Disclaimer: We do not own any of the video game characters in this story.
A/N: Well, it seems this story is awfully popular... LOL. Understandable. Thanks for the nice reviews though. :) On with
the story!
War of the Elementals
Chapter 2
A bright light filtered into the cave's entrance. Zelda opened her eyes, glad to see the sun shining outside for once.
Then she noticed something alarming. She felt someone's arm around her, and that someone was awfully close.
She turned slowly to see who it was, in a careful and gentle movement so as not to wake the person. She assumed it was just
Link, but she was wrong. Zelda was now facing Roy, whom was sleeping peacefully with a slight smile on his face. Startled,
she shrieked, which of course woke him up.
" Mmm... Zelda... You ok?" he asked groggily, yawning afterwards.
" Roy... You... Um..." she looked at him and then at his arm.
" Oh... Oh... I-uh... Sorry!" he quickly pulled his arm off from her and got up. He grinned sheepishly and then turned
around and slammed into Link.
" I thought we established that she was mine..." Link growled at him, drawing the Master sword from its sheith.
" It was... I- I... It was an accident, I swear... I... Who are you to judge me anyway!? I never did anything to her, I was
asleep!" Roy defended himself quickly, and glared at the taller warrior.
Link merely grabbed him and shoved him up against the wall. " If I catch you near her again..." He pointed the tip of the
sword at his throat.
" Link stop it... It's not his fault..." Zelda spoke up, trying to prevent bloodshed.
" ENOUGH OF THIS!" Marth hollared at them, " The last thing we need right now, is for fighting amongst our group! We're
the only people left, and we need to survive! Taking Roy's life will only cause problems Link. Just... Let it go..." Marth
looked really angry at the moment, and Link set Roy down.
" I really DIDN'T do anything-" Roy was about to say.
" And I really DON'T want to hear it!" the Prince snapped, " I don't care who did what. It's not the end of the world.
Now either work together, or I'll cut both your throats!"
" Fine..." Link murmered.
" Yeah sure whatever, 'your highness'." Roy mocked.
" Roy, shut up." Samus intervened.
" What's all the commotion about?" Peach asked, obviously ticked off from being woken up.
" Nothing, just nevermind..." Marth told her, and she dumbly accepted that answer.
" So... What are we going to do about all this?" Link put his arms tightly around Zelda, and smirked confidently at Roy
who was glaring furiously at him.
" We need to establish a better form of shelter. Not to mention some way of keeping ourselves from being found by Crazy
Hand's minions. On top of that, we need to figure out how to use these so called 'elemental' powers..." Marth suggested.
" I say we attack them head on! We handled Giga Bowser just fine last night! We could beat them all!" Roy stated.
" Are you nuts?! We all almost died last night!" Samus yelled at him, " We just barely won against those creatures last
night! Imagine facing an entire ARMY!"
" Samus is right, Roy, we need to organize ourselves better before jumping into battle." the Prince spoke to Roy as if he
were speaking to a foolish child.
" Maybe we should send Roy into a battle by himself and see how he fares. He seems anxious to fight, so let him go. It's
not like he doesn't just get in the way anyway." Link laughed at the red-head, who was now almost snarling.
" I'm telling you, we could take them on!" Roy hollared.
" You know Roy, you really are kind of dense. And stubborn. That combination makes you a fool." the Hylian provoked him
further, and Peach stiffled a laugh.
" What do you know elf?! You're just some stupid oaf with a so called 'magical' sword who thinks he's so great! Well you're
not that great! You're pathetic! You make me sick!" the ex.general had his hand on the hilt of his sword.
" Your hand is on your hilt. Is this a challenge?!" the hylian questioned him furiously.
" IT IS!" Roy drew his sword and swung at Link, flames blazing across his blade and his strike just barely being blocked by
the Master Sword.
Link slashed at Roy who countered it with an incredible amount of force. He managed to then slash the hero across the chest
and smirked as the blood gushed out. Roy sheithed his sword and grabbed Link by his collar, and began punching him furiously
in the face. He then used every ounce of strength to fling him into the cave wall. Link dragged down the wall and slumped on
the ground unconcious.
