A/N: So, I finally decided to upload the next story. Since it's summer and all, updateting might be very slow. Though, what works is this: The more I get reviews, the faster the story will upload.

And we're finally here! The fight that was declared at my first Zelda story Christmas at Hyrule! The fight between Dark and knight Argan will start now! Woohoo! Enjoy! =D

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FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHT

CHAPTER 1

It was exactly two months since the Christmas. Dark was nervous but also excited. Link had been teaching him a lot but mainly helped him to gain stamina. It was, after all, the day knight Argan was going to come to Hyrule to have a swordfight with the dark Hylian.

"Just calm down already, Dark!" Link half shouted with slight grin. Dark shrugged.

"Can't help it." He replied while walking around their room slightly nervously. "I've been waiting for this day, Link. You know it." Dark continued and eventually sat down to windowsill. "I'm so going to show him—" The dark Hylian started but Link cut him short.

"Hey! Don't underestimate him!" The Hero stated. "If you get too cocky it'll be easy fight for him. Just remember what I've told you." Link continued and walked in front of Dark. "Stay calm, don't—"

"Interfere, keep my eyes on the enemy, don't let my guard down, watch his moves, don't start the fight, wait for an opening... Gah! I know, Link! No need to keep repeating it!" Dark continued for him bit exaggerated. He huffed and turned his gaze to the floor. Link chuckled slightly and sat down next to him.

"I know. I just want you to be careful. He's not having too good reputation. Just don't let him get into your skin. Got it?" Link said with slight smile. "And be prepared for everything. I've heard rumors that he's not going to play it fair." He continued with lot darker expression on his face.

Dark sighed. "I know, Link, I know." He said and leaned backwards to the glass. "I can outtalk him but I don't know anything about his sword skills yet, so I don't know whether or not I'm better than him." The dark Hylian continued with a sigh.

Link sighed too and leaned against the wall while turning his gaze fully to Dark. He really wanted to give few more advises but decided against it. "Come on, we'd better get going. He's here sooner or later." The Hero said and stood up.

"Link." Dark called while watching his friend going towards the door. Link turned around and the dark Hylian gave him a reassuring smile. "I'll be careful. You don't have to worry a thing about the fight." He said happily, jumped off of the windowsill and took few fast steps to Link. Dark laid his hands over Link's shoulders without the smile vanishing at all. "I promise you that I won't underestimate him and that I keep your words with me." He continued.

Link smiled a bit and nodded. "I really hope you'll keep that promise." He replied. Dark frowned.

"When have I not kept my promise?" He asked bit hurt. Link chuckled.

"It's not about that, Dark." He replied and moved forward to hug the darker Hylian. "So far there hasn't been much of promises to keep or to break but this is one I really want you to be able to hold." Link explained in a quiet whisper.

Dark sighed, circled his arms around the Hero and nodded. "Yeah... I think I got it." He replied with slight chuckle. They pulled off and the darker Hylian nodded towards the door. "Shall we go?"

Link chuckled and nodded. "Yeah." He replied and opened the door to the hallway. The start of the walk was done in silence. "You know..." The Hero started but trailed off. Dark raised an eyebrow at that and waited for Link to continue. Link took once a deep breath before he continued: "I'm really happy that you've stayed at the castle this long."

Dark blushed a bit and dropped his gaze to ground. "Yeah, well... I don't really have any other place to be at..." He mumbled slightly hesitantly. Link laughed.

"You did say that you were welcome to Gerudo Fortress, right?" The Hero asked and laughed even more when the darker Hylian blushed harder.

"Oh, come on!" Dark half shouted. "I'd be stuck with fortress full of women! No thanks." He continued and crossed his arms over his chest. "It's okay with few days or so but not for long whiles. Besides, they only got one season and I want to feel all four." The dark Hylian stated with slight grin.

Link laughed still. "Glad I got you to calm down." He replied grinning widely. Dark narrowed his eyes.

"Why you...!" He started and launched at Link. The Hero was fast to avoid the tackle and started to run down the hallway Dark hot on his heels.

