowing. Scales started to run around the ring, charging up the attack. Majora turned so he was always facing her. He fired a high-speed fireball from his mouth. Scales jumped as the projectile was launched. The ball hit where she had been standing only moments before and exploded. Majora kept spewing fireballs, hoping to hit Scales at least once. When the fireballs were blocked by one of the floating rocks, Scales followed the rock's orbit around Majora, using it to shield herself from Majora's attacks. It worked up until Majora angrily smashed the rock, leaving her vulnerable to attack. Since she knew she would need to use the rocks to get close to Majora, Scales couldn't use another one for cover. Majora closed his mouth and raised his arms. The ground beneath Scales started glowing and get hot. Scales jumped away just as a spire of magma shot up from where she had been standing, subsiding back into the ground and sealing up. As the patch of ground where Scales was now started to glow, she immediately began running as spire after spire of magma erupted, each barely missing her. After she had run halfway around the ring, Majora ceased the magma pillars and started launching more fireballs at Scales. She ran away from the flame spheres just as before, avoiding getting burnt. When Majora finally stopped throwing fireballs, Scales double jumped onto the nearest floating rock, her charge-up complete. As Majora turned to face her, she unleashed her more powerful Serpent Strike. The green cobra hit Majora's chest mark, exploding and causing Majora to flail about in pain. He furiously smashed the rock Scales was standing on, nearly dropping her into the lava. Using her Jet Anklets, Scales landed back on the stone ring and started charging again. Majora started hurling red energy bombs. Each bomb exploded on contact with anything, be it lava, rock, or Scales. As he hurled the bombs, Scales was forced to run around the ring to avoid the attacks. As usual, she managed to dodge all the bombs Majora threw at her. Frustrated, the demon threw his next energy ball onto the lava before him. The ball stopped inches above the lava and shot out two red beams at opposite angles. Scales nearly ran into one as it formed. As she turned around, the beams moved, starting to converge on her position. She jumped over the sweeping beam, avoiding the attack. The two beams met with each other and then vanished. Majora threw down another of these beam bombs. And another. And another. And another. After Scales jumped over all of the beam bombs, Majora called down vertical and horizontal red bolts of lightning, which predictably failed to hit Scales. Angry, Majora conjured a red wing of energy. This wing was connected to Scales by a bolt of red lightning. The wing flew towards Scales, drawn to her by the bolt of lightning connecting them. Scales jumped over the wing. It soared under her, reached the end of its lightning tether, and came flying back. Scales got the timing wrong and got hit by the wing. It exploded, zapping her with red lightning. She shook in pain as the electricity convulsed through her body. She almost didn't dodge the next energy bomb Majora threw at her. After managing to dodge more bombs, Majora conjured up another red wing. Scales didn't jump as the wing came towards her, instead she hit it with a Rocket Kick. It shrunk a little and was flung away. It bounced at the end of its tether and came back. Scales jumped as it was about to hit her, then immediately smashed down on the wing with a Dragon Dive. The wing shrunk a lot and swung away from Scales. As the small wing came homing back at her, Scales slashed at it with her Talons. The wing dissipated harmlessly. Furious, Majora created a net of red lightning at ground level, spinning around. Scales triple-jumped onto the closest floating rock and hit Majora in the chest with the fully charged Serpent Strike. He roared and smashed the rock she was standing on. She got back to the outer ring using the Jet Anklets and started charging up all over again. Majora hurled balls of some kind of slime at Scales. One of them hit her. It entangled her and exploded into shards of ice, cutting her. She winced and leaped out of the way of the rest of the slime balls. Majora started throwing bigger slime balls, trying to find one large enough to get Scales. Scales was able to run out of the way of the big slime balls, which all splattered and dissolved harmlessly when hitting the ground. Then Majora got smart and threw a big slime ahead of Scales. She accidentally ran right into the ball. It encompassed her, forming a cocoon. As she struggled to escape, Majora threw a big fireball at the imprisoned Scales. The fireball hit the slime, destroying it and burning Scales. As she tried to recover from the flame, Majora started throwing more slime balls. Instead of just running blindly, Scales started looking at where he was throwing the balls before moving. Finally, Majora tried something new. He fired a powerful ice beam, trying to freeze Scales in her tracks. He failed, merely hardening a portion of the lava ocean into volcanic rock with the cold. He then flung out a shining orb that floated on the path ahead of Scales, blocking her path. As she got near, the orb fired a cloud of black projectiles. The first one hit Scales before she could get out of the way. As it vanished after striking her, she was surprised to find that she wasn't damaged at all by the attack. Then she discovered that the projectile had siphoned away some of the Chaos energy she was gathering for the Serpent Strike attack, setting her back by several seconds. Angry, she ran towards the orb, ducking and jumping around the missiles. She leaped above the cloud, flying over the orb. As the orb started to fire upwards, Scales came down in a Dragon Dive, smashing the ball. As it broke, Scales could feel the stolen Chaos energy returning to her. Now with less time to charge up, she continued running around the ring, waiting for Majora's next attack. The demon conjured a great spiked bar and laid it in the path right ahead of Scales. The spiked bar started rolling down the path, intending to mow down the lizard. Scales jumped over the bar, which continued rolling past her, missing the turn ahead and going straight into the lava. Scales grinned at Majora. Furious, the demon created a net of slime, which hung over a large section of the path. The net fell, and it seemed it would ensnare Scales. Scales triple jumped, her rockets blasting her through the roof of the net and above it before it could land on her. She landed on one of the floating platforms, called up the fully charged attack and fired. The green cobra struck Majora and exploded. The demon roared and smashed the platform Scales was on. She had already leapt off and landed safely on the stone ring using her jet anklets. As you can understand, Majora was really pissed off by now. He conjured the four black orbs again, which circled the edge of the ring, not seeming to do anything. Scales ignored them and started running down the path, charging up energy. Omochao caught up to her. "Um, Scales, why are you running? Majora's not attacking." Scales kept going. "I know, but if he does attack, I don't want to be a sitting duck for anything he's got planned." "Oh, I see-SCALES LOOK OUT!" "Huh?" The black orbs had gathered together in the air and came hurtling down in a dangerously accurate meteor shower. Scales tried to get out of the way, but