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Well this update didn't take as long as the last one. I managed to find a LITTLE bit more free time to work, and it helped a lot. Anyways, insert the usual please review here. I'm run out of ways to ask……Or maybe beg would be a better word.
Note: This chapter starts IMMIDIETLY where Chapter 10 ended. Also I wrote this chapter for those who are curious.
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Chapter 13
Meta Knight
7:45 P.M. 6/11
"Hu-human blood?!?!?!... That's impossible there's no way it could happen."
I stammered at Bestivous, as he dropped the puddle of blood in his hand out the window.
"Eh, you can believe or not, the fact of the matter is it's happening." He replied.
"But how?!?! It makes no sense at all. How did it start raining blood?" I demanded.
"The Demon King has begun his embrace of the world..." Bestivous said softly.
"THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?!" I yelled.
"You'll find out in due time, little warrior. For now, you've acquired what you wanted. Return to your friends downstairs..." Bestivous said.
He opened a portal and disappeared in it, before I could respond to him.
I cursed under my breath, as the staircase to go back downstairs opened up. I knew I could yell all I wanted too, it wouldn't ever bring him back. I looked out the window at the rain for a few minutes. I had a bad feeling about it... Finally I turned around and stepped down the staircase onto the floor below it. I stairs rose again as I stepped off, and shut once more. There still wasn't anyone on this floor. So I stepped down the staircases, and began heading to the ground floor. There were people roaming the halls once more as I got closer to the bottom. I finally made it down the final staircase and turned into the main living room.
8:00 P.M. 6/11
There was a large number of Smashers here in the living room. More importantly however, there was a gaping hole in one of the walls. Ultima was near where the hole was, running his hand over broken spots. His hand was glowing a bright white color, and whenever it passed over a broken spot, the light would engulf it, and that part of the wall would be fixed. The rest of the Smashers were watching him work, apprently in awe. Mell was also standing watching Ultima work. Not really knowing anything else to do, I walked over to her.
"What happened here?" I said to her.
She turned to look at me and said "Oh hello there Meta Knight...You weren't here earlier?"
"No...I was... Umm...Occupied" I replied.
"Oh... Somebody shot something at the mansion, shortly after the weird rain started coming down, and it blew up the wall." Mell explained.
"Who did it?" I asked her.
"No one knows really. It startled all the Smashers, save for 4 human males and 1 human female, who all went outside to chase whoever did it...But no one's seem them since they left, and by the time any of us knew what was going on, they and the attacker were gone." Mell explained.
"So then what's Ultima doing?" I asked.
"He's fixing the wall of course... We can't have that nasty storm getting into the mansion...And he already fixed everything else." She said.
I looked around the living room. She was right, all the damage from the fight in here yesterday was gone. The room looked like it had just been furnished today. Still, the attack on the Mansion was defiantly odd. (I wonder if it has anything to do with the blood rain.) I thought. I decided to ask Mell a question I'd been pondering since I got back from that damn monkey island.
"And how did it start raining blood exactly?" I asked Mell.
"We don't know... No one does. Someone checked the news earlier on TV and it's doing this world-wide, not just here. World leaders, and people all over the world are freaking out right now." She replied.
(It seems no one really knows what's going on...) I thought, as I nodded to Mell. Apparently I wouldn't be getting any answers out of her.
"I see...Well I'm going back to my room if you need me Mell." I said to her as I turned around.
Slowly, I walked back up the staircase up to the third floor and began walking towards my room. I stopped, when I got to the doorway and reached for the knob but stopped when I heard...Voices? Fearing the worst, I cautiously opened the door, and stepped inside, to find the two girls from before, the ones on that airship that were Rikku's friends. (Damn it what are their names again...Yuna and...?) I thought, unable to come up with the girl in black's name. Regardless, the girl in black was leaning against the wall, while Yuna was standing near one of the corners. The two of them looked at me as I opened the door.
"Hey Rikku, someone's here to see you..." Yuna said.
Rikku popped up, from a corner where I suppose she was sitting down at. She looked at me, and ran around the bed and picked me up, embracing me in a hug.
