Chapter XXXI: Sora's Triple Trouble
A few hours have passed since the trio's victory over Giovanni. Sora was asleep in his bed, resting from the intense fighting. The trio, along with Toadsworth and Tails have checked into the nearest hotel to rest up. In his dreams, Sora took a trip down memory lane as he remembered all of the places he has visited. He felt sorrow deep inside of him as he hasn't told his friends what was going on.
The door to Sora's room opened and Yoshi walked in. Yoshi looked around the room as it had a normal sized bed made for one, a small cabinet, and a medium sized televison on a long wooden desk. He also saw a small tropical plant next to the bed. Yoshi jumped onto the bed and walked over to Sora. He started to lick his face, trying to get him up. Sora felt the wetness on his cheek and smiled. He thought it was Kairi kissing him. A feeling he hasn't felt in awhile.
"Oh, Kairi." sighed Sora happily.
Yoshi looked at Sora with an awkward look. He then began to lick Sora's face rapidly. Sora slowly opened his eyes and looked to see Yoshi. Sora screamed and fell out of his bed. Yoshi started laughing.
"Sora fall down and go boom!" laughed the dinosaur.
Sora stood up and rubbed his head, groaning, "Yoshi! Have you ever heard of knocking?"
Sora felt deja vu as he remembered when Yoshi first did that to him. It brought back more good times he spent with the dinosaur. Sora knew that out of all the friends he met, he would miss his prehistoric pal the most. Sora sat back on his bed and Yoshi jumped onto it.
"Turn on picture box, Sora." Yoshi told the boy, referring to the televison. Sora noticed excitement in his eyes. "We on it!"
"We are?" Sora asked in surprise. He then shouted out the door, "Guys, come here! Yoshi says we're on T.V.!"
As soon as Sora said that, Luigi, Toadsworth, and Tails ran into the room. They were out of breath from running so fast. Luigi walked over to the two.
"You mean my beautiful face is on the screen?" Luigi asked excitedly.
Sora rolled his eyes with a chuckle, "Yeah, on the latest episode of America's Funniest Home Videos."
"You mean the one where he falls down the stairs?" Tails asked jokingly.
"Or when Luigi's pants fall down?" Yoshi giggled.
"Or when the baseball hits..." Toadsworth began.
"Alright, shut up!" Luigi shouted, annoyed. "I get the point!" He then turned to Sora. "Turn it on, Sora."
Sora picked up the remote and turned on the televison. The screen showed a man wearing a business suit, with blonde hair and glasses. He was sitting at a news desk which was blue. A small square in the back of him had a picture of Giovanni being taken away by the police.
"In today's news," the man said. "The leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni, was finally arrested. He lost his battle at the hands of three competitors." The screen then shows Sora's group celebrating their victory. "These three are the real stars of this story. They have been dominating Professor Oak's first ever human vs. pokemon tournament. There brave actions helped saved hundreds and hundreds of Pokemon's lives."
Yoshi waved at the screen upon seeing himself, "Hi, Yoshi!"
The screen changed to Professor Oak who was being interviewed. Behind him was Ash and Pikachu, looking on.
"I'm very proud of those boys." Professor Oak said. In the background, Pikachu started making faces, even stretching his face out. The professor quickly turned back to see Pikachu who made an innocent look. He then turned back, not aware that Pikachu was making faces again. "From the moment I saw those three I knew, then and there, that they would be the ones to go the distance."
"Liar!" growled Yoshi.
"They have a lot of potential and I know they can do it." Professor Oak concluded.
The person with the microphone turned to Ash, "Would you like to say anything, young man?"
"Sure," Ash nodded. "Hi, mom!"
"Hi, sweety!" called Ash's mom in the background.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Ash asked in shock.
"I came by to make sure you had a clean pair of underwear, honey." Ash's mom responded.
Ash blushed like crazy as he got humiliated in front of thousands of people. Sora's group started laughing out loud.
"Mom!" Ash whined with embarrassment. "You're humiliating me on national T.V.!"
Ash's mom walked in front of the camera. She was a tall woman with long red hair which was in a pony tail. She wore a pink buttoned shirt, and a blue skirt. She blushed upon seeing herself in front of the camera.
"Oh, honey, I knew my little Ash would be come a star." Ash's mom cooed. She then took off his hat and brushed his hair. "Fix your hair, honey, it's all messed up."
Ash continued blushing while Pikachu continued making faces. Professor Oak smacked his forehead in frustration. Sora shut off the televison as he dried his tears from laughing so hard. He then turned to his group with a smile.
"Wow, I didn't know being famous was tough." Sora said with his goofy smile.
"It true." Yoshi said. "Camera does add ten pounds."
Sora looked over at the clock and noticed it was already a quarter past six. He jumped out of bed and turned to his group.
"Guys, we need to get rolling!" Sora said in a rushed tone. "The final rounds start at seven and we need to eat!"
"Agreed, Master Sora." Toadsworth nodded. He then pulled out a map. "There is a buffet not too far from here."
"We can't." Luigi disagreed.
"Why not?" Sora protested in surprise.. "Come on, man! All you can eat?"
"Kid, realize the horrors of placing Yoshi in an all you can eat buffet." Luigi explained.
Sora paused for a moment, "Oh, I guess I forgot about that." He then thought of another idea. "Hey, who wants pizza?"
"Pizza! Pizza!" everyone else cheered.
The five left the building to go and eat. Not too far from the coliseum area was a pizza shop. They stopped to get two large pies. Ironically, the pie with everything on it was for Luigi and Yoshi. Sora, Tails, and Toadsworth just had plan cheese. Back at the jail cell where Team Rocket was, a giant hole was seen on the floor. Inside the hole was Jessie, James, Meowth, and Giovanni. Jessie, James, and Meowth were holding shovels in their hands.
The trio shoveled their way out while the Team Rocket leader walked. The three felt the sweat drip down their skin from ever breath they took. Their muscles felt sore, like they got hit with a thousand needles. The three were exhausted from all the shoveling. They then started to complain to their boss.
"I'm tired." Jessie complained.
"I'm dirty." Meowth also complained.
"I'm hungry!" James whined. "I could go for a couple of doughnuts."
"Enough out of you three." Giovanni snapped at the trio. "No food until we get back to the base. Besides, my scientists are already funding a new project." He then thought about it. "According to my calculations, it should take a year to complete."
"What is it?" the team asked in unison.
"Like I would tell you." scoffed their leader. "You can't even capture a simple little mouse! So, why should I trust you three with valuable information?"
"He's got a point." Meowth agreed. "You two aren't very trustworthy." Jessie and James both grabbed Meowth and shook him. "Hey, put me down!"
Jessie and James both shouted nasty remarks at Meowth. Giovanni rolled his eyes and sighed. He then noted to himself to next time pick smarter lackeys. He then remembered his original purpose for entering the tournament. He was hoping to get his revenge against a certain someone who smashed his dreams of world domination. Although he hated Sora, he hoped that Sora would win the gold cup.
"You haven't seen the last of Team Rocket!" Giovanni shouted to the sky. "I will return, stronger then ever!" He then turned to the trio and shouted at them. "Don't just stand there you idiots! We have work to do!"
Jessie, James, and Meowth returned to their digging, feeling the burn all the way. Sora's group finished their pizza and felt full. They left the pizza place and headed towards the arena. Upon arrival, tons of news reporters surrounded them. They began snapping pictures at the group, causing flashes to appear before their eyes. A group of people tried to get interviews with the group. Luigi was about to say something but Sora quickly grabbed his arm.
The five ran in every direction, but to their dismay, couldn't find away out. Luigi finally figured out what to do and used his stop spell to freeze everyone in their place. Sora frowned at the plumber.
"Luigi!"
"What?" Luigi said upset. "It was the only thing I could think of. Come on, let's run while we've got the chance."
