Been awhile, huh? Sorry 'bout that… I just hope this chap makes up for it. But don't worry, lol. This one is no where Near as long as the last. I made that chap long for a reason. -glares at Yoko Kiara- Now then, the four Links are ready to find that last gem and put an end to this fic. Here we go! Enjoy!

After a short break the Links were ready to continue their quest. Their mission: Collect the final gem to destroy Vaati's barrier and beat the crap out of him. But first they had to deal with their current problem. Once again the Links of the Four Sword were lost.

Blue stopped, "You sure we're going the right way?

"Sure I'm sure!" said Green. "The last gem is in the west, right? Well, we're heading west right now so what's the problem?"

"That's exactly it. We've been going west for hours now. What's the deal?" asked Vio.

Red frowned, "Maybe we passed it?"

The Links sighed. Sure the gem was in the west but they had been in the west for a while now. Aside from finding sand in their boots the only thing they had found was how hot the desert could be.

Navi drooped, "I wish Link were here…"

"I am here."

"Not you! The Hero of Time could easily do away with this heat." She sighed, "Oh Link, where are you now?"

"Kaepora said that the other Links had started their journey first, right?"

Green nodded.

"Then I suppose it would be safe to assume that they're ahead of us," concluded Vio.

"Vio? Assuming? That's new," joked Blue.

"So where do you think they are?"

"I'd guess they should be at the castle by now or at least heading there."

"Wow! They work fast!" exclaimed Red.

"Well of course! My Link is the best there is!" boasted Navi.

"What about us?"

"Meh, you're alright."

"Why you-"

"In any case, we should get going. If the seven beat us to Zelda then we wont get our saving fee," said Green.

Blue's eyes widened, "Then we would have done all this for nothing!"

"You guys are horrible, you know that?" Navi glared, "I'll have you know that my Link didn't charge a single rupee for his services."

"Yeah but I bet he thought about it…" mumbled Blue.

"We should ask him when we meet up!" said Red happily.

"We have to find that gem first. Come on!"

And so the Links continued their jour-

"Hold it. Aren't you forgetting something?"

"What's that, Blue?"

"We're lost?-!"

"Oh yeah…"

"So what should we do, guys?"

"Well if someone had stopped in the village to ask for directions-"

"Ah, shut up, Navi. We Links don't need directions!"

"And you don't need a saving fee!"

"Speak for yourself…"

"According to this we have to go in the opposite direction of the wind…"

"Hm?" Green looked at Red curiously. "What'cha reading?"

He held it up proudly, "The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures strategy guide!"

"What?-!"

Blue snatched it away from him, "The hell? How long have you had this?-!"

"A while…"

"And you didn't tell us?-!"

He shrugged innocently, "Well no one asked so-"

Vio face palmed, "To think we've been running around this entire world map when we had the directions with us the entire time…"

"Red, where did you get this?"

"Um… Well, I-"

"Who cares? Now we know what to do! Lets go, guys!"

And so the Links continued their journey through the desert. It was a long winding road but the four heroes persevered and were now almost to the end of their desert quest. Almost.

"Green! Help me!" yelled Red as he slowly sunk in a pit of quicksand.

"Give me a minute!"

"Green!"

"I said a minute!" The green Link swung his sword at an approaching Leever. "Blue, help Red!"

Blue shot down one of the many circling vultures looking for its next meal. "Why should I?"

"Help!"

"Ah, dammit!" Blue dropped his bow and ran to help Red. "I swear if I had a rupee for every time I had to save your butt…"

"Thanks, Blue. I really appreciate-"

"Look out!"

Navi had just enough time to shout that out before a Leever popped out of the sand and pushed Blue. The blue Link fell forward into the pit of quicksand right next to Red.

"Hey, Blue! Come ta join me?"

"Shut up, Red…"

Green sheathed his sword as the last Leever fell and checked the sky for any vultures. Seeing none he sighed and glared at Vio, "You could help, you know…"

He shrugged, "Only doing as much as I'm paid. Besides, it looked like you had it under control."

"Um, hello? Still stuck here!"

"Coming!"

Vio and Green help Red and Blue out of the sand pit while Navi scouted ahead. According to her they were almost to the end, just a little bit farther.

Blue wiped down his tunic in disgust, "Ugh, my tunic is totally ruined… Thanks a lot, Red…"

He smiled happily as he wiped down his own tunic, "You're welcome!"

"That was not a compliment." He frowned, "I cant face Princess Zelda like this! What will she think?"

"If you're that worried about it just buy a new one when we go back to town," suggested Vio.

