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Everyone landed in the hot sand of the Gerudo Desert. "Well, that's one way to get to the desert." Marisa said.
"Yeah." Link nodded where they saw the prison far in the distance.
"Man… that's pretty far." Aya said. "Well, I suppose we should get going."
"Right." Reimu nodded in agreement as they walked ahead.
"Uh, guys… I need to tell you something." Midna spoke up as they turned to her. "Do you guys remember what the spirit said about the Fused Shadow?" She asked. "…Well, some of you?"
"What about it?" Mima asked.
"What do you think happened to the magic wielders who tried to rule the Sacred Realm?" She asked, seeming to be in a solemn tone.
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"They were banished." She continued. "They were chased across the sacred lands of Hyrule and driven into another realm of the goddesses. It was another world entirely… the antithesis of Hyrule, where the sun shines bright. It's denizens became shadows that could not mingle with the light. Eventually, most people came to call it the Twilight Realm, and from it, none could return to the world of light. They were forever doomed to live in the twilight, flitting in the half-light of dusk, mere shadows of Hyrule… This is the history of the Twili as it has been passed down from our ancestors."
She clenched her fists. "Do you now understand what I am? I'm a descendant of the tribe that was banished to the Twilight Realm!" She yelled, scowling in the process. "It was a peaceful place… until Zant took control of the Twilight Realm and transformed all of the Twili into Shadow Beasts. It's clear to me now that he somehow gained a great evil power previously unknown to our tribe, even getting the Youkai from Makai involved, who live outside of the Twilight Realm. How he managed to get them involved is beyond me."
"I wondered how they were working together…" Mima mused.
"In any case, I was sent from there, and could no longer get into the Twilight Realm without his power. But… there's another tale told by my people. Though the goddesses forbade us to return to the world of light, they left one link between the light and the darkness. Something called the Mirror of Twilight was passed to the protectors of Hyrule… it's our only path to the Twilight Realm… and we must get there!" She requested and looked at them. "So… you'll come with me, right?"
End BGM
BGM: Gerudo Desert (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Are you kidding? We've been though a lot of crap together. Like I'm just gonna give up now!" Marisa chuckled.
"Yeah, we're a team after all." Link said.
"Mhm… like we're not going to help you. We're all in this together." Mima said.
"Y'all got great photo opportunities for me to take. I'm not giving that up!" Aya grinned.
"I'm in this too." Reimu said.
Midna smiled. "Thanks… now let's go! We've got a desert to traverse!" She said as they walked off… which was easier said than done. Not that the enemies were a pain, it was mostly 'cause of the desert heat and there was hardly any shade and for most of them, their dark clothing didn't help matters.
"Ugh… is there a goddess of nature that can put some clouds over that stupid sun? That'd be great." Marisa groaned.
"I don't think someone like that exists." Link muttered a bit.
"Man, I picked the wrong day to wear black…" Aya groaned as they kept trudging along… until one by one, they collapsed from the desert heat.
End BGM
Marisa was the first one to wake up and found herself in a bed. "Huh?" She wondered as she looked around and saw the other girls in the bed, but Link was nowhere to be found. "Where… am I?"
"You're in Gerudo Town." A voice said as she saw a Gerudo woman walking over to them. "We saw you Vai collapsing in the heat and we brought you in."
"…Vai?" Marisa tilted her head.
"It's our Gerudo language meaning woman." She explained.
"Oh… so… where's Link?"
"Who's Link?"
"You know, tall, male, kinda muscular, wears green, has a sword on his back, looks like a dork?"
"Oh, you mean the Voe that was with you." She said.
"Voe? Wait let me guess, that means male in your language?" Marisa guessed, which the Gerudo nodded to. "Gotcha. Where is he then?"
"He's not with us."
Marisa's eyes widened. "Don't tell me you…"
"Don't be alarmed, we didn't kill him nor did we leave him for dead. He's in a medical tent just outside of our town."
"Huh? Why did you do that?"
"Well, it's Gerudo law that Voes are not to be within our town walls, except if one of us bears a son, then he is allowed in the town, not to mention he becomes the leader of the Gerudo. But that doesn't happen for YEARS, so some of us travel to Hyrule and find someone. We may not allow Voes in, but that doesn't mean we have anything against them… they're just not allowed in, now matter how cute they are."
"I see…" Marisa said and got up from her bed, drinking some water that was near her and walked out to see that she was indeed, in Gerudo Town.
