Chapter 11: the water temple.
When Link and Kai arrived at Kakariko village, it was almost sundown.
"Man, I'm tired." Kai groaned.
"Well, you did use a lot of magic today." Link stated. Kai shook his head.
"No, it's not my magic. I actually don't feel any magic exhaust at all. I think it might be from running around the cave." Link noticed that Kai's face looked a little red. He put his hand on Kai's forehead and gasped.
"Kai, you have a fever!"
"Don't be ridiculous Link. Kitsune don't get sick." Kai slurred. He then fell over. Link hurriedly picked him up.
"Kai, Kai! Wake up, Kai!" a nearby guard heard Link's yelling and walked over to him to see what the commotion was about.
"What's going on here?" The guard demanded. He then looked between Link and Kai. "It's you two!" Link looked up at the guard with teary eyes.
"Please help." The guard looked at Link with an unsure look, then nodded.
"Follow me." The guard picked up Kai bridal style and carried him into Kakariko village, Link followed behind him. The guard walked into a house with a cucco pen behind it, Link realised it was the cucco lady's house.
"Why are we here?" Link asked.
"I live here and my wife will be able to help your friend here." The guard claimed as he put Kai down on a bed that was situated upstairs. The cucco lady then walked through the door and gasped when she saw Link.
"You're the boy that helped me bring back my cucco's! what brings you here?" she then noticed Kai on the bed upstairs. "Oh, my! What happened to that poor child!?"
"He has a fever." Link stated. The cucco lady rushed upstairs and kneeled next to Kai and felt his temperature.
"You're right, he does have a fever! How did this happen?" Link scratched the back of his head.
"Well, you see, we were travelling to the ice cavern located in Zora's fountain and he slipped on some ice and fell into the water." Link explained. Plus, he absorbed some freezing cold fire, which didn't help. The lady shook her head in a scolding manner.
"You two shouldn't have been playing in such a dangerous area where there were no adults around!" the cucco lady scolded. Link hung his head down in shame. The cucco lady sighed and stood up. "I'll make some stew and give your friend some medicine. In the meantime, why don't you stay by his side until he wakes up." Link nodded and sat on the chair next to the bed Kai was on. The cucco lady went downstairs to prepare the stew. Cecily flew over to the cucco lady to help her make the stew. Sari stayed behind with Link to watch over Kai.
"Well, I have to get back to my post. I'll be back in a few hours' honey." The guard stated and kissed her on the cheek. The cucco lady smiled and kissed him back. The guard then left for his post. Link smiled at the scene. He then heard Kai stir from his sleep and looked at him.
"Kai, you're awake!" Link exclaimed. Sari sighed in relief.
"You had us worried there, kid." Sari claimed as she bonked Kai on the head. "How are you feeling?" Kai sneezed.
"Ugh, I feel like poo." Kai then snorted up some snot that was hanging from his nose. Sari looked disgusted, Link grabbed a tissue and handed it to him. Kai took the tissue and blew his nose. Cecily flew up to Kai and checked his temperature.
"Hm." Link and Sari waited with anticipation.
"Well, how sick is he?" Sari asked.
"It's just a cold, nothing too major to worry about. He just needs some food and a bit of rest and he'll be better in no time." Cecily then flew back downstairs and grabbed a vile, she then flew back upstairs with the vile and a spoon. "We can't afford to take any chances, so Kai will have to take this cold medicine." Sari groaned.
"Man, this is going to be a pain." Link looked at the green fairy in confusion.
"How is Kai taking medicine a pain?" Sari looked off to the side with a grim expression.
"Kai doesn't like the taste of medicine, he practically hates the stuff. He would do anything to avoid taking it, hence the reason why he lied earlier about not being sick." Sari explained.
"And it's a lot harder in getting him to take some with our tiny bodies. So, can you give Kai the medicine?" Cecily asked. Link nodded and Cecily handed him the medicine. When Kai saw the medicine, he immediately clamped his mouth shut. He attempted to get out of bed, but a wave of nausea hit him, forcing him back down on the bed. Link looked at Kai with a smile and held the spoon filled medicine in front of him.
"Open wide." Kai shook his head and kept his mouth shut. Link kept cooing Kai into opening his mouth, but when he kept refusing, Link started to get irritated. An idea hit him and he smiled evilly. He put the medicine to the side and placed his hand on Kai's hip. Kai shivered at Link's creepy looking grin and looked at him suspiciously. Link then started to tickle Kai.
"Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha! P-please s-s-stop! Ha, ha, ha!" Link took this chance and shoved the spoon in Kai's mouth, forcing him to swallow. After swallowing the medicine, Kai erupted into a fit of coughs. Link handed Kai some water, Kai took the water and gulped it all down. Kai then started breathing heavily and looked at Link with an angry look.
"You traitor." Kai panted. Link smiled at Kai innocently.
"It was for your own good, my friend." Kai sighed and calmed his breathing. The cucco lady then brought up two bowls of soup.
"Here you are." The cucco lady said as she laid the two bowls of soup on the side table next to the bed.
"Thank you." She then gestured for the two fairies to dine with her downstairs. Sari and Cecily followed her downstairs while Link stayed upstairs next to Kai. He then looked at him. "Can you eat by yourself or do you need me to feed you like a baby." Kai shook his head and slowly sat up. Link handed Kai the stew, Kai then started wolfing down on the stew.
"Yummy!" Kai moaned in between mouthfuls of the stew. Link sweat dropped.