The five quickly made haste into the building. The reporters finally came to and looked around to notice that they were gone. Shrugging their shoulders, they finally left the area. Sora's group arrived back at the main gates where Ash, Pikachu, and Oak were waiting.
"So, you've come." Oak said happily. "You three need to get ready, the last matches are about to begin." He then walked over to Tails. "Now Tails, you were telling me about nuclear fusion..."
"Oh, yeah," Tails said, remembering an earlier conversation they had. "So Nuclei is important in the processes. It is usually separated by an electrostatic force. This force can be overwhelmed, causing the two to collide."
"Interesting." Oak said intrigued. "How do you know all that?"
"I read a lot when I'm not with Sonic." Tails responded. "And did you know that when you take pi..."
"Ooh, Yoshi love to eat pie." an excited Yoshi said.
"No, Yoshi." chuckled Sora. "Pie is part of a math problem."
"Oh," Yoshi said in realization. He then made a proud look. "Yoshi can talk big, too." Everyone turned to him. "One plus one is two."
"Very well put, Yoshi." said Tails, going along with him.
"Come on!" Sora called to Yoshi. "We need to get ready!"
The trio made their way into the arena with tons of screaming fans greeting them. The heartless appeared on the other side of the arena. The trio also noticed their friends in the audience, giving them cheers and full support. Sora drew his keyblade and got into position. The others also got ready for one final brawl in the coliseum. The announcer called the match and the battle began.
Sora dashed forward with the keyblade in hand. He slashed through the shadow heartless with little effort. Two charged right at him, but he jumped over the attack and spun his body around, using his right arm to uppercut them into the air. He then fired his final blizzard spell at them, turning them into dust. Luigi and Yoshi dealt with new heartless that had horns and giant swords. They sped through Luigi and Yoshi, slashing them with a hard blow. Luigi used his gravity spell to bring them down. Yoshi jumped into the air and pounded the ground.
The heartless spun its body up and knocked Yoshi back. Sora jumped at the heartless and clashed with it. It swiped at the boy who ducked under the attack and countered with a strike to the chest. Luigi then ran in with a hard fire punch, knocking it across the arena. Sora then finished it by throwing his keyblade at it. The heartless obliterated before the group and lost the match.
The group moved onto the next match. They fought more old foes such as red, blue, green, and yellow space pirates, and wizards. Luigi used his fire spells to melt the blue space heartless while Sora used his thunder to blast the fire one away. Yoshi gave a mighty kick at the wizard, knocking it back. He tried to hit it again, but it disappeared and reappeared behind him. It fired thunder spells at him which zapped him.
Luigi used his magic to cure Yoshi. Sora finished off the rest of the heartless and joined the others and finished off the wizard. The next match lead them to another old friend, the Stealth Sneak. It started in its invisible form, but Sora used his scan ability to follow the creatures movements. It jumped around the area, trying to avoid the group's attacks.
It then stuck its tongue out at Yoshi who countered with his tongue. Sora quickly tried to slash at the monster's tongue, but it pulled Yoshi's tongue forward, accidentally hitting Yoshi's tongue.
"Ow!" Yoshi yelped in pain.
"Sorry, Yoshi." Sora said sheepishly.
Sora threw his keyblade at the heartless' head which knocked it into the ground. It stood up and shot green lasers at Sora who deflected the attacks. Luigi jumped into the fight and used blizzard on it, knowing that lizards were cold-blooded creatures. The heartless felt weak from the attack and bent down. Sora ran at the beast and used Ragnarok on it. He delivered hard blows to the beast's body and finished it with a powerful laser strike.
After taking a few minutes to ice Yoshi's tongue, the trio entered the arena again for more. The heartless came at them in numbers with mostly old ones and some new ones. The group used everything at their disposal from magic to special abilities. The badges that Sora collected from his journey were a big help. They even encountered two Stealth Sneaks. The group pressed on as they used teamwork to make a difference.
At long last the trio finally reached the first seed of the tournament. They needed to win this one to become the champions and have access to the two special cups Oak has promised the winners. Luigi fell on the floor. He was too tired to go on.
"You go ahead." Luigi moaned weakly. "I'll just lay here and count the pretty stars in the sky."
Sora and Yoshi both pulled the plumber back onto his feet. Sora gave up one of his elixirs to restore Luigi's strength. The plumber stood up and rubbed his head.
"Dude, this is it." Sora said excitedly. "We win this and we'll be the champs of the entire tournament."
"Fine, but if the opponent is over ten feet tall, then you can count me out." Luigi said sternly.
"Whatever you say." Sora whispered, rolling his eyes.
The trio prepared for their final match up. The group didn't see anything at first, but then a giant ball of light appeared, startling the group. The light got brighter and brighter until a flash came over the arena. Everyone was blinded by the light and couldn't see a think. The trio had their eyes closed. They then heard everyone gasp with horror and amazement in their voices. The trio slowly opened their eyes and saw two giant red feet in front of them
Luigi felt his knees trembling. He knew that no creature could have a small body and large feet. The trio slowly looked up and what they saw startled them. Their eyes widened in fear and their mouths dropped open. Standing before them was a giant lizard-like creature. It had red skin which distinctly looked like a rock substance. Its large tail looked like that of a rake.
Luigi backed up nervously, "Over ten feet! Send me a post card in the next year!" Luigi tired to run, but Sora grabbed his suspenders. Luigi ran all the way to the end of the arena until the elastic pulled him back and knocked him into Sora.
The two got back up. Sora turned to Oak who was in shock.
"Professor!" Sora called. "Who's that Pokemon?"
"It's Groundon." Oak responded. He then looked up at it. "One of the legendary 'Trinity' Pokemon."
"Trinity?" Yoshi asked in confusion.
"Three legendary beast that roamed over this world a long time ago." Professor Oak explained. "There power is simply unmatched by other Pokemon. You may find this battle a bit tricky."
"This creature is astonishing." Tails said with amazement. "I've never seen a lizard with that kind of skin before. I must know how it got this structure."
"Guys, I've seen one before, so watch out." Ash warned the trio.
Luigi slowly walked up to the monster and gulped with fear. He then aroused with an idea and walked up to it.
"Listen, how about we make a deal?" Luigi suggested to the monster. "You don't pound us and eat us then for a week, I'll give you all the food you can eat." The Pokemon took one giant step towards Luigi. "Um, thirty hours?" It took one more step towards. "How about five minutes worth?" The Pokemon brought its foot down on Luigi who quickly jumped out of the way. "Have mercy!"
Sora rolled his eyes and Yoshi slightly giggled at Luigi's crazy antics.
"Luigi, bribery isn't the way to go here." Sora pointed out. "Besides, I don't think he understood what you were saying. Come on, home stretch, we can do this."
The trio got into a group huddle, discussing their battle plans and taking a second to take slow breaths. They knew this was it. They had to give it there all in this fight. The trio finally broke and turned to face the giant Groundon. The beast roared at the trio with an ear shattering sound that shook the stadium. The audience braced themselves in their seats from the impact. Sora's group charged right at the monster who looked down at them.
The monster clenched it fists and pounded the ground, sending a giant earthquake which knocked over the trio. The group quickly got back onto their feet and charged at it again. The monster began to slowly stomp the ground as it walked towards the group. The monster was big on power, but slow on agility, so it worked to their advantage. Sora attacked the feet of the giant, only gasping to see it had no effect.
Yoshi tried to throw eggs, but they only splat on the creature upon contact. Luigi used a blizzard spell also having no effect. The group felt nervous as their efforts seemed fruitless. Sora suggested that they try to attack the head. Luigi and Yoshi distracted the beast by running around the area. Groundon picked up a piece of the ground which startled everyone and threw it at the two.
