OK ok thanks for the reviews etc etc you know the rest. Here's the thing, someone said last that they noticed a lot
Of grammar and spelling mistakes. Yeah I know it's there, it's not intentional. I am a first time writer but I know that's no excuse. Mistakes are due to pretty much my incompetence, to be frank. I am going to check over everything myself after writing this chapter, as I want to this out of the way with first. But guys, I'd really appreciate it if someone helped me out here, email me with mistakes etc and I will correct them. Thanks in advance.
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Chapter 5: Early Morning Fun…
In a castle set in the darkest plains, where no light can reach and no peace can transpire, an apparition shouts in frustration. Grabbing his ginger locks in anger, he turns to his apparent comrade with a questioning glare.
'There failing, all of them are failing. Worthless creations, I'd banish them all to the next dimension if I could.'
A stranger lurking in the shadows of the dimly lit room, despite his huge side, merely growls in answer.
'The next batch maybe stronger, but they are still as dumb as the other ones. More power you give them the dumber they become, maybe we should just settle for weaklings with a high intelligence' the man continued in a sarcastic voice.
'We do not need them; the others can deal with him. She will be within our grasps soon enough' the figure in the shadows stated in a low, menacing voice.
'Ah yes, the others. The superb fighters whose 'skill' and 'abilities' are the best out there. Pathetic (the man spat) the two we sent were destroyed in a matter of minutes.'
'Maybe you should send more than one at a time?' the intimidating voice snarled.
'I sent them together with a group of frames, but it seems no matter how much control we direct over them they still have some free will. They couldn't work together so they each split apart. One of them, the women, took all the frames with her, who inevitably put up a better fight than her and the racer!'
'Then send some of the other vessels, we have quite a selection. Maybe some of them will co-operate more.'
'I'd prefer sending a group where I know they will work together' and when saying this the apparition launch his fist at a nearby table, but simply put his arm straight through it. He continued his talk through gritted teeth. 'I remember two vessels we captured who were seemingly joined at the hip, they actually fight well together, like they have the same mind.'
'The snow freaks?' The large creature questioned. At this sarcastic comment the apparition smiled.
'Yes, they'll do. But they will gang up on her, we need some muscle to take care of him'.
The stranger stood from the shadows.
'Allow me.' Was all he simply said. The apparition shook his head.
'No, your troops are surrounding the perimeter. They only listen to you. No, we'll send another vessel. Any suggestions?'
The bulky character sat down again. 'The ape will do. I have seen him up close. He is strong, and has some brains what with all the brawn. You'll see him lay some damage.'
'Perfect. We will send them out at dawn. We seem to have lost our little friends, but the frames are tracking them, to the best of their ability. The vessels shall be waiting for them. I say a good place will be those low-lying cliffs, around that eroded area within the forest. A fight will be more dangerous up their, and we can afford casualties, they cant.' And with that the apparition and the creature laughed an evil laugh, which would give the bravest soul an icy shiver.
Later, a duo of Hylians can be seen refreshing in a small lake amongst a lush forest. It is shortly after dawn, the sun has just rose awakening the two brave fighters.
'Doesn't it concern you Link, that we have been travelling for 3 days and have not been challenged once to another fight?' Zelda asked while splashing water over her face.
'Not really' Link said as he mounted Epona and offered his hand to the Princess. 'Having three days of plain ridding with no injuries, good sleep and decent enough food, it's made me feel pretty much ready for anything that can be thrown at us.' Zelda took Links hand and pulled herself onto the back of the mare. 'But we shouldn't be worrying about that. Our main concern is Ganondorf. And we have to get out of this forest, I have absolutely no clue where we are' and with that Link gave his horse a kick to get her moving, heading in any direction with hopes they would find a way out.
A few hours later, the Hylians found themselves lost, to say the least. The forest terrain made it hard for Epona to move at a fast pace so progress was slow. Tempers were high, Hylian and horse alike. The early morning sun was baking down on Link and Zelda who were getting very hot and uncomfortable as a result.
Soon, the trio stumbled out into a clearing. Links first impressions of this place were that it seemed like a Goron's paradise. Even amongst the greenery, trees and vegetation, this was a small area of dry rock and steep slopes. A small quarry was brought to Links attention. It rose far above any trees, and although it looked dangerous to climb, he realised he could get a view of the entire area, so the reward was worth the risks.
'I'm going to head up there' Link said as he gestured towards the quarry. 'With a bit of luck I can spot a route out of here' and with that Link threw himself of his horse and headed towards the rocky area.