the orbs were so big and close together that they hit their target. They exploded, seriously damaging Scales and cracking her Protection Shell. "Scales, are you all right?" asked Omochao, frightened. "Just.peachy." she managed to say, wheezing. Majora cackled and conjured more black orbs. As they started to circle the ring again, Scales got up, pretty much recovered, and hit the closest orb with a Rocket Kick. It shattered. She ran down the path, catching up to another orb, which she smashed in the same manner. She managed to smash one more before Majora gathered up the remaining orb and threw it down at her. Since there was now only a single orb, Scales easily dodged the ball and the following explosion. Majora frowned and conjured a dozen small, golden orbs, which floated near Scales for a moment. As she stared at them apprehensively, the orbs spun faster, turning into a rotating ring of destruction that she barely managed to leap over. The ring spun out to sea then came back, intent on killing her. Scales started her Tail Whip attack as the ring of orbs came at her. Her spinning tail smashed the orbs it impacted. Since the ring rotated and Scales kept spinning her tail, she smashed half of the orbs before they started getting too close. She jumped behind the semicircle of spinning orbs and used her Tail Whip again, smashing the remaining orbs to pieces. Majora scowled and flicked his wrist. A duo of huge energy saw blades came across the lava, straight for Scales. She rolled from side to side, dodging both blades. Majora growled and snapped his claws. Two dragons made of lava erupted from the lake. The magma serpents breathed fire at Scales, nearly burning her. Scales was at a bit of a loss as to how she could handle this, since she couldn't touch the lava without losing a limb, even in her super form. She wasn't quite done charging her Serpent Strike, so what she really needed was a way to avoid the dragons until she was finished. Getting an idea, she triple jumped onto one of the floating rocks. As Majora raised his arm to smash the rock, Scales double jumped to the next rock, dodging the smashing fist that destroyed the previous rock. Majora turned and raised his arm to smash her current rock. Scales jumped to the next one, surviving the demon's attack. He turned after her and tried to smash her once more, but was once again too slow. Scales was on the next rock, which incidentally was the last floating rock remaining. With the lava dragons waiting for her back on the stone ring, lava beneath her and Majora about to smash her, it seemed Scales was done for. Except for the fact that she had fully charged the attack. "SERPENT STRIKE!" The Chaos cobra exploded on Majora's chest mark one last time. Majora screamed and burst into flames. Scales was pleased until she burst into flames as well. "What the?!" The same thing happened to Omochao. "Scales, these flames aren't burning! Majora's trying to teleport us back to-" The flames combusted around the three, and they vanished, reappearing where they had begun the fight, on Showdown Central. The audience gasped and cheered at the return of the two fighters. "-The arena." Omochao finished. Majora clutched his chest, gasping for air. He winced and shrunk, the pink turning back to red, as he became normal Majora once again. "Very-very good, lizard." Majora said. "Good? I think she did great!" said Omochao. "And I'm still Super Scales, so I think I have the advantage Majora. Looks like my Master Emerald beats yours." Scales said smugly. Majora shook his head. "That would be the case if you had actually used the black Emerald at all during the fight." Scales was, needless to say, surprised. "What are you talking about?" "I only sensed you using the black Emerald once, to call the seven Chaos to you. After that, the only energy signatures I detected were those of the seven Chaos Emeralds combined in your body. You did not use the black Emerald at all in our great battle." He coughed. "You have not yet discovered the true power of your Emerald. Good thing for me, then." Scales frowned. "Why is that a good thing for you?" Majora managed to smile. "You see, if you transformed using all eight Emeralds, I would be unable to defeat you. However, I realize now you are still quite vulnerable. This means I can use my most powerful attack right now, without fear of failure." He spread his arms and started concentrating, his eyes closed. "I'm not going to give you a chance to use your attack, demon!" yelled Scales. She ran towards Majora, launching into a Homing Kick. She was deflected in midair and thrown back across the platform. She grunted and stood back up. "Okay, maybe you will get a chance. Omochao, get out of the way, I don't want you hurt by this attack." "But-" "Now." Reluctantly, Omochao flew to the edge of the platform, hoping Scales would survive. A huge black hole opened in the sky above the Coliseum, pointing downwards. Majora's eyes flew open. "VOID LIGHTNING!" Millions of bolts of black lightning rained down from the black hole. Scales tried to use Chaos Control to move out of the way of the bolts, but they followed her. The bolts struck, forcing her to stop in mid-run. She screamed in excruciating agony as the bolts tore through her body. Her color returned to red brown, the seven Chaos Emeralds falling from her body and hitting the ground, their glow gone. The cables attaching to her life support ruptured, spraying a green liquid for a few seconds before falling limp. Her Protection Shell shattered and the life support dome beneath it cracked and broke open as well. The black lightning hungrily dug into her exposed life support system, destroying the delicate circuitry and wiring that made it up. The black Emerald flickered briefly, but did nothing. Finally, the lightning stopped, the black hole sealing up and fading away. Scales fell to the ground, the seven Emeralds forming a circle around her. Majora choked and fell to his knees, trying to catch his breath. That attack had taken a lot out of him, which is why he hadn't used it before. He had saved it as a last resort, in case everything else failed. He started to get up. He couldn't just lie down; he had to finish Scales off. Scales struggled to keep herself up, only managing to sit on her knees. She was starting to have trouble breathing, thanks to Majora's lightning destroying her support system. Her biomachinery was shutting down. If Majora didn't kill her, then her own body's erratic DNA would do the trick. Despite the fact that all seemed to be lost, one thing echoed through her mind. What Pi2 had told her the night before. He had said the power of all eight divine Emeralds together was unequalled in might, but the full power could only be unlocked by the chosen one and even then only when the chosen one is in great danger. Well, she was in great danger now and nothing was happening. He had said that her emotions were the key, but she was feeling plenty worried now and nothing was happening. Maybe there was something else. But what was it? What did she need to do to activate the Emeralds? Just as she started to despair, the words came to her mind. It was some sort of a prayer. She didn't know where they came from or why they would work, but it was all she had left. She addressed the Emeralds around her and began. "The Servers are the seven Chaos." Majora got to his feet, panting. Regaining his composure, he started walking towards Scales. He held out his right