Luigi and Yoshi quickly jumped onto the ground and braced themselves. The piece of ground flew right by them. The two stood back up and gulped in unison. Sora scaled the lizard's body, trying to grip onto its scaly body. He used every single one of his muscles to climb up it. He had to take hard breaths as he climbed up it. It was like scaling a mountain except it was a moving mountain. Sora finally reached the top and struck the creature's head, leaving it unfazed.
Sora couldn't believe his eyes, it still wasn't hurting him. What kind of rocky skin did this Pokemon have? The creature grabbed Sora like he was a fly and threw him onto the ground. Sora broke his fall by stabbing his keyblade onto the ground and catching it. Sora looked up as it turned around and smacked him with its tail. He crashed into the duo and they all crashed into a wall.
The audience gasped in horror, wondering if it was over for the undefeated group. Ash, Pikachu, Oak, Tails, and Toadsworth were especially nervous. Everyone felt relieved when the trio emerged from the wall. Luigi used his cure spell to bring everyone back to full power. The trio couldn't give up now, they've gone too far to quit and go home. Sora threw his keyblade at the giant who grabbed it and used it as a toothpick. It then threw back at him who grabbed it. The impact sent Sora flying into the sky. The boy quickly gave his body a thrust forward and sent a flying kick at the beast. He kicked the pokemon which had no effect but did damage Sora's foot.
"Yow!" Sora cried in pain.
The pain felt like he hit a giant metal panel. Sora felt his foot vibrating and he gripped it tightly as he fell down. Luigi and Yoshi both ran to catch their friend, but ended up running into each other. They finally stood back up to catch him, but Sora fell right beside them, hitting the ground. The two looked at Sora with innocent looks.
"I told you we should have moved over an inch." Luigi complained to Yoshi.
Sora stood back up and used Ragnarok to attack the feet. It still had no effect. The group felt a sense of defeat over them, they're tactics had no effect on the giant. It then took a deep breath and began to absorb energy. The group remembered how Gyarados used this tactic on them. The beast exhaled, releasing a giant wave of energy at the group. Sora stood ready with his pals by his side. He was going to try and take the attack head on. The blast hit Sora's keyblade, pushing the youth back. Luigi and Yoshi got on each side of Sora's legs and helped pushed back.
Their friendship came through again and they successfully sent the attack right back at the monster. It hit the Pokemon right in the eyes, causing a burning feeling as if his eyes were in a hot oven set at well over four-hundred degrees. The monster roared in pain and fell down. The trio felt proud to have the advantage, but unfortunately it was short lived as Groundon stood back up and smacked the trio aside.
"Man, how are we ever going to beat Godzilla over here?" a disappointed Sora said, finally losing hope.
"Don't give up, Sora!" called Ash. "When ever I lost a gym battle did I ever give up? No, I pressed on! I always figured out a plan to beat my opponents, no matter what."
Yoshi stood up and nodded in agreement, "Ash right! Sora, Luigi, and Yoshi can win this fight!"
"How can we?" Sora asked, hopelessly looking up at Groundon. "It's like nothing can break through its skin."
Luigi then realized something. He had something that could help them. He knew of only one type of weapon that could break through anything. He stood up and went through his pocket. He pulled out a small yellow block.
"I knew I would need this eventually." Luigi thought with a smile. He then turned to Sora and Yoshi. "Boys, I have the solution!"
"Another bribery?" Sora moaned.
"No!" Luigi shook his head. "I brought this special item for just the occasion."
Luigi tapped the box lightly and a light brightened it. A small suit with black shells on the back and head came out. Yoshi gasped in excitement upon seeing it.
"Hammer suit!" Yoshi cried.
"What's that?" Sora asked.
"This is the hammer suit." Luigi explained. "When you put it on, you can throw hammers at anything." Sora frowned a little bit. "Don't underestimate its power. The hammers it comes packed with can break through even the hardest substances." He then threw it to Sora. "Put it on, kid. I owe you one after all."
"For what?"
"For letting me finish off Bowser." smiled Luigi.
Sora nodded and grabbed the suit. It then magically disappeared and reappeared on his body. He was simply amazed by the power he felt. He then saw a small hammer appear in his hand. Luigi nodded to the boy and he moved his arm back and then threw it at the beast. The hammer hit Groundon in the head, causing it to roar in pain from the humongous pain it received. Sora felt more hope now as he fired the hammers, rapidly at the giant.
Sora ran around the monster, continuously throwing hammers. Groundon felt the sharpened pain from the hammers sliding on his skin. He then tried to shoot a giant fireball at Sora.
"Duck!" Yoshi cried.
Sora quickly ducked, ending up inside the shell on his back. The flame went right through the shell and burnt the bottom of the arena. Everyone, except for Toadsworth, Luigi, and Yoshi were shocked to see Sora standing up. He was completely unharmed, with not a burn mark on him. Sora then knew with this power he could win. Sora fired hammers at the Pokemon nonstop. It couldn't even get in an attack edgewise. Finally, the beast couldn't stand the pain anymore, so it fell down in defeat. The pokemon couldn't take anymore abuse from the hammers.
A white light surrounded it and the pokemon disappeared from sight, never to be seen again. The hammer suit vanished from Sora and reappeared in Luigi's hands. All was silent now, the audience waited in anticipation to hear those words. The flag man entered the arena and looked at Sora's group. He then waved his flags into the air.
"Groundon is unable to battle!" the man announced with enthusiasm. "The winners and champions of the first ever Human vs. Pokemon competition are; TEAM SORA!"
The audience roared into the loudest cheers ever heard. People began celebrating with excitement and rooting for the trio. Ash, Pikachu, Oak, Toadsworth, and Tails jumped for joy.
"They did it! They did it!" Ash cheered.
Pikachu made his victory sign, "Pi Pikachu!"
Tails and Toadsworth gave each other a friendly hug, excited for the trio's victory. Oak smiled and knew that from the moment they beat Ash and Pikachu that they would win it all. Sora ran over and embraced Luigi and Yoshi. He spun them around with tears of joy in his eyes. He felt so proud for winning the tournament. Celebrating an amazing victory with his friends was all he needed right now.
"We the champs!" Yoshi cheered.
Luigi then began to sing, "We are the champions, my friends."
"Got that right!" Sora laughed with excitement.
Sora's group looked up to see streamers and balloons falling down from the sky. They were having the times of their lives. Yoshi ran over and began to play with the balloons. At that moment, Sora didn't have a care in the world. He was the happiest person on earth. He never felt such energy from all of this. In the hallway, Cloud smiled upon seeing Sora's victory. He began to have second thoughts about Sora and wondered if he really could handle the Platinum Match. Only time could tell.
Later, the trio stood proudly on a giant stand, holding a bronze trophy with a pokeball on top of it. Ash and Pikachu stood right beside them. Professor Oak stepped forward and spoke into a microphone.
"I would like to congratulate all of you who fought in the tournament, regardless of who or what you are." Oak said over the microphone. "You all fought your hardest, but in the end, only one team survived and they were lead by this remarkable young man right here." Oak then gestured towards Sora who blushed. The audience went wild upon seeing him. "His leadership and determination was an important factor in this battle. But his friends was what really made a difference."
Luigi and Yoshi waved at the audience, hearing the loud roars and hoots. Ash took over for the professor who went to sit down.
"Sora and his friends really showed the value of teamwork in this fight." Ash said, continuing for Oak. "I think that's a lesson we should all learn. We can't do it alone. We need to support each other throughout our journeys. Pokemon Trainers could learn a few thing from this advice. I say this to you as a Pokemon Trainer and a friend. Remember, work together as one to accomplish great things." He then turned to Sora's group. "I know these guys sure have. Let's hear it for them."
The audience roared into cheers again and Luigi proudly stepped forward. However, he took too big a step and fell off the platform, crashing into the ground. Everyone started laughing at this while Luigi blushed in embarrassment. Sora and Yoshi jumped down to join there friend. Oak walked over to Sora's group with the microphone.
