To one of the reviewers: I'm sticking with the name Zoro, because it sounds better. I haven't watched the dubbed version on 4Kids, but I do know that it's edited to the point where it should be called One Piece of Crap. Watch the original uncut version, it's a TRILLION times better than the crappy dub. Blood, gore, real guns… You named it! You won't find any of those in the dubbed version. And one last thing, I haven't played Pokemon Coliseum, so I don't know any characters in it.

Chapter 9: The Contest Continues! Link vs. Cloud!

"Now, may everyone watch the monitor to see the battle line-up!" the coach announces to everyone. Everyone stares at the screen until some words appear on it.

Pikachu vs. Sapphire Birch

Captain Falcon vs. Bon Clay

Link vs. Cloud Strife

Bowser vs. Ganondorf Dragmire

Game2002 vs. Master Chief

"Whoa! What the!" says Bowser. "I'm facing off with Ganondorf!"

"Now that's quite a surprise!" says Ganondorf. "It's a battle between friends…"

"I want to fight that Cloud guy!" complains Bowser. "If Link lost to him, then I will be fighting Cloud!"

"There's no way I'm going to lose to him!" says Link. "Pick a fight with him some other day!"

Ganondorf turns to Bowser and says, "This is a competition, so let's fight each other with all we got."

Bowser smirks. "If you insist… Let's fight like we never know each other."

After a little while of waiting, the second half of the battle is about to begin. "Ladies and gentlemen!" announces the coach. "Now let us proceed with the battle!"

"Who do you think will win?" Ness asks Kirby. "Pikachu, perhaps…" replies Kirby. "I'm not sure how strong Sapphire is."

"Don't underestimate my daughter!" Birch tells them. "Team Aqua was formerly disbanded by her! Not only are her Pokemon strong, she is also physically strong herself!"

"She disbanded a powerful criminal organization!" exclaims Ness. "Wow!"

"Now, may we welcome Pikachu and Sapphire!" says the coach.

Pikachu and Sapphire walks onto the arena. "You better fight with your full power!" Sapphire says to Pikachu. "I never go easy on battles! I battled my friend at full power without showing mercy!"

"If you insist," replies Pikachu. "Then I will!"

"Now, get ready," the coach tells them. Both the competitors got to each side of the arena and face each other.

"FIGHT!"

Sapphire pulls out her pokeball and calls out her strongest Pokemon, Chaka the Blaziken.

"This should be easy!" thought Pikachu. He charges at Chaka and launches himself at her (Chaka is female) using Skull Bash. Chaka swings her leg at Pikachu and kicks him high into the air! "PIIIIKAAA!"

"Whoa! Look at that!" exclaims Ness, pointing at Pikachu.

Chaka jumps up high into the air and slams her leg down on Pikachu, smashing the mouse straight into the arena below. Pikachu smashes through the arena, creating a hole the shape of himself.

"You're no challenge at all!" says Sapphire. Pikachu crawls up from the hole and growls angrily. "I am not as weak as you think!"

He fires a bolt of electric at Chaka, but the Blaziken jumps up into the air and kicks down at Pikachu's face, making him roll backwards. Pikachu will not give up; he charges at Chaka again and fires a huge electric ball forward.

"Zap Cannon…" Sapphire says to herself. "That instant paralyzing electric move… Ha! That's a move with poor accuracy!"

Chaka swiftly dodges aside the electric ball, but the ball is heading towards Sapphire!

The audiences, especially Birch, watches in awe and shock as the electric ball heads for Sapphire, thinking that she will surely be zapped. Sapphire just smirks and stands aside, allowing the ball of electric to go past her and hit the wall. "Watch out with that move! It's easy to dodge, but deadly if hit. You could've killed me!"

Pikachu growls angrily at Sapphire for underestimating him. Chaka runs at Pikachu and swings her leg at the electric mouse. Pikachu quickly jumps aside to avoid the kick, and then he pounces onto Chaka's leg and bites it hard. Chaka yowls in pain and shakes her leg to make Pikachu let go. When he won't let go, Chaka pushes her leg against the wall, crushing Pikachu against it and making him let go. When Pikachu let go, Chaka kicks at Pikachu again, but the electric mouse was able to jump aside and avoid it. When Chaka kicks the wall, it started to crack.

Pikachu quickly got behind Chaka and blasts her with a powerful electric blast, this time hitting her. The electric beam is so bright that the audiences have to cover their eyes to avoid getting blinded. When Pikachu finally stop, he is shocked to see Chaka still standing there!

"I have trained all my Pokemon to have high durability," Sapphire tells him. "They can take many hits before fainting!"

