I noticed that there seems to be lesser reviews than before, and so far only Nintendogeek seems like the only person reviewing… I hope many more people will notice this story and review it.

Anyway, how's the story coming along? Even though it strayed off from racing, it's still very exciting, eh? I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 39: The Bird vs. the Dinosaur! The Flame of the Phoenix Increases!

"Falco… Fox…" groans Luigi painfully.

"You were lucky, Luigi," says Falco. "If it wasn't for me, then you'll be seeing your dead grandparents already."

"What are you doing here, Luigi?" asks Fox.

"I was forced by Master Hand to deliver this…" says Luigi, showing them the Hunter Spear.

"This is Captain Falcon's holy weapon!" says Fox. "Surely it'll help him with his fights greatly!"

"But I was attacked by these monsters and never had to chance to get to him… I tried to fight back, but…"

"There are things that some people can do and some people cannot do," Falco tells him. "You should know your limits. If it's too much for you, then do not push yourself. Focus on what you can do right now, and I'll do what you cannot do for you."

"I'll take you to Falcon, Luigi!" says Fox.

"You guys go," says Falco. "I'll handle this monster here."

"You guys don't worry about me too!" says Link as he fights Pico. "I'll handle him myself!"

"Fine! Switching opponents isn't a problem for me!" says Bio Rex. "As long as I get to bite you into pieces!"

"Let's go, Luigi!" says Fox, grabbing Luigi by the hand and dragging him off.

"Ow! It hurts!" cries Luigi. "Do it lightly!"

"You're not going anywhere!" says Bio Rex as he runs after Fox and Luigi.

"You're the one who shouldn't be going anywhere!" says Falco. He pulls out his gun and shoots Bio Rex in the back, hurting him and grabbing his attention.

"Argh! I'll get you first!" Bio Rex turns to Falco and charges at him, and swings his tail to hit him. Falco easily blocks it with his arms and then returns with a roundhouse kick, which Bio Rex easily avoided by hopping back.

Falco then charges at him and delivers a flying kick, but Bio Rex is able to avoid it by jumping into the air. From the air, Bio Rex drops down to kick Falco with a flying kick, but Falco quickly rolls aside. After that, Falco throws a quick punch at Bio Rex, but the dinosaur simply blocks it using his arms. Instantly, Falco throws a kick at him, but the attack is also blocked. Then Bio Rex hits Falco in the side using his leg and knocks him aside, but is able to stand on his feet.

Falco then runs at Bio Rex, who prepares to defend and attack back. But when near, Falco jumps up and over him, and then kicks Bio Rex in the back of the head and made him fall on his face.

When Bio Rex quickly got up and turns around, Falco punches him rapidly in the face and also lands several kicks into his stomach, and the constant hits keeps on making the dinosaur take several steps back. Finally, Falco lands a powerful kick into his stomach and the momentum makes Bio Rex shoot backwards very fast and hard.

BANG!

But Bio Rex got back up and roars angrily. He rushes forward very fast with his claws pointy forward. Falco bravely jumps forward and uses his arms to block the hit, but the force of the dinosaur's attack is too strong, not to mention the sharp claws, and it hurts Falco some and knocks him away.

"Oh no! Falco got knocked away!" cries Luigi as he is being dragged down the stairs by Fox.

"Don't worry! He can handle himself!" says Fox.

Bio Rex turns to them and says, "Now I'll kill you…" Before he can finish what he's saying, Falco shoots at him in Fire Bird mode and smashes him across the place.

BANG!

"You better not go after anyone else until this fight is over!" Falco tells him.

Bio Rex gets up again and growls, "I'll get you for this!" He charges at Falco again, who lifts up his leg to kick him in the head. But to Falco's surprise, Bio Rex grabs bites his leg and then hurls him across the room.

CRASH!

Then he instantly rushes to where Falco is and jumps forward to impale him with his sharp claws on his foot. But Falco almost instantly jumps into the air right before the fatal hit lands on him. In air, Falco uses one hand to grab Bio Rex's shoulder, and then he spins around on that hand and lands a powerful kick into the dinosaur's head.

SMASH!

"Tsk! That should teach you!" says Falco, but to his surprise, Bio Rex got back up again!

"I'll kill you this time!" he roars. They both charge at each other and begin trading several heavy blows on each other by attacking with punches, kicks, and claw slashes.