"Now, Sora," Oak said. "You have an important decision to make. You can risk your championship by entering the two special cups of the tournament." Sora knew that with his two friends that they could do it. However, what Oak said next shocked him. "But, only you can enter this."
"Why only me?" a shocked Sora asked.
"These matches were especially designed for one-on-one matches only. The two we choice were claimed some of the most powerfulness, undefeated beings in our time. " Oak explained. "The judges had to choose between who was the strongest link and the weakest link of you three for who was going to get the chance to fight them.."
"I am the weakest link, good-bye." Luigi said, turning to leave.
"Luigi!" Sora and Yoshi shouted together.
Luigi walked backed to the group, laughing nervously at the boys.
"Obviously, Sora ended up being the strongest of them all." Oak continued. "It's up to you now."
Sora thought about his choice carefully. Sure it would be fun to take on the most powerfulness warriors in the galaxy, but he didn't want to do it without his friends. The audience shouted to Sora, telling him to go all the way. Sora looked to Luigi and Yoshi who nodded with a smile. Sora knew that they may not be able to help him, but they would cheer him on.
Sora turned back to Oak with a confident look, "I'll do it!"
The audience cheered again, feeling excited to see a truly fantastic brawl. A few minutes have passed since Sora's announcement and the trio were hanging out in the hall. Luigi took his hat off for a second to brush his hair from the sweat that got in it. Yoshi looked up at Sora and smiled.
"Sora going to do great." Yoshi assured Sora. "He going to win this thing. And remember, we there in spirit."
"Thanks," Sora smiled, petting Yoshi's head. "I can do this! I just got to believe!"
"Yeah, never give up." Luigi said. "You can do it."
The same Psyduck that awhile ago stole Luigi's hotdog walked in and noticed Luigi's hat. The duck then grabbed it and ran off. Sora gasped in surprise and pointed at it.
"Luigi, that duck is stealing your hat!" Sora cried.
Luigi gasped in horror to see the yellow duck running off with his hat.
"Hey!" Luigi shouted angrily. "Come-a-back here!" He then turned to Yoshi. "Quick, follow that duck!"
Luigi and Yoshi ran after the Psyduck while Sora stayed behind, laughing at this. Luigi and Yoshi chased the Psyduck down a hallway with fives doors on each side of the room. The Psyduck quickly opened the last door on the left and ran into it. Luigi and Yoshi were about to run into it when Psyduck came out from the second door from the right side. It then ran into the forth door on the left.
Luigi and Yoshi both looked at each other with confusion and shrugged it off. They ran into the door, chasing the duck. The pokemon ran out of the first door on the right into the third door on the left. The duo followed him into it. They came out again with the duck running from the last right door to left door while the duo ran between the other doors. It went on and on as they ran through the doors, mixing it up.
The Psyduck finally left the area and the duo came out, running into each other in the process. They stood up and chased after it again. Luigi quickly jumped for it and tackled the Psyduck. He struggled to get the hat off of the pokemon with all his might. He finally managed to get it off him and put it back on. Luigi laughed in triumph as he put it on.
Luigi noticed that the Psyduck was making a mad look at him. Luigi was unfazed by the stare, but began to get suspicious as its eyes began to glow blue. Luigi then felt a feeling of numbness in his body. He couldn't move at all. The pokemon was using his psychic powers to knock Luigi off of him and crash onto the ground. Luigi stood up and noticed it was squawking with anger. The duo screamed in fear and ran for the hills.
Psyduck angrily chased the duo back to the entrance to the arena. Tails was waiting for them, tapping his foot impatiently. Luigi and Yoshi ran into Tails and they fell over. The duo ended up on top of Tails who was on his stomach. He had his chin rested on one hand while his other hand tapped the ground with frustration.
"Hey, what are you two freaking out about?" Ash said, who rushed in with Pikachu.
The Psyduck walked up to the group with its hands on its heads. Luigi jumped into Yoshi's arms with fear.
"Keep that thing away from us!" Luigi cried in fear. "It's going to tear us into shreds!"
Tails looked at Psyduck with a scoff. He thought it was completely helpless.
"Tear you to shreds?" Tails laughed. "I swear you are the most easily frightened guys I know. You see a dandelion and you run screaming!"
"Do not!" Luigi and Yoshi protested together.
Ash walked over to Psyduck and bent down to him, "Great, Misty left you behind again. She always forgets about you." He then picked the Pokemon up. "I guess you can hang out with us."
Tails stood up, "Come on! Sora's match is about to start!"
Luigi and Yoshi nodded to each other and followed the group back to the arena. Meanwhile, Sora stood in the arena, waiting for his opponent to enter the arena. He felt excited and a little nervous. This was the first time ever since his battle against Ansem that he had to go it alone. He then looked to see Luigi and Yoshi taking their seats. Sora smiled, knowing that his friends were by his side.
Yoshi whistled for Sora while Luigi cheered and clapped. They rose Sora's confidence and he stood ready to fight. Finally, the man with the flags entered the arena. Sora could feel his heart beat, even hear it a little bit. He knew that it wasn't going to be an easy match, but he needed to push himself so that he would be ready for his duel against Ansem.
The man lifted the flag into the air, "May the opponent enter the ring."
Sora saw another person enter the ring. He was baffled on who he saw. It was the strange woman who was hanging around the arena earlier. Everyone looked with raised eyebrows as she walked to the center of the arena. Sora noticed a strange trance like state in her eyes. There was something very familiar about her.
"Greetings," she said. "I congratulate you on your supreme victory in this tournament. You've come quite a long way."
"Well, it was nothing." Sora chuckled, rubbing his head. "Look, let's both do our best here, okay?"
"I'm sorry," the woman said, shaking her head. "But I am not your opponent in this fight. I am simply here to make way for my master, the true opponent."
"Master?" Ash asked with confusion.
It then snapped in Sora's mind. He knew who that woman was. He recognized the face.
"Hey, aren't you the nurse who disappeared from the Pokemon center?" Sora remarked.
"Yeah!" Ash cried, standing up. "You do look like her!"
"I fear you are mistaken." the woman rejected calmly. "I have always been in the service of my master. I dedicate my life to him."
Sadly, Sora was a bit unsure because he hasn't known Nurse Joy as long as Ash has. Ash was in fact pretty sure it was. He was confused as to why she was acting this way. Tails held a wrist watch up and looked into it. Curiosity befell upon his face on what he saw in it.
"This is weird." Tails said astonished. "I'm currently reading her brain wave patterns. It seems there is a strange pattern in it. The human mind has a normal pattern, but the latter isn't what it appears to be."
"Maybe she possessed." assumed Yoshi.
"That's the last thing we would need." Luigi gulped nervously.
"My master has eagerly awaited for your arrival." the woman continued. "You may not be a Pokemon, but even the world's greatest pokemon master should enjoy this."
Ash was shocked about what he heard. If he won the tournament, then he would have locked horns with the greatest pokemon master.
"Aw, man!" Ash said, feeling letdown. "If we just beat Sora, we would have gotten a chance to take on the world's greatest pokemon master!"
"Kid, even if you did beat us, do you think your Pikachu could take on two guys who have swords over five feet?" Luigi asked rhetorically.
Ash grumbled and then said nothing. Sora bravely took his keyblade out, ready to face her "master". Soon a blue spotlight hit the sky, causing everyone to look up. Sora could feel his spine shiver. He never felt anything like it before. The woman walked to the center of the arena.
"You are about to meet my master." the woman announced. "The time has come for your encounter with the world's greatest Pokemon master on earth."
