Chapter 9: The Truth of the Girl Revealed! Link vs. Blind!


In the previous chapter, Link and Robin rescued a girl from inside Blind's Hideout. The trio continues to advance deeper into the dungeon.

While walking through the passageway, Link looks at the gloves that he had found inside the big chest. "What are these gloves for?" he wonders.

"Excuse me, sir," the girl says to Link. "Will you mind if I explain to you the use of these gloves?"

"You know how they work? I would be glad!"

"I overheard the monsters saying that these gloves give whoever wears them tremendous strength. That's all I heard, so I don't know anymore about it."

"It gives the wearer tremendous strength? That sounds pretty neat!"

"Why don't you try it?" asks Robin.

"Okay," says Link, and then he puts on the gloves. "Now what should I try it on?"

They continue to walk until they come into a rather large room filled with several monsters. "You hero wannabe!" growls one of the monsters. "You have gone too far, and Ganon isn't happy about this! You and your friends are going to meet their end here today!"

"These guys will make perfect white mice," says Link.

"Charge!" yells the lead monster, and the rest of them raise their weapons and charge forward, trampling over that monster.

Link looks around and sees a pillar in the room. "That'll do," he says to himself.

"Wait, if you pull off that pillar, the room might collapse!" Robin warns him, but Link already ran towards the pillar.

Link puts his hands around the pillar and gathers all his strength to try and pull it up. This is when the power of the Titan's Mitt comes in; Link amazingly tears the pillar out of its place! When the pillar is torn, a hole is left in the ceiling and sunlight shines in and directly onto the girl, who covers her eyes and screams.

"What the?!" gasp the monsters.

"Hiya!" Link shouts in a loud voice and then swings the large pillar at the monsters like a baseball bat.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!

All the monsters are instantly sent flying all over the place from the mighty blow of the giant 'bat'. The lead monster that was trampled got back up and is shock to see all of his men defeated. "What?! You killed them all in a split second?!" he gasps.

"Right, and you're next! Take this!" Link hurls the pillar at the monster and crushes him underneath.

SMAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!

"Wow! These gloves are awesome!" says Link, looking at the Titan's Mitt.

"What destructive power…" says Robin in awe. Then she turns to the girl and sees that she is knelt down in the corner with her eyes covered. "What's the matter, girl?"

"Light… It's so bright… I can't stand the light…" cries the girl.

"You're afraid of the light…? Can that be…?"

"What is it, Robin?" Link asks her.

Robin turns to Link and says to him, "Do you remember what they say about Blind hating the light?"

"Yeah?"

"This girl says she doesn't like the light, so…"

"You mean she's Blind? You can't be serious!"

"The woman is right…" says the girl, standing back up. What's strange is that her voice this time is rough and deep like that of a monster. The girl shot an angry glare at them and says in the same frightening voice, "You have found out my true form. Yes, I am Blind, leader of the thieves here!"

"What?!" gasps Link.

"I knew it! It was suspicious for there to be a normal girl around here when everyone in this world is supposed to become odd creatures without the protection of the Moon Pearl," says Robin. "Except for us…"

"Our true leader Ganon is not happy with your progress," says Blind. "I will kill you all right here!" Then in a puff of smoke, the girl transforms into a tall monster with red skin and is wearing a long, white coat. "DIE!"

Blind's eyes begin glowing and then he shoots out a laser beam in their direction, and Link and Robin quickly jump in different directions to avoid the attack.

Link dashes at Blind and begins swinging his sword against Blind in hope of hitting him. He successfully lands a blow in his cloth-like body, but it did not do any damage at all; it is just like hitting an empty cloth. "Hahaha! You cannot hit my body!" laughs Blind. "Unless you strike me in the head, you cannot hope to damage me!"

"Thanks for telling me that," says Link. He jumps into the air and brings his sword down towards Blind's head, but before that happened, Blind's head suddenly detaches from his body and Link cuts into the cloth body instead. "What?!"

