Chapter 7: A Fight 'Til the Death

Ryu stepped in front of the group and took out his shimmering sword. It shined brightly and had no spots in it. Petro got up and quickly recovered his senses as he went behind Ryu, holding his staff in his hand. Rena and Miko followed through and stood at Ryu's side. Kirby climbed up Ryu and saw one green figure after another land on the grassy area. They growled and roared at the sight of the humans. Kirby saw Ryu's spotless sword. His eyes shined and adored it. Then he closed his eyes . . . it reminded him of . . .
"Hey Kirby," Rena said, "What are you doing?"
His eyes remained closed then when he opened his eyes, his body started to shimmer. A green hat with a yellow ball in the end appeared on his head and a small, golden, plastic-looking sword appeared on his hand. He became Sword Kirby!
Ryu looked behind him and saw the wonderful transformation. Kirby jumped off Ryu and walked in front of him. "To Meta-Knight."
Petro was unsure who he was talking about.
Ryu now knows that Kirby is ready for battle. "Guys, assume fighting position!"
"Ha!" Rena and Petro jumped on one side of Ryu, creating a human triangle. Miko was unaware but he fitted himself in the triangle as well.
"Okay when they come . . . " Ryu started to say. One green creature roared " . . . we fight."
The Gormatrons were as ugly as ever. They assume an ugly and a dumber verion of Piccolo. Only thing is, they don't have capes and a hat, and their body was green all over. The black marks represents their stench.
Ryu and the others stood there for a while, the winds rushed through them. Then the whole army charged at them . . .
"Steady . . . "
The army is getting closer, Kirby started to sweat.
"Steady . . . "
Kirby is getting scared now, they're gonna collide!
"Steady!"
"Ryu!" Kirby yelled.
He ignored him. Then his sword started to glow, then Petro's staff, then Rena's bracelets. Kirby got bewildered by the sight.
"Kirby, Miko, get beside me!" Ryu commanded.
They did.
"Steady!"
The army is ten feet away from them. Their weapons started to glow a reddish color.
"NOW!"
Rena and Petro chanted some type of foreign word and a huge force field surrounded the group, causing the front Gormatron army to fly back to the rear. They disintegrated in an instant. The back army now charged at them. Ryu pointed his sword in the air and yelled, "Go!"
Rena automatically knelt and yelled out, "Brokku Shiirudo!" A white force field covered the whole group. Ryu stood next to Kirby, "can you fight?"
"Poyo!" Kirby nodded.
"Let's go!" Ryu and Kirby rushed in and began slashing the creatures. Miko closed his eyes and his hands started to glow. His hands turned to metal and started burning red. He then made a war cry as he ran toward the horde. Kirby was getting the hang of it. Slashing one monster after another. They just fell without any integrity. It reminded him of the Waddle Dee's that just stand there, waiting for him to destroy them. Then he got swiped by a near Gormatron and fell back. His body slammed at Ryu body and he jumped. He looked behind and saw the wounded Kirby. "Are u ok?"
"Poyo, po!" Kirby felt determined.
"Here, go on my back!"
He did.
Ryu then held his sword up, and signaled Kirby to do the same. Both swords glowed and started to raise temperature, it felt pleasantly warm. Then their bodies started to glow and then Ryu did a horizontal slash, causing Kirby to involuntarily do it as well and out came a wave that sliced through one side of the Gormatron army. Kirby didn't believe what power Ryu had, and the use of combining was so strong! Ryu smiled and nodded at Kirby. He nodded back as he left Ryu's side to continue fighting.
Petro found himself surrounded but he knew that he could do something about that.
"Hey y'all, can't we just be friends?"
ROAR!!!
Silence.
"Guess not."
Petro lifted his staff up in the air and slammed it to the ground, creating a shockwave that destroyed every Gormatron in a twenty-feet radius. Petro shook his head in disappointment. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, imagine what enemies could do to you . . . "
ROAR!!!
"Whoops, gotta run!"
Miko held his right arm and electric pulses began to build from his arm to his hand. He clenched it, thus creating more power. A row of Gormatrons approached them. "Hmmm, this should be interesting!" As the head Gormatron approached him, Miko unleashed a powerful jab to the chest, creating huge recoil to the creature. It was so strong that the trailing Gormatrons tipped over, one by one like dominoes. "Heh, who want's some?"
