The next morning, Link woke up with a pleasent and delicious Smell in the air, and with his stomach growling, Link rushed to put own his clothes, when he did he rushed out of his room to find Malon in the kitchen cooking around four omelets, she then turned towards Link with a smile and said "Morning fairy boy, sleep well?"
he then answered "yeah, better than I have in a long time that's for sure"
around a minute of silence past before Malon said "hey...sorry about last night, I shouldn't have done that, your privacy is just that, your privacy and I shouldn't have-"but before she could continue Link Interupted her and said
"what are you talking about? did something happen last night?"
Malon then looked at him strangely and decided to just go with it and say
"oh...uh nevermind, its nothing you need to worry about" A big part of Malon felt relieved yet a small part of her felt kinda guilty but, it made it alot easier thats for sure
Link was fully aware of what happened last night, he simply acted like he forgot because it seriously wasn't a big deal to him and Malon clearly felt bad about it and didn't want to talk about it that much, so playing the fool seemed like the smart thing to do
Around five minutes later, Malon had finished the omelets and given Link his, he then kindly thanked her and thought to himself
"...I don't think anyones made me breakfast exept for maybe Saria when I was still real young, and that was just once or twice..." Not wanting to waste anymore time Link began eating his breakfast
Meaning, in Hyrule field, around 100 meters from Lon Lon Ranch
A large group of Gerudo soldiers were were preparing for battle, when suddenly their captain stood on a supply crate so everyone could see her and said
"Alright everyone! you all know why we are here! This could be our last chance to please the dark lord! we can't afford to fail! This first checkpoint should However be relatively easy, all we have to do is take complete control over the farm! if we do that, we'll have our own outpost in the middle of hyrule, a massive advantage that could change everything! I know that we are sadly only twenty soldiers here, but I was told that soon after this assault Lady Nabooru would be joining us, supposedly with a new recruit, so lets stop wasting time and take our first checkpoint!"
Her and the other nineteen soldiers then marched towards the ranch
Meanwhile Ingo, who had been laying on the Ranch's massive walls drinking, saw all the soldiers marching towards the ranch, and knew exactly what they were gonna do, he then started to panic and said
"oh this is bad! this is really really bad! I knew they would come one day I just knew it! I should have joined Ganondorf when I had the chance now their gonna kill us! I...I have to warn everyone!" Ingo said as he quickly ran back to the farm
Link and Malon meanwhile, were taking the horses out of the barn and into the track when suddenly Ingo ran towards them, he then started yelling "Malon! Malon! its horrible! we're under attack! Gerudo soldiers are marching this way! I closed the gate hoping it could stop them but-" and suddenly from afar they all heard a smashing sound, the gate had already been destroyed
Link then took a deep breath and said" alright, listen all of you need to go hide, go to the cow's barn and barricade yourselves inside, Ingo go get Talon and take him there too"
Ingo nodded and ran to get him, Link looked at Malon and said "you go with them too, a battle is no place for a farmgirl" however Malon quickly replied with
"you've got to be kidding! this is my home, I'll die protecting it if I-" however Link Interupted her by grabbing her shoulders and saying "please! I need you to stay with Ingo and your father, not just for your well being but theirs, we both know they'd never make it without you, and I can't fight properly if I have to worry about you..."
Malon, pushed his hands off her shoulders, slightly hurt but she followed his instructions and went to the barn, meanwhile Ingo who was running to the barn with Talon, tossed Link his sword and shield and said
"you won't last very long without these boy!" and then ran to the barn
Link then took a deep breath and waited by the barn door, he would let them pass while he still lived, and in under a minute, all twenty gerudo were facing him, their captain then stepped forward and said
"we are twenty and you are one you have no chance of victory, unless you surrender, you WILL perish, im afraid its as simple as that"
however Link stared at her straight in the eyes, raised his blade and said
"would you like to try that theory?"
the captain, seeing it in his eyes that he was serious and had no intention of standing down, said "very well, take him down-" Suddenly however before they had the chance to act, Link threw a deky nut, temporarily blinding them, when they regained their senses he was gone, the captain then said
"he's trying to catch us of guard! everyone in shield formation!"
