2 chapters in 1 day, why am I being the crazy? Because it's my Valentines Day gift to all of you :D

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It was an uphill battle, and Pipit was losing. Link laughed hysterically from his safe platform on the side as Pipit ran back downhill to keep from getting hit by the boulders heading towards him. When they passed and he caught his breath, he ran up a second time. This time Link grabbed his hand and pulled him into the cubby as the unforgiving rocks passed him.

Link patted his head jokingly as Pipit caught his breath. "If it wasn't for the fact that you just may have saved my life, I'd hurt you."

"And what do I get since I did save your life?" Link joked back.

Pipit glared at him, but responded with a swift kiss on the cheek.

"But I saved your life." "You may have." Pipit corrected, "There's no guarantee those boulders would have killed me." Link opened his mouth but Pipit quickly added, "Shut up. I don't know, but we've done this twice now, there better not be another one."

"I see a dragon head statue up there, I don't think we're going to have to."

"Good." They ran the rest of the way up to get a better look at the room. The dragon head statue was shooting lava like a waterfall, the hot substance cascading across a pathway. It blocked them from a doorway that had a strangely patterned keyhole.

"That's where we need to go." Link said, but he ran up a staircase in a different direction.

"Hey Link." Pipit yelled, running after him, "We're running uphill."

The two ran a long pathway to the top where a chest was sitting. Inside of it was the key they needed. "Okay, now that we've got the key, how are we going to-" Link was thinking out loud to himself, but was interrupted by a rumbling. Looking above them, the statue of a dragon had opened it's mouth, and a bolder was dropping.

The two ran, jumping off the end of the pathway, and watching the bolder clog the dragon head's mouth.

"That'll do." Link nodded. He walked up to the door and examined it. His glance went between they key and the keyhole for a minute before he finally seemed satisfied. He adjusted they key, and pushed it into the door. It opened, and Link smiled triumphantly.

His smile wavered a moment as he remembered the last evil that waited behind a door like this. He didn't let his frown last long though, as Pipit was waiting on him.

One definite path was set before them. Stairs leading up were their only option, which they took with haste. Above them was the ribcage of a dragon. Reaching a round platform, they heard the rumble of a boulder, shaking the ribs above them.

Link noticed chains on the floor when Phi appeared.

"Master, Zelda's presence is strong here. Particularly at those chains. There is a 95% chance that until recently she was bound by them." Link gasped. "However, I believe she managed to get free and continued along the path."

Link nodded, not wasting anymore time for talk. They continued ahead, running as quickly as possible up yet another steep path. An echoing laugh made them stop forever. Pipit noticed that instantly features of fear crossed Link's face. Above them hung the head of another dragon statue. On top of it was lord Ghirahim.

Link's paralysis told Pipit this was the man he'd been wanting to see.

"Oh it's you." He said happily, then he paused, a look of confusion washing over him. "Oh no… Wait… How terribly embarrassing of me, but I seem to have forgotten your name." Pipit's rage was peaking quickly, and when Ghirahim spoke it only sped up the process. It took everything in the knight not to lose his head. He needed to stay calm and think of a way to get up there. "To be honest,' Ghirahim continued, paying Pipit no mind. "I've just been feeling so frustrated, I need someone to vent to."

Link shuttered. Pipit probably hadn't noticed, but Ghirahim's presence was overwhelming Link on even a magical level. Things around him were growing darker, and it was beginning to feel like it was only himself and Ghirahim who were present. Swiftly Link grabbed Pipit's hand. A silent reminder that he wasn't alone.

Pipit felt his hand being grasped, squeezed. It was almost painful, but not because of Link's iron grip. Pipit's eyes went up Link's arm to his face. Fear. He'd never seen Link's eyes filled with such fear, and yet such undying hatred behind them.

"Link, stay focused." Pipit said.

His lover's voice helped. Whatever mask was covering his anger quickly stepped aside. He felt more confident, more heroic, and simply starred down the opposing demon lord.

"My underlings had informed me they'd captured the spirit maiden. Of coarse, with this news I rushed over. I was so excited, flustered even… But what did I find when I got here? That agent of the goddess…" Suddenly his voice got small, though still very clear, "I find she once again… You see, I'm trying to say…" Then he exploded with rage, "That goddess serving wench stole her away from me! I must have her to restore my master. I must!… Oh dear, I got carried away didn't I?"

"He likes to talk, doesn't he…" Pipit muttered.

"I don't do well when carefully laid out plans of mine fail, it's a major flaw of mine." "Do you have something important to say, or do you just enjoy listening to your own voice?" Pipit asked.

Ghirahim finally seemed to notice his presence, glaring down at him. He growled, then huffed, flipping his hair back, "Something good can still come from this day I suppose. I've got all this bottled up anger, and now I can let it out. I've someone I'd like you to meet. Don't be shy though, I need to let out this unhealthy anger. Watching you in agony is such a stress reliever." Once again he addressed Link, as though attempting to stress his need to belittle Pipit. "It'll only take moments for my friend to have charred you. And let me tell you, that'll bring my spirits right back up."

He snapped his fingers and disappeared. At the same time the dragon statue's mouth opened and a boulder fell out. As Link and Pipit rolled out of its way Pipit yelled, "He's friends with a rock?"

When it crashed at the end of the pathway however, it grew lava legs and stood upright, opening a giant mouth. It screamed and its whole body caught fire. It started up the path and charged at them.

Link pulled out a bomb flower and threw it at the monster. "If it's made of rock, this has to be a weakness." The bomb exploded in its mouth and it rolled backwards again. It got up and opened its mouth, sucking in air. Link threw another bomb, which went right in. This time when it exploded, pieces of rock flew off the creature's body. Pipit noticed an eye floating around in the magma under-skin of the monster and charged at it. He got a few good hits in before the eye moved away under more rock, and the monster got back up.

"Lets try that again." Link yelled, throwing a bomb. It was a cycle that lasted at least 6 times, after which the two lost count. It even tried walking over them to drop ahead and roll over them, but they easily avoided it. They never gave up, as more of the monsters rock outer shell came off. Finally it fell, shrinking before exploding.

After giving each other a pat on the back, they walked up the path and towards the door.

"Where will this take us?" Pipit asked.

"Hopefully to Zelda."