Ultimate Smash Adventure
Well… this arc is going to be a little bit shorter than I expected, but I still think this is a good arc of the story nonetheless. The battles with two of the Deadly Fates will occur now.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story except for the story itself.
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Emotionless swordsmen
Link looked at the emotionless face of Ramirez; Ramirez looked back at the determination of Link's face. Ramirez merely scoffed at this determined look on Link's face. "Determination matters very little, as Lord Galcian once said, "Only power won't betray you." I have found this to be true."
"Bring it on!" Link said getting ready.
"As you wish." Ramirez said. Ramirez charged at Link at impossible speeds. Link barely had time to raise his shield to block Ramirez's sword. However the sword pierced the shield as if it were paper and left a deep cut in Link's arm.
"Agh! How did you…" Link asked.
"The silver moon holds power over life, and death. I channel that power through my blade, making it sharp enough to cut through light." Ramirez said. Ramirez didn't waste any more time explaining this; he quickly got his sword ready to swing at Link. Link and Ramirez clashed blades. Ramirez was surprised that it didn't cut through the Master Sword.
"And my sword is endowed with the power to repel evil, it won't break even against the sharpest blade." Link and Ramirez took several more swings at each other with their blades. The two of them kept slashing at each other with their swords as fast as each of they could. Link ducked under one horizontal slash and countered with an upward slash that Ramirez back flipped to avoid. During mid-back flip, he slashed his sword at Link leaving a small cut across Link's chest. Link then used a jump slash right before Ramirez landed. Ramirez however used his sword to block the attack before the two of them continued to hack and slash at each other furiously.
"Give it up." Ramirez said.
"Never!" Link then did a somersault over Ramirez and slashed at his back. Ramirez was taken off-guard and he did get a small cut on his back, but it was hardly even bleeding. Ramirez then spun around and swung his sword at Link. Link blocked it and went for a low swing. Ramirez jumped it and spun his sword above his head before doing a jump slash. Link barely blocked the attack and began pushing Ramirez backward before kicking him in the abdomen. The force of the kick pushed him back somewhat, but Ramirez countered by thrusting his sword forward and stabbing in the chest Link somewhat. Ramirez then swung his sword vertically multiple times and sending several waves of energy that all made contact with Link. "Auuuugh!" Link was sent flying backward.
"Had enough?"
"No way!" Link then leaped back and the two continued to slash at each other multiple times before leaping back to catch their breath, and then leaping back at each other to slash at each other again. "Spin attack!" Link spun around and knocked Ramirez's sword away to slash at Ramirez multiple times. Link followed this up by a rapid series of slashes that Ramirez was forced to simply block. Ramirez finally found an opening and the two were both back on the offensive with unbelievably fast slashes.
Meanwhile…
Roy charged at the Black Knight at full speed while the Sealed Sword was charging up. The Black Knight stood his ground and was spinning his blade around multiple times. Roy slashed at the Black Knight and the Black Knight slashed at Roy, causing the two blades to clash with equal force. This sent a wave of light and fire out from the two swords. This pushed the two of them back from each other with incredible force.
"How'd he block my sword that fast?" Roy asked.
"Simple, I am clearly more skilled than you are." The Black Knight said. This set Roy off just a little bit.
"We'll see about that!" Roy swung his sword around wildly, sending fireball after fireball after fireball at the Black Knight. The Black Knight simply advanced forward and slashed through each of the fireballs as they came at him. He slashed through one large one and when it disappeared, Roy was nowhere to be seen. The Black Knight then received a slash from behind him. The Black Knight was surprised that the blow actually hurt a little bit. He then spun around and sent Roy flying backward several feet.
"Most impressive. Only certain magical weapons and a handful of sub-humans can harm me in my armor. But it seems your weapon plus the dragon genes that reside in you allow you to harm me. Nonetheless, I shall still win this battle." The Black Knight said.
