The Legend Of Naruto: Ocarina Of Time (Remake). Chapter 2: The Adventure Begins! (Remake).
(Note: I noticed that when I first wrote the old version, I skipped the dungeon because I was kind of too lazy to. ^^; But, I decided to include action. I mean, come on. Legend Of Zelda does have action, doesn't it? XD Anyway, in other news, I found this awesome Zelda Ocarina Of Time fanfic (yeah, I know there are a lot of them) that somebody wrote, and it's basically a novelization of the entire game (no, it is not a walkthrough for the game, but like the name says, it's a novel version of the story), and it's written by zeldamaster8472. It's on , by the way. I just started reading it (I'm on Chapter 2), and so far, it's really good. I highly recommend it. I also added something for each chapter (except for the prologue, and epilogue). I will give you a recap of what happened in the previous chapter, and then show you what's going on the current chapter (i.e. the chapter that you are about to read now which is Chapter 2 of The Legend Of Naruto: Ocarina Of Time). Anyway, hope you enjoy Chapter 2. :D)
Disclaimer:
I do not own Naruto or The Legend Of Zelda. No copyright infringement intended. All copyrights are reserved and therefore belong to their respectful owners. This is just for entertainment purposes only. I am not making any money off of this.
Notes:
Italics – Dreams, thoughts and flashbacks.
Previously, on Chapter 1 of The Legend Of Naruto: Ocarina Of Time (Remake)...
"Naruto... The time has come to test thy courage... I have been cursed... I need you to break the curse with your wisdom and courage. Dost thou have enough courage to undertake this task?" asked The Great Deku Tree.
Naruto nodded.
"Yes. I'm ready."
"Then enter, brave Naruto, and thou too, Navi...," The Great Deku Tree spoke as he lowered his mouth. "Navi... Thou must aid Naruto... and Naruto... when Navi speaks, listen to her words of wisdom..."
"Come on! Let's go, Naruto!" said Navi, looking at Naruto.
"Right," he turned away and looked at The Great Deku Tree.
Finally, without a moment of hesitation, Naruto took a deep breath and went inside The Great Deku Tree with Navi.
Now...
Chapter 2: The Adventure Begins!
"Whoa," said Naruto who noticed that there were vines, cliffs, and a web in the middle. "I've never been inside a tree before."
"Neither have I," replied Navi.
"Awesome!" Naruto cried, raising a fist in the air, and grinning.
"Naruto, watch out!" Navi shrieked as an enemy was about to hit Naruto. The enemy looked a little similar to a Venus Flytrap. Luckily, Naruto ran up to the enemy and killed it and it died.
"What was that?" Naruto asked.
"That's a Deku Baba. If you kill it, you end up getting a Deku Stick or a Deku Nut," Navi explained to Naruto.
"Wow! Cool!" Naruto exclaimed.
Afrer killing two more Deku Babas and retrieving two more Deku Nuts, Naruto walked up to a ladder, climbed it and jumped on a nearby ledge.
"Naruto! Listen! Look at this wall! Do you see the vines on it?" Navi asked.
"Yeah," Naruto answered.
"Maybe you can climb it," Navi replied.
"Alright," Naruto responded with a grin.
"Wait!" Navi cried.
"What?" Naruto asked, looking at her.
"Look!" she screamed.
"Navi, what's wro-" Naruto was about to say, until he realized what she saw, and looked at the wall.
"Oh... my... God," Naruto wavered. "SPIDER!" He started running back and forth. "What do I do? What do I do?"
"You can't do anything about it," said Navi.
"What?! Why?! What is that thing?! How do I kill it?!" Naruto panicked.
"That's a Skulltula, also known as a spider. Unfortunately, you have to come back to this room later by trying to find an item to kill the Skulltulas," Navi suggested.
"Right," Naruto spoke as he and Navi found a door, opened it, and went inside another room of the dungeon.
When the duo went inside the next room, a Deku Scrub appeared, and started spitting Deku Nuts at Naruto.
The Deku Scrub left its spot and started running like a coward.
Naruto sprang into action, and caught the Deku Scrub.