'Be careful!' Zelda shouted. Link waved his hand back in a sign of acknowledgement. As he got to the base of the quarry, he assessed the situation. It was far too dangerous to climb; the slopes leading to the top were rocky and steep. Climbing it upwards would be suicide as an avalanche of rocks and stones could come crashing down at any moment.
Link pulled out his hookshot and aimed it as far as he knew it could go. This would get Link just over half way. He would have to grasp something quick while he aimed again. He unleashed the hookshot; it sped up towards the rocky surface and latched itself into the quarries side. Like clockwork, it then reeled itself back in, which pulled Link towards his target. Once at his destination, Link pulled his weapon out and immediately pushed his hand into the newly formed hole. This gave him time to shoot the hookshot towards the very topside. Soon it arrived and Link pulled himself up.
Upon arrival, Link noticed that he could see for a considerable distance. To his left lay a long stretch of forest, which lead to the open plains. He could just make out the meander of the river where he had fought Samus previously. To his right lay an even larger stretch of greenery; basically, they were surrounded with trees and vegetation.
'It's like the lost woods' Link mumbled. He turned around to look for a way down.
'It's him, the Hylian!' a high male voice shouted.
'The Hylian it is!' a similar but more feminine voice replied.
Link, by instinct, spun around withdrawing his shield and sword. Across the top of the quarry, along its rocks and dry stone, stood the most bizarre pair anyone could imagine. They both looked almost identical, both hardly reaching past Links waste in height. They each wore thick woolly coats and both had a rather large fat hammer, which looked almost to heavy for them to carry.
Their differences were that one wore a blue coat while the other wore pink. Their faces were identical; a small brown fringe could be seen under their hoods, just above hazel brown eyes. They stood on a small boulder, casually leaning on their hammers.
'What the hell are you guys?' Link asked in bewilderment. The character in blue walked forward and spoke.
'You can call us the Ice Climbers. I am Popo' and after he finished he rose his hammer up pointing to the right in a taunting position. Then, the one in pink walked forward.
'The Ice Climbers are who we are. Call me Nana' and with that she stopped next to the Popo and took a similar position to him.
'And we are here to take her majesty away!' the said in unison. Link couldn't take it anymore. He collapsed to the floor in fits of laughter, clutching his sides while wiping tears from his face.
'HA HA HA YOU ARE JOKING RIGHT?' He yelled between laughs. 'AND I THOUGHT FALCON LOOKED AND ACTED WEIRD, BUT YOU TWO GET THE REWARD FOR THE FUNNIEST GUYS I'VE EVER SEEN!'
The Ice Climbers seemed impervious to the laughter and the insults being thrown at them. They held their position and stared at Link, waiting for him to finish his little stunt. He did stop, looked up at the Climbers, smirked and begun laughing again.
'You need discipline.' Nana yelled.
'Discipline is what you need!' Popo shouted after, and with that he gave a click of his fingers on his free hand. Link, who was facing the sky, on his back, laughing harder, didn't even notice the growing shadow falling to his feet. Soon it landed with a loud strike. Link was far too busy to notice. It was Zelda who did, despite her poor visual position on the floor far below.
'Link get up!' She yelled. Link heard her just in time. He quickly rolled out of the way as a large brown object came crashing down towards him, on a collision course his stomach. When Link was in a position to look, he saw that this object was in fact a fist, and a pretty big one at that. Heck, it was about the size of Links head. It was part of a large arm covered in brown fur. The arm itself was as thick as an Ice Climber. This was not surprising to Link when he saw whom the arm belonged to.
Links first impressions were of an ape creature, covered in brown fur from head to foot with patched of skin in the normal places. On top of the apes head was a curl of hair, which supported the cheesy grin this ape probably had when he was not in such an angry position. The only thing strange about him was that he wore a red tie with the initials DK across it in yellow text.
The ape raised his hand of the floor, small stones falling from it due to its hard impact. Link saw there was now a small crater about the size of his head where he had been before. The ape stood up to full height, coming to be slightly taller than Link but was twice as wide due to his large figure and obviously bulging muscles.
'Hylian, meet Donkey Kong' Popo yelled in triumph. 'He was sent to dispose of you, and I shall think he will do so nicely!' Link could plainly see where this assumption was coming from. Donkey Kong seemed in the mental state of a wild animal. 'He probably is (thought Link) although the tie does give him a more sophisticated look in a mad sort of way'. But Link had no more time to ponder as Donkey Kong sent another punch. Link just had time to put up his shield. The fist collided head on, sending Link backwards and causing a loud ring to run across the quarry.
