Before Reading: Know that I picture Navi as a combination of Spryte (The fairy from the 80's Zelda cartoon) and herself from Ocarina of Time

Link jumped off the Shadow Ferry just before it sank into a bottomless chasm and panted, putting his sword and shield back on his back.

"Redeads, Gibdos, Stalfos, invisible holes…" he groaned, rubbing his temples and sitting down as he recounted all the hazards he'd come across in the Shadow Temple; he pulled a bottle from his pouch that was filled with water and opened it.

"I don't think I'll ever forget your fight with that Dead Hand." Navi giggled, sitting on his shoulder.

"Hey, that thing was tickling me… And you swore to never speak of that again! I don't even know how it knew that I was ticklish…" He took a sip from the bottle and promptly spit out the water, coughing.

"What is it?" Navi asked, concerned. Link huffed.

"I think this is the bottle I had that fish in…" he muttered, and Navi laughed. Link splashed the water over the fairy, and she shrieked, flying away from him as he poured the water out onto the ground and put the bottle back in his pouch.

"And you know the worst part about this place?" Link huffed as he got up and stretched.

"What? All those voices from nowhere?"

"No, eerie voices stopped scaring me some time after you started following me around"-Navi glared at him-"What I'm talking about is the Lens of Truth"-he pulled it out of his pocket, holding it up over his eye, and Navi couldn't help giggling- "See, that's just it. I look like a ridiculous pirate or something when I hold this thing over my face, I can't hold my shield while I use it, and to top it off, my depth perception goes out the window."

"Has anyone told you that you complain a lot?" Navi laughed, and Link glared at her, the malice in it deterred by the fact that he was still holding up the Lens of Truth. He rolled his eyes and put it back in his pocket, doing one final stretch before going through the nearby door. In this room, there were three other doors in each of the cardinal directions.

"Oh no." he said as soon as he walked in.

"What now?" Navi asked, flying around him. Link shivered, looking around the room.

"Fl-Floormasters…" Link stammered. There were 4 Floormasters meandering about the room. At least there would have been if you divided 12 small Floormasters by 3.

"Why are they all small?" Navi asked. "Shouldn't they be joining back together?"

"I have a bad feeling about this…"

"Don't tell me you're scared, Mister Hero!"

"Hey, I don't know if you were paying attention to what I've been going through recently, but I'd rather not come in contact with disembodied arms or hands."

"Oh, I see. You're afraid you'll get tickled again!" Navi laughed while Link just blushed and pouted a bit, pulling out his Megaton Hammer and hitting the door he just entered so he could tell it from the others. The fairy smiled sympathetically at the Hylian and sat on his shoulder.

"C'mon, Link. We have to get it over with sometime. All of Hylia is at stake, remember?" she reminded him, brushing her wing playfully against his ear.

"Yeah, yeah…" Link sighed, starting to walk and snickering when she tickled his ear with her wing. "I guess I can just smash them with the Megaton Ham- oof!" Link rubbed his nose, staring at the path ahead. He didn't see anything, but he reached out and touched what he couldn't see; there was definitely something there.

"And to think I just got through ranting about this thing." He muttered, pulling the Lens of Truth from his pocket and looking through it to see he'd bumped into a wall. "First, it was invisible holes, now it's invisible walls…" Link navigated the invisible maze, keeping his eye on all the Floormasters as they skittered around. He noticed something odd though: The Floormasters seemed to be avoiding him. Wherever he stepped, they moved away from him. It didn't take a genius to know something was definitely up now. But he figured they were just avoiding him so he wouldn't kill them in their weakened form and made his way clockwise around the room to the first door anyway; not noticing a shadow had been growing larger around his feet.

It took a bit less than an hour, but he finally came out of the last door, looking like he'd had a close encounter with another Like-Like or something.

"An invisible Floormaster?!" he shouted in outrage. "This is getting ridiculous! That thing nearly killed me!"

"Now, now, be calm, Link." Navi advised soothingly, though it was ineffective.

"No, actually, it was this Lens of Truth that nearly killed me. I could hardly swing my sword while holding this thing!"

"At least that was a normal Floormaster. I admit these small ones are making me wary too."