"Shouldn't you save your strength for the fight, Dark?" Link asked while running down the stairs.

"Maybe but you started it!" Dark replied grinning. Link laughed and shook his head.

"Wouldn't it be good idea to be the wiser and stop?" He asked and took a sharp turn to right after the stairs.

"Might be but I want to catch you first!" Dark stated and attacked again at Link. The tackle missed just slightly since the Hero took another hallway. "Darn it! This would be so much easier if you just stood still!" The dark Hylian barked at him while getting up and continuing the chase.

"Maybe but it wouldn't be as fun as this is!" Link replied grinning. Suddenly there was a line of several soldiers going from one hallway to another and right on Link's way. "Oh crap..." He whispered while stopping.

"Gotcha!" Dark shouted and tackled the Hero to ground. Link yelped in shock while falling to ground next to the laughing darker Hylian. The soldiers looked once at the two Hylians and shook their heads while continuing their way.

Dark was laughing while sitting up and looking at Link. The Hero chuckled and sat up too. "You just got lucky. That's all. If there hadn't been a blockage on my way, you wouldn't have caught me." He stated but couldn't wipe off the smile from his face.

Dark put out his tongue at Link. "No matter. I still got you." He replied grinning. Link chuckled at his antics and shook his head.

"Come on. We've wasted enough of time already." The Hero said and stood up before offering his hand to the dark Hylian. Dark accepted it gladly and let Link help him up from the floor.

They walked out of the castle and into the market place. There had been made a square fighting area in middle of the place. It didn't have any kind of fence around it in case the fight would go outside of the area. The snow had been moved out of the place and with Din's Fire the ice and rest of the snow had been melted so there wouldn't be any of fearing to be slipping on icy ground. And no-one was yet sure what the rules for the fight would be.

There was already a huge crowd around the place. Dark was bit nervous while walking through such a huge crowd of people towards the fighting arena. Link didn't even pay attention to the crowd while just walking straight forward. The people moved away from their way while quietly cheering for the dark Hylian. "Just calm down. You'll be okay..." Dark thought nervously and glanced at Link.

The Hero smiled reassuringly and gave a small nod to him. Dark answered to the nod and gave a small smile but it didn't really give him much of courage. "Once you're up on the fight, you don't have to concentrate to anything else..." The dark Hylian hoped, took once a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Link and Dark went straight to the fighting area. The Hero was there just to state out the rules and start the fight. After that he was going to go next to Zelda to watch the fight. They stood there side by side and Link could easily see that Dark was fully nervous about the situation.

"Just calm down, Dark. It'll be alright." Link whispered to him. "You got same moves that I do. Just use them well... Oh, and don't forget that little trick of yours." He continued and gave a slight grin with the last sentence. Dark took once a deep breath but nodded. "Just concentrate into the fight, Dark, and forget everything else around you." Link advised quietly.

The knight from another kingdom had left early since the ride was long. He had a silver stallion and going a real fast trot towards Hyrule. Once he came out of the shadowy forest and into Hyrule's area, the stallion took out to a gallop.

Close to the market place Argan slowed his stallion into a slow trot. People moved away from his way but no-one was actually cheering for him. Argan jumped off of his horse and took out his sword and shield.

"So, you decided to cheat straight off, huh?" He asked with a smirk. Dark narrowed his eyes at him.

"Knight Link is here just to give the rules." The dark Hylian replied as calmly as he could while burning inside with anger and hatred towards the arrogant knight.

"Oh, is that so..." Argan continued. "Do you really need rules? Or does it mean that you can't fight fair and square without advises?" He asked smugly.

"Enough!" Link shouted. "The rules are only to determinate which one of you two is going to win. Failing to follow the rules is straight failure in the fight." He stated strictly.

"As you wish." Argan replied mockingly. "State the rules, knight." He continued and spat the last word. Dark would've wanted to start the fight right then and there but tried to calm himself. Even Link was bit startled but stayed calm. Argan's smirk only widened when he saw to have hit a nerve in both Hylians. "Oh, this will be way too easy..." He thought smugly.

