A/N: I know these last few chapters have been revolving mostly around the Yu Gi Oh aspect of things, not like the previous story, but that is soon going to change! We are going back to LoZ soon. It is so close, I can taste it! Sorry for the lack of update, I…will get back into that point for a while where I update a bit more often over a period of time. :) Enjoy this chapter! R&R

Ch. 26 – Removal

Link and Zelda were still invisible. They had to get this information to the rest of the group. One things was for certain, they had no idea what to do if things were taken into their own hands, even though Link wanted nothing more.

"I can handle it. I have the four masked beasts, and control over Majora. There is nothing he can summon that I won't be able to defeat."

Zelda shook her head, "No, we have to get back to our friends. We need their support…and, whatever is going on over there, they just might need ours as well. Someone has to tell Jaden what Adrian is up to. He may have the best chance at beating him." Zelda admitted, much to Link's distaste.

He unwillingly agreed, and followed his beloved sister out. Once they made it up to the surface, they were quite relieved. Now, they just had to make their way back to Duel Academy. Zelda squinted, putting her hand over her eyes and covering them up from the sun and the sand that floated in the wind. The effect of Arbiter Essence was no more, and the two were completely visible and walking.

It was beginning to get a little too warm for them. Zelda's throat was very dry, and Link was starting to taste the burning sand. Zelda sighed.

"Say, you don't think this will be anything like the haunted wasteland, do you?" Zelda asked.

"What do you mean?" Link was almost out of breath.

"Weary travelers…illusions…You know how that goes." Zelda replied.

Link was about to reply, he smiled, but his attention was caught by something in the corner of his eye. Something black…far away, human-looking, but…tall. He gazed over there, and saw a black cloth. The younger Hylian stopped, and tried to get a better look.

"Link…?" Zelda stood for a moment, staring at the back of Link's head, and over his shoulder, she, too, saw what he was looking at, her eyes widened, for the figure was somehow familiar.

She brought her hand to her duel disk, thinking just for a moment…no. It couldn't be.

"Do you see that?" Link asked, not taking his gaze away from the still being.

"Yes," Zelda responded slowly, "Think it is an illusion? Maybe this is the haunted wasteland…" She suggested.

Link shook his head, "No way…maybe if we were starving…or something. But we aren't and that is not an illusion." Link pointed.

Almost as if on cue, the figure turned, like on two feet, and stopped so it may have been staring right at the siblings. It caused Link and Zelda to jolt. Zelda definitely recognized the eyes, and her head began to hurt. She cringed and winced, placing her hand on her head. She held it there, and nearly cried. At the distressed sounds of his sister, Link looked at her, taking her hand in his.

"Zelda?" He whispered, "Are you okay?" Genuinely, Link was worried, he never imagined that it was Zant in her head, even though he knew of his presence…he somewhat forgot about it in the midst of all this craziness.

"He's speaking to me…" Zelda stated, pain deeply engraved in her voice.

Link stared at his sister, wide-eyed, knowing what she meant for sure. But…why now? When Link turned around, he noticed the being back there was actually closer to them, now. It was not moving at this very moment, but it was coming towards them…

When Zelda looked at the red eyes of this being she felt a great pain in her head, almost unbearable. She held her hand out, as if trying to push away the force that was causing her to feel the intense pain.

At this point, Link was becoming very worried for his sister. He had no idea what could have been wrong, and how it was connecting to the creature…clearly female, walking toward them. At a closer look at her, he could see red eyes, bright as the sun. It was a bit difficult to tell, but her skin seemed grey, and partially covered by black robes. There were many geometric designs evolving around this creature. She looked like she came straight from a duel monster card….

Zelda knew exactly who she was, and was extremely surprised by her. The voice inside her, Zant, knew who she was too, and he was not happy to see her. He kept screaming in Zelda's head, causing her great pain. He was slashing around like a maniac in there…. That Twili was far from happy, and it affected Zelda greatly.

"Can we just go?" She asked rather harshly, and began walking away.

Link went to follow her, but he took her hand and stopped her, "Wait…shouldn't we see who that is?"

"I know who it is…I can't…" Zelda brought her hand to her head again, in pain, "I need to get away from her."

The way it sounded, it seemed like she was doing this… "Zelda," Link glanced back and forth between the dark being and the light of his life, "Is she doing this to you?"

"No…It is Zant," She whispered, "He doesn't want her near…ah!" She yanked her hand away, and tried to get away.

"Zelda! Wait!" Link ran after her.

Unfortunately, though, the dark creature was following them. She began running, despite her sandals and her robes, and she hoped to catch up to Zelda and Link. Honestly, she felt like she should have already been closer to them. She can help Zelda, if only she'd let her.

The siblings were getting away, and Zelda was feeling less pain. It still hurt, but she calmed down, and dropped to her knees, irritating her skin on the sand. She sighed roughly, almost out of breath.

"Zelda?" Link fell to his knees as well, just so he could look at her, "Hey…" He breathed.

The dark woman was directly behind them in a matter of seconds, and Link turned to face her, hearing her breathing. Zelda was not feeling the same pain as before. At this even closer look, Link could see her clearly. Nothing was really covering her body except her back, but her skin was grey-blue with this swirling black pattern on one side of her body. Her robes were long and beautiful. Across her forehead, she wore a bejeweled crown, and her hair was style in a most odd way. She had no whites of her eyes, they were yellow, and an orange so bright and dark, it was almost red.

"Um…?" Link addressed.

The being blinked coolly, and looked at him, "I can help her, if you let me…" She stated, her voice very beautiful and hypnotizing.

It almost sounded robotic, but it had a strange echo to the end of every word…and she had emotion behind her words. Not only did she look breathtakingly beautiful, she sounded it, too. Link swallowed.

"Help her how?" He asked.

And Zelda turned around at that, and her eyes grew wide, "Midna…" She said.

This creature turned her strange eyes to Zelda, and nodded with a slight smile, she held her hand out, towards Zelda, but did not touch her, "May I?" She asked.

Link stepped aside, and looked at Zelda, "Your call."

Zelda took a moment, "What are you going to do to me?" She asked, voice trembling.

Midna did not pause at all in her speech, "I am going to remove him from your mind for good." She answered simply.

Zelda then nodded, "If you can, please…take him away!" She pleaded.

And at that moment, Midna touched Zelda's forehead with her forefinger, and there was a blue/blackish light, and Zelda was yelling. The tear from her mind and Zant must have been painful; Link knew it was for him... Soon, the light became blinding, and Zelda grew silent.