Okay, everybody! At last, the final boss of this arc is here! Once Majora is defeated, it'll finally be time to close the Termina Arc and END this overdue story!
Chapter 22: Cheren, the Fierce God
Cheren and Nerehc walked calmly and quietly, serious, focused eyes on their faces as they entered a dark, dim-lit room, in which the only thing visible were wavy auras along the wall. They came in various colors, but all had a shade of darkness. The room seemed rather wide from what they could see, and on the very other side, there was an opening in the wall, where a pitch-black silhouette sat. The duo took a careful, quiet step forward, and the room suddenly alit to a brighter color. The dark, colorful auras moved all around the walls around the flat, polished floor. The being in the opening ahead was still too dark to see, but the mask on his face could be made out.
"Good shooow, goood shooow…" Majora spoke calmly, his dark voice echoing across the vast, empty room. Without Miyuki, it was just Majora's singular voice they were hearing. "Made your way aaall the way through my fortress and chased me to the Dream World. Although, it depends on how much of this you call dreamed. Who knows what happens in the afterlife. Are we cursed to wander through dreams, or have we entered a brand new world. I guess it's how… death tortures you."
"Well, frankly, I have an idea what happens in the afterlife." Cheren spoke. "But I guess those rules don't apply here. Right? Zanifr."
Majora's body flinched. He calmed down almost right away, a smirk behind his mask. "You really should learn not to snoop around others' property. They prefer to keep things secret."
"People shouldn't have their property lying around."
"The reason I hid those was to hide the evidence. SOME people don't know how to keep their mouths shut. Even in your world, my moirail manages to keep following and pestering me."
Cheren shook his head; another term he didn't understand. "All right, Majora, this can go one of two ways. You can tell me your, or possibly a FRACTION of your, backstory, I'll refuse to care and proceed to kick your butt… OR we can skip the backstory and go straight to the fighting. In which I'll kick your butt."
"I really don't feel in the mood for explanations." Majora answered. "My only goal is to come back to my world, and take revenge on the ones who had me banished. By bringing the apocalypse to Termina, and ending both worlds, I shall finally be allowed to come back. As was written in the prophecy."
"So, Termina WASN'T your world." Cheren deduced with disgust. "It was just a disposable pawn in your plan. But what about Miyuki? If her body is left on Moonbase, she'll be killed when the moon collides with the Earth."
"That isn't entirely true. As it turns out, Miyuki has a dream self, too. At this moment, she is awake somewhere among Prospit or Derse. I shall see to it she becomes God Tier, and when such happens, she will never have to worry about death again. As long as her dream self doesn't sleep again, she will be just fine."
"I don't really understand any of this, but I don't want to right now!" Cheren stated, angry. "As long as Miyuki's and everyone else's lives are in danger, I'm going to stop you! And now that I've said your name, you can't really DO anything about it."
Majora looked unfazed. "It's true… by speaking one's name, you render them powerless. But you forget, you've only spoken part of my true name. As long as my surname remains hidden, I can still rain down on you with HALF of my true power. We shall let this battle decide the fate of this poor world. Let us finally see, how long the bloodline of Link and Shadows has lasted…" The shadowed body was encased in a whirl of darkness, leaving only the mask visible on the outside. The body disappeared as the darkness dispersed and flowed into the mask, its orange-green eyes sparking to life. They brimmed wide and unchanging as the mask grew many skinny, wiggly tentacles from its backside, hovering around the air as it appeared twice their own size. (Play "Majora's Mask Battle" from Majora's Mask.)
Boss fight: Masked Demon, MAJORA
Phase 1: Majora's MASK
The demonic mask leisurely hovered around the boss room, its spikes flapping up and down like little wings. Cheren immediately whipped out his bow and shot arrows, but the mask whipped around and blocked with simply its armored front side. Cheren ceased firing and tried to run around behind it, but Majora merely turned so that Cheren only shot his front. Nerehc, tired of watching his opposite get nowhere, flew up using his rocket feet and got behind Majora, where he charged a bolt of lightning and fired, making the demon shake with pain from the shock. Majora sank to the floor, stunned, and Cheren hurriedly ran behind and dealt some blows against the back, knocking the lightweight mask around in the process.
Majora got back in the air and faced the two with a deadly glare as darkness emerged from his form. The darkness surrounded himself in a sphere of dark, but Nerehc merely smirked as he flew behind and blasted another bolt of lightning. However, the lightning didn't penetrate the shield, and Nerehc flinched as Majora flew behind him and lashed his tentacles. Nerehc swiftly dodged the tentacles in the air and countered with his own dark fireballs, but Majora calmly absorbed the darkness and shot it back, knocking Nerehc out of the air.
Cheren watched him fall, then looked back at Majora as the mask spun into a horizontal saw blade, flying down and sliding along the ground as he tried to chop Cheren. Cheren was able to jump the mask, and at the points when the mask hovered a little, he ducked. Majora eventually stopped and hovered around the air again, likely taking a breather. Since Majora encased himself in darkness, Cheren figured, he would whip out his Light Arrow and fire one at the mask's face. The light seemed to penetrate as part of the shield cracked, so Cheren kept his aim on Majora and fired another beam, successfully destroying the front part of the shield.
The front of the mask was exposed, but that didn't matter when the front was already armored, and the rest of the shield protected the back. Nerehc shot up behind Majora and tried to throw more lightning blasts, but they still did not penetrate, and Majora wouldn't even turn to glare at him, allowing Cheren to shoot the barrier. Cheren kept firing Light Arrows whenever Majora turned around, but he whipped back around just as quickly to defend. Eventually, Majora spun around like a saw blade again and glided along the ground, aiming to hit Cheren. When Majora glided above him for a brief moment, Cheren saw the perfect opportunity to hit the dark shield, and he did. Eventually, Majora's spinning came to a stop, and for the brief moment he was turned around, Cheren shot and destroyed the shield.
Majora simply flew around casually some more as Nerehc flew up behind and launched a lightning bolt. Majora whipped around and avoided, but Cheren was able to shoot an arrow in his back as a result, and Majora sank to the ground. Cheren dashed over and dealt his series of blows, though didn't deliver that many before Majora was knocked away and recovered.
Majora hovered to the center of the room as the kids simply watched him. Majora stuck his own tentacles into his mask and began to pump some kinda substance, like blood. The heart-shaped mask grew a little more round, and the front side became puffy, while the back stayed the same: flat with tentacles squiggling around. Majora tilted over so his front faced the ceiling, and his back to the floor, so he now looked like the shape of a brain.
Phase 2: Majora's MIND
The dark, ugly brain brimmed with a light before spawning several random objects from its mind (such as fallen trees, barrels, boxes, Powder Kegs, and broken ruins), letting them scatter all over the room. He then began to use his telekinetic abilities to pick up the random objects and hurl them at Cheren. Cheren shot Light Arrows at his underside—since it was already exposed—but the brainstem tentacles swatted the arrows away like flies. Nerehc attempted to fly at Majora and shoot lightning, but he suddenly found himself caught by the brain tentacles, which pulled the struggling Nerehc in and began sucking on his form. Nerehc desperately tried to pull away, but he felt himself completely helpless as Majora pleasurably sucked his body like a tasty lollipop.
Disgusted at this sight, Cheren fired a Light Arrow and pierced the tentacles, setting Nerehc free. The Negative dropped to the ground, and when he weakly stood and threw his arm to try and launch fire, he fell to his knees, panting heavily. "My…My bending…" he panted.
Cheren stared and immediately knew, it was Majora's power to render one's energy. Cheren watched as Majora levitated and launched objects at him again, but he simply dodge-flipped to his sides. However, that last object was a Powder Keg, and it explode upon impact, knocking Cheren forward a little. It took this long for Cheren to recognize that this was similar for Sackboy's ability to alter areas. The Uno kid immediately ran around the room, and found a particularly placed box on a stage that looked like it was from Carnivilia. He climbed on and Youth Rolled at the box, breaking it and revealing the Rearrangement Pad.
Cheren turned into Sackboy and knelt on the Arrangement Pad, getting an overview of the boss room as he saw the Majora brain floating around. Majora was lifting objects and throwing them at Cheren, but Cheren was able to hold them back and cause them to drop. Cheren wasn't sure what to do, since he couldn't move objects with enough force, so he simply grabbed a ruined totem and brought it to Majora, then grabbed a random barrel and brought it to Majora. For both objects, Majora grabbed it with tentacles and proceeded to absorb it into his brain. His brain pumped and brimmed with light as he launched a swarm of energy spheres, knocking Cheren out of Arrangement Mode and sending him flying across the room.