Sora looked up to notice someone or something descending from the sky. Sora couldn't tell what it was at first because it was so high up. Finally, he was able to see it. It was a tall cat-like creature. It had pale white skin, bony arms, shoulders, and three fingers on its paw. Sora saw a tube that connected from the back of its head to its upper body. It had a giant purple tail that was as tall as a baseball bat. It had giant rabbit like feet with a round ball part in its ankle.
The creature slowly landed on the ground, startling everyone in amazement. The pokemon trainers were in complete shock upon seeing this pokemon. Sora never encountered a Pokemon quite like that.
"Who is that?" Sora asked.
"I am called Mewtwo." the Pokemon responded.
Everyone jumped upon hearing it talk. It was talking to them in their minds. Oak was in awestruck upon hearing that.
"Incredible!" Oak said. "This Pokemon is able to speak to us through its mind. It must have incredible psychic powers."
All of a sudden everyone heard a person protest from their seats, "A Pokemon can't be a Pokemon master! No way!"
"Silence!" Mewtwo said. "No one defies me!"
Mewtwo extended his hand to the right side of the audience. Sora noticed a blue energy surrounding the Pokemon. It then raised its arm into the air, lifting one of the members of the audience out of the seats. Everyone exclaimed in terror as they saw this Pokemon literally hurt a young man with his mind.
"Now that's one bad kitty!" Luigi cried.
Mewtwo simply chuckled sinisterly and threw the trainer across the room.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" Sora snarled. "He was just startled by the fact! No reason to get upset!"
Mewtwo turned towards the boy with a look of hatred. Sora could sense evil from the creature's purple eyes.
"I simply despise you humans." Mewtwo said coldly. "I was created from the DNA of the legendary Pokemon Mew."
Ash was shocked by what he heard and turned to Oak.
"Professor!" cried Ash. "Does he mean the legendary Mew?"
"Indeed." Oak replied. "This theory of Mewtwo's existence shows that even Mew may be real as well."
"The humans cared nothing for me." Mewtwo continued. "They simply thought of me as a science experiment. I destroyed their lab and every single person. Then I met a man named Giovanni who wanted to form a partnership with me."
Sora gasped upon hearing that. He realized why Mewtwo hated humans. Giovanni and these scientists treated him badly, making him believe all humans were bad.
"Listen, Giovanni is nothing but a no good rotten down dirty liar." Sora argued. "His evil made you think that all humans are bad, huh?"
"Foolish, boy!" shouted Mewtwo. "He opened my eyes to the truth." He then closed his eyes. "All Pokemon are nothing more then slaves in this world. I am planning on destroying this world along with the Pokemon. They have disgraced themselves by serving you humans."
Pikachu jumped out of Ash's lap and protested against Mewtwo.
"Pika! Pikachu!" cried the lightning mouse.
"So...you say I am wrong?" Mewtwo asked with a frown. "That these humans are your friends." Pikachu nodded with a cry. "You are pathetic as the rest of them."
Mewtwo's eye turned bright blue and created an energy wave around the mouse. Pikachu then floated into the air which startled everyone. Pikachu then went flying back and Ash heroically grabbed Pikachu and flew back into the crowd. Everyone else could not believe how powerful Mewtwo was.
"Holy ravioli!" Luigi exclaimed. "That's one insane kitty!"
"Humans and Pokemon can never be friends." Mewtwo said.
"I disagree!" protested Sora. "I may have not been here long, but I can tell that they have a strong bond between each other."
"Enough!" snapped the psychic Pokemon. He then turned to the woman. "Your usefulness has ended!"
The woman's eyes flashed and returned to a normal state. She gasped in surprise at where she was. She felt so weak that she fell over. Sora quickly caught her in his arms. Her hat fell off, revealing her to be Nurse Joy.
"Nurse Joy!" Professor Oak cried.
Sora noticed that the woman was out like a lightbulb. Sora angrily looked up at Mewtwo with hatred, knowing what he has done was wrong.
"What did you do to her?" Sora demanded to know.
"Her knowledge of Pokémon physiology proved useful for my plan." Mewtwo explained. "I transferred her to me from the Pokemon center. Due to her tiny human brain not handling the power, she couldn't sustain consciousness."
Officer Jenny and a team of medical officials came in and took her away. Sora got his keyblade ready to face the Pokemon.
"I tried to help you, but you just won't seem to listen!" Sora groaned. "I'm going to fight you, Mewtwo. I won't let you harm my friends!"
Mewtwo laughed at the boy, "I commend you on your pitiful efforts, but a human cannot stand up to me. Even the mighty keyblade wielder doesn't have enough power."
"Then I'll prove you wrong!" Sora cried bravely.
The audience cheered for Sora's persistence and determination to fight. Mewtwo powered up a blue energy wave around himself as Sora stood ready. The boy charged at Mewtwo and brought his keyblade down on the Pokemon. Mewtwo effortlessly disappeared as Sora gave a hard strike. Sora wondered where he went and how he did that. Mewtwo appeared from behind and smacked Sora into the wall with his tail.
Sora got back up and ran at Mewtwo again. The psychic Pokemon charged up a dark energy ball in his hand and fired it at Sora. He quickly dodged the energy ball and tried to attack again. Mewtwo dodged the attack and smacked Sora aside with his arm. He went sliding across the floor, but quickly caught himself with his hands and jumped back up. Mewtwo was slightly impressed, he never met a human who could retaliate from one of his attacks.
Mewtwo flew at Sora with a dark energy ball and fired it. Sora tried to use his Aero spell, but was shocked to see the energy ball double in size. The ball hit Sora, sending him flying into the air.
"Your pitiful magic can't stand against me." Mewtwo laughed mockingly.
"Okay, new plan." Sora said to himself.
Sora kicked against the wall and flew back at Mewtwo, holding the handle of his keyblade with both hands. Mewtwo used his psychic powers to try and take control of Sora, but something was wrong. He couldn't gain control of the boy. Sora quickly gave a hard thrust a Mewtwo, sending him crashing into the ground. Mewtwo stood up with very little damage, but was still in shock.
"My psychic attacks aren't having any affect on this child!" thought Mewtwo. "No one can repel my psychic powers!"
Sora quickly ran at Mewtwo again. The clone formed another energy ball and slammed it onto the ground. Dark waves flowed through the ground and knocked Sora back. He quickly jumpedback up and charged again. Sora brought the keyblade down on Mewtwo, but he blocked it with his arm. Sora rapidly attacked Mewtwo who kept blocking the attacks with his arms. Sora gave a thrust at Mewtwo who spun out of the way and elbowed him from behind.
Sora slid across the floor and rammed into the wall. For a few moments, everyone murmured, wondering if Sora was knocked out. Mewtwo seemed confident that he won the match, but his eyes widened as Sora stood back up. Mewtwo growled again and called upon a blue sword from his mind. Each side had spiky waves on them. Mewtwo charged at Sora with his giant sword and clashed with the boy. Mewtwo tripped Sora with his giant tail and tried to vertically slash him. Sora quickly ducked his head into his shirt and kicked up.
Mewtwo fired another energy ball at Sora who used his fire magic to blow it up. Mewtwo continued to fire energy balls while Sora continued to shoot fire. The two ran across the room, colliding their attacks with each other. Mewtwo quickly bolted at Sora and knocked the keyblade out of his hand. Mewtwo took the chance and fired another energy ball at Sora, which sent him flying into the wall. Mewtwo angrily shot hundreds of energy balls at the key bearer who gasped. He quickly shut his eyes, not wanting to see the result of the blast.
The blasts all collided into Sora, causing a massive explosion. Everyone shielded their eyes from the brightness of the attack. Yoshi tried to run out there, but Luigi held him back. The attack finally died down and the smoke slowly began to clear. Everyone thought that it was over, that Sora was finally out of commission. The smoke finally cleared to reveal that Sora was completely unharmed. Mewtwo was baffled on how he could survive.