"No matter how sick you are, your appetite stays the same." Link then started eating his own stew. Once Link and Kai had finished their bowls, Kai fell asleep and snored without a care in the world. Link smiled and brought the two bowls downstairs. The cucco lady saw him and took the two bowls and started to wash them.
"I hope you enjoyed the meal." She said, Link nodded.
"I did, it was wonderful, miss…?"
"Anju, call me Anju."
"Ok, thank you for the meal, Anju." Anju smiled. Link saw Sari and Cecily sleeping together on one of the cushioned chairs in front of the fire place. Link wished Anju a good night and walked back upstairs and sat beside Kai. Link started to feel sleepy, he laid his head on the bed and closed his eyes. Anju walked upstairs to check on the boys and saw them both sleeping. She smiled and grabbed a blanket and covered it over Link. She then walked to her own bed and fell asleep.
The next morning, Kai was fully rejuvenated. He was shaking Link awake.
"Come on, Link! Wake up!" Link stirred from his sleep and opened his eyes. When he saw it was Kai, he shoved him away and closed his eyes again. Kai pouted. He then grinned evilly and pushed Link off the bed, making him hit his head on the hard wooden floor boards.
"Ow! What the hell!" Link shouted at Kai. Kai laughed.
"Well, you wouldn't wake up!" Anju then walked out of her room.
"Well, you're quite energetic this morning." Anju giggled.
"Ah, Anju! I'm sorry for causing so much noise." Link apologized. Anju waved it off.
"It's okay. The noise makes this house seem lively." Kai's nose twitched and he lifted up his arm and smelled himself. He then recoiled.
"Ugh, man, do I stink!" Kai stated. Link smelled himself and nodded.
"Yeah, me too. When was the last time either of us took a bath?" Anju giggled again and pointed to a room downstairs.
"There is a bathroom downstairs, but the tub can only fit one person. But there is a shower as well, unless you want to take your baths separately."
"Nah, we don't have time to waste so one of us will use the shower while the other takes a bath." Kai said. Link nodded, he and Kai then walked downstairs after Anju handed them some towels and walked into the bathroom.
"So, who gets the bath?" Link asked.
"We should do paper, scissors, rock and whoever wins, gets the bath!" Kai suggested. Link nodded. Link and Kai said the chant, Kai drew paper and Link drew scissors. "Aw, well, looks like I have the shower."
"You can use the bath if you want to." Kai shook his head.
"Nah, you won fair and square." Kai then removed his cloths and grabbed the soap. Link also removed his cloths and grabbed the soap after Kai was finished with it, he then filled the tub with warm water and jumped into it. Kai grabbed the shower handle and turned it on, he then sprayed water on himself, washing away the soap. After they cleaned themselves, both boys dried themselves and put on their cloths. They then left the bathroom and walked into the living/dining room.
"Did you enjoy your bath and shower?" Anju asked. Link and Kai said yes. Sari and Cecily then flew up to Kai and Link.
"We should really get going." Sari stated. Link and Kai nodded and grabbed their things and walked out the door.
'We want to thank you for letting us stay for the night." Link thanked. Kai nodded.
"Yeah and thank you for helping me get better." Kai beamed. Anju smiled.
"So, where will you go now?" Anju asked.
"We'll be going to lake Hylia." Link answered.
"Lake Hylia? But that's so far away."
"We have a horse, so it's okay!" Kai assured.
"Well, if you say so. I wish you all luck." Link and co left with one final goodbye and left with Epona to Lake Hylia.
Kai looked at the map while Link rode Epona towards Lake Hylia.
"Not long now until we reach lake Hylia." Kai said, Link nodded in understanding. Sari and Cecily sat on Kai's shoulders and looked at the map.
"You know, Kai. I think you've grown during these past few weeks." Cecily claimed. Kai looked at Cecily, then back at the map.
"You think so?" Cecily nodded.
"Kai, I see a fence! Do I jump it?" Link asked.
"Yeah, on the other side of that fence should be lake Hylia!" Epona jumped over two fences and galloped into lake Hylia. Link halted Epona when they reached the edge of the lake. Link and Kai got off Epona and Link looked down into the water.
"Was lake Hylia always like this?" Link asked as he stared at the lake. Kai shrugged.
"I don't know, I've never been here before. But I don't think lake Hylia is supposed to have so little water." Sari then flew in front of Link and Kai.
"Hey, on the bright side we can see the water temple from here." Sari said as she pointed towards an entrance with two pillars on each side of it and a target.
"You're right. We can see the water temple from here." Link agreed. He then felt a few droplets fall on him. he looked up at the sky and noticed it was raining. Kai pulled out a leaf and used it to transform into a fish. He then fell onto the ground. Sari smacked her forehead.
"You idiot, why didn't you just transform in the water? Besides, wouldn't turning into a Zora be more useful?"
"Oh, yeah. You have a point." Kai then transformed into a Zora, but had red eyes and had dark blue fins. Kai turned around and used wind magic on Sari and Cecily so they were able to breath under water. He then ran down the wet dirt and dove into what was left of lake Hylia. Link changed into his blue tunic and equipped the iron boots. He made his way into lake Hylia and saw a gate at the bottom of the lake, above it was a target. "Try using your hook shot on it." Link nodded and took out his hook shot. He then fired the hook shot at the target and pulled it towards him. the target floated out of its socket and floated towards the surface. The gate slowly opened and Link and Kai swam into the entrance. Link surprisingly found out that the iron boots weighed a lot less in the water. Link took off the iron boots and emerged with Kai out of the water and pulled themselves up onto the platform. Link and Kai looked around the water temple in awe.
"The water temple is so big." Link commented.
