Here it is folks, the final battle! Link versus Punk Thrasher!


Link and Thrasher stood still, staring each other down, and preparing themselves for their battle. Link was wielding his sword, and Thrasher had his chain whip.

Ilia, Bo, the villagers and the bandits were all watching, some in excitement, some in anticipation and others in fear. No one knew just what would happen.

"So Mr. Hero," Thrasher said, swinging his chain whip to the side, "Ready now?"

"Yeah," Link said, "Let's finish this."

With that, Thrasher swung his chain over his head and lashed it at Link, who leaped over it and swung his sword straight down at Thrasher. Thrasher quickly pulled his chain up and grabbed it with both hands, using it to block the sword from coming down on him. Link then dropped down and swung his sword at Thrasher, who quickly jumped backwards just far enough away from the sword, and then swung his chain downwards, hitting Link across the back.

"Woah, that Bulbin guy's a better fighter then he looks!" Talo said.

Link staggered back a bit, before lunging at Thrasher. The Bulbin swung his chain horizontally to smack Link, but the young rancher rolled under it. Thrasher looked down in surprise as Link brought up his sword and slashed it upwards, but Thrasher managed to lean backwards to avoid the slash by a hair. Link then quickly leapt backwards into a series of flips to avoid the chain before it could hit him.

'Whew,' Link thought, 'This guy has great reaction time…'

"Not bad!" Thrasher said, "But let's see you get around this!" He sprinted forward, then thrust the chain straight forward, it shot as fast as a bullet. Link quickly leapt out of the way in time before it impacted into a building, leaving a large hole in it.

"Okay, time for a plan…" Link muttered, he sprinted off in a hurry as Thrasher retracted the chain and shoot it out at Link. The chain blasted into walls and cliff sides trying to hit Link. Link started to turn his body and run towards Thrasher, who sent the chain straight at him. Link leapt over the chain as it impacted into a cliff side, but then surprisingly landed on top of the chain and ran across it.

Thrasher looked in shock and couldn't react in time, as Link shot across the chain and swung his leg up, kicking Thrasher in the face before slashing down his chest.

"Graaaahhhh!" Thrasher shouted in pain. He pulled back his chain just as Link leapt off of it. He swung it over his head like a lasso and threw it forward, wrapping around Links' foot, then swung it upwards and then down, smashing Link into the ground.

"I got ya now Mr. Hero!" Thrasher said, pulling back on the chain and swung Link at a cliff side. Link recovered in time to kick off the cliff and leap up high. He pointed his sword downwards at Thrasher. The Bulbin reacted and leapt backwards, forcing Link to land to his feet and sprint straight at him, Thrasher swung his chain, but Link countered with his sword, the two clashed and smashed against each other's weapons, trying to overcome the other side.

"Graahaahaa, this is fun!" Thrasher said, "But I'm gotta start getting' serious. Time for my best technique!"

Thrasher then swung his chain right at Link's sword, wrapping around it and sending it down to the ground in front of the Bulbin. Link narrowed his eyes and ran at the sword, but Thrasher grinned and swung up his leg, kicking Link and sending him flying up.

"Link!" Ilia shouted.

"Grahahaha! Time for the power of my technique, Steel Tornado!" Thrasher shouted, spinning his chain. He spun it so fast it created a wide funnel-like shape to anyone watching. Link fell downwards right inside the funnel and was bashed and smashed around by the steel chain.

"Gaaaaaahhh!" Link shouted in pain before falling to the ground. He was covered in bruses and bumps, but forced himself up.

"Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised," Thrasher said grinning, "Someone who survived Gabbron's beatdown could take my technique at least once."

Link ignored Thrasher's comment, and looked down at the sword beside the Bulbin, who was swinging his chain, ready to attack him. Link took a deep breath and darted straight at Thrasher, who reacted by shooting his chain at Link.

Link leapt over the chain's jab attack, rolled to the right avoiding a second jab, did another roll to avoid a third shot, but unfortunately couldn't dodge the fourth attack, being struck across the cheek.

"Ha, got ya, now I'll- huh…?" Thrasher realized that he couldn't retract the chain. Link had managed to grab the chain and hold it back.

"Looks like I got your chain." Link said with a smirk.

"Why you lousy…" Thrasher said as the two started pulling on their own side of the chain. When Link saw Thrasher was pulling as hard as he could, Link grinned and let go of the chain, sending Thrasher flying backwards. Link took that chance and lunged out, grabbing his sword and swinging it at Thrasher, slicing him again.

"He did it!" shouted Beth as the crowd cheered.

"That's… it…" muttered Thrasher, slowly getting up. "Time for another Steel Tornado!"

Thrasher started swinging his chain out, Link tried to pull back his sword, but this time the chain managed to wrap around Link's body. Thrasher then started spinning Link around in circles and then up into the air, sending Link flying up. Thrasher then spun his chain in the funnel-shaped tornado, as Link was about to fall directly into it.

Wielding his sword, Link narrowed his eyes and dove straight at the tornado.

"Link, don't!" Ilia shouted, "You'll be torn up!"

"Listen to the girl Mr. Hero," Thrasher shouted, "I'm the leader of this gang, one of the most feared in all of Hyrule! I'll teach you that here and now!"

Link dove straight into the center of the tornado, gripping his sword; he swung it into the very dead center of it straight at Thrasher.

With a loud clash, it was all over.

Link stood behind Thrasher, who could no longer move an inch. Link stood up slowly and sheathed his sword, as if it was a trigger, when the sword snapped into place, Thrasher's chain broke into hundreds of pieces, as blood shot out from Thrasher's body.