BGM: Gerudo Town – Night (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
"Sav'aaq." One of the Gerudo greeted her while she was walking by.
The hell does that mean? Marisa wondered as she heard footsteps coming behind as she turned to see the others.
"So… Link's not here?" Midna asked.
"No, he's just outside of town… something about Gerudo Tradition or something." Marisa said as the same Gerudo walked out. "So… got a name?"
"Uri." She responded. "Now, our ruler would like a word with you. Come." She said as she guided them away… and then they heard a noise from on back, sounding like Link.
"Link?" Mima asked.
"Leave him." Uri told them and they walked off while Link was sitting on his butt, glaring at the two guards.
"No Voes allowed, you got that?!" The guard demanded.
"What do you have against… whatever a Voe is?!" Link asked.
"A Voe is you! Or in Hylian terms, a male! So therefore, males are not allowed in Gerudo Town. End of story!"
"…You gotta be kidding me…" Link grumbled as he away from them, and then looked at the walls. "Hmm…" He mused as he had an idea and ran over to the wall, where he proceeded to climb up and got over it. "If you can't go through, just go over it!"
"HALT, VOE!" A Gerudo from a watch tower from inside the town aimed at him with a Bow. "DO NOT TAKE ANOTHER STEP FURTHER!"
"Not all us guys are bad, ya know!" He called out to her.
"While that is true, it is against Gerudo tradition to have a Voe inside our walls! Now get off before I fire this arrow!"
"Ever heard of being flexible?" Link asked.
"Flexible, schmexible! Leave now!"
Link folded his arms in defiance. "No."
"…You are courageous as you are stupid." She grumbled and fired the arrow anyway, as it landed right in front of him.
"…You missed." Link said, but then he got electrified as it was actually a Shock Arrow instead. "BZZZZT. YOOOOW!" He yelled as he twitched all over the place before he fell on his back… on the ground.
"Good riddance." The Gerudo chuckled.
"You know Kel… this is why you will never get a Voe." Another Gerudo said, who was with her.
"Oh shut up!"
Link groaned as he got back up. "You gotta be kidding me…" He grumbled.
"Psst!" A voice caught his attention as he turned to see a woman who has brown eyes and light-brown, shoulder length hair. She is featured with tanuki ears and a giant striped tail. On her head there lays a green leaf like that of a tanuki and she has glasses.
"Me?"
"Yes, you! I know of a way to sneak you in!" She whispered. "Come on!" She motioned him to follow her which he did.
With the girls…
"Princess Val… you have your guests that you wanted to see." Uri said.
"Thank you, Uri." She said as Val was your typical Gerudo, but she had a stud on her right nostril and a small faux-hawk. She also had her midriff exposed to feature a belly button piercing as well. "I have to ask you… why did you come here in the middle of the day?"
"We didn't think it'd be that hot." Marisa explained.
"And you've brought the infamous reporter with you? Normally, I don't really care about what is said about our town in the newspapers but why? She's usually by herself."
"Eh… they have this sort of charisma that I like about them." Aya chuckled.
Val nodded. "I suppose that makes sense." She said. "So, what brings you Vai here to the desert anyway?"
"We were on our way somewhere in the desert when we passed out from exhaustion." Reimu explained.
"…And where would this somewhere be? You've got me intrigued."
"There's this prison nearby that we were told holds a valuable item." Midna said.
"Prison… surely you don't mean the Arbiter's Grounds!" One of the guards exclaimed. "That place is guarded by one of the most wicked monsters in the Gerudo Desert!"
"Oh please, we faced tons of monsters… how bad can this one be?" Marisa asked.
"This monster is called Molduga. He'll eat you alive if you even think about trying to go there. We've lost several Gerudo trying to go into the Arbiter's Grounds… which is why we Gerudo never go to that place. Not to mention there's been tons of activity there recently. One of our scouts even saw tons of Bulbins over there. We Gerudo are proud and fearless warriors, but you don't see us trying to fight Molduga!"
"We Gerudo are actually busy doing something else that requires our attention. I have had a vision about a Great Calamity that may happen in the far future… so we are making a machine that will destroy this Great Calamity, we call it Vah Nabooris, in honor of the greatest Gerudo warrior of all time, Nabooru." Val explained. "I have a feeling this might scare Molduga away, but it might not."
Oh great, more of this nonsense… Marisa thought.
"If you're thinking about going to Arbiter's Grounds… it's a suicide mission." Val warned. "You're on your own."