"The rules are simple." Link started as calmly as he could. "Just one sword and one shield for both. The fight can continue outside of the arena. No killing. Fight will go on until other one either gives up or can't continue." He explained. "Understood?" The Hero asked and both Argan and Dark nodded.

"Good." Link continued, walked out of the arena and turned around. "Start!" He shouted and started then to back towards Zelda while whole time watching at the two guys at the arena.

Argan and Dark started to circle each other while measuring the other from head to toes. They were ready for other one to start the fight but neither was willing to make the first strike. "So, we gonna just walk around without a fight, huh?" Argan asked smirking.

Dark gave a small shrug. "Works for me." He replied grinning. Suddenly Argan left for an attack and rushed forward. The dark Hylian grinned and side stepped easily the attack. It was just luck on his side that he decided to jump backwards without a somersault in the air since Argan swung his sword in wide arch after going past Dark.

"Shit... Gotta be careful..." Dark thought bit startled at the speed and strength Argan had in his fight. The knight smirked, turned towards Dark as calmly as he could and started to walk towards him. "Just stay calm and be prepared for everything..."

"Lucky move, shadow." Argan said smirking. Dark narrowed his eyes at him and fought to stay calm. "So, shadow, how about THIS!" The knight continued, rushed forward and jumped high in the air.

Argan struck the vertical hit hard but Dark had been prepared. He jumped backwards with a somersault but he hadn't counted the length right. The dark Hylian came to the edge, flailed his hands a bit before crashing to the ground outside the area. Argan laughed, rushed forwards and stabbed towards the dark Hylian.

Dark was bit surprised but he managed to roll out of the reach of Argan's blade. The knight cursed and watched slightly awed at the dark Hylian's next move. Dark pushed himself up to his hands and up to air from there while landing to his feet. He grinned a bit while preparing for the next attack.

Argan huffed. "Show-off." He whispered, turned his back to Dark and walked back towards the middle of the arena. Dark started to walk towards the arena carefully and ready for next attack. The knight let the dark Hylian get up to the arena before turning around. "How about we'd really start the fight once and for all?" He asked smirking.

"I thought we already did." Dark replied as calmly as he could. Argan laughed.

"Yeah right... This was just bit of playing. Now starts the real fight." He stated, narrowed his eyes and rushed at Dark. The dark Hylian thought for a split second about either to avoid or to block the oncoming attack. That was when the knight had already come for a strike reach. "Dodge this!" Argan shouted and slashed with his sword on diagonally from up to down.

Dark was slightly startled but he slashed back doing exact opposite strike. Their swords struck with a loud clang and screeching while the blades were against each other. Argan had the upper hand on the strike since he could push the pressure downwards. Dark then again had to use more of power to keep the sword upwards against Argan's blade. "You're not strong enough..." Argan whispered grinning.

"We'll see about that..." Dark replied while gritting his teeth. "Shit! I can't hold it!" He thought bit in panic but suddenly something came into his mind and the dark Hylian grinned. This only got Argan to push even harder and narrow his eyes at his enemy. Suddenly the move came lot easier and faster.

Dark moved slightly backwards, let the sword fall downwards before striking it upwards to different diagonal way than at first. At same time he moved to same direction as his blade. Argan just barely had time to avoid the slash that was aimed for his chest and shoulder. The tip of Dark's sword missed just by an inch.

The dark Hylian used the given chance and attacked by slashing the sword downwards towards more or less the way he had brought it up while going forward. Argan backed off by few jumps to gain distance between himself and Dark. Dark would've wanted to follow Argan but decided to hold still and wait for next attack.

"So... He has bit of skill but that won't get him far..." Argan thought while planning out his next strike. Dark used the given chance to gather his strength and breath from the attack. It had been powerful and matching it had been hard. Argan smirked again and went for an attack.

The dark Hylian saw the attack from far. It was hard from him not to grin about the idiocy of the guy. "Well... He doesn't know..." Dark thought while jumping backwards away from the attack but once he hit the ground, the dark Hylian shot forward and stepped right to the knight's sword. "Hi." Dark said grinning while bringing his sword to Argan's throat.