Without a warning, Chaka kicks Pikachu across the arena . She then runs to Pikachu and kicks him with Blaze Kick. Pikachu once again flies across the arena and slams into the wall hard, making a crack. The mouse falls onto the ground and passes out.

"The winner is chosen," Sapphire tells him. "I don't want to kill you, so surrender now!"

Pikachu gets up slowly. "I will not… give up… I will win!" Chaka runs at Pikachu to attack him again, but she is instantly stopped by the coach, who grabs her by the legs. "That's enough," the coach tells her. "You won already."

"I will not lose here!" Pikachu shouts out! "Fight me!"

"Your status is in danger now!" the coach tells him. "If you fight on, you'll die!" Pikachu has no choice but to accept defeat.

"Winner is Sapphire!" the president calls out from the microphone.

"See!" Birch tells Ness and Kirby excitedly. "I told you my daughter would win!"

"Unbelievable…" says Zelda. "That Blaziken of hers is strong and fast! He…"

"Chaka is a she," says Birch, correcting her.

"Okay… She endured such a high voltage electric shock from Pikachu!"

"What did I tell you? My daughter trains more than 20 hours a day! She's one of the top Pokemon trainers in Hoenn!"

"Do you know I'm the top baseball player in Onett?" Ness asks him. "And I'm the top glutton in Onett! Though, Yoshi will disagree with that…" says Kirby.

"Okay, we are about to begin the next match," says the coach. Captain Falcon and a man in ballet dress steps onto the stage. "What a strange guy he is…" thought CF, looking at his opponent.

The man walks to the other side of the arena and introduces himself, "Hello, everyone! Allow me to introduce myself! I am the world's most famous okama, Bon Clay! But I like the name Bon-Chan better!"

"What a weirdo…" murmurs Zelda.

"In this world, there are two kind of genders: man and woman," continues Bon Clay. "But there is a lesser known third gender called okama. Okama is a man as a woman!"

"I believe he means gay," says Luigi.

"I don't care who my opponent is!" CF says to Bon Clay. "I will beat you up and win this contest!"

"Oooo… What attitude you have! I will enjoy this!" says Bon Clay.

"Okay, get ready to… FIGHT!" shouts the coach.

"I promise to end this fight… FAST!" shouts Bon Clay. He charges at CF at high speed and performs a flying jump kick. CF quickly dodges aside and Bon Clay kicks into the wall. CF then throws a punch at the transvestite, but Bon Clay quickly ducks down to avoid the punch. Once ducked down, he performs a leg sweep to hit CF in the leg, causing the F-Zero driver to collapse to the ground. Bon Clay then kicks CF high into the sky.

"Wow!" exclaims Luigi. "Look at that kick!"

CF drops back onto the floor with a hard thud. "Ugh… You're not weak like I thought…"

"Of course! Why else does Mr. 0 gave me a number 2 ranking?" says Bon Clay proudly.

"Mr. Zero?" asks CF curiously. "Who is he?"

"Oops… I shouldn't be saying that. But I didn't reveal anything, did I? Well, why don't you just feel some pain?" Bon Clay charges at CF to attack him. CF quickly gets up and jumps aside, and then he swings his leg horizontally at Bon Clay. The move did not hit, as Bon Clay jumps into the air and avoids it. From the air, Bon Clay lands a kick on CF's face, pushing him onto the ground.

"That's it! I'm serious!" yells CF angrily. He gets up and throws a punch at Bon Clay again, but the gay guy hops backwards to avoid it, and then he launches himself at the driver and kicks him in the belly.

"I'm too fast for you!" taunts Bon Clay, spinning in place happily.

"Is that what you think?" says CF. He gets up and uses Raptor Boost to charge at Bon Clay. This time, the move hits Bon Clay and it tosses him into the air in flames. Bon Clay drops onto the ground and gets back up again. "You just made burnt marks on my best costume! You'll pay!"

Bon Clay angrily swings his leg at CF, but CF also does the same. Both their leg clash together in midair, and they return to their normal stances. CF charges at Bon Clay and throws another punch at him, but Bon Clay avoids it. Bon Clay also throws a punch at him, but CF avoided it too. This time, CF kicks horizontally at Bon Clay, but the okama jumps up to avoid it and then brings his leg down to smash CF on the head, but the driver hops aside to avoid the blow and throws yet again another punch. Once again, Bon Clay avoids the punch and performs a straightforward kick on CF, only to miss. CF charges at Bon Clay to shoulder bash him, but miss when the okama jumps aside.

"It seems that they both are evenly matched…" says Luigi. "Sure is," states Ness. "They're equally strong and fast."

