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Author's Note: Finally! The next chapter in The Legend of Konoka! Please note that Setsuna still wears the bunny hood if you were unsure or did not read that part. When I play I force Link to wear it as a child all the time so I figure I would do the same for Setsuna! Characters belong to Ken Akamatsu.

Edit: Editing takes forever…

Rock Hard Monsters!

Setsuna entered Kakariko Village and felt immediately at peace. "I love this village atmosphere," she told Negi.

"Yea, I like it, too."

Setsuna walked up to a man standing under a tree. "Hello! Do you where Death Mountain Trail is?"

The man just made some kind of squawking noise and griped on about how lazy men are these days. Setsuna saw him as unhelpful and walked away.

"Well that was annoying," Setsuna said.

"How about you ask that nice lady over there?" Negi suggested.

She nodded and walked over to the lady. "Excuse me-."

"Oh my cuckoos!" the lady wailed, "Please help me find my cuckoos!"

"What's a cuckoo?" Setsuna asked Negi, puzzled.

"Um, maybe it's those chicken things running around the village," Negi suggested.

Setsuna decided to go with that. She found one nearby the cuckoo pen. She picked it up and gently placed it into the pen. The next two were just as easy. She found one at the entrance of the village and another one by the gate.

Now she only had three more to find. She searched the area, but she couldn't find anymore. "Ugh, where are they?"

Negi appeared from her hat, "Setsuna-san, how about I fly around the village? I can see if there are any cuckoos around."

Setsuna nodded. As Negi flew off, Setsuna plopped down onto the ground exhausted. This wasn't as easy as I thought...

Minutes later Negi came back, "Setsuna-san! I found two more!"

She was back on her feet in an instant, "Really? Where?"

"Well...one is behind that giant fence and the other is waaay up on that hill... I don't know how you can get up there."

Setsuna felt her determination fall.

"Don't worry, I have an idea. Take one of the cuckoos and use it to fly over there."

Setsuna had her doubts, but she supposed that it wouldn't hurt. With a cuckoo in her hands, she walked up the stairs and faced the building. She took a couple of steps back then sprinted. She leaped over the gap and somehow the plan worked and she got on the other side safely. Wow! I can't believe that actually worked!

Setsuna got the remaining cuckoos and then talked to the cuckoo lady. "I brought back all of your chickens."

The lady looked relieved, "Oh, thank you! I have allergies so I get goose bumps when I touch them."

Then why are you handling them? Setsuna thought.

"Here you go. It's fine glass and should be helpful to you." The lady had given her an empty bottle.

"Whoa! This could be helpful!" Negi commented. "You could use this to store things and carry them around."

Setsuna made her way to the gate. There was a guard in her way, but Setsuna recognized him as the man who ordered the Keaton Mask the other day, "Hello sir. I have permission from the Princess of Hyrule to go up Death Mountain Trail and pay a visit to the Gorons."

At first he was silent and then he erupted with laughter. "Wahahaha! Who are you, Mr. Hero? Wahahahaha!"

Setsuna gritted her teeth, "Sir, listen to me. I have to get up this mountain!"

But the guard continued to laugh at her. When he caught his breath he said, "Ah...well, you seem equipped enough-HOLD IT. Your shield, that's not made of wood, is it? There's a shop in the Castle Market that sells shields for 80 rupees. They'll give you a special discount because you heard of it from me."

Setsuna outwardly groaned. She ran back to the Castle Market, ran to the store, ran out of the store into Hyrule Field because she didn't have enough money, ran back to the store and bought the shield, and ran back to the guard.

She panted as she showed him her new shield. "Now...will you please...let me…go?"

"Hmmm...okay!" The guard opened the gate and Setsuna was on her way.

Setsuna sprinted up the path, ignoring the giant spider monsters that leaped in her way. She felt as if she was late and felt the need to hurry this up. She continued up the path but stopped when she saw a rock rolling down at her. She tried to step out of the way, but the rock seemed to be following her! They collided with a small explosion. "GAAAAAHHHHH!" Setsuna flew into the air and landed face first into the dirt.

She sat up, rubbing her scraped up face. The rock next to her made some kind of a moaning sound. What the? Setsuna thought. Rocks don't make sounds like that... Nor do they explode... Setsuna shot up and drew her sword. She didn't know how hostile this rock creature was, but she wasn't willing to take any risks.

The rock sat up. Yes, sat up. The rock now looked like a small chubby man. Rock monsters up on an active volcano? Setsuna wondered.

The rock monster stood up, "Oh, I'm terribly sorry... I didn't see you there! I tried to transfer bombs to the Dondongo's Cavern to blow up the giant boulder in the way, but I couldn't make it... My people are starving to death because we can't get our main food source! I thought I could be the hero that solves the problem..."

"I'm sorry, but what are you?"

"You must be new to these parts. I am called a Goron. We are the rock eating people of Death Mountain. Our city is just up this path if you wish to visit."

Setsuna nodded in thanks and continued up the path. She was beginning to wonder if she would actually find this city when she saw a conveniently placed sign that said "Goron City here". She rolled her eyes and walked through the entrance.