Argan stared in pure shock at the dark Hylian. It was only a reflex that he swung the blade upwards. "Darn..." Dark thought while taking the given speed from the hit and jumping behind the knight. He turned around fast and tried to tackle Argan to ground but the knight jumped over the attack.

Grinning, Argan brought his sword downwards to try and hit Dark's legs. The dark Hylian was fast to do a backwards somersault and get to his feet. The knight growled and ran to attack. Dark started to jump backward somersaults to stay out of the hits while hoping for a chance to attack.

Link and Zelda watched the ongoing fight in bit of fear. The fight went on without either one getting a hit through. The Hero was scared for the darker Hylian's sake. The strikes were powerful and hard but Dark managed to match them. Link was bit startled at the power Dark actually had since he wasn't sure whether or not he could've matched the strikes as well as the dark Hylian did.

Link gasped and Zelda gave a small scream when Dark was tackled to the ground of the fighting arena. The sword of the knight came down fast right towards the dark Hylian's shoulder. "SHIT!" Dark thought in pure horror and kicked as hard as he could at the knight's abdomen.

The hit got the sword to falter and stop coming down. Dark used the chance and did a fast backwards somersault to get to his feet. "Damn... I should've hit the sword through him and not kick..." He thought bit frustrated about the situation. "But, Link told not to kill..." The dark Hylian continued while trying to calm down from the attack.

It all had happened so fast. First he was just avoiding the hits the knight was striking at him and then suddenly he was tackled to ground. And then the sword was already coming at him. There had been no time to think about the move but luckily it had come out of reflex.

The further the fight went, the better Dark started to learn Argan's moves. He managed to avoid several before it was even struck and few times he had a chance to attack but Argan was fast. The knight was studying the dark Hylian like Dark did to him but since Dark didn't attack as much as Argan did, he wasn't given much to go with. He had never fought with Link, so he didn't have any knowledge of the attacks from beforehand either.

Suddenly Dark saw his chance and seized it. He avoided the vertical slash, tackled Argan to ground and stepped to his sword hand. The dark Hylian brought his sword over the knight's throat. "I got you." He stated with slight grin.

Argan growled but stayed put without fighting against him. The crowd started to cheer while Link headed towards them. "Looks like we got the winner!" He called with a grin. "So, the fight goes to Knight Dark fair and square!" The Hero continued quite happily. "Thank Goddesses he managed!" Link thought relieved.

But Argan wasn't happy with the solution at all. Dark moved off of the knight and sheathed his sword and shield while turning his back to Argan. He was eager to get it over with and never see Argan anymore.

"Dark, look out!" Link screamed when he saw the knight stand up with the sword in his hands. The dark Hylian turned around but didn't have a chance to draw his sword out for defense. "DARK!" The Hero screamed in pure fear when the sword sliced slightly diagonally upward strike through Dark's abdomen.

Dark screamed in pure agony when the sword hit him. The power of the strike got him to fly backwards off of the fighting arena and land real hard into the pavement back first. "I think I won." Argan said while striking the blood off of his sword and sheathing it with a cruel smirk on his face.

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A/N: And I left it straight off into a cliffhanger. -.-' How cruel is that?

Anyways, since I've been lacking on reviews on few of my stories I figured out to get a different way to gain reviews. *grins*

ASK QUESTIONS! =D Oh, yeah! You can ask anything you want. Dark will answer to one question at each chapter starting off at next chapter.
Dark: HEY! When did I agree to that?!
Me: The day you started to tell your lifestory to me. *grins*
Dark: *grumbles and leaves the room*

Oh, and no need to re-ask questions. I write them up and all the question will be answered eventually. =) And if you want to ask something from Link, that'll be okay too since he'll be answering to any and every question given to him! ^.^ And of course you can ask questions from me too but debending on how much Dark wants to come out, I might not be able to answer fully to every question.

ALSO! The "picture for my story and I write a story for you" thing is still on work! =D Check the info about it on my earlier Zelda stories. I will eventually write it up to my dA page and to my profile page, so don't worry about lack of info here. =)