"Meta! Your ok!" She said, squeezing me tightly.
"Of course I am...Why wouldn't I be?!?!" I said, trying to squeeze out of her grip.
" You were gone for so long I was starting to get worried" Rikku replied cheerfully, still squeezing the life out of me.
" I was gone for a couple of hours, big deal... And what did I tell you about the hugging?!?!" I said raising my voice.
Just then a bolt of lightening flashed outside of the window. The second it did, Rikku promptly shrieked and tossed me up into the air, sprawling into the nearest corner crouched down. After a rather rough landing on the back of my head, I stood back up and faced her.
"WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?!?!" I said, angry.
"Don't hold it against her Meta Knight...Rikku's terribly afraid of thunder and lightening." Yuna said from across the room.
"When I wa-was little...Br-brother accidentally hi-hit me with a thunder spell..." Rikku sputtered out, cowering in the corner.
Rikku shrieked again as a second bolt of lightening flashed across the sky.
(She looks rather...Pathetic right now...) I thought, shaking my head at Rikku.
"And I suppose the blood rain isn't helping her either..." I muttered out loud.
"That's not helping anyone at the moment..." Yuna muttered.
I was going to converse further on that subject, when I heard another voice from behind me.
"Hey you guys, Mell and Ultima want everyone downstairs. Apparently something's up."
I turned around to see Shadow standing in the doorway.
"What's going on?" I asked him.
"I don't know. Two weird guys suddenly walked in carrying some guy and Ramza's old girlfriend Riola... She was one of the ones that chased the attacker earlier." Shadow explained.
"What happened to them?" I asked Shadow.
" I don't know, but their not conscious. Their being healed as we speak, but still Ultima and Mell want everybody in the Mansion to come to the living room." Shadow said.
"Alright, we'll be down in a second." I said to him.
He nodded and continued down the hall, probably to spread the announcement to other people on the floor. I turned back to the girls.
"I hope nothing too serious is happening..." Yuna said, concerned.
"I'm sure it's nothing, it was probably a rowdy fan or some wanna-be thief...Anyways I suppose we should go. Is she going to be ok?" I said motioning to Rikku.
"I suppose I-I can tr-try to come..." Rikku said, standing up
Another bolt of lightening flashed however and she immediately shrieked and went right back down.
"I don't know...Maybe we should go without her..." Yuna said, looking worried.
"No! No! I'm coming too..." Rikku said firmly, standing up again.
"Whatever...But if you freak out in front of everybody, I'm dragging you back up here..." I muttered to Rikku.
She nodded, and Rikku's friend in black stood up straight. The 4 of us, walked out of my room and descended downstairs back into the living room.
8:20 P.M. 6/11
There were crowds of people, in here and in the center of it Mell and Ultima were standing over a man and a woman, who had many injuries all over their bodies. Ultima was crouched down over the woman, running his hand, which was glowing again over her body. More importantly however, there were two odd looking males standing near them. They too had injuries all over them. One of them, was a big guy with long blonde hair. He had red and blue armor on, and was holding a giant spear. The other guy, was in a bunch of ninja gear. I couldn't see very much of his body because it was all covered up, save for his eyes.
"Is this everybody Ultima?" The big spear man asked.
Ultima looked up, from the girl at the man and said "Yeah I think so."
Afterwards Ultima went back to running his hand over the girl, whom Shadow had called Riola. I watched him, and it appeared like he was healing her. Much like what had happened with the broken wall (which now looked brand new) after his hand passed over an injured spot, it looked perfectly fine.
"Good...Alright everybody listin up! We got a bit of a situation on our hands... And you guys were the only ones we could come too." The large man said.
"Well you could start with telling us who you are..." Someone I didn't see said from the crowd.
" They have a point Keiji..." The ninja man said.
"Oh I see...Well I'm Keiji Maeda!" The large man said.
"Hanzo Hattori..." The ninja said.
"Pleasure to meet the both of you, but put the introductions on hold. Their waking up." Ultima said, pointing to the man and Riola.