hand and began the spell that would summon his favorite weapon. "Dark blade Nezrel, come to your master." Scales continued. "The Controller unifies the Servers." "Appear in my hand, so I may smite my enemy." Said Majora, getting closer. "Chaos is power enriched by the heart." "Come to me Nezrel, so we may kill once again." "Goddess of Time," "God of Evil," "This humble lizard asks for you to grant her the power," "This obedient demon asks for the blade forged for his personal use," "The power to do what I was made to do," "The blade that he has used countless times before," "To slay all evils that threaten your Creation," "To slaughter the chattel that stand in your way," "So that I may rid the world of this demon Majora," "So that I may slay this lizard Scales," "And protect that which you have made." The Emeralds started to glow again. "And destroy that which you hate." Majora stood before Scales, his right hand open. A great blade made from a twisted black metal of demonic origin, looking somewhat like the sword of a Klingon appeared in his hand. Majora started raising the blade above his head. Scales saw Majora before her, but had to finish the prayer before it was too late. "Please, grant my request, allow me to fulfill my destiny!" Majora held the blade high. "Taste the blood of this innocent, and give your Master freedom!" Majora started to swing the blade down in a killing chop, only to have it stopped when suddenly, one of the Emeralds lit up and chimed. The blade vanished from Majora's hand. "WHAT?!" Another Emerald lit up and chimed a different tune. And then another, and another, until each Emerald had given off a different chime. Then the process repeated, faster this time, and faster again, until the seven chimes could be recognized as musical notes, for some sort of song. It was a song recognizable to only a few in the audience (specifically, all of the Sonic-er, I mean, Shadow crew) and Majora. He backed away, eyes wide with fright. "N-no! Not the Mystic Melody!" The Emeralds continued to play the song. They floated into the air, twirling in a circle. Scales was amazed to find herself fully healed, her biomachinery reactivating. She stood up, standing in the middle of the Chaos Emeralds. Suddenly, the Emeralds floated higher into the air, carrying Scales with them. As all the viewers marveled and Majora trembled, the Emeralds stopped several meters in the air. They went through the tune of the Mystic Melody once more, with the black Emerald adding in one final note from Scales' back. The eight Emeralds glowed as one. There was a blinding flash of light. Majora screeched as the light washed over him, causing pain. He shielded his eyes from the light, and did not uncover his face until the light dimmed. When he saw what was now facing him, he wished he hadn't. Everything went silent. There was not a peep or a gasp from the audience. Many of them seemed so awes by the spectacle that they did not even breathe loudly, not wishing to disturb the scene. What was now floating in the air was and was not Scales. The shape and form were the same, except for several glaring differences. First of all, she was radiating an aura of many colors, a bright white at the outermost edge, followed by red, dark blue, yellow, green, gray, light blue and purple. Second of all, while she retained the shape of Scales the Biolizard, she had no visible features. Her body was a black so dark it seemed to absorb light, yet at the same time was also radiating it. Her Talons were still on, but they too were completely black and featureless except for outline. Her eyes were a solid white, a piercing glow that seemed even brighter than her aura. Scales was no longer just an experimental creation. She was a goddess. As all stared in reverence and awe at this new deity, Majora found it impossible to escape. He wanted to run, to flee from this foe, this being that caused every fiber of his evil being to cry out in fear. But he could not move. Scales did not speak to her opponent, did not taunt or insult him. She spread her arms wide. A ball of white light encompassed both her Talons. She brought her arms together, merging the two lights into a single sphere of white light. She turned downwards, facing the demon. An archaic circle formed in the air, its epicenter right over the ball of light. As the circle glowed brighter, the ball of white light turned black. And then the deity whispered the command for the attack. "Dark Apocalypse." The ball fired through the circle, becoming a massive ray of black light. The beam struck Majora full on, causing an impossibly huge explosion of darkness that erupted high into the sky, a pillar of black flame that broke through and destroyed the black cloud blotting out the sun, stopping at a certain point and dissipating, washing across the sky in ever-weakening ripples. When all of the darkness finally streaked into the air, all could see what had happened to the two combatants. Scales was still a god, not budging from her former position. Lying on the ground where the demon had stood were four interesting-looking masks; the four Elemental Masks, a golden triangle with a reddish tint; the Triforce of Power; and a great green jewel; the fake Master Emerald. Majora had lost his true form with the ejection of his stolen relics, and was now a mask once again. Scales dropped from the sky, landing on the ground without injury. She got into a position, as if about to run. There was a flash as she moved faster than the speed of light, reappearing on the other side of the stage. Her aura brightened and there was another blinding flash. When the light faded, Scales was normal again, the Chaos Emeralds dropping to the ground. She groaned and fell to her knees. The audience was stunned. What did she do? What was the point of that faster-than-light dash? Majora hovered in place, not moving. A single chip of bone fell off of one of his horns. "Unbelievable." He whispered. He fell apart, sliced pieces of wood and bone falling to the ground. As all of the pieces hit the ground, several balls of multicolored light shot from the mask's remains, three of which streaked towards the Coliseum's infirmary. They were the stolen souls and magic of Bowser, Garm, and Mewtwo, who would now wake up to the joy of their families. The other balls came together and vanished in a burst of light, the other souls that the demon had stolen. All of the souls were now able to rest in the afterlife, free at last from Majora. Scales struggled to her feet, relieved. "I-I did it." She whispered, almost not believing it. Omochao flew over. "Scales, that was.that was." He shook his head, unable to come up with the words to express how impressed he was. The audience did nothing for a moment. Then, slowly, Shadow began clapping. Amy started after him, followed by others, soon spreading to the whole Coliseum. Their cheers were deafening, as people all over the Nintendo galaxy watching the tournament cheered as well. Scales grinned, taking it all in. "Scales, you still have to do one thing before you can claim the title of Super Smash Boss and get the ten million dollars!" said Omochao. "What's that?" "You have to and grab the gold medal from the altar." Said Omochao, pointing to the floating medallion on the other side of the platform. "But are you sure you can do it? You look very tired." Scales shook her head. "I'll have plenty of time to rest later. I have to finish this thing." She started to take a step and almost fell down. She stumbled, but tried again. Very carefully, she put one foot in front of the other, soon walking as normally as she could manage. It took a little while, but as the viewers and her brother encouraged her forward, she didn't stop. She walked right up to the pedestal projecting the beam of light. She reached into the light and pulled out the medal. She held it over her head, the gold gleaming in the sun as the applause got even louder. As the platform faded and she was lowered to the ground, her grin got wider and wider. It would not fade from her face for quite a while.