Mewtwo then noticed a small pink energy ball in front of Sora. As the light from the ball dimmed everyone saw the small cat creature that has been following everyone around. Most of the people in the audience were amazed at seeing it. Professor Oak couldn't believe his eyes. Mewtwo was also in shock.
"It can't be!" Mewtwo gasped in surprise.
The cat creature turned towards Sora and slowly floated up to him. It started to lightly sniff Sora who was in confusion. Sora put his hand out to the creature and it sniffed his hand. The cat the rubbed its head against Sora's hand. Sora smiled and stroke its head. The cat started purring as it took the strokes.
"Friendly little guy, aren't ya?" Sora smiled. "I bet you were the one who saved me. What's your name?"
The creature looked at Sora and simply said "Mew" at him. Sora figured since all Pokemon spoke with their names this must have been his name.
Mewtwo stepped forward, "So, Mew, you've come. I may have been copied from your DNA, but I shall prove that Mewtwo is better then the original." He then narrowed his eyes to Sora. "Only after the boy falls."
Mew gave a dirty look at Mewtwo and started talking to him. Mew was saying that, he is lost in the darkness, that he was in denial about the friendship between humans and pokemon. The darkness wrapped around is heart from the moment he let his rage take over. Mew then said that his psychic attacks weren't affecting Sora because of the light and goodness with in his keyblade and his heart. True strength of heart comes from the ones you love and yet Mewtwo hasn't discovered this.
"Does anyone have any idea what he just said?" a stumped Luigi asked.
Mewtwo became furious at what Mew said, "Fool, my power if far too great to be taken control by the darkness."
Mewtwo then shot an energy ball at Mew. Sora quickly stood up and blocked the attack with his keyblade. The energy from the ball pushed him back into the wall. Sora felt the sweat drip down from his face as he strained against it. Finally, he pushed the energy back at the clone who took the hit and crashed into the wall. The audience gave out a loud cheer to Sora who rubbed his head with a chuckle. Sora sensed the rage inside of Mewtwo. The only possible way he would get Mewtwo to understand friendship was for him to defeat the psychic Pokemon.
Sora turned to Mew, "Mewtwo has been like this because of the darkness in his heart, huh?" Mew nodded in agreement. "Don't worry, I'll free him from it." Mew smiled with appreciation. "You better let me handle him."
Mew nodded and flew off, away from the arena. Sora got his keyblade ready to face Mewtwo again. The Pokemon flew out with anger in his eyes. It was bad enough to beg beaten by a Pokemon, but a human? It was beyond embarrassment. He couldn't take it anymore.
"That's it!" shouted Mewtwo. "I will not stand here and let a weak little human beat me!"
"Wow, guess he's had too much catnip." Luigi joked.
Ash started to get annoyed, "Luigi, one more cat joke and I swear..."
"Sora no give up!" Yoshi called to Sora.
"Don't worry," Sora smirked. "I don't intend to give up." He then looked up at Mewtwo. "Give it your best shot! I'm going to save you, Mewtwo! I won't give in! I have my friends at my side!"
"Let's see your friendship dodge this!" Mewtwo hissed.
Mewtwo fired another energy ball at Sora. He quickly jumped over the attack and charged at Mewtwo. The two slashed at each other, damaging themselves in the chests. The two jumped back and clashed with each other again. Mewtwo began to push Sora back as fast as he could. Sora tried to push back as well, but had a bit of trouble doing so. Mewtwo rammed his head into Sora, sending him flying across the arena. Sora quickly caught himself by bending over and using his hands and feet.
He continued to slide back until he leaped forward and flew at Mewtwo who did the same. The two slashed past each other and slid across the opposite sides. The two dashed back again, doing the same thing. They rapidly went back and forth through each other like two ping pong balls colliding with each other, back and forth. Sora tried to slash again, but Mewtwo jumped over the attack and flew into the sky.
He shot another dark energy ball at Sora who knocked it back, knocking the pokemon over. Sora took this chance to use Arc Arcanum to rapidly slash Mewtwo. Sora attacked with hard blows, not giving Mewtwo the chance to stand back up. Mewtwo used a psychic barrier to knock Sora back. Mewtwo shot a blue energy beam which missed Sora's face by an inch. The boy looked back in shock to see a recycling can take the hit, turning right into the stone.
"Mama-mia!" Luigi cried. "That's so wrong!"
"Luigi mean about some bad person not recycle the can." Yoshi asked.
Luigi smacked his forehead, "No! I mean the can turning into stone!"
Sora's felt his spine shiver from seeing that. He knew Mewtwo wasn't playing around anymore. Sora saw another one coming at him and he bolted to the left, avoiding the attack. Mewtwo flew down at Sora and clashed with him again. The competitors went into a blade lock, pushing their weight against each other in the process. Sora kicked Mewtwo in the stomach, sending him sliding across the floor. Mewtwo quickly recovered from the blow and flew at Sora again.
Mewtwo rammed Sora in the head and rapidly slashed at him. Sora screamed as the blows got laid upon him like hard rain. The boy fell onto his back and closed his eyes. It seemed he was down for the count. Mewtwo smirked at Sora with pride in his eyes, knowing that he had one. Everyone gasped in horror, especially Luigi, Yoshi, Ash, Pikachu, Tails, Toadsworth, and Oak.
"Sora!" Ash cried. "Are you okay?"
"No!" Yoshi shouted in anger.
Mewtwo just started to laugh, "See? No one can defeat the perfect Pokemon. Not even a human like him!" He then turned to the crowd. "Humans, your reign has ended. As soon as I take care of Mew, you will all be destroyed by my story."
"Fat chance!" called a weak voice.
Mewtwo's eyes widened in fear as Sora stood up. He gripped the handles of his keyblade as the audience cheered for him. Mewtwo couldn't believe how Sora was still able to fight.
"This is impossible!" Mewtwo said angrily. "Why won't you die?"
"I told you before, I have my friends with me." Sora explained. "My power of far stronger then you'd expect it to be. I also have the confidence in myself as well. So as long as I have that, I can't lose."
Mewtwo backed up in fear. He realized the truth, he couldn't win. No matter how many times he knocked Sora down, he would just get back up. Sora ran at Mewtwo, who was still in shock and knocked the sword out of the clone's hand. Sora rapidly slashed at Mewtwo and finished it with a hard blow, knocking him down. Mewtwo didn't have any fight left in him. He looked up into the sky and saw a light appear before his mind.
He then could see the images of humans and Pokemon getting along with each other. He smiled at the warm light.
"I have been a fool this entire time." Mewtwo said weakly. "I didn't realize the truth. I was blinded by rage this entire time. Humans and Pokemon can live together in piece. I have caused suffering for all the wrong reasons, hurting innocent creatures. Now I must undo this damage. Life is full of mysteries and there is much I want to discover."
The flag man appeared out from behind of the corner. He looked down to see Mewtwo out cold.
"Mewtwo is unable to battle!" the man announced. "Sora wins the Gold Match!"
The audience roared into cheers and applause. Ash and the others all so cheered with excitement as well. Sora waved to the audience, smiling all the way. Mew floated over to his clone and used a cure spell to revive him. Mewtwo stood up which caused the audience to gasp in fear. Mewtwo walked over to Sora who felt a bit nervous. Mewtwo then looked down at Sora with a smile. Sora could tell that the darkness has finally lifted from Mewtwo's heart.
"You truly are a great warrior, keyblade master." Mewtwo said, showing his gratitude. "I'm glad I had this chance to fight you. Can you ever forgive me for the way I've acted?" He then put his hand out to Sora. "Friends?"
Sora shook Mewtwo's hand, "Friends!"
The audience cheered again, knowing that the threat of Mewtwo has passed.
"Boy, I'm glad that's over with." Ash sighed with relief.
"Pika." nodded Pikachu in agreement.
