Sorry for the lack of update! I know it's been an extremely long time since I last updated it. I'm so sorry! Well anyway, here's chapter ten. If you forgotten what the heck the story's about, I suggest you take the time to re-read the story over. ^^;;
Chapter Ten: First Sage Rescued
"Finally, the last Poe..." Tien sighed as he looked around the main room.
"Where is it?" Raine asked as she looked around the room. Three of the four torches were burning; the last torch was still cold.
Suddenly, the party heard a low-pitched snickering sound.
"This Poe multiplies itself; be careful!" Link warned as he got out his Fairy Bow; at the same time, Tien got out a coupe shuriken.
A purple Poe appeared, holding the last fire.
"I just don't get it. Why does the Poes have to repeat their orders?" Raine mumbled as she sat back and watched the two men shoot at the ghosts. "Are they that stupid?"
"I doubt it." Sheik replied. "Maybe Ganondorf is testing something."
"Err... Okay."
The purple Poe shrieked as it dissolved into thin air. As soon as the four lights returned to the torches, an elevator appeared in the center.
Once the party reached to the bottom, they soon found themselves in a dark, circular room. The party unsheathed their weapons as they looked around the room. Suddenly, a low rumble came from beneath their feet.
"I hope it's not what I think it is..." Raine mumbled.
"Is it...?" Tien trailed off; Raine and Tien looked at each other as the rumble began to get loud.
"Sheik! Link! Watch out!" The two shouted at the Sheikah and the Hero of Time. But before the four can do anything, something huge came blasting out from the middle of the floor, separating the room into two.
"Ganondorf made these guys to his side?! Damn it..." Raine mumbled as she got into her blocking position.
He's a forest type. It should be easy for you to beat it. Dark Raine said.
'Yeah.' Raine replied, as the blades of her daggers became red. Soon, the blades were in flames. Raine threw one of her daggers at the huge thing; as soon as the dagger's tip touched the skin of the creature, the creature blew up into flames.
"It's a good thing it's him." Tien sighed. The creature was a green dragon with blue eyes and hair.
"Is he a relative of Volvagia?" Link mumbled as he jumped out of the way to dodge the wild tail.
"Maybe he is..." Sheik replied as she ducked under the tail.
Raine dashed toward the dragon, jumping up when she was about a yard away from him. She landed on the dragon's head, an as soon as her feet touched the scaly surface, she stabbed her other dagger.
"Is she crazy?!" Tien thought out loud, as the whole room was lit up with the flames.
The dragon swung around, trying to blow out the flames and to swing off the attacker. Raine fought back hard, holding onto the dragon's horns.
The dragon swung his tail hard on the wall, causing the whole room to shake. Rocks from the ceiling fell down to the four Hylians and the dragon, which made the matters worse for the four adventurers.
The dragon roared as he continued swinging his head from left to right. Raine held onto the dragon's horn.
Tien noticed a shadow appear from a corner, dashing toward the dragon.
"Raine, watch out!" Tien shouted, but it was too late—the shadow hit hard on the back of Raine's neck. Raine was knocked unconscious, and fell off from the dragon, down toward the floor. Link and Tien shot out towards the direction where Raine was falling; but the dragon banged its tail hard on the ground, blocking the two men's way.
"Shit..." Link mumbled as she bit his lower lip. At the same time, Tien mumbled, "darn it!"
Raine! Are you alright?! Dark Raine shouted; but there was not reply from Raine.
Damn... Dark Raine mumbled. She knew Sheik was still not used to her dark powers...but there wasn't any choice left.
Sheik froze in fear when a new bolt of dark powers shot through her powers. Link noticed her fear.
"Is it...?"
Sheik just nodded as she gazed up at Raine.
