Chapter XXIX: Why Masks and Emeralds Don't Mix
On the Toad Express, Sora, Luigi, Yoshi, and Toadsworth were deciding what their next plan of action was. Sora was still wondering off into memory lane, remembering meeting Luigi and Yoshi, traveling to other worlds filled with mystery, wonder, and adventure. He felt like his dreams were smashed right in front of his face like a mirror and he saw his sorrow in the reflection of those little pieces of those dreams. Although it would be great to finally be reunited with Riku and Kairi, he just couldn't help but feel like apart of his life was leaving him.
"Okay," Yoshi began. "So, we go find bad guy and attack him."
"Bad idea, kid." Luigi objected. "At our current level we'd get creamed. Not even Sora could beat him."
"I agree with Master Luigi." Toadsworth said. "We don't know how powerful this madman is. It could be dangerous."
"But, bad man could destroy worlds at anytime!" Yoshi panicked.
"Calm down, Yoshi." Sora said, petting Yoshi's head. "Ansem knows I'm coming and I don't think he's going to try to pull anything. Luigi's actually right for once."
"What?" Luigi asked in shock.
Sora laughed, "Only kidding." He then sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "But how can we become stronger? Even those updated spells we have won't be enough."
"Well, opportunities like that don't just ring on the phone." Luigi said. As if expected, the group heard the phone ring. "I stand corrected."
"I get it." Yoshi said, excitedly.
Yoshi stuck his tongue out and wrapped it around the phone. However, as he pulled it off, it went too fast and Yoshi swallowed the phone. Everyone else made disgusted looks at Yoshi.
"Kid, a phone is suppose to be picked up, not digested." Luigi groaned.
The group then heard a muffling sound coming from Yoshi's stomach. Sora curiously pressed his ear against Yoshi's stomach and heard a familiar voice.
"Hello?" called the muffled voice of Professor Oak. "Is anyone there?"
"It's the professor." Sora said. "There must be another tournament coming up." He then turned to Luigi and Toadsworth. "But, how can we even talk to him when he's inside the belly of the beast?"
"Watch this." Luigi said with confidence.
Luigi walked over to Yoshi and opened his mouth wide. The group then heard Oak's voice loud and clear, calling their names. Luigi gestured Sora to talk into the mouth. Sora put his face up to Yoshi's mouth and talked into it.
"Professor?" Sora called. "Can you hear me?"
"Oh, hello, Sora." Oak responded. "You sound a bit far away. Using a speaker phone?"
Sora rubbed his head and chuckled, "You could say that. What's up?"
"The next tournament is going to take place in three hours." Oak responded. "This will be the biggest one ever."
"How come?" Luigi asked.
"Strange, why do I hear slushing sounds and sizzling sounds?" Oak asked, strangely.
"Stomach acid!" Sora cried.
Sora quickly grabbed the telephone line and pulled on it. Yoshi felt the phone lift from his stomach and go up through his throat. Yoshi then opened his mouth and spat the phone out, which had drool on it. The phone then hit Luigi in the head and knocked him over. Sora ran and brought a towel back and wiped the phone off. Luigi stood back up and wiped his head off because of the slobber on it.
"Yuck!" Luigi said with disgust. "I've been slobbered two days in a row now!"
Sora put his ear up to the phone and cleared his throat, "Sorry, we're having a little trouble with reception and the speaker phone isn't working."
"Anyway, this is the last tournament of the year." Oak continued. "If you win, you'll be the champions of the tournament. Also, you'll be able to enter two special matches. I'll explain more upon arrival."
"Okay, we'll be right there." Sora nodded with excitement.
"Take your time." Oak said. "It won't begin for another three hours. You three should get something to eat, stretch out, start getting ready for the tournament."
"We will." Sora nodded. "Good-bye." He hung up the phone and turned to his group. "We have three hours to get ready. We should head back to Isle Delfino and stock up on items."
"And some disinfected." Luigi added. "I've got Yoshi germs all over me!"
Sora chuckled and was about to go tell Tails to leave when the young fox ran into the room in a panic. He was nervous and sweat was dripping down his face. Tears were also streaming down his face and his breathing was fast and sharp. Sora bent down to Tails and put his hands on the fox's shoulders.
"Tails!" Sora exclaimed. "What's wrong?"
"Help! Help! My friends are in trouble! Sonic is in trouble! I need to go back!" Tails cried. "I can't leave him! I know he's in trouble! Please, Sora, help!"
Tails cried uncontrollably and Sora hugged him, trying to calm the fox down.
"Tails, it's okay." Sora said, softly. "Shh! It's alright. If there's a problem we can help." He then turned to Yoshi. "Get Tails some water."
Yoshi nodded and ran to get some water.
"Why didn't you ask me to get the water?" Luigi asked, upset.
"Knowing you Luigi you'd probably trip and fall when you came back with it." Sora assumed.
Sora picked up Tails and brought him over to a chair and sat him down. Tails took slow breaths, feeling his heart pump rapidly from the panic. He was afraid of the horrible events that were taking place. He was feeling this way because he was scared of losing Sonic who was like a father figure to him. The older brother he never had was in trouble and he wasn't going to stand around and watch Sonic suffer. Yoshi ran in with the water and handed it to Tails who drank it slowly.
Tails drank the water slowly and it helped calm him down. He began to felt a little better as he knew that Sora and his friends could help him. After all, they did help to save his life once and he has helped them.
"Now, calmly," Sora began, softly. "Tell me what happened."
"I recently got the morning paper from my world." Tails explained. He was still out of breath and was breathing slowly, so he was slow on his world. "I never got a chance to read it because I was driving when it was brought aboard through the mail slot of the Toad Express, but when I did read it they said that Station Square has been destroyed!"
The group gasped in horror upon hearing that. Sora remembered that Dr. Eggman escaped the battle in a humorous way. He figured that the mad scientist was up to his own tricks. But how could he have? Sora was sure Sonic would have taken care of the problem by now.
"Eggman?" Sora asked. "Did he do this?"
"Nah," Tails replied with a little chuckle. "Eggman can't even take over a pawn shop." He then made a worried look again. "But, I'm worried about Sonic. I don't think he can handle something that powerful." He then paused. "Except for Amy, but that's another story."
"Man, you're always talking about that blue pain in the bum." Luigi groaned. "What's so special about him?" Tails got angry upon hearing that and tried to attack Luigi. Sora held him back while the plumber ran and hid behind another chair. "Don't hurt me!"
"Calm down, Tails!" Sora cried. "Luigi still has issues with your friend." He then smiled. "Sonic's pretty tough, I doubt he'll have problems with whatever it is."
"I don't know, Master Sora." Toadsworth disagreed. "We can't just tell from sitting here. Perhaps, we should head to Station Square and investigate this disastrous turn of events. Also, it could kill the three hours before the tournament."
"Good idea, Toadsworth." Sora nodded in agreement.
"No way!" Luigi shouted, running up to the group in fear. "If something that powerful can destroy a city, then you can count me out!"
