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The Legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time

-Chapter 19-

-Last Time-

"Navi, Elia, get somewhere safe." Naruto said as the monster spotted them, and dangled a large key mockingly for them to see before swallowing it and giving off a hiss like laughter.

-Present, Fire Temple, Sub Boss room-

Neither of the fairies hesitated float out of the mask and rise up in the air as the Lizalfos general charged at Naruto and Saria while swinging its hammer. Naruto raised his shield to block the blow but was instead yanked out of the way by Saria.

*CRRAAACK!*

This turned out to be a very wise call as the hammer easily fractured the ground while glowing an ominous orange. Neither of them had any time to think about it as the lizard hefted the hammer back up and charged again, this time swinging the hammer in a rising strike that forced Naruto to leap back or risk losing his head.

Getting a fair distance, Saria fired a trio of charged arrows at the beast only for them to shatter against its armor, barely managing to send it skidding a few inches back. The Lizalfos laughed at her before refocusing its attention back on Naruto as he charged. He tried to slash at the monster's head, ending up in a weapon lock when it blocked with the hammers handle and they both pushed with all their might to try and overpower the other.

They stalemate was broken when Naruto suddenly ducked down, causing the beast to overextend itself while another charged arrow struck it, this time right in the face. Acting fast, Naruto got into its guard while it was stunned and attempted to slice into the Lizalfos's chest. The general was just able to regain its wits and jump back to avoid the blade, but not without injury as it's hand fell to the ground, sliced cleanly off at the wrist.

Hissing angrily at its lost limb, the general glared murderously at Naruto while inhaling deeply. Memories of certain exploding reptiles flashing through his mind, Naruto raised his shield just as the monster exhaled a stream of white-hot flame right at him. Unable to see anything past his shield and the wall of flames parting around him, Naruto was caught by surprise as a heavy forced smashed into his defense and sent him hurling backwards.

"Naruto!" Saria yelled as she saw Naruto get smashed into a wall by the Lizalfos's hammer. She didn't have long to worry about him though, as the general turned towards her and charged. Panicking, she shot several arrows at each of the monster's joints and the gaps in its armor to slow it down to no avail, before dodging out of the way of a wild swing from its hammer.

Nimbly avoiding various other strikes and blasts of fire, Saria managed to get a bit of space between them and swiftly lined up her last arrow with the last possible weak spot she could see.

*Twang* *Squelch* "SKREEEEEEHISS!" Right in the eye.

Thrashing around in pain, the general dropped the Megaton Hammer as it clutched at its face where the arrow shaft stuck out. Finally managing to yank said arrow out, the Lizalfos started to glare at the greenette only for it's remaining eye to widen terror as a certain whiskered blonde now stood in front of him with the hammer clasped in his hands mid swing.

"FOUR!" Naruto yelled with a wide grin as he bashed the hammer into the reptile's stomach, causing it to barf up the key as it was sent flying through the same wall Naruto crashed into, leaving it buried under a pile of rubble. "That… was annoying," Naruto said as he hefted the hammer onto his shoulder and picked up the key with a grimace.

Only sticking around long enough for Navi and Elia to heal up their injuries and tuck themselves back into their masks, they exited the room, just missing as a bloody scaled stump burst out of the rubble behind them.

Navigating through the ever-annoying maze of fire back to the trapped gorons, Naruto used the still slimy key to open the door and let the cheering rock people free. Most immediately charged for the exit, completely unaffected by the walls of flame they passed through much to Naruto and Saria's envy. The only one to remain was the female goron from before, standing before them with a serious look while glancing at the Megaton Hammer.

"Normally I would demand that you hand over that sacred relic right now, but I have the feeling you shall be needing it for later." "Yeah, we gotta get to Darunia and help him. He's facing Volvagia all by himself." Saria said as the duo started to head off only for the goron to cut them off. "If you need to get to Volvagia's den fast, there is a shortcut." She quickly had their full attention.

With an awe-inspiring show of strength, the female goron, who introduced herself as Turquoise, took the lead and smashed the posts for the fire maze in her path with ease. Taking them to the platform from earlier, and lifted them onto it. "Just a quick heads up, brace yourselves."

Neither of the two had a chance to question what she meant by this as she smashed he fist onto the top of the platform, making it shake violently before falling straight down extremely fast.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Naruto and Saria desperately clung onto each-other as they shot down the dark tunnel while screaming their heads off. This continued for about a minute or so until both their voices wore out. About a minute or so after that, their panic died down and turned to confusion. "Shouldn't we have hit the bottom by now?" Naruto asked, getting Saria, Navi, and Elia to nod.

The quartet pondered this issue for another few minutes until they were jolted from their thoughts as the platform they were on started slowing down dramatically. It eventually slowed to a halt just as they appeared inside the room that they encountered Darunia in. "That's convenient and all, but we definitely didn't go that high up last I checked." Elia said as they looked up and the tunnel they exited.

Deciding to ignore the law of physics breaking event they just went through, Naruto and Saria used the now conveniently placed platform to hop over to the large door and unlock it using the key Darunia had given them. Neither hesitating to rush through the now open door, up the long staircase, and across a thin wooden bridge before they fully registered their surroundings.