"Ow-ow-ow! Forgive me, master! If I give you a clue, will you let me go? When you jump off a high cliff, if you move forward, you will roll on the ground when you land and won't get hurt from the fall. I can't guarantee it will work, though, if the cliff is really, really high, heh heh! Well, try it if you are feeling bold! Wah ha hah!" the Deku Scrub taunted and left Naruto and Navi alone in the room.
The bars to another door opened, and the duo entered another room.
In this room, there was a platform, and across from the platform was a wall with two vines. Naruto jumped off the ledge, climbed up the vines, found the treasure chest, opened it, and retrieved a Fairy Slingshot.
"Alright! Time to give those Skulltulas a piece of my mind!" Naruto exclaimed to himself.
Naruto saw a ladder with a web on it, aimed at the ladder with the Fairy Slingshot, and the ladder fell on the ground so Naruto could climb on it and leave this room.
He jumped on the platform, and back on the ledge where the door was, opened it, went back in the room where the Deku Scrub was, opened the door, and he and Navi were once again back in the room where the Skulltulas on the vines on the wall were.
Naruto jumped on the ledge, and killed the Skulltulas with the Fairy Slingshot again. After that, he climbed on the vines and landed on a ledge.
As Naruto and Navi were about to continue their quest inside the dungeon, a big Skulltula appeared, which made Naruto scream again.
"Naruto! What's wrong with you?! It's just a big Skulltula! Jeez, why do you hate them so much?" Navi shouted.
"When I was little, Sasuke pulled a prank on me. I was hanging out with Sakura and Itachi, and before I knew it, Sasuke snuck up behind me and put a Skulltula inside my shirt and it bit me!" Naruto whimpered.
"Oh, grow up!" Navi scolded.
"What? You've never been scared of a Skulltula before?" asked Naruto.
"Naruto, don't be such a baby! You know, heroes aren't cowards, AND NOW YOU'RE ACTING LIKE ONE! You call yourself a hero? From now on, you're on your own!" Navi hollered, and went back inside his pouch.
"Oh come on, Navi! You can't do this to me!" Naruto whined. "Some companion you are," he mumbled.
"I heard that," Navi answered, which made Naruto pout.
"I don't need her. So much for being a hero. Why did The Great Deku Tree choose me? Couldn't he have chosen someone else? Because I don't think I can do it. Hmph. He should have chosen Sasuke instead of me," he groaned to himself.
Later, after encountering some more enemies and Deku Scrubs along the way, retrieving the Compass and Boss Key, Naruto and Navi finally reached the boss room.
Before entering the boss room, Naruto thought about his conversation with Navi:
"You know, heroes aren't cowards, AND NOW YOU'RE ACTING LIKE ONE! You call yourself a hero? From now on, you're on your own!"
"Hmph. I'll show her," Naruto determined, and went inside the boss room.
"Wait. What's that noise?" he wondered.
Then, he saw a golden eye that belonged to a monster... Parasitic Armored Arachnid Queen Gohma.
"Heroes aren't cowards," Navi's words rang in Naruto's ears.
"Okay, Naruto. You can do this," Naruto told himself. Then, he thought of an idea.
"Wait. That's it! The eye is her weakness!"
After taking out his slingshot, Naruto shot the Deku Nuts at Gohma, sliced her eye a few times, and she died.
Once again, Naruto found himself back inside The Great Deku Tree's Forest Meadow.
"Great Deku Tree, I did it," Naruto proclaimed with a grin.
"Well done, Naruto. Thou hast verily demonstrated thy courage... I knew that thou wouldst be able to carry out my wishes... Now, I have yet more to tell ye, wouldst thou listen?" the Great Deku Tree quizzically asked.
"Sure, I guess," said Naruto.
"Now... listen carefully, Naruto... A wicked man of the desert cast this dreadful curse upon me... This evil man ceaselessly uses his vile, sorcerous powers in his search for the Sacred Realm that is connected to Hyrule... For it is in that Sacred Realm that one will find the divine relic, the Triforce, which contains the essence of the gods... Before time began, before spirits and life existed... Three golden goddesses descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule... Din, the goddess of power... Nayru, the goddess of wisdom... Farore, the goddess of courage... Din... With her strong flaming arms, she cultivated the land and created the red earth. Nayru... Poured her wisdom onto the earth and gave the spirit of law to the world. Farore... With her rich soul, produced all life forms who would uphold the law. The three great goddesses, their labors completed, departed for the heavens. And golden sacred triangles remained at the point where the goddesses left the world. Since then, the sacred triangles have become the basis for our world's providence. And, the resting place of the triangles has become the Sacred Realm. So you see, Naruto, thou must never allow the desert man in black armor to lay his hands on the sacred Triforce... Thou must never suffer that man, with his evil heart, to enter the Sacred Realm of legend... That evil man who cast the death curse upon me and sapped my power... Because of that curse, my end is nigh... Though your valiant efforts to break the curse were successful, I was doomed before you were born, Naruto...," The Great Deku Tree explained.