Now THAT was a long match, wasn't it? I hope you are all satisfied with this fight, because we're almost done here. The next chapter will be the final chapter. I hope you like it. Next time: A week or so after the tournament, each Smasher has returned to their homes and is dealing with the problems they hoped to solve by going to the tournament in the first place. Learn the fate of all the remaining Smashers, including Majora (but not Heinrich) on the final.Super Smash Bosses!
He was ten feet tall. He had two dinosaur legs, with nasty talons. He had a heavily muscled torso, in configurations unfamiliar to anyone not from Hell. There was a black mark on the chest that looked exactly like his mask prison. His arms were equally muscled, with massive claws. Spines grew from his back. He was red, with black stripes on the limbs and green veins. His face was most shocking, having the same color scheme as the mask. It was multicolored, with spots and stripes. It was like the face of a dinosaur, but with a blunt snout. He had two horns on the back of his head and eight spines sprouting from hiss lower jaw. His eyes were huge and filled with an evil light. It was the true form of the demon prince Majora. "Ahhh.it's so good to be in my old body." He said, stretching his arms. "Are you-are you free?" stammered Scales. "No, I am still imprisoned within the mask. I am only able to assume my true form by drawing on all of my stolen power. This is temporary. But once I kill you, I will finally be complete." He said. "Well, I don't think you're gonna find it that easy to kill us!" said Omochao. "You have no idea what you're dealing with here. You have proven you could defeat my Hatred, but this form is completely invincible to a mortal's attacks." Said Majora proudly. "Well, technically I'm not a mortal." Said Scales. "I'm the prototype Ultimate Lifeform. I think I should be able to cause some damage." Majora shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. But we're wasting time. I say we finish this battle. But first, how about a change of scenery? I believe we should relocate to a more proper locale for this final match." "What do you mean?" asked Scales suspiciously. "I mean we should fight somewhere else." Majora explained. "Like where?" asked Omochao. "How about my home?" Majora said, with a grin. Before either hero could say anything, Majora gestured, and all three of them disappeared in a burst of flame. As the audience started panicking, a giant fire sprang up on the Showdown Central platform. The flames cleared away, revealing an image, showing them what was happening with Scales and Majora. With nothing else to do, they sat back and watched.
Scales looked around her, shocked. "Omochao, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" "If you mean do I see the bowels of the infernal netherworld, then yes." "Ah. Just checking." They were, quite simply, in Hell. They were standing on a crest of rock sticking up from a great ocean of lava. Great pillars of brimstone came out of the lava at other places around them. Screaming, tortured faces were carved into the rock. Off to the right was a magnificent and horrific castle, towering miles into the air, its top seeming to scrape the gray, dark clouds that formed the sky. The castle was huge and made of black stone, spikes and statues jutting up everywhere. There were towers, terraces, and bridges all over the incredible structure. Excruciating screams of pain could be heard from the castle. "Majora, is this Hell?" The demon nodded. "Part of it, anyway. That castle over there is the home of my father, the Grand Infernal, Satan. I lived there for all my younger life. This is sort of my backyard." "It's a big backyard." Muttered Omochao. "Not to mention creepy." Said Scales. "What, you mean the pillars? Oh, they're nothing, just the souls of the damned trapped forever in solid rock. Now, are you ready to begin?" asked Majora. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Said Scales. "Good. Here is what I propose, a test to see which Master Emerald is strongest. The one who beats the other wins, and their Emerald must be the real one." Said the demon. "How can we test that?" asked Scales. "Like this." Majora suddenly swelled to ten times his size, his red skin turning neon pink as he used the Master Emerald's power to become Mega Majora. He punched the ground. The rock trembled and slowly started to sink. Looking up, Majora grinned. "It's simple. If you can use your Emerald to transform and chase after me, we can have one last battle. If not, you will sink into the lava and die, and I will retrieve your Emerald from the molten sea. Got it? Good. Ta-ta!" Majora leapt backwards off of the crest, flying away while facing them. "We're screwed." Said Scales, moaning. "Why?" asked Omochao. "I don't know how to transform with the Emerald! I've never done it before." "I think you need the seven Chaos Emeralds to transform to Super." "Yeah, and the Chaos Emeralds are back on Virtual Earth, with the others." "Why not get them?" "How?" "Call them!" "What are you talking about?" "The black Emerald has power over the seven Chaos, doesn't it? Use it to bring the seven here!" Scales sighed. "Okay, I'll try." She concentrated, willing the seven Chaos Emeralds to appear. Time passed. The crest got lower and lower. Omochao was starting to get worried when suddenly, the Emeralds appeared in a flash of light. Scales opened her eyes. "All right, it worked! Now what?" "I think you have to pick up the Emeralds and try to absorb their power. At least, I hope that's how it works." "Let's see." Scales walked over to the Emeralds, which were lying on the ground. She picked up the Emeralds and concentrated again. The Emeralds glowed and flew out of her arms, spinning around her. They converged on her body. There was a flash, and Scales was suddenly golden-brown instead of red brown. Her cables glittered and her Talons glowed with power. "Cool! Now I'm Super Scales! Time to get off this rock. Come on, Omochao!" She ran and jumped off of the crest, flying after Majora. Omochao quickly went after her as the crest of rock finally sank into the lava. Majora saw Scales coming. "No! Impossible! How did she do that?" He conjured four large black orbs, which circled in the air in front of him. He then stopped and began attacking Scales, throwing large asteroids at her. The asteroids hovered in place, forming a series of obstacles for the lizard. Scales hadn't quite reached the field of asteroids yet. "So Omochao, how do fight Majora?" "He's protected by a shield formed by four black orbs. The only way to break through the shield is with your Serpent Strike. That will temporarily deactivate the shield, stunning Majora and allowing you to get in more hits! Oh, and WATCH OUT FOR THE ASTEROIDS!" "What aster-OOF!" Scales slammed right into an asteroid when she was