Rena looked up at the sky and chanted, "Jimmed kxo Wetj!"
Winds started to build then a huge thunderbolt came roaring down to earth. The impact to the ground created a shock to the whole battlefield. Amazingly, Ryu, Petro, Kirby, Miko and she wasn't hurt.
After a while, all of the Gormatrons were finished off and the last of them flew away. They had won!
"We did it." Ryu said.
"All right!" Petro yelled.
"Whew, what a workout!" Miko said.
Kirby found Rena and hugged her while creating a very cute smile, "Poyo, poyo!"
"Yay! We won, Kirby!"
"Poyo, poyo!"
"We couldn't have done it without you!"
"Poyo!"
"Heh, not bad, not bad . . . "
Everyone froze. It didn't come from any of them.
"Well, well, well if it isn't the little shrimp that ran away from home."
Ryu recognized that voice, " . . . you."
An evil laugh filled the area as a man with a dark cloak descended to the ground. He had long, black hair that touched his ankles, his face was hidden from his hair and he had a dark looking sword that stretched two times as long as he was. He was also wearing spiky armor under his cloak and is boots were highly noticeable. When he touched ground, Ryu blurted out, "Hydragos . . . "
"So we meet again."
Silence.
"So how are things now, now that you don't have a father and a brother?"
"Shut up."
"Oh, please, you shouldn't be disrespectful to somebody older than you. Is that what your father taught you?"
"Shut . . . up!"
"You disappoint me, Ryu, you never appreciated life, haven't you? After all the times you've had with that little girl, Sakura (Rena shuddered) and all of the friends you had, (Miko shuddered) and all of the stupid people you came across in your stupid little adventure, (Petro and Kirby shuddered) you're still a spoiled little brat that doesn't know the difference between right and wrong."
Ryu had his head down. He still had grip of his sword. Then the sword started to catch on fire. Rena knew what he was going to do and gasped, "No! Don't do it!"
"You scumbag!" Ryu said.
"NO! I won't let you!" Rena began to run toward Ryu.
"Stop, Rena!" Petro grabbed Rena and restrained her.
"Ryu!"
"There's nothing you can do!"
"NO!"
"Poyo?"
Kirby looked at Miko. Miko looked back. "So, you understand what's happening, little man?"
"Poyo, poyo?" Kirby shrugged.
"Yeah, me too."
Ryu's eyes started to turn red. He was building rage. Hydragos sighed.
"There you are again, getting mad for the wrong reasons. You never learn your lesson, don't you?"
Ryu's body started to catch on fire now. He walked toward Hydragos slowly, step after step.
"RYU! DON'T DO IT!"
Ryu then made a war cry and dashed toward Hydragos. He shook his head of disappointment and pulled off his cloak, revealing his spiky armor. Ryu swung his sword at Hydragos. Just as the blade connected, a huge black hole surrounded both Ryu and Hydragos. "Hm? What's this?" Hydragos said.
"RYU!" Tears started to form on Rena's eyes.
Ryu saw what he was in and tried to pull his sword back, but some current is sucking him in! Hydragos yelled, "Why, you- WHAT IS THIS POWER!?"
Ryu didn't know himself. Kirby saw that black hole they were in and suddenly remembered something. Just as before the latched doors shut tight in his star, a black hole surrounded Meta-Knight. Could Meta-Knight be . . . ?
"Poyo!" Kirby, still with his Sword ability, ran toward the black hole.
"Kirby!?" Petro yelled, "Kirby! Come back! It's dangerous!"
"Leave it to me!" Kirby yelled.
"KIRBY!"
Kirby jumped on Ryu and tried to swipe Hydragos. It didn't bulge, but when Kirby swung his sword the black hole made an explosion sound and the hole raged out of control.
"NOO!!!" Rena yelped.
Kirby looked back at Rena who was still restrained from Petro and Miko was just standing there. Kirby smiled and pounced on Hydragos head.
"Why you, little-"
ZAP! Just when Hydragos was about to finish his sentence, the black hole disappeared. Hydragos, Ryu and Kirby was gone . . .
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"