NintendoFanKimmy:
Legend in the Making

Chapter Seventeen: The Sword of Ice and Demon
Lord Ghirahim

        Kimmy and friends
were once again greeted by the blinding dawn of a new day. “Ugh,” complained
greenluigi as he slowly got up from his unimpressive bed of autumn leaves in
the Knight Academy’s courtyard. Then, he picked up his pocket knife and
continued walking on his way up the steps of the academy. “I’ve got to master
my skills with Gaepora,” he thought to himself. “If Kimmy can brush up on her
element-bending skills, why can’t I practice on what I excel at?” Then, he
sharpened his knife with a rough rock he picked up on his way. “Sword
fighting.” Meanwhile, the ever powerful-growing Mr. Zed was whipping away at
tiles of cinder blocks located within a horse’s stable in an unknown World. His
training proved to be valuable; his long, black tail was nearly as tough as
leather, and could easily bash up any enemy that dared to pick a fight.
Everyone found it kind of amusing that the XZH Hack’s ‘army’ wasn’t even aware
about the pieces locked within them. Their ignorance was probably a good thing;
if they knew they were part of an army, they’d be much more fired up.
Matthew2321’s electrical capabilities surpassed the limit by far. He was
nearing his goal of becoming the world’s most powerful Pokémon. As for A user
of this, his troop of Pikmin friends was flourishing, and so was his
confidence. He practiced day and night at his aim and strength while throwing
the Pikmin at select targets. DenzGamer135, along with Kimmy, was training with
his friends and trainer. His fire-bending skills were improving. The
silver-haired woman, Eniitan, continued on her travels pursuing her goal of
restoring peace at any given occasion. NintendoFanKimmy herself spent all
morning trying to calm down her odd-acting Meganium, Chiko. “Easy, boy, easy,”
she kept reassuring it while trying to gesture it to stop jumping up and down
in the hotel room. “You’re acting fishy again. This isn’t the first time you’ve
been like this… You were tensed up a couple of days ago, too. What’s eating
you?” Chiko neither listened nor responded, but he kept emitting his cry and
jumping up and down uneasily. Then, worried of it getting too agitated, Kimmy
clicked on the button at the center of the ball capsule, and the nervous
Pokémon was pulled back in. Kimmy sighed. “That’s something I’ll have to look
into later. For now, I’d better focus on the matter at hand.” She put on her
shoes and headed out of the hotel. Then, she was sent crashing to the ground by
her fast-moving trainer. “Ouch,” she complained. Then, her head turned up to
get a look at who she bumped into, hoping it would be that dashing, blond,
blue-eyed Clifton guy again. “Master?” Then, he pulled his knocked down student
to her feet. “I’m dreadfully sorry, Kimmy,” her trainer apologized, looking
rather anxious. “But the element-bending tournament is cancelled. So are all of
your future sessions.” NintendoFanKimmy’s eyes grew wide. “W-what? Why?” Then,
she could have sworn she caught a glimpse of an ever so slight tear trickling
down her master’s old, worried face. “The dojo,” he trembled, “is destroyed.” Then,
Kimmy jumped. “What? Who would do such a thing?” Then, he dabbed his eye with
his long, yellow sleeve. “I don’t know. But, until further notice, you don’t
have anything to attend to anymore. I’m sorry…” Then, he walked away, with a
devastated face. NintendoFanKimmy felt incredibly sorry for him; she knew how
much that dojo, along with the business meant to him. “I’ll avenge it, Master,”
she vowed. “I’ll track down whoever did this… No doubt, it’s probably some
villain form another World. Apparently, Aang already killed all antagonists in
this one.” Then, she thought about herself for a while. The loss of the
training service was definitely not going to her any good. How else could she
prepare? “Then again,” she thought. “I probably already have it all.” Then,
matters only got worse. She lost her hotel room; the rent was overdue, and she
hadn’t a single penny in her pocket. She grabbed the Pokéball, her only