'DK will finish you while we deal with Zelda!' Shouted Popo.
'We'll get Zelda while Donkey Kong gets you!' Yelled Nana. This whole double speech act was beginning to piss of Link. With that, Popo pulled out some white rope from his coat, and threw it to his partner. Nana grabbed it and held on tight. Popo then threw the rope as hard as possible, not letting it go. His strength was shown as Nana was sent flying into the air. While there, she proceeded to display a terrific display of athleticism and strength. She pulled the rope over her shoulder causing Popo to be flung into the air, over her, and in the process had gained 10 times the height he had previously been. In mid air, Popo feel quickly in front of Nana, and grabbed her hand. The, with hammers pointing out, they span around and used this rotation to glide themselves downwards towards the ground into a safe landing.
Link had no time to be amazed as Donkey Kong was running towards him with surprisingly good speed. Link stood in a fighting position, determined to get a blow in this time. As DK got into punching distance, Link held his ground and awaited the swing. DK swung his left arm with immense speed. Link ducked just in time and rolled besides DK. In one movement he unleashed a swing of his own, with his sword. DK was well prepared and jumped to his right hand side, away from the blow but straight towards the floor. He landed on his hand, but used it to catapult himself above Link, who was still in the follow-through stages of his swipe.
While in mid air, the ape went to head butt Link, but instead hit his shield. The impact sent DK's head ringing, but the impact caused Link to collapse onto the floor. DK fell next to him, clutching his head and pulling his brown locks in frustration. Both fighters however were far from out.
Link leapt to his feet, and swiped at DK, hoping to part some flesh. Donkey Kong however had other plans. While on the floor, he began to spin his large arms around in a rotational motion. His hand smacked the side of the oncoming sword, beating it from Links hands, into a pile of rocks close towards the edge of the quarry. DK rose to his feet and went to punch Link.
Ironically, Link had never fought an enemy who relied on their own body as a means of attack. He had faced those with swords, daggers, sabres, wands, rods, and all sorts. But he couldn't remember fighting a serious fight with fists flying at him. However, the same method still applied. If some one aims at your face, you block it. Link however had lost his sword, so the only thing he could do was to dodge.
The Hero of Time back flipped over the punch. DK ran a few steps nearer and took a few more swings. Link ducked, rolled, flipped, out of the way of all of them. However, the movement of such a big figure was kicking up dirt and stones. Link soon got blinded in mid flip. He landed far to near to an oncoming punch from DK. Despite his situation Link managed to avoid most of the blow, however got the edge of DK's fist in between his eyes. He was sent flying back, his head splitting open causing blood to trickle into his eyes making the already lodge dirt and rock sticky and painful. Link landed in a pathetic manner, his back grazing the hard floor, pulling back the skin of his back and elbows, causing a stinging sensation throughout the young warrior. Donkey Kong sensed an opportunity and leapt high into the air, his prime ape abilities sending him to a great distance above Link. In mid air he made to perform his trademark hand slap move, which would completely break Link into two. As he fell and stretch out his large hands, Link made a last effort and sent out his boomerang, hoping despite his blinded state it would knock the ape of course.
It hit DK under the jaw, in an awkward position. The boomerang hit hard which indeed made DK roll out of another collision cause with Link. He landed hard on the floor, wailing in a loud voice, clutching his throat. The boomerang flew back to Links hand. He looked over and saw Donkey Kong cough up a little blood. The sight was not ideally pleasant. After coughing it all up, DK let his hands drop and stared straight into Link eyes. DK looked angry, his eyes were red and his pupils were contracting. He let out a huge battle cry and started beating his chest. Link stared, in a situation close to fear. If he had been before, DK was now out of any state of reasoning.
He went to head butt Link again, who responded by rolling out of the way. But before Link could get to feet, his neck met a firm grasp. Out of the dust of the previous attack, DK emerged with his arm stretched and his fist clenched, around Links neck.
He pulled Link of the floor, demonstrating his strength by hanging him by one hand. He continued to squeeze. Link tried beating the hand off but could not. His brain was trying to work but had little oxygen to do so. Link began to black out. Apparently, DK preferred to watch him suffer rather than give his neck a quick break.
'So it ends like this (Link thought) after countless demons and magical creatures I die by the hand of a big ape. My last vision will be off his dark angry face, his gritted teeth, his deep eyes, and his bloody throat. Bloody throat? Wait a minute..' Link pushed his brain to the limits what with the lack of oxygen it was getting. Link processed how he could use the bleeding throat to a late advantage. And then the idea came.
