You must know that this story isn't only about action, but also plot development. If a story has only action, then one wouldn't get the point of the story. In every story, it is important to have a part dedicated to plot and character development. Just like when you are eating, you must also eat your green vegetables instead of always meat.
Chapter 44: A Giant Darkling Appears! Zelda Unlocks the Second Level!
6 mysterious figures are hidden among the leaves of a tall tree. "Your target is Sasuke," says one of them. "Arouse the thought of revenge into his mind, so that he gives chances for the Darkling."
"Yes we will, Master Orochimaru," reply 4 of them, and then they jump off in a very fast speed.
"Now we will take on Ganondorf," says Orochimaru, who was the one that gave orders just now. "The log that fell down from the waterfall really knocked him out cold. Now that his friends have gone to Hidden Sand Village to exterminate Darkling, I can take over him without getting disturbed. It was our plan all along to make him stay behind and lure his friends away."
"But Master Orochimaru, Ganondorf is a righteousness man," says his faithful follower Kabuto. "A Darkling cannot take over the body of a righteous person."
"He may be righteous in present, but his past is filled with deeds that are too evil to be forgiven. All we have to do is unlock his darkest past."
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A large 6 meters tall Darkling smashes through a building and its jaws are some human bodies. "AHHHHH! IT'S HERE!" screams a dude. "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! IT'S GONNA EAT US ALL!"
The citizens of Sand Village scream and run for their life from the monstrous Darkling. Smaller Darkling appear from nowhere and attack the unexpected people.
Some of the village's best ninjas appear in front of the large Darkling and throw several kunai and shuriken at it. The Darkling raises its arm and smacks them away with a single swipe.
"Even our best ninjas can't handle them!" cries a dude. "What can we do!"
The Darkling sees a mother and child curled up against a building wall, crying in fear. The Darkling opens its fingers wide and reaches for the two. "Noooo! Go away! HELP!" cries the mother, and the child begins crying also.
Suddenly, a star shoots in from the side and crashes into the Darkling, pushing it away into some stone walls.
CRASH
"What did we hit just now?" asks Bowser.
"Somebody, I guess," replies Kirby.
"Thank you for rescuing us!" the mother says to the Smashers.
"What did we do?" says Popo, who has a question mark above his head.
They hear a loud roar, so they turn to see that Darkling they crashed into. It is very angry and is coming after them with a vengeance. "Let me handle him!" says Bowser, putting on the Sharp Claws. He hops towards the Darkling at a very fast speed and slashes it across the chest hard, making it fly backwards. DK jumps to the Darkling and, with a single blow from the Giant Axe, cuts off its head.
"That was too easy!" says DK.
Suddenly, a nearby building explodes and two more of the same kind of Darkling appear, each growling fiercely at the Smashers. "Looks like we have more," says Link. "But I doubt they'll be a challenge, considering the first one was easy to kill."
One of the Darkling slams its hand towards Mewtwo, but the psychic Pokemon teleports away to avoid it. He reappears behind the Darkling and stabs into its back with the Psychic Spoon, killing it.
The other Darkling lifts up a large rock and hurls it at Link. Link swings his sword and cuts the rock into two, and he fires a couple of Silver Arrows at the Darkling, piercing it in the eyes. As the Darkling roars in pain, Sheik (Zelda transformed just now) wraps the Snake Whip around its neck and swings it into the air and slams the Darkling onto a hard floor, and it dies.
"That's the last of them," says Popo.
"Not quite yet," says Bowser, pointing to some smaller Darkling ahead. The Smashers bravely charge forward and took out the Darkling one by one until all of them are killed.
When the last one is killed, several people step out of their hiding places and gather around the Smashers. "We don't know who you are, but we are really thankful that you helped us rid of those monsters," a man says to them.
"We are sent here by Leaf Village to exterminate these monsters," Link tells them.
Suddenly, a violent earthquake shook the place and everyone is frightened. Buildings begin to crumble and the pavement starts cracking. The ground explodes and a giant being slowly rises from the fissure. The people scream in fear and run for their lives.
"What is that!" exclaims Nana.
The being that emerged from the ground is obviously a Darkling, for its black skin and purple eyes gave away. The Darkling stood on two legs like a human, but it has a head like that of a dinosaur's and a mandible for the mouth like an insect. It has two large pincers instead of arms and a long tail with a shield-like plate at the tip of the tail. And the most frightening of all is the Darkling is a whopping 20 meters tall!
"That's the largest Darkling I've ever seen!" gasps Popo.
"But it's going to be a pushover!" says Bowser. He jumps towards the Darkling to attack it, but the Darkling slams its pincer at Bowser and sends him flying into a brick wall.
"You should be more careful! Watch me!" says DK. He raises his axe overhead and runs towards the Darkling's leg. Just when he's only a few inches away from the leg, the Darkling lifts the leg and kicks DK into the same brick wall.
"I really pity you two! You should use long-range attacks!" says Link. He takes out his Silver Arrows and fires it at the Darkling. The Darkling brings its shield-like tail to the front and blocks the arrows easily, and then it uses the tail to slam Link into the… You guessed it, the brick wall.
"Looks like it isn't as easy as we thought after all!" says Zelda.
It is the Darkling's turn to attack. The giant monster slams its tail against the ground like a whip, trying to hit the Smashers. The Smashers quickly run off in different directions to avoid getting hit. Kirby floats up onto a tall stone pillar and throws his Boomerang Dagger at the monster. When the boomerang hits the skin, it bounces off and flies back to Kirby! "What! It won't cut through him!"
