A/N: In a meeting where there's not much to do at the moment so… typing it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own the laptop that I'm typing on right now

Hero's Bow

The duo had just opened a door, Link made a mental note that this door was bigger than the others that they had opened; thinking back on the last dungeon that he'd conquered. Just as the pair stepped inside the door slammed shut behind them with a solid boom! Link sighed and Dante whirled around.

"What was that?" he asked, looking back at said door. Before Link had the chance to answer a very loud voice boomed out ahead of them.

"Who is it?" The largest Goron either of them had ever seen stepped out onto a large platform. He looked between the two, squinting with beady eyes. "You're not brothers! No humans are allowed in the mine!" he stomped a foot and the platform sank from the force some of the supporting rocks giving way. Both Link and Dante squirmed, trying to keep their balance as the platform teetered and the lava that surrounded the platform looked all the more intimidating. Link leapt out of the way as he saw the huge Goron barreling toward them and hoped that Dante had the sense to do the same. This was going to be a miserable fight wasn't it…? The teen looked up to see Dante in his monstrous form, wings flapping against the hot air, he must have jumped over the Goron. The teen looked as the projectiles from the half devil's weapons pinged harmlessly off the Goron's thick stone hide. That wasn't going to do them any good, neither would the sword on his back, not unless he was hacking at the head, which was far higher than the teen could reach or ever hope of jumping...

As though the Goron had heard his thoughts, the huge creature jumped high in the air, impressive for one of his stature and came slamming back down on the platform, causing it to tilt and swing wildly. Link was nearly thrown from the platform, grabbing the edge and holding on as though his life depended on it… and looking at the lava below, it probably did...

"Gotcha kid!" Dante swung through and scooped him up into the air, only to deposit him right back on the still swinging, though less wildly, platform. He couldn't blame the hunter, it was probably hard enough to keep himself in the air with the stagnant heat of the room and he wasn't exactly light with all of his equipment and… his boots! He looked down to the platform, it was made of that same stuff that he had used in the past several rooms to stick to the ceiling. He could anchor himself to the platform. The Goron leapt again and Link flicked his boots out of their pocket dimension and onto his feet. This time when the platform swung about and threatened to dump them into the lava he stayed steadily where he was. The Goron was swatting at Dante now, seeming to think that the hunter was little more than a pest. He probably thinks we're both pests… the teen thought and then it struck him. The only way they were going to get through to this creature was through a show of strength.

"Dante! Just like on the way up the mountain!" The half devil paused in his assault of the creature to look at him.

"Kid are you crazy! This guy's huge! That's suicide!"

"Not if you help me!" he said, the Goron was looking between the two of them and shouted.

"No more talk! You must leave! Now!" And then he curled into a ball.

"Yes…" Link whispered, setting his feet to brace himself, this was going to hurt… badly… he watched the incoming mountain of rock and prepared for the impact… He couldn't help the yell that came out of his chest when the pain zinged up his arms, though it wasn't as bad as he was expecting. He looked up to see Dante also straining against the monstrous Goron.

"My left!" he managed to squeak out, hoping that the hunter heard him and shifted his weight to dump the unsuspecting Goron off of the platform. Thankfully the half devil had and helped to push the creature into the boiling lava below. The Goron yelled painfully when his tender stomach area came into contact with the heat and there was the distinct smell of burning flesh as the Goron scrambled over it to one of the more stable ledges and barely managed to haul himself on top. The burns were not as bad as if he'd been human but they still weren't pretty. The pair had their weapons pulled when he climbed back up.

"I'm sorry… only the strong are supposed to go visit Darius, only the strong are supposed to be able to wield the treasure, you have proven yourselves to be strong… the treasure is ahead. Please, if you can… help Darius..." Link nodded and then asked

"Will you be okay?"

"Yes. It takes more than that to down a Goron, I just need to rest." Link looked at Dante then and then to the next platform.

"You think you could help me out getting over there?" Dante rolled his eyes then.

"Sure, you sure you don't want to nurse the big guy back to help though while you're at it?" Link sighed.

"He was just doing his job…"

"Uh-huh." the half devil grunted as he hauled the teen across the gap and they passed into the next room to find an unopened treasure chest. Link looked at Dante

"This must be the treasure he was talking about…"

"Must be, open it." The teen hefted the lid open and then looked at the contents. A finely crafted bow lay amongst satin within.

"It's a bow."

A/N: Alright so I know this is late… but meh? I'm not the most accurate with uploads but I don't leave anything unfinished so…

Till next time,

-Winged Element