they then all stood next to each other and formed the shape of a circular shield, that way they could see things all around them
"I don't see him anywhere!" said one of the gerudo, but suddenly a gerudo wearing a gray tunic stepped out of formation and into the center of the circle, the captain then looked at the gerudo and said "hey! what are you...wait a minute.." suddenly Link took off the gerudo mask he had purchased in castle town and tossed it aside, and he then performed a spin attack, taking down six gerudo soldiers
one of the soldiers however got angry and charged at him trying to slash him, however Link hit her with his shield, staggering her, he then jumped and flipped over her, midway he used his sword and slashed the top of her head, killing her instantly, once he landed he then ran away from the group and using a bit of parkour, he actually climbed up the wooden horse barn, giving him cover and greatly surprising the gerudo with his sudden display of skill
however the captain was no fool, she knew he had also made a big mistake, there was no cover on a rooftop, so she then ordered "archers! rain down on him!" and as ordered five of the remaining thirteen soldiers pulled out their bows and fired upwards, making them all fall towards the top of the barn
it was silent for a moment when suddenly, Link jumped off the roof with his sword raised, he had a couple arrows on his back but it appeared to have only made him angry, the gerudo could see that his sword appeared to be glowing with some kind of magic, Link then performed a powerful magic spin attack mid air, taking down the five archers in one attack, he then landed on one knee and slightly struggled but managed to get up, he then once again raised his blade and awaited for the next attacker
three gerudo then stepped forward and raised their weapons, however before they could do anything Link held his blade with both hands, the gerudo then saw what looked like light shine on it, he then jumped in the air and hit his blade on the ground creating a wave of energy knocking them out
however before Link had the chance to get back up two more gerudo were about to stab him, Link closed his eyes and awaited for the unavoidable attack when suddenly, both of the gerudo cried in pain and fell to the floor dead, they both had arrows on their backs, the gerudo then all turned around, revealing Malon with her bow, Link and Malon then briefly smiled at each other when suddenly
"ugh you bitch!!" yelled the captain as she charged towards Malon who was trying to reload as fast as she could but the captain was to fast and slashed Malon from her left shoulder to under her right arm, making her cry in pain and fall to the floor, there was now only the captain and two gerudo left
Link's eye widened with horror, "No!!" Link then quickly stood up and threw his shield vertically towards the captains face, breaking her nose and making her fall backwards, the two remaining guards then tried to stab link however he rolled forward avoiding their combined attack and stabbed the gerudo to his right piercing her chest
the left gerudo, panicking then tried to quickly delivery a horizontal slash at Link, this forced him to let go of his blade that was still in the gerudo's body and using his right hand he hit the flat side of her blade with enough strenght that it sent it flying out of her hand, and with lighting speed Link grabed her throat with his left hand and lifted her above ground with it, chocking her in the air
She was trying to get out of his grip with all her strenght but she was quickly losing both strength from the lack of oxygen and willpower from the fear his death glare was causing her, but what shocked her the most, was that the triforce could be seen brightly glowing in the hand that was chocking her
She thought she was dead for sure when suddenly
"Link!!" yelled Malon as she was slowly sitting up, snapping him out of his fury and letting the gerudo fall to the ground, making her gasp for air
"that's enough Link...they are only two now...its ok...you can...let them go...their not monsters Link...they...their people...just like us..." continued Malon
Link then walked over to Malon and kneeled down to her, tears in his eye
"yeah...alright...no..no more killing...you got it...now lets get you healed" Link said, luckily her wound wasn't very deep and would eventually heal, it would however unavoidably form a scar across her chest
Link then picked her up and started carrying her to the house bridal style, when suddenly he stopped and looked at the captain and the remaining gerudo and said
"don't ever...come back...understood?"
they then both nodded and slowly began to walk away, Malon meanwhile had been staring at link the entire time he was carrying her, she then thought
"huh...he's no knight in shining armor...but I suppose fairy boy will have to do..." she then fell unconscious into his arms as he carried her into the house
End of chapter 9
Author's note
hey guys, sorry that this chapter was longer, I just really wanted to get this battle done, so as usual feel free to leave any suggestions or comments in the review section, thanks