"Fine by us." Mima said as they heard footsteps as they turned to see a Youkai and a "woman" entering the room.
"Mamizou." Val greeted warmly to her. "How have you been?"
"I've been fine." Mamizou said, casually putting her hands behind her head.
"Who's your friend?"
"Oh this? Her name's Link…le. Yeah, Linkle."
That is the DUMBEST name you could have given me! Link thought, wearing a Gerudo outfit, which he was kinda surprised that everyone fell for it.
"Linkle?" Marisa asked. Oh Hylia… you gotta be kidding me. She thought as Midna and Aya started snickering while Mima and Reimu were thinking Link officially lost his mind.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Linkle." Val greeted.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too." Link said, doing his best to raise his voice higher to sound like a girl… instead, he sounds like a girl with a cold.
That's the worst impression of a woman I've ever heard! Reimu thought.
"Hmm…" One of the guards rubbed her chin suspiciously. "Linkle, was it? Tell me something… why are you covering your mouth with that cowl?"
"Because… I'm sick and I didn't want you guys to catch my cold!"
"Uh-huh… another thing, why is your chest flat?"
"I… didn't drink my Lon Lon Milk?"
"…I see… another thing…" She pulled out her spear. "How well do you fight?"
"I fight… well… why do you ask?"
"Pull out your weapon. I want to see if you actually fight like a Vai."
"I-If you say so." Link said, pulling out the Master Sword.
"No. No swords. Just spears." She ordered, handing him a spear to which he sheathed the sword and took it.
Oh great… I've never touched one of these in my life! Link thought.
"Alright… en garde!" She yelled, attacking Link to which he tried to block with the spear, but since he tried to block it like a sword, he immediately felt the tip of the guard's spear hitting his abdomen, but instead of impaling him, she swung up, immediately cutting the small crop top and the mask, revealing "Linkle" to be a guy.
"Uh… uh oh." Link sweatdropped.
"I KNEW IT! YOU'RE A VOE!" She yelled as the other guard unsheathed her spear too.
"Ah geez…" Link groaned.
"Teema, Mal, that's enough." Val ordered as she stood up. "I sense a strange power from you." She said as she walked over to him. "Unsheathe your sword." She ordered as Link unsheathed the Master Sword to which Val took it and looked it over.
"This… this is the Legendary Blade of Evil's Bane. The Master Sword." She quietly said in awe and looked at the others. "That means one of you has taken the Legendary Furnace of Destruction."
"I'd say something like Legendary Furnace of Love." Marisa said, pulling it out. "Ta-dah!"
Val smirked. "I see…" She said. "Teema, Mal… lower your weapons."
"But… he's a Voe!"
"A Voe with the Legendary Sword." She corrected. "This sword will dispel of the evil that is lurking inside the Arbiter's Grounds, along with the Furnace. I know it is tradition that we turn away men from Gerudo Town… but I am making an exception."
"A-are you serious, your highness?!" Teema yelled. "You're going against tradition!"
"I know I am going against tradition, but I do not care!" She said sternly. "If I get sent down to the Netherworld for what I am doing and be a disgrace to the Gerudo race, then so be it. The only thing I care about right now is the Arbiter's Grounds. Now lower your weapons. Now. This is your last warning."
"Y-Yes princess…" Mal said as they put their weapons away as Val gave the sword back to Link.
"You may need to switch to your regular clothing. It tends to get chilly in the desert at night." She suggested.
"I was already planning on doing that." Link said.
One dressed up Link later…
"So… that is why you came." Val mused. "I see… it's a long dangerous journey over there, but I know you can do it, even if Molduga plagues our desert." She said. "…You know what, I'm surprising myself today. Teema, fetch me my scimitar."
"Y-you're not seriously going to-"
"Yes, I am." She said as she got her Scimitar. "Mamizou, I imagine you want to come with."
"Well, duh. We are best friends after all." Mamizou giggled with a wink.
"Indeed we are." She said with a chuckle as they walked out. "Kara, get the Sand Seals! We're heading out to Arbiter's Grounds!"
"…I'm sorry, did you say we?"
"Yes."
"…Your highness, I know you're a young teenager and tend to be very daring, but come on! Think about your safety! There's Molduga you have to worry about!"