The sack-boy gripped his head and shook as he recovered, and discovered a Powder Keg beside him. At this point, Nerehc had regained his energy and was flying mindlessly around the room, waiting for something to happen. "Nerehc!" Cheren yelled up. "Get your fire ready!" Nerehc nodded, a serious look on his face. Cheren hurried back to the Arrangement Pad and went into Arrangement Mode as he grabbed the Powder Keg and gave it to Majora. As Majora was beginning to consume it, Nerehc unleashed a bolt of lightning and struck the keg, causing it to explode and deal great pain to Majora.
Majora shook the soot off and hovered above Cheren's platform. The sack-boy was still knelt down in Rearrangement Mode, but when he saw Majora above him, charging an attack, he quickly ran off as the brain unleashed a powerful laser directly downward, destroying the platform and the Arrangement Pad. Upon destruction of the platform, a group of four round mirrors came flying out in different directions. Cheren had an idea where this was going, and he told Nerehc to pick up one of the mirrors. The Negative had to hold one in both arms seeing as they were as tall as them.
Majora's Mind calmly hovered around aimlessly as Cheren anticipated its next move. The brain brimmed with light as it released five energy balls around the room, and those balls formed into Bokoblin upon landing. The simple monsters charged at Cheren with swords raised, but he swiftly dodged their attacks and struck by, taking them all out in seconds. He heard an energy surging sound, and was surprised when Majora suddenly released a beam of energy from the top of his mind (the side with the mask's face), having turned vertically to be able to face him.
Cheren used the Mirror Shield to deflect the beam away, and he tried to redirect it at Majora, but the front part of his mind was just as armored as his last form. However, Nerehc was facing the underside of Majora, and he noticed a strange, swelling object suddenly appear by his tentacles. Nerehc charged a bolt of lightning and fired, but the brain immediately teleported, having heard the lightning charge. Majora ceased firing and turned horizontal again, the swelling area sinking back into his brain. His mind glowed as he released eight more energy spheres, which then formed into Miniblin. These monsters were more simple than the Bokoblin, so Cheren was able to wipe them out in a few simple strikes. He looked at Majora as he tilted over to face him, wiggling his tentacles as he prepared another energy beam.
Majora unleashed, and Cheren held up his Mirror Shield to defend, and the beam deflected to the other side of the room. Cheren nodded to Nerehc, gesturing to get the mirror. Suddenly, Nerehc realized what he meant (not very smart), and he grabbed the mirror and flew behind the floating brain, holding the mirror so it faced Majora's weak spot. Cheren aimed the beam and bounced it off Nerehc's mirror. It made the mirror slightly heavier, but Nerehc kept his grip as he redirected the beam at the swelling weak spot.
Majora screeched and sunk to the ground as the brain was set on fire. Cheren didn't really have the opportunity for a round of strikes as Majora was back in the air quickly. The brain simply hovered around some more, and Cheren kept his eye on him, patiently waiting for the next attack. Finally, Majora glowed and released three spheres, which this time turned into Metal Shield Fatblin. Cheren ran to the first one and hopped over its shield to begin dealing blows at its behind. At the same time, Majora was using telekinesis to pick up some of the random objects still laying around, and Cheren had to run away when Majora chucked them. He ran in front of another Fatblin when Majora coincidentally threw a Powder Keg, and the Fatblin was destroyed as a result.
Cheren ran back behind the first Fatblin and finished dealing his rounds until it was destroyed. Cheren focused his sights on the third Fatblin, but Nerehc suddenly flew behind it and dealt a blast of lightning, taking the Fatblin out in one hit. He smirked and winked at Cheren before going to grab another mirror, then flying behind Majora when the demon began charging its energy beam. He unleashed the beam at Cheren, who easily deflected it to Nerehc with the Mirror Shield. Majora immediately stopped and switched around to Nerehc, shooting his laser at him while Cheren viewed Majora's backside. Nerehc simply bounced the laser toward Cheren, but Majora floated in his path and kept in front of him so that he couldn't see Cheren.
Both boys gritted their teeth in anger, unable to see the other very well. It was then that Nerehc noticed another fallen mirror lying on its back beneath Majora, and Nerehc could vaguely see Cheren's reflection in it. Nerehc smirked at Majora before directing the beam onto that mirror, and Cheren smiled excitedly as he was able to catch the beam with the Mirror Shield. Cheren smirked as he directed the beam onto Majora's swelling spot, and the brain was set on fire again. (End song.)
"UUUUuuh!" Majora grunted, sinking to the ground and recovering as his brain stems retracted into his body. He floated to the center of the room as his face turned facing forward, and his brain started to pump again. A pair of humanoid, scaly arms appeared from his sides, and two very long, exposed legs from his bottom. His swollen brain-mask became heart-shaped again as one, tiny eye sprouted from his top. Thin string leggings appeared along his legs, a ballet tutu around his waistline, and ice-skater shoes appeared on his feet. "HooooOOO…" he squatted and shook anxiously, seemingly building up energy. "HUAH!" he sprouted up, and suddenly, the entire floor turned to smooth, solid ice. (Play "Majora's Incarnation" from Majora's Mask.)
Phase 3: Majora's BALLET RECITAL
The Masked Demon began skiing around the icy, reflective floor, gracefully dancing and twirling as he kicked his feet in the air. Cheren and Nerehc tried to run at him, but both boys immediately slipped on the icy surface. Majora performed another twirl, looking at them as he slid sideways, then skied forward in a taunting fashion. Nerehc glared and simply flew above using rocket shoes, launching quick lightning blasts at the demon, but Majora swiftly spun and jumped to both sides while avoiding the lightning. The demon suddenly skied up the wall, using only one leg, and flipped upside-down as he leaped and kicked Nerehc away, the Negative sliding fast across the icy floor upon landing.
Cheren tried to stay on his feet, but the floor seemed much too slippery. He watched as Majora slid back over to him and kicked him directly with his shoe blade to Cheren's face, sliding the boy all the way beside Nerehc against the wall. Cheren wiped some blood from his nose as he and Nerehc glared at Majora, skiing away from them. Cheren decided to try on his Wolf Mask, and surprisingly, the wolf moved fairly well across the icy surface. Nerehc kicked on his rockets and hovered above again as Cheren began to chase the demon, and Majora simply spun and twirled like a ballet dancer as he evaded. He stood and twirled on the tip of his right foot while he had his left leg bent, but then he stretched it out with the tip of his shoe-blade spiraling around.
Cheren tried to leap at Majora, but the tip of his blade knocked him back, and Majora began to ski normally again. Cheren growled at him and ran forward once again, and when Majora was about to come at him, the demon suddenly leapt overhead and skied the opposite way. He was swiftly evading Cheren, but Nerehc also kept him busy by shooting lightning at him, forcing Majora to slow down as he jumped the strikes. Cheren managed to keep up, and Nerehc stopped firing so his opposite would be able to catch him. Majora stretched his leg out and began to twirl his blade again, but Cheren simply ran under the too-high blade and got closer to Majora, before leaping and gnawing at his standing knee.
"AIEEEEP!" Majora screeched in a higher-pitched voice, coming to a slow down as Cheren chewed him. Cheren eventually let go, having yanked a part of the knee off and making purple blood drip. Majora started to ski away again, making little twirls with a leg kicked out, in which he launched energy spheres at Cheren. The wolf-boy easily jumped the spheres and ran at Majora, but before he could get a hit, the ballerina demon skied and spun right over him, going to the middle where he leapt, and performed a quick spiraling maneuver in the air before he landed on the floor, still spiraling at high speed as the force caused the ice to crack, with Majora coming to a stylish stop where he made a pose.
Majora began skiing around normally again, but when Cheren tried to move forward, he flinched when the ice cracked a little more, and he knew it would be too dangerous to walk any more. Cheren was forced to pull off his Wolf Mask and put on the Kateenian Mask, his lighter body able to stand its ground on the ice. They looked around for a solution, and Cheren noticed a strange bobsled sitting a few feet away, likely having shot out of the ice due to the quake Majora made. He hurried over as fast as his Kateenian body could, and when he got on, he reverted to wolf form. Nerehc flew down and grabbed the rope attached to the bobsled and began to pull Cheren around, chasing Majora as the demon swiftly skied away.
Majora skied backwards as he faced the operatives and began to kick energy spheres at them. Cheren had to list left and right to make his sled dodge in those directions, and Nerehc had to dodge left-and-right to avoid, too. Majora was coming to a wall, but his top eye was turned backward, so he saw it coming and made a left turn, and Cheren's bobsled bumped the wall upon Nerehc's sudden turn. Majora kept away from the walls and kept kicking energy spheres at them, but Nerehc countered with his lightning strikes and made Majora jump and twirl. Majora kept jumping so much, he couldn't see where he was going, and he ended up crashing into the wall, backfirst. Nerehc slowed the bobsled beside him, allowing Cheren to jump and bite onto his crotch, giving a few tugs before pulling off.