"We'll see about that!" Roy got back up and sent just as many fireballs as before at the Black Knight this time when the Black Knight sliced through the last fireball, he brought the sword behind his back to block Roy's attack.
"Idiot boy, the same trick rarely works twice." The Black Knight spun around and slashed his sword at Roy. Roy blocked it and attempted another slash that the Black Knight also blocked. The Black Knight and Roy began sword fighting each other at a really fast pace.
"How does he move so fast in that armor? And why do I get the feeling I'm not the only one who's asked that?" Roy wondered. Roy then jumped back from the Black Knight and slashed his sword to where the tip streaked the ground, sending a wave of fire at the Black Knight.
"Is that all?" The Black Knight slashed his sword, causing a wave of light that not only canceled out the fire wave, but kept on going until it made contact with Roy. "I was hoping for more of a challenge, but you obviously can't properly harness the power of your sword."
"Try this then!" Roy leaped high in to the air and charged up a flare sword attack. "Flare Sword!" Roy brought the blade down on the Black Knight. The resulting explosion could be seen in the distance from the deck of the Halberd. When the smoke cleared, the Black Knight had stopped the attack with his Alondite and the explosion apparently did nothing to him. "Huh? But that's not possible!" Roy said.
"Quite contrary, it is." The Black Knight then grabbed Roy by the neck and flung him against one of the cannons.
Back with Link…
Ramirez swung vertically, Link sidestepped it while spinning and attempting a horizontal slash that Ramirez ducked under and swung at Link's feet. Link jumped that and attempted a jump attack. But Ramirez spun around with his back to Link, and held his sword behind his neck to block the attack. Ramirez then spun around and slashed at Link with his sword, but Link jumped back to avoid it and then attempted to jump attack him again. This time Ramirez disappeared in a blur when Link was about to slash him. "Where'd he… augh!" Ramirez had reappeared behind Link and slashed him across the back. Ramirez then continued to chain slash at Link's back multiple times too quickly for the slashes to even be seen.
Link finally collapsed with his back bleeding severely. "This… is the one who has slain Majora's Mask? How pathetic." Ramirez then turned around and began to walk toward the bridge.
"No…" Link groaned.
"…" Ramirez simply stopped without turning around, still showing no emotion.
"It's…not…OVEEEEERRR!" Link stood back up and yelled at the sky.
"Moons… give me your blessing." Ramirez said as the silver moon sent light down in to the palm of his hand. He floated and glowed for a minute before turning back around and facing Link; his few wounds were healing quickly. Link then charged at Ramirez with his speed and power increased dramatically. Ramirez actually had to push himself to block all of these attacks. "How… how does he get stronger like this… could it be…" Ramirez said to himself while protecting himself from berserk Link's attacks. Link then knocked away Ramirez's sword with a violent swing. "Yes… I see now…" Ramirez said.
"SPIN AATTAAAAAACK!" Link then spun around faster than ever and slashed at Ramirez multiple times. Ramirez took a few deep cuts to the chest, but then he disappeared again. Link stopped spinning and looked around frantically, like a wild animal hunting his prey.
"When your younger self first put on the fierce deity's mask, some of it's dark magic remained inside of you didn't it?" Ramirez's voice came from seemingly nowhere. "Yes… I know your history… the dark magic from the fierce deity's mask has laid dormant inside of you for several years. Now whenever your body or emotions are pushed to extremes, the darkness grows to equal the light inside of you, creating chaos."
"SHUT UP AND FIGHT MEEEE!" Berserk Link shouted while swinging his sword around violently.
"Almost no one in the world can control the power of chaos, you could probably count the number of people who can do that on your two hands." Ramirez continued to say. "Chaos grants tremendous power, but since you can't control it, you lose control of yourself temporarily."
"I SAID SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" Berserk Link shouted.
"It is time to bring an end to the smasher's ultimate weapon." Ramirez suddenly appeared and grabbed his sword.
