A week seemed to pass like a day. It was the crack of dawn and Link had trained quite hard, but Saturday came. He knew he had to practically take on the entire cast of The Arena. There was no time to back out now, for he believed he had what it takes to become the champion. He entered the ring. He noticed most the participents of the Galactic Cup were already in the ring.
Link: Damn, I have to fight against all these people? Alright, might as well go through with it.
Announcer: Warriors of the Galactic Cup, may I have your attention. Everybody please form a line to any of the 4 teleporter pads. When one warrior is teleported, the next fighter immediately stand on the pad and await teleportation.
One by one, each fighter was randomly teleported to a scarcely populated region of Earth. When it was Link's turn to be teleported, he was placed in a mountain range.
Link: Alright, it's time to think of a plan. I could be fighting anybody at any given time. And perhaps I could have more than one opponent at a time. Well, my best course of action is to seek out people who are close to my rank. That way, I can continue to gain power at a faster rate. Then I'll look for Akuma.
???: Why look for Akuma. You'll barely last a minute against me...
Link immediately noticed a Masamune dart towards his head. Link side-stepped to his right, and as the japanese sword flew by Links head, a man materialized behind Link and grabbed the sword. Link was back to back with a man with long, light lavender hair and one black wing.
Link: You almost had me. Maybe you shouldn't have spoken and given yourself away like that.
???: Just trying to have a little fun before I kill you. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sephiroth, the last being you will ever lay eyes upon.
Quickly, Link goes for a slash, but Sephiroth teleports above Link. He comes down on Link and they get into a swordfight. Their blades rapidly clashed against each other. Link tries to sword sweep Sephiroth, but he jumps up. Then Link does a backflip and plants his blade a little bit into the ground. Sephiroth goes for his own sword sweep, but when his blade sweeps Links, Link uses a flipping Spin Attack for a buzzsaw effect. Sephiroth jumps back.
Sephiroth: Interesting. Your moves are too flashy, and will make it easier for me to beat you. But I'm not complaining.
Link charged towards Sephiroth and went for various slashing maneuvers. Sephiroth dodged the slashes, then ducked under Link, and started slashing at him. Link could dodge the slashes too, but he was also being backed into a mountainous wall. When Link touched the mountain wall, Sephiroth went for a hard slash. Link jumped off the mountain as it took a clean cut, and flipped over Sephiroth and gave him a boot. But Sephiroth shielded himself with a good kick. Soon, the two swordsmen were right back where they started.
Link (thinking): Shit, this isn't getting me anywhere. Sephiroths swordsmanship is as good as mine, but he could have special abilities up his sleeve. I have to find a way to beat him. I can't afford to have this battle drag out all day. I have better things to do.
Link once again charged towards Sephiroth. He went for a slash, but Sephiroth generated a firey pillar surrounding him. The fire pillar shot Links sword out of his hand and shot it into the air. Sephiroth then flip kicked Link into the air with force. Sephiroth flew up and caught up to Link. He went for a forward sword strike, but Link moved to the side and caught his arm. He gave him a quick elbow and tossed Sephiroth over his head and kicked him in the back. Then Link caught his sword and flew after Sephiroth. As soon as Sephiroth recovered, he was greeted by a nasty slash across the chest. Sephiroth clutched his wound and backed away from Link.
Sephiroth: I did not expect to suffer a wound so early in the competition. Congratulations, but now it's my turn to spill your blood.
The two swordsmen phased out. There were several metal clangs, then at last a tear through the flesh was heard. As they phased in, Sephiroths blade slashed Links cheek. Sephiroth floated back and generated energy and so did Link. Sephiroth fired a black energy shot and Link fired his energy shot. The two collided and created a smoke cloud. With both warriors shrouded in smoke, Sephiroth began to chant. As he finished the chant, the smoke settled. Sephiroth then used Sin Harvest. An unavoidable spell, Link was stricken and damaged heavily
Sephiroth: Hmmm... most people hit with a Sin Harvest are near defeated. Ha, I want to see you struggle for the last moments of your life!
Link shook his head and stared at Sephiroth.
Link: Yeah, you'd like to see that, wouldn't you. You can't get enough of the weak being helpless to your power. I think it's time I let you in on something you might not have known. I've been in The Arena for a short while, but the time I've been here, every opponent I ever faced has been defeated. You're my current opponent, Sephiroth. What does that tell you?
Sephiroth: So you're Link, eh? You were fighting with weaker warriors. Now you're after big game? Fool, I'm too big for you!
Sephiroth generated a ball of black energy the size of a marble. He floated up into the sky.
Sephiroth: See this? This is a great power called the black materia. It's power grants me the ability to use an attack such as Meteor. Observe.
Link looked to the sky to find many energy meteors. He saw them fuse together and soon there was one giant meteor of black energy.
Link: That is an impressive power. Let me show you mine!
Link powered up as much as he could. Link caught the gigantic energy meteor. Unfortunately, the power of the black materia was great, and the meteor pushed Link down to the ground.
Sephiroth: Idiot. You wanna try to defeat the black materia? The black materia will defeat you!
The energy meteor pushed Link down to the ground. When Link touched the ground, he had finally gained a little leverage. With all his might, he fired his Tri-force Light. The power of the tri-force was great enough to push the energy meteor back at Sephiroth. He flew to the right in hopes to dodge the attack, but Link was waiting. He had teleported in front of Sephiroth and used his Spin Attack to launch Sephiroth back into the path of the Tri-force Light/Meteor combination. The combined force of two powerful attacks was enough to vaporize Sephiroth. Link looked on and watched the blast fade out into the sky.
Link: That was a close one. Farewell, Sephiroth. I hope this defeat will show you there's more to life than torturing the weak.