Majora dizzily skied to the center of the room as the ice and bobsled suddenly poofed away, and the room was back to normal. Majora recovered and ripped his tutu off, and the operatives were about to cover their eyes until they saw there was nothing underneath. Majora kicked his ski-shoes off as he bent his upper-body (which was mostly legs) completely back like rubber, and he stretched and bent sideways and front-ways as well. Majora got on all fours as his body extended a little, his arms and legs becoming a little more puffy, and he mimicked the movements of a beast as he ran around and turned totally invisible.
Phase 4: Majora's STEALTH MISSION (should he choose to accept it)
Cheren already knew to use his wolf senses to find the invisible demon, and when he found Majora, he ran at him attempting to bite, but the demon ran toward him and smacked Cheren away, then continued running around the room. Nerehc began to fire lightning wildly, but he wasn't able to hit Majora at all, as Majora simply dodged whenever a bolt came at him. Cheren used senses to see and run at him again, and Majora leaped a few feet away before running at the wolf. Cheren dodged to the side and avoided Majora's arm-swipe, and once Cheren was behind, the wolf-boy proceeded to bite into his rear. Nerehc smirked when he saw Cheren holding onto Majora, and the Negative charged a bolt of lightning and fired at where he hung on to.
Cheren jumped off so that Majora could take the shock, and the demon began to spark with electricity as he ran further away from Cheren, a little visible. Cheren reverted to human form as Majora turned and readied to charge. Cheren whipped out his bow and shot an arrow when Majora ran at him, but the demon jumped to the side and kept at him. Cheren whipped his sword at Majora when he came, but took an immediate shock from the electricity on his body, then was knocked away. The electricity wore off, and Majora was invisible again, swiftly dodging Nerehc's attack when he tried to shock him. Cheren became a wolf and chased the demon using his senses, and Majora jumped away once more before running at the wolf and attempting to swat him. Cheren jumped to the side and leaped at his butt, biting the demon once again as Nerehc fired lightning.
Majora was partially visible again, and Cheren reverted to human, anticipating Majora to charge at him. This time, Cheren put on Slag's Mask, held his arms open when Majora came, and grabbed the demon's hands in his own. Majora's arms and legs were much longer compared to Slag's, and the demon was closer to overpowering Cheren. The robot-child mustered his strength however, and managed to lift Majora above him and slam the demon to the ground. He was still electrified, so Cheren had to use Slag's sword as he dealt his round of blows, slamming his sword powerfully down on the demon.
Majora kicked back to his feet and ran away as he turned invisible. Cheren changed back to a wolf and used his senses, but he saw that Majora had climbed to the ceiling. Immediately, Majora crawled above Cheren and dropped down, pinning the wolf with his huge arms and legs and dealing punches across his head. Nerehc shot above the area where Cheren was pinned, but he missed the demon as Majora jumped off, climbed up the wall, and leaped to grab Nerehc and pull him down. He held the Negative by the legs as he spun and spun, and eventually hurled Nerehc headfirst against the wall.
Both kids shook back to their senses as Cheren used his senses to see Majora crawl up the ceiling again. Cheren ran under him, and when Majora dropped down to grab him, Cheren leapt forward and avoided, then jumped back to gnash at Majora, successfully biting his knee. He was kicked off almost instantly, Majora dodging a lightning strike from Nerehc, but the bite caused purple blood to drip from his knee. Majora was still invisible, but Nerehc could see the blood trail dripping from his knee, little bits at a time. When Majora was trying to climb the wall, Nerehc shot lightning at him, making Majora leap off the wall, but when he landed, Cheren (having reverted to human) shot a Light Arrow at the space around the blood, the powerful light making Majora brim visible. Cheren hurried over and dealt a round of blows against the demon before Majora recovered and leaped away.
Majora got on two legs and flailed his arms around as he began to run around frantically, his legs moving in a fast-paced anime fashion. Nerehc rapidly tried to shoot him with lightning, but Majora moved too quick, and Cheren couldn't get a good aim with his arrow. Majora zipped left-and-right as he ran at Cheren, pinned the boy down, and immediately pounded rapid punches. Nerehc shot lightning, but Majora jumped off and kept running around, eventually jumping up to grab and pull Nerehc down by the legs, and then rapidly pounding his face against the wall. Majora slammed Nerehc to the ground and jumped on him before running around some more. Cheren held his blade ready as Majora drew closer, and when the demon was about to grab him, he quickly slashed a spin attack and made Majora screech as he scampered away.
Nerehc saw Majora running toward him as he recovered, and the Negative flew overhead and tried to launch lightning at him. Majora zipped and dodged the attacks before launching a series of quick energy spheres, which Nerehc dodged as quick as he could, only to be knocked away by the last one. He shook back to his senses and saw Majora run around some more, flying away before the monster could run him over. Cheren had his sword ready, expecting him to come over, but the demon surprised him with another barrage of energy balls, knocking Cheren over. He got to his feet as Majora ran around some more, zipping every which way while getting closer to Cheren. Cheren rolled between Majora's legs just before the demon could grab him, and he managed to strike his legs and make Majora fall over.
Majora got up and ran around some more, jumping when Nerehc flew at him. Nerehc continued to chase the demon, not bothering to throw any attacks as Majora frantically tried to evade. Cheren smirked at their little antics, readying his Remote Control Bananarang. Cheren launched the boomerang and drove it around slowly as he tried to aim for Majora's eye. Nerehc kept chasing him around the room in circles, and Cheren kept a steady route as he managed to ram the boomerang into Majora's top eye. Majora immediately stopped to rub his eye, and both operatives smirked as they readied their swords and charged. Nerehc dealt a series of strikes in his back, and Cheren swung back and forth between the legs, before both finished with a sword impale through both legs. (End song.)
"EEEEEEAAAAAAHHHH!" Majora shot into the air, screaming with unbearable pain, before landing smack in the middle of the room. He fell to one hand and put his other on his chest, gasping for breath. "Mrrrff. MRRRFF." His voice remained high-pitched. "You are… PERSISTENT. YOU ARE… annoying." He got back on both feet, stretching his arms out as he faced them. "Had my first name only remained a secret… I would have extinguished you by now. But I'll be rid of you yet! Just wait and see! After all, I only need to extinguish ONE of you in order to win." He panted. "That's the weakness of opposites. The weakness… of TEAMS." Another breath. "You bond your friendships so well… that all of you LOSE IT when only one PERISHES. So I…" another pant, "I will end BOTH of your selves' now! HAAUU-GMM." More blood began to pump through the demon's limbs, from his left arm, his right arm, to his legs. His central body morphed to become a semi-normal, humanoid shape that matched his strengthened limbs. And atop his body, a small head with a fiery orange mouth, with the small eye on his forehead, and two spirals where regular eyes would be, emerged with a dark breath.
Majora shook with energy, forming a strange sign with his hands. "FWAPOW!" (Play "Majora's Wrath" from Majora's Mask.) Suddenly, Majora was garbed in a ninja outfit, with his mask eyes and his top eye exposed, and the next phase began.
Phase 5: Majora's KARATE LESSON
Cheren immediately wrapped on his Ninja Headband, and readied a battle stance as he glared at the demon. Cheren leapt forward, swinging his hand in a karate fashion, but the taller demon grabbed his wrist, twisted it behind Cheren's back, and then kicked the ninja away. Cheren rolled on his back as Majora leaped above him, coming down and dealing a series of rapid punches against him. Cheren held his arms in an "X" to defend, but Majora kicked Cheren again. Cheren flipped back to his feet, dodging to the side when Majora tried to punch him, and then threw a shuriken into Majora's hip. The demon disappeared in a puff of smoke, and a log fell in his place, with the shuriken exploding on it, and Majora appeared behind Cheren, wrapped an arm around his neck, and slammed the boy's head against the ground.
Majora jumped away and launched a trio of kunai knives, but Cheren jumped to the side and threw his own two kunai knives. Majora ducked and ran at Cheren, launching a series of finger-jabs that Cheren defended with his arms. Finally, Cheren grabbed Majora's wrist and bent it downward, but the taller demon sent him flying across the air. Nerehc managed to strike Majora with lightning from behind, and during his stunned moment, Cheren tossed a series of kunai into his front, dealing some damage.
Majora poofed into smoke and appeared on Cheren's left, dealing a punch, poofed to the right and dealt a punch, then appeared in front for an uppercut, flinging Cheren high into the air as Majora poofed behind and kicked him away. Cheren got back up, turning to face Majora as the demon gestured him to come forward with his fingers, in a ninja fashion. Cheren flipped backward and tossed a shuriken, but Majora rolled to the side and ran at the boy. He threw a series of quick punches, but Cheren managed to dodge every one, then crouch and kick at Majora's left leg. His own leg stopped upon contact, and Majora stared confused, not sure if the attack was supposed to work. Cheren smirked at his confusion, shooting up to grab onto his head, then flipping overhead to slam the demon's head against the ground.
