A/N: Man, it has been a little while. This is the second to last chapter my friend and I have been able to write together because of our long-distantness. I promise you guys though, as soon as me and her get the chance to begin writing on it again, we will and I will post it ASAP. Enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer because we haven't done it yet: Neither osdktd or I own Inuyasha/Zelda. This is all purely fiction. PURELY!
The Legend of Zelda: Inuyasha in Hyrule – Chapter 4, Evil Pacts
Naraku is sitting on the floor of his dungeon, waiting for Kagura to get back from the Temple of Time with more information of the evil lord, Ganondorf. Kagura appears before Naraku, who watches the Sacred Jewel pulse in his hand.
"Do you have the information we need, my pet?" Naraku asks her as she stands up straight and opens her fan.
"I do, Lord Naraku," she bows, "He is only sealed away. To revive him, we need the blood of the child that carries the triforce of courage. It is a set ritual." Kagura puts a sealed-shut jar on the ground in front of her and uses her fan to blow a mighty wind so it finds its own way to Naraku.
He takes it in his hand, and waits for the rest of the wind to subside. He looks at it, and tries to open it, "It is sealed…"
Kagura waits. She assumes if Naraku truly wanted to, he would simply break the jar to retrieve the substance inside it. He doesn't. He only waits for her explanation, knowing that she would not be here with it if she did not have the information he ordered her to retrieve.
"The Dark Lord's ashes are inside of the urn. The blood of the child is supposed to open it and from it, he will regenerate and become whole once more." Kagura explains.
"A child? Tell me, how do you know for sure the bearer of this triforce of Farore is a child, Kagura?" Naraku places the jar down beside him and continues to examine the jewel.
"…It was the legend. The bearer of the triforce is usually a teenager…Only a human child." Kagura told him.
From the darkness across from Naraku, he sees a shining white circle, "Kanna," Naraku calls, "show me this child from the legends."
A blond male. Pointed ears. The child is Hylian. He is accompanied by a fairy of blue and white light. He is in a green tunic, long and tight pants. The child carries a sword of fluorescent blue light and purple hilt. The garbs of the hero...
The mirror stops flashing, and Naraku now at least has a close idea about who his next victim is, "Kagura…prepare a journey to Hyrule Castle."
Besides, Naraku needs the Shikon Jewel to work…
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Link carries a pail of water from the Royal Family's porcelain fountain to his friend's rooms. Kagome has become a bit more silent since she was sliced open by that Naraku. Her friends know she is going through a hard time. She is afraid that he will come back for her for whatever reason. Kagome does not want to feel pain like that ever again.
Cykon and Link do all they can to help them. They never deny a request.
Link goes to Zelda's room and sets the pail down beside her bed, which she is lying face down on. He waits for a response, watching her breathe. She does not show any other movement. Link silently begins to walk back to the doorway. Just before he leaves, he hears Zelda call his name. He stops and turns toward her.
He does not answer her, but he does stay and wait. Zelda sits up and slowly makes her way out of bed walking to Link. She is only is a thin night gown, so when she pulls Link toward her, he can feel her body warmth as if she were nude. His face was buried where her neck and shoulder meet. He puts his hand on her back, and he realizes her night gown is V-shaped in the back. Her bare back is cold, and the silky fabric creates static on his hands.
"Thank you," she whispers as she lets him go, and moves excess hair strands from her face.
She looks disoriented and tired. She must've not gotten much sleep since Naraku. She looks at her feet and puts both of her hands behind her back.
"I appreciate everything you and Cykon have done for Kagome and I." Zelda tells him, looking in his eyes when she finishes.
Link smiles, "I will do anything for you." Link tells her so quietly, she almost did not catch it.
He becomes a slight pink color in the face and Zelda smiles at him in reply. She nods once and goes back to her bed.
"Try to get some sleep, Zelda." Link tells her before closing the door, "I can tell you haven't got any yet."
Link crosses the hall and enters his own room. It is made of mostly wood. The walls and ceiling contain marble. It is a nice room, but not fit for royalty. This is one of the less-nice rooms in the entire castle. It is why Link received it. He doesn't mind it though. It beats sleeping in the cold outside where the monsters are.
Link looks to his clock, and he grabs a sword of the wall. His sword…
It is called The Nobel Sword, and Cykon has one just like it, except his is longer. Link's sword is a bit thicker, but shorter. It is a very simple design, but it is a fine sword; perfectly balanced.
Link looks to his clock again. It is exactly three minutes before noon.
Kagura and Naraku are already on their way, and they are close, but no one knows. She and he can move like the wind tribe.
Link lies on his back with one arm behind his head. He places his sword down beside him on the blue comforter. He brings his left hand to his face. There, the sacred pyramid…
He was born with three triangles on his hand. They sometimes glow, and the bottom left triangle always glows more luminous than the other two. Farore must have something to say to Link…
Zelda has the triforce on her hand too. Why, though; Link wants to know.
"Ku ku ku…" A sudden voice causes Link to jump.
He looks all around his room and picks up his blade. Nothing is there, seemingly. But that wasn't nothing! He only sees shadows. Naraku stands in one of these shadows and stares at Link. He is directly in front of him, but far enough to where if Link tried to strike, Naraku would be able to take a single step aside to dodge it.
Through the shadows, Link can see Naraku's red eyes almost glow.
Link gasps in realization, "You…!"
"So, it is you. The carrier of the triforce of courage…" Naraku says in a low and menacing voice.
Link quickly points his sword at Naraku's neck, "You should not be here."
Naraku begins to laugh, "Please…you cannot take me."