"IT'S TIME TO DIIIIIIIIEEEE!" Link then ran at Ramirez again. Ramirez ran his free hand down the blade of his sword, causing the sword started glowing as he did so. When Link got close to him, Ramirez thrust his sword forward and his blade pierced through Link, freezing him in his tracks with a blank look on his face. Ramirez withdrew his sword as the glow faded. The thrust left no hole in Link, but as Ramirez withdrew the blade, dark energy was pulled out with it. The energy then disappeared shortly after being pulled out. Link then fell to his knees.
"In a way you should thank me. I have just used my sword to slay the darkness inside of you. Without that darkness, your berserker powers are gone." Ramirez said.
"I… don't… need that power… to beat you." Link said as he stood up with his sword. He somehow found the strength to continue attacking Ramirez. Ramirez and Link kept slashing and dodging each other for several more minutes. Link and Ramirez's blades clashed with more force than usual, creating a sonic boom. Link however, being weakened severely was hardly able to with stand the sonic boom. Ramirez took advantage of this and thrust his sword forward. Link did the same thing and the two of them pierced each other. This wound plus Link's previous wounds caused Link to finally collapse. The stab hardly seemed to faze Ramirez since he was slowly recovering anyways.
"It seems you weren't as powerful as they say you were." Ramirez said darkly while standing over Link's bleeding body.
Meanwhile…
Roy had charged at the Black Knight again and attempted his sword dance, however the Black Knight used his own sword dance to parry Roy's. The two then slashed at each other quickly with the Black Knight winning. Meta-Knight began to stir and he opened his eyes to see The Black Knight overpowering Roy. Roy slashed at the Black Knight, but the Black Knight easily pushed Roy away with his sword. Roy swung at the Black Knight, but he sidestepped him and the Black Knight slashed Roy's back without turning around.
"Is this all you have to offer? I thought you'd be a challenge." The Black Knight said.
"I'm not done yet!" Roy then sent fireballs at the Black Knight. He simply used one swing of his sword to send a wave of light that destroyed all of the fireballs and hit Roy. Roy stood back up and charged at the Black Knight. In one swift movement, the Black Knight was behind Roy and had thrust his sword straight through Roy's lower body.
"Nooooooo!" Meta-Knight yelled. The Black Knight withdrew his sword from Roy and Roy collapsed with a thin hole going through him. Meta-Knight flew at the Black Knight and tried to attack him again. The Black Knight however hit Meta-Knight with the broadside of his sword and sent him flying.
"It's time to say goodbye smashers." The Black Knight then spun his sword around and around above his head while facing the bridge of the ship. After a countless number of spins, the Black Knight spun around and made a slash that sent an impossibly huge wave of light that cut through the Halberd, totaling the bridge, and severely damaging the engines. The ship then began to fall below. "Goodbye." The Black Knight took out a bag and sprinkled powder in a pattern around him that warped him to some unknown location.
"Ugh… got… to… get the ship under… control…" Meta-Knight woke up the other smashers and they carried Roy's body to the bridge of the ship. The bridge was almost completely totaled. "At this rate! We'll crash in to deep-sky! And the pressure down there would be unbearable!" Meta-Knight said as the Halberd continued to make a crash course for deep sky.
"That's not good." Ganondorf said.
"Pyo!" Suddenly the Delphinus flew in and the nose of the ship went under the Halberd, giving the Halberd some lift.
"We have to hold the Delphinus together long enough to get both of these ships to Valuan soil." Enrique said.
"At this rate, neither ship will make it." The vice-captain shouted.
"We have to try!"
"Of course sir!" The Delphinus had to be pushed to its limits to keep the Halberd flying straight.
"Come on… come on…" Meta-Knight was saying. The Halberd and the Delphinus then crash-landed on Valuan backcountry. "We made it!"
"I just hope Pit and Link are alright." Ganondorf said while tending to Roy as best as he could.