Majora sat up and glared at Cheren, his one eye furrowing, but looked away when purple flames were thrown at him from his right. Nerehc smirked as he rocket-skied toward the demon, sliding on one foot while he kicked the other out and shot a flame at Majora's eye. Majora kicked back to his feet immediately, spin-sliding and grabbing Nerehc in his right hand. The Negative kicked fire up at his face with both feet before sliding away, and as Majora shielded, Cheren tossed a shuriken into his front and blew him up. Majora hopped out of the smoke and tossed two kunai at Cheren, who easily jumped back and threw two of his own. Majora side-dodged again and began launching a series of kunai knives, but the ninja-boy was able to dodge each one and counter with his own, which came in contact with Majora's, making both drop to the ground.
The round stopped, and Majora threw one last kunai, hitting Cheren in the front, but the ninja poofed into a log and appeared behind Majora to lay a kunai into his back. Majora whipped his arm behind and tried to smack him, but Cheren had ducked to the ground and proceeded to stab some kunai into his knees. Majora slouched a little, and Nerehc was given the perfect opportunity to strike him with lightning. Cheren smirked and reverted to his human form, proceeding to deal a series of blows with the Master Sword.
Majora quickly hopped to the center, desperately catching his breath. He stood up straight as his ninja outfit suddenly poofed away, and he reached his arms out and bent forward. "STRRRRIFE SPECIBI. WHIPKIND!" he exclaimed as dual brown whips suddenly appeared in both his hands. Majora continued to shake with energy, the kids watching as his back swelled, and two more arms suddenly sprouted from it, both wielding whips, making purple goo pop out as a result. His head tilted up, and the two spirals on his face opened to reveal two more eyes. His skin began molding and moving, and his head reshaped to mimic that of a round-headed, bald person. His skin nearly looked like that of a human, but still Majora's colors, and with the upper layers of skin peeled off. A creepy smile was carved around his regular, grinning mouth, and the crazy demon increased in size to fit nearly the height of the room.
Phase 6: Majora's PISSED
"WIICKAAAAAAAWWWW!" Majora screeched incredibly insanely, shaking his four arms wildly. Cheren tried to put on his headband again, but Majora immediately whipped it away. He tried to put on Slag's Mask, but it was whipped away, tried to put on Wolf Mask, but it was whipped away, tried with Sackboy's Mask, and IT was whipped away. He pulled out the Kateenian Mask and stared with doubt at the useless mask, but Majora whipped it away anyway. The crazy demon wrapped a whip around Cheren's legs and sent him flying and screaming overhead, and when Cheren landed, Majora immediately wrapped and hurled him across the chamber again.
He landed by Nerehc, who glared angrily at Majora before flying forward and launching lightning. Majora swiftly dodged and lashed his whip at Nerehc to grab him, then launched a whip over to Cheren to grab him, then began spinning both kids around the air above him in circles, causing both boys to bump their heads on the other as they whipped by. Majora was shaking his crotch as he spun them, keeping this routine for a few more moments before sending them flying away. "FWAHhooooooooOOOWAH!"
Cheren struggled to recover and rolled onto his front, coughing blood out as he tried to crawl away. Majora fastly whipped him from a distance, making Cheren stop for brief moments before he kept trying to crawl, only to be whipped again. Still on the ground, Cheren searched his clothes for an item that may prove useful. His eyes perked when he found the Fierce Deity's Mask, and stared at the white-haired mask with extreme curiosity. He put on his serious look and stood to glare at Majora, preparing to fix the mask on.
Majora looked with extreme horror and shock. "NOOOO!!! DON'T PUT THAT MASK ON!"
Cheren stuck it on his face, not giving a crap what Majora said. "HNNNNUUUGG!" The transformation immediately started to kick in as Cheren faced the ceiling, the room turning black as lightning shot up from the mask. Cheren found himself in a realm of darkness, staring up in wonder as Link floated above him in a bright blue light. The green-cladded ancestor smiled at his descendant, but Link shut his eyes tight, screaming with pain. "EEEEEAAAAAUUUUUUHH." His eyes shot open, and were now totally white with no blueness or pupils.
Cheren grunted as Link shot into his body, and pain began to surge through. Cheren's hair turned white, an armored vest appeared around his center, his clothes turned white, brown boots appeared, and the red markings appeared on his face, and his eyes were white and lifeless. He grew a few feet taller as he held the Master Sword out, the sacred blade transforming into a darker sword with see-through loops. Cheren performed a spin attack, feeling the incredible power flow through his veins. "HEAAAAUUUH!"
Majora stared nervously as Cheren glared with a fierce, deadly look. The demon shook off his fear and lashed his whip, but Cheren sliced off his upper-right arm as fast as light. "YOOOOOWW!!!" Purple blood spilled out, and Majora tried to ignore the pain and launch his lower-left whip, but Cheren sliced his arm before he knew it. "OOOOOHHH!!!" Majora tried to recover, but Cheren zapped over and grabbed Majora's head, flying around as he scraped his ugly, psychotic face all around the walls, leaving a trail of blood in the process. Cheren flew to the center and slammed Majora powerfully against the floor facefirst, then hopped away to let the demon recover. Blood dripped down his face as Majora tried to catch his breath, and the demon performed a spin maneuver and let his two remaining whips fly all over the place.
Cheren easily dodged the whips, and when Majora launched his right whip at him, Cheren caught the whip around his sword and yanked Majora over, allowing the tip of his blade to slice a line down his body as he flew over. Nerehc merely floated in the background and watched his Positive carry out this ordeal, feeling slight worry at Cheren's sudden madness. Cheren forced Majora against the wall and flew back as he unleashed a series of sword rays at the demon's front. When he finished, Cheren shot below Majora, sliced upward, then brought his sword down the middle of his front. Cheren gripped Majora by the neck and pulled him to the center, dealing a series of punches across his face.
At this time, Panini Drilovsky appeared in the boss room's doorway, watching the bloody display before her eyes. She saw Nerehc and hurried beside the Negative, who was surprised to see her. "Whoa! When'd you get here?"
"Never mind that! Is that…?" she pointed at the Fierce Deity.
"Yeah, that's Cheren." He nodded. "He put on this weird mask and he suddenly went crazy."
Panini stared in absolute horror. The way Cheren pounded Majora's face without a moment's rest, made him seem like he lost his mind. "CHEREN!"
The godlike child paid no mind as he gripped Majora's neck and shot through the ceiling, going high above the warship. Cheren shot to the ground and slammed Majora's head with incredible force, letting tons of blood spew from his mouth. (End song.)
"Nooo!" Panini couldn't bring herself to see him like this. She noticed something sparkle in the blood several feet away, and recognized it as the Spirit Flute. Panini hurried over and performed the song that changed him back before, the Song of Healing.
Doo-doo-dooo, doo-doo-dooo, doo-doo, do-do-dooooooo.
Cheren immediately stopped before impaling the sword through Majora's head. A warm feeling appeared in his mind, and his lifeless eyes turned to stare at his friend. Cheren looked down at Majora, the demon unconscious and nearly dead. "AAAUUU-CWOUGH COUGH COUGH!" Majora suddenly coughed blood, struggling to move. "N-NO! I-I'M DYING!" he spoke, his high-pitched voice filled with despair. "I'm dying.... I'M DYING! Cheren!" he tried to breathe, reaching for the compartment where he previously sat. "My bed… I must… die… in my bed." He huffed.
Cheren couldn't help but feel pity for the demon. Despite his injuries, he was able to reach his arm over and grab the little bed that was in his spot. He weakly pulled it over and laid it beside him, panting as he helped himself over, and laid his massive head onto the little, stone-made bed. "Okay… now…"
Cheren looked at his sword, and felt the need to grant this demon's wish. Without a moment's hesitation, Cheren forced the blade into Majora's chest, and the demon fell silent.
The blade stayed in there for a few seconds before Cheren pulled it out. Panini stared with both anxiety and relief as Cheren stepped over, the purple blood still dropping from his sword, while Nerehc stared with his usual angry-eyed look. Cheren pulled the Fierce Deity Mask off, and stared into his friend's dark green eyes. Panini tearfully ran up and embraced him in a hug, and Cheren smiled and hugged back. "Is it over?..." she asked.
"It's over." He said in relief.
Nerehc only rolled his eyes in disgust as they hugged, but the two broke away after a few seconds. "How did you get here, anyway?" Cheren asked.
