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Chapter 15
The difference between our power can't be that big, can it?!


Captain Falcon and Kotaro were both on the stage already facing each other.

"Coming up next is another powerful member of the Smashers, Captain Falcon! He is also the winner of the latest F-30 Grand Prix!" Talko announced. "He is a man known for knowledge of racing machines as well as his fast running speed which is said to equal a car at top speed! And on the other side we have another little kid named Kotaro! Look at those dog-like ears! Are those accessories or are they actually part of his body? Maybe we'll find out about it sooner or later!"

"I think we can easily assume who's going to win," Luigi said.

"Pika, this is no brainer," Pikachu said with a nod.

"You can do it, Mr. Falcon!" Pit called out.

Chizuru stood up and called out to Kotaro, "You can do it, Kotaro! Try your best! I believe in you!" He heard her and gave her a thumb up as a reply.

Natsume, however, was worried as he remembered what G&W said. "If that guy really is as powerful as he say… Will Kotaro really be fine…?"

Negi also called out from the entrance of the waiting room. "Try your best, Kotaro! If you can beat him, you will have a chance to fight me!"

"You bet that I'm going to make my way to the top to challenge you again! You better win your remaining fights too!" Kotaro replied, and then he turned to face CF saying, "Bring me everything you've got! I'm going to show you that I'm no everyday little kid!"

"You've got guts, kid," CF said. "I like your attitude! I see that you really wish to fight your friend, but since this is a fight and my friends are rooting for me too, I will not disappoint them. I will take on you with everything I have and attempt to win also. I hope you have no hard feelings if I do win."

"It would be sad if I lost, but as long as it's an exciting fight, that should lessen the impact. Bring it!"

"Both sides are looking more than ready to fight!" Talko said. "So let us begin the sixth match! Fight!"

The fight had begun and cheers filled the air. CF and Kotaro ran at each other and Kotaro threw a quick punch at CF who easily blocked it with his arms before throwing his own punch at him. Kotaro ran to the side at a fast speed to dodge the blow and tried to strike him from behind. CF pulled one arm back however and blocked the blow and then quickly spun around himself and managed to strike him in the cheek.

"Ow! Nice move!" Kotaro said. "Try this one for a size then!" He then ran and jumped around CF at a fast speed. The speed was so fast that Kotaro was almost invisible and one could only see a black blur moving around.

But being a skilled fighter, CF easily tracked him down using naked eyes. He took notice of every movement from Kotaro and when he noticed that when he was going to charge in from his right side, CF quickly reached his hand over there and managed to grab him by the neck, much to his surprise. "What?!"

CF then lifted him and then slammed him onto the floor really hard.

SMASH!

"Whoa! He managed to catch Kotaro even though he's moving at high speed!" Negi said in shock.

"That's typical of him," Marth said. "He always had no issues dealing with speedy opponents. Combined with the power that he has, he is without doubt a tough opponent."

Kotaro got back and leaped up and rubbed his head saying, "Ow… I didn't expect you to be able to catch me…"

"If you're thinking of trying to confuse me with quick movements, that won't do," CF said. "I've fought a lot of those opponents in the past, so I've gotten use to fast movements."

"Then I'll go with raw power then!" Kotaro said. He pulled back his fist and then jumped at him to deliver a punch powered by ki energy. "Self-Taught Style! Howling Fist!"

CF quickly countered with his own fist and when their punches came in contact, there was a burst of shockwave and they both were pushed back a couple of yards. Kotaro immediately leaped at him again and threw another punch that CF managed to avoid by ducking down and rolling aside. Kotaro leaped at him again immediately after landing and CF quickly lifted up his right foot and swung it towards his head. He was able to block the kick using his hand though but the force of the kick still sent him crashing aside and it was no different from getting hit at all.

"Dang!" Kotaro cursed. He ran up to CF again and started punching him rapidly and the captain blocked each blow successfully using his fists. He then managed to catch Kotaro by both his hands as he was still throwing the barrage of punches and then hurled him backwards across the place. Kotaro managed to recover by rolling though. "He's good! But I'm not giving up so easily here!"