"Haha! It won't be easy trying to hit my head too!" says Blind as his head flies back a few steps and then reunites with his body, which somehow did not cut into two despite getting hit by the sword. "Take this!" His head begins spinning in full circles while shooting out laser beams in every direction.

A laser beam is shot in Robin's direction and she quickly runs to avoid it, but Link got in front of her instead and blocks the beam using his shield. "You all right, Robin?" Link asks her as concern.

"I'm all right, Link," she replies. "Thanks for blocking the shot."

"You stay back; I'll handle him myself! His league is too much for you to handle." Link runs towards Blind again and begins hacking and slashing against his body.

"There is no way you can defeat me using this method!" says Blind, taking the painless blows. "You can try forever and not succeed!"

Link jumps up and swings his sword horizontally at the head, but like before, the head quickly detaches from the body and avoids the blow. The head and the body moves back several steps and reunite together, and then Blind's eyes begin glowing to fire another laser beam.

Suddenly, a pair of arms grows out from his shoulder and grabs hold of the head and forces Blind to tilt his head up, and the laser beam hits the ceiling and debris falls on top of him.

BANG!!!

"That should make him stop moving," says Robin with her hand in a crossed position like she usually does when using her Hana Hana powers.

"Thanks for the help, Robin," says Link.

Blind gets up from under the debris and growls, "Argh… What was that just now…?" He looks up and sees Link charging straight towards him in a fast speed. "What?!" Before he can react, Link thrusts his sword directly into Blind's head and stabs right through it. "YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!" Blind screams his last and then disintegrates into nothing.

"We did it…" says Link.

"Well done, Mr. Hero," says Robin with a smile.

Like always, a flash occurs and a crystal with a maiden inside is seen hovering in midair. "Thank you for rescuing me from the clutches of Ganon's evil monsters," says the maiden.

"You don't have to say that," says Link. "It is my job as the chosen hero to do so."

"The legend says that only those with the bloodline of the Hyrule Knight Family will be the hero, and you are coincidentally the one. Therefore, only you can stop Ganon. Please do so, for time is treasure."

"I will, maiden."

"Your next destination is the Ice Palace, located in where Lake Hylia would be. Take the one among the crew that is born in the winter island," says the maiden, and then another bright flash occurs and Link and Robin disappear in it.

-

Link and Robin find themselves standing in the ruined village where the hideout is. "We're outside already?" asks Robin, looking around. "That was fast…"

"I told you we didn't need to backtrack all the way out here," Link says to her. "Where are the others by the way?"

Suddenly, Nami pops out in front of Link so suddenly that it frightened him.

"Whoa!"

"Okay, Mr. Hero, I think you owed me something, right?"

"What is it?"

"Don't play silly with me! Remember what I told you before we went into that horrible forest? For every…"

But before Nami can finish talking, a loud thunder is heard rumbling in the sky.

BOOOOOOOOM!!!

Nami looks up and says, "Uh oh… The weather is looking bad… Quick, let's hide in the house that we were staying in just now." So they quickly run into that house.

-

Inside…

"I'm so glad that you're all right, Little Robin!" says Sanji happily. "Did you get hurt?"

"I'm all right, Mr. Cook," Robin says to him with a smile. "Thanks for your concern."

"Oh… You're so sweet with that smile!"

"So where do we go next?" Luffy asks Link.

"The maiden told me to go to Ice Palace, which is located in Lake Hylia," says Link. "She also told me that the partner this time will be the one who is born in a winter island. Does that mean one of you here is born in a cold place?"

"I am!" says Chopper, raising his little hand. "I come from a winter island because I am a reindeer! The next dungeon is going to be a cold place? I'll love it for sure!"

"It seems that you are indeed. With your thick fur coat, you should be able to resist the cold."

"Right, Chopper is so fluffy and soft!" says Luffy, hugging Chopper tightly. "And so warm!"

"Get off me!" cries Chopper.

Link looks out the window and says, "Looks like we'll have to wait for the rain to stop before setting off."

-

It kept on raining for the whole day outside, all the way until nighttime. It wasn't until the next morning did the rain stop.