"No... you can't... you can't do this to me, Great Deku Tree... you've been like a grandfather to me. If I lost you, then I don't know what I'd do," Naruto said as he started to cry.
"Oh, Naruto... please do not grieve for me. I have been able to tell you of these important matters... Naruto... Go now to Hyrule Castle... There, thou will surely meet the Princess of Destiny... Take this stone with you. The stone that man wanted so much, that he cast the curse on me...," said The Great Deku Tree as he gave Naruto the Kokiri's Emerald.
"Navi the fairy...," The Great Deku Tree called Navi who came out of Naruto's pocket.
"Yes, Great Deku Tree?" she asked.
"I want you to promise me one thing. Promise me that you will look after Naruto while I'm gone, and that you won't let anything bad happen to him. Help Naruto to carry out my will. Remember, Naruto – the future depends upon thee. You are Hyrule's only hope. Thou art courageous... I entreat ye... Navi... Good... bye...," The Great Deku Tree said weakly as he began to wither and died.
"Great Deku Tree? Great Deku Tree!" Naruto sobbed.
"Naruto," Navi's voice cracked. "Crying will not bring The Great Deku Tree back. We have to be strong for him, you and me together... especially you, Naruto. Remember what he said – you are Hyrule's only hope."
Naruto stopped crying and wiped his tears.
"Come on. Let's go to Hyrule Castle," Navi said.
"Right," Naruto replied.
Before they left, Naruto looked back at The Great Deku Tree.
"Great Deku Tree. Whoever did this to you is going to pay. I will not rest until this man is killed. I swear it," Naruto declared, and put his hand on his chest. "Goodbye, Great Deku Tree, and thank you for everything."
After exiting The Great Deku Tree's Meadow, Naruto and Navi saw the Kokiri, Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, Kiba, Shino and Sai awaiting their return.
"What are you all doing here?" asked Naruto.
"Naruto. Is it true that The Great Deku Tree is dead?" Konohamaru wept.
Naruto sadly nodded his head.
"Yes."
"What happened?" Moegi questioned.
"All I know is that someone killed him, and I'm going to find out who. That is why I must leave," Naruto explained.
"No, Naruto! Please don't go! Not like this!" cried Udon.
"I'm sorry, but it is my duty to protect Hyrule," Naruto declared. "Don't worry. I'll come back someday. I promise," he smiled.
"Okay," Konohamaru whispered.
Before Naruto walked away, he looked back at the crowd one last time, and said:
"Goodbye."
Meanwhile, at Naruto's house...
"I see. So you're leaving, right?" asked Tsunade.
"Yes," Naruto replied.
"When are you coming back?" Shizune questioned.
"I don't know," said Naruto.
"Oh, Naruto...," Shizune wept as she, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Iruka hugged Naruto.
"We love you so much. Promise us that you'll come back," Shizune spoke.
"I promise. However, don't tell Sakura or Itachi. I don't think they can take it. Especially Sakura."
"Alright," said Tsunade.
"Goodbye," Naruto replied and hugged them for the last time. "Thank you for everything. I love you."
While Naruto was walking out of the house, he could hear Shizune's and Tsunade's sobs. But Naruto knew that when it came to a mission, he had to put his feelings aside and save his tears for later.
Before exiting Kokiri Forest, Naruto turned around and looked at it for the last time.
"This place... holds too many memories. Goodbye, Kokiri Forest. Goodbye, Great Deku Tree. I'll never forget you," Naruto thought. Then, an image of Sakura smiling came to his mind.
"Sakura..."
"Naruto," came the voice of Navi.
"Yes, Navi?" Naruto responded.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
"Yes," Naruto nodded and left Kokiri Forest with Navi.
