Beat saw dark things in his dreams. He saw all his friends laying scattered across a blood-soaked desert. There were several people he didn't recognize. The bodies of his comrades were burned and had many slash wounds all over them. The ones that were most scarred were those Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, and the sages. He stood in the center of the scorched battle ground and gasped in horror. He was covered in fresh blood, but he was unscathed. He felt a sharp pain in his left arm, and looked to see his Antriforce had strange tattoos covering his arm. He looked to either side and found himself standing with the two he had vowed to kill, Jacob and Skull King.
"You've proven yourself quite well Rage." cackled Jacob.
"You will be the most powerful of my soldiers. If you were to become a Bone Soldier your power would increase by two hundred percent." congratulated the man of bones.
"You are the only one besides my king that I will serve. You are the deadliest of our lords Sins." laughed Jacob.
"I don't care for either of your titles. I only have one thing to guide me, and that is my wrath. The only ones that can stop me are long dead." laughed Beat insanely. He looked into the scythe he held in his hands and saw the new face he had. His once kind golden eyes were shallow and cruel, he had black tattoos covering his face making it look very sinister. "I seek the destruction of everything!"

"No!" shouted Beat awakening with a start.
"What's wrong?" gasped Archer looking to his friend.
"I..I..I can't believe what I saw!" muttered Beat. "What the hell was that?" he screamed.
"Calm down, you're just a little feverish. You worked a little too hard yesterday. Link and Vak are still resting." assured Richard walking by with a crate in his arms.
"I need to take a walk," muttered Beat.
"You need to rest." ordered Strafe. "Just sleep and we'll wake you up when the fights are starting."
"Fine." groaned Beat sitting down.

"You are both failures!" roared a hoarse voice.
"My king, please calm yourself!" gasped Jacob in panic.
"Huh, you should've just let me eat all their souls at the beginning." yawned Edmund.
"Oh, so a lowly Soul Eater thinks he knows what's best?" shouted the voice. "Return the soul to your host's body. Edmund is more loyal than your pathetic self!"
The body of Edmund contorted, and bent. The body fell limp as a black shadow emerged from it. The bod began to stir as it regained control.
"Urrggh, milord, thank you." moaned Edmund retiring to his former self.
"Go to the hell you crawled from demon." hissed Jacob.
The shadow dove into the floor, leaving Edmund and Jacob standing before the Skull King.
"Now we'll need to use a new way to stop those thorns in my side. Jacob I leave this work to you."
"Yes milord. Should I bring out our third knight?" nodded Jacob.
"No, Gluttony is still in training. The two of you will manage." sighed the skeletal king.

Link had a dream very different from Beat's. He stood in the forest he grew up in, surrounded by his Kokiri friends. He was happy to have returned, but now he was on another quest to save Hyrule. But now he had friends helping him. Friends who can help him solve the puzzles that plagued his adventure. He was happy to be surrounded by friends in his travels. A fairy companion was good for a while, by now he has an assortment of people with many different talents. This had to be the best journey he'd been on since he first met Navi.

"Yo, wake up!" shouted Alice thumping each of the three fighters in the head with her staff. "You've got two hours to prepare for your fights. Link versus Vak, Beat versus Ace." 
"Thanks Alice." moaned Beat rubbing his head.
"Thanks." muttered Vak.
"Demon girl." groaned Link.
"Bite me." hissed Alice as she walked off.
"No thanks, I don't need to get sick before my fight." shouted Link.
Beat smacked Link upside the back of his head. "Don't speak to a girl that way, have you never learned manners?" growled Beat.
"Alice is no girl." muttered Link.
"I'd agree with you there." sighed Allen walking up to the trio.
"Bah, I'm leaving to get ready. Wh..." gasped Beat when he noticed there was a third cart. "When did we get a third cart?"
"Oh, Kai brought that along. He joined up last night. We've decided a new way to travel too. We put the weapons in the smaller cart that the twins had, food into the cart Talon lent us, and the bulk of the group rides in Kai's." explained Allen. 
"Ok, now where do I get my swords?" yawned Beat.
"Twins' cart." answered Allen pointing to the one closest.
"Thanks." nodded Beat walking over to the cart.
"Wait for us, we need our stuff too!" hollered Vak.
The two joined Beat and as they pulled back the canvas they were instantly shocked at what they found. Richard was in a dress too small for him and makeup painted on him.
"Wait, it's not what it looks like!" gasped Richard. "Penny and Gwen! They tied me up last night and did this!"
Beat fell down laughing tears filling his eyes. Link burst out laughing and had to hold his sides. Vak on the other hand, just looked shocked.
"Untie me guys!" shouted Richard. He tried wiggling over to them but only fell out of the cart.
Vak managed to untie Richard, but just as Ivy was walking past.
"Is that my dress?!?" she shouted.
"Wait Ivy it's not my fault!" sobbed Richard as she ran towards him.
"I'm going to kill you!" she hissed chasing him.
"I feel bad for him." sighed Link as he finally stopped laughing.
"I'll go handle that mess. You two catch the troublemakers." laughed Beat. "Hey Ivy wait up!"
"I may regret joining these guys sighed Kai waking up behind Link and Vakanos.