"I don't give a damn about Molduga! Not anymore!" Val exclaimed as she got on her trust Sand Seal and ordered the others to do the same. "There's a little learning curve on the Sand Seal, but you'll get the hang of it!" She said and took off with the others following, with Link having the idea to surf on his Hylian Shield while surfing with the Sand Seal.
BGM: Divine Beast Vah Naboris Battle (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
"I think I prefer flying!" Aya said, nearly tripping.
"Like I said, there's a learning curve!" Val told her as she and Mamizou quickly swerved around a few rocks like they were nothing.
"Oh come on, don't be a show off!" Marisa exclaimed.
"You're one to talk!" Link told her.
"Oh shut up!"
"Okay, I got the hang of this!" Reimu said, swerving between rocks with ease… and then they saw Val hopping off, to which the others did the same, with the Sand Seals stopping while Link picked up his Hylian Shield.
End BGM
"What's up?" Midna asked.
"Shh!" Val put a finger to her lips as she peeked behind a rock to see some Bulbins walking around. "Damn… those damned Bulbins are in the way." She said. "And I imagine there's a camp nearby too!"
"I can go check." Mamizou said as she transformed herself into a Bulbin and walked off.
"Huh?! Did she just…?!" Marisa exclaimed in surprise.
"Mamizou is a hell of a Youkai. She's a Bake-Denuki, she can transform into anyone." She said. "Hell, she transformed into a few people that weren't from Hyrule, but from a distant land she visited, she even had the same sword as them. I think she said it was the… Fal… Fal… Fal-key-on? Eh, I'll ask her later." She shrugged it off as the Bulbin returned and transformed back into Mamizou. "What'ya got?"
"Yeah, there was a camp alright. Also, this golden wolf followed me." She said as it emerged from the side.
"Golden Wolf? How intriguing…" She mused… as it went over and tackled Link where they disappeared in thin air. "Uh… what?"
"It's a long story… and Lana should be grabbing me at any second." Marisa said… and was tapped on the shoulder, to which she turned to see her.
"Hiyah!" Lana waved.
"Oh hey Lana… LANA?!" Marisa yelled. "You're not gonna drag me to your place?"
"Wanted a change of scenery this time around." Lana winked and then saw Reimu. "Hey Reimu!"
"Hey Lana."
"You two know each other?" Midna asked.
"Yup!" Lana nodded. "Anyway, I figured I might teach you something here."
"And what would that be?" She asked as Lana's hands started to spark.
"How about some lightning?" She smiled and then snapped her fingers, as a bolt of lightning struck the two unsuspecting Bulbins nearby.
"Huh… that was easy." Val said.
"Oh, that is so cool!" Marisa grinned.
"Alright, prepare to shoot some lightning cause this is pretty cool!" Lana smiled… and then Link returned a minute later.
"What'd you do this time?" Midna asked.
"Mortal Draw, apparently… and who's that?" Link asked.
"Hi, I'm Lana!" Lana happily shook Link's hand.
"Link." He greeted. "You've been teaching Marisa new tricks?"
"Yup, I'm teaching her lightning this time." Lana smiled as Marisa clapped her hands together, and with a mighty yell, she planted her hands on the ground and a mighty thunderbolt hit a poor Keese that was flying by. "Ooooh, nice!" She smiled.
"What do you have against Keese?" Mima teased.
"Hehehe, she's the best!" Lana giggled and then hugged Marisa after she turned around, then she broke the hug. "Well, take care!" She said and then disappeared.
"Alright, let's go." Val said, when suddenly the Sand Seals started barking uncontrollably. "Huh? What's got them in a fuss?"
"Uh… guys? Why is that sand bump over there coming straight toward us?" Aya asked.
Val took a look and her eyes widened. "Shit! It's Molduga! We need to move, now!" She said, getting to her Sand Seal and took off, as did the others who followed her.
BGM: Battle – Molduga (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
"Hey Val! I have an idea!" Mamizou said.
"I'm open to ideas, what do you got?" She asked.
"Follow me!" She said as she took off ahead to where the others followed, as Mamizou turned her head, hoping Molduga was following them, and indeed, Molduga was following them. "Good, let's have some fun!" She smirked and went right into the Bulbin campsite.
Several of the Bulbins saw them and fired Fire Arrows at them, but they quickly swerved around and got past them, as the Bulbins tried to fire back… but then Molduga launched itself out of the sand and a few snacks, to which they looked behind.
"So that's what the creature looks like?" Marisa asked.
"Good… now we know what we're up against!" Val said as they went around as Molduga went back underground… and went around the opposite way.
