Kenshin rubbed his head, that kid scared ten years off him. He had gotten the jist of the plan but all his mind could go back to was Link's small still body falling to the ground. It reminded Kenshin too much of a snowy day filled with blood. Kenshin's hands shook slightly, he quickly stilled them. He couldn't get emotional now, he had to stay strong. Kenshin switched his mind to Link, the kid was wringing his hands together and looked a bit lost, he was also staring at Kenshin's hand. Kenshin actually laughed out, Link's head snapped up in confusion, Kenshin smiled down and quietly took the small hand into his, "We should start moving again."
Link assessed their situation; three ledges, one was too tall, the other swathed in the web-like substance from before. Link tugged Kenshin's hand and pointed at the yellow switch on the floor, "...Do you want me to stand on that?" Kenshin asked, Link nodded and stared at it in waiting. Kenshin hesitantly stepped onto the switch, with a loud click the pedestal covered in webs burned alight with fire, burning off the webs and leaving the wall charred. Kenshin blinked, "Well then." Link grinned.
Kenshin cut down the Deku Baba as Link ran quickly to the cobwebs with a stick, the fire spread quickly as the webs disintegrated. Link quickly put the flame out and...it disappeared. "You know, I can get used to a lot of things, but that is one thing I cannot get over. How do you do that?" Kenshin marveled. Link wiggled his fingers and gave Kenshin a smirk, "Magic."
The next steel door opened to another Deku Scrub, it shot one if it's seeds but this time Kenshin was ready. He cut the seed in half with one quick motion of his sword, the creature meeped and sunk underground. Link pressed his finger to his lip, Kenshin nodded and they stood silent, the coward re emerged and shot at Link who deflected the seed right back at the shooter. It jumped out of it's strange hole and was quickly cornered, "EEEK!" It squealed. "PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! If you let me go I'll tell you a real big secret!" Link pressed his blade closer to the shrub and Kenshin took a step forward to pull the child back. The scrub squirmed, "Okay, OKAY! 231! 23 IS NUMBER 1!" Link let the shrub go as it sniffled, "Do you think I'm a traitor?" Link frowned and patted it slightly, it sniffled and nodded it's head and then it fled back to it's hole. Link looked upset, Kenshin continued forward. "You have excellent judgement," Link's eyes shone with surprise. Kenshin winked at him, "Now use your head and figure out a way to open this door." Link huffed but a small smile played on his lips as he shot the golden eye above the door. Kenshin grinned, "Now how did you figure that out, or is that some more magic?" Link's laugh echoed of the walls like the chime of bells.
"Now this is complete nonsense." Kenshin said as he frowned at the scene in front of him. A platform moved up and down the water as spikes rotated above it. Link had to agree, he scoured the water with his eyes and saw a glittering something. Link took a step forward but hesitated, Kenshin's words echoing in his ears, "...there's a switch in the water." Link said softly staring out into the water his eyes trained on the tarnished yellow color. Kenshin nodded and with that Link took off, Kenshin sighed and took a step onto the platform. The water lowered as Link came up, Kenshin crouched down and fished him out and sat him down. The spikes sailed overhead and the platform reached the other side. Kenshin and Link hopped off, Kenshin looked down, "Well that one wasn't so bad to be honest." Link nodded, it could've been way worse.
Link pushed the block until it wouldn't move anymore, satisfied he wiped the sweat of his brow. "You know I could've jumped us both over the ledge right?" Kenshin said, Link frowned at him and climbed up the block. Kenshin grinned and jumped over the block and boy altogether, with a small smirk Kenshin continued on his way as if he hadn't just jumped an impossible height. Link rolled his eyes but scurried along after him.
The child roved his eyes around the rock tunnel, Link knew something was wrong but now the gnawing sensation came back. Link's stomach churned with anticipation, Kenshin narrowed his eyes, "Do you hear that?" Link did indeed hear the sound. I was a harrowing scraping sound, like a creature was slowly making itself out of it's cage. Link stared upward in horror, above them three eggs as large as Link's head hung. They were maroon and speckled with white dots, Link had only seen them deep, deep inside the woods away from where most Kokiri ever dare to wander. "That's a Gohma egg…..how did a Gohma get in here?" the child said fearfully. Link hurriedly struck them down and the egg's mushy insides fell to the floor before evaporating into dark mist. Kenshin stared at Link, "What do they do Link." He asked quietly. Link shuddered, "They eat trees." Kenshin's eyes widened at that statement, "We have to hurry." He said urgently, Link nodded and they ran through one of the tunnels.
