Confined Feelings
Author's Note: well this is a story that the user AeonNyte requested I do. I normally wouldn't do this but the pairing they requested as well as the plot idea sounded too good to pass up to write. I figure this short Zelda fic also be decent practice with romance before I tackle more of my other Zelda fic: "Can a Villain Become a Hero?"
WARNING! This story will also contain a bit of a lemon in the much later chapters. Not sure when but it will. I've only come up with about the first 3rd of this story in my right now and considering this story idea was brought to me only yesterday (time of writing being 9/15/15 at ironically 9:15 PM EST) I consider that pretty good for me.
Chapter 1: A Choice
Link's eyes blinked as the room he found himself came into focus. It was a large room of multiple colors and designs but however dark and foreboding. On the other side of the room, planted to a wall was Majora's Mask. The eyes of the mask dim, Link cautiously took a few steps forward when a small light emanated from his bag. The 4 masks that were the remains of the monsters at the 4 temples of Termina flew out of his bag and flew into different walls and stuck there, then at that moment the eyes of Majora lit up and the mask began to rumble as it broke off from the wall and various tentacles spewed from the backside of the mask as it then began to fly around the room keeping its eyes on the young hero.
Link's eyes were trained on the floating mask. His eyes showed his experiences across time – it showed the maturity of an adult that resided in the body of a child. His eyes were unflinching as he eyed the mask as it floated around the room. Link looked down to the mysterious mask that the child wearing Majora's Mask had given to him in the field. It was called the "Fierce Deity Mask". Tatl had pondered if it was as evil as Majora and Link had agreed not to wear it since they did not know what could happen so he placed it in his bag and instead reached in his bag and fished for the Zora's Mask which contained Mikau's spirit and form. Link placed the white mask over his face and prepared himself for the painful transformation when… nothing happened. He was simply wearing the Zora Mask like it was any other regular mask. Puzzled, Link removed it and looked to Tatl.
"There must be a magic force field preventing you from transforming into Mikau, Darmani or the Deku." She said while she pondered. "You're just going to have to fight that thing without the transformations." The white fairy stated as Link nodded and placed Mikau's mask back in the bag and pulled out his bow and arrows. He notched an arrow and waited for Majora to turn as Link had noticed it had done a few times.
The evil mask began to spin and slid along the multi-colored floor at Link, he jumped to the side while expertly pulling out the Gilded sword and slashing at the accused relic. His swing was true and the mask screeched in pain as it rolled in the air every which way as a red aura surrounded it. Link shot a well-timed light arrow and pierced through the soft underside of the mask and exited out the front. Another screech of pain was heard as it collapsed to the floor. Link took advantage of the moment and sprinted towards the downed enemy, withdrawing his Gilded sword and calling upon the Great Fairy Sword. Link jumped into the air and slashed the evil mask with the mystical blade. Another screech was heard as the mask then retreated away from Link as its tentacles began to flow in an odd fashion as a ball of yellow light formed in front of the mask. Meanwhile the distinct sound of the 4 remains of the monsters popped from the walls and began to fly at the hero. Link shot at two of them with some Light Arrows making them burn in a yellow flame of light. Then out of the corner of his eye he saw stream of hot fire came from the ball that Majora had formed. The narrow stream headed right for Link. With no time to pull out his Mirror Shield he instead did a quick 180 degree turn and had his back that was clad in the polished Mirror Shield towards the flame. The flame bounced off with as much accuracy as the original had. Link couldn't look to see but he heard the cries of Majora and the sound of one of the masks of the bosses burn to the ground.
The heat of the flames left his back as he rolled away from his position and aimed his bow at the final small mask and shot a light arrow into it – destroying it for good. As he did so Majora had charged up another fire stream. Link tossed his bow to the ground and pulled out his Mirror Shield and deflected the flames back at Majora. The evil mask screeched in agony once more as it crashed to the ground, its face turned skyward. Link commanded the Great Fairy Sword to disappear as he retrieved his bow as the Mask rolled around in agony. For a moment Link and Tatl thought it was over but Link's instincts told him otherwise as he could see that the evil relic wasn't dead yet. He judged correctly as it rose back into the air in the middle of the room and began to shake. Link extracted his Gilded sword and Mirror Shield and withdrew his bow as legs and arms suddenly protruded from the mask along with a small head that held a single eye.
