Whohoo!, one day since I posted my tenth chappie and already there are reviews. Yay!!!!! Sasuke can't kill Itachi yet since he doesn't have the Mangenkyou Sharingan. Two and a half years of training with Orochimaru for nothing!!!!!! Anyway, on with the story.

The dust cleared form the explosion, and two figures could be clearly seen in the crater. No-one was expecting to see what had really happened. The Chidori was still twittering away, in the middle of Link's stomach, while Sasuke was impaled on the Master Sword.Link had thrusted it at Sasuke at the last moment. With one hand he held onto his blade, with the other hand Link was preventing Sasuke from wielding his chokuto.

"Incredible! The two fighters are in a stalemate! Let's see who dematerializes first." Master Hand announced "Both of these fighters have already run out of life energy. They are materialized only through sheer willpower."

Both forms on the ground started to waver and flicker.

I have to win! Link thought I need to win this for me and Zelda…….……….

If I lose this, there's no way I can kill Itachi. I must not fail! I must avenge the Uchihas…….

With the determination coursing through them, the two figures became solid again.

"Wow! Such incredible willpower! Both fighters are still in the game!" Master Hand said (It sounds a lot like the DBZ world martial Arts commentator, whom I really hate….)

Even willpower is not enough to allow one to survive a fatal injury. Soon both combatants were flickering dangerously.

"This is an amazing match but it looks like the fighters can't hold on much longer……"

Must hold on!!!! Both fighters thought. Sasuke somehow made a fire hand seal with one hand, while Link raised his fist.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke breathed the fireball just as Link smashed his fist into Sasuke's face. Link was incinerated as Sasuke dematerialized from the impact.

"Wow! Spectators, it looks like we have a tie on our hands. Let's see what happens on the slow motion camera."

The action replay at half speed showed that both dematerialized at roughly the same time. At ten times slower however, there was a winner. The video showed that Sasuke dematerialized a millisecond before Link because the former was hit first.

"The winner is Link!" Master Hand announced. The people of 4B cheered.

"Now, it is time for Zelda vs. Metaknight!!!"

The two combatants walked down to the field and greeted each other with a handshake.

"I'm not going easy on you, princess." Metaknight said unsheathing Galaxia.

"Same with me, puffball." Zelda said, drawing her rapier.

Metaknight started the battle, jumping at her, blade flashing at extreme speeds. To everyone's surprise, Zelda matched Metaknight blow for blow. The clashing of blades was almost constant. A down stab there, an uppercut there, the blades were slashing too fast for the normal eye to see. Metaknight locked Zelda's rapier with the prongs on his blade and jumped up into the air. Metaknight aimed a kick at her face, but Zelda caught it. With a deft twist, she sent Metaknight spinning in mid air, retracted her rapier and hit him on the head with the hilt. Metaknight disengaged quickly, holding his head, party because he was dizzy, partly because of the hilt that smashed into his head.

"Owwwww……..lucky I have my mask on." Metaknight gingerly touched the dent in his mask.

Metaknight barely got ready for Zelda's assault. He blocked the first few stabs but was forced to dodge the next few attacks. Zelda pinned Metaknight to the ground by piercing his cloak into the ground. She smashed a fist into his face. Metaknight stumbled back, while Zelda retracted her blade and started stabbing again.

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"Omg!!!!!" Marth exclaimed "Metaknight is getting wasted by Zelda!!!!"

"Shame on you, Metaknight!!!!!" Ganondorf laughed.

"Poyo………." Kirby lowered his "go Metaknight" board a little.

"Nice work Zelda, just wear him down!!!" Link called to her.

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Metaknight was in deep trouble. Zelda was in control of the match. He was reeling from attack to attack, with no time to counter, such was Zelda's speed and precision. His morale was flagging. Metaknight didn't know how long he could hold for until Zelda got through his defence. Metaknight started panicking but managed to calm down. I have to analyze her attacks. find an opening. Zelda lunged suddenly. and as Metaknight dodged, he grabbed her arm. Metaknight then flipped her over and stabbed at her on the ground.

"??!!" Zelda managed to land on her feet and block Metaknight's slash. She fired a magic ball from her rapier at him, blasting the puffball back into the wall. That hurt Metaknight thought, clutching his stomach (can they even do that?) in pain. Zelda fired another magic ball at Metaknight. He barely dodged the explosion. Zelda was blasting magic ball after magic ball at Metaknight, but he was too fast, so the princess changed her tactics. She cast a Din's Fire, which sped in front of Metaknight and disappeared. Metaknight grinned and flew on, straight into the explosion of the fire. Metaknight flew blindly, staggered from the explosion. Zelda took this chance to charge up an energy beam emitting from her blade. The beam nailed Metaknight, blasting him into the wall again. As soon as he hit the wall, Zelda blasted the area with more magic balls. Zelda formed a bow of light, with her rapier as the arrow, and aimed it at where Metaknight should be. As the dust from the explosions cleared, Metaknight was nowhere to be seen. Without a word, Zelda turned around and fired the bow at point blank range at Metaknight, who was about to strike Zelda. The rapier impaled Metaknight, and he was engulfed in a burst of white energy. Streaking like a comet, he crashed into the ground and dematerialized.

"THE WINNER IS ZELDA!!!!!!!" Master Hand announced. When Zelda returned to 4B's box, everyone congratulated her.

"A good fight, princess." Metaknight said courteously, offering a handshake.

"You too, Metaknight. it was a tough match." Zelda said, shaking his hand.

"Well, the second round of the Sword-fighting Tournament has ended." master Hand announced. "Now, we have three semifinalists. Because of the uneven numbers, I have decided to add another swordsman to the semifinals. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome……………….Pikachu!!!!!!!"

Hahaha, Pikachu has joined the fray. What will happen next? Sorry for the slow updates, kinda busy. Anyway, please R&R

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