"You were tough." Sora told Mewtwo. "You truly are the strongest Pokemon."
"Well, even I'll admit that may not be true." chuckled Mewtwo. "But you have the strongest heart. I shall be taking my leave along with Mew. I was going to erase your memory of our meeting but I've decided to keep it." He then make a confident smirk. "Because I expect a rematch from you."
"It's a promise." Sora said with a smile. "I hope we meet you guys again."
Mewtwo handed Sora a keychain called "Psychic Might" as a reward.
"Come, Mew." Mewtwo said. The two slowly floated into the sky. "One more thing, Sora. Be careful in the next match. Your opponent is even stronger then I am."
The entire crowd gasped upon hearing that. What could be worse then Mewtwo?
"Nice ensuring words." Luigi said sarcastically.
"It doesn't matter." Sora said bravely. "I'll be ready."
Mewtwo and Mew then flew off. Sora waved good-bye to his new friends as they took of into the distance. Sora took a ten minute break to get ready for his final match. Mewtwo's words haunted Sora's mind for a long time. He felt a bit discouraged, but that didn't stop him. Finally, Sora walked up to Cloud to ask him something.
"Good job, kid." Cloud smiled. "You did well out there."
"Cloud, who am I facing next?" Sora asked. "Mewtwo said that my next opponent is even stronger then him."
Cloud turned away from Sora. The image of his opponent haunted his mind. It was a face he could never escape. The name warped around his head, knowing he couldn't escape. Cloud took a deep breath and turned to Sora.
"His name is Sephiroth." Cloud responded. "He is a danger to all. His sword skills are far superior then any other person I know. It's basically doom for anyone who comes upon him. I heard about him entering the tournament, so that's why I needed to win."
"Kid, I think you should reconsider fighting." Luigi gulped nervously.
Sora thought about it for a moment. He then smiled at Luigi.
"Don't worry, Luigi." Sora smiled with assurance. "I'm not afraid of him. I can take him with one hand tied behind my back."
"You arrogant fool!" Cloud shouted angrily. "No one has ever been able to defeat him! His sword skills will rip you into shreds! I should have faced him, not you!"
"I beat you two times." Sora pointed out. "I think I can handle this."
"He does have a point." Ash agreed. "You wouldn't even stand a chance."
Cloud got furious upon hearing that. He couldn't believe what everyone was saying to him. They were going to let Sora face that madman. He knew it was pointless. There was no point
"Fine!" Cloud roared. "Get yourself killed if you want! You get too overconfident in yourself and that will be your downfall!"
Cloud angrily walked out into the arena, leaving Sora a bit disappointed. He couldn't believe what Cloud was saying. Give up after coming this far? He didn't think so. Sora heard the guy over the loudspeaker call his name and he left for the arena. Yoshi began to feel a little worried about Sora fighting this Sephiroth guy. Luigi put his hand on Yoshi's shoulder to comfort him.
"Hey, Sora can deal with anyone!" Luigi said. "That kid is tougher then the smell of garlic sauce, so I know he can handle this!"
"Luigi, right." Yoshi nodded as he felt better. "Let's go!"
The group ran out to get there seats. Out in the arena, Sora stretched out a bit, getting ready for this big match that was planned. Sora saw his friends take their seats, including Cloud who decided to watch and be supportive. Sora felt the tension in his body as he knew this would be an intense battle. Soon the man with the flag came in and announced the match to begin.
Sora looked around for his opponent, but saw no sign of him. Maybe he forgot about his match or something. Cloud was also hoping that Sephiroth wouldn't show up. All of a sudden, the audience gasped which caused Sora to look up. A beautiful bright light appeared in the sky, forming into a giant blue ball. The ball then erupted, turning into a giant display of yellow patterns in the sky.
Three small balls floated around the area in the patterns. The three then started flowing and fired blue beams at each other, which upon contact, caused a giant blue light to hit the ground. The impact was so strong that it felt like an earthquake have bestowed upon the arena. Sora shielded his eyes from the intense light the appeared on the arena. It was in the form of a giant ball which faded after a few seconds.
Sora began to see a figure appear from within the faded light. The figure was bent over as he appeared. The man wore dark leather clothing with red marks on the edge of them, long silver hair that was even longer then Riku's hair, dark boots with two belts supporting them, and a giant dark wing on his back. This was obviously Sephiroth.
"What's with the bad guys and long white hair?" Luigi groaned. "Riku had it, Ansem had it, and now this guy has it. You'd think they were related or something."
Everyone ignored Luigi as he ranted on. Toadsworth worryingly turned to Cloud.
"Do you think Master Sora can win?" Toadsworth asked.
"One thing I'll admit," Cloud said softly. "This kid has guts! Anyone who would come face to face with the one winged angel would run in fear, but not him. Ether he is very brave or very foolish. His chance of actually defeating Sephiroth is slim. I do give him my full support, though. He defeated me, so he may have an edge."
"Go, Sora!" Yoshi cheered.
Sephiroth slowly stood up and stretched out his arms. His giant feather moved in the wind from his movement. He then turned to see Sora with his keyblade in hand. Sephiroth looked at him as if Sora was nothing.
"I travel across the world to meet a worthy advisory and yet, I find it's a boy." scoffed the one winged angel.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Sora asked angrily.
Sephiroth just chuckled, "I should be facing mighty warriors, not some kid with a giant key." He then noticed Cloud in the audience. The two gave each other deadly stares for a few seconds. He then turned back to Sora. "I'll worry about that later. Why don't you leave now and I'll spare you? Be thankful because I never give my victims this kind of opportunity to leave."
"Forget it!" shouted Sora. "I came here to fight and I don't attend to quit now!"
"Impressive." Sephiroth said with amusement. "Not a lot of people would try to fight me. I guess it would be fun to toy with you for a little while. I can't get rusty now."
"By the end of this fight," Sora said. "You'll be on the floor, crying like a little baby."
Sephiroth just started laughing at Sora's ridiculous words, "You humor me, boy, you know that? You should be a comedian." He then smirked with a dark and sinister look. "Then prepare to enter a nightmare world. In this world, you can't escape the darkness and fear will grasp your mind."
"You don't scare me!" Sora cried with bravery in his eyes. "Let's just fight already!"
"As you wish." Sephiroth complied.
The man put his hand on his sword that rested on his sheath. Sora's heart began to pound, feeling both nervous and excited. Everyone else noticed how long his sheath was and gasped. It extended about twelve feet back. The group, except for Cloud gasped in fear.
"Please tell me that the sword in there is only about a foot long!" gasped Luigi in horror.
"Wow, I've never seen a sword that big." Ash exclaimed.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted.
"Be careful, Master Sora!"
Sora stood ready to face the man. He held his keyblade tightly within his hands. Out of the two of them, Sora was the first to start sweating. Sephiroth slowly walked forward, hoping to scare Sora off. Sora ran at Sephiroth, screaming at the top of his lungs. Sora jumped into the air and brought it down on the man, who teleported away. Sora was baffled by this. How did he do that? Sora then turned to see Sephiroth reappear at the other end of the ring, mocking him.
Sora threw his keyblade at Sephiroth who teleported again and appeared behind the boy, quickly slashing his back. Sora screamed from the humongous pain as he fell back. It was like lightning struck him at the speed of light. Sora weakly stood up, already feeling tired from the pain. Sora turned around and gave a hard thrust at Sephiroth, who dodged the attack again. Sephiroth kneed Sora in the stomach, grabbed his arm and threw him across the room.
Everyone watched as their friend was getting thrashed by this man. Sora stood up again, panting with exhaustion from the damage. Sora couldn't believe it, he couldn't lay a finger on the man. Sora got back up, readying his keyblade. Sephiroth raised his eyebrow, slightly impressed with the boy's persistence. Sephiroth teleported again, but this time, Sora jumped up and dodged the attack. He quickly kicked Sephiroth in the stomach, pushing him back. Sora tried to slash again, but Sephiroth retailed very quickly and slashed Sora aside.