After the harsh tongue lashing from Beat, everyone apologized to Richard. He was hugged by a sobbing Ivy who kept crying about how sorry she was.
"It's ok Ivy, just calm down." reassured Richard.
"Im.. Just..s.s..sor...sorry!" sobbed Ivy.
"Such a drama queen." muttered Gwen.
"Quiet you!" hissed Link.
"Hey, the fights are pushed back till noon. So we've got another two hours to wait now." hollered Travie returning to the campsite.
"Thanks Travis." Beat thanked.
"What's with…"
"Just don't ask." muttered Vak cutting off Travie's question.

Jacob sat on the windmill with Edmund. They both looked out to where the next fights we're being held.
"Why do we wait till tomorrow?" whined Edmund.
"We've got to wait for Grimsley to fight my opposite. Which will happen tomorrow." explained Jacob bitterly. "And now we have to wait longer for the fights."

"Why delay the fights Granville?" asked the king.
"Sir, I postponed the fights because those boys needed a rest. Now they'll have time to rest and prepare for the fights today. Besides, I doubt Ace and Beat will end quickly." explained Ricky pouring the king a glass of wine. "And for Din's sake, quit calling me Granville!"

Beat walked to the spring where he had now named the Spirit's Spring. He was surprised to see a bird resting in the center of the spring.
"Hello there. You seem to have just arrived." greeted Beat.
The giant owl turned to face him with it's golden eyes. "You have a dark power embedded in you. I also sense a slight kinship between us."
"I'm Beat Grimsley, holder of the Antriforce of Rage, and Gerudo Prince."
"I am Eldin, the Light Spirit. I have sent here to prevent darkness from engulfing Hyrule. I have two brothers here in Hyrule, and we each have a gift to bestow upon our goddesses representative. Din made it clear to bestow my gift to you." explained Eldin.
Beat then found himself being swallowed by light. When he opened his eyes he found he was not in Kakariko anymore.
"Where'd you take me?" gasped Beat.
"I've taken you to Din's Haven, the place where our goddess rests. You can enter here whenever she is here, and can converse with her telepathically. But the gift I was told to bestow upon you is…"
"The ability to know when your friends are in danger." finished Red Spirit. "Eldin he has already mastered this."
"I believe that…" started Eldin.
"Everyone quiet!" roared Beat. "I'd rather not accept the gift now. I think I'll return when I'm ready. I was just walking around to relieve stress."
"Very well Mr. Grimsley, good luck today." laughed Din appearing behind Eldin. "I hope you beat Ace."
"Thanks." nodded Beat before being engulfed in light again.

When Beat woke up he was lying down in front of the spring.
"Ugh, I'm never going into this spring until I need to." groaned Beat getting up. He rushed off towards his camp and flipped off the cliff.
He landed right next to Ivy who was sorting through bags of food.
"Aiiiiieeee!" screeched Ivy.
"Ivy! Ivy stop!" shouted Beat. He couldn't silence her so he decided to quiet her down by giving her a deep kiss.
Ivy stopped screaming and closed her eyes. She kissed Beat back until she couldn't breathe anymore.
"Better?" laughed Beat cocking his brow.
"Ass." growled Ivy smacking him.
"I already apologized." he hollered after her.
"Wow, that was really…" started Alice.
"Weird." finished Allen.
"Oh you two are too young to understand." muttered Beat walking off after Ivy.
"I'm only a year younger than you!" shouted Alice.

When it was finally time for the semifinals the crowd was already excited. The first fight was going to be between Link and Vakanos.
"This is gonna be amazing! Link, who fought both that Fright guy, but also Edmund, who turned out to be some kind of demon, is fighting Vakanos, the guy who killed that dragon!" laughed some of the crowd.
"Who will win?"
"Link"
"That Vakanos guy."
"I could care less."
"I just want to see the fight between Beat and Ace!"
Beat, Link, and Vakanos had to go through the massive crowd and heard all of it.
"Hey guys! Over here!" shouted Ace from the seats meant for the fighters.
"Thanks Ace!" replied Link, grabbing Beat.
"I've got this." stated Vak, picking them both up with one hand. He then tossed them over the crowd. Beat laughed and cheered while Link screamed and cried. They both landed on soft cushions, Link fell on his face, and Beat landed on his back.
"Look out, fighter coming through!" barked Vakanos. The crowd then cleared a path for him.
"Why didn't he just do that in the first place?" gasped Link.
"I enjoyed it." laughed Beat, readjusting himself so he was sitting upright.
"Figured you would." laughed Vak.
"Great, I've got to worry about you doing that now." sighed Link.
"Hey, I won't do it if you don't want to." reassured.
"No, it won't be fair if you hold back. Give it your all, and I'll give it mine." replied Link.
Ace just shook his head and sat down. He made it this far, now he'll finally be able to fight Beat full force.
"Link and Vakanos, you are up." announced Ricky.
Beat waved as his friends walked back to the center of the new arena. "Good luck you two."