However, as they were about to exit the forest through the bridge, a voice called out to them.
"Oh... you're leaving."
Naruto stopped dead in his tracks, and stood still for a moment. To him, it was a voice that sounded all too familiar. It was a voice that belonged to a girl. He started having flashbacks of the two of them together. But to Naruto, this girl... was not just any ordinary girl, but one that he knew... a girl who was like a sister to him... a girl that was always there for him whenever he was feeling down. But as soon as he heard her voice, he felt an ache in his chest. It was like someone had punched him in the gut. Finally, Naruto slowly turned around and looked at her. At that moment, he realized who it was.
"Sakura," he spoke. "What are you doing here?"
"I heard you talking with your family. Also, my parents told me that The Great Deku Tree is dead. So... I came to say goodbye."
"Sakura-" Naruto was about to speak, but she cut him off.
"Naruto. I knew that you would leave the forest someday... because you are different from all of us, including me."
Naruto turned away from her.
"You'd all be better off without me, Sakura. After all, Sasuke did say that I'll never be like you, right?"
Sakura shook her head, furiously.
"That's not true, Naruto! I don't care what Sasuke says! Did you forget what Itachi said about him when we first met you?"
Flashback...
"If Sasuke says something mean to you, don't listen to him. You just have to stand up for yourself."
End of flashback...
"No. I have not," said Naruto.
"Then...," Sakura pulled something out of her pocket, and showed it to Naruto. "Take this."
Naruto's eyes widened.
"But, Sakura..."
"I want you to have my Fairy Ocarina."
"But why? This belongs to you. Your parents gave that to you for your birthday."
"I know, but I want you to have it," Sakura repeated.
"Why?" Naruto asked as she put the Fairy Ocarina in his hands.
"It's so that you can remember me, and come back to the forest to visit," she said and smiled at him. "After all... we'll always be friends, right?"
"Sakura... I-"
Before Naruto could finish his sentence, Sakura pulled him into a tight embrace and cried.
After Sakura stopped hugging Naruto, she told him:
"Naruto. Promise me that you'll come back."
Naruto felt tears well up in his own eyes.
"I promise."
With a grin on his face, he gave Sakura a thumbs up and proclaimed:
"Don't worry, Sakura! I'll come back! It's the promise of a lifetime!"
As Naruto was about to leave Sakura alone on the bridge, another voice called out to him.
"Naruto, wait."
He turned around, and saw two other boys standing right beside Sakura.
"Sasuke. Itachi. What are you doing here?"
"We heard you were leaving... and..." Itachi looked at Sasuke and back at Naruto. "Sasuke has something to say.
Sasuke walked towards Naruto.
"What do you want?" Naruto scowled.
"I came to apologize."
Naruto scoffed.
"You already did."
"No," Sasuke shook his head. "I really mean it. Just... hear me out."
"Fine. Talk," Naruto snapped.
"Look. I know that I've been really hard on you, Naruto, and I'm sorry."
"Yeah, right. I don't believe you, Sasuke. Do you really think I'm going to forgive you after everything that you've done to me? You bullied me since we were kids. I'm sick of it. You'll be much happier without me, Sasuke. I know it," Naruto spat.
"Naruto, will you just shut up and let me finish?" Sasuke talked back.
Naruto grew silent.
"Look. Like I said before, I'm sorry for being mean to you."
A big lump formed in Sasuke's throat.
"I heard you and Sakura talking about me just now, and I realize that if something happened to you, then I'd never forgive myself. If things had turned out differently, you and I would have been friends instead of enemies, and I'd accept you for who you are instead of tossing you aside like you meant nothing to me," Sasuke walked up to Naruto and hugged him.
"I'm sorry, Naruto. I'm so sorry," Sasuke sobbed and stopped hugging Naruto.
"Sasuke-"
"Just go, Naruto. But promise me that you'll come back, and don't you dare go dying on us, you hear?"
Naruto also had tears in his eyes.
"I promise."
He embraced Sasuke, Sakura and Itachi. After Naruto stopped hugging them, he told Itachi:
"Itachi. Look after Sasuke, Sakura and the others, including my family."
"I will," Itachi vowed.
"Goodbye...," said Naruto, walking away from Itachi, Sasuke and Sakura. He looked at them one last time, and left Kokiri Forest with Navi.