"Yeah and look at all of this water!" Kai exclaimed as he looked into the water.
"We should proceed." Sari stated. Link and Kai nodded and jumped to another platform. Suddenly, from both sides, two blue tektites attacked them. Link blocked off the one on the right while Kai blocked the one on the left with the few Zora abilities he had. Link slashed the tektite with his sword, Kai's fins turned into blades and he slashed at the tektite. Link looked at Kai in amazement.
"Woah, I didn't know you could also take their fighting abilities too!" Kai smiled smugly and wiped his nose.
"Well, of course! We Kitsune can turn into anything and anyone while also taking their abilities. We could also transform into the three goddesses and use their powers! Too bad we've never actually seen them." Link clapped his hands together.
"Wow, your abilities seem so awesome. The transformations you do are way more useful than your actual form."
"Hey! I'll have you know that we Kitsune can be very dangerous, even without our transforming abilities." Link laughed. He then contemplated on where to go next. He walked around the square building and saw an open pathway, a locked door and a raised sea serpent statue with a target on its chest. Link took out his hook shot and aimed at the statue. He fired, but the hook shot wasn't long enough and recoiled back towards Link.
"Damn!" Link cursed. Kai walked towards Link.
"What is it Link?"
"The hook shot isn't long enough." Link then thought about what to do next. He then turned towards Kai. "Do you think you can teleport us over there?"
"Of course!" Kai teleported Link and himself to the other side of the water and went through the door. In the next room was a big door covered in golden chains. The path was sloped down and was littered with spike traps.
"Looks like we need to find the big key." Sari stated. Link nodded and headed back into the previous room. Link and Kai jumped from the high ledge back onto the platform.
"The only option we have is the pathway that was on the left." Link stated. Link and Kai headed towards the open pathway and jumped onto its ledge. They walked through the short hallway and stopped when the next room was submerged in water. Link equipped the iron boots and he and Kai jumped into the water. At the bottom, they saw a huge block and another pathway on the right.
"I'll go check out this pathway real quick!" Kai then swam to the right. Link waited for Kai until he saw him swim back.
"Well? Where does it lead to?" Kai shook his head.
"It's a dead end." Link groaned and then looked at the huge block.
"Let's move this huge block and see where it leads to." Link suggested. Kai nodded, both boys grabbed hold of the block and pulled it towards them until it locked into the ground. Link and Kai tried pushing it forwards, but the block wouldn't budge. Link groaned again. "Great, just great. Now the block's stuck!"
"We could always try swimming to the bottom of the temple." Kai suggested.
"We might have to." Link and Kai swam back up to the previous room and dove down to the bottom of the water temple. At the bottom were three paths and a path blocked by a block. On the building, there was a locked door. Link and Kai went through the pathway with two torches on each side of it. In the next room, there were three torches and a bar covered door. Link pointed up and Kai nodded. They swam upwards and saw a cracked wall on the way. When they reached the surface, they saw door and a weird mark. Link and Kai climbed out of the water and looked at the mark.
"Look! It's the same mark we saw near the waterfall!" Kai exclaimed.
"Play the same song you played in front of the waterfall." Cecily urged. Kai nodded and took out the ocarina of time and played Zelda's lullaby. The water level then decreased to the lowest level.
"Look, the water level went down." Sari stated. Link and Kai looked over the edge and saw this was true.
"We should check out what's at the bottom." Link suggested. Kai looked down and turned pale.
"That's an awful long way down. I have a better idea. How about we split up, me and Sari go through the door and you and Cecily go down there." Kai suggested.
"That sounds like a plan." Sari rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please. Kai just doesn't want to-" Before Sari could finish, Kai grabbed her and walked through the door. As soon as they walked through, bars covered the door, trapping Kai and Sari in the room.
"Kai! Sari!" Link and Cecily yelled.
"We're okay! We're just-what is that!?" Kai's yell was muffled by the door.
"Kai, what's happening!?" Link shouted. He could hear blades scraping against pavement. This sound made Link panic.
On the other side of the door, Kai had gotten into a fighting stance and had his fins ready. In front of him were four spiked monsters heading towards him.
"Watch out, Kai. Those things are called spikes! Aim for them when they retract their spikes!" Sari informed. Kai nodded and waited for the monsters to retract their spikes. When they did, Kai charged at them and quickly slew them with his fin blades. The spikes crumbled and a chest appeared, along with the bars covering the door sliding up. No sooner had the bars slid up, Link and Cecily rushed into the room, worry laced on their faces.
"Kai! Sari! Are you two okay?" Link and Cecily asked. Kai and Sari nodded.
"Yeah, we're fine. Kai managed to handle himself pretty good." When Sari pointed to Kai, Kai had run off towards the chest and opened it to find a map. He frowned in disappointment and pocketed the map. Link sighed in relief.
"Whew, thank god!" Kai walked over to Link and the two fairies and gestured to the door.
"We should head back into the other room." Link, Sari and Cecily nodded in agreement and walked back into the other room. Kai stopped at the edge and looked down and gulped. Sari pushed Kai off. "Why is it always me!?" Kai yelled as he plummeted to the bottom. Cecily gave Sari a dirty look, Sari looked away and whistled. Link jumped down the opening. Kai saw Link plummet down towards him and quickly rolled out of the way just as Link landed where he had been. Sari and Cecily fluttered down to meet them.
"See? Now that wasn't hard now, was it?" Sari cooed. Kai scoffed and looked at the three torches, he saw that one of them was lit.
"Try lighting those torches, Kai." Link told. Kai nodded and lit the other two torches, causing the bars covering the door to slide down. Link and Kai walked into the next room and saw three green shells.