Kotaro bend down and then pounced at him at high speed again. CF got into defensive stance to counter him but Kotaro seemingly disappeared right when he was about to fly into him from the front. "Tricked ya!" Kotaro said. He actually managed to slip behind CF and was about to hit him from there when suddenly the captain spun around with one leg stuck out and Kotaro was kicked away in the waist hard. "OW!"

"Nice trick, but that still won't do," CF told him.

"Damn!" Kotaro ducked down low and charged up to him underneath waist level and was going to shoot up and uppercut him in the chin. CF stepped back a bit to avoid getting hit and then he punched down onto his head and smashed him face first onto the floor instead.

SMASH!

"Captain Falcon is incredible!" Talko exclaimed. "He's proving to be a tough opponent for Kotaro!"

The girls who were rooting for Kotaro were shocked to see that he wasn't putting a fight against CF and they were getting worried. "Oh my… Kotaro is no match for him at all…" Chizuru said.

"I always thought that kid was strong," Ayaka said. "But it looks like he still has a long way to go."

"What did I tell you?" G&W said with his arms crossed. "Nobody can mess with the falcon!"

Kotaro got back up again and glared at him angrily. "Damn! This guy is tougher than I thought!" Then he heard Negi shouting to him.

"Kotaro! Don't worry; you can do it!" he said.

"I'm going to win no matter what! Time to get serious!" Kotaro leaped back as far as he could and then lifted up his arms. "Come on, guys!" Then his shadow spread out and several black-colored dogs were formed out of it. "Get him!" And the dogs charged forward with their mouths open, ready to bite down on the captain.

CF got into fighting pose and one of the dogs pounced onto him, but it was instantly socked away in the side of the head. The second dog came over but CF lifted up his foot and kicked it from below. Two more dogs jumped at him and thus he quickly leaped straight up and landed down on top of them and stomped them to death. After stomping on them, he bounced off them and into the air above the remaining dogs. The dogs growled angrily and all of them soared into the air to go after him. CF pointed down one foot and fire erupted around it and he shot down like a falling rocket. "Falcon Kick!"

The fiery kick easily plowed through every single one of them and burned them all to death, and the CF landed in a crouched pose on the stage. CF looked at him and said, "Got anything else, kid?"

"Argh! Quit underestimating me!" Kotaro growled angrily. Out of rage, he charged at CF and threw a punch at him and the captain easily sidestepped it. When he landed, Kotaro turned to him and jumped at him again, but the captain once again got out of the way. Kotaro tried to hit him the third time but this was also evaded. He ran up to CF and began throwing punches and kicks at him but CF moved left to right constantly and managed to avoid every single hit with ease, and in the midst of dodging the strikes, he delivered a kick to Kotaro's side and kicked him across the place

KICK!

"YA!"

"Whoa man… Captain Falcon is strong…" Negi said in awe. "Kotaro is no match for him at all!"

"How strong would you say your friend is?" Marth asked him.

"Well… We never really fought seriously, but during sparring or friendly fights, it seems that we both are evenly matched most of the time…"

Kotaro got back up again and glared at CF angrily. "Ugh… I never really expected you to be this strong… I've really underestimated you…"

"You're not bad yourself too," CF said. "Just now I overheard your friend saying that you're his equal, so with your current power, you should be able to take down Mario too. Mario is a strong fighter all right, especially when he gets serious. However, Mario and I are both on different levels of power. Once I get serious, he can't even beat me, and Marth as well as two other of my friends for that matter."

"So you're saying I'm unfortunate enough to have you as my opponent? No matter how strong you are, I'm going to do my best to beat you! About time I show you everything I've got!" Kotaro said loudly. "Graaaah!!!" He arched his back slightly and energy started to erupt from all over his body and tore off his shirt, leaving him topless.

"What the?!"

The audience watched in shock as Kotaro started to undergo transformation of sorts. His hair turned white and grew longer and fur started to grow out from all over his body as he became more muscular and his face started to take a more feral appearance. "Whoa! What happened?!" Talko gasped. "Kotaro suddenly transformed into a werewolf! Is this the power of Zoan type Devil Fruit or something else?"

"Heh!" Kotaro said in his new form, which resembled a canine-human hybrid. "Let's see how you take this!"