As Ultima had pointed out, their eyes were opening slowly.
"Oww... What happened?..." The man said.
"You, and the girl over there took a beating from the Demon King..." Hanzo said bluntly.
"Seriously?!?! We lost?... Aww man...What a bummer...And we even busted out our secret fusion trick.." The man said.
"Not much use for it now guys..." Riola said, sitting up slowly.
"I suppose..." The man again said.
A bright white light surrounded the strange man, and when it had faded there wasn't one person there but 4! Obviously this shocked people, but they were quickly calmed down when Keiji interrupted.
"Anyways! Getting back to business, if you could all shut up for a second there's something very important you all need to know." Keiji said loudly.
The 4 men, and Riola stepped into the crowd as Keiji spoke again.
"As many of you know, it's kinda...Raining blood at the moment...Well we know why..." Keiji said again.
" You do?!?!" I spoke out loud.
Finally maybe I could find the answer to what was causing all this.
"Yeah...But Hanzo can explain it better then me, so I'll let him do it.." Keiji said.
Hanzo walked out in front of everyone and began to speak.
"Yes well... Most of you are aware of the woods at the back of this mansion correct?" Hanzo said.
"Yeah, what about them?..." Someone from the crowd said.
"Well... Those woods go back, for many miles away from the city. If you follow them far enough, they eventually open up into a large plain-like area. Well not long ago, a man by the name of Nobunaga Oda, erected a fortress there." Hanzo said.
"Nobunaga Oda?...Who's that?" I heard Shadow say from where ever he was in the room.
"He is feared around the globe as the Demon King...And for good reason. He has an army of demons, monsters and other assorted creatures known as the "Genma" that do his bidding loyally. The Genma themselves are capable of amazing feats. Small groups of them can take out entire cities. Not to mention Nobunaga has many strong generals that he keeps close by that also serve him loyally. And Nobunaga himself has many in-human abilities...Of course no one knows them all, because it's rare for anyone who's ever faced him to come out alive..." Hanzo explained.
"Ok so... What does he have to do with the rain?" Mell asked from the crowd.
"Well... The Demon King, has been researching a certain ritual recently...Although we didn't think there was any truth to it until now. Nobunaga is attempting the Zodiac Ritual... He sent some of his generals, out all over the world to find everything he needed, and today was the day where everything was gathered together. With all the materials he needed found, Nobunaga performed a demonic ritual. The result of that ritual is the blood rain..." Hanzo said.
"What's the blood rain supposed to do?" I heard Yuna ask, next to me.
" That is where the real trouble comes into play. You see when Nobunaga, performed the ritual, it opened millions of tiny little portals in the sky world-wide. They're so small in fact that their invisible to the naked eye. Anyways the blood isn't actually falling from the sky as rain does. It's coming out of all the portals, which are linked to the Destroyer's Realm...A very evil place comparable to Hell its self. After the blood rain comes in contact with matter, it gives off an undetectable "fume" if you will. Although the fume is very hard to find, seeing as it has no smell, cannot be seen, and bears a very close chemical structure to normal oxygen, my boss has found proof that it exists." Hanzo explained.
(Well that doesn't sound good...) I thought. Judging from the way this guy was talking, none of this was going to be cheerful news. Regardless, Hanzo continued.
" Once these fumes come out into the atmosphere they all float, into a specific spot in the sky that is designated during the summoning ritual. As these fumes gather, they begin to form another portal...This one on a much larger scale. At first it starts out the way it is currently. Completely invisible to the normal human eye, and incredibly small, similar to the same portals the blood is pouring out of. But this portal is different. As more and more fumes gather, the portal will increase in size gradually. When the portal finally gets large enough, The Destroyer, Zodiac will be summoned forth through the portal. And then...Err...Maybe I should stop here." Hanzo said.
"No, everything else you've explained is already disturbing enough...You may as well tell us what this Zodiac will do..." Ultima said from the crowd.