Sora looked at his friend in disappointment, "What's your problem? Tails has done so much for us already. We would have probably never rescued the princesses, Kairi, or find your brother without him. If we don't help, not only would people get hurt, but we wouldn't even show gratitude for what he's done. We got return the favor. It's just not nice if we don't."
"Oh, well you go kid and I'll make like a banana and split." Luigi gulped.
"Forget it!" Yoshi snapped. "Sora, Luigi, and Yoshi go together!"
"I was afraid you were going to say that." Luigi said nervously.
"Listen, ignore Luigi." Sora said with a smile. "We'll help in anyway."
Tails jumped up excitedly, "Thank you, Sora! I knew I could count on you! You guys are the nicest people I've ever met...besides Sonic."
"Then let's go to Station Square!" Sora announced.
"Aye, aye, sir!" Tails saluted.
Tails felt reassurance in himself because of Sora's kindness. He also knew that Sonic wanted him to be strong and in this situation that's exactly what he needed to do. He knew that everything would be okay now that they were going to check it out. He ran to the front of the ship and turned on the engine. He then used the warp drive to take them to Station Square. Upon arrival, what Tails saw made him gasp in horror. He saw water falling from all around the world, dropping down like a water fall.
He also noticed that building were crushed and in ruin. It looked like a stack of dominos have been knocked over. He ran back to the passenger room and told the trio to look out the window. What they saw shocked them.
"Holy macaroni!" Luigi explained. "This place is a mess!"
"It's like an aquarium on a bad day." Sora remarked. "Come on, let's check it out!"
"But, what if there are sharks in there?" Luigi asked nervously.
"What are you, Luigi? A man or mouse?" Sora asked.
"Would you believe I'm a chicken of the sea?" Luigi said in a high pitched voice.
Sora rolled his eyes and began to leave. He then noticed that Yoshi was no where in sight. He looked around the room for a few minutes checking ever inch of the Toad Express. Finally, he saw Yoshi hiding under the control area. Sora bent down to him and smiled.
"Let me guess, too much water, right?" Sora figured. Yoshi nodded. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen. Maybe this would be the time to try and conquer your fear. I'll even give you a piggyback ride down there."
Yoshi smiled as he knew he could always trust Sora. Taking his words for granted, Yoshi crawled out from under his spot and jumped onto Sora's back. The boy walked out of the room with Yoshi on his back and rejoined the others. As they walked out, Yoshi laughed.
"This is first time anyone give Yoshi a piggyback ride." Yoshi laughed.
The four got dropped off on top of a piece of an highway road. Sora was shocked by what he saw. He noticed that all the buildings were in ruin and the glass in the windows were all broken. Most of the buildings were tipped over and were floating gently on the water. Cars were on their backs and the wheels were spinning slowly. The roads were torn apart and were not seen at all. The street lights sparked from the damage done. Some of them were even torn in half.
As the group proceeded on, Sora noticed the citizens of Station Square were cowering in fear inside buildings. As he looked up, he could see the highway and how sections of it were broken away. He figured it must have been something extremely big and powerful. He looked down to see water as far as the eye could see was right below them. He could see more ruble and cars wrecked underneath it.
They continued walking for a few minutes until they then noticed one of the highway roads was unstable. The rough waves were tilting it back and forth. The group noticed a small young rabbit wearing a one piece red shirt and dress. She had a blue tie on that split into two directions. She had brown type of marks on her head, around her eyes, and on the tips of her long ears. She also wore shoes that had a yellow and red stripe.
In the rabbit's arms was a strange creature that was smaller then her. It was light blue and it had yellow dots on the edge of its pudgy little hands and feet. Its face was shaped like a small chocolate kisses candy. It also had a small dot over its head. The rabbit whimpered as she held onto the creature tightly. She was frightened and lost. Tails gasped as he noticed the rabbit.
"Cream and Cheese?" A baffled Tails said.
"No thank you." Yoshi said, shaking his head. "But Yoshi would love some cream and cheese." He then smacked his lip. "It good."
"Um, I think that's there names." Sora said, correcting Yoshi.
"What a world." Luigi chuckled. "We meet people who have names of food products and body parts. What's next, Toothbrush the Happy Hamster?"
"Would you stop it?" Sora groaned at Luigi.
"Hey, Cream!" Tails called to the rabbit. "Are you okay?"
Cream looked up to see Tails and sighed with relief. She was happy to know a familiar face was near by.
"Oh, Tails, thank goodness!" she said. "I'm so glad you're here! I got so scared and I thought no one would help me!"
Cream flapped her ears like a bird would flap its wings and flew into the air. Cheese had two wings on his back and used them to fly over to the spot were Sora's group was. As they landed, Cream ran over to Tails and hugged him. Cheese jumped into Tails' arms and nudged his face.
"Chao! Chao!" Cheese said happily.
"Okay, Cheese." Tails laughed. "I'm happy to see you, too." He put Cheese back down and turned to Cream. "What happened?"
"It was terrible." Cream said, with fear in her voice. "I was walking through the city when the water started rising up. The buildings all exploded from water and began flooding the entire town. I saw cars crash into each other. Cheese and I were lucky enough to hide somewhere thanks to Sonic."
"You saw Sonic?" Tails gasped in excitement. "Where is he?"
"I don't know." Cream responded. "I never saw him after that." She then turned to Sora's group. "Are these new friends of yours?"
"Yeah, these are Sora and his friends." Tails said, introducing the trio. "I'm helping them in a fight against a group of bad guys. But when I heard about Station Square I came back and they promised to help me."
Cream curtsied to Sora's group and smiled, "It's nice to meet you, Sora. I'm Cream and this is my friend Cheese the Chao."
"Nice to meet you." Sora nodded. He then bent down to her. "Do you know who caused this?"
"It was Chaos." called a familiar voice.
The group turned to notice Knuckles walking up to them with an injured Sonic who was resting on his shoulder. Tails gasped in horror upon seeing Sonic.
"Sonic!" Tails cried. "Are you-"
"I'm okay, bro." Sonic chuckled weakly.
"Here let me help." Sora offered.
The keyblade master used his cure spell to recover Sonic's wounds and cuts. The hedgehog sighed as he felt better and was able to stand up. He walked over to Tails and brushed his hair.
"I knew you'd come back, kid." Sonic smirked. "Best bros always stick together." Tails smiled at Sonic who smiled back. He then turned to Sora. "Hey, Sora, Yoshi, and old timer. What's up?"
"You when I send you flying into the air." Luigi said, angrily waving his fist at Sonic.
"Cool it, Luigi!" snapped Sora. He then turned back to Sonic. "Are you alright? What happened?"
Knuckles looked around the city in surprise, "Man, he really did it this time."
"Nah," Sonic said. "This just a holiday, Knuckles. It's called make-your-city-look-like-trash-week."
Knuckles then shrugged and began to walk away, "Ok, well if it's nothing then..." He then stopped and thought about what Sonic said. "HEY!"