" NOW WHO'S THE BLOODY FOOL! TASTE THIS, BASTARD!" Roy stormed over to him with a flaming Sword of Seals ready to sear
through his body.
" Stop it..." Zelda was sobbing, and pleaded to Roy with tears streaking her face.
He was just about to cut Link in two, when his sword was knocked clear out of his hands. He turned to see Marth sneering
furiously at him.
" I knew it. You really DON'T have any morals or knowledge of anything but power. Look at yourself Roy. Tell me you're not
ashamed of this?! If you aren't, then you truly are no better than the Gerudo King himself." Marth pointed to Zelda, " I
thought you liked her, and now you're doing this?! She just told you to stop! That doesn't even matter! You shouldn't have
even been doing this in the first place!"
" I..." Roy looked at Link, then at Zelda. " Zelda..." He walked over to her and reached his hand out. She slapped it away.
" You monster!" she screamed at him and continued sobbing.
He stared back at Link's wounded form, and it was then that he realized something crucial. He felt NO shame at all. Not even
a bit. In fact, seeing Link in this much pain made him feel good...
" I feel no shame..." Roy stared at Link, and then he began to laugh. It was low at first then it got louder and
increasingly insane.
" Are you saying you don't care if you just critically injured your friend?" Samus inquired.
" Yes! I don't care!"
" Then you don't belong here. You need to go cool off before you come around again."
" Doesn't matter. I'm leaving. To hell with helping you!" Roy snatched his sword up off the ground, shoved Marth out of his
way and stormed out of the caves entrance.
Stepping out into the glow of day, Roy realized it wasn't the sun that was making the light. There was a blood red orb in
the sky, and when he sheilded his eyes and looked at it, he could make out some form of structure in it. Somewhat like a
floating castle. The entire thing had an evil air about it, and a sense of power that attracted Roy like a moth to a light.
The truth was obvious: Roy liked power. He had craved it since he was young, always wanting to be the strongest, always
wanting control. Crazy Hand had realized this, and was already working on making Roy his own.
Roy stared up at the magnificant structure. ' How I wish I could control that.' He thought. His thoughts were slowly being
taken by the thoughts of power, no matter what he tried to think about. Then he realized something wasn't right. He realized
these thoughts had started when the mansion had been attacked for the first time, and that they grew from then on.
" Where are these thoughts coming from?!" he cried out loud. He clutched his head and gritted his teeth. He felt shameful
for what he had done to Link. He felt horrible for being so power hungry.
' They are all coming from me..." a voice in his head spoke out.
" Who are you?!" Roy demanded out loud.
A floating white hand appeared in front of him, along with a metallic version of Fox, Falco, Captain Falcon, Mario,
Pikachu, and Ness. ' I am Crazy Hand. The one fueling you with thoughts of power. But now I see, you are at a moment of
weakness.' The voice was still in his head, it was menacing and made chills run down Roy's spine.
" I... I am?"
' Look at you. Sniveling over some pathetic elf because he made you mad and you lost it. So what? It's his fault. And your
little best friend, the Prince of Altea if I'm not mistaken. He no longer cares about you! So screw him! What about Peach and
Samus treating you like garbage. And then there's Zelda... Oh how you wish you could have her...'
" She... She's Link's. I can't have her..."
' Oh but you can. All you have to do, is eliminate your so called friends.'
" But- But... I CAN'T! I WON'T!"
' Don't you want the one you love?!'
" I can't have her... I can't kill my friends, just to get a girl who doesn't like me."
' Yes you can. Kill them all. Since when have they EVER done or said anything good to you?! All they do is get in your way!
Prevent you from growing more powerful! You could do so much with your power Roy. You could destroy so much. Think of
everything you could accomplish being with me.'
" Never!" Roy was clutching his head, and then he stopped. He was right. They did just get in the way. They just made him
weak.
