Chapter 6: Path to Sephiroth
On the outskirts of Midgar, Ganondorf, Bowser, Bowser Jr, Mewtwo, Wario, Wolf and Ridley stood on the cliff side, watching the ruin city of Midgar.
"So Sephiroth went back here? The true Midgar is a lot different from the stage." Mewtwo commented in his usual stoic and emotionless tone.
"Of course. That city was almost destroyed by Sephiroth's meteor, if it weren't for this lifestream." Ganondorf explained.
"So will this Sephiroth give us Link's Triforce or whatever?" Wario asked, while he picked his nose.
"I don't care if he does. Once we do, I'll happily tear him apart!" Bowser snarled.
"You fool! You underestimate his powers. Only I have the power to keep up with him." Ganondorf scolded Bowser.
"Well let's just get this over with. The faster we find him, the faster I can punish this world and its people." Mewtwo said.
Just then the portal opened, making the villains turn around to see the third party characters come out, all of whom were glaring at the villains.
"So... you all came instead of the Smashers?" Ganondorf asked, causing a wicked smile to appear on his face, thinking it'd be easy to crush them.
"Ganondorf, we know you knocked out Link and put Sephiroth in command. We know what you're after. You're after the Triforce of Courage aren't you?" Ryu snarled.
"Correct on both accounts." Wolf replied, but had to ask his own question. "But how did you know what we were planning?"
"Some idiot left your plans on Mewtwo's desk and Pikachu found it." Sonic answered.
Mewtwo snarled at Bowser and Wario.
"You idiots! I told you not to leave it there!" The Psychic Pokemon said, angered that he had allied himself with such fools.
"Sorry! But at least we got here!" Bowser snapped back.
"Ganondorf, you don't know what you're getting yourself into! Sephiroth is far too dangerous for you to convince him to give up Link's powers. He meant to use his body to destroy this planet!" Cloud warned, his tone full of complete concern and seriousness.
"Hmph. Don't be so quick to judge me, boy." Ganondorf said back, before stating. "The Triforce of Power will make me more powerful than ever. And even if he fails to cooperate, I'll finally have that annoying Hero out of my hair forever!"
"You evil monster!" Bayonetta snarled.
"Is that why you knocked out Link? Not only so you could obtain the Triforce, but have him killed?" Snake questioned Ganondorf and his motives.
"Yes. And with him out of the way, we'll do the same to Mario and Pikachu, and they'll die as well." Bowser Jr replied.
"No you won't... because I..." Cloud said back, about to withdraw his Fusion Blades, only for Ryu to hold a hand in front of him.
"Cloud, we'll handle these guys. You go and stop Sephiroth!" He said, which caused the villains smirks to fade a little from what they heard.
"Yeah. We need to save Link as soon as possible. So we'll handle these guys, while you go on ahead." Pac Man said.
"You guys." Tifa got out, but was interrupted as Megaman then yelled. "Go!"
"Alright... you take care. Tifa, go and take Denzel and Marlene to safety once we reach Midgar." Cloud then told Tifa.
Tifa nodded, before she said in reply. "Alright, but be careful, Cloud."
Cloud nodded as he started up Fenrir and began to drive off towards Midgar.
"Stop them!" Ganondorf ordered.
However, the Demon Lord was cut off when Ryu kicked him on the face.
"Lord Ganondorf!" Mewtwo called out, before he had to focus on himself, for Bayonetta began shooting at him, forcing him to dodge the bullets.
Bowser and Bowser Jr were pushed back as Sonic and Megaman attacked them, Pac Man kicked Wario in the face, while Wolf dodged one of Snake's missiles.
"You miserable pests! How dare you interfere!" Bowser roared as he charged at Sonic, only to be slammed in the stomach by Sonic's Spin Dash.
"Face it, tubby. You're not getting past us!" Sonic sneered as Bowser glared as he held his belly.
Wanting to help his father, Bowser Jr fired a cannon from his Clown Car, only for it to be blasted off by Megaman's Charge Shot.
Wolf rose up and held his blaster and fired.
However, Snake leapt out of his way and threw a grenade at Wolf, who ducked, right before the impact.
Wario rose up and snarled as he was about to use his Wario Waft move on Pac Man, only for the yellow hero to stop him doing that by using his Power Pellet and slammed into his stomach again.
Mewtwo flew in the air, as did Bayonetta, before the two locked in combat.
Mewtwo fired rapid Shadow Balls at her, to which Bayonetta avoided each blast before she fired her guns from both hands and feet, making it look like a plane fight.
Ganondorf rubbed his cheek as he glared at Ryu, who stood in his fighting position.
"You miserable Street Fighter! You think you have the power to defeat me!?" He snarled.
"I won't allow you to continue your evil deeds. I'll stop you and bring you to justice!" Ryu replied, determined not to let Ganondorf or Sephiroth continue with their plans.
Ganondorf snarled as he picked up his Warlock Sword and he began to charge it with dark energy.
Ryu responded by charging up his Hadoken, before they fired at each other.
-In front of the ruin Shinra Building, several hours later-
Cloud arrived alone at the ruin of the Shinra building.
After getting off his bike, Cloud then took out his Fusion Swords, to which he still had Zack's Buster Sword and Link's Master Sword in the straps behind his back, and walked across the ruins.
He then began to have memories of walking through the ruins, where he fought Kadaj, before he absorbed Jenova's head to become Sephiroth.
The battle was long and hard, but thanks to his memories and Zack's words, Cloud was able to win and knew that this time, it would not be so easy.
In his pockets, he felt both Cosmos' Crystal and Link's hat pressed against his leg, before the blond then looked in the sky, and just as he feared, the sky was covered with dark black clouds.
"I knew you'd come."
Cloud then looked up to see Sephiroth in Link's body floating down in front of them, once again wore his long black coat with silver pauldrons, black boots and black pants and held his long sword in his black gloved hand.
"I should thank that villain of Link if I were you. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have control." Sephiroth said.
"You knew, didn't you? Then you know why Ganondorf came here?" Cloud asked.
"Of course, but I am not giving up the boy's power. He has magic unlike you and I could comprehend. But now, his strength and body are mine to command." Sephiroth said, angering Cloud and making him say back. "I promised someone that I'd bring Link back, so why don't you come out of Link and we'll settle this?"
"I am nothing than a spirit. My body perished a long time ago, so you can forget about me returning the boy's body back." Sephiroth replied, angering Cloud further and making the blond then question. "Did you come back just to make this planet a vessel for Jenova again?"
"That is correct, Cloud. And the first world I think I will conquer next, is that Smash world where this boy come from and make that my vessel too, once I am finished with the Planet." Sephiroth said in reply.
"Then you leave me no choice but to stop you, Sephiroth!" Cloud said as he held his sword up.
"Indeed. There is another reason. Revenge... against you for foiling my plans so many times." Sephiroth said as he held his hand in the air.
"If I win, you let Link go!" Cloud snarled, hearing Zelda's voice in his head.
"Hmph. That depends that if you can actually defeat him as you want to defeat me." Sephiroth smirked.
Cloud snarled, knowing that if he fought Sephiroth, he would also be fighting Link, but also knew that Link wanted Cloud to take him down, rather than be controlled by Sephiroth.
As the two charged at each other, their swords clashed against each other once again and their rematch had begun.
A/N: Hey guys. If you know some lyrics to make up for the Smash Bros version of One Winged Angel, please private message me. Thank you.