A double-bladed sword appeared in Raine's hand as she landed on the dragon's tail. Raine started twirling her sword around as she dashed up the dragon's tail. The blade sliced up the scaly tail, causing the dragon to roar in pain. Link, seeing this as a chance, unsheathed his Master Sword and ran up to the dragon; once he got close to the dragon, he did his spin attack. Tien also got out his katana and also slashed at the tail. Soon the dragon came smashing down to the ground. The three looked at each other as they nodded; they ran up to the head of the dragon and stabbed their three weapons into the head.
"I only came out to fight this thing, so bye." Dark Raine waved at the three. Before she closed her eyes, Link interrupted.
"Tell me one thing before you go. Are you Raine?"
"I am, yet I am not." Dark Raine shrugged. Before anyone else can ask a question, Dark Raine closed her eyes; when she opened her eyes again, Raine was herself again.
"Seems that my other self came out again..." Raine sighed. "I know you guys can't get used to it, but bear with me; when we go to Klania, I'll find a way to get separate myself from her. Now let's go find Saria and get out of this creepy place."
"You don't need to worry about me, Raine." Saria said as she came out of the darkness.
"I thought you were sealed...!"
"Not after the dragon was killed." Saria replied as she smiled. "I've got rescued again. Thank you so much!"
"Thank Raine instead of me." Link said as he turned towards Raine, who was kneeling down beside the dead body of the dragon. As for Raine, she was more interested in the body of the dragon. Tien was also at the dead body; he was also looking for something.
Sheik went up to the ninja.
"What are you looking for?"
"These dragons are from where we grew up in. Normally, they wouldn't attack anyone...but something changed them."
"...And this 'thing' is something that is inserted in the dragon's body?"
"Klanians are skillful with their hands, and had invented equipment and items that are useful for everyday life." Tien said.
"But those things were for rich people." Raine said as she came over to Tien. "They had enough money that'll last for lifetime. But you know how people are: they're greedy. They reach for the thing they desire, and once they obtain it, they go for higher. It'll never end if money doesn't run out."
Raine glanced at Sheik, but decided to say no more; she knew that Sheik wasn't used to the amount of darkness. Raine walked off, continuing to search for the object.
"As Raine was saying, only the powerful ones were able to live in heaven. But for us, the low-class people, were forced to live in small villages, forced to do work all day long, and weren't allowed to travel. This was before Zack appeared." Tien explained, pausing his search. "When Zack appeared, all changed. To him, it didn't matter if the people were rich or not; they were like any other slaves. Zack enslaved every town throughout the land of Klania. He would've continued on to expanding his territory to the neighboring land; Hyrule if Raine haven't done anything."
"Couldn't you have done something?" Link asked as he came over. Apparently, he had bid farewell to Saria, and the Sage of the Forest had gone to the Sacred Realm.
"You lose something from yourself when you break the seal that sealed Zack. For Raine, it was Trust. Raine herself doesn't know that."
"...Something's bothering me here." Link said as he help up his palm. "Why can't you just kill Zack? Isn't he a human being?"
"Zack can never be destroyed. He isn't a living thing." Tien stated.
"...How?" Link asked again.
"Zack is an evil spirit taking form of a human being. He's made up of the amount of unbalanced evil in the world. The world would have been peaceful if the goddesses haven't made the Triforce and the crystals. All because of the artifacts, creatures and spirits that shouldn't exist exists today."
"...So you say that because of the Triforce and the crystals, people became greedy, and wanted more power... that's how evil was formed." Sheik thought out loud. Tien nodded in response. He gazed at Raine, who was still looking for the device. She was stabbing into the stomach of the dragon, digging into the scaly flesh. After (seemingly) a few hundred stabbing, Raine dug into the flesh with her hand.
"There it is!" Raine exclaimed as she got out the device.
"Stupid thing..." She growled as she stabbed the device with her dagger. The device broke into two as the blade went through the metal. Raine then stepped on the device, grinding the metal into crumbs with her heal.
"Okay, Raine. You don't need to do that." Link sighed.
"Let's just get outta here; this place's giving me the creeps." Rain mumbled.