' I know I'm right. And I know you see it. Now... Will you join me, boy?' the hand laughed maniacly.
" Yes. I will." Roy had a determined look on his face. A determined, yet grim look, like that of an assassin.
' Good. You'll need this.' Crazy Hand snatched Roy into his palm and crunched his fingers around him.
Roy felt himself be engulfed by a black light. He felt parts of his body change, as if they were changing into another
material entirely. His skin paled, and he felt his one arm and both of his hands form into a metallic substance. The left
side of his torso turned metallic, like a form of armor to protect his heart. His eyes turned from a crystal blue to a blood
red colour, and his clothing changed. Instead of the armor he would've normally worn, he had only a black tunic, black
pants, and black boots on. A single plate of armor went around the un-metallic side of his chest and the headband in his hair
was removed, letting his hair down and over his eyes. After he was changed physically, his personality was warped as well.
His thoughts were set on complete and utter destruction, and he felt nothing but hatred toward his former friends. The Sword
of Seals was thrown and stuck into a rock outside of the cave, and a new weapon appeared before him. It was a new sword,
and the blade was thick and curved. At the end of the blade were three blades, that were fanned out with one short at the
bottom, one medium length, and the nezt extremely long almost like a flame.
Crazy Hand opened up and let Roy go. He was floating right now with a black light around him. The light suddenly rushed
into Roy and he cried out in agony. He felt an evil power course throughtout his body and his mind was completely lost.
' How do you feel... My slave?' Crazy Hand laughed wickedly at his latest creation.
" I feel... bloodthirsty, Master... I need... To kill!" He lashed out on all six metal warriors and destroyed them in one
small swipe.
' I see I made you stronger than I thought. No matter. It makes this task much easier for you now.'
" Who can I destroy now, master?" Roy droned, almost zombie like.
' Kill your so called friends. They hated you all along!'
" Yes master..."
And with that, Roy was making his way off to destroy the other elementals. Sephiroth on the other hand, had other plans. He
had been watching this all from afar and he now knew he had to warn the others. He made his way to the cave, and entered it
just after Roy.
" Do you think he'll come back?" Zelda questioned Marth with concern.
" He'll be back soon, I wouldn't worry too much." he answered, while bandaging Link's wounds.
" Who cares about him! He's just a big jerk!" Peach was whining about it.
" We'll see who's the jerk!" A blade swung by Peach's head, but was deflected by a long katana.
" Not so fast pyro boy." Sephiroth held out his hand and released a dark wave of energy that stopped Roy in his tracks. He
couldn't move at all, and the sounds of struggle he made caused the one-winged angel to smirk.
" Sephiroth!" Marth cried.
" You need to keep your guard up. He's under Crazy Hand's control now."
" What?!" each of them said in unison.
" I can ensure your safety this time. Next time you may not be so lucky..." Sephiroth waved his hand a transported Roy back
to the place of blackness he and Marth had first seen him in. " He won't be there for long. I suggest you go elsewhere." With
a second wave of his hand, Marth, Samus, Link, Zelda, and Peach were transported to another place.
" Where are we?" Zelda asked.
Marth got up off the ground and rubbed his head. " It appears to be a very old looking mansion..."
" Do you think Sephiroth intended for us to stay here in hiding?" the bounty hunter stared in awe of the building.
" I think so. We might as well anyway. It should be safe here..." Link suggested. The five of them walked up to the front
door and walked in. For the rest of the night, the found rooms, and made themselves at home.
Sephiroth watched from one of the windows as the other elementals slept. The dark elemental spoke outloud to noone in
particular. " If these fools think it's completely safe here they're horribly wrong. Crazy Hand will not be long finding
them, and when he does... I fear it will be too late..." The silver-haired warrior sheathed his sword, and curled up somewhat
on the treebranch he had been sitting on, wrapping his one wing around himself. He sighed heavily, and drifted into a light
sleep.
To be continued...
A/N: Well there's the next chapter. And if you ask me(Laryn) it's the worst one yet. Mwahahahaha. It is now 4:11 am.