Mewtwo charges at the Darkling and smashes the Psychic Spoon against its skin. Instead of cutting into it, it just makes a loud banging sound when hit. The Darkling turns to Mewtwo and smacks him away with its pincer.
The Ice Climbers jump into the air and bring their Quake Hammers down onto the Darkling's head. It made a very impact against the skin of the Darkling's head, but it did not bother the giant monster very much. Popo and Nana drop onto the sandy ground with a thud, right in front of the monster's feet. The Darkling raises one foot and readies to bring it down on the Ice Climbers.
"AHHHHH!" scream the two. "HELP!"
"POPO! NANA!" shout Kirby.
Just when the foot is about to crush down on them, a stream of sand appears and wraps around the Ice Climbers, and immediately pulls them away just before the foot hits the ground.
"Phew… Saved…" says Popo with a sigh of relief.
"Thanks!" Nana says to their rescuer.
The other Smashers walk up to the rescuer and Link says to him, "Thank you for rescuing our friends! Who are you?"
"Gaara of the Desert. Also the Kazekage of Sand Village," replies the person boldly.
"You must be the one Tsunade said!" says Sheik. "You're the leader here?"
"No time to answer your questions. We have something to take care of."
The giant Darkling roars loudly and slowly moves towards them, destroying some buildings along the way. "You will pay for wrecking this place," says Gaara. He slams his hand against the ground, and immediately, all the sandy ground in front of them shoots up, forming a gigantic tsunami, except made of sand!
"WOW!" exclaim the Smashers.
The sand tsunami crashes down onto the Darkling and completely buries it underneath, along with all the ruins of the village.
The Smashers are totally speechless upon the sight. Everyone watches the newly made sand dunes quietly, waiting for something to happen. It happened as they believe will; the Darkling pops its head out of the sand and roars, followed by the rest of its body.
"Just as I thought," says Gaara. "No kinds of jutsus can kill it."
"Not if we try the Holy Weapons," Link tells him.
"But my weapon didn't scratch him earlier!" says Kirby.
"So did ours!" says Popo and Nana together.
The Darkling thrusts its pincer forward to hit them, but Gaara's sand flies in front of everyone and blocks the incoming attack. The impact is hard, but everyone is amazed that it did not bust through the sand.
"What kind of power is this…?" says Mewtwo. "I have never seen sand this powerful!"
Gaara commands his sands to wrap around the Darkling's pincer, and when they did, he clutches his fingers together and the sand crushes the Darkling's pincer. Of course, it did not hurt the Darkling. "Stop wasting your time!" says Link. "There's nothing you can do about it, no matter how powerful your sands are!"
"Then what else can we do?" Kirby asks him.
"Just charge forward and attack!"
"But we said our weapons aren't strong enough just now!"
"It's because you're weak! I'll show you how!" Link charges at the Darkling and pulls back his bow to fire a Silver Arrow. He is immediately hit by the tail and gets knocked high into the air. Gaara quickly uses his sands to catch him.
"Don't push yourself, can you?"
"I guess I'll have to try this myself," says Sheik. She takes out a needle and pokes her finger with it, making it bleed.
"What are you doing?" DK asks her, a bit shocked.
"I'll see if the Level 2 Weapons are true." Sheik holds the Snake Whip using the bleeding hand and says, "Power of the Royal Hand Families, you have lent us your power, so now we shall repay you! We give you our sacred blood in exchange for even more power, the power I have in myself! Unlock my true power! Let the holy one bring down the darkness!"
Immediately after saying this, the whip begins flashing very brightly. It didn't blind anyone though, it blinded only the Darkling. When the flashing died down, in Sheik's hand is a whip with eight long 'tentacles' sticking out! Each tentacle must measure at least 8 meters in length. "Amazing!"
"WOW!" exclaim the other Smashers.
"Now to test its power!" Sheik runs towards the Darkling and swings the whip at it. To her surprise, the tentacles stretch out even longer than before and 7 of them wraps around the Darkling's arms and body! The Darkling tries hard to struggle free, but to no avail. The eighth tentacle stretches toward the Darkling, aiming for where the heart is. It pierces into the right chest and emerges from the other side. The Darkling roars its last and then slowly disappears into thin air.
The tentacles retract to their handle and with a flash, turns back into an ordinary whip, its original form.
The other Smashers are awestruck. "So that's the Level 2 Weapons!" exclaims Bowser.
"It's so powerful! It took down that Darkling in one hit!" says DK excitedly.
"This is amazing!" says Sheik. "I didn't expect this!"
Everyone came and thank them with all their hearts. "As the Kazekage of this village, I must thank you for your bravery on willing to come all the way here to rescue our village," says Gaara, bowing to them.
"That's our job here," says Mewtwo.
"You must be treated at once. I will prepare a great celebration for all of you."
"That sounds good!" says Kirby. "I can't wait to eat!"
"Oh well, it wouldn't hurt to have some relaxation after doing something good," says Zelda (she's back to her normal form). "Though we've left out Ganondorf…"
"Let's just bring some goodies back to him and tell him our stories," says Link.
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Back in Leaf Village…
4 mysterious figures are hiding on a tree outside Sasuke's window. "We'll strike at midnight," says one of them. "It won't arouse any alarm that way."
"Pfft! That's a coward's way! A brave ninja wouldn't bother doing that!"
"Even brave ninjas must not be reckless. It is important to keep calm and wait for chances."
"You're just scared, you big chicken!"
"You're a girl! How can you say that kind of stuff?"
"Mind your own business, fat ass!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
I hope this part will keep you fans for a while. The most exciting parts will be coming up in the next few chapters! And I think it's pretty obvious who those 4 are if you read Naruto a lot.