Pride of the Lion...
This title seems twisty-weirdy-upside-downy, doesn't it? Well, it won't for long.
Are you psychic, Casiana1? I can always count on you to review within minutes to hours of updating. Oh... no, I hadn't given up on it, just couldn't focus on it for some time. I'll try to update more often. Good news! The Sin arc is almost over! Only this chapter and one or two more, maybe!
Graveyard, Shadow Walker Dimension...
A young African-American boy with a young Caucasian adult walked down to a grave they had been visiting for a while. A grave that caused the pre-teen to cry every time he saw it. It was the grave of his adopted father. He finally managed to read the tombstone without tears welling up.
Nik Gatrite
1979-2005
Loving Father
Caring Brother
Gone, but not Forgotten
The young adult beside him smiled as he saw his adopted brother's strength. Logan Vinyette, the young boy, knew how true the tombstone read. He knew to the extent that his father loved him and his brother. He never cared for the rest of the world, for he felt the rest of the world never cared for him. Logan felt, in Nik's mind, he saved Leon and Logan. He succeeded in his ultimate goal: he purged the darkness. He killed himself to do it, but he succeeded. Moreover, Logan could never be prouder to have had him as a father.
"Leon, do you think he's smiling down on us?" Logan asked, in little more than a whisper.
"I know he is," Leon said.
Two new voices rang out from the graveyard.
"Good afternoon, heroes," they said.
"What? Go away," Leon said, annoyed.
"Ah, ah, aaaah... No, I don't think we will. Because, you see, we have a mission. And to complete our mission, we need you two. You can get Karen and Nik back," the boy said.
Logan pulled out his bo-staff with the bayonet attached to it. It's part of the origin of his vigilante name: Bayonette.
"DON'T you DARE taunt us with BS like THAT!" he snarled.
"Keepers have no reason to taunt you. Not much fun, anyways," the girl said.
"SHUT UP!" Leon said.
"You see, we need both of you. We swear, on pain of death, that you'll receive Nik and Karen," the girl replied.
"BULL!" Logan, now Bayonette, shouted.
"Listen. We need you two, yesterday. Now, you must agree to this, fulfill your end of the deal, and we'll fulfill ours," the girl said, calmly.
"Why should we listen to you?" Leon asked.
"Because of this," the boy said, pulling out a jewel.
A brief flash later, he had a long, silver, flowing cloak, his black hair spiked up. The girl had a white robe, showing her blue hair.
"We are Keepers, servants of a being known as Star Sage. We need you two to fight some people for us," the boy continued.
"Fine. We'll help you," Leon relented, sighing.
"What!?" Bayonette demanded.
"Listen, we need to train anyways. Let's just do this; we might actually get Nik and Karen back. If it's a false lead, we'll kill these two. If not, we'll have a joyous time. Let's do it," Leon argued.
"Okay," Logan agreed, his head down.
"Good, now, Bayonette, you get to fight a 14 year old with ghost powers. His name is Danny Fenton. He goes by the alias Danny Phantom," the boy said, zapping off with him.
"Leon, aka Leo Knight, your opponents are several Star Warriors, led by Meta Knight and Kirby," the girl said, shooting off with the adult.
(It's not so twisty-weirdy-upside-downy, now is it?)
Slaughterer Crescent...
With the Apollo Knights around him, Meta Knight was ready for anything. Strife was still at it, fighting Wrath with all his might and power. Their swords clinging and clanging echoed throughout the room.
The Knights ran towards Wrath, swords raised, ready to kill. Strife, however, deadlocked with Wrath and shouted at them.
"This is my fight! GO! Kill the third Sin! THIS FAKER IS MINE!" Strife shouted, knocking back Wrath long enough to get his bearings.
Sword and Blade were about to charge in, regardless, but Meta Knight stopped them.
"We must honor his wishes. We would only interfere, regardless, come!" he ordered.