"True...I suppose you have a point. In that case, after Zodiac has been successfully summoned, it will proceed to destroy everything. Legends tell that Zodiac is unstoppable, and if he makes it to our world he will destroy everything and everyone. The entire planet will be annilated in a matter of minutes. Not only that, Zodiac has the power to warp between dimensions. Once he gets done with ours, he will move on to others... And given a few days all of existence will be eradicated...Of course all of that is technically speculation, but everything else about the legend has proved to be true so far... We don't want to take any chances with that last bit." Hanzo said.
As one might expect, that last bit caused a bit of alarm in the crowd. People began panicking wildly, and yelling things to each other.
"Destroy all of existence?!?!?! How can we stop something like that?!?!" A woman yelled from the crowd.
" It's the end of the world!!!!" Someone else yelled.
"We're all doomed!!!" A third person yelled.
"HEY! HEY! Everybody calm down! We have a PLAN to stop this from happening you know!" Keiji yelled louder then everyone else was.
Not really have much else of a choice, but to continue running around and screaming, Everyone stopped and listened again.
"I'll take it from here Hanzo... Ok so you see, there is a way to stop the ritual. If the caster of the ritual dies, before Zodiac is summoned, then all the portals vanish and the blood rain will evaporate. So if we kill Nobunaga, then everything will go back to normal... And that's where all of you come in..." Keiji said.
"What do you need us for?" Someone from the crowd asked.
" We need all of you, to form a miniature army with us to fight back against Zodiac. Only the strongest around get to fight in the Super Smash Bros. tournament you know. With all of you guys on our side we'll have an army of very strong professionals." Keiji said.
"I don't know...Shouldn't we inform, like the military or something? They could come in with tanks and bombs and stuff and kill that Nobunaga guy no problem." Someone else from the crowd said.
" Alright then, you can walk to the police station and explain to the guy in charge there, that an evil man, has raised an army of demons, performed a demonic ritual and is attempting to summon a massive beast of death that will destroy everything that exists, and see if they believe you." Keiji said.
"That's true I suppose, but the same goes for us. All of this is rather hard to believe...How do we know any of it is true at all?" I heard Rikku's friend in black say near me.
" Well I'm sure by tomorrow when the portal is humongous you'll believe me...But Nobunaga was the one who attacked your mansion earlier... Those 4 guys and that chick can profess to that." Keiji said.
"I still think we should try our luck with the military..." The same person from before said.
"Look we're not going to the military ok? Even if they did believe us, they wouldn't do much good. It will take roughly two full clips of ammo in the standard military weaponry, to take out one Genma. By the time the situation escalated to the point where tanks and bombs would be brought in, it will already be too late and Zodiac will be staring them down. And besides, Nobunaga is very good at covering his tracks. Even if the police came, they'd find nothing but an abandoned fortress in the woods, and then we would have no clue where Nobunaga was and chances are we'd be unable to locate him before the ritual is completed." Keiji said.
"So yeah, I suppose that wraps it up... If you guys don't help us, then I suppose all is lost... So will you do it?" Hanzo said stepping forward.
(Hmph... So the little ninja wants me to help him eh?...This is going to be a drag, I can already tell... But this Nobunaga guy sounds really strong...Once I beat him I'll become famous all over the world, for my sword skill and I could quit this stupid tournament that I already hate..) I thought. I nodded my head. I had made my decision, I would help these two warriors.
All the other people in the room, began chatting to each other, discussing the pros and cons of this whole ordeal. But eventually everyone decided on the same thing. If something wasn't done then the world was screwed.
"Ok Keiji... Everyone's decided to join... We'll help you and Hanzo save the world." Ultima said.
"Good...Then from this moment, we have officially formed the Alliance Against Zodiac, the AAZ... Seeing as how we know the most of this situation, Hanzo and I will lead." Keiji said.
"I'm not too sure about that... Providing all this information was nice of you and all, but how can we trust you? I mean after all you WERE the one who killed Ramza..." One of the 4 men, who had formed in the white light earlier said. He was wearing a dark cloak.
'Err... Yeah I was hoping you wouldn't mention that... Yeah, I admit it I killed him... But things are different now! I refuse to be a part of Nobunaga's operations anymore!" Keiji said.