Majora's Incarnation did some quick poses like it was dancing and then suddenly within the blink of an eye it bolted around the room at unheard of speeds. Occasionally slowing down to do various ridiculous dances. Link and Tatl couldn't help but giggle as the demon ran and danced around like a fool till suddenly their laughter was halted when the strange creature stopped and began throwing balls of energy from each hand at Link.
The hero was knocked off his feet as about a dozen or so balls of electric energy of various colors bashed into his body. Tatl screamed Link's name when laid on the floor for a moment, but the hero got to his feet and placed his Mirror Shield back on his back and extracted his hookshot which was easier to operate in one hand instead of his bow which requires two hands. The dancing demon dashed around the room like a child, Link waited for it slow down to dance. It did so as Link quickly aimed his hookshot at the demon and fired. The hook flew at break-neck speed at the creature. Majora fell to the ground allowing Link to once more dash up to it and slash at it with the Gilded sword that was held in his left hand.
Majora screeched and cried and kicked its legs and arms like it was having a temper tantrum as Link repeatedly slashed at the demon. Eventually though the being could not take anymore and flew to its feet and began holding its head as it hopped its way over to the center of the room once more. Link and Tatl stared in awe as suddenly thick muscles began to rapidly form on the limbs and the face on the head began to change as it roared in rage.
The transformation was complete as Majora's Wrath stood before him. It had revealed 2 matching whips of incredible length that Link reasoned would be able to reach all across the room. His assumption was right as the now much more befitting demonic face glared at Link. Majora flung a whip at Link at incredible speed. Link only had enough to time hear the crack of the whip as it flew through the air and wrapped around his waist. In a fluid motion Majora pulled back on the whip and flung towards itself and with equal grace it slammed a large purple foot into the gut of Hyrule and Termina's hero. The force of the kick flung Link back across the room and skidding across the room.
He slowly began to try to get to his feet as he struggled to breathe since the force of the blow was so strong it had knocked the wind right out of his lungs. Each breath that gasped for air stung horribly but not as much as the slug of the fist from Majora had it had quickly run across the room to hit him. Once more he found himself flying through the air just to stop abruptly to find one of the whips had wrapped around one of his legs. He heard the crack of the whip and felt his sense of equilibrium disappear as he found himself slamming into the ceiling of the room just to come back down to the floor and then to be whirled around the room like a yo-yo just to be flung and freed from the grip of the whip to slam into the alter where Majora had been resting at the start of the fight.
A devilish grin curled along Majora's face as it watched Link struggle to move – let alone stand. Link found his various belongings scattered around him on the floor. He saw his masks and items wondering which could help him to fight this demon. His eyes landed on the Fierce Deity Mask and he suddenly felt desperation fill him as he grabbed the mask. He pulled it close and looked into its vacant eyes. The mask was very similar in appearance to Link's own face when he was an adult in the alternate future in Hyrule except with blue and red marks adorning the face. Link could feel a powerful magic from this mask and it beckoned him to wear it. He was planning not to since the feelings he had from this mask were similar to that he was told about with Majora's Mask from the Happy Mask Salesman. But now… Can I keep it under control? Link pondered to himself.
Tatl saw what he was considering and she screamed for him not to wear it. But what choice did he have? He was just being slaughtered within moments and now he doesn't even have the strength to get up off the floor. This mask could be his only way of stopping Majora. He took a deep breath as he turned the mask around and placed it upon his face ready accept whatever may happen.
