Disclaimer: I don't own anyone in this story except Magicka.

Author's Notes: Well the

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Ch2.: A Search for Shards and The Arrival of a New Soul

"The fate says you won't win Ivy!" yelled Magicka as he lashed the end of Enciphered Rage at Ivy, as they fought in a cage, with gamblers betting on the fight around them. His spiky brown hair flowed with the air upon every step he took. He was wearing a Spanish buccaneer outfit much like Cervantes's and Ivy's. Ivy quickly parried and lassoed the Valentine around the Enciphered Rage. "Give up your shard! You cannot win!" As the Valentine then uncurled itself from the weapon, "Your just as foolish as my father, give up the shard or die." As she then unlatched the weapon hurtling it at him. "You've used the same tactic one to many times Ivy!" As let the Valentine hit the javelin, as it unraveled itself around it, he yanked the blade from her.

He then threw the javelin so it went straight into her hand, pinning her to the side and she yelled "Fuck!". He then kicked her in the face, slamming her cranium into cage wall. He then used his Zephyr Wind dagger and stuck against her waist, so she couldn't move. She kept cursing him off and screaming at the top of her lung as he searched her. Finally finding the shard, hit flicked it up in the air like a coin and snatched it. "And that, dear sister, is skill." He then punched her skull knocking her into a coma as he grabbed his weapons, attaching them to his belt, and exiting the opening door of the cage.

"Let's see… three shards of Soul Edge… one was given to me by a raven… one taken from that infernal beast Voldo… and one from my dear sister. Ah this is much easier than I thought it would be." As he then attached the third shard to the necklace around his neck, where the other two were. He then started to walk through town thinking of where he should travel next. "Maybe I should head for France… Or head East to Asia…well if things continue like this, I'll be the new master of Soul Edge."

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Darkness. Where was this place? What happened? How did I get here? Those were Link's only thoughts as he suddenly woke up in a cool black. He could see nothing except the glow of his Master Sword, and the pink fairy in the bottle showing a soft aura. Then it hit him. "I can't breathe!" he tried to say but only mouthed. He began to panic when he heard a dropping sound and something pulling him up from the collar of his tunic.

Air rushed into his lungs and he began to cough of out salty water. He was now aboard a ship, and a gruff crew was about him, except his rescuer, who seemed quite fanciful. He had a vest and long blonde hair, and appeared to be the captain of this ship. It was a dark stormy sky, the waves were slightly rough, and lightning flashed now and then, with no thunder. He was immediately covered in a wooly blanket. "T-thank you for rescuing me…" stuttered Link still coughing out water. "Hey, hey! No problem! You were drowning and I saved you, it's only just."

He laughed and Link did as well, but weakly. "The name's Maxi, how about you?" Link responded, "It's L-Link." Maxi stared at Link for a second as the blanket fell. "…Your ears, they're unnaturally long." As Link noticed the difference in size their ears happened to be. "Ah, no matter. I've seen plenty of different things in this world." He then gave Link a pat on the back "You should head on in, I'll prepare a bed for you. When you feel better you can tell me your story." Link nodded in thanks and sat down on a barrel, thinking about what happened himself. Wherever he was, it was definitely no Hyrule.

Below deck, Talim was talking to Maxi. "Yes, we're definitely close to a shard, so close, it feels like it is aboard this ship, but that isn't possible since there wasn't one before, right?" Maxi then thought and answered back, "No, we just fished out a person about your age from the middle of the sea… and he looked like a warrior too." Talim looked at Maxi "Maybe we should question him, see if he has…" When she was firmly cut off, "NO, he seems weak, we will question him when he feels better" Talim nodded in agreement "Yes, if that's the case. I will seek guidance of the winds in the meanwhile to see which way we should head now." Maxi nodded back and went up the stairs and Talim stood there a couple seconds before following suit.

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Raphael was calmly walking down the streets of Nagasaki, covered in a velvet cloak, though he kept the hood down. He was taking one step at a time, minding his business, when he quickly spun around in time to guard a swift slash by Mitsurugi, and parry to left as Mitsurugi quickly rebalanced and held the Shishi-Oh close to his face. "Bastard! How did you expect such an assault?" bewildered as he tightened his grip. "I know your primitive tactics like the back of my glove" smirked Raphael as he came into perfect formation with his Flambert, "Now you've entered the match to end your existence."

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Well that was ch.2 everyone, tell me what you think! R&R