"Did we lose him?" Link asked.
"I think we did." Mamizou said and then as they turned the corner, they saw King Bulbin waiting for them with an axe with a smirk.
"That guy again?!" Midna asked as King Bulbin was ready to take them down… and then Molduga sprang up and tried to bite him, but King Bulbin was launched far away with a star shining brightly in the sky.
"Quick! Split up!" Val ordered as they split up where Molduga stopped and then went straight for Val. "So, you're going to eat me, huh? So be it!" She said as she picked up the pace where Molduga picked up the pace as well… and at this moment, Link came between them and dropped a Bomb to which Molduga sprang up and chomped down on the Bomb… and it exploded, sending him crashing down on the tent which on close inspection, Molduga looked like a four legged sand fish where everyone got off and proceeded to attack him.
Molduga rolled back to its stomach after receiving hefty damage and dove back underground, where they repeated the same process as this time, it went after Link, not happy that it ate a bomb from him. "Oh, so you're coming after me now?" Link asked. "Marisa!"
"Coming!" Marisa said as she came swinging by and dropping her Ecological Bomb to which Molduga sprang up and ate it, where it exploded causing him to fall on his side again, then when they hopped off, Marisa's hands sparked and fired a lightning bolt on him that nearly killed him, but was still alive… however, he was weak enough not to get back up.
Val walked over to him, Scimitar in hand with a scowl on her face. "For my people that you mercilessly slaughtered." She said, impaling it in the head, causing it spasm a bit… before falling limp, then it disappeared from them.
End BGM
"Well, now you guys aren't plagued by that monster." Mamizou said.
"That's true." Val said, wiping the blood from her weapon as they turned to the Arbiter's Grounds. "Let's go." She said as they all nodded and walked into the prison.
You know, I was surprised that there hardly any Gerudo in Twilight Princess when I played it on the Wii U. (Save for Ganondorf, of course) Breath of the Wild to the rescue, baby! Woo! Also, I COULD'VE done a fight with King Bulbin, but with Molduga hot on their tail, I don't think they would have time to fight, y'know?
Also, can I just take a minute to talk about that Smash Direct?
To quote Scout from TF2: HOLY FREAKIN' STUPID CRAP! THAT WAS THE BEST SMASH DIRECT I'VE SEEN!
I mean, seriously, it was the best thing ever!
We got like FIVE newcomers! Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, Chrom, Dark Samus, and King K. Freakin' Rool! Holy crap! So counting all of the characters, Echoes included, we have 73 freakin' characters in this game.
At E3, Sakurai said we shouldn't expect too many newcomers in Ultimate... and what does he do here? He casually drop five characters at once!
FOUNTAIN OF DREAMS IS BACK! IT HAS RETURNED! YES! 103 stages? Over 900 songs? This... this is incredible.
And the Pokemon! We have Alolan Exeggutor as a wall, we got Mimikyu, we've got... Pyukumuku of all things and even Ditto! And those Assist Trophies! SHOVEL KNIGHT?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! And... the Moon, of all things. ...But... but... Ashley... my girl Ashley's still an Assist Trophy! DX
But... there's one thing that caught my attention when they showed off Rathalos. It's that stage where they showed him off. Was that a Monster Hunter stage? And if so, are we getting a playable Monster Hunter character? That's interesting.. but of all the reactions i've seen on Youtube, no one seemed to be asking "Are we getting Monster Hunter as a playable character?"
I mean, it's not TOTALLY out there given the fact Monster Hunter is playable in Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite... but we don't talk about that.
Also, Squad Strike, Stage Morphing and Smashdown. That's actually pretty cool... but I wonder what that blurred image was in the main menu. Some people are saying Spirits, so... new Story mode possibly?
But if there's one thing that I can't get enough of, it's Dedede laughing at the Kongs. That laughing gets me EVERY TIME! XD Funnier when you realize Sakurai voices the guy in Smash.
So, we got five characters confirmed for Smash. Pfft, can't expect too many new characters when we have a total of eight newcomers now. Riiiiiight.
Now... if only we can get my boy Sora in there...
And now, if you'll excuse me... I need to get into Castlevania 'cause I know absolutely nothing about it except for... well, Simon, Alucard, Dracula, the fact that the games are INCREDIBLY hard... and as of the Direct, Richter. Soooo... anyone got any good recommendations for me on where to start?
Also... someone give a 1-Up for Luigi cause I think he needs it!