As they left, Strife smirked. He knew he couldn't possibly be enough to defeat Wrath. But he would damn well try! He focused his energies and poured them into his blade and swung as hard as he could, while Wrath did the same. With energy crackling off them, they launched into a fury of slashes, slices, dices, and hacks, all in an attempt to gut the other.
Strife versus Wrath.
Etheri versus Sin.
Sun's Flame versus Vexxor.
It would all be over soon.
Energy swirled around Strife, black and white. Purple and green energies surrounded Wrath. They continued their duel, slashing away. Strife came spinning towards Wrath looking like a spike ball, almost. Wrath twirled around briefly and threw the Vexxor straight into the "spike ball". The momentum was interrupted and thus Strife went spiralling in the opposite direction he intended, crashing instead several yards away from Wrath.
The Sin walked slowly over to his counterpart.
"You know, you could've had so much more power if you had just chosen to become a host for me again. But, instead, you shall die," Wrath mocked.
"I didn't know that was an option," Strife spat.
"Oh yes you knew about re-hosting," Wrath snapped.
"Exactly," Strife said, disappearing.
"Wha-"
WHAM!
Wrath went skidding across the ground, and Strife reappeared in front of him, gray energy clearing off of him. Instead, black energy formed around his hands.
"What is this trickery... You are no Etheri! I was part of you! There's NO-" Wrath roared, half in anger, half in fear.
He was interrupted, as you can tell, by a blast from point blank range. Several more blasts followed, the dust consuming him.
"Eh. If he's alive, and I know he is, then he won't be in the dust cloud. I've seen enough DBZ to know that..." Strife muttered.
He was wrong, actually. Wrath came flying through the dust cloud, Vexxor swinging. Strife was ready enough to block it with a shield of white energy.
"Eat it, bitch," Strife laughed, forcing out a wave of black energy that knocked Wrath into the wall.
He slid down, nearly unconscious.
"You didn't know about my Ethereal abilities because I wouldn't let you. I had locked those memories away for some time. And because I'd locked the memories away, the abilities were unknown to you. Thus, you don't have them," Strife said, raising up his sword, now swirling with black energy.
He was in for a surprise.
Wrath exploded with black energy, knocking Strife into the opposite wall.
"I don't have the White Spirit, but I'm borne of the Black Spirit, you fool!" Wrath roared.
Strife did several odd hand gestures, then began sweeping his hand in front of him, as if on a piano. An energy, like a sword, shot unseen towards Wrath, who narrowly dodged it. Strife continued playing, energy leaping up from the "board", then sweeping his hand across it, energy flying from it. Wrath narrowly dodged the blasts. Strife quickened his pace. Wrath was continually finding it harder to dodge. Finally, he was sliced through the chest.
He fell to the ground, bleeding profusely. Strife walked over to him, half-exhausted.
"Now, listen up. I know for a fact you're going to die soon. You know you're going to die soon. So tell me, Wrath. Where are the Necrosi? You obviously know about them," Strife said.
"Yeah? Well... why... tell you? ...You said it... yourself... I'm gonna'... die- AGGG!" Wrath screamed, a sword being jammed into his stomach.
"That's why. Now, why did you ambush us? Who put you up to it?" Strife demanded.
"We did! It was perf... ect. Bloodbath... arranged for your... ship to crash. When... you were all... separated... you'd be easy... to kill," Wrath said, clearly exhausted.
"Where are the Necrosi?" Strife interrogated.
"Waiting for you... should you live... Bloodba..." Wrath said, finally coughing up more blood and passing into oblivion.
"Bastard. Doesn't even bother to live long enough to tell me what the hell is about to happen," Strife muttered.
He took the Vexxor and slammed it against his own sword, Sun's Flame. The Vexxor shattered into pieces, then faded away. Strife snorted as Wrath dispersed as well, then put Sun's Flame into its hilt, and started walking the path his allies took.
Slayus Core...
There Bloodbath hovered, waiting. The second he saw the Star Warriors coming, he pressed a button on the console nearby. A cage rose up and unlocked. The being inside walked out.