"Mamamia! What-a happened to him?!" Mario gasped.

"Kotaro is a dog demon, so he is capable of transforming into something like that," Negi explained. "In that form, both his speed and power will increase greatly, so he will surely become a tougher opponent."

"Interesting…" CF said. "I can sense that you have become stronger in this new form. Perhaps I should start taking you seriously now?"

"You better pray to yourself that you do! Prepare yourself!" Kotaro said, and then he seemingly disappeared from CF's field of view.

"He disappeared? No, wait!" CF quickly leaped back as Kotaro suddenly reappeared in front of him and slammed down his hand onto the floor so hard that a hole was torn on it. While CF was still jumping back through the air though, Kotaro rushed at him at a blinding speed again and punched him hard in the abdomen, sending him soaring across the place, but CF managed to recover and landed just short of the edge. "Such speed!"

Kotaro charged at him again with one arm pulled back and he swung it, but CF leaped up into the air and landed behind him to perform a roundhouse kick. "Falcon Roundhouse!" However, Kotaro brought his other arm to the side and blocked the incoming kick before spinning around to give CF another punch to the abdomen and sent him flying back across the place again. "Ugh!"

Kotaro rushed up to him in a blink of an eye and slammed down both arms, but CF quickly jumped up to avoid it and then stomped him on top of the head before bouncing back up into the air. Kotaro turned to him growling angrily and attempted to attack him as he was falling down, but CF lifted one leg and blocked his incoming punch using it and then spun around kick and landed another roundhouse kick into his face hard.

After Kotaro was kicked, CF wasted no time in punching him in the body and then followed up with a barrage of super fast punches. "Mach Punch!" After he was done punching, he lifted his leg straight up and kicked Kotaro into the air in the chin.

KICK!

Kotaro spun back in the air but landed back down on both feet and said to himself, "Dang! How is this guy still able to put a fight against me in this form?! Is the difference in our power that big?! It can't be that big! I don't believe how I can lose to him in this form!" He bent down a bit and then took off at a fast speed at CF in an attempt to tackle him down using brute force. CF ran forward and thrust both hands at his shoulders and they were locked in a sumo-esque pushing position with both sides exerting all their force to overcome the contest in strength.

"Amazing! The captain still manages to prove to be a tough opponent for Kotaro even after he transformed using unknown methods!" Talko said. "This is getting more and more intense! Who will be the victor of this match?"

"Ngh!!!" CF and Kotaro continued struggling against each other.

During the midst of doing this, CF suddenly pulled back his head and slammed it into his face hard. "Falcon Head Smash!"

BONK!

"Ya!" Kotaro fell back and held his hand over his face from the painful headbutt and this gave CF the opportunity to run up to him to shoulder bash him hard. "Gah!"

"Power Elbow!" CF delivered an elbow thrust into his stomach and sent him crashing across the place from a burst of fire. Kotaro quickly planted his feet onto the floor stopped just short of the edge.

"Damn!" he cursed. He looked up and saw CF running up to him again, and so he quickly rushed behind him when CF was going to run into him. He quickly swiped his arm at CF from behind, but CF spun around and knocked away his arm using a kick and then gave him a painful punch to his abdomen. "Gack!"

"Falcon Twin Uppercut!" CF shouted, and he swung up both arms from below and smashed him in the chin hard, and Kotaro was sent shooting high up into the air.

"Not over yet!" he told himself. He quickly got into correct position and landed on his feet when he fell down and kicked off towards CF at a fast speed.

CF leaped aside fast, but Kotaro reached his arm to CF and managed to catch him by his leg. "What?!"

"Got you know!" Kotaro shouted. "Hiya!" And then he hurled CF all the way across the place and out of the stage.

CF landed in a crouching position just outside of the stage and then got back on it again in less then a second. "This time you're finished!" Kotaro shouted. He jumped at CF with one arm pulled back. Right when he was about to fall onto CF and bring down his hand on him, CF lifted his leg straight up and landed a kick underneath his head. "DOH!"

"Double Power Kick!" Immediately after landing the first kick, CF did a quick vertical spin and slammed down another kick onto his head from above and smashed him face first onto the floor.

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!!