Link flew off and searched for another challenger. Who will his next challenger be? Only one way to find out. Ask your friends! Or you could just keep reading.
Link: Damn, I have to fight against all these people? Alright, might as well go through with it.
Announcer: Warriors of the Galactic Cup, may I have your attention. Everybody please form a line to any of the 4 teleporter pads. When one warrior is teleported, the next fighter immediately stand on the pad and await teleportation.
One by one, each fighter was randomly teleported to a scarcely populated region of Earth. When it was Link's turn to be teleported, he was placed in a mountain range.
Link: Alright, it's time to think of a plan. I could be fighting anybody at any given time. And perhaps I could have more than one opponent at a time. Well, my best course of action is to seek out people who are close to my rank. That way, I can continue to gain power at a faster rate. Then I'll look for Akuma.
???: Why look for Akuma. You'll barely last a minute against me...
Link immediately noticed a Masamune dart towards his head. Link side-stepped to his right, and as the japanese sword flew by Links head, a man materialized behind Link and grabbed the sword. Link was back to back with a man with long, light lavender hair and one black wing.
Link: You almost had me. Maybe you shouldn't have spoken and given yourself away like that.
???: Just trying to have a little fun before I kill you. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sephiroth, the last being you will ever lay eyes upon.
Quickly, Link goes for a slash, but Sephiroth teleports above Link. He comes down on Link and they get into a swordfight. Their blades rapidly clashed against each other. Link tries to sword sweep Sephiroth, but he jumps up. Then Link does a backflip and plants his blade a little bit into the ground. Sephiroth goes for his own sword sweep, but when his blade sweeps Links, Link uses a flipping Spin Attack for a buzzsaw effect. Sephiroth jumps back.
Sephiroth: Interesting. Your moves are too flashy, and will make it easier for me to beat you. But I'm not complaining.
Link charged towards Sephiroth and went for various slashing maneuvers. Sephiroth dodged the slashes, then ducked under Link, and started slashing at him. Link could dodge the slashes too, but he was also being backed into a mountainous wall. When Link touched the mountain wall, Sephiroth went for a hard slash. Link jumped off the mountain as it took a clean cut, and flipped over Sephiroth and gave him a boot. But Sephiroth shielded himself with a good kick. Soon, the two swordsmen were right back where they started.
Link (thinking): Shit, this isn't getting me anywhere. Sephiroths swordsmanship is as good as mine, but he could have special abilities up his sleeve. I have to find a way to beat him. I can't afford to have this battle drag out all day. I have better things to do.
Link once again charged towards Sephiroth. He went for a slash, but Sephiroth generated a firey pillar surrounding him. The fire pillar shot Links sword out of his hand and shot it into the air. Sephiroth then flip kicked Link into the air with force. Sephiroth flew up and caught up to Link. He went for a forward sword strike, but Link moved to the side and caught his arm. He gave him a quick elbow and tossed Sephiroth over his head and kicked him in the back. Then Link caught his sword and flew after Sephiroth. As soon as Sephiroth recovered, he was greeted by a nasty slash across the chest. Sephiroth clutched his wound and backed away from Link.
Sephiroth: I did not expect to suffer a wound so early in the competition. Congratulations, but now it's my turn to spill your blood.
The two swordsmen phased out. There were several metal clangs, then at last a tear through the flesh was heard. As they phased in, Sephiroths blade slashed Links cheek. Sephiroth floated back and generated energy and so did Link. Sephiroth fired a black energy shot and Link fired his energy shot. The two collided and created a smoke cloud. With both warriors shrouded in smoke, Sephiroth began to chant. As he finished the chant, the smoke settled. Sephiroth then used Sin Harvest. An unavoidable spell, Link was stricken and damaged heavily
Sephiroth: Hmmm... most people hit with a Sin Harvest are near defeated. Ha, I want to see you struggle for the last moments of your life!
Link shook his head and stared at Sephiroth.
Link: Yeah, you'd like to see that, wouldn't you. You can't get enough of the weak being helpless to your power. I think it's time I let you in on something you might not have known. I've been in The Arena for a short while, but the time I've been here, every opponent I ever faced has been defeated. You're my current opponent, Sephiroth. What does that tell you?
Sephiroth: So you're Link, eh? You were fighting with weaker warriors. Now you're after big game? Fool, I'm too big for you!
Sephiroth generated a ball of black energy the size of a marble. He floated up into the sky.
Sephiroth: See this? This is a great power called the black materia. It's power grants me the ability to use an attack such as Meteor. Observe.
Link looked to the sky to find many energy meteors. He saw them fuse together and soon there was one giant meteor of black energy.
Link: That is an impressive power. Let me show you mine!
Link powered up as much as he could. Link caught the gigantic energy meteor. Unfortunately, the power of the black materia was great, and the meteor pushed Link down to the ground.
Sephiroth: Idiot. You wanna try to defeat the black materia? The black materia will defeat you!
The energy meteor pushed Link down to the ground. When Link touched the ground, he had finally gained a little leverage. With all his might, he fired his Tri-force Light. The power of the tri-force was great enough to push the energy meteor back at Sephiroth. He flew to the right in hopes to dodge the attack, but Link was waiting. He had teleported in front of Sephiroth and used his Spin Attack to launch Sephiroth back into the path of the Tri-force Light/Meteor combination. The combined force of two powerful attacks was enough to vaporize Sephiroth. Link looked on and watched the blast fade out into the sky.
Link: That was a close one. Farewell, Sephiroth. I hope this defeat will show you there's more to life than torturing the weak.
Link flew off and searched for another challenger. Who will his next challenger be? Only one way to find out. Ask your friends! Or you could just keep reading.