Kirby Run Part one and Two

Part Two Chapter Twenty-Three

After the sharp clash, the creature recoiled a bit, giving Meta Knight an opportunity to fly up and dive down with his sword, landing a fierce blow onto the creature as the sword pierced into its back.

The creature let out a howl of pain from the blow, stumbling a bit before leaning to the side and falling to the ground, closing its eyes.

Meta Knight withdrew his sword from the creature's back and leapt off it. He inspected the defeated creature to make sure it was down and out, and once he was sure, he solemnly nodded.

"You put up a fight beast," he told it "but you could not defeat my sword, nor my determination."

Turning around, Meta Knight spread out his wings once more and took off towards the sky to leave.

Only for the creature to suddenly open its eyes and leap up at Meta Knight, managing to chomp its teeth down onto his left wing and bring him down to the ground.

"GAHHHH!!!!!" Meta Knight screamed as the creature's sharp teeth pierced his wing.

The creature held him in its mouth for a bit before biting down harder on his wing and shaking him around a bunch, it then tossed him into the ground, the knight crashing into the cold snow.

Meta Knight did his best to get back up, turning his head at his wing to see how serious the damage was. It now had a fierce bite mark on it and looked pretty bent and broken. Upon further inspection he could see that a red substance was coming out from where the teeth had pierced his wing's crispy skin. It seemed to be blood, but it smelled a lot like... strawberry jam?

He didn't have time to fully process all this, for the creature had pounced onto him and once again pinned him to the ground beneath its right paw. Meta Knight looked up at the creature's violent gaze, before looking to his right a bit where his sword lay just a few inches away from him, it having been separated from its master when the creature pounced on him.

Smiling deviously, the creature started clawing away at Meta Knight's face, the poor knight barely escaping further injury thanks to his metal mask. After a few slashes, the creature raised its left paw for another slash, but just as it was about to strike...

Something hit the back of its head, causing it to turn its head to see who dared to strike it. Meta Knight had noticed it too and found it strange.

Did someone just throw a rock at the creature?

Nevertheless, he knew he could use this as an opportunity to escape the beast's clutches, so he carefully reached out his hand, managing to pick his sword back up, and used it to stab the creature's right paw.

The creature let out a pained yelp as it recoiled its paw and backed up from Meta Knight, allowing him to get back up. He felt his mask, to his relief it wasn't close to being broken, but just badly scratched. He turned his attention back to the beast, it was time to end this fight.

He wasn't able to fly due to his wing's injury, but he was able to take a mighty leap, and with his sword held up high, he used it to strike the creature's mouth, causing a tooth to fly out of it.

Yelping out in pain some more after having just lost a tooth, the creature looked at Meta Knight as he landed a few feet away from him, but instead of attacking, it seemed to have finally gotten the memo and decided to flee, likely due to all the wounds it had just sustained.

Meta Knight watched the creature go, its tail between its legs as it fled, and let out a sigh of relief that was immediately followed by a wince of pain as he fell forward to the ground a bit.

He looked at his wing some more, it wasn't the worst injury he'd ever suffered, but it was still pretty bad, worse was that now because his wing was wounded and broken, he wouldn't be able to fly.