"Ay don't know. Ay just woke up in this weird place." They looked at her orange jumpsuit with a bunny-ear design.
"Well, good thing you did. If you hadn't… I don't know what woulda happened."
"Hmhmhmhm!" Panini smiled joyously. "Why is it Ay'm always savin' yer butt like this?"
"Heheheh!" The three of them stared at the bloody, dead body of Majora. The demon looked so peaceful with his head lied on his little bed. "And to think… so many questions left unanswered." Cheren said.
"This guy was giving you a lot of trouble, wasn't he." Nerehc followed.
"Hey, maybe ya'll find out what ya needed to know next time." Panini smiled, patting Cheren's back.
"Yeah..." Cheren smiled at her. "But I'm glad it's over now. What do you say we go home, guys?"
"Yah!" Panini hopped happily.
"Hm, I know I'm lookin' forward to gettin' back." Nerehc smirked.
The kids turned and were about to walk out the exit, leaving their exiting battle behind them. "Hm hm hm hm heh." They immediately stopped and turned at the demon with a start. "You fools… would I be defeated that easily?" The dead body of the demon brimmed with an evil darkness. "Now that I have fallen on my Quest Bed… the time to unleash my true power has arrived." A fire of purple dark brimmed on the demon's body, and blackness began to swallow the room. "At last, I am able to go into my God Tier mode! I will have power like you NEVER imagined!"
The kids backed away slowly as a column of darkness shot straight into the heavens. A ball of darkness formed in the sky, growing larger as scaly wings emerged from the back, and two hands with whips appeared in the front. The dark sphere poofed away, and Majora's new body was revealed. He looked to be in a purple cloak with Majora's scaly designs along its skin, and a spine-like tail went down his back. The cursed mask was still attached to his face, but he had raven-black hair, with the sides of his hair spiky like the mask, and two tall, very thin horns on his head, which also looked like the mask's.
The kids stared up, not feeling too fazed by this new form. However, if this was as powerful as Majora claimed, Cheren knew he was in for an intense battle. Fi emerged from Cheren's sword, and the kids looked at her, expecting advice. "Do not fear the enemy, Master. You hold the will of Link, and the joyous feelings bestowed upon the masks you have collected. Use both powers to their fullest potential, and bring an end to the Masked Demon."
Cheren looked at the Fierce Deity Mask in his right hand, and the Triforce of Courage on the back of his left. The Triforce brimmed with a small, golden light, and Cheren could feel its energy. The masks that Cheren has collected, from his six transformation masks to his regular masks, all floated and formed a sphere around the Fierce Deity Mask. The powerful mask brimmed with a white light as the masks infused their selves into it. Cheren touched the mask gently with his back of his Triforce hand, a serious look in his face as he lightly took and fixed the mask on his face. Panini and Nerehc shielded their eyes from the bright flash, and Cheren had morphed into his Fierce Deity form, but his armor was gold as his body shined with golden light.
Cheren whipped out his Deity's Sword and shot into the heavens, leaving a trail of light as he faced Majora at equal level. The two flew off and clashed with Cheren's light against Majora's darkness, flying into the strange, endless space. (Play "Showtime (Extended)" from Homestuck.)
Final boss: ZANIFR MIMCHI
Cheren flew at high speeds through a swarm of asteroids, evading beams of darkness that were launched at Majora from the distance. He swiftly swerved around and avoided as asteroids were sent at him, but one of the large rocks was able to knock him back. Cheren recovered quickly and shot out from behind the rock, keeping after his enemy. Groups of dark portals appeared around his body and started to launch whip strikes, knocking Cheren around a little and causing him to ram into an asteroid.
Cheren shook his head from the impact and kept flying forward, searching around for where his opponent could have gone. Majora immediately attacked him from the left and knocked him into another asteroid. Cheren glared at his opponent as Majora flew above him, and Cheren shot up to deal sword strikes. The demon swiftly swung his whips and blocked the strikes, then wrapped a whip around Cheren's legs and threw him back. Cheren recovered quickly and flew after as Majora soared away, the demon spinning around and launching quick whip strikes. Cheren blocked the whips and shot above the monster, coming down and dealing a round of blows against him.
Majora shot away and zipped behind, dealing a round of rapid-blows to Cheren's backside. He finished by roping Cheren and hurling him upward, then grabbing an asteroid to launch it up to send him flying and smashing against another asteroid. Cheren weakly recovered from the crush, seeing Majora zip by several feet in front of him. He shook his head and kept after the demon, swinging his sword and launching quick sword-rays to chop several incoming asteroids, which Majora was grabbing with his whips, in half. Majora shot to the left and kicked an asteroid at Cheren, but Cheren dodged up and flew at him to throw a round of sword-strikes. Majora blocked from all the strikes with his Whipkind and flew above to launch a series of dark missile spheres from his sharp wings, and Cheren flew all around the place as they homed in on him tight. Each of the spheres came rather fast, and he narrowly zipped around the asteroids to make them crash, but ended up kicked by Majora and sent down to a lower asteroid.
Cheren looked up as the demon was about to impale him with his sharp wings, but Cheren kicked away quickly and got Majora stuck into the asteroid by his wings. Cheren got to his feet and ran at the demon while he was stuck, throwing a powerful kick upside his chin and making purple blood come out his masked face as he was knocked away. Majora held his mask and made sure it was fixed on tight, and dodged quickly when Cheren stabbed his blade at him. Cheren turned around, and was immediately met with a series of kick attacks by Majora's feet, the demon finishing by kicking the left side of his face and making him fly away, with blood shooting out his mouth.
Cheren broke through two asteroids and landed on the third, then dodged quickly as Majora shot down and sliced the third asteroid with his wings. Majora faced Cheren and threw a series of dark daggers with his wings, and Cheren flew backward as he swatted the blades away with his own. Cheren shot down afterward and stabbed his sword into an asteroid and hurled it up, successfully hitting Majora upside the chin. Cheren shot back in front of him and proceeded to deal a round of sword blows against the demon, but Majora recovered and grabbed the blade with his hands (while still holding his whips). He was able to keep the sword back and fly away, flying around Cheren in a circle and launching more daggers from his wings. Cheren shot down, but the blades still followed, but he easily knocked them away with a spin attack.
Majora was flying away again, so Cheren kept after him and launched sword beams, but Majora easily avoided and whipped an asteroid to throw at Cheren, but the Uno child sliced through it easily. Majora stopped and flew into a dark portal, coming behind Cheren and kicking him at another asteroid, then jumping back in as he recovered, coming by the side of the asteroid and kicking it away. Cheren hopped off before it crashed and shot at Majora, pushing him into a portal he was about to enter. They both came out as Cheren shoved him against an asteroid, but Majora recovered quickly and zipped into another portal. Cheren closed his eyes and listened intently, and when he heard the portal spawn behind him, he grabbed the demon's neck, slammed him against the asteroid, and dealt him another round of blows.
Majora eventually grabbed the Uno boy's sword and was able to fly and push him quite a distance. Cheren fell backward and let Majora shoot by, and the demon turned to face him as Cheren knocked asteroids at him. Majora easily dodged the asteroids and used his whip to grab and hurl them back, and as Cheren dodged, Majora suddenly flew at him with a round of rapid whip-strikes, which Cheren did his best to block with his blade, but ended up taking a few hits. Majora disappeared in a portal, and when Cheren recovered, the demon appeared behind him and clutched his left hand and feet to his backside, flying around and slamming the boy's face into several asteroids. He flew to a bigger asteroid as Cheren's face was now riddled with bumps and bruises. Before he could slam his face again, Cheren reached back, grabbed his head, and slammed his face first. Cheren flew back, still holding Majora, and slammed his face again, flew back and slammed again, then flew back, and slammed again.
Cheren eventually let go as Majora's face lay planted in the rock. Majora slumped out and sunk a little, but recovered quickly as he glared at Cheren, blood dripping from his mask. Cheren merely flew in place, keeping his serious glare, while the face on Majora's Mask remained unchanged as always, the only movement from either of them being from Majora's flapping wings. The demon calmed down and closed the eyes behind his mask, and everything went bright.
KND Moonbase
The Sector V operatives were watching eagerly as the three kids slept, hoping that Cheren could win his battle quickly. Suddenly, Majora's Mask began to shake on Miyuki's face, and the mask shot off as it was covered in darkness, shooting out the window into the airless space. Before their eyes, the mask flashed, and Majora's God Tier form was known. They looked at Cheren's body as the boy's eyelids shook, and he made little grunts as he tried to wake. The Uno boy flashed as well, and he awakened in his Fierce Deity form, the kids nearly blinded by the golden light. Cheren shot out into the open space and was unfazed by the lack of oxygen. He faced Majora, and the two immediately began zooming around the moon, clashing sword against whips.