"Those are shell blades, its internal muscle is their weak point." Cecily stated. Link took out his hook shot and waited for the shell blades to open their mouth. Link kept on waiting, but the shell blades wouldn't open their mouth.
"Try walking closer." Kai suggested. Link walked closer to them and they opened their mouth. Link took this opportunity to shoot them in their eternal muscle, piercing them and killing them. Kai clapped as a small chest appeared. Link walked over to the chest and opened it to find a silver key.
"We should save that key for later and check out the rest of the pathways." Sari said. Link nodded and pocketed the key. He and Kai then headed back to the main part of the temple and walked to the pathway on the right. Once again, Link and Kai had dived into the water and emerged in a room with spikes blocking them from climbing the platform. Link and Kai climbed the platform without the spikes and saw a target above the locked door. Link aimed his hook shot at the door, but realised it was too far. He sighed and brought the sling shot down.
"Let me guess, too far?" Kai said knowingly. Link nodded and they both dove back into the water and emerged in the main part of the temple. Link and Kai then walked to the path on the right and saw a block blocking it. Kai and Link pushed the block forward until it fell into the water. Link and Kai dove into the water and emerged into a room with a tektite on the other side and a huge gap separating them and the tektite. On the right side of the room was a switch and at the bottom of the gap was a guizer. Link hit the switch with his sword, making the guizer go up. Link quickly jumped onto the guizer as Kai shot down the tektite. Kai then teleported to the other side as Link jumped to the other side of the room. Link and Kai high fived each other and walked through the door to the next room.
In the next room, there was a whirlpool. Link was about to jump into the whirlpool, but Kai stopped him.
"Hold on, Link. This current is too strong, so I should handle this." Kai stated.
"Ok." Kai then dived into the water and landed on the bottom of the pool. Kai looked around and spotted a switch situated in the sea serpent statue's mouth. Kai used his fins as boomerangs and hit the switch located in the statue's mouth, causing a gate to open. Kai quickly swam through the gate before it closed behind him. Kai saw two shell blades and quickly dodged them, he then swam up to the surface and saw a chest with a switch next to it. Kai opened the chest and found a key. He then hit the switch and dove back into the water and swam back to Link. "What did you find?"
"I found a key." Kai stated as he waved the key around. Link and Kai then headed back to the main part of the temple and entered the third pathway. At the end of the pathway, the floor was cracked. Link took out a bomb and laid it on the ground. Link and Kai then ran to safety as the bomb blew up, revealing a path submerged in water. Link and Kai dropped down and saw a shell blade blocking their way. Link took out his hook shot and ripped out the shell blade's internal muscle. Kai cringed as the inner muscle was torn out. Link and Kai continued onto the path and entered a room half filled with water. Link and Kai climbed out of the water and saw a switch.
"I wonder what this switch does?" Cecily wondered out loud.
"Who knows, Link! Push the switch!" Sari demanded. Link stood on the switch, causing the water to rise. Kai and Link climbed onto the second platform and saw a serpent statue rising with two tektites on each side of it. "Kai, get rid of those tektites!" Kai grumbled and shot the two tektites with his bow and arrow. The tektites fell; dead. Link took out his hook shot and fired at the statue, he was pulled and dropped off at the upper platform. Link saw a gate and walked towards it. He then noticed a switch behind the serpent statue and hit it with his sword, causing the gate to open. He looked inside the small room and only saw a few pots that were against the wall. Link twisted his face in confusion and headed back to the others.
"What did you find?" Kai asked with anticipation.
"That room up there had nothing but pots." Link claimed. "We should try the locked door we saw in the previous room." Kai nodded, he and Link then jumped into the water and swam the previous room. Link and Kai then walked to the locked door and unlocked it. The key broke and Link and Kai walked through the door. On the other side was a room with multiple levels and spikes littered the sides of the floors. Link spotted a target and readied his hook shot. He then pulled himself up and saw the same mark he saw in the room with the three torches. "Kai, I see the same mark we saw before when you played the ocarina!" Kai teleported to Link and looked at the mark.
"Hold on, I'll play the song." Kai put the ocarina to his lips and played Zelda's lullaby. The water level then rose to mid-level. Kai then noticed an entrance under where the block was previously. "You go on ahead, Link. I see another entrance down there."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Link asked worriedly. Kai nodded.
"Don't worry. If things get too dangerous, I'll teleport to you." Kai said reassuringly. Link still looked unsure.
"If it will make you feel any better, I'll go with Kai." Cecily suggested.
"Ok, knowing that you're with him does make me feel better." Kai waved to Link and dived down to the newly revealed entrance with Cecily following behind him. Link and Sari climbed the platform and walked through the door.
When Kai and Cecily arrived at the newly revealed room, they saw two gates on each side of the room on the ceiling and a switch on the left-hand side of the room. Kai swam to the switch and hit it, causing the gate on the left side of the room to open, releasing five spikes and two shell blades. Kai gulped.
When Link walked out of the room, bars appeared behind him, covering the door. Link had walked back into the main area of the temple, but the water level had raised half way up the building. Link looked around and saw a pathway with a target above it. Link hook shotted to the target and walked through the pathway and into a room with spikes covering the ceiling and the floor. A target was placed in between the spikes. Sari whistled.
"Man, whoever built this place must love spikes." Sari exclaimed. Link nodded and pointed his hook shot at the target and fired. He pulled himself onto the platform and saw another target on the ceiling. Link hook shotted the target and landed in a room with a switch in the corner and a chest with water gushing underneath it, preventing Link from accessing the chest. Link ran to the switch and hit it with his sword, making the gushing water go down. Link ran back to the chest, but the gushing water came back. Link stopped.
