Chapter 40
I Fight For the World! Ike vs. Smelton!



Inside the flying fortress…

"What were they doing?! How can they miss you out?!" Smelton said with disbelief upon seeing Ike.

"I didn't run to anyone for your record," Ike told him. "I was simply wandering through the place when suddenly I found the whole place up in air already."

"That was lucky of you, but it matters not! Gamfax is currently in the process of merging with Everything and it is near completion rate even as we speak!"

Ike raised his sword and said, "I'll have to stop it right now then!" And he rushed forward.

Smelton got out a small cube from his pocket and flicked it into the air, and the cube started to expand in size. "What?!" Ike gasped. The cube kept on growing and it devoured by Ike and Smelton with it.

"Uh? Where is this?" Ike wondered, looking around the place. All he could see was a seemingly endless span of void and the only person with him was Smelton. "What is this?!"

"We are now inside the Void Cube," Smelton explained. "It takes place in a 4th dimensional space that has no contact with the outside. There is nothing you can do until the cube's effect dies out. And by then, the merging process will be complete."

"I'm not going to stay here forever! Get me out of here at once!"

"That I will not allow! The deity that will create the perfect world shall come to rise soon and nothing can stop the destruction of the world!"

"I'm not letting you get away with this!"

"Why do you fight to protect a world that is trapped within sin? The new world I am creating will solve all the flaws this current world has. Isn't that a better idea?"

"But you said nobody but you and your men are entering it, therefore it does not sound like a good idea to me!"

"It is a must to clear the root of evil in order to maintain eternal peace. So long as anyone in this world remains, old mistakes will rise again."

"For that reason, I am stopping you! There are many innocent people out there and they do not deserve to be punished unfairly like this!"

"Sacrifices are necessary for the greater good, so this cannot be helped."

"Enough talk! If you will not listen, I'll have to use force on you! Prepare yourself!"

"Very well, I will also use force to bring sense into your head if words will not work," Smelton said, taking out his Soul Cutter sword.

"Hai!" Ike ran forward and swung down his Ragnell forcefully, and Smelton easily blocked it by holding up his sword horizontally.

CLANG!

Ike pulled back and tried to strike him from below, but it was also blocked out in a similar fashion. Ike pulled back and tried multiple times to hit him, but each hit was blocked effortlessly by Smelton. "Is this the best you've got?" Smelton asked. He swung his sword that Ike blocked but he was pushed back a couple of spaces.

"Take this then!" Ike's sword released blue light and when he swung it, he shot out a beam.

"Uh?" Smelton quickly deflected the beam with his sword. "Now that's something special. I take you do not have an ordinary sword."

"This sword is blessed by the goddesses since ancient times," Ike explained to him. "It has great powers strong enough to strike down anything!"

"That is interesting. Let us see if it can cut its way through this fight!"

"You asked for it!" Ike shot out more sword beams, but Smelton was able to block every single one of them.

Smelton chanted some sort of incantation (not bothering saying it out since I forgot most of them) and shot out some sort of energy out from his fingers at him. Ike ran to the side to avoid it and then and he charged at him from aside and slammed down his magically enhanced sword. Smelton hopped out of the way in time and countered by swinging his sword too, but Ike blocked it and they pushed against each other.

"Whether or not you defeat me, it will not make a difference!" Smelton said to him. "By the time this has ended, the deity will be created!"

"We'll see about that! It's better to do something than to do nothing!" Ike replied.

They lifted their swords against and hit each other before hopping back several steps. Ike lifted his sword and stabbed it into the ground, causing a line of explosion traveling towards Smelton. "Drain everything!" Smelton said, and his sword started to wobble as if it has a life of its own. He pointed his sword at the incoming fire and amazingly, the fire were absorbed into the sword!

"What?!" Ike gasped.

"The released state of my Sword Cutter can absorb energy of any kind, and I have just absorbed your attack!" Smelton explained to him. "And I'll show you what I can do with it after absorbing it!" He slammed his sword down to the ground and the same kind of explosion came out towards Ike!

"What?!" Ike quickly got out of the way to avoid the incoming attack. "Take this then!" This time he fired the sword beam, but it was also absorbed by the Soul Cutter when it hits its blade.

"And take it back!" Smelton swung his sword to shoot back the beam to him.

Ike once again avoided it and said, "Looks like projectiles will not work. I'll take on you from close range then!"

"You have not seen everything this can do just yet!" Smelton said to him. As Ike ran towards him, Smelton pointed his sword at him and the blade extended forward.

