Tears of the Innocent



Outside Center Chaos

Game Realm

Time: Unknown



"This is it. This is all we can do to ensure the survival of Nintendo, and our world. We must do it." Allstar N64 Link told his twin brother as the tiny group of surivors huddled in the hill of debris, hiding from the Hunter that raged outside in its search for them. Advance Link looked up at them and his friend Advance Yugi Motuo, fearing what the future had in store.

"We're going to die here, aren't we? Just like MegaMan and Sonic and Nayru! We're going to die and that's the end for all of us! For Nintendo!" he cried.

"We're not going to lose to X Spirit that easily. As long as you live, we have a chance. We're going to make sure you have that chance a little longer." Dark Allstar N64 Dark Link declared and nodded to his brother. The group held hands and bowed their heads, closing their eyes.

"We are Nintendo, the luck of heaven. We do what we can, with what we have, and await the results. We are blessed with the luck of heaven. We are Nintendo. Nintendo will endure." Allstar Link prayed softly as the others echoed the words. He released the hands and knelt in front of his junior. "Little Link, be brave. What we are about to do is to help you survive. Don't move from this cave." he told him, tears starting to well in his eyes, "Don't ever give up, no matter what. We believe you can save us all one day!"

"What are you saying? You sound like you're going to leave me alone!" Advance began to cry, "What's going on?!" Dark Link put together a pair of backpacks and covered it with a blanket, then took Advance's hat and pulled it down over the end of the pack. He picked it up and held it as if he were carrying the little elf.

"Little Dark, you have an army within you! I know that you'll do us all proud! Use what you know and what you can do to your advantage and Nintendo will become unstoppable!" Dark Link added with a tearful smile, "I know you can do it! You can save us!"

Yugi nodded eagerly as he pulled out his last five Duel Monster Cards, the rest destroyed in the blast that razed Nintendo Home Base. "Don't take too long to resurrect me, Advance Link! We're counting on you to bring us all back!" he said with a forced laugh.

"Shadow Links! Make sure he stays in this cave!" Dark Link ordered his servants and moved his hand to his ear. He removed one silver earring and knelt down before Advance Link, deftly attaching it to his right ear, the left had one of Allstar Link's earrings in it, "To remember me by. Represent the two sides of Nintendo to all who see you. The Hero and the Dark, we're all counting on you."

"Let's go!" Allstar Link declared and ran out of the cave, Master Sword ready for battle with the X-Bronto that stomped around, the huge black dinosaur still hunting for its prey.

"For our world! For the world of games and the Realm of Humanity!" Dark Link added, running out with the packs in arms.

"For the future!" Yugi cried, running out with them, "I summon the Dark Magician! Attack the Nintendo Hunter!"

"No! Don't go out there! You'll all die!" Advance Link screamed as he tried to chase them. The shadows grabbed him and held him back, held him as he listened to the sounds of battle, the screams of pain and finally, the deadly sounds of machine gun fire, the victory scream from the Hunter and the awful silence that followed its departure from the scene. The shadows released him then and Advance Link raced out, stumbling as his gaze fell upon the bloodied figures that lay broken and lifeless on the ground. Allstar Link's face turned to the sky, the front of his tunic riddled with holes and covered with deep crimson. Rains poured down as Advance stood there in silence, staring down at his dead mentor; Dark Link, King of the Dark Side of Nintendo upon King Bowser's death, lay not far from them, dead the moment Link breathed his last. Yugi's battered remains not too far either, the Dark Magician torn to shreds and vanishing like mist.

"Noooooo!" Advance Link screamed to the heavens as he dropped to his knees before his mentors, "NOOOOOO!!!" And the heavens wept with him, wept for the loss of their children, the loss of the luck of heaven, the death of Nintendo....