Hey, we finally hit Chapter 20! As well as an update that isn't somewhere between 11 pm and 3 in the morning! And now I'm caught up again; I just need to do this week's chapter too. See, at least I make up for what I miss. For the record, fairies (in this story anyway) are small human-like bodies with large wings that just glow really brightly. That's why they appear as winged balls, yet still allow me to use references to human anatomy on them. Just so there's no confusion. (Thank you to Starlll for pointing this out to me) Those bombs of theirs are just magical. Have they ever not defeated an enemy or barricade with just one bomb? Ah, they're awesome... Anyway, here's your next chapter, with, as promised, Anouki! Wow, their quirk was actually tough to remember to add in every time. Oh well, I managed it. So, as usual, read, review, and enjoy!

Chapter 20: The Quirkiness of Anouki

The boat sailed through the water on its path back to the Southeastern Sea, while Link leaned on the railing at the bow and whistled a random tune. Ciela paced in the air behind him, trying to block out the whistling that was grating on her nerves. This went on for several minutes before Link stopped and turned to the fairy.

"Hey, I just thought of something," he said. Ciela simply sighed. What were the odds this was worse than his whistling?

"Why is it that every time we go back to the Ocean King's Temple, everything has reset? I always have to do the same stuff over and over again. Why does nothing ever stay the same like in every other temple?" he asked. Ciela was baffled.

"You know, I don't actually know. That is in fact an interesting question," she pondered. Link grinned. And here everyone thought he was stupid.

"My guess would be that the Phantoms reset everything when you leave. If anything, just for something to do," she suggested finally. Link shook his head and turned back to the sea, mentally cursing Phantoms for their lack of having anything better to do.

He began his whistling again and continued until they arrived at the Isle of Frost, at which point Ciela was considering hitting him with an anchor. Fate seemed to deny her of that joy though, as Link stopped to marvel at the ice chunks that surrounded their destination.

"So… Now what?" he asked, and Linebeck appeared on deck. He examined the ice briefly before pulling up the cannon and taking aim. Firing a single bomb, they watched as it sailed over to a large piece of ice before shattering it. In a chain reaction, every other piece somehow blew up as well, quickly leaving the path to the dock clear. Linebeck just smirked confidently as he put the cannon away and went back below deck without a word, and Ciela gritted her teeth at having him do something right. With their obstacle defeated, they quickly docked before something else could happen, and took their first look at the Isle of Frost.

Ice was everywhere, and the harsh gleam of white stung their eyes. A cool wind breezed by them, bringing a chilling air down their backs which caused them to shiver. Igloos dotted the northern bit of the island, and strange creatures walked everywhere. As the trio disembarked, one of them stepped forward to meet them. It had a purple penguin-shaped body and a fish tail, with a head that looked like it was covered with the hood of a parka. The most distinguishing features however, were the large set of reindeer-looking antlers mounted on its head, and a large beard growing off of its face. Looking around, Link saw that the other creatures were beardless, and that their bodies were a light blue. Wonder what makes this guy so special, Link thought.

"Welcome, visitors, to the Isle of Frost guy! I am the Island Chief and head of the Anouki guy!" the elder introduced. Link frowned. Oh, that's why.

"Hey, I'm Link, the ever-popular Hero of Winds. And these are my sidekicks, Ciela and Linebeck," Link replied, gesturing to the others behind him. They both hit him on the back of the head. The Chief laughed and began walking toward his village. The trio quickly caught up to him and fell into step.

"Listen, we need a favour," Ciela told the elder. He nodded, and the fairy continued. "We have need of a pure metal called Azurine to vanquish a great evil, and we've heard rumours that the Anouki once possessed it." The Chief nodded again.

"Yes, we do have the Azurine guy. Bellum's forces have tried to take it, though we repelled them guy. The ice wall we had crafted around our island was a way to keep the evil at bay guy."

"Why do you keep ending every sentence with 'guy'?" Linebeck asked, and Ciela and Link nodded. The Chief shrugged. "Just our accent guy," was his only reply, and they all sighed in unison.

"So, can we have the metal then? We really need it to kill Bellum," Link said, and the Chief nodded once more. Stopping at the centre of the village, he turned and faced the three of them.

"We'll give you the metal, but only if you help us first guy," he answered. "You see, we're at war with another tribe on this island, the Yook guy. Recently, which was about a half hour ago, one of the Anouki went missing and a Yook is now impersonating them in their place guy. The only problem is that we don't know which Anouki went missing guy. So we need your help to find out who the imposter is guy."

"Really? So one Anouki is actually a fake and we have to figure out which? Out of all of these?" Linebeck asked sceptically, glancing around at the many creatures waddling around them. "Is there nothing else to go off of?"

"Oh, of course there is guy!" the Chief laughed. "First of all, we know that the Yook is in one of the houses in the brand new Anouki Estates, at the north end of our village guy. That narrows it down to six guy. Second, Yook always lie, while Anouki are incapable of lying guy."

"We're just supposed to take your word for it? We know nothing of your species, maybe some of them can," Linebeck questioned as two Anouki walked by them.