looking at Omochao. She groaned, shook her head, and smashed the asteroid with one blow. She flew into the asteroid field, flying under, over, or around, any asteroids in her path, and smashing through any that she was too close to. Eventually, she made it through the field and faced Majora. He started throwing more asteroids at her. Scales dodged the giant rock and charged up her attack, feeling it was more powerful than ever before. "SERPENT STRIKE!" A giant cobra made of green flames manifested before her, smashing through the protective shield and striking Majora, exploding and causing massive damage. After Majora screeched from the explosion, Scales flew between the black orbs and started frantically punching, kicking and tearing at Majora, drawing black blood each time. After about a dozen hits, Majora flew away from her, his shield reforming. When he was about a half mile away, he stopped again and called lightning bolts from the sky. The lightning came from the clouds and went into the lava, forming several dozen pillars of death. Scales almost flew into the first lightning bolt, narrowly avoiding electrocution. She flew madly through the lightning storm, flying like a bat in a forest to avoid getting hit. She finally made it through the lightning and faced Majora again. He hurled lightning balls at her while she charged up her attack. Finally, it was done. "SERPENT STRIKE!" The green cobra smashed through the barrier and exploded on Majora, causing him to scream. Scales flew in and started tearing away at his chest once more, marring the demon's once perfect muscular figure. She got in more than a dozen hits before Majora recovered, reformed his shield and flew away. When he got half a mile away from his pursuers, Majora stopped and started throwing a hail of meteors at Scales. These were harder to dodge, since they seemed to be able to partially home in on her current position. It was very difficult to dodge the meteors. At one point, she got fed up and tried to smash one of them. It exploded, hurting her. Due to her Super status, she was able to shake off the pain for the moment, and decided not to do that again. As more meteors hurtled towards her, she went into overdrive, heading for Majora at her top flying speed while simultaneously avoiding the meteors and charging up the attack so she wouldn't have to worry about getting hit close up. She got right in front of Majora. As he started to throw more meteors, she unleashed her fully charged Serpent Strike. The green cobra smashed through the new meteors and the barrier, exploding on Majora and making him scream. She flew through the orbs and started inflicting yet more damage on the demon prince's body.
After maybe twenty hits, Majora flew away from Scales and reformed his defenses. Half a mile away, he conjured a dozen golden orbs and sent them out to kill Scales. Scales saw the orbs and assumed it was a weaker asteroid field. However, as she got closer she was proven wrong. The golden orbs started firing a continuous barrage of plasma shots at our heroine, striking her. She yelped and fell back, trying to block the shots with her Talons. When that failed, she tried swerving and dodging all over the place to avoid the cloud of projectiles. She started getting better at dodging the plasma shots, finally bursting past the last of the orbs and facing Majora. As he started firing plasma shots of his own from his hands, Scales started charging up. After dodging several shots, it was ready. "SERPENT STRIKE!" The green cobra smashed through the barrier, exploding on Majora and causing him to scream. Scales flew through the orbs and got medieval on the villain. After no less than two dozen strikes hit him, Majora managed to fly away. Once more, he stopped half a mile away. As his defenses recharged, he formed an archaic circle in the air, the center of it being right in line with the mark on his chest. As Scales flew towards him, the mark on the demon's chest glowed and fired a white blast. The blast passed through the center of the circle and was amplified into a massive particle beam. Scales barely missed getting hit, flying away from the beam. Majora turned his body, following Scales' path in an attempt to hit her. Scales ended up flying inches away from the surface of the lava, the beam right behind her. She suddenly made a sharp turn, barrel rolling right under the beam and flying around it, getting back in the air. Majora swung back up, causing the beam to sweep through the air. Scales kept flying around the beam whenever it tried to strike her, all the while charging up. When she was in range, she released her Serpent Strike right before the particle beam could hit her. The green cobra destroyed the archaic circle, stopping the particle beam. It smashed through the barrier, exploding on Majora and causing him to scream. Scales flew forward and hit him over and over again.
When he tried to fly away, she stayed close, sticking inside of his protective barrier and getting in more hits. After getting in fifty hits, Majora screamed in pain and knocked Scales away with a swat from one of his huge arms. She caromed off one of the black orbs and flew dizzily, trying to stay up. They realized that they were both weakening. Majora suddenly fell from the air, crashing into a lake of lava surrounded by a large ring of stone in the middle of the ocean of magma. Scales faltered and fell as well, crashing onto the stone ring that surrounded and formed the lake. As Omochao helped her up, Majora suddenly erupted from the center of the area, waist deep in the lava. They both panted a little. "Well," Majora managed to say. "It seems we can no longer fly. But I am still not beaten, lizard. Let us see if you can defeat me as easily on the ground as you did in the air." He gestured. Floating crests of rock appeared and slowly started circling Majora. "How do I fight him now, Omochao?" Scales asked. "Um, let's see. Oh! I know! See the black mark on Majora's chest? That's his weak spot! You have to get really close to him and then hit it with the Super Serpent Strike you used to break his barrier." He said. "I'm feeling a bit weaker and tired. I'm not sure I can charge the Super Serpent Strike as quickly as before." She said. "How long will it take now?" he asked. "Five minutes." Omochao cursed. Majora grinned and started attacking. He opened his mouth, which started glowing. Scales started to run around the ring, charging up the attack. Majora turned so he was always facing her. He fired a high-speed fireball from his mouth. Scales jumped as the projectile was launched. The ball hit where she had been standing only moments before and exploded. Majora kept spewing fireballs, hoping to hit Scales at least once. When the fireballs were blocked by one of the floating rocks, Scales followed the rock's orbit around Majora, using it to shield herself from Majora's attacks. It worked up until Majora angrily smashed the rock, leaving her vulnerable to attack. Since she knew she would need to use the rocks to get close to Majora, Scales couldn't use another one for cover. Majora closed his mouth and raised his arms. The ground beneath Scales started glowing and get hot. Scales jumped away just as a spire of magma shot up from where she had been standing, subsiding back into the ground and sealing up. As the patch of ground where Scales was now started to glow, she immediately began running as spire after spire of magma erupted, each barely