Chapter 8 Yamikage falls

As Meta Knight lunged, Yamikage pulled his Ninja sword out just in time to keep himself from getting cut in half.

Yamikage smiled evily, "If it's a fight you want a fight you will get!"

Meta Knight started off with a boost of adrenalin perpelled by anger.

Up, down, thrust, parry, plunge, defence.

All that could be heard in the air was battle crys and screams of pain or attack.

Clang, clang, clang.

Thust, parry, thrust, plunge.

Yamikage drew back a little, far enough away to get a good running start.

"TAAAAAAAAAA!" he screamed, charging.

Meta Knight raised his foot and kicked him down. While Yamikage was down Meta Knight tried to finish him off by bringing the sword down on him and right through his body. Yamikage quickly rolled out of the way and slashed Meta Knight's arm.

Meta Knight cried out then attacked.

Their swords met, each of them pushing back the other's.

"Once I kill you I'll go after all your little friends...," Yamikage taunted.

Kick, Clang, clang, clang. Swords met.

"then..."

Clang, clang. Sword fighting.

"your little friends who went to.. What was it? Ripple star?"

Meta Knight growled.

Fast hate filled sword play.

"I'll kill them all, slowly..."

CLANG! Clang! CLANG! Swords met.

"Even that pathetic fool you call a Star Warrior..."

CLANG! Swords met.

"Kirby."

Meta Knight growled.

"NO!" he screamed, lashing out and swinging his sword as fast as he could.

CLANG! CLANG! THRUST! PARRY! PLUNGE! CLANG!

Good. Yamikage thought with a smirk. He's trying to use his hate to destroy me.

Meta Knight eyes blazed a dangerous red as he used all his strength, might, and energy to try and finish Yamikage off.

I'll finish him off with a sword beam. The old warrior thought.

Meta Knight stood defending himself. Trying to put his energy into his sword without getting struck down.

Then he jumped back on a rock.

"THIS IS THE END!" Meat Knight screamed.

Meta Knight jumped in the air, his sword blazing a blood crimson red.

He drew it forward to release the energy.

Nothing happened.

Meta Knight stood still in surprise.

"W-w-what is this?" he said, bringing the sword in front of his face.

The red of his still glowing sword mixed with black, then it shot out at him with tremendes force hitting him into the rock he had jumped off.

Yamikage stood over him, "It seems your hate has been consumed into your sword." he smiled, "I feed off hate! There is no way you can defeat me now!"

Yamikage plunged his sword through Meta Knight's body near his arm.

Meta Knight screamed in pain.

Yamikage brought the sword out.

"You're well on your way to becoming evil yourself."

Meta Knight lowered his head ashamed.

"But you won't get a chance to choose."

Meta Knight looked up, "I have chosen. I have chosen the light and I'd rather die now then be tempted to join up with Nightmare any day."

Meta Knight glared hard into Yamikages eyes, "I am glad to die."

"So am I." he said coldly.

Yamikage raised his weapon.

BANG! BANG!

A, the familar sound of star ship mistles hitting Yamikage's weapon out of his hand.

"META KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" called Tiff who was strangely piloting Kirby's Starship causing it to sway from side to side in the air.

Meta Knight gasped, "TIFF! NO!"

Again mistles fired. These hit Yamikage and made him drop to his knees.

The ship landed.

"Meta Knight!" Tiff screamed, running to the Star Warrior and hugging him.

Her happy calls of his name were added it to Tuff's voice and Kirby's. They all ran to him. Tuff hugged him and Kirby jumped on his head, but fell off.

They had come back! They had come back for him and saved his life. A life, that he thought, no longer had a purpose.

He cried a little stroking her as if she was his child.

"I told you not to come back here." he whispered softly.

"I couldn't leave you here to die." she whispered back "You're the closest thing to a father I have. I love you..."

Meta Knight held back tears. I must be strong.. I must be strong for their sake.

"How cute." Yamikage added discusted, "They came back for you. It's so beautiful it makes me sick!"

Yamikage walked painfully up to the group, "I won't let you be loved!"

The Ninja quickly grabbed Tiff, holding the sword close to her throat.

"N-N-NO!" she whimperd.

"No! Let my sis' go you bully!" Tuff demanded.

"Poyo!" Kirby added angrily.

Meta Knight raised a hand, "Do not hurt the girl!"

"P-please don't kill my sis!" Tuff pleaded.

Yamikage laughed,"Oh I'm going to kill her but not like this." he pulled out a poisonous throwing star.

Meta Knight gasped,"You wouldn't dare!"

"Wouldn't I? I beg to differ."

Yamikage laughed hystericly, "Remember what I promised Meta Knight? I promised to kill your friends? Slowly. So slow, so perfect. And you get the front row! You get to watch her die right in front of your eyes."

He began to cut Tiff's arms slowly with his Ninja sword.
Tiff cried.

