Time for a new chapter, it is!

Disclaimer: Nothing is property of me, except for Vescreth and Shade.

(A/N: this chapter reveals a flaw in Vescreth's healing powers...)

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GERUDO'S FORTRESS:

Shade had left, leaving Ganon alone with all of the fallen fighters. Sonic opened his eyes, as dis Tails and Vescreth. They all struggled to get up, but were still in too much pain to help, and all but Sonic fel back down. Sonic looked at Ganon, who did not know that he was up yet. Sonic crept slowly up to where Shadow had dropped the chaos emeralds. Sonic saw them, next to Shadow, and made a break for them.

Ganon heard Sonic behind him, so he turned and slashed down, but it was too late. Sonic had scooped up the red emerald and jumped backward to avoid the attack. 'If Shadow can use it, I should be able to also,' Sonic thought. "CHAOS FLAME!" he shouted, pointing the emerald at Chaos. The flame, as expected, launched out and hit the ice surrounding Chaos, melting it and freeing him.

Chaos shook off the extra bits of ice, and roared. Ganon thrust one sword into the ground, sending lightning at Chaos, and used the other sword to slash at Sonic. Chaos jumped up, and the electric bolts passed under him. Sonic jumped up lightly, and then grabbed onto Ganon's sword by the flat sides. As Ganon's sword stopped, Sonic hopped off and landed on Ganon's head. He pointed the emerald he had down at Ganon. "CHAOS FREEZE!" Sonic shouted, and the emerald began glowing, but before it could go further, Ganon threw his head backward, knocking Sonic off.

The glowing emerald sent the funnel of blue particles outward, and accidentally hit the ground, freezing it, and the emerald itself, solid. The small portion of ground was iced over and slippery. Sonic got up off of the floor he had landed on,far away from the emerald. 'if I can lure Ganon onto that ice, he will slip and fall. something that big can't have very good coordination on ice,' Sonic thought. He ran over toward the patch of ice, and waved and hollored to get Ganon to come over.

Ganon walked slowly over to Sonic, growling every once in a while. Sonic continued waving. Ganon stopped and thought for a second, and then thrust his sword into the ground. Before the lightning came out, however, Ganon was hit by a large orange crescent attached to Chaos.

Ganon growled loudly, and turned to face Chaos. Chaos jumped up, and landed in the same spot. He sent a shockwave toward Ganon's feet.

The shockwave hit Ganon fully in the ankles, and he staggered around for a second, before falling on his face. Sonic got up, and made a run for an emerald. He got to the pile just as Ganon got up. Sonic grabbed the green one, and pointed it toward Ganon. "CHAOS FLAME!" he yelled, as the fireball shot from the emerald toward it's target. Ganon swung his sword at the flame, and hit it hard enough to split it in two. It then dispersed and dissapeared.

Vescreth tried again to get back up. He slowly rose, and stood for a second. He looked at Tails, Shadow, and Link. 'My healing powers only work once with each being, I can only help Tails for now,' he thought. Vescreth looked over to Sonic and Chaos. 'I guess they are the only ones left to fight. I should help Tails before I fight, though, he looks to be in bad shape,'

Sonic looked for a second in disbelief. 'He cut it in half!' He thought. He saw Vescreth walking over to Tails through the corner of his eye. 'at least Vescreth is up, then we will have a little bit better chance, but Ganon is too powerful for anyone but Link,' Sonic thought. 'We have to find a way to get him back up. Shadow is down for a while, and I doubt he will be able to get back up without a potion or healing,'

Ganon looked at Sonic, waiting for his next move. everytime sonic moved, Ganon's eyes followed. Sonic ran as fast as he could backward. "CHAOS CONTROL!" He shouted, and teleported behind Ganon. Sonic jumped up, and homed at Ganon's foot. Sonic hit, and Ganon fell backward. There was a loud boom as Ganon hit the ground flat on his back. Ganon's swords were lying on the ground next to him. Sonic ran for one of the swords. He came to it, and realised that it was way to big to lift.

Sonic held the green emerald toward Ganon. "SONIC WIND!" He yelled, and the blue circle of light appeared over Ganon's face, it fell down to him, and began shredding at him. The circle dissapeared, and Ganon was growling loudly. Ganon sprung to his feet, and quickly grabbed his sword off of the ground. Chaos saw this, and shot an energy ball at him. Ganon was hit in the face by the blast, and stumbled backward. He quickly regained his position, and threw his left sword directly at Chaos.

Chaos was hit in the large eye on his face, and shrieked loudly, before falling down. He formed himself back to Chaos 0, and the sword fell out of him. Chaos fell down again. Sonic saw his opportunity, and leaped for Ganon's left arm. 'he doesn't have a sword in that arm, I'll have a better chance of getting him if he doesn't have a sword there,' Sonic thought, as he landed on Ganon's forearm on the left.

Vescreth had healed Tails, and now gripped his sword, still shiethed at his side. He ran for Ganon, and as he got close enough, drew his sword. Ganon turned, not even noticing Sonic on his arm, and slashed at Vescreth. Vescreth stepped swiftly to the side, just enough to avoid Ganon's sword, and leapt toward his chest. Vescreth took a swing at Ganon's chest, and made a shallow cut across him.

Ganon, overwhelmed with rage, dropped his sword from his right hand, and swung his arm at Vescreth. Ganons balled hand connected with Vescreth's stomach, and sent him flying backward, the wind knocked out of him. Sonic had reached Ganon's neck, and held the emerald an inch away from it. "CHAOS FLAME!" Sonic shouted, and the fireball hit Ganon's neck directly. It exploded, and Ganon's head was soon engulfed in flames.

Link, barely conscious, opened his eyes, and got up to his feet. He looked at Ganon, and couldn't help but smile at the flames surrounding Ganon's head, and the comical way he was staggering around. Link reached behind him. He grabbed the bow from his back, and set it with a light arrow. He let the string loose, and the arrow headed for Ganon's face.

Ganon had just managed to get the flames out, and then, for a half-second, saw the arrow headed for him. He was hit, and then stunned. Link looked up, and saw the blue orb holding Malon, suspended several feet in the air. "this is for you," Link said quietly, as he reached Ganon. He pulled the master sword from it's holder, and jumped up. He took all of his strength, and slashed Ganon in the face.

Link was still in the air, he slashed again, the other direction, repeating this until he could not reach Ganon's face anymore. Ganon fell to the ground. He began glowing yellow, and formed back into Ganondorf. 'I can finally finish it, all of it, and everyone can live in peace,' Link thought, as he raised his sword over Ganondorf's chest. He slammed the master sword firmly into Ganondorf's dark, evil heart, and then removed it.

Ganondorf was dead...

TO BE CONTINUED...

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One last chapter comes next, and in it, is all of the celebration, goodbyes, and fun after the battle. As I said before, their will be a sequal later in the year... but not for a while... I need a break after next chapter. See ya!