Sonic laughed, "Sorry, man! I couldn't resist!" He then turned back to Sora. "It was Chaos. He did all this. Man, what a monster! I tried fighting him and couldn't even hurt him."
"What could be worse then that?" Luigi asked, horrified.
The group then noticed that Amy was running up to the group with tears streaming out of her eyes. She knew that Sonic got hurt from his fight and was extremely scared for him.
"You just had to ask." Sonic moaned at Luigi.
Amy ran into Sonic's arms and hugged him, "Oh, my Sonic! My sweet Sonic! Thank goodness you're alright!"
"I'm fine, Amy!" Sonic cried, trying to push her off. "Please, didn't you know I'm highly allergic to you?"
Amy pulled away from him and giggled.
"Oh, Sonic, you're the cutest ever." she giggled.
"She didn't even hear my insult." Sonic groaned.
"Chaos has gotten the seven emeralds." Knuckles said, continuing for Sonic. "I brought them back to Angel Island after our adventure on the Egg Carrier. I did that so Eggman could never use them ever again. But when Angel Island fell down, Chaos was able to find them."
"Then he went to your workshop and grabbed the last one." Sonic told Tails. "He destroyed everything."
"I'm sorry." Sora whispered with pity.
"Don't worry about it, man." Sonic chuckled. "I can beat him. I just need to work on getting those emeralds out of him."
"The worst part is that he's using a clock tower to use a doom spell on people." Knuckles added.
Luigi gave Knuckles the double look, "Doom spell? Please tell me you did not just say that."
"Is that bad, Luigi?" Sora asked Luigi, a bit confused by the definition of a doom spell.
"Kid, a doom spell can instantly bring an end to one's life." Luigi explained. "It can't be cured unless we defeat the one who used it in time."
"I've heard rumors that the doom spell is controlled by the clock tower." Knuckles said. "Once doom is cast on someone it begins a time rotation. They only have sixty seconds once the spell begins. Perhaps, we could slow the clock tower down."
"Our stop magic could work." Sora said.
"True, but it won't be enough." Sonic pointed out.
All of a sudden the group heard an ear shattering roar and the group turned to see Chaos looking down at them. He looked like a long log then went up. His face looked like the face of a shark. He opened his mouth to reveal his deadly sharp teeth. He gave the group an glare as he was ready to hunt down his pray. Yoshi ran behind Sora and coward while Cream and Cheese ran behind Tails.
"Whoa!" Sora exclaimed.
"Got that right." Sonic nodded in agreement.
"If we don't stop this guy he could reduce this world to ashes." Knuckles shouted.
"But with all seven emeralds residing with in him, it isn't going to be an easy task." Tails pointed out
Sora tried to figure out a way to beat this thing. With all emeralds in the beast he knew it would be difficult to defeat. He then heard a whirring sound from above him. Sora turned around and looked up, gasping at what he saw. It was the Egg Carrier and it was flying right towards the giant monster..
"Guys, look!" Sora cried.
Everyone looked up and noticed the Egg Carrier. Tails gasped in horror upon seeing this.
"Eggman!" cried Tails. "But, the Egg Carrier crashed into the sea. How can it still be functional?"
"Easy," Sonic responded. "I'm sure he always had a spare when needed. Looks like he's come to get a piece of Chaos."
Inside the main control room, Eggman was controlling the ship, angrily thrusting nobs back in forth. He knew he could never forgive the creature he tamed for turning his back on him. After all he's done for the water creature, he now betrayed the doctor.
"You foolish creature!" Eggman shouted angrily. "You are the main reason you ruined everything. You defied your master and no one gets away with defying me! That is why this Egg Carrier Two was designed." He then began pressing buttons. "Now, I shall bring about your demise you stupid beast!"
Chaos took notice of the Egg Carrier Two and took a giant inhale. As he did, energy began to form in his mouth from the power of the emeralds. As he exhaled, he released a giant purple beam which lifted into the air and blasted the new Egg Carrier. Sora's group gasped upon seeing the full power of Chaos effortlessly destroying the giant flying fortress.
The Egg Carrier Two slowly floated down towards the city while it was exploding from all over the place. Eggman quickly retreated to his Egg Mobile and pressed an ejection button and escaped just in time. The flying fortress flew into a building and exploded in front of the group. They covered there eyes as particles and dust came at them. As the dust cleared, the group noticed Eggman flying off on his Egg Mobile, screaming all the way.
"That does it!" Sonic shouted. He was ticked off with Chaos and wasn't going to let him get away with this. "You think you can just waltz in here and ruin our lives? Well, think again, buddy! Emeralds or not I can still beat you!"
Sora got his keyblade out knowing that it was a risk but, he was willing to fight for a friend. He felt a bit nervous going up against an invincible being like Chaos, but knew if he believed in himself, he could win. All of a sudden, a small pink ball of light appeared in front of the boy which startled him. Sora looked at the ball in confusion and curiously touched it. He felt a warm feeling from it and it felt comforting.
All of a sudden, as if his brain got struck by lightning, Sora saw images appear right before his eyes. He saw an ancient city with tropical palm trees and a giant tower with big stairs. It was in the middle of horrendous battle as Sora saw echidnas battling against each other. It was so graphic the battle that he couldn't even watch it, but the images continued. Next he saw a giant green emerald sitting on top of a giant shrine. He noticed blazes of fire around it, burning the entire shrine. It somehow felt real to him as he felt like the heat causing him to sweat and could smell the fumes.
He then noticed a female echidna walking up to the emerald. She had light orange skin and wore a golden neckless, a golden headband, white gloves, a skirt with a diamond mark of green, tan, and red in the middle of the diamond. She also wore sandals that had white wrappings around her feet to her legs. She weakly walked up to the emerald and looked at it. Fear and sorrow were in her eyes. Tears were streaming down her face and landed on the ground.
Sora noticed other creatures that looked like Cheese, but they were out cold on the floor. He looked back up at the girl who got on her hands and knees. She was panting and sweating from her brief encounter. She then looked back up at the emerald.
"How could this have happened?" she whimpered. "My father, everyone..." She then stood weakly back up. She had bruise marks on her and weakly walked closer to the emerald. "Why did he have to do this? He was good and now he destroys our home. I now call on your power! You must stop him!"
A flash covered the area and blinded Sora. The next moment he was back in Station Square and everyone was looking at him funny. Sora shook his head and thought it was a dream. He then turned and gasped to see the female echidna standing right in front of him. Everyone besides Luigi, Yoshi, and Cream gasped upon seeing her.
"Tikal?" Sonic gasped in surprise. "Everything that happened was real!"
"You know her?" Luigi asked Sonic.
Sonic nodded, "She's been following me everywhere, showing me images of the past."
"Does this have something to do with Chaos?" Sora asked.
"Chaos isn't bad." Tikal explained. "He once had a pure heart like all of you here. But, when war broke out between our people, he got so filled with anger that he lost his mind. That's when I had to seal him in the master emerald, but I had to seal myself within it as well."