belonging, and sulked away to the fountain at the center of the town. She sat
down at the edge. “Heh, heh,” she chuckled. “Kind of reminds of Vizzed… when
green and I were planning the escape on the last night we would have before
this whole mess began…” Then, she began reconsidering leaving in the first
place. Why did they even leave? Did they seriously believe they had a chance
against XZH? Then, she went over to more positive side. “We did beat Shao Kahn,
after all,” she said hopefully. “With the Sylveon User lent us.” They had also
defeated Antasma, the Bat King, who Jerry had shot at the last second. Also,
they busted up the Titan Dweevil and saved Louie. Perhaps they weren’t so
pathetic, after all. All they needed was friends. And help. The only problem
was – what now? “All of my friends are gone,” she mumbled. “I guess I have to
go to the next World, then. Hopefully, I’ll find a villain with an XZH piece
left. We only destroyed one,” she remembered green stabbing it with his pocket
knife back at the purple-hazed Mario World. Then, she shook her head. “Less
thinking, more doing. We have to go.” She plopped Chiko in her jacket’s pocket
and started moving towards the sunset and the ‘wall of Jell-O”. Just then, she
felt a familiar hand grab her left shoulder from behind. Then, she heard a
familiar voice. “Kimmy! Wait! Don’t leave! Not yet… I know you have something
important to take care of, and we may never cross paths again, but… I want to
show you something special.” She turned around. It was just as she suspected.
Clifton Smith. “Clifton!” she exclaimed, surprised at herself for forgetting
about him. He cracked that warm smile again; the smile that made his pearly,
white teeth shine. “Come with me. One last night…” Kimmy smiled. “Okay,
Clifton.” Then, she followed the gentleman into the deep, dark woods. The sun
had set, and the big, glowing moon was rising. “Kimmy,” he began. “If there was
any way I could say goodbye to you, this would be it. I’ve heard the moon is
going to be at its most beautiful tonight. I would love to see it with you…”
Then, NintendoFanKimmy’s grin grew wider. “Thanks, Clifton.” Then, they sat on
the verge of a grassy cliff with the best view imaginable. Kimmy felt a tear
well up in her left eye. This would be a memorable night. Saying goodbye would
be so painful. But it was the right thing to do. Clifton tightened his grip on
Kimmy’s hand. “Isn’t it enchanting?” he commented. “Yes,” Kimmy replied. After
staring at the beautifully glowing white ball above them, it was almost as if
she had fallen into a trance. The moon was so big, and so beautiful that night.
The starry sky was breathtaking, but the moon’s beauty made the other shining
stars dwarf in comparison. It was almost like a clever distraction someone
would use for a trap. It was so mind-taking that she didn’t even feel Clifton’s
hand slip out of hers. She didn’t even hear the sound of his disguise’s zipper
sliding down. She didn’t even see that Clifton was not Clifton. She didn’t even
hear the rough rock sending sparks from Clifton’s long, black pirate sword.
Then, she heard a twig behind her go snap. She bolted up instantly. Then, she
turned to her right. “Clifton?” she asked in concern. “Clifton, where are you?”
She got up and turned around. A tall, white-haired, egotistical-looking figure
stood before her. He was wearing a white, diamond-themed unitard, a pair of
white gloves, a golden, red gem-bearing belt, and a tall-collared red cape. He
let out an evil-sounding snicker and smiled infamously. “Uh,” Kimmy was
confused. “Who the hell are you?” Then, his snicker grew to an evil laugh that
made NintendoFanKimmy frown. “What is it? What’s so funny? Did you do anything
to the blond that was sitting right next to me?” Finally, the tall figure
talked surprisingly calmly. “So, you still haven’t figured it out, eh? Was the
moon that entrancing?” Then, the Vizzed citizen thought about the situation for
a second. “That must be it!” she concluded. “You killed him!” Then, the man
face-palmed. “Ha, ha, you really aren’t the brightest one around, are you?”