Evidently it convinced most people, as although as shocked as they were, no one else objected to Keiji and Hanzo's leadership. Not like we had much of a choice in the matter anymore. We'd all already agreed to join this thing.
"So how long will it take for the portal to open all the way?" Someone asked.
" Likely a day to a day and a half." Hanzo answered.
"Ok then, now Hanzo and I are going to examine what you can all do. We will then place you, into units, depending on what we think you'll be best at." Keiji said.
So they did just that. Keiji and Hanzo began going to everyone, one-by-one and talking to them. Then they would be assigned to certain jobs. Mell and Ultima were to stay back, and heal any injured that came to them. Some people were to be put on the frontline, while others would stay back until they were called in. Bored, at waiting for my turn to come I turned to face Rikku, Yuna, and their grey-haired friend.
9:00 P.M. 6/11
"How are you doing?" I asked Rikku.
Her lip was bleeding. She'd probably been biting it, due to all the lightening that was flashing. I'm sure the recent announcements didn't help her much either.
"I-I'm just fi-fine..." Rikku said stuttering.
"You don't look fine..." I said to her.
She looked rather pale actually, and a little scared. Whether that was from the lightening or the announcement, I didn't know.
"No really I'm ok..." Rikku said unassuringly
(The way she's acting she must be scared out of her mind...) I thought. I opened my mouth to say something, but I was interrupted by Keiji. Apparently he and Hanzo had gotten to us.
9:15 P.M. 6/11
"Alright, we'll start with you 3 ladies first. What can you three do?" Keiji asked.
Yuna stepped forward.
"Well we can do lots of things... I'm pretty good with guns, Paine over there is good with a sword, and Rikku's pretty fast... But we can all cast magic, and sword fight and heal and stuff." Yuna said.
"I see...And the airship that's outside...It belongs to one of you correct"? Hanzo said.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Yuna asked.
"My network of information knows a lot of things... I'll leave it at that..." Hanzo said.
"You have an airship? Does it have guns on it?" Keiji asked before Yuna could reply to Hanzo's last statement.
"No I'm sorry... It doesn't have any weapons." Yuna replied.
"Darn...Ah well it will still be useful... Alright then, you three will be Support Unit 7... Please go back to your airship, and keep watch. We'll contact you somehow, if we need extra strength and then and only then should you 3 enter the battlefield. Got it?" Keiji said.
The three of them nodded, probably happy not to be out in front, and Keiji turned to me.
"Alright, shorty what can you do?" Keiji said.
" I kick ass with a sword... And after that comment, I'd be happy to demonstrate on you..." I said annoyed.
"Come on, a little fella like you being good with a sword?..." Keiji said laughing.
I growled at him in anger, ready to attack when someone spoke up near us.
"You mean-a him? Oh yeah I've-a seen him fight. He's-a good" A male voice said.
I turned to see who spoke to see a mustached man in blue overalls and a red shirt. (I've seen him somewhere... Oh yeah I remember now. I saved him during that fight with the monsters yesterday...) I thought remembering the moment.
"Really Mario?...Hmm...I'm still not sure..." Keiji said, looking me over.
"I vouch for him too. I've seen him fight plenty of times. He can hold his own and then some pretty well." An all too familiar voice said.
I turned to see Kirby staring at us a little ways away.
"I-I've seen him fight too... H-he's good." I heard Rikku stutter from behind me.
"Hmm... Well I guess if everyone says so... You don't mind going out in the frontline do you Mr... What's your name again?" Keiji said.
"Meta Knight to you... And no I don't care. I prefer it that way." I said glaring back at Keiji.
"Alright then, we'll add you into Unit 4... Their over there. Captain Falcon is the unit leader." Keiji said pointing to a group of Smashers across the room.
"If you wouldn't mind, will you please stay with your unit at all times until further notice?" Hanzo said to me.
He then turned to Yuna, Rikku, and Paine. (At least that was what Yuna had called her.)
"Could you three return to your ship and stay there please? Do you see that purple thing over there?" Hanzo said to them, pointing to a light purple creature with a tail.