The sight was amazing! It was literally a rock city. Rock slabs made up three different floors. She saw rock people similar to the one she saw on the path, but she can tell clearly that they were all weak with hunger.

Negi popped out of her hat. "Setsuna-san, this is pitiful...we have to help the Gorons!"

"I feel bad, too, Sensei, but we need to find the next Spiritual Stone." Negi gave her a tear filled look and made small whimpering sounds. "Alright! Alright! I'll try and see if I can help. Just stop looking at me like that!"

Setsuna saw a Goron nearby and decided to talk to him. "Um, hello. Can I have a word with your leader?"

"Big Brother shut himself up in his room saying 'I will not open up until I hear the song of the royal messenger!'"

"Maybe I can get him out?" Setsuna suggested.

The Goron shrugged. "Sure, but I don't see how an outsider like you can drag Big Brother out of his room."

Setsuna stood in front of the door and shuffled her feet. She didn't want to get dirt on this guy's floor. She took out her ocarina and played Zelda's Lullaby. The music swept the entire floor. Some of the Gorons even had a sleepy look in their eyes. To Setsuna's surprise, the door actually opened! She put the instrument away and walked in.

This man is huge! Setsuna thought when she first laid eyes on who the Gorons called Big Brother.

"What the heck!" he boomed, "When I heard that song I thought that the King had finally sent his messenger, but your just a kid! Have I, the Goron boss Darunia really lost so much status to be disrespected like this!"

"Mr. Darunia, I am aware of our people's situation, but I am here for the-"

"Are you really aware of our situation?" he barked, "My people are starving! We are in danger of extinction! This is all because of that HIM! He wanted the Spiritual Stone of Fire, also known as the Goron's Ruby, but when I refused to hand it over he sealed off the Dondongo's Cavern! But this is a Goron problem! We don't need help from outsiders!"

Setsuna tried to reason with him, but he only yelled at her. She gave up. This man was too proud to accept her help. Setsuna sighed. Great, what do I do? Setsuna, at that moment remembered Saria. Saria had told her to play Saria's Song whenever she wanted. Well, it's worth a shot.

Setsuna pulled out her Ocarina and began to play. The melody of the forest filled the room and Setsuna felt much better as she felt her confidence returning to her. That's not the only thing that happened.

"That...that song..." she heard Darunia say, "I don't know why, but it just makes me want to...want to..." He spun around and shot a hand in the air. "DANCE!"

"Er, what?" Setsuna was stunned and speechless at the interesting sight before her. The mighty boss of the Gorons was dancing like a mad man right before her eyes! Darunia jumped and twirled with a silly grin on his face.

Just when Setsuna thought that this couldn't get any more awkward, Darunia spoke, "Oh! Oh, oh! Come on! Come on, come on, come on! HOT! What a HOT beat! YEAAAH! WHOOOAA! YAHOOOO!"

"Wow!" he said when he was finally done, "I feel so much better. I'm sorry for my rudeness. What was that you wanted? Oh, you wanted the Goron's Ruby, too? Well how about you go and beat the monster that lives in the cavern and prove yourself? Then we'll talk about the Stone. Oh, and here. I'm going to give you the Goron's Bracelet. It'll allow you to pick up Bomb Flowers and other heavy things."

Setsuna headed to the cavern. Earlier she had used the bracelet to blow up the giant boulder so now the entrance was free once more. Once inside she saw that she still couldn't get in. There was a slab of rock directly where the entrance was. She saw the bomb flowers growing nearby so she used them to blow up the slab.

"Finally, now that that's done, lets..." Setsuna trailed off. It suddenly got much hotter. The pools of magma were the reason why.

Negi was stunned, too. "I didn't know there were magma here... I wished they warned us! This is dangerous!"

"I know it is, but I already said that I would help." Setsuna gathered all of her courage and proceeded. Setsuna almost fell into the magma pools several times. Negi decided just to hide out in her hat. He didn't want to watch her fall.

Setsuna opened a door and found herself on a rock island. Many more similar islands dotted the magma pool. Suddenly, steel bars barred the doors. Negi came out of hiding, "Uh oh, this is never a good sign..." Setsuna quickly drew her blade. She knew that a fight was ensured.

Sure enough, two lizard monsters appeared daggers ready. They jumped onto different rocks, squawking as they moved. One of the lizards approached Setsuna alone. So they want to fight one at a time. Fine by me. Setsuna used her shield to block an attack. As soon as the lizard jumped back, she delivered a heavy blow to its side. The monster screamed in pain and jumped back onto another rock. "Get back here!" Setsuna called out, ready to follow it when the other lizard jumped onto her rock.

So this is how you're gonna fight? Cowards. Setsuna crouched down and stabbed this lizard in its belly twice. It howled with pain and jumped onto another rock. This went on one more time until she defeated both.

About an hour later she found a big treasure chest. "Open it, Setsuna-san!"

When she opened it she found a bomb sack. "Twenty bombs. That's pretty good!"

"Now you don't have to be dependent on only the bomb flowers, "Negi said.

