Okay, next chapter. There's nothing much to warn about except for the bloodier violence and occasional swear. Oh well, I'll try to update sooner to anyone actually reading this.
Kirby and Mewtwo walked along the side of a thin river. Kirby turned to Mewtwo who was working with his phone, "Why are we going on a hike anyway? Shouldn't we be back at the headquarters working on the whole Cray Orion case?"

"Our equipment is much too mediocre. We need better search engines and faster equipment." Mewtwo replied as he held the phone to his ear, "I really didn't want to do this…" Mewtwo stepped back from Kirby, "Hey Mia, its Mewtwo. You know Roy? He's been kidnapped and we need help with trying to find him. Do you think I can borrow your computer or something?" There was a pause, "Oh, thanks Mia. We'll be there in a minute or so." Mewtwo hung up and put the phone away.

"What happened?" Kirby asked.

"She said she has some iced tea and scones for us." Mewtwo pushed back the branches to reveal a small cottage, "There it is."

Kirby looked at it, "I thought she was rich. What's with the shack in the middle of nowhere?"

Mewtwo rang the doorbell. The hyper emerald-eyed girl ran up to the door and opened it, "Hi Mewtwo!" She gave him a tight hug before he walked in. She approached Kirby.

"Don't even think about it." Kirby hissed as he walked in.

Mia pouted and closed the door.

"You've been decorating." Mewtwo laughed as he looked at the new high-tech equipment she had gotten.

"This is my new home. I found that mansion I lived in before too stuffy." Mia brought the iced tea and scone to them on a tray, "Here," She took a remote and activated a computer and plasma screen TV link. The desk next to the leather couch rolled over with a keyboard, "I hope this works."

Kirby looked around in awe, "How did you get so rich?"

"I invented the completely functional and stylish arm computer and I created my own multi-purpose search engine." Mia replied, "I also won many swordsman tournaments."

Mewtwo laughed as he typed onto the computer, "We could use someone like you on our team. You could take over for Roy while he's not here." Mewtwo searched information on the mansion and the tower, "Got something,"


Link looked at the depressed Marth as they rode on the bus to the lakeside dojo. Link sighed at the awkward silence between them. He sighed again in attempt to get a reaction from Marth. Link turned away, "Are you going to be depressed the whole time? If you were, I would've told Kirby to switch with me."

Marth looked up, "I just…I hope Roy is okay…"

"Roy's tough. He'll be fine." Link replied as the bus stopped, "There's the dojo. Let's go!"

Marth stared at it before he walked in. The front hall was bordered with marble. The ground was made of glass and a stream of water ran through it. Link turned to the front desk, "We're here to see Tide Orlow."

The woman looked up and gave them a stack of envelopes stuff with paper, "He's just down the hall behind the wooden doors. Bring these to him as well,"

Link took the stack of papers, "Uh…thanks," He walked with Marth down the hall, "What do you think these envelopes are for?"

Marth picked up one and opened it. He pulled out many sheets of paper, "The writing's really small. Maybe they're ordering forms. He does need to order new equipment every now and then."

They entered the dojo and looked around. Children with the age range of 10 to at least 16 were practicing martial arts against each other. Link pointed to a man with flaming red hair next to a child.

"That's the one." Link walked over to him, "Are you Tide Orlow?"

"Yep," He replied as he patted the kid on the back, "Good job, you can go train with the others now." Tide brushed the sweat from the back of his neck and turned to him, "What's the problem?"

"We want to know what you were doing yesterday." Link replied, "We're conducting a little experiment."

Tide rubbed his chin, "I'm pretty sure I was working here. You can ask Kaiser if you want. Has there been a murder of some sort?" Tide laughed a bit, "My wife is a bit of a criminal mastermind."

"Kaiser?" Marth interrupted, "Who's Kaiser?"

"He's my assistant." Tide replied, "He's out today. He claims he caught the flu that's going around but he's probably just lazy."