"Gaah… gaaahh… graaaaahhhhhhh!" shouted Thrasher in pain. His sunglasses started to crack and soon fell to pieces; the Bulbin fell backwards and impacted into the ground.

"I-it can't be…" muttered a Bulbin. "H-He beat the boss!"

"They won… a bunch of hick villagers beat them?!" shouted another.

"They beat all three of our strongest warriors?!" exclaimed a third one.

As they said, all three of the strongest members of the Bulbin gang, the ruthless Stabby Dokue, the exiled Goron known as Bottomless Gabbron, and their leader Punk Thrasher, all lay sprawled out on the ground, their eyes whited out from unconsciousness.

"L-Let's…. let's get outta here!" shouted a Bulbin bandit. The lot of them quickly gathered up their unconscious allies onto their riding beasts and carts, they tied Gabbron to a warthog, and without so much as taking a single thing with them, rode off out of the village.

"And don't come back!" Talo said proudly. The villagers let out a cheer and gathered around Link, who was staggering from his injuries. Ilia herself ran up to Link and hugged him, minding his injuries this time.

"Link, you were amazing!" Ilia said.

"Not bad kid," Rusl grinned, "But next time, copy someone else's technique!"

"Heh, thanks guys…" Link said, trying his best to put on a strong face when his body felt like a bag of Irish oatmeal.

"Still, I couldn't believe how good you did Ilia." Beth said, "You beat that Goron like it was nothing!"

"Yeah, when'd you get so strong?" Talo asked her.

"Um…" Ilia pondered, "Well… I was just doing my mother's exercises."

"Your... mother's?" Bo asked in confusion.

"Yes, mom had written notes on ways to exercise, and suggested a type of dietary supplement called chanko that I've been eating in my meals." Ilia explained.

"Notes…" muttered Bo.

"I still can't believe she did all that. That was some grueling work lifting and pulling boulders." Ilia said.

"Ilia, your mother wasn't exercising form those notes, those were my sumo wrestling training notes." Bo said.

"Huh?" Ilia asked blankly.

"You see, your mother had been out on a trip to Castle Market Town to do some shopping, and met with a first class sumo wrestler while she was out there. When she told him that I was having some trouble getting stronger, he provided her with some training exercises to make myself capable of competing in heavyweight tournaments. They focused on building arm and leg strength, and increasing my overall weight to make me heavier." Bo explained.

"T-Then the chanko…" Ilia said, looking paler by the second.

"That? That's a type of calorie supplement that sumo wrestlers add to their food to help them gain weight, it can even stimulate the appetite to make it easier to eat more." Bo said, "No wonder you've been picky lately about which bowl was yours at dinner."

"T-Then all the training I was doing wasn't to lose weight… but… to… make… myself a… sumo… wrestler…" Ilia said, starting to get woozy.

"Looks like it Ilia," Bo said, "But I couldn't be prouder of you. You stood up to that Goron and gave him the beating of a life time! Course, you'd probably need more training if you want to take on professional wrestlers. That guy was tough, but looked way too out of shape to stand up to someone of your training!"

"I…. I see…" Ilia said, growing a bit dizzy before letting go of Link, standing in place for a few seconds, and then impacting into the ground face first.

The crowd all stood around Ilia, staring down at her. She just laid there in the ground.

"….Link?" she asked.

"Y-Yeah Ilia?" Link asked.

"…you're still okay with the way I am right…?" she asked him.

"Yes…" Link answered.

"Even though I turned myself into a four-hundred and sixty two pound sumo wrestler?"

"Yeah."

"… okay…" Ilia said. There was silence for a few seconds, before she added, "If it's okay with everyone, I'm going to just lay here for a while."

A little while passed, as the villagers got the hint and went about their separate ways to rest and fix the village.


Meanwhile, the Bulbin bandits were riding out of the forest. Their defeated allies laid on the back of beasts and carts, Thrasher himself laid on one of the front-most warthogs.

"Hey, we're almost out of the forest!" said a Bulbin, "We don't have long before we can get everyone some treatment!"

"I still can't get over that we lost…" said another.

"I say when the boss and Gabbron get better, we get back there and stick it to them!" said a third Bulbin.

The other Bulbin were nodding and cheering out, however their bravado was silenced by a familiar voice shouting.

"No we aren't!" Thrasher said, lying on the back of his warthog. His hand was covered his eyes, which weren't quite used to the sun due to normally wearing glasses.

"B-Boss?" a Bulbin riding beside Thrasher asked.

"We ain't going after that village anymore. We fought them with everything we had and lost. " He explained, "Ordon Village and it's people have, as far as I'm concerned, earned the right to live in peace, and I won't take any back sass from any of you guys sayin' otherwise!"

"You sure about that boss…?" asked the Bulbin.

"Sure as hell." Thrasher said, "I also want you guys to spread the word. Any gangs that try to lay one claw on that village has to answer to Punk Thrasher, got it?"

"R-Right boss!" said the Bulbin.

Thrasher just laid back and grinned; his braces were damaged a little, but still gave off a small glint of light from the sun shining through the trees.

"Go on Mr. Her-… …. Link," Thrasher muttered, "Live your life as you please now. You've earned the rest of a true hero."

"So, uh, boss…?" asked the Bulbin, "That reminds me, did you ever decide on a name for our gang yet?"

"Graahahaha," laughed Thrasher, "I already told ya I'm still working on it, you gotta give an injured guy a break."

'After all' he thought to himself smiling, 'What kind of leader would I be if I couldn't give my team the perfect name I can think of..."


Well that's that. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Later today I'm going to try and get started on the epilogue, where we'll see how Link and Ilia's character arc will be concluded. Until then, stay tuned!