"That's Mewtwo. He's our communicator between units. He'll notify you through telepathy, when we have orders for you." Hanzo said.
The three girls nodded and Keiji and Hanzo moved onto the next person.
"Great...We-we have to go thr-through that storm..." Rikku said.
"Come on Rikku, I bet we can make it back to the Celsius before any lightening flashes!" Yuna said assuringly.
The three of them turned to leave, but I called out to Rikku before they got out of the room.
"Hey Rikku!" I called out.
"Ye-yeah Meta?" She said turning around to look at me.
"...That piece of junk you call a ship has flares in it doesn't it?" I asked her.
"Hmm? Yeah...Why?" She replied.
"It's bound to get dangerous sooner or later...If something happens... Send a flare up into the sky... And I'll...Err... I'll come flying and kill anything that doesn't belong in that damn ship..." I said to Rikku.
"You will?... Ok...Thank you Meta..." She said, flashing a brief little smile as she turned around and walked out of the door.
(Why in the world did I say that?) I thought. I suppose I just couldn't stand seeing that girl look so...Pathetic. If that statement had made her feel any better at all... Then I was happy... Shrugging it off, I decided it was time, to go meet my unit.
9:30 P.M. 6/11
I walked across the room to the man Keiji pointed me too. The man, whom was dressed in what looked like a racing outfit of some sort turned to look at me. He was wearing an odd helmet.
"Keiji put you in here with us?" He asked.
"Yeah..." I replied to him.
"I see... What's your name new guy?" The man said.
"Meta Knight..." I replied rather coldly. I hated being called the new guy. It made me seem weak.
"Ok then Meta Knight. I'm Captain Falcon. Keiji put me in charge of this unit." Captain Falcon said.
"Let me get one thing straight...I don't do orders very well..." I said to Captain Falcon.
There was no way in hell I was going to let this queer dressed guy tell me what to do in a fight.
" We'll see...Anyways I suppose I should introduce you to the rest of Unit 4 so far." Captain Falcon said.
It seemed he didn't believe me about the taking orders thing. Ah well, he would learn in due time that I never joked around when it came to fighting.
"That's Bowser..." Captain Falcon said, pointing to the large green turtle-like monster.
I knew who Bowser was already.
"Try not to get in my way runt..." Bowser said grunting at me.
"Try to ignore Bowser if you can..." Captain Falcon whispered too me, apparently sensing my anger.
I glared at Bowser for a little while but eventually calmed down.
"And this is Snake...He's new like you are..." Captain Falcon said.
I looked over at Snake, who was leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette. He nodded his head towards me and looked away.
"Snake doesn't talk much..." Captain Falcon said to me.
(He doesn't look like much of a fighter either...) I thought, looking at Snake.
"Alright, has everybody gotten a position?" Keiji asked out loud.
No one spoke up.
"Alright good. For now, you may all do as you please. Hanzo and I, along with a couple of the Unit Leaders are going to start discussing an attack plan. Stay with your units, until we know what we're going to do. Mewtwo will contact everyone through his telepathy when we have orders for you." Keiji said.
(Great...So I'm still stuck with these guys...) I thought.
"Hey Falcon..." I said to Captain Falcon.
"Yeah?" He said turning to look at me.
"Can we go, like into another room or something? It's too crowded here for my tastes..." I said to him.
"Hmm... Do you mind Bowser?" Captain Falcon said.
"I agree with the puffball, let's go somewhere else." Bowser said crossing his arms.
"What about you Snake?" Captain Falcon said.
"I don't care either way..." Snake said slowly.
"Alright... Then sure, let's find a room on the first floor to stay in for a little while..." Captain Falcon said.
He led the 3 of us out of the living room and past the stairs. We looked through a hallway, and entered a random empty room. It looked kind of nice I guess. 2 beds, and a dresser and some other normal bedroom stuff. I hopped up onto the closest bed I could find and laid my head back. There was nothing to do now but wait.
"So Bowser...How are your kids doing?" I heard Captain Falcon ask.