"So all these years he's been cooped in their full of sorrow and pain." Amy figured.
"Correct, but when that foolish, greedy, man..."
"You forgot fat." Sonic interrupted.
"...when he released Chaos, I knew it would be a disaster." Tikal continued. "I tried to prevent the same thing from happening, but I was too late." She then looked at the entire city with sadness in her eyes. "Now, Chaos will destroy the world just like he did before."
"What happening?" Yoshi said nervously, pointing at Chaos.
The group looked up to see the seven multicolor emeralds floating around the giant monster. He then knocked them off into separate directions. They appeared not too far from the group and began to lose their power. The beautiful colors that wants kept the emeralds shining disappeared and turned into dark, gray substance that looked worthless.
Tikal gasped upon seeing this. Folding her hands together, she looked back up at Chaos.
"He's absorbed the emeralds power." Tikal explained. "There's only one way to stop him and that is to seal him back in the Master Emerald. There isn't much time! Hurray!"
"Would that even help?" Sonic asked himself. "Even if we did seal him back in it wouldn't change the feelings inside of him."
"He's right." Sora agreed. "He'd just be lost in there forever with sorrow and anger in his heart. Chaos is really a good creature, but is it worth it?" Sora looked back at Chaos. "I mean this wasn't his fault. He's just misguided."
"What choice do we have?" Tikal said sadly. "I can't let him continue this, even though he's been a loyal friend."
"That's what I thought." Sora said, feeling Tikal's pain. "This situation is much like with Riku. He was good to begin with and in the end he let the darkness control him." Sora felt fire in his eyes upon saying that. He never gave up on Riku and Tikal should never give up ether. "Tikal, don't lose hope! There is another way! I just know it!"
"I'd like to agree, but what can we do?" Luigi gulped. "He'll pound us in five seconds."
Tails then realized something. He remembered an important concept of the chaos emeralds. Tails spun his tails together and flew over to the grab a few of the emeralds. He then flew back and walked over to Sonic.
"Sonic!" Tails cried. "I just figured something out!"
"What is it, bro?" Sonic asked.
"The chaos emeralds' full power is used by one with a pure of heart." Tails explained. "And Chaos isn't exactly a good egg."
"Of course!" Knuckles gasped in realization. "When Chaos absorbed the power, chaos could only absorb the negative power because of the darkness in his heart."
"Do you mean the emeralds aren't worthless at all?" Amy asked with hope.
"Sonic should be able to harness they're true power." Tails concluded.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Luigi cried. "Let's get those emeralds!"
The group split up and searched for the remaining emeralds. Cream and Cheese found two in the water while Knuckles found two on top of a building. Yoshi found the last one on another highway road. Instead of swimming across, he stuck his tongue out and grabbed it. The group placed the emeralds in a circle around Sonic who stretched out his muscles, getting ready for a tough fight. People hiding in the buildings came out and saw Sonic bravely looking up at Chaos. They then began to cheer him on and Sonic waved to his friends.
"Ready, Sonic?" Tails asked.
"Before I do use them, there's one more thing to take care of." Sonic smirked. He then turned to Sora. "Hey, come here, Sora."
Sora curiously walked towards Sonic who was wondering why he wanted him. He walked into the circle and approached Sonic.
"What's up?"
"I'm going to need your help." Sonic said. "If we can combine our powers together, we can beat this guy in seconds flat. You up to it?" Sora nodded, knowing he would do anything to help. "Then hang on!"
The seven emeralds floated up into the air and began spinning around the two. Sora gasped in amazement as they continued to sparkle and spin faster. Finally, a bright light flashed the entire area. A light that was so big it could have blinded anyone. Everyone else shielded their eyes as the light brightened. The light finally dimmed down and the group opened their eyes.
The made shocked looks at what they saw. Sonic was glowing with a beautiful glowing golden aura. It glowed so brightly that the light reflected in the water from the brightness. Sonic's eyes have turned red, his spiky hair stood up on end and his entire body has become a yellow mustard color. Amy looked at Sonic with aw in hers eyes.
"Oh, Sonic," she said dreamily. "You look so beautiful."
Everyone then looked at Sora and were surprised at what they saw. His hair was also standing on edge, his hair became yellow mustard color, and his eyes became red. Luigi and Yoshi were amazed at seeing their friend this way.
"Shocking spaghetti!" Luigi exclaimed. "I didn't know you were a naturally blonde kid!"
Sora saw his reflection in a glass mirror, causing his eyes to widen.
"Oh, man!" cried Sora. "What happened to me? I look like a Super Saiyan!"
"A what?" Knuckles asked.
"Uh, never mind." Sora chuckled. "Did the emeralds do this to us, Sonic?"
"That's Super Sonic." Sonic corrected the boy. "And you're now Super Sora! We're faster then a speeding bullet! More powerful then a locomotive..."
"Able to annoy the heck out of you in a single bound." Luigi finished.
"Watch it, gramps!" snapped Super Sonic. "Or I'll blast you into next week!"
"Why you..."
Super Sora flew in front of Luigi, "Take it easy, Luigi! Besides, I think this is pretty cool! If Kairi saw me like this would she be surprised. And I bet I have superhuman strength, too!"
"Super Sora so cool!" Yoshi cheered.
"But why did you want me to help?" Super Sora asked the golden hedgehog.
"Because we can get a taste of the power anytime." Super Sonic responded. "I wanted to see how you liked it."
"It rocks!" Super Sora cheered with excitement.
The two then turned to see Chaos roaring at them. Knowing what they had to do, they flew towards Chaos who moved over to the water tower. Super Sora used a move called "Chaos Shield" which allowed Luigi and Yoshi to be protected in a magical shield and help them fight Chaos. Super Sonic also pointed out that for Luigi and Yoshi it would lessen the effect of doom. Now they would only faint from the spell.
Chaos let out an angry roar as the four flew at him. The beast fired mini energy waves at the four who flew in separate directions. Super Sora flew at Chaos with his keyblade out and tried to attack, but Chaos raised a tentacle and knocked him back. Super Sora spun back, but was able to catch himself. Super Sonic curled into a ball and knocked Chaos back like a bolt of lightning. Chaos landed in the water causing a huge splash.
He got back up and fired more energy waves at the group. Luigi used an ice spell to try and freeze the monster, but he simply dodged it and dove into the water. He created a huge wave that knocked the four back. Yoshi spat up some water and groaned.
"Yoshi hate water!"
Chaos returned and cast the doom spell on Luigi first. Super Sora noticed a giant number sixty appear above his friend's head.
"Luigi, you've got the doom spell on you!" called Super Sora.
Luigi looked up to notice the time had started going down, "Great garlic!"
Luigi used his stop spell on the giant clock to stop time. Knuckles theory was right as he noticed the numbers had stop going down. The group charged at Chaos again who fired a giant energy wave that rose out of the ground. The two supers used their energy to help move Luigi and Yoshi quickly past the attack. Chaos snapped at Super Sora who dodged it and quickly flew behind the beast. Super Sora used scan and detected an small core in Chaos' head.