Please let me sleep now...
A/N: Well, it seems this story is awfully popular... LOL. Understandable. Thanks for the nice reviews though. :) On with
the story!
War of the Elementals
Chapter 2
A bright light filtered into the cave's entrance. Zelda opened her eyes, glad to see the sun shining outside for once.
Then she noticed something alarming. She felt someone's arm around her, and that someone was awfully close.
She turned slowly to see who it was, in a careful and gentle movement so as not to wake the person. She assumed it was just
Link, but she was wrong. Zelda was now facing Roy, whom was sleeping peacefully with a slight smile on his face. Startled,
she shrieked, which of course woke him up.
" Mmm... Zelda... You ok?" he asked groggily, yawning afterwards.
" Roy... You... Um..." she looked at him and then at his arm.
" Oh... Oh... I-uh... Sorry!" he quickly pulled his arm off from her and got up. He grinned sheepishly and then turned
around and slammed into Link.
" I thought we established that she was mine..." Link growled at him, drawing the Master sword from its sheith.
" It was... I- I... It was an accident, I swear... I... Who are you to judge me anyway!? I never did anything to her, I was
asleep!" Roy defended himself quickly, and glared at the taller warrior.
Link merely grabbed him and shoved him up against the wall. " If I catch you near her again..." He pointed the tip of the
sword at his throat.
" Link stop it... It's not his fault..." Zelda spoke up, trying to prevent bloodshed.
" ENOUGH OF THIS!" Marth hollared at them, " The last thing we need right now, is for fighting amongst our group! We're
the only people left, and we need to survive! Taking Roy's life will only cause problems Link. Just... Let it go..." Marth
looked really angry at the moment, and Link set Roy down.
" I really DIDN'T do anything-" Roy was about to say.
" And I really DON'T want to hear it!" the Prince snapped, " I don't care who did what. It's not the end of the world.
Now either work together, or I'll cut both your throats!"
" Fine..." Link murmered.
" Yeah sure whatever, 'your highness'." Roy mocked.
" Roy, shut up." Samus intervened.
" What's all the commotion about?" Peach asked, obviously ticked off from being woken up.
" Nothing, just nevermind..." Marth told her, and she dumbly accepted that answer.
" So... What are we going to do about all this?" Link put his arms tightly around Zelda, and smirked confidently at Roy
who was glaring furiously at him.
" We need to establish a better form of shelter. Not to mention some way of keeping ourselves from being found by Crazy
Hand's minions. On top of that, we need to figure out how to use these so called 'elemental' powers..." Marth suggested.
" I say we attack them head on! We handled Giga Bowser just fine last night! We could beat them all!" Roy stated.
" Are you nuts?! We all almost died last night!" Samus yelled at him, " We just barely won against those creatures last
night! Imagine facing an entire ARMY!"
" Samus is right, Roy, we need to organize ourselves better before jumping into battle." the Prince spoke to Roy as if he
were speaking to a foolish child.
" Maybe we should send Roy into a battle by himself and see how he fares. He seems anxious to fight, so let him go. It's
not like he doesn't just get in the way anyway." Link laughed at the red-head, who was now almost snarling.
" I'm telling you, we could take them on!" Roy hollared.
" You know Roy, you really are kind of dense. And stubborn. That combination makes you a fool." the Hylian provoked him
further, and Peach stiffled a laugh.
" What do you know elf?! You're just some stupid oaf with a so called 'magical' sword who thinks he's so great! Well you're
not that great! You're pathetic! You make me sick!" the ex.general had his hand on the hilt of his sword.
" Your hand is on your hilt. Is this a challenge?!" the hylian questioned him furiously.
" IT IS!" Roy drew his sword and swung at Link, flames blazing across his blade and his strike just barely being blocked by
the Master Sword.
Link slashed at Roy who countered it with an incredible amount of force. He managed to then slash the hero across the chest
and smirked as the blood gushed out. Roy sheithed his sword and grabbed Link by his collar, and began punching him furiously
in the face. He then used every ounce of strength to fling him into the cave wall. Link dragged down the wall and slumped on
the ground unconcious.