The two kept moving until they were on top of the giant dondongo head that they had seen earlier. "Okay, this thing is creepy..." Setsuna said.

Negi flew over to a sign, "Setsuna-san! I think this sign wants us to blow up the dondongo's eyes!"

"Really? How am I supposed to do that?" She walked further onto the bridge and saw two spaces in the bridge right above the eyes, "Okay, that's how." Careful not to fall, Setsuna dropped a bomb into each eye. The explosion nearly knocked her off her feet.

"The mouth! It's opening!" Negi observed.

Setsuna carefully slid down and opened the door. One puzzle later, they arrived in a room with a lone treasure chest. Setsuna opened it and discovered more bombs. "More bombs? Am I supposed to blow something up?"

Negi flew to the middle of the room. "The ground over here is different from the rest. Maybe if you bomb this something may happen."

Setsuna took his advice and bombed the floor in question. The floor gave way and revealed a giant hole. Setsuna jumped into the hole and landed without injury into the ground. She glanced at the big magma pool next to her. "Great! More of these?"

"Set-setsuna-san..." Negi whimpered.

"I mean, I almost fell into these things, like, ten times!"

"Setsuna-san…" Negi said, a bit louder this time.

"I hope we're almost done with this place, 'cuz I'm sick of-."

"Setsuna-san!" Negi screamed.

"What? Oh shoot..." She had been so busy complaining that she had not noticed the giant dino monster a yard away from her. A deep growl rose from its throat and opened its gigantic mouth and roared into her face. A flew flecks of saliva spotted her face. She was stunned but not too stunned to move. She jumped to the edge of the magma pool as the beast curled up in a ball and began to move. It rammed into a wall, uncurled itself, and stomped after Setsuna.

Setsuna cautiously distanced herself from it. She tried to calculate a safe way to charge this thing. There was no sure safe way to do this. She pulled out her slingshot and took aim at it. It bounced right off.

"What are you doing?" Negi asked, "That was a wasted shot!"

"Hush! I wanted to see how thick its skin is." Setsuna ran up to it and quickly slashed its foot. Clang! "Shoot! It's thick!" The beast bent down and opened its mouth. Balls of fire formed in its mouth. Then, Setsuna had an idea. She took out a bomb from her bomb bag and tossed it into its welcoming mouth. He shut his mouth. The bomb went off and sent violent ripples throughout its body. Here's my chance!

Setsuna slashed and slashed and slashed as the beast howled with pain. It curled in a ball and rolled around uncontrollably. The beast rolled into the magma pit and sunk deeper and deeper into it until only its head stuck out. The pool hardened into a thick rock. Setsuna let out a sigh of relief. It was over.

"Come on, Sensei. Let's go get the Stone." Setsuna walked into the blue light and the next thing she knew she was in front of the cavern. "Okay, Negi-sensei. Now all we have to do is go back to the Goron City and get the Stone from Darunia."

She took a step forward, but then jumped ten steps back when a huge rock crashed right in front of her. Two more crashed to the left and right of her. The big on of the three sat up. It was Darunia himself!

Darunia had a huge grin on his face, "Good job, kid!" He patted her back, almost breaking her spine. "I can't believe you risked your life for us! Kid, I like you! How about we become Sworn Brothers? No ceremony is involved. It's just me saying thanks!" He raised his hands in the air and a red glow appeared. The light expanded and revealed the Spiritual Stone of Fire, "Here, you earned it."

Setsuna took the Stone. Negi floated around her, "This is great! Now all we need is the last one! Then we can go back to Konoka-san."

Setsuna smiled at the thought of her Kono-chan. "Yeah... Let's go!"

"Oh wait! Before you go, there's a fairy on the top of this mountain. She will surely power you up!"

Setsuna took his advice and headed up the mountain. She used her bombs to blow up boulders in her way. She ran up to a wall, thinking that this was a dead end. She brushed her hands on the wall. It felt rough, like she could grab a hold of it and climb up the wall. When she finished climbing, she saw another spot in the wall that she could possibly blow up. She did and discovered a cave. She walked in and surprised to see a fountain.

In front of the fountain was a Triforce symbol, "What am I supposed to do here?" Setsuna wondered out loud.

"Maybe you play that one lullaby song. It's gotten you pretty far. Why don't you try it?"

"Good idea!" She pulled out her ocarina and played the song. It was silent. Then, a feminine laugher rang out. Out of the fountain came Ayaka!

"Ohohohohohoho! I am the Great Fairy of Magic!"

"WTF? Class Rep-san?" Setsuna said, flabbergasted.

"Hello, young one!" Ayaka wore an 'interesting' outfit made out of leaves and vine. It did not do such a good job covering up. Setsuna's face burned red as her hands flew to her face. "I will grant you a new ability. It will allow you to discharge magic from your blade like never before. Receive it now!" A blue light engulfed Setsuna. She felt the warmth of the magic surround her. "Now when you're surrounded, you can spin and magic will make the attack stronger. When battle has made you weary, come and see me!" She disappeared, her laugher echoing in the cave.

Setsuna felt stronger than before! She felt ready to take on any challenge! She left, heading towards Lake Hylia.

END

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