The kids peered out the window as Nerehc woke up as well, walking beside them to see the battle. "Is that… Cheren?" Thomas asked.
"You think?" Nerehc remarked.
They flew a little lower as they moved at high speeds, nearly crashing into a jagged moon rock, but they dodged to opposite sides. They flew back at each other and clashed some more before Majora managed to grab Cheren and shove his face to the grey ground. Cheren shook away and flew ahead, launching a series of sword beams at the demon, but Majora dodged and caught up before lashing more whip-strikes his way. Cheren blocked the whips and caught one around his sword, swinging and slamming Majora into the ground. He was about to impale the demon, but Majora got up and jumped away just in time. Cheren shot after, and Majora flew backwards as he glared, grabbing several moon rocks with his whips and launching them at the deity-boy.
Cheren either dodged or swatted them away with his sword, keeping after the demon at high speeds. By this time, they had flown to the very front of the moon, where the colossal, evil face glared hatefully at the planet, a field of flaming red surrounding the front as it loomed closer and closer toward the Earth, with the Giants still trying to hold it off. Compared to them, Cheren and Majora looked so tiny. Regardless, the two deities continued to brawl, ramming back-and-forth into each other and clashing their weapons. They stopped for a minute as Majora tried to catch his breath, his grip on the dual whips firm. The demon looked at the moon and looked down at the Earth, already feeling he's won. "It's hopeless, Boy! In a matter of minutes, the Earth will be destroyed, and BOTH your worlds will be nothing. I can ultimately return home and be with Miyuki there. Together, we shall take revenge on the fools that denied me, and my vision can come into being."
Cheren grinded his teeth, refusing to let Majora take his friend. "EAAAAAAAUUUUUHHHH!" Immediately, Cheren grabbed the demon's neck and slammed him into the surface of the moon's face. He pulled away as Majora shook weakly, but was immediately met with a storm of powerful sword blows, with a force incredible enough to keep Majora pinned against the moon, and even making the face wince with pain itself. Cheren shot far, far away, a mighty blue light sprouting from his form. The Fierce Deity shot forward, sword aimed directly forward, closing closer and closer on Majora's body. His sword penetrated the side of his body with great force, and this force penetrated the moon and seemed to make all consciousness spew from his face, his enormous mouth dropping wide open. Cheren gripped his sword tight, still penetrated through Majora's hip and the moon's surface as he scrapped a line up the face and toward the Moonbase.
At this time, the kids had their faces pressed fully against the bridge's large window, and Merida stood there beside Sector V as well (she couldn't resist coming into the Time Portal). Panini had awakened, and saw everyone in a straight line alongside the window. The Irish-Polish walked over beside Merida, the two exchanging glances before facing out onto the moon's surface. Cheren seemed to be flying back at high speeds, his sword scraping a huge crack across the surface, with a strange figure stuck on it, and leaving a slight trail of purple blood. When Cheren was close enough to Moonbase, he shot back to the air (er, non-air), with Majora still attached, and with a great surge of power, he launched the demon down with a slicing airwave, colliding with the moon and leaving a huge cloud of smoke. (End song.)
Everyone's mouths hung open in anticipation. If what they saw was true… could it be so? (Play "Can't Escape, Fight!" from One Piece!)
The smoke cleared, and everyone had a view of the battered, rugged Deity Cheren hovering with his sword in his hand. Underneath him, in a gaping hole on the moon, Majora's bloody, torn, beaten body lay there, all consciousness having left his face. His sharp wings were bent, the whips had fallen out of his slumped hands, and he didn't move a single inch.
Wide smiles appeared on everyone's faces. Cheren was hovering in space, the aura of light still brimming around his body. Majora was on the moon. Bloody. Beaten. And in a hole. He's lost.
"YYYYYAAAAAHH!" Panini screamed, hopping higher than she's ever hopped. "Cheren WOOOON! YYEEEAAAHH!"
"Ah-halright! Majora just BIT the dust!" Thomas exclaimed.
"No better way to go out than moon dust." Celeste commented.
"He really knows how to put on a show." Harry said, feeling very excited inside.
"Hm." Nerehc smirked. "Not bad, Uno. Not bad."
Melissa smiled at her friend, feeling very glad to have traveled with him. Truman Kirman smiled as well, Cheren's light reflecting off his glasses. Merida, although she barely knew anything about what was happening here, was happy that her new friend completed his task. From another window, Don Gero smiled, a prideful look in his ancient eyes with his bubble pipe clutched in his lips. The many fallen demons that had invaded the base remained unconscious, feeling absolutely no strength left in them, while the kids that they held hostage jumped and cheered in victory. The two Fathers remain unconscious inside the Decommissioning Chamber, feeling absolutely dizzy, and in need of some rocky road.
The remaining demons who were still standing gaped in absolute shock. This was a sure sign that they had lost. "M…Master?" a Moblin said.
"Majora?" a Bokoblin gaped.
Immediately, the Kids Next Door turned to glare at them, and the demons flinched with fear. "You wanna finish this?" Harry asked, glaring as he readied his Slingshot. Celeste tugged her, um, burned rope, Thomas lifted his hammer over his shoulder, Melissa held up her shrink ray, Kellie did a ballet twirl, Merida readied an arrow, and Nerehc charged some lightning while Panini held green flames.
"Nnnn-no-no, that's okay!" the Moblin said as they all grinned innocently. "We'll just be off now." Immediately, the demons screamed and cowered away, hurrying as fast as they could to the hangar where they boarded their ships and shot toward the Earth. Cheren kept his serious look and merely watched them, not desiring to waste energy. He looked at the Moonbase, seeing the vibrant smiles on all the kids' faces. Cheren smiled back, having not felt more victorious in his life. (End song.)
From a safe distance across the moon's field, Vriska had finished watching their climactic fight. An impressed look was on her face. "These people sure surprise me... So, this is what the Will of Sixes is a8out. I h8 to imagine what others might 8e like."
The terrifying face disappeared from the moon, but the red flame still surrounded it. "Raaawwwwrrrr-rrrr-rrrrrrAAARRRrr!" The Giants had nearly exhausted their strength at this point, and were struggling to push the moon back.
"Hey, Cheren, put a brake on the party wagon for a minute!" Thomas yelled. "The moon's still gonna crash!"
Cheren gasped, turning back to face the Giants. He still felt powerful in his deity form, but he didn't have enough strength to shove the moon back to its place. …If only he could use his Giant's Mask.
"Hmhmhmhm." Cheren heard the familiar laugh of the Mask Man and looked up at the Moonbase window. There the Mask Man stood, a green Rumble Ball clutched in his fingers. The boy immediately shot up and inside the Moonbase, staring at the man's grinning face. "Here…" With a tearful look, Sanula touched Cheren's face, and pulled the Giant's Mask from the Deity's. He lightly placed the ball into the mask, and gave it to Cheren.
Cheren nodded and shot back outside, going all the way down to the Earth as the moon loomed closer and closer to Sector V's treehouse. Cheren slipped the mask on, his limbs began to swell with blood, and his deity body grew and grew to several hundred feet tall, crushing several houses under his feet. In his deity form, he stood even taller than the Giants, and the kids were amazed at his true godlike form. He held his mighty arms open, and gripped the moon tight as it came down, and kept a firm stance as he struggled to keep the moon up. Cheren pushed as strong as he could, the preceding battle having nearly consumed all of his strength. However, he refused to let this world, or HIS world, be destroyed, and he would hold it up as long as it took. …Except that his Giant's Mask had a limit.
However, a sense of relief flowed through his arms all of a sudden. The Six Giants had gathered beside him, inspired by his determination, and used the last of their strength to shove the moon back into space. Cheren was touched by their assistance, and this gave him the strength to keep pushing. The moon was slowly inching back toward the heavens, and the kids smiled in excitement and relief. With a forceful shove from all seven Giants, the moon went flying back into space, and began its slow, calming rotation as if nothing ever happened.
"YAAAAAAYYYY!!!"
"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Melissa screamed from the heavens. "MY HOOOOOOUUUUUUSSSEE!!!!"
Cheren looked under his left foot and grinned sheepishly.
On the moon
Cheren returned to the moon after having shrunk back to normal, still in his deity form. Majora lay in his hole, still unconscious, as Cheren stared with slight pity. Cheren pulled out his Spirit Flute and did what he always did: played the Song of Healing. Doo-doo-dooo, doo-doo-dooo, doo-doo, do-do-dooooo.
Dim, purple light began to shine around the demon. He felt every ounce of incredible pain leave his body. He held himself up with one arm, his body still drenched in blood. "Mmmmm…" Majora released a calm, relaxed sigh. "I haven't heard that song... for soooo many years… It always… calmed me down."
Cheren stood and stared, listening patiently.