" NOW WHO'S THE BLOODY FOOL! TASTE THIS, BASTARD!" Roy stormed over to him with a flaming Sword of Seals ready to sear
through his body.
" Stop it..." Zelda was sobbing, and pleaded to Roy with tears streaking her face.
He was just about to cut Link in two, when his sword was knocked clear out of his hands. He turned to see Marth sneering
furiously at him.
" I knew it. You really DON'T have any morals or knowledge of anything but power. Look at yourself Roy. Tell me you're not
ashamed of this?! If you aren't, then you truly are no better than the Gerudo King himself." Marth pointed to Zelda, " I
thought you liked her, and now you're doing this?! She just told you to stop! That doesn't even matter! You shouldn't have
even been doing this in the first place!"
" I..." Roy looked at Link, then at Zelda. " Zelda..." He walked over to her and reached his hand out. She slapped it away.
" You monster!" she screamed at him and continued sobbing.
He stared back at Link's wounded form, and it was then that he realized something crucial. He felt NO shame at all. Not even
a bit. In fact, seeing Link in this much pain made him feel good...
" I feel no shame..." Roy stared at Link, and then he began to laugh. It was low at first then it got louder and
increasingly insane.
" Are you saying you don't care if you just critically injured your friend?" Samus inquired.
" Yes! I don't care!"
" Then you don't belong here. You need to go cool off before you come around again."
" Doesn't matter. I'm leaving. To hell with helping you!" Roy snatched his sword up off the ground, shoved Marth out of his
way and stormed out of the caves entrance.
Stepping out into the glow of day, Roy realized it wasn't the sun that was making the light. There was a blood red orb in
the sky, and when he sheilded his eyes and looked at it, he could make out some form of structure in it. Somewhat like a
floating castle. The entire thing had an evil air about it, and a sense of power that attracted Roy like a moth to a light.
The truth was obvious: Roy liked power. He had craved it since he was young, always wanting to be the strongest, always
wanting control. Crazy Hand had realized this, and was already working on making Roy his own.
Roy stared up at the magnificant structure. ' How I wish I could control that.' He thought. His thoughts were slowly being
taken by the thoughts of power, no matter what he tried to think about. Then he realized something wasn't right. He realized
these thoughts had started when the mansion had been attacked for the first time, and that they grew from then on.
" Where are these thoughts coming from?!" he cried out loud. He clutched his head and gritted his teeth. He felt shameful
for what he had done to Link. He felt horrible for being so power hungry.
' They are all coming from me..." a voice in his head spoke out.
" Who are you?!" Roy demanded out loud.
A floating white hand appeared in front of him, along with a metallic version of Fox, Falco, Captain Falcon, Mario,
Pikachu, and Ness. ' I am Crazy Hand. The one fueling you with thoughts of power. But now I see, you are at a moment of
weakness.' The voice was still in his head, it was menacing and made chills run down Roy's spine.
" I... I am?"
' Look at you. Sniveling over some pathetic elf because he made you mad and you lost it. So what? It's his fault. And your
little best friend, the Prince of Altea if I'm not mistaken. He no longer cares about you! So screw him! What about Peach and
Samus treating you like garbage. And then there's Zelda... Oh how you wish you could have her...'
" She... She's Link's. I can't have her..."
' Oh but you can. All you have to do, is eliminate your so called friends.'
" But- But... I CAN'T! I WON'T!"
' Don't you want the one you love?!'
" I can't have her... I can't kill my friends, just to get a girl who doesn't like me."
' Yes you can. Kill them all. Since when have they EVER done or said anything good to you?! All they do is get in your way!
Prevent you from growing more powerful! You could do so much with your power Roy. You could destroy so much. Think of
everything you could accomplish being with me.'
" Never!" Roy was clutching his head, and then he stopped. He was right. They did just get in the way. They just made him
weak.
' I know I'm right. And I know you see it. Now... Will you join me, boy?' the hand laughed maniacly.
