Chapter 7: The Match

Pichu had configured a team battle. Roy and Pichu against Marth and Mewtwo. Roy and Pichu were the red team and Marth and Mewtwo were the blue team. Once they arrived on the wall of Helms Deep, each fighter knew exactly who they wanted to fight. Pichu and Mewtwo dove at each other and Marth and Roy walked slowly towards each other.

"May the best man win," said Marth.

"I plan too," said Roy.

They both drew back and swung at each other. Roy almost always hated fighting Marth, because it was stressing and tiring. But his want to prove himself against a fully grown swordsman got the better of him. He swung forward at Marth and missed. Marth rolled past him and stood up, attempting to stab Roy. Roy back flipped over Marth and whacked him. Marth stood up and charged his shield breaker. Roy charged the flare blade. At exactly the same time, the blades struck and both fell backward. Roy bumped into Mewtwo, and dealt a quick blow to him before rushing Marth. Marth countered with a swing, and Roy blocked. Roy swung to the left and Marth blocked. Marth swung to the left and Roy blocked. Suddenly, a scream announced Pichu's defeat. Roy saw Mewtwo dashing towards him from behind. Marth charged his shield breaker. As Mewtwo dashed forward, Marth let the blow fly and Mewtwo barely dodged it. Roy ran at Mewtwo from behind and swung as heavily as he could. Mewtwo flew, but still recovered using his teleportation. Roy didn't concentrate on that much when Marth's blade slashed him across the face. Roy spun on his hand, tripping Marth as he did so. With the extra time, Roy commanded the fire emblem to light. He noticed he'd forgotten to put the emblem in his sword, so he locked it into the hilt. It glowed a bright orange, and Roy swung towards Mewtwo. He missed and Mewtwo was able to stab Roy with a purple flame. Roy stumbled backwards and slashed the fuuin no tsurgui at Mewtwo. Mewtwo flew backward and hit the warp zone. Marth's hand struck Roy in the face and Roy kicked upwards, hitting Marth in between the legs. Marth grunted and dropped his sword. Roy started to swing, but Marth countered. Roy flew over Marth and landed on his stomach. Marth regained his footing and dashed towards Roy. Roy blocked twice and flipped over Marth, using the same technique as he had with Vader. As soon as he landed, he kicked Marth over the wall and jumped down after him. Marth stood up again.

"You're pretty good," he said. "But now playtime's over."

"You're good, too, but are you ready to admit your own foolishness?" asked Roy.

Marth and Roy rushed each, countering each other and flipping over each other. Roy and Marth both used the same technique and clashed swords in the air a few seconds. On his feet, Roy back bent and tripped Marth by swinging the sword underneath him. Marth caught himself on his hand and pushed himself up, going backwards. He landed on his feet and dove. Roy swung a partially charge flare blade. Marth was lit on fire and the extra time allowed Roy to kick him again. He threw Marth upwards and stabbed the sword of seals upwards. Marth's percent caused him to fly right up into the warp zone. Roy's platform appeared and Roy jumped. He was warped back to the control room. Marth, Pichu, and Mewtwo came out.

"Good job, you three," said Roy. "Sorry, Marth."

"It's all in the battle," said Marth. "Hey, is that Cindy?"

Roy looked. It was, indeed, Cindy opening the door and crossing the room.