missing her. After she had run halfway around the ring, Majora ceased the magma pillars and started launching more fireballs at Scales. She ran away from the flame spheres just as before, avoiding getting burnt. When Majora finally stopped throwing fireballs, Scales double jumped onto the nearest floating rock, her charge-up complete. As Majora turned to face her, she unleashed her more powerful Serpent Strike. The green cobra hit Majora's chest mark, exploding and causing Majora to flail about in pain. He furiously smashed the rock Scales was standing on, nearly dropping her into the lava. Using her Jet Anklets, Scales landed back on the stone ring and started charging again. Majora started hurling red energy bombs. Each bomb exploded on contact with anything, be it lava, rock, or Scales. As he hurled the bombs, Scales was forced to run around the ring to avoid the attacks. As usual, she managed to dodge all the bombs Majora threw at her. Frustrated, the demon threw his next energy ball onto the lava before him. The ball stopped inches above the lava and shot out two red beams at opposite angles. Scales nearly ran into one as it formed. As she turned around, the beams moved, starting to converge on her position. She jumped over the sweeping beam, avoiding the attack. The two beams met with each other and then vanished. Majora threw down another of these beam bombs. And another. And another. And another. After Scales jumped over all of the beam bombs, Majora called down vertical and horizontal red bolts of lightning, which predictably failed to hit Scales. Angry, Majora conjured a red wing of energy. This wing was connected to Scales by a bolt of red lightning. The wing flew towards Scales, drawn to her by the bolt of lightning connecting them. Scales jumped over the wing. It soared under her, reached the end of its lightning tether, and came flying back. Scales got the timing wrong and got hit by the wing. It exploded, zapping her with red lightning. She shook in pain as the electricity convulsed through her body. She almost didn't dodge the next energy bomb Majora threw at her. After managing to dodge more bombs, Majora conjured up another red wing. Scales didn't jump as the wing came towards her, instead she hit it with a Rocket Kick. It shrunk a little and was flung away. It bounced at the end of its tether and came back. Scales jumped as it was about to hit her, then immediately smashed down on the wing with a Dragon Dive. The wing shrunk a lot and swung away from Scales. As the small wing came homing back at her, Scales slashed at it with her Talons. The wing dissipated harmlessly. Furious, Majora created a net of red lightning at ground level, spinning around. Scales triple-jumped onto the closest floating rock and hit Majora in the chest with the fully charged Serpent Strike. He roared and smashed the rock she was standing on. She got back to the outer ring using the Jet Anklets and started charging up all over again. Majora hurled balls of some kind of slime at Scales. One of them hit her. It entangled her and exploded into shards of ice, cutting her. She winced and leaped out of the way of the rest of the slime balls. Majora started throwing bigger slime balls, trying to find one large enough to get Scales. Scales was able to run out of the way of the big slime balls, which all splattered and dissolved harmlessly when hitting the ground. Then Majora got smart and threw a big slime ahead of Scales. She accidentally ran right into the ball. It encompassed her, forming a cocoon. As she struggled to escape, Majora threw a big fireball at the imprisoned Scales. The fireball hit the slime, destroying it and burning Scales. As she tried to recover from the flame, Majora started throwing more slime balls. Instead of just running blindly, Scales started looking at where he was throwing the balls before moving. Finally, Majora tried something new. He fired a powerful ice beam, trying to freeze Scales in her tracks. He failed, merely hardening a portion of the lava ocean into volcanic rock with the cold. He then flung out a shining orb that floated on the path ahead of Scales, blocking her path. As she got near, the orb fired a cloud of black projectiles. The first one hit Scales before she could get out of the way. As it vanished after striking her, she was surprised to find that she wasn't damaged at all by the attack. Then she discovered that the projectile had siphoned away some of the Chaos energy she was gathering for the Serpent Strike attack, setting her back by several seconds. Angry, she ran towards the orb, ducking and jumping around the missiles. She leaped above the cloud, flying over the orb. As the orb started to fire upwards, Scales came down in a Dragon Dive, smashing the ball. As it broke, Scales could feel the stolen Chaos energy returning to her. Now with less time to charge up, she continued running around the ring, waiting for Majora's next attack. The demon conjured a great spiked bar and laid it in the path right ahead of Scales. The spiked bar started rolling down the path, intending to mow down the lizard. Scales jumped over the bar, which continued rolling past her, missing the turn ahead and going straight into the lava. Scales grinned at Majora. Furious, the demon created a net of slime, which hung over a large section of the path. The net fell, and it seemed it would ensnare Scales. Scales triple jumped, her rockets blasting her through the roof of the net and above it before it could land on her. She landed on one of the floating platforms, called up the fully charged attack and fired. The green cobra struck Majora and exploded. The demon roared and smashed the platform Scales was on. She had already leapt off and landed safely on the stone ring using her jet anklets. As you can understand, Majora was really pissed off by now. He conjured the four black orbs again, which circled the edge of the ring, not seeming to do anything. Scales ignored them and started running down the path, charging up energy. Omochao caught up to her. "Um, Scales, why are you running? Majora's not attacking." Scales kept going. "I know, but if he does attack, I don't want to be a sitting duck for anything he's got planned." "Oh, I see-SCALES LOOK OUT!" "Huh?" The black orbs had gathered together in the air and came hurtling down in a dangerously accurate meteor shower. Scales tried to get out of the way, but the orbs were so big and close together that they hit their target. They exploded, seriously damaging Scales and cracking her Protection Shell. "Scales, are you all right?" asked Omochao, frightened. "Just.peachy." she managed to say, wheezing. Majora cackled and conjured more black orbs. As they started to circle the ring again, Scales got up, pretty much recovered, and hit the closest orb with a Rocket Kick. It shattered. She ran down the path, catching up to another orb, which she smashed in the same manner. She managed to smash one more before Majora gathered up the remaining orb and threw it down at her. Since there was now only a single orb, Scales easily dodged the ball and the following explosion. Majora frowned and conjured a dozen small, golden orbs, which floated near Scales for a moment. As she stared at them apprehensively, the orbs spun faster, turning into a rotating ring of destruction that she barely managed to leap over. The ring spun out to sea then came back, intent on killing her. Scales started her Tail Whip attack as the ring of orbs came at