Blue glared at him, "You cant just buy a new tunic! This thing is an original! It cant be replaced! Besides…we're broke…"

"Its not that bad," said Red, glancing over his own tunic. "It could be worse. Remember that one time we killed the boss and its guts went flying everywhere?"

Green shivered, "That was horrible. Not only was the stain hard to get out, the smell… Ugh… I was ringing ooze out of my hat for a week…"

"At least you weren't standing right next to it when it exploded…" mumbled Vio.

"So what are you going to do with our saving fee once Zelda is freed?" asked Green as they continued through the desert.

Blue grinned, "Me? Long vacation. 'Nuff said."

"I'd give it to people in need who really needed it," said Red. "Helping people is nice. Gives you good Karma."

Blue scoffed, "Whatever… What about you, Green?"

"I don't know… Maybe a new sword? Once Vaati is gone I wont be able to use the Four Sword anymore so I'll need one."

The other Links glared at him, "Thanks a lot, Green…"

"Eh heh, sorry, Guys… What about you, Vio?"

"Hmm…" He thought for a minute. "The next time we have to save the world I'll use the money to hire a mercenary or something so I don't have to. I've heard the Princess has a friend who works for a military institute. I may just hire him. Of course, I'd save some for myself. There's this one thing coming out in September that I'd like to get my hands on…"

"What's that, Vio?"

"Perhaps we should save this conversation for later," said Navi as they came to a dead end. "For now we should figure out what to do."

"Aw crap…"

The Links had made their way to the end of the desert path. A giant sink hole lay in front of them blocking their way.

"Okay, Red. What does the guide say about this?"

"Lets see… When traveling through Kakariko Village don't attack the cuckos."

"That's not it!" Blue took the guide from him and started to flip through it. "Desert… Desert… Desert… Ah! Here it is! Go in the opposite direction of the wind… Avoid enemies… Quicksand… Gah! Where is it?"

"Let me see…" Vio took the guide then. He looked it over for a minuet before finally saying, "The next page is missing…"

"What do you mean its missing?"

"It looks like it was ripped out." Green turned to Red. "What did you use this page for?"

The red Link groaned, "I knew doing that was a bad idea…" he sighed, "Remember when we stayed at that Inn?"

"Yeah…"

"Well, it was really late and I had to, you know, do stuff… So I went to the bathroom but just as I was about to go, this creepy hand popped out and demanded that I give him some paper. I was really creeped out and I was going to run but I couldn't just leave him there. How would you feel if you had to go and suddenly realized you had no paper? So I grabbed the only thing I had and ripped out a page and gave it to him. I didn't realize that I would need that page later on…"

"Dude, that's totally wrong…"

"Hm…" Vio folded his arms in thought. "Without that page we're stuck…"

"There has to be something we can do! Think guys!"

Navi glared at them all. How stupid can you get?-! "Hey! Arent you guys forgetting something?"

"I don't think so…"

"Rrr… What do you guys think I am? An annoying sidekick?-!" she yelled.

They nodded, "Something like that…"

"Gah! You have to dive into the sinkhole you idiots! The sink hole leads to a tunnel that will lead you out and straight to the boss! You have done this before, haven't you?"

Green frowned, "Yeah but you see, we've done this so many times it all sort of meshes together, you know?"

"No, I don't know because my Link always knew what he was doing (with my help of course). I bet, even now, he's leading the others full of confidence and knowing exactly what to do. He's a born natural leader that one. You four on the other hand…"

Blue rolled his eyes, "Ah shut up, Navi. And quite preaching like that Hero of Time is the best there is cuz I've met him and from what I could tell, he was no where near as together as you make him out to be."

Green nodded, "I agree. That other guy seemed way more in control. The tall one with the cool invisible cape thing, remember him?"

Navi flapped her wings irritably, "That's because he's older!"

"I don't think age has anything to do with it," said Vio. "Just look at the original Link…"

Red frowned, "Come on, guys. Give Navi a break. She's just trying to help."

"Like you helped by getting stuck in that quicksand?"

"Hey!"

"Well its true, isn't it?" asked Blue. "All you do is get in the way and make annoying conversation just like a certain fairy we all know. Heh, no wonder you're defending her."

Green stepped forward, "Come on, Blue, that's going too far…"

"Its true though, isn't it?"

Green remained silent. It was true.

Blue grinned, "Even with that strategy guide thing you pulled you still messed it up! Face it, all you're good for is playing decoy."

Vio sighed, "Here we go again…"

Red glared at Blue angrily, "Oh yeah? Well at least I don't complain all the time!"

"No, you whine. Which is a hundred times worse!"

"Butt head!"

"Useless git!"

"Come on guys, this is childish. Lets just go kill the boss and-"

"Meany!"

"Oooh, that one hurt. Come up with that one all on your own?"