"This timer's quick! Sari, can you hit the switch when I give the signal?" Link asked as he turned to the green forest fairy. Sari nodded.
"Sure, I've had enough practice hitting Kai, so this is nothing." Sari waited by the switch while Link ran towards the chest. He nodded to Sari and Sari hit the switch, making the water go down. Link quickly opened the chest and grabbed out a compass just as the water rose again. Link and Sari then headed back to the main room.
"We should go checkout that cracked wall we saw earlier." Link suggested. Sari nodded and followed Link to the bottom of the temple. Link resurfaced and peeked through the crack in the wall. On the other side, he could see a chest. Link then took out a bomb and placed it in front of the wall. The bomb blew up and Link went through the gap in the wall. He walked over to the chest and opened it to find a key. Link and Sari then headed back into the main room to wait for Kai and Cecily.
Kai had destroyed three out of five spikes while dodging the shell blades. A shell blade nicked one of its spikes onto Kai, scratching him on the arm. Blood mixed with the water as Kai held his arm in pain.
"Kai! Are you alright?" Cecily asked worriedly. Kai nodded, Cecily then used her healing power on Kai and healed his injury.
"Thanks." Kai then destroyed the remaining two spikes and focused onto the shell blades. "How am I going to defeat these things?"
"Try using your fins when their internal muscle is exposed." Cecily suggested. Kai nodded and waited for them to expose their inner muscle. When they did, Kai fired his fins at them like boomerangs, the fins sliced through their internal muscles and came back to Kai. The gate on the right side of the room opened and Kai swam towards it. Kai resurfaced and saw a chest, he climbed onto the platform and opened the chest to find a key. Satisfied, Kai teleported to Link in the main room.
"There you are! What did you find?" Link asked. Kai took the key he found.
"I found a key, but I had to fight five spikes and two shell blades!" Kai complained.
"I'm surprised you didn't get hurt!" Sari claimed. Kai laughed nervously and rubbed his arm. Link and Kai then went to a locked door and opened it. The key lock fell onto the ground as Link opened the door. On the other side was a room with a guizer and a switch. A thumping noise could be heard above them.
"What's that noise?" Kai wondered as he strained his Zora ears, trying to locate the sound. A tektite then fell from the hole in the ceiling and landed on the guizer. Link took out his sword and slashed at the tektite. The tektite fell to the ground; dead. Link kicked the dead tektite off the guizer and stood on the guizer.
"Kai, can you hit the switch?" Link asked. Kai joined him on the guizer.
"I have a better idea." Kai claimed. He aimed his fins at the switch and shot at it, turning the switch yellow. The guizer pushed them up to a room with a door. Link and Kai went through the door, as soon as they went through the door, bars appeared behind them, blocking access to the door. They saw the same mark on the wall and Kai played Zelda's lullaby. The water level then raised back to its original water level. Link and Kai then jumped down to the platform and unlocked the door and walked through it. In the next room was a waterfall with platforms going down. Link jumped onto one of the platforms and kept hook shotting to other platforms while Kai teleported to the top. Link reached the top and panted.
"You know *pant* *pant* you could have teleported me too." Link complained. Kai laughed as Link unlocked the door. In the next room were three serpent statues and a red switch in the middle. Three tektites littered the floor and Kai disposed of them. Kai then used his fins to hit the switch, turning it blue. The water level rose and so did the statues. Link grabbed onto Kai and hook shotted towards one of the statues. Kai then hit the switch again, turning it red and lowering the water level and the statues. Link then hook shotted to the wall and climbed over the statue head. Kai hit the switch again, Link hook shotted towards the final statue and waited for Kai to hit the switch. Link and Kai then climbed onto the statue's head after it was lowered. Kai then hit the switch again, raising the statue. Link and Kai jumped off the statue and landed on the platform. They were met by two tektites and a like-like. Kai disposed of the two tektites while Link disposed of the like-like. Once defeated, Link grabbed onto Kai and hook shotted over the spikes and in front of a door.
Once they entered through the door, bars appeared behind them. The room was covered in a mist with a lone tree in the centre of the room.
"I don't like this." Link commented. He then noticed that Kai wasn't next to him. "Kai?" Link looked around him and noticed that Cecily was also gone. "Where did Kai and Cecily go?"
"I don't know, we must have gotten separated by this thick fog." Sari proclaimed. Link walked towards the lone tree and looked around some more. He then walked towards some ruins in the corner of the room. When he didn't see anyone, he walked back towards the tree, but noticed a black figure in front of the dead tree. The black figure looked just like Link and attacked him. Link gasped and blocked his dark self's attack. "Careful Link. You have to concur yourself!" Link nodded and slashed his sword at his dark self, but dark Link jumped onto Link's sword and dodged his attack. Link kept slashing at Dark Link, but he kept dodging his attacks and parrying them. Getting fed up with dark Link dodging his attacks, he tried a new tactic. Link took out his megaton hammer and swung down on dark Link. Dark Link was hit and fell into the water's reflection. Link kept using the same tactic until dark Link saw through his attacks and slashed Link across the chest. Blood gushed out of his open wound as he clutched his injured chest. "Link!" Link let out a shaky breath.
"I-I'm fine. Just a scratch." Link rasped out. Dark Link was approaching him fast. Link then took out a gem with a red stone in the middle.
"W-what's that?"