Link got up from his sleep and yawns and stretches. "Ahhh… It's morning at last… Hey everyone, get up now!" he calls. The others, however, are sound asleep, maybe except for one…

"I couldn't sleep all night…" says Nami with really sleepy eyes. "This place is so dirty and the atmosphere is so scary… And rainwater kept on dripping down from the ceiling… I miss my cabin back on the ship…"

"And yet, your crewmates are able to sleep so soundly," says Link, pointing to the others, who are sprawled all over the floor, except for Robin, who is sleeping on the only bed here.

-

After a while, everyone is up and ready to go. They left the village and head for the direction of Lake Hylia under Link's guidance. The encountered quite a few monsters who attacked them under Ganon's orders, but because the monsters are nothing but small fries, they were beaten up in less than a minute.

After a long while of walking, they finally come to the side of the lake.

"This is Lake Hylia," says Link. "But the water is kinda green… Must be because of the evil atmosphere of this world."

"Cool! What a large green lake!" says Luffy excitedly for no reason. "This is first time I saw green water! I wish I could swim and see what's the difference between this and clear blue water."

"Wanna see me do my super butterfly stroke?" asks Franky. "It's gonna make you go, 'WOW!'"

"Wow! I want to see it!"

"So where's the dungeon?" asks Zoro, looking around. "I don't see anything that resembles a building."

"It's over there," says Robin, pointing to an island in the middle of the lake. "I used my powers just now to grow an eye on that place, and saw a building there."

"That must be the one," says Link. "Now I and Chopper will have to swim over there."

"But I don't know how to swim…" says Chopper.

"Grab onto my head and I'll carry you over."

"Okay!" And Chopper climbs up Link and holds firmly onto his head like a koala bear—so cute!

"Are you sure it's safe?" asks Sanji. "There might be monsters in the water."

"I have no other choice. You guys try to cover for me in case anything pops out, okay?" asks Link.

"You can count on me!" says Usopp, pointing to himself proudly.

Link gets into the water with Chopper, who is trembling with fright, and swims towards the direction of the island.

"I hope they will be all right," says Nami.

When Link and Chopper have traveled half way through the water, a large one-eyed monster emerges from the water and front of them! "What the?!" gasps Link.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" shrieks Chopper.

"Oh no! They encountered a monster!" gasps Luffy. "Quick! I must rescue them!"

"No! Let me do it!" says Usopp. "I was the one who said to count on me earlier!" He reaches into his bag and takes out his slingshot and some ammo.

The monster opens its mouth wide and slowly approaches Link and Chopper. "OH NO!!!!!!! WE'RE GONNA GET EATEN!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" screams Chopper.

"This is bad!" cries Link.

Suddenly, several objects shot forward and hit the eye of the monster.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The explosion from the objects knock out the monster and it sinks back into the water. "Now you know the greatness of Captain Usopp, who is I?" Usopp shouts out loudly with pride. "That is why I said to count on me!"

"You're so cool!" says Luffy excitedly.

Link turns back to the shore and shouts out, "Thanks a lot, guys!" And then he continues swimming towards the island until he finally got there.

"Yay! We're on dry land at last!" says Chopper, jumping up and down on the land.

Link gazes at the building made of ice standing in front of them. "So this is the Ice Palace…" he says.

"It's made of ice!" says Chopper. "But how come it's not melting in a warm place like this?"

"This ice is abnormal… It looks like it is made from evil energy. C'mon, Chopper, we must go inside and rescue the maiden before it's too late."

Chopper becomes big and muscular and says, "You can count on me! Ya!"


TO BE CONTINUED…

Because I am in the mood to write, I feel that this chapter is pulled off much better than the previous one.

In case you are stuck with the dub and don't know about this: Chopper's voice does not change even if he is in his big form. He still has his normal child-like voice. Yes, it sounds weird to have a kiddy voice in a large muscular form, but many people got used to it. In fact, one may find that having a deep voice like in the dub to be weird…