Sakura fell to the ground, and started to cry again, while Itachi put his arms around her.
Sasuke clenched his fists and tears flowed through his eyes.
"Goodbye...," he bit his lip. "...loser."
Next time:
Chapter 3: Hyrule Castle.
(Note: I guess you could say that the Prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter were kind of depressing. Now, there will be a few emotional scenes in "The Legend Of Naruto: Ocarina Of Time" (Remake) (since the Zelda series does have a lot of emotional scenes like Ocarina Of Time for example), but there will be some funny moments as well, so stay tuned. But I had a lot of fun writing this chapter though, mainly because of the goodbye scene between Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Itachi. I kind of wanted to make the goodbye scene with Link and Saria a little bit more emotional than it was in the game. Though I kind of wonder why (and still do even to this day) Link walked away from Saria after she gave him the Fairy Ocarina. Maybe he didn't know what to say... literally. I mean, he is mute, isn't he? Whenever I look back at this scene in the game, it kind of reminds me of that one scene from the movie Braveheart where William is at his father and brother's funeral (they were killed at war), and his childhood friend, Murron (who he later on falls in love with amd marries her; by the way, during this scene, they were kids at the time) gives him a thistle in order to cheer him up, and it's sort of his memento of her, kind of like how Saria gave Link the Fairy Ocarina, and to keep it as his memento of her. It's as if Murron and Saria are telling William and Link, "Don't forget me," and they never do forget them. I didn't think that it was necessary to add dialogue during that scene with William and Murron when they were kids, because I thought that the look on their faces were perfect for that scene without any dialogue because you can just feel the chemistry between the two of them, because for those of you who've seen Braveheart, you know what's gonna happen between the two of them. I won't say what happens, because that would be spoiling and you'd have to see it for yourself. It's a great movie, and it's definitely my favorite movie of all time. You won't regret it. It actually won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture, and Best Director for Mel Gibson, who not only directed it, but also starred as the main character, and produced it. I just thought I might want to share that with you, but I'll talk more about the movie later. Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Back to the chapter. One of the things that I love about the Naruto series is the bond between Naruto and Sasuke. And no, I don't mean the romantic bond (*cough* NaruSasu *cough*). I mean their strong friendship because even after everything that they've been through, despite their fights, I could kind of tell that they cared about each other. They're like brothers. Yes, I know that Sasuke tried to kill Naruto a bunch of times, but that was back when Sasuke was evil, which is why the Sasuke Retrieval Arc (especially the fight between Naruto and Sasuke at The Final Valley) is one of my favorite parts of the Naruto series. But Sasuke's changed (as shown in the Naruto finale), thanks to Naruto, and that's why I decided to add Sasuke (and Itachi) to the goodbye scene with Naruto and Sakura in "The Legend Of Naruto: Ocarina Of Time (Remake)", because I thought it would fit. I also love the last part of the chapter where Sasuke said "Goodbye... loser." Oh, and if you're wondering who said, "Naruto, wait," that was Itachi. Anyway, in other news, I noticed that recently, there's been a glitch on Fanfiction. I got two reviews for the remake of "The Legend Of Naruto: Ocarina Of Time," but when I'm about to check the reviews, it says I don't have any reviews. I'm not sure if some of you are having this problem, but I do hope that this will be fixed. It happened to me right after I first uploaded the fanfic (which was December 28, 2015, two days before New Year's Eve), and I'm kind of mad about that. I do hope Fanfiction fixes this problem soon, so don't think I'm ignoring you. It's not me. Fanfiction is being stupid right now. :( Unfortunately, for now, we have to wait, so keep reviewing. :D Anyway, I just finished reading the Zelda: Ocarina Of Time manga by Akira Himekawa, and I'm not sure if this is true, but I heard that Viz Media (which is a company that made anime TV shows like Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Fullmetal Alchemist, etc.) is going to make an anime adaption of the Ocarina Of Time manga. :D I know some people are against the idea of voice acting in a Zelda game because of the 1980's cartoon, and rip-off CD-I games (there's also one for Mario), but I think it would be pretty cool if it was turned into an anime. Well, that's just my opinion, but that's another story. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed Chapter 2, and be on the look-out for Chapter 3. Love you guys! Bye! :D 3)