The sight they were met with was both amazing and terrifying.

They stood on a large stone platform sat in the middle of a lava lake inside a massive chamber. On the platform were several craters that were bubbling with magma. And last but definitely not least the large serpentine fire dragon, with two small but deadly looking arms, and a thick metal mask covering its face that they assumed to be Volvagia. It would explain why Darunia was riding around on its flaming head as it flew while punching it repeatedly in the face with all his strength.

Unfortunately, he didn't seem to be doing anything other than annoying it as it twisted and turned sporadically until the flaming reptile managed to buck him off and into the ground not far from them. "Darunia!" Hurrying over to the downed goron, they saw the numerous cuts and bruises littering his form as he lay on the ground with heavy breathing.

"Brother… Sister… I am… sorry…" Was all he managed to say before passing out from exhaustion. Unable to carry the goron to safety, Naruto and Saria stood over his unconscious form protectively, Naruto wielding the Megaton Hammer and Saria using the Master Sword.

Volvagia continued to fly circles around the room for another minute or so, almost like it was taunting them before descending towards them with a deafening roar. "Bring it, you bad breathed excuse of a reptile!" Naruto yelled while moving to the other side of the platform, drawing its attention away from Saria and Darunia.

As it charged him, he hefted the hammer into a ready position before swinging with all his might into the beast's helmeted head just as it tried to bite him in half. The resounding clash of metal on metal echoed through the chamber as Volvagia fell to the ground in a daze and with its mask cracked while Naruto was sent flying back from the recoil, landing dangerously close to one of the holes of magma.

Saria hesitated a few seconds to check if Naruto was okay before charging at the stunned dragon and tried to hack through its neck. Unfortunately, her strikes bounced off harmless against Volvagia's scales, breaking a few off but nothing else. She was forced to back away before she could try anything else as the beast recovered its wits and started lashed at her with its claws.

Taking back to the air, Volvagia roared angrily and whipped its tail into the ceiling, causing chunks of rock to fall. Seeing a large boulder falling towards Darunia, Naruto ran over as quickly as he could.

"Hey ugly!" Naruto yelled as he reached the fallen goron and stuck himself in place with chakra, while surprisingly getting the dragon's attention. "I think you dropped this!" With a heavy swing of the Megaton Hammer he launched the falling rock right back at Volvagia, hitting it right in the head. Stunned from the hit, the dragon flew straight into the wall before falling limply into the magma lake below.

"You think that killed it?" Navi asked as she peeked out from the mask. "Nope, but it's definitely gonna be pissed off." Naruto said with a shake of his head as he watched the magma for any signs of movement.

"Over there!" Saria said as she rejoined them, pointing to one of the craters of magma as the molten rock started sloshing around rapidly. Not even a second later, Volvagia burst out of the hole and glared at them, holding itself up with its arms as magma slid off its body and pieces of its mask fell off and revealed the unprotected flesh underneath.

"So that's why it wears the mask." Saria muttered as she quickly came up with a plan. "Naruto, keep it busy until you can get another clean hit on its head, I'll try and make you an opening." She told him, getting him to nod as they charged at the dragon simultaneously.

Volvagia roared as it saw them approaching, exhaling a large pillar of flame at them and forcing them to separate. "Missed me garlic breath!" Naruto taunted as he got right up in front of the angry reptile. The dragon hissed angrily at him, clearly recognizing him as the one who smashed it in the head twice. Having learned its lesson, Volvagia kept its noggin at a safe distance and instead attempted to claw him to bits or roast him alive.

This game of cat and mouse was made even more infuriating for the dragon as Naruto continued to hurl insults at it after each failed attack, causing it to completely forget about its second attacker. Said person quickly reminded it of that when it went for another swipe at Naruto and Saria slashed into its other arm at the elbow.

Startled by the sudden attack, the fiery beast's limb crumpled from the blow and it collapsed onto the ground. Before it could recover, Naruto was already on top of it with his hammer descending onto its skull, glowing bright orange due to him having the brilliant idea to pump it full of chakra like he would do with the Master Sword.

*CRACK!* *Rumble*

The whole room shook from the impact as the blow shattered Volvagia's helmet and drove said dragon's head several inches into the floor. Barely conscious, the last thing the beast could only watch blurrily as it's green haired assailant ran up to it and drove her weapon hilt deep into its skull.

Pulling the Master Sword free, Saria and Naruto watched as the slain dragon burst into sickly purple flames and its entire body was reduced to ash except for its skull, the jaw of which was still slowly opening and closing. Naruto swiftly smashed said skull into pieces, then smashed those into even smaller pieces …just to be on the safe side.

Hearing a soft groan, the duo looked back to see Darunia starting to wake up and were about to go check on him when they were all engulfed in a bright red light.

-End Chapter-

AN: And that's the fire temple completed for you. Thank you Rio Skyron for your suggestion on the falling bit. I hope I did well with the two fights, but if you see anything I messed up or could improve please let me know. Also, if you prefer Darunia have a son, a daughter or twins then please let me know and I will have the most preferred choice done. Thank you for reading and please review.