Bowser, Link, and Ganondorf watches from their waiting room. In case you want to know, Pikachu is in the clinic, getting his wounds treated. "Will Falcon stand a chance against that ballet guy?" Bowser asks Link. "Of course he can!" Link assures him. "CF is both strong and fast!"

"But that Bom Bay guy or something is equally fast also!" says Ganondorf. "This match is going to take forever…"

The coach watches both the competitors battling each other. "This is going to be a long battle…" he thought to himself.

CF and Bon Clay backs off and faces each other, both tired out. "You're as good as me…" says Bon Clay. "Be happy that I didn't activate my prima mode, or else you would be dead!"

"And you should be glad I haven't used my ultimate attack yet," CF tells him. "If only I can get a good aim on you, then you're dead too!"

"Let's end this battle now! Everyone is growing bored!" Bon Clay takes off his mascaras and throws it at Captain Falcon. CF was able to dodge it easily. "Is that all?"

CF didn't know that the mascaras are like boomerang, and it flies back to him and cuts him across the shoulder! The mascaras fly back to Bon Clay and he puts it back on. "Haha! You got fooled!"

CF slowly gets up and growls angrily, but he is immediately kicked by Bon Clay. Bon Clay immediately strikes him with a powerful combo, giving no chance for CF to attack at all. He ends it by kicking CF hard in the chest, sending the F-Zero driver flying backwards and hitting the wall headfirst. Good thing he has his helmet on.

The coach immediately goes check Falcon's status. "This is it. You shouldn't be pushing yourself anymore."

"So I'm the winner, right?" asks Bon Clay.

"The winner is Bon Clay!" announces the president. Bon Clay stretches his arms high into the air and shouts, "And the outcome of this battle is me! I can see the swans coming to congratulate me!" He throws several kisses into the air, only to make people look at him in disgust.

CF gets up slowly. "Fine… You win this time… I will try and defeat you again!"

"Don't worry. You're such a powerful fighter yourself! Do not take losing as a bad thing! Learn from your loss and strengthen up yourself! The path will open before you if you look towards the bright side!"

"Thanks for the encouragement! If we ever meet again someday, I will defeat you!"

Both the contestants return to their waiting rooms. Before Bon Clay enters his room, he calls the coach, "Hey, cool coach! I have a problem in the waiting room! Can you please lend me your kind hand?"

"What is it?" asks the coach as he enters the waiting room. Bon Clay brings him into a room with nobody else. And then…

CRASH BANG POW SMASH

After a little while, the coach returns to the arena. "Sorry to keep you waiting. There was a problem with the water cooler in the waiting room. Now may we continue the next battle: Link vs. Cloud!"

"Yeah! I'm next!" says Link excitedly. Cloud just shows no emotions and walks into the arena.

"Hey, don't act too cool," Link says to him. "You'll lose if you spend your time looking cool!" Cloud just remains silent, but with a serious expression, then he looks at one of the audiences. The audience he's looking at is wearing black clothes, black bandana, and a sunglass. That man makes a gesture and Cloud nods. The coach also looks at that man and makes a gesture too. The coach turns toward the arena and says, "FIGHT!"

Link begins by pulling out his sword and charges toward Cloud, striking the sword at him. Cloud lifts up his oversized sword with one hand and easily blocks the blow. Link swings his sword at Cloud again, but Cloud still uses his sword to block it.

Link starts striking him wildly and rapidly, but Cloud was able to block them all swiftly and easily. "This guy is good!" thought Link. "He seems to be more of defense than offense."

While blocking the hits, Cloud then strikes Link's sword, causing it to fly out his hand. Link jumps back into the air and grabs the sword by its hilt while in midair. "He's really good!" Link thought. "He was still able to attack me even while blocking my blows! Looks like I'll have to take him by surprise."

Link drops back to the ground and charges at Cloud again. "You won't get anywhere using the same move," Cloud says to him. Link strikes down his sword at Cloud, but Cloud blocks the blow with his sword again.

Once again, Link strikes rapidly and Cloud blocks it. "Now's my chance!" thought Link. Quick as a flash, Link dashes to the side of Cloud and caught him unnoticed. Link then slash across his waist! Cloud collapse onto his knee in pain. "I got you this time! If brute force won't work, then I always try deceiving and speed!" Link tells him proudly.

Cloud gets back up again, ignoring the pain from the slash, and says, "I cannot allow you to win. I must fulfill my master's wishes."

"Who?" asks Link. That audience who is wearing black clothes gets an angry look on his face. "Fool! Don't reveal it just yet!"

"Now I have to… kill you!" Cloud says to Link. Link gets a shocked expression on his face. Cloud charges at Link and slams his sword down on him. Link quickly brings up his shield to block the hit. The hit was so hard that the shield bent a little bit! "What strength!" thought Link. "He's also as offensive as he is in defense!"