Link dusted himself as he surveyed the area he crawled into, his eyes quickly took in the block, the web and the Deku Babas. He grasped his bangs and pulled slightly on his hair, C'mon Link, C'mon! he thought to himself. You have to think this through…. Link's eyes glowed with understanding, There we go. But then he bit his lip, That's too slow, unless…. "Kenshin jump us over to the fire." Kenshin startled slightly, he usually just stayed off to the side and tried to figure out how to progress himself. Kenshin nodded, the plan becoming more clear. "Fine but you're not falling by yourself." Link grinned back, even though he was quickly picked up like he weighed nothing, even though he fell once again from a nauseating height. Even though he was Mister No Fairy, he didn't need one now, because he's not alone anymore.
Kenshin swam himself to the shore of the deep pool sighing in relief. Kenshin smiled down at the green wept lump of cloth hugging him tightly, Such a courageous boy. Kenshin thought to himself. Kenshin stiffened and stepped quickly to the left as a Deku seed raced past him, he then moved down and swiftly side-stepped to the right. Three of them were in this room, he said as much to Link when he put down the child. Link nodded and quickly shielded them, he knocked back all of the seeds thrown to him in one sweet position. Link grinned as the seeds hit all three scrubs at once, he lowered his guard and was hit with great speed. Link cried out when one of the seeds hit squarely into his chest, Kenshin immediately came in and sliced the other two seeds in half.. His eyes narrowed as the three Deku Scrubs laughed, "Hehe, HAHA! They don't know, they don't know" Their voices sang mockingly. "They don't know who's number one, clever, clever us!" They laughed harder. "Number one!" Link exclaimed as he retook his position. His eyes shined with understanding. "I can do this Kenshin." Link said determinedly. Wearily Kenshin took a step back but stayed to the right of Link. Link stared down at the scrubs with his shield raised, round two was about to begin but this time he was going to win. A seed whizzed by his stomach and in the corner of his eye he saw Kenshin twitch and tighten his grip on his sword. Link sent him a smile he hoped that put Kenshin's worries to rest and stared defiantly back at the Scrubs. "2," he grunted as the middle Deku Scrub's bullet seed flung itself into his shield and back at it's owner. "3," Link said as he quickly pivoted to the right and blocked the seed. Link tensed in waiting for the the last seed to strike him but heard a crunch and saw one half of the seed fling itself out of Link's space. Blue eyes looked up in wonderment towards concerned violets, "Are you okay Link?" Link grinned and quickly went around Kenshin to intersect the last seed. "1!" The child exclaimed in joy. Kenshin smiled down at the exuberant boy, "Ah yes, 23 is number 1."
The Scrubs screeched in protest as the middle and right offenders sunk back down in their holes but the left was detained by Kenshin. "EEK!" The Deku Scrub squeaked from the small man's iron grip. Kenshin's eyes narrowed, "You will tell me where this "Gohma" is." The Scrub remained silent, "Now." He growled. Kenshin seemed to grow more intimidating every second the creature wouldn't talk. Link swore he could see angry gold speckle Kenshin's usual calm violet eyes and slightly inched forward, just in case things escalated. "OKAY, OKAY! I'll TALK!" the Scrub's stubbornness crumpled in the face of the redhead's ire. "Queenie is behind this door, a-and when you get in a fight with her, hit when she's red." The hand dropped the creature on the floor where it scampered, "Oh Queenie, please forgive us!" It said mournfully as it too disappeared like it's kin.
Link stood besides Kenshin as they stared at the last door, the child's hand grasped the man's, and Kenshin wondered when he became accustomed to the weight in his left hand. "Are you ready?" He asked quietly. Link's apprehension was quickly schooled into a blank expression under Kenshin's eyes, the redhead frowned at this. "Yes." was the soft answer, and together they entered.