Those were the last words Link heard before he became dizzy and dropped his sword. He struggled to stay up, and soon, his knees buckled, and Link fell to the ground hard. Naraku walks toward Link and takes him by his left arm. Naraku lifts Link from the floor and he observes his left hand.
There it is...the triforce of courage.
Suddenly, it begins to glow, and Naraku is forced to let Link go. He is blown backwards, and Link remains unconscious.
"So…the Gods protect this boy? No matter. He will not be alive for much longer. Kagura!" Naraku calls.
Kagura appears in the blink of an eye, with feathers surrounding her. They flutter to the ground. The two gather Link and they leave as quick as Kagura came.
When Link wakes up, his body hurts entirely. His wrist and shoulder hurt the most. Why, he doesn't know. He tries to open his eyes and see where he could possibly be. He knows it is very hot where he is. It is hard to breathe. All he can see is red.
Link is surrounded by lava, and he lies on a rock in the middle of a lake of lava. The rock is flat and it takes the shape of a circle, as if it is an arena. Does Naraku want a fight? Link tries to stand, but he realizes that his feet and hands are bound by rope.
By the flash of a feather, an unfamiliar woman stands before Link. She fans herself with a white and red fan. She has the same red eyes as Naraku…
"Lord Naraku," She calls, "The child is awake." She informs.
The woman takes a feather from her hair and she flies to the sky with it until she is out of sight. Link frantically looks around for Naraku. She spoke to him, he must be around. But there is nothing around.
"Ku ku ku…" Naraku sounds.
Link still cannot hear him.
"Come out of the shadows you coward!" Link yells furiously.
Naraku appears in front of Link. He had been above Link the whole time on a ledge directly above his head. Naraku took Link by his neck and he took Link's sword.
"Hehe…" Naraku puts the blade to Link's neck, not enough to cut Link, but it did hurt, "What a pathetic blade. This would be no match for the Tetsaiga." Naraku whispers to himself.
He then places Link's blade against his torso and begins to slice him, "I need your blood." Suddenly, Naraku thrusts the blade into and through Link's stomach, causing him to scream in pain.
He lets go of Link and the blade. Link falls to the ground with a sword through his stomach. How will he get out of this one…? It had to be the most pain he had ever been through before.
Naraku takes out a metal urn from the inside of his kimono. He takes some of Link's blood in between his fingers and places it on the urn. Immediately, an ominous cloud like substance, and a moan begin coming out of the urn. The moaning becomes screams, and it gets louder and louder.
Naraku takes Link's blade out of him roughly, almost lifting Link off the ground. Naraku places the urn in the middle of the rock-arena. Link was able to watch the urn through blurred vision. Link is about to go. He is as good as dead. Naraku holds the blade above the urn and watches Link's blood drip inside of it.
A black aura is overflowing the edges of the urn until it covers Link and the rest of the rock and lava.
Naraku smiles, "I have no use for you anymore." Naraku states taking the urn and jumping back onto the ledge, disappearing. Link is left there to die, and he accepts his fate. He closes his eyes and waits for the Gods to take him.
Naraku had left Link's blade. He knows Naraku is completely gone when all of the black cloud-like substance fades away. He sees his blade, it is covered in his blood, and he is drowning in his own blood. Why isn't he gone yet? There is no sound. Link feels vibrations in the earth, but he is not dead. Why?
He feels no pain anymore, and his arms and legs are free to move.
…Black…
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Naraku watches as the flashes of ashes spew violently from the urn. They are forming an image. A silhouette of a man and in a clear flash of black, Ganondorf begins to laugh. He is thrilled that he is back into the world. Regenerating, Ganondorf admires his body again, holding out his arms and hands and observing them closely.
Soon, the mist clears. Ganondorf is before Naraku, and Ganondorf only just now begins to look around. He points at Naraku, eyes glowing yellow and white.
"You…" Ganondorf smiles, showing his demonic teeth, "I thank you." Ganondorf pauses, taking a breath.
He looks up, and puts his hand down. At this, he knows they are under the Death Mountain, and he laughs, "You awakened me for a particular reason, demon. What do you want?"
Ganondorf only wants to hear the reason this demon brought him back, thinking he would not help him. Ganondorf assists no one but himself.
"There…your hand. What is that?" Kagura asks from behind Ganondorf.
She noticed the triforce glowing on the back of his right hand.
"You possess it, too." Naraku states.
"The triforce of power…yes. It is mine still. I thought it left me when that meddlesome hero defeated me before." Ganondorf says.
"You were defeated by the boy in green?" Naraku inquires.
Ganondorf shoots him an angry look and begins to walk to him, "You know of him?! Where is he? I will kill him!"
"He is dead." Naraku tells Ganondorf.
"I had to kill him to bring you back here. I brought you back for you to join me. I can offer you more power than before. The world will be yours. I only want one thing from you. It is quite simple, as well. After you become the absolute ruler of the world, I only wish for you to make this work." Naraku pulls out the Shikon Jewel.
Ganondorf sees the jewel and it has no meaning to him, "What can possibly be more powerful than the triforce? This little piece of jewelry? Please…keep this interesting for me before I kill you." Ganondorf tells Naraku.
Naraku only laughs, "Yes, I knew this would not be easy. Let us make a pact, Prince of Darkness. In exchange for my assistance to help you rule the world, I only want you to make the jewel work so I may become more powerful. I want to be a full-fledged demon. Get this human out of me. The jewel will not work, I know not why, but you can get it to work!" Naraku explains.
Ganondorf pauses, thinking about this offer, "Think about this, Lord Ganondorf, we will be unstoppable."
Ganondorf then smirks and thinks of an idea on his own, "Fine. I'll play this little game with you. Let us go take over Hyrule!"