Cloud strikes his sword from low, but Link brought his shield down low and block it. Link then trusts his sword straight at Cloud, but Cloud avoids it by hopping backwards. Cloud swings his sword horizontally at Link, but Link is able to avoid it by jumping upwards. He jumps above Cloud and thrusts his sword down at him. Cloud swings his sword upwards and knocks the midair Link higher into the sky!

Cloud jumps up into the sky and slashes Link hard. Blood is sent raining down as Link gets slashed. The Smashers gasp when they saw this.

Link drops back onto the ground and lies there. Cloud drops back down and says to himself quietly, "Mission accomplished." As the coach approaches Link, he sees Link slowly getting back up and saying, "So you want to kill me… I rarely heard someone say this to me. The only people who would say this are those that do not know my true personality…" He glares angrily at Cloud. "AND YOU ARE THAT KIND OF PERSON! I REFUSE TO SHED BLOOD IN BATTLES!"

"Oh no! Link!" shouts Zelda. "Berserk mode activated!" screams Luigi. "Run for cover!" Then he puts the popcorn bag over his bag and trembles in fear.

"There goes Link!" says Bowser excitedly. "Behold his wrath! Nobody can defeat him in this mode!"

"That boy cannot be underestimated…" says Ganondorf. "He rarely shed blood in battles. If he ever shed a lot of blood… Then that will happen!"

Link roars like a beast and dashes at Cloud, striking him rapidly with the sword. Cloud desperately blocks the blow with his sword. "He's faster than before! What happened to him?"

With a powerful blow, Link smacks the sword right out of Cloud's hand. While Cloud is shocked, Link slashes him across the chest, and then kicks him in the groin. Cloud is sent flying backwards and he collapse onto the ground.

The audiences were amazed at Link's 'berserk mode'. That man in black gets nervous and thought to himself, "Darn it! That Cloud is getting weak! He's not as strong as I thought after all! Time to change plan!" He whistles out to the coach and catches his attention, and then he makes some gestures to him. The coach shows a thumb up, meaning he understood.

The coach slowly approaches Link, but Cloud calls out to him, "Stop! I'm not finished yet! I will not lose to him!" He gets back up and runs to his sword and picks it up, and then he faces Link.

Link lets out a war cry and charges at Cloud again. This time, Cloud jumps up high into the air and Link looks up at him. Cloud drop downwards, with his sword pointing down to stab Link. Link quickly jumps aside to avoid the attack.

When Cloud lands onto the ground with his sword, Link punches him hard in the cheek and then uses his ultimate attack, the Tornado Spinning Sword Technique! Link sticks his sword out and starts spinning like a tornado! He collides into Cloud and slashes him rapidly. Cloud screams in pain as the blade cuts across his skin like a saw. When Link finally stops spinning, he swings his sword at Cloud like a baseball bat, sending Cloud flying high into the sky. All the audiences are flabbergasted when they see Cloud getting knocked into the sky, leaving behind a long trail of blood and it rains down onto the arena. Some blood even splattered onto the audiences! "Eeew!" cries Kirby. "There's blood in my soda!" Nevertheless, he still drinks it. "But it didn't ruin the taste anyway."

Cloud falls onto the arena floor on his back, lying in a small puddle of his own blood.

"Now that's the boy! Link!" cheers Bowser. "You gave him a good beating!"

"He's that strong!" exclaims Sapphire in awe. Link sheathes his sword and says, "Sorry if that hurt you too much. I just can't control myself. But do not underestimate me next time." Suddenly, he is kicked in the face by the coach. Link flies into the wall and bangs his head, but he is still conscious. "What was that for!" Link asks the coach angrily.

The man in black jumps down from the audience seats and walks up to the coach. "You have messed up our plan! Cloud wasn't all that useful after all," the man says to Link.

"What do you mean?" Link asks him. He is then surprised when a bunch of Darkling rises from the ground and accompanies the coach and the man.

"Darkling!" gasps Zelda when she sees them. "Crazy Hand was right!" says Luigi. "There is a Dark Reactor here!"

"Who are you two?" Link asks the two people. "Why are you with the Darklings! Wait… I mean Darkling!"

The coach and the man smiles. The man takes off his sunglass and the coach gently taps his own face.

Sapphire immediately gasps. "It's him!"

"And him!" exclaims Captain Falcon.

The man in black reveals himself to be Archie and the coach turns out to be Bon Clay!

Meanwhile, somewhere in the waiting room… The real coach is beaten up and tied up in ropes

TO BE CONTINUED…

Don't worry, Cloud isn't dead. I won't let him die, since he has tons of fan boys and fan girls.