" Yes. I will." Roy had a determined look on his face. A determined, yet grim look, like that of an assassin.
' Good. You'll need this.' Crazy Hand snatched Roy into his palm and crunched his fingers around him.
Roy felt himself be engulfed by a black light. He felt parts of his body change, as if they were changing into another
material entirely. His skin paled, and he felt his one arm and both of his hands form into a metallic substance. The left
side of his torso turned metallic, like a form of armor to protect his heart. His eyes turned from a crystal blue to a blood
red colour, and his clothing changed. Instead of the armor he would've normally worn, he had only a black tunic, black
pants, and black boots on. A single plate of armor went around the un-metallic side of his chest and the headband in his hair
was removed, letting his hair down and over his eyes. After he was changed physically, his personality was warped as well.
His thoughts were set on complete and utter destruction, and he felt nothing but hatred toward his former friends. The Sword
of Seals was thrown and stuck into a rock outside of the cave, and a new weapon appeared before him. It was a new sword,
and the blade was thick and curved. At the end of the blade were three blades, that were fanned out with one short at the
bottom, one medium length, and the nezt extremely long almost like a flame.
Crazy Hand opened up and let Roy go. He was floating right now with a black light around him. The light suddenly rushed
into Roy and he cried out in agony. He felt an evil power course throughtout his body and his mind was completely lost.
' How do you feel... My slave?' Crazy Hand laughed wickedly at his latest creation.
" I feel... bloodthirsty, Master... I need... To kill!" He lashed out on all six metal warriors and destroyed them in one
small swipe.
' I see I made you stronger than I thought. No matter. It makes this task much easier for you now.'
" Who can I destroy now, master?" Roy droned, almost zombie like.
' Kill your so called friends. They hated you all along!'
" Yes master..."
And with that, Roy was making his way off to destroy the other elementals. Sephiroth on the other hand, had other plans. He
had been watching this all from afar and he now knew he had to warn the others. He made his way to the cave, and entered it
just after Roy.
" Do you think he'll come back?" Zelda questioned Marth with concern.
" He'll be back soon, I wouldn't worry too much." he answered, while bandaging Link's wounds.
" Who cares about him! He's just a big jerk!" Peach was whining about it.
" We'll see who's the jerk!" A blade swung by Peach's head, but was deflected by a long katana.
" Not so fast pyro boy." Sephiroth held out his hand and released a dark wave of energy that stopped Roy in his tracks. He
couldn't move at all, and the sounds of struggle he made caused the one-winged angel to smirk.
" Sephiroth!" Marth cried.
" You need to keep your guard up. He's under Crazy Hand's control now."
" What?!" each of them said in unison.
" I can ensure your safety this time. Next time you may not be so lucky..." Sephiroth waved his hand a transported Roy back
to the place of blackness he and Marth had first seen him in. " He won't be there for long. I suggest you go elsewhere." With
a second wave of his hand, Marth, Samus, Link, Zelda, and Peach were transported to another place.
" Where are we?" Zelda asked.
Marth got up off the ground and rubbed his head. " It appears to be a very old looking mansion..."
" Do you think Sephiroth intended for us to stay here in hiding?" the bounty hunter stared in awe of the building.
" I think so. We might as well anyway. It should be safe here..." Link suggested. The five of them walked up to the front
door and walked in. For the rest of the night, the found rooms, and made themselves at home.
Sephiroth watched from one of the windows as the other elementals slept. The dark elemental spoke outloud to noone in
particular. " If these fools think it's completely safe here they're horribly wrong. Crazy Hand will not be long finding
them, and when he does... I fear it will be too late..." The silver-haired warrior sheathed his sword, and curled up somewhat
on the treebranch he had been sitting on, wrapping his one wing around himself. He sighed heavily, and drifted into a light
sleep.
To be continued...
A/N: Well there's the next chapter. And if you ask me(Laryn) it's the worst one yet. Mwahahahaha. It is now 4:11 am.
Please let me sleep now...