" Their great actually... Junior's painting skills are getting better by the day, and Ludwig is working on some invention of his.." Bowser replied.
"How old is Ludwig now anyway?" Captain Falcon asked.
"He hit 16 a month or two ago... Their all growing pretty quickly..." Bowser replied.
"Good, good... So Meta Knight... Who were those girls you were with earlier?" Captain Falcon said.
I looked up, and he was looking at me.
" I guess you could call them friends of mine..." I replied to him.
" I don't know... I've seen you around them almost every time I've seen you around the mansion...You sure you don't have a little crush?" Captain Falcon said chuckling.
"WHAT! NO!" I yelled back at him.
"Your being awfully defensive about it..." Bowser said.
"AM NOT!" I yelled back.
" Then why are you yelling?" Snake asked.
"Err...Because... You know what you three can shove it!" I said crossing my arms and glaring.
All three of them laughed.
I turned away, angry I was getting picked on by my own comrades.
"Hey chill out Meta Knight, we're just messing with you..." Captain Falcon said.
I didn't turn around again, and continued staring at the wall. When all of a sudden a voice came into my head. It was similar to the way Bestivous had spoken, but it was a different voice.
"Attention everybody! We got a situation going on." The voice said.
"That's Mewtwo! Keiji must have our orders ready." Captain Falcon said.
" There's a large army coming in from the woods! Keiji recognized some of the generals and it's Nobunaga's army. Their making a beeline for the mansion. All frontline units are to deploy to the back-yard of the Mansion. Unit's 1 and 2 defend the center. Unit 3, should defend the west side of the Mansion. Unit 4 should defend the east side. All remaining Frontline Units, should go wherever they deem best. All support units should stay on stand-by and be ready to dive into the battle and assist at any moment. Support Unit 7, shine as much light onto the woods behind the mansion as you can with your ship. That's all of Keiji's orders for now." Mewtwo said.
" This sounds bad... Looks like we got attacked before we could come up with an attack plan. Alright guys, we got ordered to defend the east side of the Mansion. Let's roll!" Captain Falcon said.
(Finally...Now I won't be bored...How nice of Nobunaga to do me the favor of coming straight to me instead of making me hunt him down...) I thought. I got back off of the bed eager to fight. I could finally test out my new powers in a real battle.
10:00 P.M. 6/11
Captain Falcon, Snake, Bowser and I all dashed out of the room as fast as we could, and ran out the front door. Going as fast as we could we went around the right side of the Mansion, where we had been told to be. It was dark outside. The lights at the mansion were on, so we could see near there, and the Celsius was flying around shining lights into the woods. But it could only cover so much area at once. For the most part we'd be almost blind in this fight.
I drew my sword and looked around as best I could. I didn't see anyone so far... We waited a minute or two, when we heard Mewtwo speak again.
"Ok, all units are in position. The army will be on us any second now, so be ready...As for the darkness...Well...We can't do much about it. Keiji wishes you luck." Mewtwo said.
"You guys ready?" Captain Falcon said.
No one answered him. I'd been ready for a fight ever since I got out of that damn attic. I was excited to test out my new weapons. The 4 of us waited... Until finally we saw them. Genma... As Keiji and Hanzo had called them. A lot of them right on the edge of the woods. They looked like zombies...They probably were. They were all shirtless, but had no skin on their chest, so their bones were visible. Their heads were merely skulls, and they were all wearing little Japanese style hats. Each one had a sword in it's hand. It was impossible to tell how many there were, since it was too dark. But I could still hear them...And there were a lot...
Almost immediately groups of them dashed out from the woods toward our position. I could hear fighting in the distance, the same thing was probably happening to the other Units as well. I dashed forward to meet the charging forces. I met them with a slice to the nearest one's stomach. I sliced it in half, and didn't even stop running. I jumped up at another one's head and in the blink of an eye sent it rolling on the ground. I brought my sword up the second I landed, to block a slash from a third Genma. It followed the first slash with another, and I rolled out of the way to dodge it. I sent a stab through it's back, and it screamed in pain. Then I heard foot-steps behind me...Genma foot-steps. I leaped over the Genma I'd just stabbed, and heard it yelp in pain again, as the slash that was meant for me dove into it's flesh. Not wasting any time, I grabbed the blade-end of my sword which was still stuck through the Genma I had stabbed and yanked it out quickly. I sent a killing slash into the now mutilated Genma, and dashed around it, sending a second slash into the Genma directly behind it.