Falco was able to land a successful kick with both legs into Bio Rex's stomach, and then he back flips a few feet away, and then he uses Falco Phantasm to dash into Bio Rex, hitting him very hard and knocking him into the air.

When Falco turns around to see how he has done, Bio Rex immediately lands and throws a powerful slash into his face, making a deep slash mark across Falco's face.

"YAAAAA!"

"Die!" yells Bio Rex as he thrusts his sharp claws forward to hit him in the head, but Falco is able to duck down in time.

"You should just stay extinct!" Falco yells at him, and then he uppercuts Bio Rex hard in the chin and sends him flying up into the air and hitting the ceiling above hard.

CRAAAAAAAASH!

Bio Rex falls back down and drops limp onto the floor.

"You should've just stayed extinct like the rest of your species," says Falco. When he goes near to see if the dinosaur is really down, Bio Rex suddenly pops back up and caught him by surprise. "What the!" He bites him in the side of the waist hard and shakes him around violently before hurling him away. "GUAAAAAH!"

CRASH!

Bio Rex then charge at Falco and kicks him hard in the chest, followed by slashing him multiple times, and then hits him hard with a powerful tail whip. The attack was so powerful that Falco was sent flying over the balcony on the side of the hall and all the way to the hall on the other side and hitting the wall.

CRASH!

Without giving any chances, Bio Rex amazingly jumps over the balcony and lands on the other side, and then drops down on top of the beaten up Falco and stomps him hard.

STOMP!

And then he jumps back and roars with pleasure. "Hahahaha! I have killed you! I will never show mercy to my prey!" But to his surprise, Falco got back up despite all the wounds he received! "Uh? You're still alive?"

"He have made me angry," says Falco in a threatening tone. "The anger that I have from losing the race is still within me, and the fact that you treated me in such violent way made the anger build up. I am like a phoenix whose flame increases whenever rage builds up within the mind!"

"What on earth are you talking about? I'll just kill you and eat you! You're just a bird waiting to go into the mouth of the predator. Bio Rex opens his jaws and jumps at Falco to bite him.

Falco's body immediately surrounds by fire, and then all the fire moves to his right hand and gathers there. "Raging Phoenix Punch!" he shouts as he throws a powerful punch into Bio Rex's body. When the punch comes in contact, there was a medium-sized explosion and fires are sent flying in every direction as Bio Rex is knocked all the way across the balcony and hitting the wall on the other side.

CRAAAAAASH!

"Using the power of my Fire Bird," explains Falco, "I quickly gather all the fire energy into one part of my body, and then releases an attack that has the same power as a tackle from Fire Bird itself. The anger within me also contributes to powering up the fiery power. No matter how hard your hide or your armor is, you cannot defend yourself from it."

Bio Rex gets up; he is bleeding several and there is a large burn mark on his chest. "Gaa… gaaa… Pain…" he groans painfully. "What is… that punch…? My bones are… broken…!"

Falco then jumps over the balcony and uses Fire Bird to fly to the other side and tackles Bio Rex hard in the same area. And then he throws several punches and kicks at the dinosaur, not showing him any mercy or chances to fight back. Then Falco uses Fire Bird again, but quickly gathers the flames to his foot instead. "Raging Phoenix Kick!" And then he kicks Bio Rex hard in the back and sends him flying diagonally upwards over the balcony.

Falco then jumps into the air higher than Bio Rex, and then flames appear around his body as he stretches his hands out. "Fallen Phoenix Plummet!" he shouts at he flips upside down and shoots downward spinning in a drill-like fashion while covered in fire from head to toe.

He hits Bio Rex HARD in his chest, and it resulted in a rather large explosion and several fires shooting in every direction.

"GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

And the impact sends Bio Rex shooting to the floor below like a flaming meteor.

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!

There lies Bio Rex on the floor, totally knocked out beyond consciousness. The impact from the hit is so hard that a huge crack pretty much spread out through the WHOLE lower floor!

Falco lands down besides him and says, "When a phoenix reaches the peak of his age, he will fall down to his doom in flames, but out of the ash, a new phoenix will be born and live a new life." He looks up to the higher floors and hears several sword clashing. "That elf and that alien are going to fight until the whole place is wrecked or what? Oh well, I think I'll go find the others first. Link hates it when someone takes his fight."

TO BE CONTINUED…

I tried to make the fight as good as possible, and also as lengthy as possible since I want this chapter to be focused on the two. Have patience waiting for the next chapter! It'll be Link vs. Pico.