Ch.20-Not entirely flame-proof
Whoo! Next chapter! Can you believe I'm already on Chapter 20? :/ I'm shocked at myself! :D But proud.
Random fact of the day: I am now listening to A Thousand Years by Christina Perri. This song reminds me of ZelImpa in this story since it has practically been a thousand years for Impa and she has 'loved' Zelda for a thousand years. :3
I don't own LoZ. :/
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It was a Lizalfos, but not one that Impa remembered.
The Lizalfos she had encountered had been larger with rocky braces covering their left arms and a mace at the tip of their tails.
The Lizalfos facing her was a foot smaller with a thin tail and wielded a slim sword in its right hand.
The Lizalfos screeched at the duo, but waited for them to make the first move.
Impa carefully observed the lizard's movements, searching for even the slightest hint of an attack.
"Can I just shoot it already?" Zelda asked impatiently, obviously annoyed with the staring contest.
"Lizalfos are agile creatures, Your Grace," Impa explained. "Arrows will work on some monsters, but other call for tactic."
"But you don't have any weapons!"
"Who said that I needed weapons?" Impa glanced at Zelda out of the corner of her eye, mouth turned up in a small smirk.
"Ah, yes. Don't count a Sheikah out, even if they don't have weapons."
"Correct," Impa charged at the Lizalfos, aiming to distract it while Zelda readied an arrow.
When the Sheikah leaped to the left, Zelda fired the arrow, hitting the lizard's right shoulder.
The Lizalfos screeched, glaring at Zelda before turning its attention back to Impa.
Ah, so it does not consider Zelda a threat, Impa thought as she and the Lizalfos circled each other. If I can rid it of its sword, it should be powerless.
Impa ran at the Lizalfos and when it swiped at her with its sword, she ducked underneath the blade, grabbed the lizard's wrist and twisted its arm behind its back in one swift movement.
The Lizalfos gave a pained shriek, dropping its sword as Impa held it still.
"Between the eyes?" Zelda asked without looking up as she prepared an arrow.
Impa nodded silently.
When Zelda aimed her bow at the lizard, Impa pushed it forward and before the creature could even turn to hiss its indignation at the Sheikah, an arrow was embedded in its skull.
Impa bent down, picking up the discarded blade as the Lizalfos dropped to the ground.
"You're taking its sword?" Zelda questioned as she slid the bow back onto her shoulders.
"For as long as I can wield it," the Sheikah replied, testing the blade by swiping it from side to side. "However it might require some getting used to."
"Sheikah like knives, don't they?"
Impa nodded as she and Zelda headed toward the pedestal in the center of the room.
"We are silent killers; knives are easy to hide beneath our clothes or bandages. Swords stick out too much and have a short range."
Zelda abruptly burst into peals of laughter, startling Impa who glanced at the princess in puzzlement.
"What is so funny?"
"Sheik said the same thing when I asked him why he practically coddled his knives!" Zelda continued chuckling until she finally calmed down, wiping a tear from her eye before looking at Impa seriously. "But I thought Sheikah were just meant to protect the royal family, not kill anyone."
"If it means your protection," Impa murmured, her crimson eyes firm but with a faint sadness about them, "we will become assassins and mercenaries."
"This is the cavern where Link fought Volvaiga," Zelda explained as she and Impa entered a large cave where a huge chunk of rock sat in the middle.
There's something not right about this cave…Impa pondered as she slowly glanced around, her eyes narrowing.
"Ah, there he is!" Zelda pointed toward Link who was peacefully rolling around a few feet away.
The Goron paused when he heard Zelda's shout.
"Ah, it's the old lady!" the young rock-eater yelped.
Zelda grinned, a dark expression passing over her face as she cracked her knuckles
"I dare you to say that again, kid," she growled with barely controlled anger, "and I'll send you flying into outer space."
Link instantly rolled the other way, Zelda chasing after him.
"Get back here, you damn brat!"
"No way!"
Impa froze.
What was that? She wondered as she glanced around. I felt a sudden shift in the air.
"Gotcha!" Zelda leapt at Link, tacking him and knocking him on his back.
"Ow…you didn't have to do that, you know…" Link rubbed the back of his head, mildly glaring at Zelda.
"Now that I caught you…" Zelda slowly walked closer to Link, grinning. "I have one thing to say…."
Link whimpered, backing up until he hit a wall.
"Can I have a piece of your shell?"
The Goron stopped trembling and stared at Zelda in confusion.
"What…?"
"Please, I need it."
I do not like this… Impa thought as she looked around. There is something not right about this place.
The Sheikah glanced down when something obscured the light above her before dodging to the side as something slammed into the ground right where she had been standing.
"Your Grace!"
Zelda looked toward the Sheikah to see her being chased by a large red-orange bird.