"Oh, yeah, those guys."-Link pulled out his Megaton Hammer, feeling vengeful-"I can take them… Where are they?" It was true: just a few minutes ago, the room was full of little evil hands skittering along the floor; now it was pretty much empty. He walked along the invisible walls cautiously, his hammer at the ready.

"Hey!"

"Shh. We have to keep our stealth…"

"Listen!"

"Navi, don't start this…"

"Hey, Hey! Hey, Listen! Hey! Link, Listen! I really think you should listen this time! Hey, Hey, Hey! Listen! Listen, Hey-"

"WHAT?! Navi, what? I'm trying to keep my cool here!"

"W-"

"What could you possibly want to tell-?!" Link was cut off by a Wallmaster yanking him off the ground by the back of his shirt and pinning him to the ceiling. Navi fluttered up to him as four more Wallmasters grabbed his arms and legs and held them so he was spread into a T form against the ceiling.

"Um…" she began nervously. "W-Watch out for shadows of monsters that hang from the ceiling?" Link was glaring Fire Arrows at her, snarling. "I-I told you to listen…" Link sighed; he couldn't really blame Navi for his falling into a trap, but if there was one thing he knew, it was that Wallmasters do not just pin their victims to the ceiling. He looked around the room until he heard a familiar dark chuckle.

"Wait…" he muttered. "I-It couldn't be…"

"Oh, but it could…" His Shadow taunted from below him, fading into reality just under him.

"I thought I dealt with you back in the Water Temple…"

"Yes, but that was just so much fun, I couldn't resist spreading the word that the Hero of Time can be stopped with a few strokes to his cute tummy or feet. I mean, how can you expect me to keep something like that to myself?" Dark Link giggled, pulling the arrow he'd tickled Link with before from his pouch and toying with the feathers on it.

"Bastard…" Link muttered. "You're the one who told that Dead Hand I was ticklish?!"

"Yes, I did. And watching him tickle you was hilarious I must say; albeit the slightest bit frightening."

"And what would you do if I told everyone you were just as ticklish as I am?"

"I would be afraid sure; if they didn't already know."

"What?! No fair!"

"Yeah, when I was a kid, the Stalchildren would hold me while the Floormasters tickled my knees and underarms."

"You were a kid?"

"I told you, Link. I am your Dark side, your shadow."

"What does that have to do with it? I figured Ganondorf created you recently."

"No, I needed time to train to be as good a swordsman as- Hey, are you stalling?" Link's face flushed as the mischievous shadow saw right through his ruse. Dark Link sneered and vanished, reappearing closer to him, now standing on thin air.

"As much as I love talking to you, it's only delaying the fun." He giggled, playfully. "Shall we start then?"

"W-Wait!" Link shouted. "Just a couple more things. First of all, what exactly do you get out of this?"

"Nothing really, now that you mention it. But I know it bothers you, and I find it funny when you're weak and helpless like this."

"…Fine. Secondly, Navi!" Navi fluttered around Dark Link's head, her normal blue glow becoming yellow; he watched her curiously as she identified him.

"Dark Link: Your very mischievous Dark duplicate. He seems to enjoy tormenting you, but is nothing like any other enemy you've encountered."

"Thank you, Navi; that was much more informative than last time." Link nodded, staring at his duplicate as Navi flittered away. "My last question is this." Dark Link huffed, getting impatient.

"Go on." He pouted.

"Why did you ask Floormasters and Wallmasters for help?"

"Yeah, you didn't need help beating him before." Navi giggled, earning another fiery glare from Link. Dark Link chuckled.

"Well, like I said, I just couldn't keep the secret to myself." He smiled. "And what's the point of telling them you're ticklish if they don't get to tickle you?"

"You are truly heartless." Link pouted.

"I'm also getting impatient."-Dark Link snapped his fingers, and the 12 small Floormasters reappeared on the floor; he levitated down to them and picked one up- "Y'know the reason I use these small guys is so I can do something like…" He smirked and slipped the Floormaster into Link's green tunic; just about the same second, Link was laughing helplessly as the devious disembodied hand scratched at his stomach, one finger teasing his navel at any chance. The supposedly evil duplicate smiled brightly and set more to roam along his torso. Two immediately went to work on his hips, kneading and tickling them relentlessly, and another two were scratching at his armpits. Link was laughing hysterically, trying to struggle, but the Wallmasters were holding firm and wouldn't give him an inch of leeway.