Link stood before Vak, who had his halberd drawn already. He only reached his friends shoulder, so he would have to fight like when he had to face an Iron Knuckle.
"Three, two, one, fight!" laughed Ricky.
Link dove under Vakanos and pulled his sword from it's sheath. Link had to avoid being pinned by the Vakan's heavy feet or halberd.
"Get out from under me!" shouted Vak, slamming the butt of his staff into the ground releasing embers.
"Aiiieeee!" yiped Link scrambling out from under his giant friend.
Many people laughed at the desperate attempts to avoid being stepped on. Beat just stared, trying to figure out Link's plan.
"Get out from under!" shouted Vak jumping up.
"Perfect!" laughed Link tossing a mask into the air. He jumped up and pressed the mask onto the Vakan's face.
"What the?" gasped Vak as the mask clamped onto his face ad began to transform him. When he landed on the ground, he was a Deku Scrub.
"My turn." grinned Link. He grabbed his shield and hit the startled Scrub on the head with it.
Vakanos scrambled to avoid being hit by tue heavy shield again. He ran to his halberd and tried to lift it, but it was far too large for him to use. Link drew his sword and pointed it at the red faced Deku Scrub.
"I surrender." growled the Scrub. The voice was many pitches higher than Vak's voice.
Link smiled and walked up to his friend. He pulled the mask from his face and revealed Vakanos's true form.
"Link wins, who would've imagined?" laughed Ricky.

Jacob laughed from his viewpoint on the roof of the windmill. Edmund just stared out towards the fighting grounds.
"Half of the stage is set. Now we need Grimsley to win against Ace." thought Edmund, ignoring Jacob's rant about how the plan is perfect.

Beat was impressed. He looked at his returning friends and smiled. "Nice fight you two. Go take break, that looked rough."
"I'm not going anywhere, I wanna see you win against Ace." growled Link.
"I'm staying too." laughed Vak.
"Let's end this Beat." invited Ace walking towards the fighting area.
"Be careful, you may get burned." taunted Beat running after him.