"Amazing! Captain Falcon continues to display an amazing display of fighting moves and managed to knock down Kotaro over and over!" Talko exclaimed. "But Kotaro is very hardy and he kept on getting up and up! Will this battle ever come to an end?"

"Whoa… Captain Falcon really is strong!" Negi said in shock. "Even after transformation, Kotaro is still no match for him…"

Kotaro slowly got back up again with one hand rubbing his face. "Argh… I'm not done for yet… I can still fight…" he claimed.

Not bearing to see him getting beaten around anymore, Natsume yelled out loud as she could to him, "Kotaro! That's enough! It doesn't matter if you cannot win!"

"Listen to your friend, kid," CF said to him. "I'm afraid that you will be in danger if you keep on fighting."

"Away with that crap! I'm going to beat you here and prove myself a strong fighter to Negi!" Out of rage, he got back up and pounced at CF and brought down his hand.

CF avoided his by taking a step back and then immediately afterwards, he leaped forward and slammed his knee into Kotaro's guts really hard. "Knee Smash!!"

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!

"ACK!!!!" The powerful impact from the knee sent Kotaro soaring across the place and he crashed through a statue that was placed just outside the stage before hitting the wall and coming to a stop. This blow finally rendered him unconscious and he reverted back to his human form. "Ugh…"

"All right! It's enough!" Talko said. "If this fight is to go on any longer, it will come to no end and someone's life may be in danger! The winner is Captain Falcon!"

BGM: F-Zero series victory theme (SSBB)

"Falcon won!!! Yay!" the Smashers exclaimed happily as they jumped up from their seat.

"Haha! What did I tell you? Victory is on our side once again!" G&W said, sounding very impressed.

Natsume fell back on his seat with a sigh and said, "Looks like my fear came true… He didn't have to push himself that far…"

"But he did try his best. I hope he's all right," Chizuru said. "That's all that matters."

-

"See? It's no brainer on who will win," Falco said. "Though I do admit that kid he fought showed some amazing tricks."

"Yeah, his transformation is the most surprising part," Link said. "Wonder how he did that though."

"Perhaps a Devil Fruit?" Ness brought up. "That did look like a half-beast transformation."

"I wouldn't say so exactly," Mewtw said. Everyone freaked out and jumped back when they saw him because he wasn't originally in the room.

"Whoa?! When did you get here?!" Bowser asked.

"Five minutes ago," he replied.

"You always like to pop in and out without saying a thing!" Link said.

"That's my style, and should've been used to it," Mewtwo said. "Anyway, the kid's transformation wasn't the usage of Devil Fruit, but it was a natural ability to him, because he isn't human to begin with."

-

Kotaro was taken into the waiting room where he was lying down on a bed and was still suffering from the immense pain given to him by the knee. "Damn… I lost…" he grumbled. "Ouch…"

Negi walked up to him and said, "Are you all right?"

"Sorry, I lost… I feel very embarrassed about this…"

"You still put up a good fight! Captain Falcon said that he has never seen such a powerful kid, so he is very impressed."

"I still have a lot to improve on… This really shows the limit of my powers… I'm starting to think that I'm weaker than you…"

"Don't say that! You're not weak at all! We all have our own limits to our powers. Sometimes the opponent may just be too strong and way beyond our league, but so long as we give all we have, it still proves that we are strong. You fought well in the end!"

"He's right, kid," CF said, walking up to Kotaro. "I can tell that you are a strong boy. Perhaps you can surpass me someday."

"Yeah, just you wait!" Kotaro said. "Someday we'll fight each other again and then beat you!"

"Haha! I'll wait until that day comes! Perhaps you will push me to my extreme and make me use my last resort trick too!"

"What? You still know more than you did here just now?"

"Yeah, though I don't find it necessary unless the opponent is so tough that it really leaves me no choice. Whatever, hurry up and get well soon." And then he walked away.

"Just how strong is that guy…?"

CF walked past Lucario who was just getting up from sitting on the floor and said to him, "You're up next."

"I know," he replied.

TO BE CONTINUED

Another chapter that turned out much better than I think! I hope reviews will start to increase from now on. The lack of reviews for the previous two is somewhat uncanny…