Sora slid across the floor and jumped back up. He bolted forward and clashed with the man. Sephiroth tried to push Sora back, but couldn't. Sephiroth slashed at Sora who jumped over the attack and kicked him in the back. Sephiroth spun back and quickly caught himself. He charged at Sora who ran as well. Sora rapidly slashed at Sephiroth who deflected all of the attacks and quickly spun around, knocking the keyblade aside. Sephiroth then slashed at Sora again, delivering hard blows.
Sora ducked under another attack and slid under Sephiroth's legs and grabbed the keyblade. He quickly turned around to block another attack. Sephiroth clashed his sword with Sora who was still on the ground. Sora quickly slid his back to make him move away from a vertical slash. Sora kicked at the sword and knocked it out of his hand. Sephiroth started to get a bit annoyed as Sora slashed him aside. The group cheered Sora on. Cloud was left speechless by this turn of events. Sephiroth grabbed his sword and ran at Sora again. As the boy got close, Sephiroth created a giant wall of fire, which knocked Sora back. Sora felt the burn from the fire and waved his hand frantically to get rid of the flames.
Sephiroth flew at Sora again who clashed with him. Sephiroth pushed Sora into a wall, breaking pieces of the wall away. Sephiroth quickly gave a hard thrust at Sora who spun to let side. The point of the blade continued to pop out of the wall as Sora spun along it. He then jumped forward and slid his hand onto the ground, sliding across the arena. Sephiroth flew from the other side of the arena. He swiped at Sora who ducked under it and jumped forward. The two clashed again and clashed back forth with each other.
Sephiroth did a underhand swipe, which knocked Sora into the air. He quickly flew down and kicked Sephiroth into the ground. The man jumped into the air and brought his sword down on Sora. He quickly side stepped the attack and tried to punch the man, who blocked it with his arm. Sephiroth tried to attack with his sword while in this position, but Sora put his keyblade up vertically, blocking the attack. The two stayed in that position for a moment and then jumped back.
Sora bent over, feeling weak. He then used Curaga to revive his power. Sephiroth began to get annoyed by the boy's awesome power. He wasn't going to let this kid get the best of him.
"Well, I guess I misjudged you." said Sephiroth. "But I've only begun to fight. Now, prepare to be sent into oblivion."
"Bring it!" Sora cried.
Sephiroth hands began to glow a red color and then a whole mixture of color. Sora was confused as to what he was doing. Cloud eyes widened in surprise, he knew what the silvered haired swordsmen was planning.
"Descend, Heartless Angel!" Sephiroth commanded.
Sora then noticed a red halo above his head. It then zapped him, causing him to scream in pain. He felt like his energy was getting sucked up. Sora then fell down, feeling like his muscles have collapsed. He couldn't move because he was so tired.
"What did you do?" a weak Sora demanded to know.
"A curse, if you will." explained Sephiroth. "When I cast Descend, Heartless Angel, I zap your will, your energy."
"That means Sora can't even fight back." Ash said in shock. "Didn't see that coming!"
"Prepare for the end!" Sephiroth cried as he charged for Sora.
Yoshi was frightened, he couldn't sit around and watch his best friend get hurt. He tried to jump into the ring, but Luigi and Tails held him back. Yoshi struggled a lot, but their grip was too strong. Yoshi finally gave up and fell on the floor in tears. Luigi comforted Yoshi, trying to assure him Sora will win. But the battle looked pretty grim as Sephiroth was about to finish off a defenseless Sora.
Sora knew that it was over. He felt defeated, knowing he has failed to save the world. He then heard Riku's voice.
"Hey, Sora, don't let a push over get the best of you." called the voice of Riku.
"Riku?"
"Allow me to add my power to yours." Riku said. "I'm always available to help an old friend."
Sora then looked to see his keyblade turning into a new form. It was bigger and it was completely dark. Sora felt his strength restore and felt stronger then ever. Sephiroth brought his sword down and Sora blocked it with his keyblade. Sephiroth was in complete shock.
"That can't be!" the man yelled in shock. "No one can recover from that attack!"
Sora pushed Sephiroth into the sky who caught himself. He flew back at Sora who leaped into the air. The two clashed their blades together again and caused electricity to flow out of the attack. Rocks and ruble from the arena rose up from such an intense attack. The arena began to fall apart. Sephiroth swung his sword at Sora who blocked a few attacks. Sephiroth disappeared and reappeared behind Sora. He tried to swipe at the boy, but he quickly moved away and brought his keyblade down on the sword.
Sephiroth pushed the keyblade back up and slashed Sora in the stomach. Sora spun around and countered with a slash to the back. Sephiroth began to fell down and Sora tacked him, sending them both into the ground. The ground spilt into two from their intense blows. Professor Oak smacked his forehead.
"Oh, no!" Oak groaned. "A thousand dollars worth of damage!"
The two reappeared and jumped into the sky. Sephiroth swiped at Sora who moved back and then vertically attacked Sephiroth, who moved his body to the side. The two clashed again and jumped back. Sora noticed Sephiroth making his hands glow again, knowing his favorite attack was coming. Sora threw the keyblade at him, knocking the one winged angel back, which prevented him from using the attack
Sora used his Sonic Blade attack and dashed through Sephiroth with powerful blows. He then jumped onto Sephiroth's shoulders and jumped into the air. He hammered the man into the ground, sending him crashing through the ground. Sephiroth reappeared and flew at Sora again. Sephiroth was now trying against the boy. He never met anyone besides Cloud to make him break a sweat. The two clashed with each other again and dashed back. Sephiroth then began to glow a blueish color, revealing the full extend of his power.
"NOW I SHALL SEND YOU TO THE PROMISE LAND!" Sephiroth shouted at the top of his lungs.
Sora gulped nervously, "I don't like the sound of that."
Sora then noticed giant meteors appearing from the sky. He quickly moved around to dodge them. Sora jumped onto one and jumped off it as another one collided with it. Sora then looked up to see Sephiroth holding a giant blue energy ball. Sora now became frighted as it was full of energy, an attack that looked like it couldn't be blocked. Sephiroth fired the energy ball at Sora who jumped out of the way. The beam exploded, causing the entire arena to be embraced with a giant light.
A few minutes later, the light finally dimmed, revealing the arena to be completely destroyed. Ruble came down from the sky, cracks were in ever inch of the arena. Luigi and the others peaked their heads out from their seats and noticed the extreme damage. Luigi panicked upon seeing this.
"Shocking spaghetti!" Luigi exclaimed. "That guy had the power to destroy five worlds at once!"
Cloud stood up and brushed himself off, "At least no one got hurt."
The group looked out into the arena to see both Sora and Sephiroth still standing. However, they were too exhausted to even continue.
"What is he?" Sephiroth thought with annoyance. "Why won't he quit?" His sword then began to glow. "You are really getting on my nerves! Prepare for the end!"
Sora stood ready with his keyblade, gripping the handles tightly. He knew that it all came down to this last attack. He couldn't even use magic anymore, but pulled all the strength he had for one final attack. Sephiroth flew at Sora one more time, screaming at the top of his lungs. Sora ran at Sephiroth while screaming as well. Everyone else ducked for cover, knowing there was going to be a colossal impact. The two charged at each other with full speed and power. The two finally collided with each other, causing another massive explosion that extend through out the arena...
A/N: Ha! Bet your weren't expecting that, huh? Who won the battle as a result? That's what the next chapter will bring. Also, expect a few Final Mix stuff next chapter. (One of which is the infamous boss fight between the extra boss of Final Mix) Thanks to my good friend ravenf6 for giving me the idea of the Hammer Suit. I hope you enjoyed it.