'Could the hero of time really fall to such a cheap dirty trick?' Link thought. The realised. 'Sod the dignity of warrior' and Link pulled out a smirk as his right hand charged towards DK, grabbing his tie and pulling it down as hard as possible. The effect was imminent, the knot at the top closed in around the bloody throat of the ape, causing immense pain and also cutting of his oxygen. However, DK did not let go, although his grip loosened. It seemed to be a contest as to who would let go of their chokehold first.
Link gained a bit more energy and pushed his legs onto DK's stomach, pushing him back and pulling the tie tighter. DK winced as more blood dripped. He took a swipe at Link with his remaining hand but his strength was running out and the impact was bearable.
Soon, DK decided to let Link drop. As he fell, Link managed to pull the tie significantly, causing DK to run of in panic as he tried to loosen the knot. Link got to his feet, dusting himself of, and catching his breath. DK was quite a distance away, in his attempts at getting the tie off. Link smiled.
'Fool. Make a mistake and ill punish!' Link said as he pulled out his fairy bow. He took aim between DK's shoulders, and fired. Just as the arrow hit, DK had loosened the tie. DK let out a yell of triumph and pain. The arrow caused the brown fur to turn red just under the back of DK's neck. Link dropped his aim, thinking the arrow had one the battle.
However, DK merely snapped the arrow off his back and acted as though it was nothing. He snarled and let out a gush of breath from his nostrils and charged towards Link. The Hylian took another aim and shot another arrow. This one hit DK's shoulder, but he continued running ignoring the new blood flow. Links eyes winded in shock. He fired another arrow, hitting DK's chest. Link thought he must of won, but was surprised to see DK continue his attack. Link was too shocked to comprehend that he was in danger, he didn't even try to move and DK collided with him, smacking him off his feet and over the quarry's side. Link pulled out his hookshot and fired, grappling onto the side and saving his life from the long drop.
Meanwhile…
The Ice Climbers span to the floor, besides Zelda and Epona. Due to a successful landing, they high-fived each other, and turned to Zelda.
'Princess, come with us.' Said Nana
'Come with us princess!' Said Popo. Zelda merely raised an eyebrow, but unlike Link decided against laughing on the floor.
'I don't think so. If you want me, we'll have to fight.' Said Zelda as she used Faroes Wind to teleport away onto a branch of a nearby oak. The Ice Climbers looked at each other in amazement, then ginned evilly. It was quite creepy, Zelda thought, how they acted the same.
'Then we shall fight!' Yelled Nana. 'Just don't take us to easily!'
Zelda grinned. 'Only if you don't with me!'
The Ice Climbers then pulled off their rope trick, flying towards the tree where Zelda stood, but onto a higher branch. Zelda looked up to see Nana standing behind Popo. She seemed to be forming something in her hand. Blue energy surrounded her and soon there stood a block of ice in her hand. Zelda was quite amazed, but took a defensive position. Nana then threw the ice over Popo's head. He then bought out his large hammer and smacked the ice towards Zelda. The ice was quite large and hurtling towards the Princess at an overwhelming speed. However, Zelda pulled off a quick Dins Fire and soon the frozen missile was melted, making a gush of water drop below.
The Ice Climbers threw more and more blocks of ice to Zelda, who soon found she couldn't cast the spell of Din fast enough. Soon, a block of ice hit Zelda in her stomach, sending her of the branch towards the rocky floor. Zelda set up Nayru's Love and protected herself from any harm. However, she wasn't out of the woods yet.
The Ice Climbers used their spinning techniques to get to the floor again. They landed near to Zelda. Nana went to smack her hammer into the princess, who flipped out of the way, and in one mid-air movement, changed her clothing to that of the Sheikah. Zelda was in her Sheik form.
Using the Ice Climbers moment of amazement at this radical change as an advantage, Sheik took a well-aimed martial arts punch at Nana. She made good contact, sending the climber flying into a pile of rocks. Popo went on the counter attack, aiming a hard swing at Sheik. The skilled fighter however, flipped out of harms way and brandished a chain whip. She then thrashed it at Popo's hammer, pulling it from his grasp into her hands. Popo responded by sending a steam of cold air from his hand. It caught Sheik below her knees, completely freezing her movements temporarily. Sheik widend her eyes in terror as Popo went to send another freezing attack at Sheiks face.