This enraged Kimmy; her fist nearly caught fire like when her trainer refused
to let her join the group because of missing out on her first lesson. “Tell me
where he is! Now!” Then, the mysterious figure seemed to have lost him
amusement. “Now, you’re just toying with me, right?” he asked, not believing
how dumb Kimmy was acting. “He’s standing right in front of you, you fool!”
NintendoFanKimmy took into account what he might have been saying, but decided
he didn’t mean it that way. “I don’t see him…” Intimidated by his cunning death
stare, she decided to quickly say something else. “What’s your name, anyway?”
Then, the amused smile returned to the man’s face. It wasn’t very reassuring,
however. “I go by many names. It’s Ghirahim for the most part, though. Demon
Lord Ghirahim. During many disguises I have strategically gone through to
dispose of my opponents, though, I have been known by other names. Including
Clifton Smith.” Then, Kimmy nearly collapsed, and her entire world was turned
upside-down. She dropped to her knees and clutched the soil. She shed a few
tears and trembled. “C-Clifton Smith… N-never existed? Lovely, dashing, blond,
blue-eyed Clifton? It can’t be! It can’t be!” She started to cry, but her
sadness quickly mixed with anger – a dangerous combination for anyone nearby. “Why
would you?” she said threateningly, walking towards Ghirahim. Then, her whole
body caught fire, and her hair and jacket were blowing fast. She yelled and
charged to her opponent with an iron-hot blazing fist at the ready. The Demon
Lord simply caught it and the flame blew out almost instantly. Then, he
tightened his grip on her hand. “Foolish child. I could break your hand in a
mere number of seconds. That’s my strategy, you see. Depression can tear apart
you opponent, making them much easier to deal with. I’ve decided to get you
attached to a person who never existed.” Kimmy thought that was such a
monstrous thing to do. “Why me?” she asked, swiftly breaking free from his
grasp. “What have I ever done to you?” Ghirahim chuckled again. “Nothing
personal. I was thought to be dead after my master, Demise, was driven to his
knees by that brat, Link. I survived, though. Then, I met up with your cousin.”
NintendoFanKimmy nearly gasped. “G-greenluigi?” He nodded. “Yes. He gave me
quite an impressive beating back at the Zelda World. I’ve decided to abandon
him where we were fighting. I guessed this would be a fun way to pay the little
sucker back.” Kimmy ignored the comment and charged at him again, this time
summoning grand mountains on her way. Ghirahim just bolted out his fist, which
shattered the fast-moving mountains upon contact. This power surprised Kimmy.
She knew at that point that she was no match for this guy. “I surrender,” she
decided smartly, before it would be late. “Oh ho,” he laughed. “I don’t think
so. This isn’t some power-tester or something. This is revenge.”