"Heh… it seems Link's bloodline HAS reached far. It's even gotten… much stronger. Or… is that the Shadow Family's doing? Heheh." He looked up with a joking look.
Cheren remained silent. He would wait for Majora to finish.
Majora slumped down again and continued. "I cannot say… I'm not proud of the things I've done. My mask… has always been marked for evil. The darkness that lay in me… was always waiting to sprout out. One would look at me… and expect not much. This mask… was a symbol of my spiritual form. It showed what I was on the inside… on the outside…"
"Right…" Cheren spoke in his deeper, deity voice. "The mask doesn't define a character. It's what's inside of them."
"Hn hn hn. …I guess you're right." Majora looked back up. "But look at yourself. Look at me. Are we really that different from our outsides… as to our insides?"
"…I'm not sure. It depends on what else is inside… doesn't it?"
"Hnn…" Majora looked down, a smirk behind his mask. "You're right again." A silence followed. Majora still glowed as no sound was heard in this vastness of space. "Ahhh… what a marvelous life I've had. These past few days… and the days I've had back then. They all seem like so much…"
"It's too bad you couldn't live longer. You could be different." Cheren stated.
"Hnn hnn hnn… no… Even if I was meant to die here… I wouldn't change. Ahh… but how exciting was all of this. After all my years… of suspended life. I'm glad… to have met people like you."
"Hmm…"
"How your friendships… stick together. It's… intriguing.. to me. And Miyuki… aaahh, Miyuki. So unappreciated… so alike. It would've been nice to be able to take her. No one's ever… felt so close."
"Quit reminiscing." Cheren eye-rolled. "We're not finished here yet. Who are you? Where are you from?"
"Hmm…" Majora looked up, keeping his smirk. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
And Majora disappeared, leaving only his mask. Cheren approached the mask quietly, and was filled with slight disappointment.
You've got Majora's Mask! Congratulations! You've just freed the semi-innocent being that was kept imprisoned within the body of evil Majora! Now give this to the Mask Man!
"…I'll see you… again…"
Sector V's neighborhood. Yes, it's still Termina.
A few days passed, and Miyuki finally woke up. Bird chirps sounded through the air, and the cool spring winds breezed across the trees and grass (in case you forgot, this story was started in Spring ). Tiny trickles of sunlight poured to her eyes through the breezing leaves as Cheren Uno stood smiling over her face. "Hey." He said friendly. "You awake, sleepy?"
"Mmmmm…" Miyuki lightly moaned, rubbing her forehead. Sector V, Merida, Panini, and Nerehc and Pablo were watching them, too, and afterwards directed their attention to the towering Giants looking down on them.
Miyuki frowned still, a look of sadness in her eyes. The Giants' tiny, beady eyes stared down at her, no emotion clear on their blank faces. "…Is this… my judgment?..." Miyuki spoke.
"Oooooom."
Miyuki stood up and faced her body towards them. Her head slumped downward, and her hands shook furiously. "I…I just want to say…" Her head shot up, eyes flowing with tears, "I'M HAPPY FOR HELPING HIM!" (Play the "Giants' Exit" from Majora's Mask.)
"RAAAWWWWRRR, raawwrr-rooorrr-rooorr-ROOOR-RAAARR." The earth quaked under the stomping of their giant feet as the colossal beings began to walk away. Miyuki fell to her knees and cried, and the kids ducked as one of their feet flew overhead, caught within the Giant's shadow. The six stomped in different directions, walking farther and farther until they vanished into the distance.
"HEEEY." Thomas yelled out. "CAN ONE OF YOU, um, CRUSH MY SCHOOL OR SOMETHING?"
One of the Giants squished a chunk of Gallagher Elementary and continued walking.
"OKAAAY. THAANKS."
The stomping echoed in the distance. They watched until the Giants were no longer visible over the horizon. Soon, they were gone, and everything fell to silence as Miyuki still cried.
Later… (Play "Gold and Oden (the second part)" from One Piece.)
The sky couldn't look more blue over Cleveland of Termina. The demons had cleared away from the land, and any houses that were crushed during the Moonfall were repaired. The Happy Mask Man hugged Majora's Mask warmly to his chest, his joyous eyes filled with hope and love. "Ahhh… the dawn of a new day." He spoke, voice hoarse from the tears that nearly formed. "Such a wonderful feeling." He lightened his grip on the mask, turning to face Cheren. "Well… now I finally have it back. …I knew you would. Ever since… that day…"
The Happy Mask Man was taking a calm stroll through the fields of DunBroch, his huge, heavy pack strapped tight to his back. Just then, the young brown-haired boy dashed by him, stopping in surprise. "Happy Mask Man!"
"Ooh?" the grinning man looked curiously at him. They spoke for a while. And then: "You rescued the Giant, have you? Such a task does not come small… Only one with vast courage would want to even try. It seems this land is safe now… thanks to you."
The Mask Man smiled at the memory. He never expected to see that kid hundreds of years later.
"Nnnck! Nnnck!" Young, seven-year-old Cheren swung and smacked his sword fast and hard as he could against the standing log in his front yard, his mother relaxed on the lawn chair. The Mask Man was just taking a casual stroll through the neighborhood, when the little boy caught his attention. The brown hair on his head. The chestnut eyes behind his thin, red glasses. He looked so familiar. He expressed a fire in his soul, similar to what he's seen before. He immediately knew… he wanted to know more about this kid.
The Mask Man kept his smile, staring off into space. He couldn't be more proud of the decision he made.
Cheren stared oddly at the smiling man. He was wondering what he was thinking about. But decided not to ask.
The Mask Man stashed the mask away and looked at Cheren. "It's like I told you before. Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. But that parting need not last forever. …And… it hasn't."
Cheren looked confused. He doesn't remember him telling him that.
The Mask Man grinned tearfully. "And now we must part again. Whether this parting be forever or merely a short time… that is up to you. …But I know… we'll see each other again." The Mask Man turned and began to walk away. He stopped and turned around, speaking again. "Oh yes. You seem to have made quite a number of people happy. The masks that you have are filled with happiness. This is truly a good happiness." Silence. "…But. While the world is saved from catastrophe… I am sure there are plenty more people out there who still desire happiness. If you are to leave… please come back sometime."
The Mask Man turned and pulled out a mask of a strange bird person, and slipped it on his face. Before their eyes, long, white wings sprouted from his back, and he soared across the heavens, vanishing on the horizon. (End song.)
As he left, Cheren turned back at Miyuki, her head still down, but she stopped crying. "Miyuki…" he spoke calmly, approaching and taking her hands. "I know you really wanted to help him. But I…I had to stop him. And the truth is, I am trying to be like my mom. But that's not the only reason I wanted to save you. I really do like you as a friend, Miyuki. And Sector IC likes you as a friend, too. You just have to give them a chance." She didn't look up. Her eyes glanced away. "…I just… wanted you to know that." Cheren let go, and was about to walk off.
Miyuki suddenly touched his shoulder, and he flinched lightly. "No…" He turned around as she still kept her head down. "I realize now… that no matter what anyone does… will be based on selfish reasons. …But…" Cheren listened intently. Miyuki looked up and faced him. "I guess it depends… if their selfishness… can be good, or not." She walked in front of him, the sadness seeming to have left her frowning face. "My decision to help Majora… his decision to destroy the world. …Your decision to be like your mother. …I will try to see… the good side in them." And to Cheren's surprise, Miyuki sported a light smile. "I would like to spend time with Sector IC now."
Cheren gave a happy smile. "Eh heheh!"
At that moment, a strange Brown Chuchu and a Blue Chuchu wobbled their way over. The Sector V kids readied their weapons, putting on serious looks. "Think these guys need one more lesson?" Melissa asked.
"Hold on." Cheren stopped them. The Uno boy stepped closer and observed them. There was a particular look about them. "…Zach? Maddy?"
The twin blobs frowned grumpily. Behind them, a simple, skinny Stalfos wobbled its way over, grinning confusedly. Cheren stared in disbelief. This was Bright Idea. "…Ehh… I'll fix them when I get back."
Delightful Mansion From Down The Lane
The kids entered Father's throne room, staring up at the wide, circular portal device. "So THIS is what both Fathers used to travel between dimensions?" Melissa asked.
Truman walked over to the portal's controls and pressed the big, red button, and the portal immediately sparked to life. "It seems that way. And it looks like it's already marked for 'Hyrule.'"
"Then I guess this is good-bye." Cheren figured.
"Awwww." Kellie looked sad. "Do you reeaallyyy have to goooo?"
"Heheheh!" Cheren chuckled. "I'm afraid I do. But hey, I'll come to see you again."
Kellie grinned cheerfully.