Sheik sent out a dozen or so needles from apparently out of nowhere. This deflected the attack. Her legs then quickly thawed and before Popo could go on the offensive again, Sheik dived and smacked Popo's own weapon at him, smashing into his face. In a slow motion sequence, Sheik saw Popo's nose almost split in half as blood gushed out from it, causing the white fur of his hood to turn a dark shade of red. The fighter was sent spiralling out of control and landed on the floor with a thump, temporarily out of commission. Sheik dropped the heavy hammer as she noted how Nana had emerged from under the rocks with a few cuts and bruises on her face. She sent a few more ice blocks at Sheik, who quickly used her teleportation and flashed from one spot to behind Nana.
The Ice Climber reacted fast, she span around with her hammer, but was blocked by the strong arm of Sheik. Sheik then used her height advantage to knee Nana in her face, causing her to spout a swollen lip. Sheik then quickly transformed. Her clothing changed and was soon in a pink dress and long blond hair fell around her face. Zelda was dressed in her original clothing again. Before Nana could react, the sage let loose a blue electrical punch which knocked Nana into Popo.
Nana helped her fallen comrade up, and the two were quickly on top form again. They began their spin act, hammers rotating at high speeds. Zelda cursed herself for changing back into her dress as it made movement very hard. She tried to leap, as the spinning duo got closer but tripped over her dress, slowing progress.
The Ice Climbers were in range. In one swipe they took out Zelda's legs, and as she fell the other hammer came round and made contact with her stomach, sending her flying while she coughed up blood and let out a cry. At this point, Link was just hanging over the edge of the quarry with his hookshot.
As Donkey Kong made to attack Link, the fighter pulled himself up and quickly retrieved the Master Sword. Deciding he would prefer to fight alongside Zelda, Link turned from DK and grappled his way down below. As he landed, the Ice Climbers halted their attack on the injured Zelda. They stopped spinning and stared at Link. The Hylian saw that Popo had a bloody face while Nana seemed to be smouldering. He then turned to see Zelda lying on the floor, trying to rise but failing, and coughing. Link was now pissed of, and decided to finish this now, as he was in a bad way himself.
'Go to hell you ice clowns!' Link yelled as he pulled out a bomb from his bag. He threw it at the Ice Climbers, who went to do the rope jump out of the way. The bomb exploded, Link dived onto Zelda to protect her from the debris. They both rose together. The explosion seemed to have gotten Popo worse. He lay in a smouldering pile on the floor; his face now covered in blood and his coat was burned. Link pulled out his bow and arrow, took one aim and unleashed an attack It hit Popo in the chest and he instantly disappeared, like Falcon and Samus before him.
'You BASTARDS!' Nana yelled. She seemed to have escaped the blast and was now charging towards the Hylians, hammer ready to attack. Link pulled out his sword and showed of his skill. This stopped Nana in her tracks.
Then, Donkey Kong appeared on the tree where Zelda had been previously. He leapt next to Nana. His body was bloody from Links arrows. His face showed anger.
'Monkey is pissed off, now you will pay!' Yelled Nana. However, DK seemed offended by this and smacked Nana as hard as possible, straight besides Link.
'I'M NO MONKEY!' He yelled. Link was quite shocked, more at that fact that DK could talk than his attack on his teammate. Link was not going to let an opportunity go to waste however. Before Nana could rise, Link booted her as high as he could, pulled out his bow and took one final aim at the last Ice Climber. He fired. Her body never reached the ground.
Donkey Kong let out one more battle cry and charged to his opponents. Zelda reacted first. She let a Dins Fire spell loose. It hit DK stopping his current attack. Link then yelled and pulled out his sword, and hit DK, swiping his body from one angle to the other. DK yelled in pain. Link then rolled behind the ape, and kicked him to the floor. Zelda than dived onto him, placing her hands on DK as threw him into the air using her physic throwing ability. As the Kong fell, Link leapt into the air and performed a spin of magical energy. He made contact and Donkey Kong soon vanished in a flash of energy.
Link landed, and fell to the floor holding himself as the pain he had received was all making itself painful clear. Zelda walked to him, placing her hand on his back.
'C'mon Link, lets gets cleared up and rest.' And with that, the Hylians wandered back to Epona who was busying herself with a nice patch of grass.
'Nice way to start the day' Link mumbled.
Would you look at that, I actual finished the chapter. I have to admit, I had big writers block for this chapter, hence the reason I was unable to update any sooner. Oh well. Hopefully we'll see more SSBM characters in the next few chapters. And I've got to ask you guys, would you like to see a bit of romance between the two heroes? Yes? No? Maybe? I can do that, for I am the author!
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