Chapter 3: Rain on the parade
Link was so happy to see Fox again, he couldn't restrain himself. He sprinted over to him and gave him a bear hug.
"How are ya' doing?" Fox said, cheerfully.
"Oh, I've been great. As you can see, Zelda and I are married and…" Link began, but Fox cut him off.
"Having a baby? Great! Krystal's having one too."
Zelda spoke up for the first time and asked, "When's she expecting?"
"Uh…'bout a month now." Falco said as he looked at an invisible watch.
"That means we're going to have our baby at the same time!" Zelda said, excitedly.
"I guess we could stay that long. I do want to see that moment and we've got nothing better to do. What could happen?" Peppy said.
However, Peppy was wrong. Something WOULD happen that would take away this time of euphoria.
Back in Sonic's world, Sonic and Shadow finally found the Chaos Emeralds and had to act fast. Sonic put the emeralds in a circle with Shadow right next to him. Tails had a strange device in his hand and was monitoring the energy flow.
"Okay, guys. You're ready. The emeralds will take you right to the place you want." Tails told them.
Sonic nodded and Shadow did too. They then put their hands into the middle of the circle and closed their eyes in focus. In a flash of rainbow light, Sonic's fur turned the color of pure gold and Shadow's turned the color of platinum. As the almost-infinite power of the emeralds flowed through their veins, they pulled their arms back and shouted two words.
"CHAOS CONTROL!!!!"
In a flash of gold and silver light, they vanished completely.
"I hope you guys can do this…" Tails said, with angst.
A week had passed in Hyrule and the group was enjoying a good night, laying on their backs and looking at the stars. Then, everything changed.
A red speck of light was drawing closer to the planet at a phenomenal rate and Falco's eagle eyes quickly caught sight of it. Link noticed it too and immediately sat bolt upright.
"Hey, Fox, what's that?" Falco asked as he pointed at it.
Fox shot upward and tried to focus, but it was a little too late and the "comet" hit the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dust. At first, there was absolute silence, but then an earthshaking roar shattered the silence. The noise was so loud, everyone had to cover their ears and this bloodcurdling roar sounded worse than anything they had ever experienced.
"AAAAHH! WHAT COULD MAKE THAT?! IT CAN'T BE A DINOSAUR!" Slippy said in a shout.
Then, the thing that made the roar came out of the dust and reared up to its full height of twelve or twenty feet high. This thing had the body shape of a man, but he had a tail with something like an arrowhead on the tip, which was covered in several, foot-long spikes. He had massive feet, each having three-clawed feet like a dinosaur's. He had massive wings the size of a small biplane's and had a few small holes in it; signs that he had seen battle and lived. It had a thick neck and a head that looked very lizardlike with a small, beak-like protrusion on the upper lip. There were also several more rows of bronze-colored spines that began at the back of his head and went all the way to his tail, turning the tail itself into a weapon easily as good as his teeth. His massive arms were very muscular and ended in hands the size of a giant-screen TV with claws the size of swords. He was clad in dark purple robes that went from his waist and ended just past his knees, while the upper body simply revealed an alligator-like belly that was pale yellow. This thing wore special boots with holes that made way for his toes and it had eyes the color of fire.
The thing produced a low growl as it slowly thundered toward the frightened group, each step almost shaking the earth. Then, it stopped just feet away from them and stood with its muscular arms to its sides and its feet apart.
"What the HECK is THAT?!" Falco asked, very surprised at this being.
"Not 'what'. WHO? And the answer is: My name is RYU." The thing said in a deep, growling tone.
Ryu then fired a large beam into the air and, for a while, there was only silence. Then a white portal opened up and, with a scream, out came Ganondorf in his human form. Ganondorf landed with a "THUD" that could be heard a mile away and got to his feet, very happy to see that he was free.
"Finally I'm…WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODDESSES?!" Ganondorf said when he saw the giant dragon.
"Now, hand over your Key Item and I'll leave peacefully." Ryu said as he held out a hand, expecting someone to put something in it and wearing an expression as solid as stone.
When they didn't give him anything, or even answer, he spoke in a half-roar.
"HAND OVER YOUR TRIFORCE OR I WILL TAKE THEM FROM YOU!" He barked.
Ganondorf, outraged at this, put his hand up, showing the Triforce of Power. He was NOT going to let some lizard try to tell him what to do. He put his limbs to his body and then pulled them apart. A second later, he had turned into Ganon, the most savage beast ever to walk Hyrule. He was as big as Ryu, but the dragon man was still holding out his hand, like he was waiting for someone to hand him something.