her. Her spinning tail smashed the orbs it impacted. Since the ring rotated and Scales kept spinning her tail, she smashed half of the orbs before they started getting too close. She jumped behind the semicircle of spinning orbs and used her Tail Whip again, smashing the remaining orbs to pieces. Majora scowled and flicked his wrist. A duo of huge energy saw blades came across the lava, straight for Scales. She rolled from side to side, dodging both blades. Majora growled and snapped his claws. Two dragons made of lava erupted from the lake. The magma serpents breathed fire at Scales, nearly burning her. Scales was at a bit of a loss as to how she could handle this, since she couldn't touch the lava without losing a limb, even in her super form. She wasn't quite done charging her Serpent Strike, so what she really needed was a way to avoid the dragons until she was finished. Getting an idea, she triple jumped onto one of the floating rocks. As Majora raised his arm to smash the rock, Scales double jumped to the next rock, dodging the smashing fist that destroyed the previous rock. Majora turned and raised his arm to smash her current rock. Scales jumped to the next one, surviving the demon's attack. He turned after her and tried to smash her once more, but was once again too slow. Scales was on the next rock, which incidentally was the last floating rock remaining. With the lava dragons waiting for her back on the stone ring, lava beneath her and Majora about to smash her, it seemed Scales was done for. Except for the fact that she had fully charged the attack. "SERPENT STRIKE!" The Chaos cobra exploded on Majora's chest mark one last time. Majora screamed and burst into flames. Scales was pleased until she burst into flames as well. "What the?!" The same thing happened to Omochao. "Scales, these flames aren't burning! Majora's trying to teleport us back to-" The flames combusted around the three, and they vanished, reappearing where they had begun the fight, on Showdown Central. The audience gasped and cheered at the return of the two fighters. "-The arena." Omochao finished. Majora clutched his chest, gasping for air. He winced and shrunk, the pink turning back to red, as he became normal Majora once again. "Very-very good, lizard." Majora said. "Good? I think she did great!" said Omochao. "And I'm still Super Scales, so I think I have the advantage Majora. Looks like my Master Emerald beats yours." Scales said smugly. Majora shook his head. "That would be the case if you had actually used the black Emerald at all during the fight." Scales was, needless to say, surprised. "What are you talking about?" "I only sensed you using the black Emerald once, to call the seven Chaos to you. After that, the only energy signatures I detected were those of the seven Chaos Emeralds combined in your body. You did not use the black Emerald at all in our great battle." He coughed. "You have not yet discovered the true power of your Emerald. Good thing for me, then." Scales frowned. "Why is that a good thing for you?" Majora managed to smile. "You see, if you transformed using all eight Emeralds, I would be unable to defeat you. However, I realize now you are still quite vulnerable. This means I can use my most powerful attack right now, without fear of failure." He spread his arms and started concentrating, his eyes closed. "I'm not going to give you a chance to use your attack, demon!" yelled Scales. She ran towards Majora, launching into a Homing Kick. She was deflected in midair and thrown back across the platform. She grunted and stood back up. "Okay, maybe you will get a chance. Omochao, get out of the way, I don't want you hurt by this attack." "But-" "Now." Reluctantly, Omochao flew to the edge of the platform, hoping Scales would survive. A huge black hole opened in the sky above the Coliseum, pointing downwards. Majora's eyes flew open. "VOID LIGHTNING!" Millions of bolts of black lightning rained down from the black hole. Scales tried to use Chaos Control to move out of the way of the bolts, but they followed her. The bolts struck, forcing her to stop in mid-run. She screamed in excruciating agony as the bolts tore through her body. Her color returned to red brown, the seven Chaos Emeralds falling from her body and hitting the ground, their glow gone. The cables attaching to her life support ruptured, spraying a green liquid for a few seconds before falling limp. Her Protection Shell shattered and the life support dome beneath it cracked and broke open as well. The black lightning hungrily dug into her exposed life support system, destroying the delicate circuitry and wiring that made it up. The black Emerald flickered briefly, but did nothing. Finally, the lightning stopped, the black hole sealing up and fading away. Scales fell to the ground, the seven Emeralds forming a circle around her. Majora choked and fell to his knees, trying to catch his breath. That attack had taken a lot out of him, which is why he hadn't used it before. He had saved it as a last resort, in case everything else failed. He started to get up. He couldn't just lie down; he had to finish Scales off. Scales struggled to keep herself up, only managing to sit on her knees. She was starting to have trouble breathing, thanks to Majora's lightning destroying her support system. Her biomachinery was shutting down. If Majora didn't kill her, then her own body's erratic DNA would do the trick. Despite the fact that all seemed to be lost, one thing echoed through her mind. What Pi2 had told her the night before. He had said the power of all eight divine Emeralds together was unequalled in might, but the full power could only be unlocked by the chosen one and even then only when the chosen one is in great danger. Well, she was in great danger now and nothing was happening. He had said that her emotions were the key, but she was feeling plenty worried now and nothing was happening. Maybe there was something else. But what was it? What did she need to do to activate the Emeralds? Just as she started to despair, the words came to her mind. It was some sort of a prayer. She didn't know where they came from or why they would work, but it was all she had left. She addressed the Emeralds around her and began. "The Servers are the seven Chaos." Majora got to his feet, panting. Regaining his composure, he started walking towards Scales. He held out his right hand and began the spell that would summon his favorite weapon. "Dark blade Nezrel, come to your master." Scales continued. "The Controller unifies the Servers." "Appear in my hand, so I may smite my enemy." Said Majora, getting closer. "Chaos is power enriched by the heart." "Come to me Nezrel, so we may kill once again." "Goddess of Time," "God of Evil," "This humble lizard asks for you to grant her the power," "This obedient demon asks for the blade forged for his personal use," "The power to do what I was made to do," "The blade that he has used countless times before," "To slay all evils that threaten your Creation," "To slaughter the chattel that stand in your way," "So that I may rid the world of this demon Majora," "So that I may slay this lizard Scales," "And protect that which you have made." The Emeralds started to glow again. "And destroy that which you hate." Majora stood before Scales, his right hand open. A great blade made from a twisted black metal of demonic origin, looking somewhat like the sword of a Klingon appeared in his hand. Majora started