"We can enter that green light to go back to the entrance to the temple." Link replied as he pointed at the center of the room.
"Cool!" Raine's attitude changed as she saw the light.
"She's so immature for her age..." Tien sighed.
"What?" Raine turned around.
"Nothing."
The party went through the light, reappearing at the entrance of the Forest Temple.
"So where to next?" Raine asked as she looked around. The sky was getting darker; the red of the sunset was turning to navy, the color of early night.
"We should stay in Kokiri Forest for today." Link sighed.
"I hope the monsters are gone..." Raine mumbled.
"You cleaned them, remember?"
"Okay... Then, 'I hope the monsters' blood's gone'." Raine mumbled. Sheik and Tien laughed silently.
"Of course not, Raine. Unless it starts raining, the blood's not going to disappear." Tien laughed.
"Blah." Raine stuck out her tongue as she started heading back toward Kokiri Forest.
"Ah, comfy bed..." Raine sighed with satisfaction as she lay down on a bed. Sheik laughed as she sat down on a wooden chair.
"Sheik," Raine started, "are you afraid that I'm going to betray you someday?"
Sheik blinked a couple of times, not prepared to hear that sort of question.
"Please answer truthfully. I want to know what you're thinking about me." Raine said.
"I doubt that you will, Raine." Sheik said. "But I'm unsure if I can trust your other self."
"...Because she's evil-hearted?"
"...Yes."
"I see."
Well, it's hard to earn trust for any living thing. Dark Raine said.
'Yeah...'
"Well, get some sleep. It'll be more tiring tomorrow." Sheik said as she went over to her bed and climbed in. Raine yawned as she pulled the covers up to her chin.
"Do you know how the third crystal holder is?" Link asked Tien. The two men were in their own room, apart from the girls'.
Tien shook his head. "I've only met Raine. Perhaps the third crystal is inside the third temple, or its holder is too dense to know the crystal is an extremely rare one."
Link laughed at Tien's comment. "Too dense... Might be. Eheheh..."
"Either way, what I know is that the third crystal isn't in Hyrule; it's still in Klania... Unless you felt some force pulling you to a certain direction."
"Force?"
"Nevermind then."
"Okay. Well, let's get some rest." Link said as he stretched. Tien nodded as he lay down on the bed.
"Zelda..." Nayru's voice was heard again.
"Yes?" Zelda opened her eyes slowly, and saw Nayru standing before her. "You must hurry and free all of the sages before the Triforce of Power gets activated." There was uneasiness in the tone of Nayru's voice.
"What happens if it does?" Zelda asked. "If it does, the chance of defeating Ganondorf will get slim. Even if Ganondorf does not have the Triforce piece anymore, he is still able to detect the pieces when it is activated or when they are near him. He will surely find a way to take the pieces from you and Link and the third holder." "Is the third Triforce holder Raine?" Zelda asked. "That I cannot answer. Din cannot say the secret. Either it is the dark ones, or the three crystal holders. Watch out for any signs that indicate that they have the Triforce piece. One of them will know, but will not speak about it." With that said, Nayru disappeared into the darkness.
Sheik opened her eyes, confused about what the heck the goddess of wisdom said in her dream. She sat up in her bed, lost in her thoughts.
'...Someone who needs the Triforce the most... It can be Raine, but...' Sheik trailed off as she gazed at the sleeping girl.
"Mmm... I can't eat anymore..." Raine mumbled as she turned around. Sheik scratched her cheek, doubting her thoughts.
'...Or maybe Tien...and who's the third crystal holder? If the third crystal holder is not in Hyrule, then that can't be it...unless we decide to go to Klania now...'
Okay, a bit confusing, ne? I needed to cut the chapter short with another horrible cliffhanger, since if I try and put the next chapter together, it's gonna go over five pages... School's coming to an end in about a week. I'm so happy!! It means I have more time to work on my stories! ^_^ Anyway, please review!
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