"Oh yeah!" Melissa beamed. "We got you a little parting gift!" she reached into her rear pocket and pulled out a bottle with a tiny, dizzy Father inside it. "You kinda dropped your bottle, and I figured, what better way to hold him? We made sure he was yours, so don't worry."
"Mmmmnn, don't take the rocky ROOOAD, Mommy…"
The kids burst into excited, joyous laughter.
Cheren took the bottle and asked, "Oh yeah, what about your Father?"
"Well, since we were in the Decommissioning Room, anyway, we decided to erase his memory of the whole Majora thing." Thomas explained. "By tomorrow, he'll be back to his regular plans."
"We should hide this portal somewhere safe, though." Celeste suggested.
"Heheh, yeah." Cheren agreed.
"So, THIS is a TV?" Merida asked, curiously observing the rectangular device by Father's throne. "It looks like a magic mirror." She glared into the black screen, seeing her dim reflection. "That doesn't reflect very well."
"Man, what year is this girl FROM, anyway?" Thomas remarked.
Cheren shook his head playfully. Miyuki approached the Scottish time-traveler and handed her a bag of light-blue dust. "Here. You might need this to get back."
"Hm-hm! Thanks!" Merida smiled.
Nerehc sighed, "All right, are we done with the farewells? I want my mom to kill me as less as possible. Unless I can blame it on Arorua." The Zach and Maddy blobs jumped, saying that they agree.
"Yeah, I guess we should." Cheren said. (Play "To the Grand Line" from One Piece.)
Cheren, Nerehc, Panini, and Miyuki, as well as the Zach, Mad, and Bright Idea monsters, stood before the spiraling gateway, the brightness reflecting off their gaze as the way back home stood before them. The four kids turned back at the smiling, waving Terminan Kids Next Door. "Take caaaaare!" Truman called.
"Come back sometiiiiime!" Melissa called.
"Come and play RAINBOW MONKEYS with meee!" Kellie grinned cheerfully.
"And let's go to the park!" Celeste called.
"We could train together sometime!" Thomas said.
"Time Gates are always open, sorta!" Merida called.
"Justo así, señor Nerehc! Ven a verme otra vez! (Fair well, Mister Nerehc! Come and see me again!)"
"GOOD luck with that, buddy." Nerehc smirked, not understanding a word.
"And, guys, you know we're only a few inches away?" Cheren mentioned, questioning their yelling.
"Well, just in case you can't hear us through the portal." Celeste stated.
"Heheheheh!" Cheren laughed.
"Dude, I will NEVER forget that laugh." Melissa retorted.
"Heheheh!" Cheren laughed again. "I DO use it a lot."
"Hm hm hm! I don't wanna forget it."
"Heheheh! Thanks." Zach and Maddy impatiently bumped Cheren from the sides, their eyes furrowing. "Okay, okay, we'll go!"
Zach, Maddy, and Bright Idea were the first to enter the portal, shrinking into the pinkness. The four remaining kids faced their Terminan friends one more time. "Hm…" Cheren smirked. "I'll come back."
"I hope you do." Harry said.
"He'll have to talk with me about that." Nerehc stated.
"Ahhh, make it a surprise!" Melissa grinned.
"Hm…" Cheren really didn't want to leave these kids. Despite the little drama that's happened, he really enjoyed his time in this world. The whole adventure was exciting. And traveling with them made it even better. He hoped to see them again. And he could tell, they felt the same way, too.
The four kids stepped into the spiraling vortex, smiling and waving as they slowly shrunk into the pinkness. The seven operatives and Pablo waved and waved and waved, long after the operatives had vanished from sight. They didn't want to say good-bye. But maybe, they didn't have to. They would see each other again. They knew it… After all, they would leave the portal open when they could.
End transmission.
(Play "Ending 15" from One Piece.)
Operation: MASKED: Cast:
Sharon Mann as Cheren Uno, Nerehc Onu, and Harry Uno
Jennifer Hale as Panini Drilovsky
Upon their return to Hyrule Dimension, Cheren was met with hugs from his brother, his sister, and especially his mother. Panini, on the other hand, was facing a storm of angry shouts from Francis, whom hadn't let go of the fact that Panini dumped the job of Supreme Temporary Leader on him.
Melissa Fahn as Miyuki Crystal
Scott McGregor as George King
MaKayla Rogers as MaKayla King
Dee Bradley Baker as Terry Stork
Tom Kenny as Zach Murphy
Tara Strong as Maddy Murphy
Sector IC was very happy to see Miyuki returned safely to them, getting hugs from Lola and MaKayla. And for the first time ever, she was glad to be back.
Rachael MacFarlane as Rachel Uno, Aurora Uno, Arorua Onu, and Lehcar EiznekCm
Matt Levin as Thomas Drilovsky and Francis Drilovsky
Arorua's hair and clothing were a mess, near the edge of insanity if she failed to find her brother. Nerehc suddenly walked up behind her downtown and greeted, and Arorua gave a blood-hurdling scream. She embraced her brother in an excited, crazy, relieved hug, as Nerehc questioned what was wrong. Arorua, in a very calm, relieved voice, said nothing, and calmly walked home with her brother.
Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan
Lance Henriksen as Kerchak
Robin Atkin Downes as Captain Slag
Wally Wingert as Rusty Pete
Cheren had given Slag's Mask to Rusty Pete before leaving. The skinny first mate was happily slow-dancing around the deck of the ship, holding Slag's Mask romantically. From his room, Sprocket rolled his eyes in disgust, muttering "Sissy," before returning to water his plants.
Lauren Tom as Kellie Beatles, Lola Stork, Celeste Stork, and Terezi Pyrope
Ted Lewis as Truman Kirman
Kelly Macdonald as Merida DunBroch
Grey DeLisle as Mikaela Dimalanta
A strange, shiny white mask with a fancy design hovered and spun slowly onscreen. This was a sidequest that had yet to be completed.
Mark Hamill as Majora
Maurice LaMarche as Father A and FatherB
Aaron Spann as Zanifr Mimchi
Ahmed Best as Gekko
Chopper Bernet as Karkat Vantas
Kari Wahlgren as Vriska Serket
KND by Mr. Warburton
Original Majora's Mask by Nintendo
OCs by Gamewizard2008, Numbuh 6.13, CodeLyokoIsTheBest, and others.
Published by Fanfiction
Presented by Gamewizard2008
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Cleveland Beach; Hyrule Dimension
The sun was nearly set over the horizon. Waves brushed against the sands and jagged rocks as Majora's Mask lay on its back, the waves washing across its face. Zanifr Mimchi, in his normal, grey-skinned form, felt around his heart-shaped face. He was back in his pale purple pants and black shirt with a purple heart symbol. He was normal again.
Footsteps were heard behind him. Stepping across the sand, another grey-skinned being, with horns that formed a heart, silky, raven hair, and a shirt with a curvy, smiley face, held the mask of the Happy Mask Man in his hands, his grin matching the grin of the salesman's.
Zanifr still couldn't believe it himself. He couldn't find the words. "…I'm back."
"yoU are!" ^U^
"…It still feels… so weird." ovMvo
"yoU have very strange type." C=
"Hm hm. It is not great, but it's MMine."
The two stood in silence for a few moments, staring at the setting sun under the dark blue sky. "…yoU maDe a Deal with Vriska?"
"Yes…"
"I tolD yoU not to talk with her."
"She is MMisunderstood."
^__^
More silence. The waves sounded nice to their ears.
"The air in this world is very strange." ovMvo
"it's lovely, thoUgh."
"…Are there others, do you think?"
"there jUst may be. …if there are… I woUld like to see them." ^D^
"I MMay, too."
A few more moments of quiet.
"…yoU maDe GoD Tier." Sanula smiled happily.
"Hmmmm. Not the way I expected."
"bUt still… yoU shoUld feel mUCh better."
"That all depends…"
The two left the beach after awhile. Their two masks were left in the sand, Majora's creepy stare and Sanula's joyous grin, as the waves washed over their faces.
And so… Operation: MASKED is done. We've had a good run; almost a whole year. Not as long as Firstborn, but this story DEFINITELY falls second place. And now, our final thoughts. …I… loved writing this. I'm really proud of how this story turned out. I was able to write out nearly an entire Zelda game, even if the puzzles weren't the greatest. But, as far as action stages and boss battles go, this story had the best of all of them in my series. Heck, even better than Firstborn's, 'course Firstborn is greater than this. But I'm really proud of how this story turned out. So thanks to Numbuh 227, Depthcharge, CosmicFourze, Epik, One Earth, NuclearPixelemental, and anyone else who read through this the whole way (assuming no one got lazy on the levels ), here's to the greatest story in the Nextgen Series thus far. Next time, the end of the Viridi Saga, Viridi's Last Stand. I will see you later.
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....I miss Captain Slag. :,(