I stopped for a second and looked around. There were plenty of Genma close to me. They had encircled me during my fight thus far, and it was likely they were all about to gang up on me. (Looks like it's finally time to try out my new weapons) I thought as I concentrated as I had before. Instantly the light from last time I'd practiced this came back and engulfed my sword. When it disappeared I heard a little "plop" as the spiked ball hit the ground softly. In my hand was a chain, instead of a hilt. In the blink of an eye, I yanked the chain in a circle around myself, sending the spiked ball crashing through every single Genma's body that had gotten to close.
Now getting the message to back up, the remaining Genma near me avoided the rest of the ball's path and charged me when it was clear. Yanking the chain back and then thrusting it forward quickly, sent the ball out of it's circle of death, and into the face of the Genma I'd directed it at crushing it's skull. I repeated this process, a few times with other Genma, and over the course of about 5 minutes I'd probably killed at least 20 Genma. All the ones that had been around me were dead...So now I could go on the offensive.
I smiled to myself and concentrated again. The same light came over the ball and chain again, and this time when it dispersed the golden trident was in it's place. My smile turning into a smirk, I dashed to the edge of the woods, where I was sure there would be some Genma somewhere. Sure enough I was right, I stabbed forward with the trident as a Genma jumped at me. Tossing it aside, I twirled the trident around and smacked another near-by Genma in the head. Seeing yet another Genma in the distance, I reared my arm back and threw the trident threw the air. Bulls-eye! I nailed him right in the head. (Alright NOW GET BACK!) I called out to the trident with my mind. In a flash the trident was out of the Genma's bleeding noggin and back in my hand. I charged another Genma, and sent a stab through it's chest. I then fired off a blast of thunder from the trident, that went through the Genma it was stabbed in, and hit another one directly behind it. The result killed them both. I started to charge towards another target when I heard Captain Falcon call out to me.
"Hey Meta Knight come back here! Your too far in, we're supposed to be defending, not attacking!" Captain Falcon said.
I ignored him. I refused to take an order from the likes of HIM. I concentrated on the trident, and the same light as always came over it. When it vanished, an axe was in my hands. I dashed further, a little ways into the woods this time, and began hacking any Genma I saw. When all of a sudden the light from the Celsius happened to shine where I was. It was then that I noticed that...That was ALOT of Genma right next to me... Too many to count... There was no way I'd be able to kill them all with the axe anyway, yet they were coming for me. I didn't have enough time to change the axe into another weapon. The axe wasn't necessarily the best weapon for blocking either. There was only one conclusion to this fight. I was doomed. I braced myself for pain when...
"FALCON KICK!" I heard someone say, as an orange flash flew by me, taking out about 10 Genma.
When the dust cleared, Captain Falcon was staring at me. I heard a roar and turned around, to see Bowser, breathing fire on some more Genma. Then an explosion rang out, sending the rest of the Genma, that Captain Falcon and Bowser hadn't already taken out flying. I turned again to see Snake, tossing grenades into groups of Genma. All three of them were soaked in blood. But then again the blood rain was still pouring. I'd imagine I was too.
I merely looked at them. Not one of us said anything to each other, they just looked at me, and all 4 of us began running back where we were supposed to be positioned. Before we got there however, Mewtwo's voice rang out in my head.
"Ok! Keiji says we've held Nobunaga's forces off long enough. All forces are to take the offensive now. Push them back into the woods, and if you see Nobunaga, take him out!" Mewtwo said.
I chuckled to myself, and looked over at Captain Falcon. Did we dare to risk going back into that abyss of Genma? Captain Falcon looked dead at me.
"You heard him. Let's roll!" Captain Falcon yelled.
10:30 P.M. 6/11.