NintendoFanKimmy swallowed. Then, she returned to her battle stance. “In that
case,” she began. “I’m not going down without putting up a fight.” Then, Demon
Lord Ghirahim unsheathed his sword. “En garde.” Kimmy’s element tricks weren’t
bery useful, as her opponent seemed to be either immune or able to stop all of
them. For defense? That was a different story. After a few moments of running
and hiding, NintendoFanKimmy was cornered against a large oak tree near where
she was watching the moon. “Think fast,” she thought to herself. Then, the
Demon Lord’s sword was aiming straight for Kimmy, and her reflex left her
astonished. She had summoned a small swirl of water from the lake nearby, and
it froze almost instantly. The ice Kimmy had formed was so strong that it
disarmed Ghirahim. She ran for the sword, but was stopped by his punch to the
face. Soon, he had his sword once again, and looked at Kimmy suspiciously. “You
wretched brat!” He ran to her with dazzling speed, but her water-to-ice reflex
happened again, leaving the Demon Lord shocked. “What are you, child?” Kimmy
smiled. “Oh, no one special. I’m just the second Avatar.” Ghirahim nearly
dropped his sword. He wanted to think she was lying, but after putting
everything together, it made perfect sense. Her fist caught fire when she
thought he killed “Clifton”, she summoned large, rocky mountains while charging
at him at the beginning of the battle, and she froze water when she defended
herself. All that she didn’t use was air. Even so, being able to control three
elements was enough to tell the tale. Even two. A normal bender would only be
able to control one. Nevertheless, he couldn’t lose to this brat, even if she
was the second living Avatar. The enemy yelled and ran towards NintendoFanKimmy
once again, this time making sure he wouldn’t miss. Kimmy summoned a swirl of
water once again, and froze it into a sword instead. “Whoa!” Kimmy said in
amazement. “I’m not good at wielding swords or direct combat, but having one
can really help!” Then, she continued to quickly block his attacks. “If I don’t
switch to offense soon,” she thought to herself. “I’m toast.” Then, she
summoned all her courage and might and thrust the sword of ice towards her
opponent. “Pathetic,” mocked Ghirahim, who dodged it with ease. “Try to dodge
this.” He disarmed Kimmy, and swiftly picked up her sword of ice. “Heh, quite
the sword you have there. If you don’t mind, I’ll be testing it now.” Then, he
slashed the sword towards NintendoFanKimmy, defenseless and cornered. She shut
her eyes tight and tensed up, bracing herself for the impact, but… nothing
happened. All she heard was a clatter. “Huh?” she opened up one eye. “Green!”
Her blond cousin stood in front of her holding a foot-long blade with a
scorching red blaze circling it, and a dead serious look in his eye. “Surrender,”
he threatened. “Or die.” Ghirahim was suddenly enraged, and he began slashing
like crazy at greenluigi, who blocked and dodged his attacks easily. “You! You’re
that mouthy kid I met at the Zelda World! I’m not letting you get away with
this!” Then, green smirked. There was something different about him that Kimmy
noticed. Was green actually being… serious? For once in his life, he proved to
be a ruthless warrior, and he had finally become a master swordfighter. Within
the span of five minutes, the Demon Lord was on his trembling knees; a sword to
his neck. “Don’t you dare.” Then, green dared. “Demon! You won’t ever threaten
another innocent life ever again!” Then, he performed the final blow, and
Ghirahim evaporated into a cloud of purple haze. “T-that haze!” stuttered
Kimmy, getting up. “Doesn’t it mean a piece of XZH was inside him.” Without
saying a word, greenluigi walked up to the piece and shattered it with a
powerful blow from his sword. Shortly after, more purple haze evaporated from
the piece as well. Green sheathed his sword. His cousin also noticed a large,
red shield hanging from his back, bearing a blue infinity logo at the center
with green aura circling it. Then, he began to walk away, still with a serious
face. He had matured over the given time. “Wait!” Kimmy called, running up to
him. She gave him a big hug and smiled. “Where are you going?” Green didn’t
smile. “Forward.” She still wondered why he was like this. “What’s with you,
green?” Then, he got angry. “What do you mean, ‘what’s wrong with you’? I’ve
become more mature now, unlike you. Anyone can change, Kimmy. After you
discovered your dumb element tricks, I decided to go and prove to you that my
power is equal to yours. You’re not better than me, or Matt, or User, or Zed,
or anyone else. We all have potential, too, you know!” Greenluigi was right. NintendoFanKimmy
backed off. “Whoa, whoa, whoa, I never said that! I just got confident, that’s
all!” The blond raised an eyebrow. Then, Kimmy sighed. “Sorry. I may have
gotten a little carried away. But I do think your powers are just as strong as mine.”
Then, afraid that he would walk away again, she shoved her hands into her jeans’
pockets, sulked, and started to walk away. “Hey, hold on a second!” greenluigi
called. “I want a fight.” Kimmy couldn’t believe her ears. She turned around. “What?”
Green walked closer. “You heard me.” Then, he unsheathed his sword once again. “Right
here.” He frowned. “Right now.”