"Was there anyone else with you yesterday besides Kaiser?" Marth asked.

Tide pointed to the group of students at the back, "Most of that group was with us," Tide held his hand over his mouth and whispered to them, "They're all pretty crappy students but we have to help them either way."

Link and Marth turned around. Link smiled at Tide, "Information analysis." He turned to Marth and lowered his voice to a whisper, "Tide has an alibi and so does his assistant. What lead do we have now?"

Marth thought for a while, "Cray's daughter Shade."

"Our attacker was male." Link replied.

"Maybe she's one of the girls that lack distinct feminine features on her body." Marth replied.

Link thought for a while, "What was that?"

Marth sighed deeply, "Maybe she's flat..."

"Never thought you'd say something like that Marth," Link muttered, "So Shade is out next suspect." They both nodded and turned around. They saw Tide talking with a silver-haired woman that overflowed with feminine charm. She wore mostly black leather, "Who's she?"

Tide smiled and placed an arm around her, "My wife. This is Shade Orlow. She taught me most of my fighting styles and made me one of the best trainers in all of the dojo institution."

Link turned to Marth, "No matter how you look at it, a woman like her just doesn't have the body to pretend to be a man." Link whispered.

Shade stuck her hand out, "Your name?"

Link shook it, "Link," He pointed to Marth, "Marth,"

Shade placed her hand on her face and smiled, "You're a man of many words." She smiled, "What brings you here? You already look like good fighters."

"We're doing an investigation." Link replied, "Do you know any—"

The glass above them suddenly shattered. A figure wrapped in black clothing jumped onto the floor. He grabbed a whole belt of explosives and threw them around the room. A fiery explosion engulfed the whole room. The figure drew a sword from the belt and cut through the wall. It jumped through the hole and quickly disappeared.

Link held up his shield and shielded Marth from the flames, "We have to go after it!" Link and Marth jumped through the hole and chased their culprit, "What luck having it attack this dojo while we're in it."

"That hole in the while was made by fire. The edges were all charred." Marth pointed out, "Do you think this is the same assassin that attacked us?"

Link stopped, "Please don't hate me for saying this but…" Link turned away from him, "I think this is Roy."

Marth turned to Link. He grabbed him by the colour and shook him, his rage taking over him, "How dare you say that it's Roy? Roy would never do this!"

Link pried off Marth's hand and knocked him back, "Why can't you open your eyes to the obvious? That assassin last time was much taller and he set everything on fire. This assassin's sword cut a hole into the wall and the hole was lined with flame. Do you get it now?"

Marth held onto his head, "It's not Roy…it can't be Roy…" Marth held an arm over both his eyes, "Roy," He sniffled.

Link bit his lip and turned away, "Well, I'm going to keep going. You can…stay here and…recuperate." Link ran off.

The assassin loomed above Marth. Roy's objective was to steal the gauntlet of waves and the chamber that held the gauntlet of waves was right above the room Marth was in. Roy wanted to jump down from his hiding spot and embrace Marth in a warm hug.

"Don't forget what I said Roy…" A voice hissed through the earpiece.

Marth wiped his tears. He heard the static mumbles from Roy's earpiece, "What's that?" He looked up. His heart nearly jumped out of him as he saw the assassin looming above him.

Before Marth could draw his sword, Roy had jumped off from the ceiling and wrestled Marth's sword away from him. He threw the sword far away from Marth's reach and thrust his head right into the ground with his left hand. He straddled Marth's hips and took his right hand and pinned both of Marth's arms onto his back.

"What are you waiting for?" The earpiece muttered again.

Roy released his left hand from Marth's head to draw his sword. Marth turned around only to have the sword tip meet the skin on his forehead. Marth breathed in deeply as he felt the cold, sharp tip scrap his forehead. Marth looked down the hallway.

"Kill him already," Dusk screamed at him, "If you won't, I will." He opened his armband and pressed a button.