Immediately a sharp overwhelming pain not unlike that from when he would put on the Goron, Zora and Deku masks overcame him. He screamed in agony as he felt his body morph and mutate but unlike the previous transformations the true pain was from the magic that suddenly poured into his body as if a dam of water had suddenly disappeared and the entire water had come pouring out all at once. The magic was powerful and agonizing as it morphed his body into whatever transformation he would soon take. The power of the magic that was now coursing through his veins felt like magma as his mind dared ripping itself apart from all the pain. All he could was scream horribly but even then it did not dull the pain. After long moments of agony as the mask was stuck to his flesh a brilliant flash of blue light came from Link blinding Tatl and Majora.
Tatl and Majora recovered from the flash to see in the spot Link was a moment before laying in defeat to be an almost identical version to himself but he was now about 7 feet tall. His blonde hair had turned to a pure white; his green tunic had turned into a light grey as a layer of armor covered the tunic. The armor was adorned with symbols of a crescent moon and stars. Link's face was now identical to that of the mask's; the face looked like that of Link if he was older but his skin tone was pale and blue and red marks adorned his cheeks and forehead and his eyes now had no pupils but they still shown the same look in them for when he was a boy. He was unarmed but he could feel a strong power coursing through his body that desperately wanted to come out. He let the flow of powerful energy go to his hands where without thought Link put his hands together as if he was holding something and in a dazzling display a long two handed sword appeared in his hands.
The sword oddly shaped, it appeared as if two identically mirrored blades danced together starting from the hilt and eventually merging to one at the tip looking like a helix. The sword despite being designed as a two handed weapon was about as lite as the Master Sword in Link's hands. He flourished the sword with grace, getting a better feel for the wondrous weapon that was the Helix Sword. Link has always had since he was a child a talent for sword fighting and he always used such weapons like they were but mere extensions of himself but this… was different. The massive sword felt like it was part of his body. It was an indescribable feeling being in this form and wielding this sword. It was his first time but it felt no different from his normal body except for the change in height.
When finished getting a feel for his new form he looked forward at his target – Majora. Link already hated the demon to no end for making everyone on Termina suffer so much and making them live in fear but a new flame of fierce rage grew in him but it didn't consume him instead the anger he felt resonated with the Helix sword with a blue aura of energy. The new Fierce Deity took a large step forward, totally unafraid of his enemy.
Majora had a state of fear planted upon its face but the fear quickly turned to rage and chaos at it flung its two whips at the Deity with just as much force and accuracy as before but Link drew his weapon and slashed the whips with one stroke with ease. Half of the deadly weapons fell to the floor motionless and useless, Majora tossed the handles to the side and began to rush forward but before one step could be taken Link spoke.
"This is the end for you Majora. You have made the people of this land live in pain and suffering and I will destroy you and make you feel the pain they felt!" the Fierce Deity roared as he swung the Helix sword effortlessly. A blue disc of energy flew out of the sharp edge of the sword and struck Majora square in the chest making the demon become engulfed in blue light and energy bolts as it screeched in pain as it collapsed to one knee. The demon tried to rise but Link launched another blue disc and knocked the demon back down. Every time the demon tried to raise Link sent along another disc as he casually walked towards the fallen demon. When Link stood before Majora, the demon looked up at Link and into his blank white eyes. The demon then suddenly drew a blade from one of its arms as it made one desperate lunge at Link's face but within the blink of an eye the Fierce Deity had made a swift powerful slash through the demon, cutting off its hand and then in another fluid motion Link brought down the Helix sword in a vertical slice cutting through the entirety of Majora as if he was butter.
The cut was clean and precise but the demon did not fall into two half but instead began to glow as its skin began to disintegrate as light pierce through its skin. The demon was floated in midair and it screamed as its body was engulfed in a bright light. Link and Tatl could feel the light as it engulfed them too but unlike Majora; Tatl and Link embraced it as they felt the world around them fall away.
Author's Note: yeah I know this chapter wasn't very creative since it was just a novelization of the final battle in Majora's Mask but in either the next chapter or the one following it the story will move into motion.
Again thanks to AeonNyte for this story idea. Let's see where I take it in future chapters.