It flashed a bright red color that was noticeable. The keyblade master tried to attack, but it had no effect on the core. He then noticed the core changing from a red to a blue. Super Sora then realized that the emeralds were made of magic and what best way to fight magic is with magic. Chaos turned around and snapped at Super Sora who jumped over the attack. He then fired his final blizzard spell at the core while he flew upside down over the beast's head. Chaos roared in pain from the damage.
"Guys, there's a core on his head!" Super Sora told the others. "We have to attack that!"
Super Sonic flew at Chaos at full speed. His golden shield turned white as he pushed more energy into it. The core turned white as Super Sonic collided with Chaos. The creature screamed in pain and fell into the water again. The group saw the core float out of the water. They quickly flew over and attacked it with Luigi punching, Yoshi kicking, and the two supers slashing.
A giant energy wave flashed from below and knocked the four back. Chaos quickly regained his formed and roared again. The time on Luigi's head was now at thirty because he forgot all about the clock. Chaos came at the group, ready to attack. He opened his mouth, creating energy from it and was about ready to attack. Suddenly, he dove into the water and quickly reappeared from behind, catching the group off guard. He fired the bean and it hit everyone. Super Sora crashed into a building which caused it to tip and fall over.
The building was falling over towards the others who were watching the battle. The group gasped as the shadow of the building appeared before them. Tails quickly grabbed Amy, while Knuckles grabbed Tikal. Cream and Cheese also became airborne and they flew off just in time. The building fell into the water, creating another giant wave that came towards them at incredible speed. Super Sonic, who just recovered from crashing into a pillar holding a highway together noticed this. He quickly flew over them and used his golden shield to create a giant golden wave. He then knocked the wave back.
Super Sora flew out of the water and threw his keyblade as Chaos fired more energy beams. The two collided, causing an explosion. Super Sora grabbed the keyblade and flew at Chaos again. The boy then noticed Luigi flying by. The doom spell now brought it down to five.
"Luigi!" shouted Super Sora.
Luigi looked up to see the timer was at three. He tried to cast stop again, but gasped in fear as he was out of magic. The spell reached zero and Luigi could feel his body losing control. He was losing his mental state and consciousness. The emeralds protected the full effect of doom, but Luigi couldn't comprehend this feeling. Finally, he fainted and slowly fell into the water. Super Sonic quickly grabbed Luigi and flew off with him. Chaos sent more of his tentacles at them. As he flew along the building, the tentacles flew out from glass windows. Super Sonic flew up and under the attacks that came at him. He even ran on some of the buildings.
"Aw, man!" Super Sonic said. "The things I do for you guys!"
Super Sonic flew up and over the building and quickly called to Knuckles. The two met at the top of another building and Knuckles took Luigi away. Super Sonic rejoined the others and Super Sora angrily pointed his keyblade at Chaos.
"You'll pay for that!" Super Sora snarled.
"Easy does it, Sora." Super Sonic calmly said. "We can't kill this guy!"
"Then how can Sora, Sonic, and Yoshi win?" Yoshi asked.
"We need to weaken him first." Super Sonic responded. "I know much about the power of the emeralds and I think there is a way to save him." Chaos growled as he looked into the creatures eyes. "I promise we'll save you, Chaos. Sonic the Hedgehog is not the type to break a promise!"
"Neither am I!" Sora nodded in agreement.
The group charged at Chaos again. Super Sora used stop to prevent the clock tower from moving again. Chaos fired another energy wave at the group, but they dodged it. Chaos put more tentacles out at the group who narrowly dodged them. The group got close to Chaos' head and they nodded to each other. Super Sonic and Yoshi stuck their tongues out at Chaos mockingly, who fired another energy wave. Super Sora quickly flew behind Chaos and saw the core was yellow.
It was up to him now that Luigi was out of the way. He fired his thunder spell at the core and Chaos screamed in pain. Super Sonic then curled into a ball again and charged at Chaos and knocked him down. The creature fell into the water, feeling enormous pain amongst him. The core flew up once again and Super Sonic put his hands out.
"Yoshi, get moving!" Super Sonic told the dinosaur. "We need you out of the way." Super Sora nodded to Yoshi who flew off. "Sora, concentrate your energy for one final attack. This should defeat the darkness from within."
Super Sora put his keyblade out in front of the core. He pushed all the energy he had into one giant ball. Together, they created a giant yellow ball that had enormous amounts of energy. It began to get bright from the energy it received. All of a sudden, something snapped in Super Sora's mind as if he was forced to say something out loud. As he said it, Super Sonic also cried out the exact same thing.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" they both cried.
The energy ball flew from them and went straight at the core. Upon contact with the core, a massive explosion occurred which broke space and time, causing a force of gravity to push town on the world. It then released the world and sent the two flying across the area. Luckily, they landed on a highway road. As they stood up, they felt the energy leaving their bodies and they reverted back to normal.
Everything began to settle down as the waves in the water moved slowly. The air remained calm and cool, and it was silent. The two caught their breaths from the intense fight. They then looked up at the sky, noticing how peaceful it was. Sora looked at himself in disappointment as he could no longer feel the chaos emeralds.
"What happened to our powers?" Sora asked Sonic.
"We put all our energy into that attack." Sonic explained. "We overdid it with the power. But that should be enough to free Chaos...I hope."
The two then noticed Tails flying over to them. He excitedly landed on the road and ran over to give Sonic a hug.
"You guys did it!" Tails cried happily. "You won!"
"Tails, I'm glad you came back to this world." Sonic smiled. "You knew you were ready to act when danger was around the corner." He then brushed the fox's head. "You didn't even need me to tell you what to do."
Tails blushed brightly as he looked up at Sonic. He felt like Sonic has given him more respect now and knew in himself he has matured. Tails finally found the confidence in himself to believe in what he was doing. He backed away and gestured the group to come with him.
"Come and see what happened." Tails told the two.
Knowing he couldn't swim, Tails grabbed Sonic and helped him over. Sora jumped into the water and swam over. Meanwhile, Yoshi was licking Luigi's face, trying to wake him up. The others were all smiling and watching something in aw. They turned to see Sora, Sonic, and Yoshi walk onto the road. Sonic's group ran over to him, cheering all the way and congratulating him. Yoshi jumped into Sora's arms and licked his face.
"Hurray for Sonic!" Cream cheered.
"Chao! Chao!" Cheese also cheered.
Amy then knocked everyone out of the way and ran into Sonic's arms, crying her heart out.
"Oh, Sonic!" she cried. "You're okay my love!"
"Ah!" Sonic screamed. "Quick Tails, get me some disinfected!"
"Why?" a curious Tails asked.
"Because Amy's tears are dropping on me!" Sonic responded in panic.
"Don't be so hard on her." Sora said. "She was worried sick about you. Let her enjoy the moment."
Sonic rolled his eyes and groaned, "Fine."
"Can I kiss you my hero?" Amy asked with hope in her eyes.