"Now we finally get the fight people have been dying to see. Quite a few disputes have been seen between you two, now you'll be able to settle it all. Will a friendship grow, or will nothing change? Let's find out, Beat versus Ace, fight!"
Beat and Ace both bowed, and then stepped back. Beat drew his ōkatana while Ace dropped his blades onto the ground. He stepped onto them and fastened them to his boots.
"This isn't as exciting as I anticipated." yawned Beat, looking into his reflection from the sword.
"I'll liven it up for you then!" shouted Ace dashing over towards Beat.
Beat simply stepped to the side to avoid the charging TerraSlider. He smacked Ace with the flat of his blade, leaving his foe with a stinging feeling in his leg.
"Damn it!" growled Ace. He jumped at Beat who caught him by the foot.
"These are quite different than the blades I broke in that last fight." noticed Beat. "They're thicker metals, so it won't break as easily."
"I had a few blades as spares, so I decided to melt them to make thicker blades." laughed Ace.
"Ah, then I guess you'd be mad if I did this then." sighed Beat kicking the blades off of Ace's boots.
Ace fell onto his side and watched the blades go sliding across the ground.
"You, never stop pissing me off!" roared Ace jumping past Beat towards his blades.
"I have the weird tendency to anger people. I guess it's my curse. Along with a silver tongue, that seemed to steal Ivy away." taunted Beat with a wicked grin.
Ace grew red, and charged at Beat, blades in hand. Beat easily stopped the frenzied assault with his eyes closed. He held his ōkatana with his right hand and blocked every strike.
"You beat Peter, Ivy, and Richard, but you won't make me lose." growled Beat.
"Really? Because I think I'm just about there!" shouted Ace kicking Beat in the stomach.
Beat slid back, and gritted his teeth. He sheathed his blade and ran towards Ace. He spun on his heel and vanished in a flurry of sparks.
"What the?" gasped Ace.
"Din's Fire!" laughed Beat, releasing a thin streak of fire to climb up Ace's blades.
"Arrggh!" shouted Ace releasing his weapons. He dropped them and the flames vanished instantly.
"What?" gasped Beat in shock, "Those blades should have melted!"
"So you don't have total control of your magic yet, good." laughed Ace picking his weapons up. They were cool now, so he didn't have to worry about burning himself.
Beat smiled slightly, and then laughed. "Got ya." he snapped his fingers and then Ace's blades glowed red.
"Hot! Hot hot hot!" howled Ace dropping the weapons.
Beat laughed uproariously. He fell onto his back laughing at Ace's antics.
"Grimsley!" roared Ace running towards Beat unarmed.
"Finally, open hand combat!" laughed Beat. He flipped over Ace and poked his arm.
"What are you doing?" growled Ace.
"I believe the term is 'toying with you'." taunted Beat.
Ace gritted his teeth and charged Beat again. Beat began dodging each punch and poking Ace in different points in his chest.
"What are you doing, I can't breath?" wheezed Ace.
"Acupuncture points. Certain points of your body can inhibit your movement. I've been jabbing you in points that make it harder to breathe." explained Beat with a friendly smile.
"You little!" roared Ace jumping at Beat once more.
"And now time to help." smiled Beat jabbing the sternum of Ace.
Ace teetered on his feet, but could breath better. He shook his head and threw another punch at Beat, who countered with a light punch to the stomach.
"Don't worry, I didn't hit you hard enough to hurt you. I just did that to check your reaction time. Now I've prepared a little trick for you." laughed Beat.
Ace growled and lunged at his foe once again, but instead of dodging the punch, Beat caught the fist. Beat smiled and then bent Ace's wrist back.
"Yeearrgh!" howled Ace.
"Oh quit your bitching." sighed Beat releasing his grip. He then delivered a strong shove and sent Ace flying towards the well.
Ace caught himself on the edge of the well and spun himself around to face Beat, who was standing right next to him.
"You're gonna get wet." smiled Beat, pushing Ace into the water.
"Grimsley!" shouted Ace after he resurfaced. "I concede. Good fight." he sighed.
"What?" gasped Beat. "You're quitting now? Oh I had so many other things that I was gonna use to make you mad!" whined Beat.
"What an amazing surprise. Beat will be moving on to the next round! Tomorrow we will see Beat versus Link, but for tonight, we will get to enjoy a musical performance by a special band all the way from Termina, The Indigo-Go's!" announced Ricky.
"Huh, Lulu is here?" yawned Link. He lookedat his Zora mask and smiled. "Mikau, how about we join the band?"

Beat and Ace shook hands after Ace had climbed out of the well. Many of the TerraSliders were surprised by Ace's calmness.
"Hey, maybe you should join the Sage's Army, we could use a fighter like you." offered Beat.
"I'd like to help your people, but I come from a noble family. They won't understand if I tried to help you." sighed Ace. "Plus none of my friends here really like you."
"Well, we'll try to visit after we finish our journey." suggested Beat.
"Hey, I may end up helping you some other way. I can send some people who I know will help." reassured Ace.
"Alright, deal." smiled Beat.
"Visit the Gold family when you end up in Val Terra. I will be able to offer you all a safe place to sleep. The only threat there is Liza." laughed Ace.
"Ooh, Liza may be a deal breaker." joked Beat.
Ace and Beat laughed and then shook hands again and then they both went in separate directions. 
As they walked they both shared the same thought, "We started as enemies, but now we're friends, who would've guessed that?"

Beat walked over to the carts and smiled. Just one more round, and it was against Link. Finally a fight with nothing to worry about. He spent the rest of the night enjoying himself with his friends. He had to stop a few arguments between Kai and Travie, but nothing to serious. He did however notice that Alice remained calm the entire night.
"She's in love." whispered Allen into Beat's ear.
"With who?" asked Beat.
"I don't know, but during the arguments she always seemed worried about one of them. So it's either Kai or Travis." muttered Allen.
"Oh boy, another couple here. Soon everyone will end up happy together. I advise going for Penny so you won't have to worry about Gwen." laughed Beat quietly.
"Shut up." laughed Allen.

Jacob and Edmund were now ready. They set off the moment Beat won. They held a lone person captive as they waited for the group of friends to start falling asleep.
"Are you sure he'll do something to save this one?" asked Edmund, motioning to their bound captive.
"Definitely. He is too caring, so he'll do whatever it takes to save this little girl!" laughed Jacob.
Sitting bound and gagged, their prisoner whimpered in fear. She had been grabbed when she was heading for her inn. All she could do was pray that her friends would save her. Sitting bound to a chair, alone and scared, was Malon Lon, who was too scared to even try to move.