Chapter 36: The Twelve VS The Master Part 1
"I've had it!" The Master shouted outraged. "You have been a thorn in my side long enough!" he got up off of his throne readying himself for battle, "But it is time for the final battle! And face it Link you're alone!"
Link held out the N-Sword. "No!" he replied calmly.
"How can you deny that fact?" The Master asked. "You saw as my castle took away your allies one by one, until you were the only one left!"
"Even if they did die it won't be in vain, for here I will finally defeat you!"
The Master raised his hand, and a ball of dark energy rushed towards Link. It hit him and sent him flying back into the wall. "How do you expect to beat me if you can't even dodge or counter that?"
"I could have dodged it, but instead I let it hit me."
They were both silent for a moment and just exchanged glances. The two then dashed at each other. The Master created a sword out of thin air and the two clashed. The two were even in power; each one was not allowing the other to gain footing.
The Master increased the size of his sword and swung it down sending a gust of wind at Link and sending him into the wall and stunning him temporarily. The Master then opened his mouth and out of it came several purple needles that Link was unable to dodge. They pierced him at the abdomen.
Link ran forwards and parried an attack appearing behind the Master and slashing him across the back. Link then brought down The Master Sword upon The Master's skull however it passed right through him. The Master then jumped back.
"Absorbing all of those Pokemon was such a brilliant move." The Master sneered. "They gave me more power and abilities such as one you have just witnessed first hand. I can choose whether or not I want physical attacks to hit me!"
"For selfishly drowning yourself in power I will punish you!" Link shouted running towards The Master.
"Can you?" Link suddenly stopped moving. "It seems that the poison finally took effect." Link just stared at the purple needles that were lodged in his body. "Now do you give up?"
Link stared forwards his eyes full of a new determination. "If I give up everything will be destroyed." He responded. "The only way I'm stopping this battle is if one of us dies!" Link ran forwards and attacked The Master. Due to the poison his movements were a bit sluggish and The Master easily avoided any attacks and knocked him back. Link reached into his tunic and brought something out. In his hands was the Gameshark. "Now how do I use this?" He asked.
The Master saw what Link had in his hands and did the best he could to hide his fear. Realizing that Link was vulnerable he charged up an attack and fired a beam of electricity at Link who just held out the Gameshark in front of him. The Gameshark absorbed the entirety of the attack and emitted a peaceful blue aura that healed Link.
"I don't know what it does." Link said standing up slowly while using his sword as a cane. "But it doesn't matter. Its time for you to die!" The Heart Sword appeared in Link's hand and he rushed towards The Master with a newfound speed that had been enabled by the Gameshark. Their swords clashed and a second later The Master's sword shattered. Link then kicked off of The Master flipping into the air and drew his bow.
Link began to fire an uncountable amount of light arrows at The Master from all over the room. Any that missed The Master would bounce off of the walls, floor and ceiling. "Those arrows are composed completely of magical energy," The Master deduced avoiding most of them with ease. "That's how they are able to bounce off of the walls. And since they are made from your magical energy any that hit you won't harm you but heal you further." The Master stopped avoiding each of the arrows and was hit by every single one causing him to erupt in a bright light. When the light died down The Master had transformed into a disgusting figure. His body was made up of different creatures that he had absorbed. Most of them rotting. To avoid being seen further he stepped back into the shadows. The only thing that could be seen from the shadows was his crimson eyes that revealed severe hatred.
Link stood in complete shock of what he just saw. His body was shaking nearly uncontrollably. He was staring directly into The Master's eyes, which pierced his soul with fear. "So now you have seen it," he said returning to the light looking normal. Link raised his bow and fired another light arrow but this time The Master caught it and destroyed it. A bow materialized in his hands and he fired a dark arrow at Link.
The Dark Arrow hit and went right through Link. He was now extremely pale. "It would be almost too amusing to let the darkness take over and watch as you destroy your friends." The Master sinisterly said as he licked his lips. "Just watching as you kill every last one of them with the expression of fear transfixed on their faces will bring me to ecstasy."
"Don't you dare, I'll kill you!" Link fired another light arrow however The Master just sidestepped to avoid it.
"Can you really kill me at your level? What if I have just been holding back my power?" The Master's hand stretched out and Link could feel large amounts of pressure on him. It was as though he was drowning in the sea. Suddenly the pressure stopped and The Master was just standing there clutching his chest. "My true power." He smiled. "Using it again makes me lust for a more capable body. My old body."
"So you can't use your true power because it puts too much pressure on your current body." Link drew the N-Sword and pointed it at The Master.
"Not this patch work one I built, or that stupid Hand." Several burn marks began to appear on The Master's body. "Before I was scorched and burned. Only one thing can bring it back." His twisted gaze turned to the N-Sword. Within one second he had appeared in front of Link, taken the N-Sword and punched him back into the wall. "Now N-Sword return me to my former body!"
Everything was silent, and nothing changed. "I see," Link replied standing up. He pulled out his bow and aimed it at The Master. "The N-Sword in your hands is nothing more than just a blade. It retains none of its magical properties. Because of the Seal of Smash!"
"Then lets resume this battle,"
The Master sent a giant wave of fire towards Link who didn't have time to dodge. If it wasn't for the Goron's tunic that he had underneath his Kokiri tunic he would have been burned to death. However Link now had severe burns on his arms. He summoned his Weapon of Heart and charged at The Master.
The N-Sword and the Heart Sword clashed. Both letting off large amounts of energy and not letting either get the advantage. Each of them slashing and blocking at each other not allowing a single attack through until The Master disappeared and reappeared directly in front of Link.
Link screamed out in pain as The Master sent his sword through his right lung. Everything then went silent. He couldn't even hear his own screaming. The Master kicked him back into the wall and began to walk away.
"I'm not done yet" Link gasped using all of his strength to stand up.
Link grabbed onto the Gameshark and placed some of the blood that was coming from his mouth on the Gameshark. A white light illuminated the room, "Die Master!" Link shouted. However Link felt a great pain coming from inside his body, it was as though every organ was exploding, he kneeled over on to the ground and threw up blood before collapsing onto the ground.
"Its over," The Master laughed. "In the end this was all you had… pathetic!"
To be continued…