"What is that?!" Link asked as Zelda withdrew her bow and notched an arrow.
"A dead bird," Zelda growled as she fired.
The bird screeched as the arrow buried itself in its right eye, falling to the ground with a thud.
Impa instantly whirled around, raising the sword she held to finish off the creature.
The bird's long tail lashed out at her and the Sheikah distanced herself, landing beside Zelda.
"What is that?" the princess questioned.
"A Furnix," Impa replied. "A bird from my era that survived by devouring flames and could launch three balls of fire in rapid succession."
"This thing's as big as a Moblin, though!" Zelda protested.
"Perhaps it has grown during the centuries," Impa suggested. "But that makes no difference; its weak spot is still the same."
"All right," Zelda grinned, watching as the Furnix slowly climbed to its feet. "What do you want me to do?"
"Distract it, but keep it on the ground."
"Roger that," Zelda glanced at Link. "Now, you stay here."
"What? Why?"
"You're too young to handle this," Zelda patted Link's head. "Let the grown-ups handle this."
Impa rolled her eyes before charging toward the Furnix which instantly locked on her with its one good eye.
The bird screeched, glaring to the side when three arrows bit into the side of its neck.
"Over here, ugly!" Zelda yelled, sticking her tongue out at the bird.
The Furnix squawked angrily, its curled tail unfolding as it opened its four feathery wings.
"Zelda, duck down!"
The Furnix snapped its head around when something stepped on its tail, but before it had a chance to do anything else, a sword and an arrow pierced the center of its skull at the same time.
"Bull's-eye!" Zelda cheered as the Furnix collapsed. "She shoots, she scores! Whoo!"
Impa watched as Zelda pranced around, waving to an imaginary crowd, before she shook her head.
I suppose I do not have to worry about her as much as I would like. She is capable of handling herself.
"That was awesome!" Link said as he ran up to the duo. "You beat it like it was nothing!"
"Because it was nothing!" Zelda grinned, putting her hands on her hips proudly.
"Here."
Zelda looked at Link to see the Goron holding out a small rock shard to her.
"Your shell…" The princess uttered in surprise.
"You saved me. I didn't know such a large monster was here; if you hadn't come when you did who knows what would have happened. So…I want you to have a piece of my shell as thanks."
Zelda stared at Link for a few seconds before she crouched down, placing a hand over the rock shard Link held, smiling.
"No, thank you. This means a lot to me."
Zelda stumbled out of the fire temple and collapsed with a pathetic groan.
"I died," she whimpered.
"Your Grace," Impa sighed as she came to stand beside Zelda, her form once again transparent.
"Stupid fire temple," Zelda muttered as she slowly pushed herself into a sitting position. "Why does it have to be so hot in there?"
Impa watched as Zelda pulled out the water flask that she had forgotten about, taking greedy sips.
"Your Grace," the Sheikah suddenly intoned. "The Goron tunic."
Zelda glanced down at the tunic, spotting several scorch marks and small cuts in the fabric that had been made by Keese and other monsters as well as her little scuffle with Goron Link.
"Oh, guess it's not entirely flame-proof like I thought," Zelda said as she slipped off the tunic, showing off the white tank top that was beneath the tunic.
"What will you—"
"Shh," Zelda interrupted Impa before grinning and standing up, slinging the tunic over one shoulder. "Come on, let's go back to Kakariko!"
Impa sighed as Zelda began to march toward the entrance to Goron City before she followed after the princess.
Zelda seems perfectly fine with the Goron tunic being destroyed. :/ I love Furnixes, they amuse me. xD
Ummm...nothing else to say at the moment... :/ So onto review responses! :D
Le Epic Zelly: Hey! I think you're the first one to review! :D And Link ran away cause he's LINK. Well..not...the hero...but you know what I mean! x.x Oh yea, solid Impa will be coming more often or when I can figure out what her use is when she's solid. xD I hated the fire temple. o.o I kinda liked the shadow temple, but it creeped me out. :D I ish proceedign with le epicness.
Breaking-Benjamin-Rules: I'm glad I found another Edvy supporter. :3 Expect to see more stories with them in the future. You know what I was telling my friend yesterday? The Sheikah reminded me of the Ishvalans with their red eyes and the Hylians reminded me of Amestrians. :/ Is that weird or is it just me?
GhiraLinkLover4Ever: I prefer the Skyward Lizalfos more. They were more epic. :/ In OoT they were meh.
Msfcatlover: I need a Sheikah to help with my writing. o.o I would love to have a Sheikah helping me xD
TwiliYoshi: I greatly enjoyed your long review xD It had me smiling throughout the entirety of it. :3 I love your reviews! Don't think I don't! D: They give me something to grin at. :3
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