Meanwhile…
"Wait! What's that airship?" Pit asked while pointing at the Monoceros.
"It can't be…" Vyse said. "The Monceros?"
"But that's…" Aika said.
"Ramirez…?" Fina asked.
"Link!" Pit shouted while pointing at the deck of the Monoceros. The air pirates and Pit quickly hopped on to the deck with their weapons ready.
"Fina…" Ramirez scoffed.
"Ramirez?" Fina asked.
"But that's not possible! I tossed your crystal off the deck of our ship in to deep sky! We defeated you!" Vyse said.
"But my new master went in to deep sky himself and found my crystal, and used his magic to restore me." Ramirez said.
"Go in to deep sky? But how is that possible?" Aika asked.
"It is of no concern to you!" Ramirez shouted. "Moons! Give me strength!" Ramirez then cast Eternes and caused silver spikes to rain down on Vyse, Aika, Fina, and Pit. The four of them then collapsed from the attack.
"As you have seen before your last moments, I have gotten stronger. Now even the three of you are no match for me." Ramirez said. He then turned his head toward their ship. "Well… what are the odds…" A few minutes later Ramirez walked out of their ship holding none other then another piece to the Black Rune. "I never would have guessed that you pirates would be the ones to find this treasure. Consider yourselves fortunate that your deaths brought my master another piece of the Black Rune. Ramirez then disappeared having finished his work.
Fina then slowly got up. "What… happened? I guess the surprise of seeing Ramirez caused me to faint." Fina said. She then quickly cast Riselem on everyone on the ship before they passed to the point she couldn't revive them. Link however was still critically injured.
"We need to give him medical attention fast!" Aika shouted.
"Hang in their Link!" Pit shouted.
"It's a good thing Ramirez thought he got you with that attack Fina." Vyse said.
"We got lucky…" Fina said sadly.
The next day…
Roy and Link had bandages wrapped around their wounds and lying down. The other smashers, Vyse and crew, and Enrique were talking.
"The Black Knight must have known that the ship would have crashed in to deep sky, were the pressure would have killed you." Aika said.
"He was right, they would have sunken in to deep sky if we didn't interfere." Enrique said.
"I can't believe one swordsman destroyed the entire ship." Pit said while looking at the Halberd. The engines were now totaled, bridge destroyed and it almost looked like the top of the ship could fall off the rest of it, not to mention a few missing wings.
"And the Black Knight nearly killed Roy." Meta-Knight said.
"If it weren't for those dragon genes, he would have been long dead by now." Ganondorf said.
"Pyo…" Kirby said sadly.
"Pichu…" He said just as sadly.
"Ramirez also killed Link. Fina was barely able to revive him, and even then, the riselem spell didn't completely heal him." Vyse said.
"Yeah, and his wounds were so bad that even our sacrulen spells couldn't heal him." Aika sighed.
"I sense that Link's light has grown stronger…" Ganondorf said. "It seems we have lost one of our most powerful weapons." Ganondorf said.
"Why?" Pit asked.
"Dark magic partially inhabited Link's body and…" Ganondorf explained the effects of chaos on most people. "Good news, no threat of Link ever going too berserk to kill us all. Bad news, we've also lost some fire power."
"Ooo oo oo oo?" DK asked.
"DK has a point, the ship is in terrible condition, we can't fly it as is." Pit said.
"We could repair for you… we have the best engineers and builders in the world." Enrique said.
"That would be appreciated, but we need to get back home now, and we can't do that without our ship." Ganondorf said.
"I put a few Warp Star's in the Halberd's hanger, we can use those to get back home." Meta-Knight said. "We'll have to come back to pick up the Halberd later." Meta-Knight said. Everyone nodded. Ganondorf grabbed Roy while DK grabbed Link and the smashers all hopped on Warp Stars and flew off.
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The end of the Arcadia arc! I don't know about you guys, but I think this is an awesome ending. But then again, I don't know what to expect from you guys. Leave a review please.