"Don't push it, Amy." Sonic responded, moving his head back.
Sora used an elixir to wake Luigi up from his long sleep. Yoshi ran over and licked the plumber's face.
"Hey, stop that!" Luigi laughed. "Do you have to do that every time?"
Luigi stood up and wiped the slobber off his face. He walked over to Sora who smiled at him.
"Thank goodness you're okay." Sora said, relieved.
"Thanks, but what happened to Chaos?" Luigi asked Sora.
"Look over there." Knuckles said, pointing to the left.
The trio turned to see Chaos in his human like form. He was on the middle of a giant road and he looked around the area. He felt his heart has finally opened up and looked to notice the goodness around him. He then heard the voice of other creatures who were like Cheese. They all skipped happily over to the water creature without fear. They all looked up at him and squeaked at him. Chaos looked down at the creatures and slowly stroked one of their heads.
Knuckles smiled with assurance, "This is the way things be. Now that Chaos is good, we shouldn't worry anymore."
"Amazing!" Tails said, astonished. "In theory, Super Sonic and Super Sora must have combined their powers and neutralized the darkness within Chaos, so now it's nice again.
Tikal walked forward and nodded, "Chaos is finally free. All the sorrow and pain has lifted." She then looked down at the small blue creatures. "The chao have always lived with humans and now they can continue to live that way." She walked up to Chaos and smiled. "The fighting is over, the damage has stopped, and life is restored. Now we can live a peaceful life together." She then turned to the group. "Thank you so much. None of you will be forgotten."
"And we will never forget any of you." Sonic smiled.
Tikal flew into the air and gestured Chaos to come. The creature nodded and he with a bunch of chao flew into the air. A beautiful light surrounded them and consumed them. Sora smiled, knowing that Tikal and Chaos finally had a chance to start a new life together. Sora also found a crystal which updated his stop spell to its finally level. Sonic walked forward and sighed, knowing the threat was finally over. He then looked to his left to see Eggman escaping in his egg mobile.
Sonic knew his battle against Eggman would never end. But that wouldn't stop him from keeping on running. Tails walked over to Sora with happiness in his eyes. He felt more at ease now that peace has been restored.
"Thank you, Sora!" Tails said happily. "I'm so glad you helped out."
"Friends are always there for each other." Sora responded with a smile. "We were more then happy to help. And thanks to Sonic, too." Sora looked to notice Sonic was nowhere in sight. "Where did he go?"
The group then noticed Sonic jumping into the air and spinning into a ball.
"Up, over, and gone!" Sonic cried.
Sonic zoomed out of the area so fast that the water rose into the sky. Amy saw him leave and chased after him. Everyone else rolled their eyes and groaned. Sora's group and Tails said good-bye to everyone else, including Cheese who gave Sora a little kiss on the cheek. As the group left, they saw Toadsworth walking up to them with another familiar face.
"Greeting, masters." Toadsworth greeted
Sora noticed the familiar face was Navi, "Navi! If you're here to complain about why I forgot you..."
"There's no time, keyblade master!" she cried. "Please listen to me! I need your help!"
"Something wrong?" a concerned Yoshi asked.
"I feel a strange and powerful energy coming from Hyrule." Navi explained. "It's nothing I ever felt before. It's like a force stronger then Ganondorf!"
"Stronger?" Luigi gasped with widened eyes.
"Yes." Navi answered. "It felt like ever part of my body was paralyzed from this force." She then shivered. "I'm really worried about Link. I fear something may happen."
"It's like deja vu!" Luigi cried, putting his hands on the side of his head. "Can't we rest for a minute?" He quickly tried to think of an excuse. "What about the tournament? Don't we have to get there?"
Tails looked at his watch, "The tournament isn't going to be starting for another hour and a half."
Luigi got on his hands and knees, shouting, "Why must you torment me?"
Ignoring Luigi, Sora turned back to Navi.
"Never mind him." Sora said. He then made a confident smirk. "Don't worry, we'll check it out!" Navi flew around him with cheer and he chuckled. He then turned to his group. "But while we are there, let's not tell Link about Zelda. I think he might get a heart attack hearing about Zelda being a you-know-what."
"Got it." Yoshi nodded.
Finally complying, Luigi stood up and sighed.
"Okay." Luigi sighed. "I actually like the kid so I'll help, too."
"Tails, to Hyrule!" Sora commanded.
"Aye, aye, captain!" Tails said, saluting Sora.
The group boarded the Toad Express and Tails got to the control panel. He pressed the buttons and started the engine. The Toad Express took off again into the darkness of space. Tails used the warp drive feature and brought the group back to Hyrule. To see if Hyrule suffered the same fate as Station Square, Sora looked out the window.
Sora noticed, unlike Station Square that the world has begun to rebuild itself now that Ganondorf no longer had tyranny over it. At first he thought there was no problem, but just to be sure he continued to look over the world. The trio saw no sign if anything wrong and were starting to get the sense that Navi may have been wrong. The trio then looked up and made looks of fear at what they saw. A giant moon with sinister eyes and a sinister smile was looking down on the world. Even worse, it was descending into it.
"Oh..." Sora began.
"...my..." Luigi continued.
"...goodness!" Yoshi finished.
"What on earth is that?" Navi cried.
"It looks like a moon of some sort." Sora said, observing the strange moon. "I think we might have a problem."
"Yeah, my sleep won't be pleasant tonight after seeing that face." Luigi shivered.
"No!" snapped Navi. "Something terrible might happen if we won't do something. Please, I beg you!"
Luigi groaned, "What are we? Everyone's babysitter? Can Link take care of this by himself?"
"But Luigi..." Sora tried to point out. "It's not nice to..."
Luigi put his hands on his ears, "Okay, okay! We'll go! I just can't stand to hear that speech again!"
Sora chuckled and the group disembarked. The group arrived back into the field of Hyrule, noticing things weren't right. The ground was slowly shaking and ruble began to float in the air. The group looked up and saw the moon, slowly dropping towards them. They felt their stomachs drop like a rock as the moon came closer to them. They felt the earth lightly shake before their feet.
"Man, that face sure is creepy!" Sora said, commenting on the moon.
"Hello!" called a singy-songy voice.
The group turned to see the Happy Mask Salesmen approaching them.
"Speaking of creepy faces..." Luigi gulped.
The man walked up to the group and put his hands on Sora's shoulders, making the boy feel uncomfortable.
"Greetings my dear friends." the man chortled. "I come for the end of the world celebration. Discounts on all of my masks." Sora then noticed his hands were gripping his shoulder. "In speaking of masks..." The man then made his evil scary face and shook Sora. "Where is my mask?"
"Mommy!" shouted Sora.
Luigi quickly ran in and separated the two of them. Sora was about to curl into a ball again, but Yoshi stopped him and licked his face. Luigi slapped the man in the face.
"I don't care anymore about your creepy face, just relax already!" Luigi shouted, fed up with the man. The man rubbed his face and began to chortle again. Luigi was shocked to see the man recover so fast and change back to a happy mood. "Okay, now you're starting to really scare me."