Meta Knight went to lunge, but Yamiakge brought the sword to Tiff's neck, "Not another step or I kill her right now!"

"STOP IT!" The old warrior demanded.

Yamikage smiled a cruel twisted grin behind the cloth covering his face and began to cut again, slowly,"You like that Meta Knight?"

He replied with a growl.

"Really? Then you'll love this!"

Yamikage quickly slitted her arm with the poisonous throwing star, dropped her and ran.

She fell.

"TIFF!" Tuff screamed running to his sister.

He gasped.

"TIFF!"

In the place where she had been cut a nasty swirl of purple and black swirled into her veins, slowly, just as Yamikage had promised.

Meta Knight studied it.

Meta Knight sprinted and caught up with Yamikage and ran him through from behind.

A blood curling scream followed.

He fell. And turned over to face his assasin.

"Good as always." he coughed, "but your still out of luck. She's going to die and so will your beloved Pisces.

"Pisces? So she is alive! What have you done with her!"

Yamikage moaned.

"ANSWER!"

"She is possesd, gone to a dark state of mind in which she will never return." he coughed up blood,"she's lucky to have someone who loved her.. No one ever loved me." here Yamikages words were slow and raspy,"She's.. Coming to.. to-"

"TO WHAT!"

He smiled,"To.. kill..you.."

Yamikage dropped dead.

For a moment all Meta Knight did was breathe, breathe and sweat.

"No." he shook his head indisbelief, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Meat Knight turned to the frightened children. He could feel himself being pulled into pure madness. A madness forged over the years of killing and loss. And now this, this was about to push him over the edge. And yet, the look of pain on Tuff, Kirby and Tiff's faces held him back from jumping into a sea of madness from which he would never return.

"What are we going to do?" Tuff asked, through tear filled eyes.

Meta Knight examined it again.

"She's been poisioned, but there is a cure."

"What?" Tuff asked hopefully.

Meta Knight didn't answere him.

"Get into the ship."

"Why?"

"Just go."

Tuff did as he said with Kirby following right behind him. Meta Knight scooped Tiff up and carried her to the ship. He looked inside and found Sword and Blade all tied up.

"Unbind them." Meta Knight ordered Tuff.

"Okay." he replied.

Once they were free they couldn't stop talking.

"-and then they flew the ship back here! We were so worried about you Meta Knight!" Sword went on as Meta Knight layed Tiff in the ship.

Meta Knight turned to them,"Let's go."

"Where?" Sword and Tuff said in unision.

"To see Nightmare."

Tuff's hidden eyes bulged,"What! Why!"

"The antidote is there, and so is something very precious to me."

Sword and Tuff looked at each other confused.

"Let's go!" Meta Knight urged.

The ship lifted off and they were in space. They flew awhile until the reached it.

A ship, a huge ship just drifting.

"Engage cloak mode." Meta Knight said to Sword who was driving.

Meta Knight didn't want to make a sceen, he just wanted to get the antidote and maybe his treasure while they were there.

All in all it worked. They went undetected, or did they?

They landed on a very small platform.

"Let's go!" Tuff said excited.

"No! You and Kirby stay here with Tiff. We will be back shortly.

"Aw, man." Tuff murmured bummed.

Nightmares base was a creepy place. But that was to be expected of course.

It was pitch black, save for the torch Meta Knight held giving them a small light.

The air was drafty and cold, purple smoke softly layered the room each inhale was like inhaling cigarette smoke.

The strangest thing about the place was that they hadn't ran into any monster or gaurds.

Odd. Meta Knight thought.

It was very strange indeed. It was either Nightmare was completly brainless, or that he knew they were coming and he wanted to finish them off himself.

Then with his glowing yellow eyes he saw something in the dark.

"Sword Knight, Blade Knight, let's split up." The old Star Warrior whispered,"we will find the antidote quicker that way."

They nodded and headed out in differen't directions.

"Good bye, old friends." he whispered.

He knew what was ahead, it was the entrance to Nightmares lare. He just didn't want anyone else to get hurt.

Meta Knight reached for the door handle. This could be it, the end for me or the end of him. Either way I must be strong.

He looked down at his sword,"For all our sakes." he said outloud completing his thought.

The door opened and Meta Knight walked in.

"I wish we were in there!" Tuff said striking a heroic pose,"battling monsters is my specialty!"

Kirby laughed.

Tuff hit him.

"It is! I'm great! And I could be the greatest Star Warior there ever was! I'm handsome! I'm tough! I'm strong! I'm fearless! I'm-"

Tuff stopped when Kirby started pulling franticly on his pants pointing for Tuff to turn around.

Tuff gulped as sweat dripped down his face.

He turned.

"ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAR!" greeted an ugly bear looking demon that resembled Wolf Wrath.

Kirby and Tuff looked at eachother, screamed and ran leaving Tiff behind.

Luckily for Tiff the monster chased them and didn't bother with her.