He was about 6' 4", with yellow armor, resembling a lion's, including the helmet. It was Leo Knight. A manipulator of electricity and fire. A dual wielder of daggers and whips.
"Slave, go slow down the Star Warriors!" Bloodbath ordered.
Leon had dealt with such orders for weeks now. And he had had enough.
"NO! I have dealt with your demeaning evil for weeks! I know that the Keepers ordered me to fight the Star Warriors, but I was never one to follow authority!" Leo Knight shouted, changing.
He turned into a lion with armor, and leapt onto Bloodbath. He ripped apart machinery with his claws, while Bloodbath was trying to get oriented, before he crashed. The Sin roared in anger and pain. Finally, he managed to turn his lance about and stabbed into Leo Knight. The beast leapt off the mini-ship, then began glowing red. He roared and fire shot forth in a tornado-like way.
Bloodbath was sent spiraling into a wall, as Leo changed back into human form. He pulled out his two daggers, and rushed forward towards Bloodbath.
That's when Kirby & Crew showed up. They had no idea what was going on, so for the moment being, they stood there, confused.
However, the Sin did not plan on his "slave" attacking back. So, he did what any villain would do when confronted with an obviously hopeless situation. He fled. A door opened up in the area and he flew into it, roaring angrily.
"YOU STAR WARRIORS WILL DIE WHEN YOU GET TO DREAM STAR! AND I SHALL BE THE ONE WHO MURDERS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!" he yelled.
Leo Knight rushed after him, but ran through a portal that appeared right in front of him.
Multiverse…
"Damn it Leon! It was a simple mission! Fight the Star Warriors, but noooooo! You go and fight the WRONG PERSON… ON PURPOSE! WHY?" Xana demanded.
She was much older, now, for those of you who cared. She resembled Ivy Valentine (Soul Calibur 2) to an incredible degree, except for the blue hair and less revealing clothes.
"I was sick and tired of him treating me like dirt. I had enough. I wanted to go home to take care of Logan, LIKE I SHOULD HAVE DONE!" Leon shouted.
"He's fine. Karen's fine, too. Your sister, Karen, will get to go home with you. Logan didn't screw up, so Karen will get to go home," Xana said.
"And what of Nik? Will he get to come home as well?" Leon demanded.
"Not yet. However, we will create a new Darkagon for the next series of assignments when he finishes his series. We will return him within a year," Xana said.
Leon was surrounded by light, and he heard a familiar voice as he was sent home.
"Hey, baby brother."
Slayus Core…
Artemis Meta Knight had charged forward, about to attack when both Leo Knight and Bloodbath disappeared from sight.
He slowed down and the Apollo Knight stopped beside him.
"I guess we'll need to get out of here, now that the Sins have been taken care of. But how?" Black Kirby said.
Strife wheeled in on a black jet cycle, "Ha ha! I always loved these things!"
The Star Warriors noticed that the S3 was hovering behind the jet cycle.
"I found that the Sins had stolen our ship. So I stole it back. With interest," Strife said, smirking.
"He's right, let's go," Donokbe said.
"Not before we send this place to hell!" Black Kirby said.
"We'll destroy the facility using the self-destruct sequence. It'll be activated… now," Rajiim said.
Self destruct sequence, activated. 2 Minutes until destruction occurs. Have a nice day.
"GET IN THE SHIP AND LET'S MOVE OUT!" Strife shouted, taking off in the jet cycle.
The Star Warriors rushed into the S3 and took off, trying desperately to beat the clock.
Rochalam, Outer Surface…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The base was ripped to shreds as the Star Warriors left the atmosphere. Each one of them felt relieved to be off that planet.
"Now, we head for Dream Star," Strife said, "Wrath told me the Necrosi were set up there. We know it for sure now, at least."
Rajiim set in the coordinates, and they shot off for Dream Star.
BADUM! BADUM! BADUM!