"Ho! Ho!" the man laughed. "Forgive me, but Majora's Mask somehow has been misplaced."
"That mask is nothing but trouble." Luigi sighed. "I knew it was up to something. Maybe it's responsible for the moon."
"Luigi think so?" Yoshi asked in shock.
The group then heard a horse galloping. They turned to see Epona running up to them. She ran over to Sora and nudged him.
"Hey, Epona!" Sora said happily. "It's so good to see you again!"
Navi then saw Link running up to the group. She excitedly ran over to him and spun around him. Tears were streaming down her face as she was happy to see her friend again. Link was happy yet surprised to see his little companion.
"Link!" she cried. "You're okay!"
"Navi!" cried a surprised Link. "I didn't expect you back so soon! Did you get home sick?"
"I felt something was wrong and then I thought of you." Navi explained. "I didn't want you to get hurt!"
"Don't worry about me." smiled Link. "I'm okay, Navi. After all I am the hero of time." Link then walked over and shook Sora's hand. "Good to see you guys again. I figured you guys would help out."
"Well, most of us." Sora chuckled, referring to Luigi. He then made a serious look. He wanted to make Link feel a bit at ease about Zelda. "We found Zelda!"
Link gasped in excitement. Zelda was finally safe and sound. He didn't have to worry anymore. But something wasn't right. He looked around to see no sigh of the princesses of Hyrule anywhere.
"Where is she?" Link asked, looking around.
Yoshi was about to say something, but Luigi cut him off.
"She's fine, but she said she needed to take care of something." Luigi butted in.
"Like what?" a suspicions Link asked.
"She didn't say." Sora lied. "But she said she'll return as soon as possible."
Link nodded, knowing he could take Sora's word for granted.
"Thank you." Link nodded with appreciation. "I feel a lot better." He then looked up at the moon. "But we now have a new problem. That moon appeared three days ago."
"That's what the legend of Majora's Mask said." the happy mask man said. "That the one who released the power of the mask shall curse the land. A moon of tremendous power shall destroy the world within three days, unless the curse of the mask is defeated."
"What?" everyone cried in shocked.
"And there's even more bad news." Link added. "It's been two days, twenty three hours, and fifty minutes."
"Boy you're very sophisticated, aren't you?" Luigi said sarcastically.
"Eh, kind of got board." Link shrugged.
Sora thought it through in his mind and realized something horrible, "We only have ten minutes!"
"Exactly!" Link nodded. "We have to beat this thing or else Hyrule is doomed. I'm going to need your help, guys!"
Link then jumped onto Epona's back and the others shrugged and jumped on as well. Epona neighed and lifted her feet into the air and then back down. She could feel something funny, like something was wrong. The disturbance made her feel like she needed to go near it. The horse then took off with the four.
"Where is she taking us?"
"I don't know!" Link shrugged. "I think she may know where the mask is. We better keep riding!"
"Well she better hurry up!" Luigi called from the rear of the horse. "I don't enjoy sitting back here you know."
"Ironic how you always end up at the end of things." Sora chuckled.
"Be quite!" Luigi snapped.
Epona continued to gallop at top speed, nonstop throughout the entire field of Hyrule. As the group got closer to the moon they felt their body temperature rise from the head of the moon. It's crests gave off yellow glowing aura as it got closer. The group was determined to stop the moon from falling at all cost. As they finally arrived, the ground began shaking very hard and fast. Epona neighed in fear and went up on her legs, causing the group to fall off. The horse quickly fled the area as the place continued to rumble.
Yoshi became frightened and hugged Sora's leg. The group felt like the earth was ready to shatter right before them. They then noticed a light flashing out of the mouth of the moon and onto the ground. Little specs of light formed around the group, creating an impassive and impenetrable wall. As the light dimmed, the group recognized the multicolors of the evil mask. It was Majora's mask and it floated up and spotted the group.
"There it is!" Link cried. He bravely took out his sword and got ready to fight it. "We're not going to let you win!"
Sora drew his keyblade and got into position. The others got ready as well. The mask simply laughed at the group, feeling sorry that they had to face against an indestructible thing such as itself. The mask spun around and cast a spell on Sora and Luigi.
"What the-?" Luigi began.
Three triangles surrounded the two and brought their grip in on their chest. It didn't hurt them, but it did cause them to feel something funny.
"Something is wrong with my magic." Sora said worryingly.
"Me too." agreed Luigi. He tried to fire thunder, but had no luck. "It disabled our magic. Why that little..."
The mask spun and quickly flew at Luigi, tripping him. He quickly got back up and switched to flood. He squired water, but the mask continued to dodge the attacks. His teeth gritted, getting an annoyed by the mask. Sora and Link ran at the mask and tried to swat at it, but like a little fly dodged it. It flew into the air and fired dark purple energy balls.
The group braced themselves as they took the hits and fell to the ground. Link got to his feet and fired his arrow at the mask, but it dodged the attack again. Sora jumped into the air and swatted at it and missed again. It then spun on the ground and fired more energy balls, this time in all directions. Yoshi ate some of them, while Luigi sucked some of them in. Sora and Link knocked them away with their swords.
It then spun at their chests and knocked them all down. The group tried to get up, but were already weakened by the mask. What made it harder was they couldn't use curaga, thanks to magic disabled.
"Navi was right!" Sora chuckled weakly. "He is harder then Ganondorf."
"I have a feeling he's only warming up." Link said nervously.
"We running out of time!" Yoshi cried. "Scary moon going to fall soon!"
Knowing they couldn't quit, they got to their feet and ran at the mask again with all their might. The mask laughed and tried to trip them, but this time they jumped over. The mask quickly spun back and knocked Sora into Luigi and Yoshi. An idea finally aroused upon Link and he took out his hookshot and fired it at the mask. The hook stabbed the mask, causing it to scream in pain. But the best part came as the hook reeled it in, like a fish on a hook.
Link grabbed it and struggled with it. He then slammed it onto the ground and slashed it. Finally weakened, the mask couldn't fight back. Sora and the others came and rapidly attacked the mask, not giving it a chance to fight back. The mask then spun and knocked everyone back. The four stood up and looked as the mask floated and stared at them. They sweated nervously, wondering what it was planning.
The mask then got engulfed in a bright light. Small red whip like arms formed on the sides of it's face and small legs formed at the bottom of it. A small eyeball appeared above it's head and it let out a small giggle. The group also noticed that their magic was no longer disabled. Luigi used curaga to recover everyone. Sora looked oddly at the new form of the mask.
"Guess Link wasn't kidding when he said it was warming up." Sora said, looking at the mask with a raised eyebrow. "But at least we have a better chance of hitting it now that it's not as small."
Sora gripped his keyblade and ran at the mask. As if like lightning, the moment Sora swiped, the mask dodged the attack and ran at super speed around the area and snapped it's arm at Sora's back. The boy screamed in pain from the damage. He never felt anything that painful. It was so painful he thought he was going to cry from it. Sora fell over and held his back. Luigi used curaga on Sora and he stood up, feeling the pain lessen.