"Eh?!" Ike ducked down fast and the blade went over him and he stepped aside. To his surprise, the blade did a u-turn to him again and he moved away once again. "What the?!"

The sword returned to its normal length in Smelton's hand. "It has properties similar to that of rubber, but is still sharp like a real blade. I can fight at both close and long range using this!" He lifted his sword and swung it forward and the blade extended again.

Ike attacked the incoming sword and clashed against it multiple times, and then the blade started to circle around him. "What the?!" Ike said, looking around.

The blade circles around him about three times and made a spiral around him before shooting at him. He quickly blocked it with the flat part of the Ragnell, but the blade kept on jabbing him, so he had to block it over and over. "Dammit! No space to move out!" he thought as he looked at the spiraling blade around him. He quickly ducked down and the blade went over him, and out of desperation, he stabbed his sword into the ground. "Eruption!"

The explosion occurred but they were instantly absorbed by the blade around him. "That was a mistake," Smelton said. The eruption immediately returned, this time blowing Ike.

BAAAAAANG!!!!!

"AH!!!"

After he was burned by his own attack, the blade returned to its normal state, but then Smelton thrust it forward again and this time managed to stab him in the right shoulder. "AAAHH!!!"

Smelton pulled back his sword and said, "Now you see that you are helpless before me!"

"It's not over yet…" Ike said, panting heavily from the wound. "I can still fight, and I'm not planning to show sympathy to you anymore!"

"I do not plan on showing a sinner like you any sympathy either!"

"You!" Ike shot up and swung his sword at him but it was blocked. They clashed against each other for a while and then Ike hopped back and took a second to take a running start at him, hitting him with a rushing sword swipe. The moment Smelton blocked this attack, Ike rolled to the side and slashed from them.

"Uh?!" Smelton quickly hopped out of the way and managed to avoid the attack in time, and then his sword extended to him again. Ike held up his sword defensively but the blade wrapped itself around the blade of his sword.

"What are you doing?!" Ike said while struggling to pull back his sword. He then saw bluish energy traveling along the blade of the Soul Cutter.

"I'm absorbing the magical properties of your sword and use it for myself!" Smelton explained. After he was done, the blade unwrapped itself and returned to its normal length.

"Stop stealing other people's things!" Ike swung his sword to shoot out the beam, but Smelton also did the exact same move with his Sword Cutter thanks to absorbing from the Ragnell. Both the beams are equally strong however, so they cancelled out each other when collided.

Ike ran up to him and stabbed his sword into the ground before him and an explosion occurred. Smelton hopped back in time and when he landed, he moved forward and stabbed his sword into the ground too to create another explosion. Ike jumped up as high as he could to avoid it and thrust his sword down on him. Smelton held up his sword to avoid it, but when the tip of the Ragnell touched the blade of the Soul Cutter, an explosion occurred and Smelton was blown back by surprise.

BANG!

"What?!" he said in shock.

"The explosion doesn't always have to be pulled off on the ground!" Ike said. He landed from his jump and zipped at him very fast. "Quick Draw!"

Smelton quickly blocked the attack, but it was very fast and he slid back from the attack even though he blocked it. "If you can do that, I don't see why I can't do that either!" Smelton said. He crouched down somewhat and the dashed forward at the same speed as Ike.

Ike quickly blocked the attack and they pushed against each other very hard. Ike pulled back his sword again and slammed it against the Soul Cutter, once again creating another explosion that rocked Smelton and he slid backwards, and Ike proceeded to run at him again.

Smelton swung his sword to unleash the beam, but nothing came out. "Damn! Ran out!" he gasped. "Ah!" This allowed Ike to strike him down.

"Got you!" he said.

"Good job on inflicting harm on me, but it's not going to change anything!" Smelton said, and he stabbed his sword into the ground.

Ike got into awareness, but suddenly, the blade shot out from the ground behind him and stabbed him in the back. "AAAAH!!!"

"I will absorb your health to heal my injuries! This is what my Soul Cutter is capable of!" Smelton said. Energy passed down the blade and traveled to the hilt of the sword and through Smelton's arm, and his wound was seen slowly recovering. The blade pulled itself out of Ike's body, but there were no visible injuries on him at all. Ike, however, felt weaker than before.

"Ugh…" He felt his hand around his back but didn't touch any blood. "What…?"

"When used for absorbing power, the Soul Cutter cannot inflict physical pain," Smelton explained. "You only felt weaker because some of your life force was passed down into me!"