"I-It's a fire spell t-that Kai gave me. T-this should defeat d-dark me." Link then smashed the crystal and a huge wave of fire appeared and shot out at dark Link. Dark Link screamed in pain as the fire burned him, forcing him to retreat into the water's reflection. The fog in the room disappeared, Link then saw Kai in the distance. Kai spotted him and waved to him. Link waved back, but passed out due to blood loss.
"Link!" Kai, Sari and Cecily called out. They quickly rushed to Link.
"What happened to him!?" Kai asked.
"He got wounded by dark Link, a monster that looks like him." Sari responded, Cecily hurriedly used her healing magic on Link and gestured to Kai.
"Kai, do you still have that red potion?" Kai nodded. "Give the red potion to Link, I wasn't able to heal his wounds fully because his wound was too deep!" Kai hurriedly made Link drink the potion, there was a red glow as Link's wound closed. Kai sighed in relief.
"Is his life in any danger?" Sari asked. Cecily shook her head.
"No, but he still needs to bandage what's left of the wound." Cecily stated. Kai looked into his bag and grabbed out a roll of bandage. He then removed Link's shirt and cringed at what was left of his wound. Kai grabbed a cloth out of his bag and grabbed his water flask, he poured some of the water onto the cloth and cleaned Link's wound. He then rapped the bandage around it and put his shirt back on. Kai then let Link rest on him.
"So, what now?" Kai asked. Sari and Cecily shrugged.
"I don't know, we could check out that room, but not with Link in this condition." Sari stated. Kai, Sari and Cecily waited in silence for a bit, Kai then felt Link begin to stir and looked down at him. Link opened his eyes to see Kai, Sari and Cecily looking over him. Link tried to sit up, but then felt pain erupt across his chest and immediately laid back down.
"Ugh, what happened?" Link muttered as he rested on Kai.
"You passed out from blood loss." Cecily informed. Link's eyes widened.
"I didn't realize the wound was that deep!" Link exclaimed. Kai started to tear up.
"I thought you were going to die!" Kai cried. Link smiled gently at him and patted his arm.
"Come on, Kai. Don't cry, I'm still alive and kicking!" Link assured. Kai sniffled and nodded his head. Kai slowly helped Link stand on his feet. Link gently pushed Kai's arms away and walked to the door. Kai rushed over to Link and assisted him, but Link shook his head. "I'm fine, Kai. Don't worry."
"But-" Link covered Kai's mouth with his hand and shook his head.
"I'm fine." With that said, Link and Kai walked through the door and saw a large chest. Kai ran over to the chest and opened it to find another hook shot, but larger. Kai took out the hook shot and turned it around in his hands. He then accidently pressed the trigger and fired the hook shot inches from his head, the hook shot hit the wall, making a crack in it. Kai looked at the hook shot fearfully and shoved it into Link's hands. Link chuckled and dropped down the hole. Kai followed after him along with Sari and Cecily. When they reached the bottom, they saw a stream of water with mini vortexes.
"Be careful not to fall into a vortex." Cecily warned. Link and Kai nodded and jumped into the water. Since Kai was transformed into a Zora, Kai had no problem dodging the vortexes. Link on the other hand had a little trouble. Link walked on the floor of the river and had to use all of his strength to avoid getting sucked into the vortexes. Finally, Kai and Link had reached a gate with an eye on the wall. Kai flew out of the water and onto the platform while Link struggled to climb up. Seeing his struggle, Kai helped him out of the water.
"I guess your wound has weakened you a bit." Sari commented. Link nodded. Kai took out his bow and aimed for the eye. He fired and hit the eye, opening the gate. Link used the newly acquired hook shot and pulled himself over to the chest. Link opened the chest just as Kai teleported to him and found a key. He and Kai then headed back to the main room.
"We'll need to lower the water level first to get to that room with the block." Link stated. Link and Kai then swam to the bottom of the temple and entered the room with the lowest water level chart. Kai then played Zelda's lullaby and lowered the water level. Link and Kai then went back to the main room and looked around, trying to find a way past the block. Link and Kai then spotted a gate with an eye switch in front of it.
"Link, look! Mabey that path way leads to the block!" Kai assumed.
"Mabey, try shooting the eye with your bow." Link suggested. Kai took out his bow and arrow and shot the eye, opening the gate. Link and Kai then jumped into the water and as they climbed the platform, the gate shut closed. Link and Kai looked at it in confusion.
"I think this switch has a timer." Cecily assumed. Link and Kai nodded in agreement.
"Kai, hit the switch again." Link prompted. Kai aimed his bow and arrow at the switch and fired. The gate opened, Link grabbed Kai and aimed his hook shot at the target and pulled Kai and himself towards the target just as the gate closed behind them. Link and Kai underestimated the power of the hook shot and smashed into the wall. Link fell on top of Kai as he wheezed in pain.
"H-heavy!" Kai wheezed out. Link apologized and got off him. Link and Kai then walked through the corridor and saw the block. "Look Link! The block!" Sari then stopped in realisation.
"Hold on, Kai. You've been on this side of the block before, right?" Kai nodded his head, a tick mark then appeared on Sari. "So, why didn't you just teleport all of us on this side?" Sari gritted her teeth in anger. Kai gulped and laughed nervously.
"Heh, heh. Well, you see, the thought hadn't crossed my mind at the time. Heh, heh, heh." Kai started to sweat as Sari looked at him, seething in rage. Link looked at Cecily and nodded. Cecily understood what Link was implying and put her tiny hand on Sari's shoulder.
"Calm down, Sari. If Kai hadn't done what he did, we would have never found the hook shot." Cecily claimed. Kai then put his hand to his chin in thought.