raising the blade above his head. Scales saw Majora before her, but had to finish the prayer before it was too late. "Please, grant my request, allow me to fulfill my destiny!" Majora held the blade high. "Taste the blood of this innocent, and give your Master freedom!" Majora started to swing the blade down in a killing chop, only to have it stopped when suddenly, one of the Emeralds lit up and chimed. The blade vanished from Majora's hand. "WHAT?!" Another Emerald lit up and chimed a different tune. And then another, and another, until each Emerald had given off a different chime. Then the process repeated, faster this time, and faster again, until the seven chimes could be recognized as musical notes, for some sort of song. It was a song recognizable to only a few in the audience (specifically, all of the Sonic-er, I mean, Shadow crew) and Majora. He backed away, eyes wide with fright. "N-no! Not the Mystic Melody!" The Emeralds continued to play the song. They floated into the air, twirling in a circle. Scales was amazed to find herself fully healed, her biomachinery reactivating. She stood up, standing in the middle of the Chaos Emeralds. Suddenly, the Emeralds floated higher into the air, carrying Scales with them. As all the viewers marveled and Majora trembled, the Emeralds stopped several meters in the air. They went through the tune of the Mystic Melody once more, with the black Emerald adding in one final note from Scales' back. The eight Emeralds glowed as one. There was a blinding flash of light. Majora screeched as the light washed over him, causing pain. He shielded his eyes from the light, and did not uncover his face until the light dimmed. When he saw what was now facing him, he wished he hadn't. Everything went silent. There was not a peep or a gasp from the audience. Many of them seemed so awes by the spectacle that they did not even breathe loudly, not wishing to disturb the scene. What was now floating in the air was and was not Scales. The shape and form were the same, except for several glaring differences. First of all, she was radiating an aura of many colors, a bright white at the outermost edge, followed by red, dark blue, yellow, green, gray, light blue and purple. Second of all, while she retained the shape of Scales the Biolizard, she had no visible features. Her body was a black so dark it seemed to absorb light, yet at the same time was also radiating it. Her Talons were still on, but they too were completely black and featureless except for outline. Her eyes were a solid white, a piercing glow that seemed even brighter than her aura. Scales was no longer just an experimental creation. She was a goddess. As all stared in reverence and awe at this new deity, Majora found it impossible to escape. He wanted to run, to flee from this foe, this being that caused every fiber of his evil being to cry out in fear. But he could not move. Scales did not speak to her opponent, did not taunt or insult him. She spread her arms wide. A ball of white light encompassed both her Talons. She brought her arms together, merging the two lights into a single sphere of white light. She turned downwards, facing the demon. An archaic circle formed in the air, its epicenter right over the ball of light. As the circle glowed brighter, the ball of white light turned black. And then the deity whispered the command for the attack. "Dark Apocalypse." The ball fired through the circle, becoming a massive ray of black light. The beam struck Majora full on, causing an impossibly huge explosion of darkness that erupted high into the sky, a pillar of black flame that broke through and destroyed the black cloud blotting out the sun, stopping at a certain point and dissipating, washing across the sky in ever-weakening ripples. When all of the darkness finally streaked into the air, all could see what had happened to the two combatants. Scales was still a god, not budging from her former position. Lying on the ground where the demon had stood were four interesting-looking masks; the four Elemental Masks, a golden triangle with a reddish tint; the Triforce of Power; and a great green jewel; the fake Master Emerald. Majora had lost his true form with the ejection of his stolen relics, and was now a mask once again. Scales dropped from the sky, landing on the ground without injury. She got into a position, as if about to run. There was a flash as she moved faster than the speed of light, reappearing on the other side of the stage. Her aura brightened and there was another blinding flash. When the light faded, Scales was normal again, the Chaos Emeralds dropping to the ground. She groaned and fell to her knees. The audience was stunned. What did she do? What was the point of that faster-than-light dash? Majora hovered in place, not moving. A single chip of bone fell off of one of his horns. "Unbelievable." He whispered. He fell apart, sliced pieces of wood and bone falling to the ground. As all of the pieces hit the ground, several balls of multicolored light shot from the mask's remains, three of which streaked towards the Coliseum's infirmary. They were the stolen souls and magic of Bowser, Garm, and Mewtwo, who would now wake up to the joy of their families. The other balls came together and vanished in a burst of light, the other souls that the demon had stolen. All of the souls were now able to rest in the afterlife, free at last from Majora. Scales struggled to her feet, relieved. "I-I did it." She whispered, almost not believing it. Omochao flew over. "Scales, that was.that was." He shook his head, unable to come up with the words to express how impressed he was. The audience did nothing for a moment. Then, slowly, Shadow began clapping. Amy started after him, followed by others, soon spreading to the whole Coliseum. Their cheers were deafening, as people all over the Nintendo galaxy watching the tournament cheered as well. Scales grinned, taking it all in. "Scales, you still have to do one thing before you can claim the title of Super Smash Boss and get the ten million dollars!" said Omochao. "What's that?" "You have to and grab the gold medal from the altar." Said Omochao, pointing to the floating medallion on the other side of the platform. "But are you sure you can do it? You look very tired." Scales shook her head. "I'll have plenty of time to rest later. I have to finish this thing." She started to take a step and almost fell down. She stumbled, but tried again. Very carefully, she put one foot in front of the other, soon walking as normally as she could manage. It took a little while, but as the viewers and her brother encouraged her forward, she didn't stop. She walked right up to the pedestal projecting the beam of light. She reached into the light and pulled out the medal. She held it over her head, the gold gleaming in the sun as the applause got even louder. As the platform faded and she was lowered to the ground, her grin got wider and wider. It would not fade from her face for quite a while.
Now THAT was a long match, wasn't it? I hope you are all satisfied with this fight, because we're almost done here. The next chapter will be the final chapter. I hope you like it. Next time: A week or so after the tournament, each Smasher has returned to their homes and is dealing with the problems they hoped to solve by going to the tournament in the first place. Learn the fate of all the remaining Smashers, including Majora (but not Heinrich) on the final.Super Smash Bosses!