"I slept with your wife guy," one of them said, and Linebeck raised a brow.

"That's alright, I slept with you after you passed out at last week's party guy," the other replied, while the first one stopped walking and stared at him. Linebeck was speechless for a moment before crossing his arms. "Fine."

"I would recommend going to Anouki Estates and just asking a few questions guy," the Chief told them. "That should create some confusion and may unmask who is currently masked guy."

"Fine, let's go do this," Ciela told the other two, and they headed off in the direction of the Estates, Linebeck keeping far away from the rapist Anouki that was currently whistling an innocent tune.

Six interviews later…

Link, Ciela and Linebeck were seated back at the village square, with Linebeck jotting down on a scrap of paper what each Anouki had said. "Well, this shouldn't be relatively hard," he said, looking at the facts.

"Well duh, since I'm clearly the only one here with a brain who actively uses it. I'll figure out who it is," Ciela replied. Linebeck looked taken aback.

"Hey! You know what I do when you two are gone in a temple or something and I'm alone on the ship? A book of those really hard mind-puzzles! They're a great way to pass the time and make you super-smart, so I think I'll be the one to figure this out," the captain explained. Link just stared at the paper, baffled.

"Okay, fine, let's both do it then, it might go quicker," the fairy relented. Linebeck smirked and looked at the paper again.

"Not that it should be too bad anyway, since five Anouki said "Aroo's acting funny guy," and Aroo said "I didn't do it." I think the answer's pretty obvious here," he summarized. Ciela nodded.

"Yeah, actually, that is pretty easy. Geez, even Link could figure that one out," she added. Link, however, suddenly stood up and screamed.

"Great Goddesses of Hyrule, this is impossible! I can't do this, it's too much pressure on me!" the boy yelled to the sky, and took off toward the Estates just as the Chief came over to them.

"Have you figured out who the imposter is guy?" he asked. Ciela and Linebeck looked at each other before glancing briefly toward the Estates, where screaming could now be heard.

"Er… We did, but Link is having a bit of a meltdown," the fairy answered. "It's kind of a side effect from having such low intelligence."

The Chief nodded. "Good, good guy. Now that that's taken care of, we can move onto the matter of the metal guy. It's conveniently in-" He was cut off as Link returned, his boots splattered with flecks of blood, while more dripped steadily off of his sword.

"I took care of it," Link told his partners. "Just started hacking at faces until one of them turned out to be a mask. As it turns out, Aroo was actually a Yook. Also, I took off more than the mask when I slashed at his face, so don't go in his house. All the other residents are safe from the Yook now. Or they would be. Coincidentally, Aroo was the last one I investigated. Now that I think about it, don't go in any of the houses. Also, I think I'm addicted to murder now."

Linebeck tried to resist the urge to vomit while Ciela facepalmed. The Chief, however, didn't hear a word of it. "Say again guy? I'm old and can't hear very well guy."

"He just said that every house in the Anouki Estates became available, so be sure to let the other Anouki know," Ciela said quickly before Link could repeat his murderous tale. "As well, Aroo is the one missing."

"Aroo guy! The Yook must've kidnapped him guy! You must rescue him guy!" the Chief cried. "The Yook live on the east side of the island, and-" Before he could say another word, Link took off towards the east, screaming, "WOOHOO! MORE THINGS TO KILL!" Linebeck and Ciela shared a sigh.

"Right then, we'll go get Link and Aroo, and then you give us the Azurine," Ciela told the elder, and he nodded in agreement. With that settled, the fairy and the captain turned to follow the trail of blood that had continued to drip off of Link's blade.

Within a few minutes, the duo had found a large ice field, where multiple bodies lay strewn around, bleeding profusely. Linebeck again had to control his gag reflex as they took notice of the multiple wounds on each body. Up ahead, they saw another of the monsters charge at Link, who quickly impaled him and drove the weapon up to his neck. With that, he flicked his wrist, and the head flew off while the half-severed body fell to the ice and began to stain it.

As they approached the 'hero', he turned to greet them. "Yook are ugly, and they look like snow monsters. You know, those big ones that live in mountains? What're they called?"

"Yetis?" Linebeck offered, and Link snapped his fingers. "That's it."

"Good Lord Link, you made a disgusting mess," Ciela said as she wrinkled her nose. Link looked around at the butchered Yook bodies all around him. He hadn't remembered there being that many.

"Maybe I was a little busy," he agreed as he sat down. Grabbing some snow, he began to clean his boots and weapon. "But I didn't find Aroo. On the bright side, I did find the entrance to what I think is another temple. Which is more than you guys have done!"

"Yeah, it's not like we figured out without massacring the residents of the Estates who the real imposter was," Ciela replied sarcastically. "But whatever, if you think we aren't helping enough then I'll lead for a while."

"Oh? And where are you leading us? That cave that's right over there?" Linebeck asked doubtfully.

"Ya darned tootin'," she answered, and his heart sank. "I'm assuming that's the temple anyway. Maybe we'll actually accomplish something this time," she added as they headed for the entrance.

Link snorted. "Yeah, right. Why start now?" he asked to no one in particular as they walked through the doorway and disappeared from view.