Dark Link had added another two that scratched at his ribs, occasionally squeezing his sides.

"I-I'll get you for this, Shadow!" Link laughed, tears in his eyes, and his duplicate smiled at the pet name.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were holding out more than you did last time." He snickered, making note that he now had 5 Floormasters left; he glanced at Link's Hover Boots. "I think we can change that…" Dark Link examined the Hover Boots and snickered, already knowing all about them. Running his hand over the sole, it was like smoothed ice: impossible to get any drag.

"How do you walk in these, Hero?" he teased, slipping them off tauntingly slow and dropping them onto the floor below. "You'd have a better chance walking barefoot. And all those gaps you crossed with these; surely you could have jumped them."

"Y-You'd be surprised." Link giggled, once again trying to struggle.

"Such a shame really. As you've seen, I don't need fancy shoes to walk on air. But let's get back to business, yes?" Dark Link went back to the floor and gathered up the remaining Floormasters.

"You're gonna hate me for this." He giggled, placing the evil hands on Link's feet. One of them teasingly stroked one finger down his sole, and Link's eyes widened.

"N-No!" the hero shouted, scared for his sanity. "Don't you dare let them at my feet!"

"Oh, yes, hero." Dark Link sneered deviously, reaching into Link's pouch and pulling out another one of his arrows. "And I'm gonna help."

"No, Shadow, no… N-AH!" Link cried out as the Floormasters dug into his feet, two digging into his soles, two at his heels and one tickling the toes on his left foot. When Dark Link began twisting the feathered ends of the arrows between his toes, Link was already hysterical, tears cascading down his cheeks and dropping onto the floor.

"Stop it!" he laughed, said laughter increasing further when the hands in his tunic started moving again; it wasn't until then that he realized they'd stopped.

"Aw, but I don't wanna." The shadow taunted, wiggling his own fingers between his toes. "Tickle, tickle, Link. I wonder if I should tell Ganondorf that the fate of Hyrule is in the hands of such a ticklish cutie." Link would slaughter him for that later, he thought as his mind was shattering under Dark Link's and the Floormasters' torture.

About an hour later, the Hero of Time was regaining consciousness on the floor, rubbing his forehead and shivering. Dark Link was lying against the wall nearby, sleeping. Being brutally honest, Link contemplated killing him right there; he was just so mad, his hand was clasped around his sword handle. But something stopped him; he didn't know what it was. Maybe it was just the fact that killing a sleeping opponent is the cheapest of cheap shots; maybe something Dark Link had done or said had some effect on him. All he knew was that he stepped toward his shadow, ready to pay him back for torturing him.

"I know you're not trying to sneak up on me, cutie." Dark Link said evilly, looking over his shoulder at the hero and smirking. Link chuckled, wiggling his fingers.

"Who needs to sneak?" he smirked deviously. Dark Link gulped, smiling nervously and wondering why he didn't think about this before falling asleep here. He got to his feet and ran off, navigating the invisible maze without much thought, and with Link running behind him. He exited through the door Link had dented with his hammer, entering the room where the Shadow Ferry had gone down.

"You can't catch me!" he taunted.

"Oh, yeah?!" Link shouted back. "You're running toward a wall!" Dark Link giggled, waving at him as he started fading. By the time the wall came close, he'd vanished, and Link slid across the floor on his Hover Boots and smashed into the wall.

"Are you okay?" Navi asked, fluttering above him.

"Yeah, sure…" Link murmured, though clearly wrong. "'Sacred Feet', like heck they are…"

Author's Note- Dark Link is coming up a lot more than I originally intended... But hey, I think it's coming out pretty well! =3 For those of you who actually care, there is an invisible Floormaster in a room in the Shadow Temple, and the maze room in this chapter is in the temple as well. But there are only two Floormasters in the maze, not 4.