"That sounds just like something I can do," Ike said. "I'll show you if you want to! Aether!" He threw his sword above Smelton and ran to jump at it. Grabbing it by the hilt, Ike did a dropping slam onto Smelton from above. Smelton blocked it wish his sword and pushed him away. "Tsk!"

"I will not give you a chance to do anything! Take this!" Smelton swung his sword and its blade extended forward like a whip. Ike quickly jumped out of the way and then blocked the incoming attacks. The blade wrapped itself around the Ragnell and began absorbing its magical properties again. Ike quickly rushed towards Smelton with his sword still bound, but Smelton's sword pulled him back and then tossed him across the place as if it has a life of its own.

"Ah!"

"Have a taste of your own attacks!" Smelton swung his sword to shoot out the same type of projectiles as the Ragnell and Ike quickly countered with the same move. After that, Ike ran at him again and pulled back his sword to ready for a blow. Smelton quickly stabbed the ground to create an explosion, but Ike stopped just in front of the explosion and even took a slight step back to avoid touching it, and then he swung his sword horizontally at Smelton. Smelton pulled himself back and the sword barely hit him by the neck. He pulled up his sword and it quickly wrapped itself around Ike.

"Hey! Let go!" he shouted. Smelton lifted Ike into the air and slammed himself around the place over and over.

SLAM! CRASH!

"OW! AH!!"

After slamming Ike around multiple times, the sword loosened the grip and he was flung across the place.

CRASH!

Smelton approached him and said, "Now you see how helpless you are before me. It is useless fighting against me! You cannot stop the creation of the perfect world any longer!"

"I will not give up here!" he replied angrily. "I will fight for the world!"

"Why are you fighting for a sinful world? It is no surprise if you are a sinner yourself!"

"Don't think that the whole world is really like you think!" Ike shot at him again and clashed blades rapidly with him. "Aether!" He then threw his sword into the air and Smelton was expecting him to jump up. But instead, Ike forced his way in between his legs and got behind him.

"What the?!" Smelton said in shock. He also tried to get his balance after Ike got through between his legs.

Ike jumped up from behind him and caught the Ragnell before it fell and then slammed it down fast. Smelton tried to move away, but he couldn't fully get away in time and was slashed down the right side of the body.

SLAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!

"AAAAAH!!!"

Ike hopped back after landing from the jump and magical sparkles appeared around him and he looked a bit refreshed afterwards. "Let me tell you," Ike said. "The Aether also has the ability to absorb life force from its target and heal me, just like your Soul Cutter. You are not the only one who can do stuffs like that."

Smelton put his hand over his wound in pain and said, "I applaud you for this then. You truly fight with determination to put a halt to my plans. But you are not the only one fighting like that. I also fight with determination to unleash my plans! I will not allow anyone to stop me! I will make my ancestors' dreams be realized!"

"Do you really think your ancestors like the way you are doing things? I do not know the details, but from what the others told me, your ancestors wished to share to the whole world happiness and peace. What you are doing is different! You want to destroy everyone else and keep the happiness only to yourself and the people that are close to you! If you truly want to realize your ancestors' dream, you should not be thinking of destroying this world but instead share your plans for world peace with everyone!"

"My ancestors were mocked by people for their dreams, so humanity of this era is responsible for this! They rejected the happiness my ancestors wanted to give them, so why should they accept this happiness now? If they rejected it the first time, they will never get it! This is what they deserve for mocking my ancestors! You do not understand my family lineage, so you are in no place to say these!"

"Looks like there is no way convincing you now… I'll have to stop you by force for real!"

"And I will do the same thing!" Smelton lifted his sword before him and said, "I shall now show you the ultimate technique of the Death Gods! Bankai! Wrath of the God!" Immediately after saying this, his sword flashed brightly.

"What the?!" Ike gasped.

The sword continued to glow, but then it disappeared into thin air. Suddenly, a figure started to appear behind Smelton's back. It was a towering monster with a man's body, a bison's head, and wings of an eagle.

"What is… that…?"

"This was a god that the tribe my ancestors were part of used to worship," Smelton explained. "It was said to be a strict but honorable god that brings judgment upon the sinful ones. He will now bring judgment upon you!"

"Try me then!" Ike said, getting into defensive stance.

The god-like being reached over to Ike and slammed its massive fist at him. Ike lifted both hands and managed to push against the fist, despite its force and size. "Ngh!"

Smelton was amazed at Ike's feat of strength and said, "You have amazing superhuman strength!"

"Thanks for comment…" Ike said. "Ngh!" But obviously, he was struggling very hard to hold up against it.