Marth screamed in pain and began withering away under Roy's grip. Roy released him and fell back in fear.

Link fell to his knees and gripped his heart tightly, "Damn it all," He stood up, "What did you do Marth?" He tried his best to ignore the strength as he sprinted back to the room Marth was in.


Kirby fell from the couch and gripped the carpet beneath him tightly. His eyes bulged in pain. Mewtwo howled as he fell down onto the couch and slammed his fists into the pillows. Mia gasped and ran to his side.

"Mewtwo," She gasped, "What's going on?"

Mewtwo looked up at her, "Mia," He took her hand, "You…you're not…affected." His grip tightened as the pain progressed, "You need to continue this if we die…"


Roy stood up with his sword drawn, "Okay! I will! Stop! Please…" He took his sword and held it over Marth's head. He did one quick slash down the middle of Marth's neck.

Dusk pressed another button and stopped the attack, "Good boy,"

Link was on his knees with his sword drawn above Marth's head. He blocked the blade and flung Roy's sword back. He smashed at Roy repeatedly before knocking him right into the wall.

"That sword is the sword of seals. Roy…why are you doing this?"

Roy punched him in the face and leapt for his sword. Marth batted Roy's sword away with his foot and slashed hard and quick against Roy. Blood soon stained the floor as Roy rolled to the ground.

Roy screamed in pain at the angry slash that spread from his left shoulder to his right rib. The slash's pain was nothing compared to the pain Roy felt in his heart. He wanted Marth for so long and Marth wanted him as well but Marth was the one who delivered that almost death-dealing blow.

Marth growled as he held his sword at Roy's head, "Who the hell are you?"

Roy used his hand and grasped the sword blade. He disarmed Marth but his hand was badly wounded in the process. He threw the sword away and kicked Marth to the ground. He sidestepped Link and grabbed his sword. He ran up to the room he was in before and stabbed the sword hard into the ceiling causing it to collapse. Link and Marth entered the room only to find Roy holding the gauntlet tightly in his hands and cutting a hole into the wall to escape.

Link threw his sword to the ground, "Damn it all!"

Marth looked to the ground, "When he trapped me, I heard static and muffled noises. I think he wore an earpiece."

Link picked up his sword and looked at the rubble, "Well, we better get to Mewtwo and Kirby. They'll want to know about this."


Roy fell from the ceiling and into the lair. He got onto his elbows and propped himself up. He swayed from the pain but he still walked towards Dusk. He tore off the mask revealing a face of plaint rage and fury. Roy threw the gauntlet onto the ground. It was stained with his blood.

"You're a little late Roy." Dusk replied.

Roy grabbed Dusk's collar with his wounded hand and gripped his sword tightly in the other, "You knew…" He snarled inhumanly, "Goddamn it, you fucking knew…"

"About what?" Dusk muttered calmly.

Roy dropped his sword and tried to punch him in the face. Dusk drew his sword and twisted it around his arm. The slightest movement from Roy would've ended with his arm being cut off.

Roy had tears of pure anger brimming his eyes, "You knew that my friends were there! You didn't send me there for the gauntlet…you sent me there to see if I would kill my friends!"

Dusk released him and pushed him to the ground, "The gauntlet is a nice bonus." He picked it up, "I'll be lining up your new missions tomorrow. Take this time to rest," Dusk stopped and threw him a small box of bandages, needles, and long coils of thin string, "Take care of those wounds."

Roy felt his heart rate drop back to normal as his fingers brushed the hilt of his sword. He mustered all his strength and grabbed the small box. His whole body screamed in pain as he stood up, "Marth…"


If anyone wants to know how Tide, Shade, orCray look like. Tide is like Cloud from FFVII: last order except with red hair and red eyes. Shade looks like Yuna in FFX-2 except with silver hair and green eyes. Cray looks like Light Yagami from the manga 'Death Note'. Please R & R. Thanks in advance for anyone that does.