"Are you okay, Sora?" Link asked concerned.
"I am now." Sora groaned. "But man, I never felt pain like that. And he moved like lightning!" He then noticed the mask running behind the others. "Duck!"
The trio ducked just in time to dodge the attack. The mask ran around, giggling all the way. Link tried his boomerang, but it missed. Luigi and Sora used magic like fire and ice while Yoshi used eggs, but to their dismay, not luck.
"Dang!" Luigi said in surprised. "For a weirdo he's fast!"
"Where's Sonic when you need him?" Sora sighed sadly.
The mask threw a punch at the group and they quickly dodged the attack. Yoshi got mad and threw eggs which were easily dodged. It then fired more energy waves which everyone dodged. Link used his shield to also block some. Sora and Link both attacked again, but their attacks missed and they quickly ducked to avoid the next attack. The two quickly grabbed each side of the mask's arms and threw it across the arena. They tried to kick it, but it quickly got up and ran around the room again.
"You'd think this guy would be sugar happy or something." Luigi said, rolling his eyes.
"I have an idea." said Sora.
He snapped on his Sonic Blade bade and dashed at the mask. Sora slashed through the mask, causing it to scream in pain even more. He then finished it with a hard blow, that tore a piece of the mask off. Luigi shot thunder and Link threw bombs, damaging it even more. Finally, the two stopped their assault as the dust appeared. The group waited in silence to see if they defeated the evil mask. Everything remained calm as the wind blew lightly throughout the area. The group could hear the rumbling noise of the moon. It was still moving.
"It can't be!" Yoshi cried. "Mask still alive?"
"If the moon is still movin' then Majora's mask is still groovin." Luigi told Yoshi.
Sora rolled his eyes at the comment and looked at his watch, "Not good. We only have four minutes until doomsday. And I don't know if we can go one more round with this guy."
The group heard a high pitched screaming and Majora's mask resurfaced. It began shaking rapidly from the group's persistence. It's arms and legs began to get bigger and stronger and it formed a face with horns. Everyone's mouths dropped upon seeing the mask's new form.
"Oh, great." Link groaned. "As if we had enough trouble with the other forms."
"Come on!" Sora weakly convinced. "We can still do it!"
"But I don't think I can use any more magic." Luigi said tiredly. "I'm spent!"
"Then I know someone who could help us!"
Sora used the summon power to call Tails into battle. The fox quickly got to work on the healing machine and it began to recover everyone.
"Quick thinking!" Link said impressed.
The four shouted at the top of their lungs and charged once more at the mask. It swatted it's hands at incredible speed and knocked the four back into the ground. The machine continued to cure Sora's group as they ran at Majora's mask. The arm swatted at Sora who rolled out of the way and tried to counter, but it quickly tripped him.
It then wrapped it's arm around his leg and threw him into Link. Luigi used gravity, but the mask did the impossible and grabbed the ball and sent right back at Luigi. He took the hit and weakly fell over.
Yoshi stuck his tongue out and tried to grab the mask, but was knocked aside and crashed into Tails' machine. It exploded and Yoshi went flying into the air and landed right beside Luigi. Tails retreated with the machine and Sora angrily charged at the mask again. He jumped into the air and brought his keyblade down hard, but the result was a slap in the face. Link fired hundreds of arrows at the mask only to have them deflected right back at him.
Link ducked under the attack and ran at the mask again. As it attacked, he put up his shield to block the attack and jumped over it's arm and almost slashed it. The mask grabbed Link and threw him back. It then wrapped it's arm around a weaken Sora and spun him around the area. Sora was too weak to even fight back anymore. He felt like giving up at this point when he heard Kairi's voice.
"Sora, use the oathkeeper!" called Kairi.
Sora went through his pocket and equipped the keychain. Somehow it gave him the drive to fight again. He furiously grabbed the arm and threw Majora's mask over his shoulder, slamming it onto the ground. Link quickly charged up his sword and struck it hard. The mask tried to counter, but both quickly slashed the monster. Link charged up his attack as did Sora. The mask was so angry and blinded with rage that it ran at the two. The duo finally unleashed a powerful magical slash which hit Majora's mask so hard, it started to scream in pain.
Light extracted from every side of the mask as it was finally defeated. It began shaking rapidly and lights continued to come out of it. Sora and Link both grabbed the mask and threw it right into the moon. Upon contact, the moon exploded into a million pieces. The two fell lightly onto their backs and sighed with relief. A beautiful shower emerged from the moon and were watching the blue light streams fall down onto the earth.
"We did it." Sora said softly. "We won."
"Thanks to you." Link chuckled weakly. "You guys made a huge difference for me."
"All in a days work." Sora chuckled.
Using his magic, Sora cured Luigi and Yoshi. He explained the whole thing about beating the mask and they returned back to the Toad Express. Sora also received another Ansem report for the battle. Upon arrival at the Toad Exprees, the group ran into the Happy Mask salesman who was happy as usual.
"Hello, gentlemen." the man chortled. "I see you defeated the moon and the mask."
"It was nothing really." Sora blushed, rubbing the back of his head.
"What happened to the mask?" Link asked.
The man pulled out the mask and showed it to them. Luigi and Yoshi screamed and jumped into Sora's arms with fear.
"Relax, guys." Sora laughed. "I don't think it can harm us anymore."
"Right you are." the man agreed. "When you defeated the mask, the darkness left it. It's worthless now." He then chortled. "But it will still make a good sale for my customers. I thank you four and hope we shall meet again. Farewell!"
The man walked away and laughed merely into the sunset. Luigi sighed with relief and sat down.
"I hope the next time we meet he has a bag on his head." Luigi said to himself.
Sora turned to Link, "Well, I guess it's time for us to get going too. We have something important to attend."
Navi flew over to Link and flew around him.
"I'll miss you." Navi said sadly. She then kissed Link on the cheek, which caused him to blush. "Don't go getting into trouble now."
"I won't." Link chuckled. He then shook Sora's hand. "Be careful, Sora. I have faith in you. And tell Zelda I miss her."
"No prob." Sora nodded. "You're a brave guy, Link. We'll always remember you. And who knows, maybe we'll meet again someday."
"Maybe."
The trio said their good-byes to Link and his horse as they boarded the Toad Express. Sora told Tails to head to the coliseum right away, before anymore summons needed a request and Luigi would have a panic attack. Toadsworth sat back in his seat and looked out the window.
"Quite an amazing day you had masters." Toadsworth said. "Well, we still have time to kill. What should we do?" He then turned to notice the trio had fallen fast asleep. They were exhausted from all the fighting. "Hm, a nap doesn't sound like a bad idea."
The old mushroom yawned and sat back in his seat and closed his eyes. Sora, Luigi, and Yoshi deserved a nice rest after their crazy day of fighting masks and water. But they knew that their day has only begun. It was now onto Pokemon Coliseum and onto the biggest challenge ever.