"But you cannot hold this up forever! You shall now face your judgment!"

The being pulled back its fist and then grabbed Ike using both its hands. "What?! Hey! Let go!" Ike cried, struggling to break free from its grasp. Electricity surged out from the hand of the being and zapped him.

ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

After zapping him for a few seconds, the being raised its arm and a lightning bolt came down and zapped Ike even more, and then the being slammed him incredibly hard onto the ground.

SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!!!

Ike was badly burned from the lightning bolt and was lying on the ground, looking almost dead. "You are deemed a sinner," Smelton said. "This is your judgment!" The giant being faded out of existence and the Soul Cutter reappeared on Smelton's hand again. He turned around and began to walk away. "The expiration for the Void Cube should end very soon. Everything and Gamfax should be merged together by now too! Now the creation of the Perfect World has drawn nearer and nearer! Nobody can stop me!" Then he thought he heard something, and he turned around and was shocked to see Ike on his knees. "What?! How can you be alive?!"

"That hurts a lot, jerk…" Ike said while giving him an evil-looking glare. "Now it's my turn…" He mustered all his strength to stand up, but then fell to his knees again.

"Ha! You do not have the strength fight back anymore!" Smelton said. "You might as well give up!"

"I will not give up… It is not my style to do so… I will fight to protect this world, my friends, and everyone in it! I will make you know that you are wrong all along! Hiya!" Ike ran up to Smelton, who got into defensive stance, and stabbed into the ground before him. Strangely enough, no explosion occurred.

There was a bit of silence and then Smelton said, "Lost all your strength to do what you…"

BAAAAAAAANG!!!!!

"AAAAAHHH!!!" Smelton was blown into the air by a sudden blast that came from below him.

"Hate to break your bubble, but I can delay the explosion too," Ike said with a smirk. "Aether!" He threw up his sword and slammed it down on Smelton from above and smashed him to the ground. After doing this, Ike's health was recovered a bit. "Feeling better than before now…"

Smelton got up and growled, "Why you?!"

"It's not over yet! Great Aether!" Ike said, and the Ragnell was then covered with fire as Ike swung it upwards at Smelton, who couldn't avoid this move and was knocked into the air. Ike jumped after him and began slashing the living daylights out of him in a spectacular fashion with fire and fierce wind circling around them.

SLASH HACK SLASH BASH SMASH SLASH!!!!!

Ike finally ended the attack by slamming him down onto the ground and it resulted in a massive explosion.

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

At the same time, the effect of the Void Cube ended and the both of them popped back into the same room that they were originally in. Ike was panting out of exhaustion from performing such a powerful move while Smelton, all burned up and severely wounded, was lying on the floor. "I did… it…" Ike said while panting heavily. "I did it…"

Then a loud computerized voice spoke loudly, "Merging process one-hundred percent complete."

"Oh no!"

Smelton opened his eyes and looked at the Gamfax and smiled. "Haha… You are too late in the end… The merging has completed!"

The purple energy within the glass orb pulsated and burned brightly. "We are… We… We…" it said. Suddenly, light came out from the center of the energy and the silhouette of the Jewel of Power could be seen within it. Immediately, the whole place shook violently.

"What's happening?!" Ike gasped.

"Fufufufufu!"

"Who's laughing?" Ike turned to the Gamfax and saw that it was the evil energy laughing just now.

"Fufufufu! We are now enlightened!" Gamfax said. "Thanks to the power of the gods, Everything, we have gain knowledge and power beyond imagination! We are Gamfax and we shall pass judgment into this world!"


TO BE CONTINUED

Raise your hand if you thought that this chapter would be the final battle. Well, it should be obvious that it's not what you think since this story is coming from me. Now the most exciting parts of the story will truly come next…

Yeah, I would say Ike is on the same ranking as Ganondorf, Marth, Captain Falcon, and Mewtwo. I made him that powerful.

Thanks to the merging with Everything, Gamfax has become enlightened and proclaimed itself to be the god that will bring judgment to the world. Is there anyway to stop this powerful god-like being?
Next chapter: The God of Evil, Gamfax! Unleash the Power of Chaos!



GAME2002 TALK SHOW

No, I will not tell you anything. I will absolutely not tell you about my next story I am working on. No matter how much you beg me, I will never tell you what the next story is about! I will absolutely never in a million years reveal to you that my next SSB story is entitled Tangapolis: The Place Nobody Returned From. No, I will keep my mouth shut and not tell you anything! Never! No!