"You know, hook shot isn't quite doing it for me. We should call it….the long shot!" Kai claimed. Sari rolled her eyes while Link and Cecily sighed. Link then turned towards the block.
"We should move this block out of the way." Link and Kai then pushed the block forwards and revealed a hidden room. Link and Kai looked inside and saw a small chest.
"All this messing around and for what, a stupid tiny, little chest!?" Sari screamed out. Kai walked towards the chest and opened it to find another small key.
"Treasure is treasure!" Sari glared at Kai as he shrunk back at her glare.
"So, where to now?" Kai questioned. Link thought for a moment and clicked his fingers as an idea came to him.
"What about that room we couldn't get to before? Now that we have the long shot, we should be able to get to the other side!" Link exclaimed.
"Even though we could have gotten to the other side with Kai's magic." Sari muttered.
"That's a great idea, Link!" Kai praised, ignoring Sari's comment. Link and co then made their way to the room that was blocked off by spikes. Link and Kai dived into the water and swam to the designated room. Link and Kai resurfaced and hook shotted their way to the other side of the room. Kai took out the silver key and unlocked the door, he and Link walked in. on the other side was a room with mini vortexes with boulders and six tektites in the room. Kai drew his bow and fired at the tektites. With all of them dead, Link and Kai started to make their way to the other side. They then opened the door and walked into a room with three platforms and a pathway higher up. The pathway was unreachable, unless they rose the water level. As Link and Kai jumped onto one of the platforms and weird monsters came flying out of the water and towards them. Link blocked their assault with his shield and Kai dodged them. They then fought the fish monsters, Link swung his sword down on two of them as Kai summoned his fire magic and burned the other two. The fish monster lay dead in the water. Link and Kai sighed.
"Phew, what were those things?" Link questioned.
"Those are called stingers, you have to destroy them before they fly into you." Cecily stated. Link smiled at Cecily and raised his eye brow.
"You're like a navigation fairy, except you're pink." Link commented, Cecily giggled.
"Oh, no. A navigation fairy is much more knowledgeable than I am." Cecily claimed. Kai looked into the water and noticed something.
"Hey, guys! I think I see a switch down there!" Link, Sari and Cecily looked into the water and saw that Kai was right. On the bottom of the water bed they could see a switch.
"Good eye, Kai! But how are we going to make it stay down? It seems to be a blue switch." Link stated. Kai looked around and noticed some pots in the corner of the room.
"What about those pots?" Kai gestured to the pots, Link shook his head.
"No, too light." Link then noticed a cracked wall. "Stand back." Link put a bomb in front of the cracked ball as Kai, Sari and Cecily backed away from the wall. Link also backed away after lighting the bomb. The wall crumbled and revealed a pathway. Link and Kai walked into the pathway and found a block.
"Hey, this block should be heavy enough to hold down the switch!" Kai exclaimed. Link nodded, he and Kai then started to push the block until it hit the wall. Link walked around to the other side and noticed that the wall was hollow. Link placed another bomb in front of it and waited for it to explode. The wall crumbled and he signalled Kai to start pushing while he pulled. Link and Kai moved the block until they couldn't move it any further. Link walked around to Kai and helped him push the block into the water and onto the switch. The water then rose up high enough for Link and Kai to reach the door. They entered through the door and as soon as they walked through, bars appeared and covered the door. On the other side, they saw two tektites on one side of the room with three guizers at the bottom and a switch. On the side with the tektites was a blocked door. Kai took out his bow and shot down the tektites. Link stood on the switch, activating the three guizers and opening the door. Link and Kai hurriedly jumped across the guizers until they made it to the other side. They walked through the door and went through a pathway, but stopped when they saw a boulder roll pass them.
"Aw, great. Just great. Even more boulders." Kai groaned.
"Hold on, Kai." Link looked to where the boulders rolled into. "I think those boulders lead into the room with the four vortexes." Link then saw another boulder roll past him. he then noticed an opening in the ground. "I see an opening in the ground, might lead to something. We should proceed with caution." Link and Kai waited for the next boulder to roll past and jumped into the water and swam into the opening just as the next boulder rolled over them. Link and Kai followed a pathway, until they were halted by a shell blade. Link disposed of it and resurfaced along with Kai. When Link and Kai emerged from the water, they saw a locked door. Link took out the final silver key they had and unlocked the door, in the next room was a fancy looking chest.
"I recognise that chest, it has the big key!" Kai claimed and opened the chest and took out the golden key. Link and Kai cheered. They then went back to the main room and went to the room that lead to the boss room. Link and Kai looked at the path with the spiked traps. They then made their way up the slope while being careful not to get hit by the traps. The slope was a lot slipperier than they thought. As Link and Kai were making their way up, Kai slipped and slid back down to the bottom. Fed up, he teleported to the top as Link walked to the top. Link and Kai stood in front of the locked door and nodded to each other. Link unlocked the door and walked in with Kai. In the boss room were four platforms surrounded by water and the walls were covered in spikes. Link and Kai shivered.
"Wouldn't want to land on those." Link commented. Sari and Cecily tensed up. Kai looked at them in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"Careful, that's not ordinary water." Sari stated. Link and Kai brought their guard up and looked around carefully. Link slowly walked towards the water and didn't see anything odd about it.
"I don't see what's wrong with it." Link claimed. Kai jumped onto one of the platforms and looked around.
"Yeah, I don't see anything." Suddenly, a tentacle made of water appeared behind Kai. Link, Sari and Cecily gasped.
