Oh man, only one person reviewed since my update, and it wasn't even for the latest chapter! I thought Kisame vs. Ike would be exciting but apparently you guys didn't think so. Let's hope this chapter will get more reviews.
Link walked down to the materializer. He and Sasuke stood on the materializing pad and they disappeared in a flash. They reappeared a second later in the middle of the arena, which was the holo display for the fight. The two swordsmen bowed briefly.
"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!"
Sasuke jumped forward and started slashing furiously. Link parried with equal vigour, and with one of Sasuke's slashes blocked, he made a sudden lunge. The Sharingan made piecemeal of Link's assault though, and Sasuke easily defended against Link's stab. Suddenly the rogue shinobi slashed down at Link's foot. Link jumped away just in time and swung at Sasuke's head. A quick duck of the head evaded that and Sasuke slashed again, this time at Link's torso. Link wasn't hurt but his tunic wasn't so lucky. His tunic now had a big gash in it.
"Hey! Do you know how long it takes me to make these clothes?" Link shouted indignantly at Sasuke.
"You know we're in a virtual machine, so the damage to your clothes will disappear as soon as the match ends." Sasuke pointed out.
"Oh yeah…. silly me."
While Link was mentally scolding himself for being so stupid, Sasuke moved behind him.
"Link, look out!" Zelda cried.
"Oh shoot!" Link tried desperately to parry but Sasuke's chokuto was too fast. It cut a deep gash in his thigh.
"Aargh!" Link groaned in pain but lashed out at Sasuke with the Master Sword. Sasuke blocked it but the edge dug into his left shoulder. With both of them wounded, Link and Sasuke separated for some space and to plan a new attack strategy.
"You are a worthy opponent." Sasuke panted.
"You too." Link said, breathing heavily.
"But now it is time to end!" Sasuke threw Chidori needles at Link. who deflected it. Sasuke rushed him, hoping to get an advantage. Link however, sidestepped and tried to unbalance him with a sweeping kick.
"Chidori current!"
Link was stunned by the electricity running all over Sasuke's body.
"Unngh….." Link groaned.
Sasuke jabbed at him, electricity streaming through the blade. It gashed Link's shoulder, again stunning him.
"It is finished." Sasuke said triumphantly. "Chidori!!!!"
As the lightning gathered in his hand. Sasuke punched at Link. With sheer willpower, Link jumped out of the way.
"Missed!" He called out.
"Don't be so sure!" Sasuke extended his Chidori.
"???" Link frantically raised in sword and parried the Chidori just in time.
"I can manipulate my chakra into thousands of different forms." Sasuke said. He extended two prongs from his Chidori, trapping Link's blade. Sasuke retracted his Chidori, pulling Link along. Link found himself hurtling towards a collision with Sasuke's chokuto.
"Die!" Sasuke swung hard.
Somehow Link managed to evade it and retrieved his sword from the Chidori trident. Link kicked out at Sasuke, who blocked it by crossing his arms. The impact was strong enough to knock Sasuke off balance though. In desperation, Sasuke activated Curse Seal stage 1. Black flame tattoos ran across his body. The extra chakra allowed Sasuke to avoid Link's attack, but only barely. Link jumped up into the air, over Sasuke and stabbed down. Sasuke defended against the attack with his chokuto and leapt backwards.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flame Bullet!" Sasuke yelled. He launched fireball after fireball at Link.
"I really wish I had my shield right now." Link grumbled. He dodged the fireballs and leapt in front of Sasuke.
"Hidden Skill #7: Great Spin!"
An energy wave emitted from Link's blade, smashing into Sasuke.
"Unnnghhhhh!!!!!" Sasuke was blasted back into the air. Link dashed forward and leapt up.
"Hidden Skill #6: Jump Strike!" Glowing energy enveloped the Master Sword and Link slashed down at Sasuke, who just managed to block with his chokuto. Sasuke was sent falling down by the impact though. Link landed back on the ground, in front of the smoldering crater where Sasuke had crashed into the ground. As the smoke cleared, a winged figure rose from the pit.
"Huh?" Link said.
"You are a worthy opponent Link, to have forced me to unleash my second stage Cursed Seal of Heaven." Sasuke said. He now had long spiky blue hair, brown-grey skin and hand-like wings. His Sharingan was glowing like charcoal.
"Prepare to die." Sasuke moved in a flash. Nothing could be seen of him apart from a grey blur.
"????" Link had no time to talk before the Uchiha smashed into him fist first.
"OOOOOOMPH!!!!!" Link coughed up blood as he flew a good ten metres. Before he could land though, Sasuke was there, smashing him into the ground with a vicious elbow strike. AS Link fell to the ground, Sasuke used Chidori. This Chidori was different from the earlier ones as it was black instead of blue. The crackling of the Chidori was ear-splitting. Sasuke dived downwards and thrust his arm at Link's prone figure. A huge explosion covered the arena.
"LINK!!!!" Zelda cried out.
"Well, that's the end for Link." Marth said grimly.
"No way he could survive that." Roy agreed.
Sasuke, however, thought differently. As he climbed out of the crater, he looked upwards.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A huge ball of fire emitted from Sasuke's mouth and scorched skywards. It was too late, however, and Link came crashing down through the fireball and smashed into Sasuke. Sasuke was able to avoid the Ending Blow; however, his left wing was cut off at the shoulder.
"Aaaaargh!!!!" Sasuke clutched the stump of his wing.
"Guess you cant fly now. Remember though, we are in a virtual machine so your wounds will heal." Link smirked.
A lightning fast blow to the stomach launched Link high into the air. While Link was stunned, Sasuke flew up through the air. His missing wing had been replaced by a multitude of snakes.
"Chidori!!!" Sasuke yelled as he and Link crashed into the ground. Another huge explosion erupted as they landed.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!
Cliffhanger!! I did that because I had not a lot of time to write. Since I'm going to college (that's high school for you Americans) next year Mum is letting me play a lot of video games. I'm playing Gunz on the PC, Ratchet and Clank on PSP and Melee on Wii this holiday. Anyway, please review.
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