"You want my Triforce of Power? COME AND TAKE IT THEN!!" Ganon roared.
Ryu slowly put his arm down and calmly stated, "As you wish."
It happened too quick for the naked eye to see. Ryu had crossed the distance between him and Ganon, which was more than three hundred feet, and smashed a great fist into Ganon's piggish face. The impact almost sounded like a bomb going off and Ganon was left on his back, surprised that Ryu had crossed the distance in such a short time. The great beast got to his feet, charged, and swung his sword at Ryu only to see the massive dragon duck under it and slam a spike-covered tail into his face. The spikes left sizeable marks in Ganon's face and Ganon actually clutched his face, allowing Ryu to sprint over to him and dig his sharp teeth into the king of evil's shoulder. Ganon howled in even more pain as he flailed his swords around, trying to make the dragon demon release him. It didn't work. Ryu finished biting him and seized Ganon by his mane of hair so he could throw Ganon ten feet backward. Ganon got up and swung at his opponent, but Ryu simply raised a hand and seized Ganon's wrist. Ganon stared in great surprise as Ryu twisted his wrist and punched him in the chin so hard, it almost broke his mandible. When Ganon recovered and swung again, Ryu spread a pair of wings more than eighty feet from wingtip to wingtip. Ganon didn't even touch his opponent as Ryu took off through the air and seemingly vanished. Ganon, completely surprised as to how fast this creature was, looked around wildly to try and find the opponent he was going to slaughter.
"Look behind you, imbecile." A growling voice snarled calmly.
Ganon whirled around only to have Ryu's foot smash into his face and send him just ten yards behind the frightened spectators. Ryu touched down as he watched his opponent struggle to his feet and trudge toward him. After stifling a laugh, Ryu spoke again.
"You're not so tough. And you're supposed to be the most powerful creature in Hyrule? What a joke. Let me show you a REAL attack!" Ryu snarled as Ganon got up.
In another movement, Ryu spread his giant wings, spread out his arms, and breathed fire into the air. At first, there was nothing, but then a pillar of fire came down from the sky and engulfed Ganon completely.
"He defeated Ganon like he was NOTHING and it took us HOURS to beat him." Fox said in pure shock.
When the flames cleared, Ganon fell to the ground and began to pant like a dog that had just run about three miles. Ryu strode over to Ganon and placed his reptilian claws on Ganon's ape-like hand. He then lifted the claws off Ganon's hand and out came the golden triangle that was the Triforce of Power. Ganon, deprived of his triforce, resumed the form of Ganondorf.
Ryu smirked and put forward the Triforce of Power. Instantly, Link and Zelda's triforce pieces acted up and left their owners' hands. The triforce formed and Ryu clutched it in his hand like you would a strawberry before opening a red portal, sending Ganondorf back through it.
He simply said, "You will only have your triforce when it magically leaves my grasp, upstart weakling."
Ryu then caught sight of the fearful spectators in front of him and grinned, showing off every one of his T-rex-like teeth.
"That's right, pathetic life forms. Bow before the supreme life forms: The Dragonoids." Ryu commanded as he pointed his index finger at them, "But should you disobey our orders, you will feel our fiery wrath."
Then, without further hesitation, Ryu took off and vanished in a flash of red light.
Link, Zelda, and the Star Fox Team stared blankly. They had just seen someone with the Triforce in his hands and simply waved it aside as though it were nothing.
"Huh? Why didn't he use the power?" Link asked out loud.
"Isn't it obvious?" Fox asked, "He defeated Ganon without getting so much as a bruise. Therefore, he doesn't need its power."
"Well, then why would he want it then?" Falco asked, obviously not getting it.
"Even I don't know that." Zelda said, looking at the ground and shaking her head, "But there must be a reason why that…Dragonoid came here. If he wanted to make sure Ganon didn't get out, then he's doing a good job: Ganondorf can't get out now."
Ganondorf arrived in the void of the sacred realm and threw his fist forward, as though he was punching something invisible.
"I can't believe I lost to that oversized lizard!" Ganondorf roared.
He tried to shoot a spell through the air, but seeing as his Triforce was gone, he couldn't do it.
"Zip it and save your energy." An unknown voice said, somewhat annoyed.
Ganondorf could only guess that this was the Goddesses speaking to him and simply began to pout like a two-year-old.
"What's going to happen? Without the Triforce, the people of Hyrule will become sitting ducks!" Link said, very worried.
A flash of light came in and everyone was momentarily blinded. When the light cleared, Link opened his eyes to see two familiar hedgehogs.
"Hey, Link! Long time, no see."