"Kai! Behind you!" Link yelled. Kai turned around and turned pale. He quickly jumped next to Link just as the tentacle smashed down on where Kai was previously standing.
"What is that!?" Kai yelled out.
"That's Morpha! The aquatic Amoeba! Shoot the nucleus, it's its weak point!" Cecily stated. Link nodded and aimed for the nucleus with his long shot. When Morpha was in firing range, Link shot the long shot at it and pulled it towards him. Kai and Link then started slashing at it until it went back into the water. As Link was aiming again, he lost his footing and slipped off the edge and landed into the water.
"Link!" Morpha rammed into Link, knocking the air out of him. Link tried to climb out of the water, but Morpha continued its assault. Kai shot a fireball at it, allowing Link to climb out of the water and onto the platform. Link gasped for air while Kai was drawing Morpha's attention away from Link. Link got his breath back and joined Kai and aimed for Morpha once again. he fired at the nucleus and slashed at it. Another tentacle appeared behind Link, Kai gasped and pushed him out of the way. The tentacle grabbed Kai and threw him across the room.
"Kai!" Link called out. Kai had narrowly missed the spikes and were inches from his face. Kai slowly got up and gave Link a shaky thumbs up. Link sighed in relief and returned his attention to Morpha. He fired again and slashed at Morpha. This process repeated until three tentacles appeared. Link and Kai jumped to the side as the tentacles slammed down on them.
"Man, this thing just won't die!" Kai complained as he dodged an enraged Morpha.
"Yeah and this thing seems pissed." Link commented. Link shot Morpha's nucleus. Morpha's third tentacle grabbed Link and through him belly first into the water. Kai, Sari and Cecily cringed as they heard a loud 'smack!'. Link painfully got out of the water and shakily aimed his long shot at Morpha. After one final shot, Link finally managed to land a fatal blow on Morpha. Morpha withered and all the water that was surrounding the platforms drained into the ceiling. A ball of light appeared and went into Kai's chest. He waited for something to happen, but nothing did. He pouted.
"Aw, I was kinda hoping of getting something cool this time." Link laughed.
"Come on, Kai. Try using your powers, who knows what might happen." Kai nodded and suddenly, an unknown spell popped into his head. Kai summoned the spell when suddenly, two Katanas appeared in his hands. Kai looked at the two Katana's in awe. The Katana in his left hand had a white hilt and a silver blade, the Katana in his left hand had a black hilt and an obsidian blade.
"Woah, look at these swords!" Kai exclaimed. Link nodded.
"I think those are called Katanas!" Link stated.
"Do they do anything special?" Sari asked. Kai shrugged.
"I dunno, let's find out." Kai was about to swing the white sword down, when a voice stopped him.
"Wait! You mustn't swing the white sword!" Link and Kai looked around for the source of the voice. Suddenly, a female Zora appeared and landed in front of Link and Kai. Kai reverted back to his normal form as the Zora addressed the two. "Greetings, I am known as the sage of water and princess of the Zoras, Ruto." Link and Kai nodded.
"I'm Link and this is Kai."
"I know who you both are." Kai then put up his hand.
"Excuse me, miss sage of water?"
"Ruto, why did you stop me from swinging the white sword?" Kai asked.
"The swords you hold are not ordinary swords. Those swords are the swords of space and time. The obsidian sword can control space, allowing you to travel to any universe. The silver sword allows you to control time and even allows you to travel to any time line." Ruto explained. Link gasped.
"Does that also mean that I can finally go home?" Link asked. Ruto nodded. Link smiled and jumped in the air, Kai looked down in sadness. When Link looked at Kai, his smile faltered.
"You can finally go home." Kai stated. Link scratched the back of his head.
"Y-yeah." Kai gripped the white sword, he then looked up at Ruto.
"So, how do I use the silver sword?"
"You must know what year you want to travel to and if you want to travel into another timeline, you have to know what the era is called." Ruto explained. Kai nodded and turned to Link.
"Link, do you know how long ago the hero of time appeared in your timeline?"
"U-um, I think it was 400 years ago." Kai nodded.
"I see, 100 years have passed since the hero of time last made an appearance, so I just need to think 300 years ahead in time." Kai nodded to himself and readied the silver sword. Before he could swing down, Link grabbed his arm and took the silver sword away from him. Kai looked at Link in confusion.
"Link, what are you doing?" Link's bangs covered his eyes until he looked up with tears in them. Kai's eyes widened. Link then dropped the silver sword and grabbed Kai by the shoulders.
"Listen Kai. I said that I'd help you until you got all of your powers back, so I'm not going anywhere until I do!" Link stated. Kai nodded and smiled, Link too, smiled. They then turned to Ruto.
"The next temple you will need to travel to is the Shadow temple, which lies in Kakariko village in the graveyard." Kai froze up when he heard the word 'graveyard'.
"G-g-grave yard?" Ruto nodded and started to disappear.
"You will need to find the lens of truth located in the well. I wish you luck!" And with those final words, Ruto disappeared.
"Alright, onwards to Kakariko village!" Sari shouted. Kai sighed while Link nodded in agreement. Kai muttered the spell and teleported to Epona. Link and Kai looked at lake Hylia and noticed that the water level rose.
"It seems that lake Hylia has returned to normal." Cecily commented. Link and Kai nodded and then boarded Epona. Kai then teleported everyone to Kakariko village.
AN: whew, was that a long chapter. The word count reads 9312 words! (not including this note) but I'm really thankful to everyone reading this fanfic. I had a lot of fun writing it. I will try to upload a new chapter as soon as I can. So please stay tuned! See ya!