"Shut up!"

Blue's eyes widened as Red charged. The red Link caught him off guard and both Links ended up falling into the giant sink hole. They both fought for a minute before they realized they were sinking.

"Green! Vio! Help!"

"This is all your fault!" yelled Blue as he struggled against the sand.

"Hold on, guys! We're coming! Come on, Vio!"

"Right."

Navi rolled her eyes and pushed both Green and Vio into the sand. "Now follow the path and get that last gem!"

"Navi!"

She winked, "See you on the other side!"

All four Links now caught in the quicksand pit sunk to the bottom entering a hidden chamber beneath the sand. After dusting themselves off they stood up and looked around. The small chamber was circular with a short tunnel branching off of it.

"Great. Just great… Now look what you did!" yelled Blue as he spit out some sand.

"According to Navi we had to come down here anyway so I don't see what the big problem is!" Red stuck out his tongue at Blue.

"Yeah but you didn't have to push me!"

"Settle down, guys. We can argue all we want on the way back to the castle. For now lets just kill the boss," said Green. "Besides if you're going to be mad at anyone it should be Navi."

Vio nodded, "Agreed. She's the one who started the argument and our current situation is a result of that."

Red paused, "Wait… So everything is Navi's fault now?"

"Its better than being mad at ourselves."

Blue thought it over. "I guess it makes sense… If she wasn't around Red wouldn't have to defend her all the time and therefore I-we wouldn't argue with him all the time…"

Green gasped, "It is her fault!"

"Then its settled. As soon as this quest is over we ditch the fairy. Agreed?"

"Agreed."

Once the Links had reached an accord they followed the path and found themselves face to face with the final boss. Once again they had to face off against a giant Stalfos only this time it would be their last. They took up their positions and got ready for battle.

"Heh, guess Navi was right, huh?" said Green as the Stalfos turned to face him.

"Seems that way." Blue swung with his sword only to have his attack blocked.

As soon as the Stalfos went to block Blue, Vio attacked from behind making a direct hit, "She does have her moments but for the most part she's useless."

Red frowned, "Don't say that! No one is useless!"

"Heh, you are," joked Blue.

"Hey!"

"Watch it!" warned Green.

Red dodged just in time to avoid the Stalfos' mighty swing. He came up swinging with a spin attack just as Green used one of his own. The Stalfos raised his shield to defend as the Links backed off.

"You know, I am getting sick of fighting these Stalfos. Cant Vaati come up with anything more original?" complained Blue.

Red laughed, "There you go complaining again!"

"And you've already proven yourself useless so we're even."

"Will you focus on the battle at hand?" said Vio irritably. He jumped out of the way as the Stalfos went on the offensive. "I'd like to get this over with quickly so we can hurry up and leave."

Green grinned, "You got it. Team Spin Attack! Here we go!"

Each Link charged their blade and got ready to strike. As soon as the enemy went to attack the Links charged. One spin attack, two spin attacks, three, four… The Stalfos didn't stand a chance. The Links were determined and they wanted this over fast and that's exactly what they got. As Navi finally arrived to reunite with them the boss imploded leaving behind the final gem.

"I don't believe it! You did it!" cheered Navi. "You got the last gem!"

They ignored her.

"What? What I do?" she asked confused.

Red sighed and picked up the last gem.

Da da da daa!

"How did I know that was going to happen…?"

"Its cool, Red. Soon it shall all be over…"

"You're right." He smiled. "The last gem is ours! Now lets go save that Princess!"

"Hold up."

Everyone turned to Green.

"This is the last gem, right? That means our next opponent will be Vaati."

"And your point is…?"

"Do you think we can beat him?"

"Well of course!" said Blue. "We beasted him before we can do it again."

"Blue's right. We have nothing to fear. As long as we cooperate that is…" added Vio.

Red nodded, "Dwarven Vow Number 7: Justice and Love will always win!"

Navi sweat dropped, "Eh…what?"

Green smiled, "You're right. Now lets go show that pervy wind mage what we're made of!"

And so, with the last gem in hand, the Links of the Four Sword return to Hyrule castle where Vaati awaits. The battle to come is sure to be long and random but if the Links stick together they just might make it through. But will the Heroes be able to save Zelda in time to collect their saving fee? Or is their struggles all for naught?

Yeah, not a lot of action in this one but the next FourSword chap shall make up for that, lol. Alas! We are coming to the end of this fic! (finally) Next up: The Seven Links encounter their final test! But will they be able to conquer it? Only one way to find out!
Geh, okay, is anybody else having problems with the exclamationxquestion marks? Or is my computer just gay? Once again, I apologize for any confusion. -stupidgaycomputer-

Till next Chap!