Okay so I lied, there's only three parts to this chapter…I guess.

Shade: You're a liar!!!

Oni: You're a horrible person!!!

Gilgamesh: Why am I still here?!

Just start the chapter already!!!

Chapter 26: Back to the Temples!!! Part III

Great Bay Temple,

Koizu began to stir; last he remembered was finally getting into the temple. "Ow…man my head hurts."

"Thank the goddesses you're alright; don't ever worry me like that again!" Koizu was instantly aware of the lovable fairy beside him. He also became aware that she was glowing red.

"Tatl…did you save me again?" Koizu asked with seriousness and emotion.

Tatl would blush if possible, "Uh…yea…but don't go shouting it to the world," Tatl flew towards the door to the temple, "I don't want everyone thinking I do this of care, which I don't." Koizu could tell she was trying a little too hard to persuade him. He stood up and walked towards the temple door.

"Regardless of why you did it, thanks." Koizu opened the door and they went through.

'You're welcome…Koizu…'

Stone Tower Temple,

It didn't take Link long to reach the temple, but now he had to face the dilemma of entering the temple, without and masks of allies to hold switches down. 'This…may cause a problem.'

"Hello again, hero"

Links turned and came face to face with,

"Mediv, how are you still alive?!"

Mediv scoffed, "Your precious Deity turned back time; I never died to begin with." Link readied himself for a fight but Mediv raised his hand, "Stay your hand, I'm not chaotic lunatic you fought before turning back the clock."

Link didn't believe it, he had no reason to, "Why should I believe you, and how do you remember Oni turning back time?"

Mediv closed his eyes and snickered, "I died and I came back to life, memory in tact, don't you know how time travel works?" Link said nothing, "Apparently not…regardless, I'm not here to lecture you on knowledge beyond your meager comprehension. I'm here for this." With the wave of his hand, the platforms to enter the temple moved into place, allowing access to the temple.

Link didn't get it, "Why are you helping me?"

Mediv looked pissed, "Deamini no longer has a hold over my mind, and neither does Majora for that matter; I'm my own man now. My conflict was with the Deity, who is now beyond even my reach thanks to Deamini. I may not have my revenge against the god, nor against Deamini for taking MY revenge, but I can make sure that Majora doesn't get a second chance at either of them."

Link had trouble believing that, "I still don't trust you…but thanks." Link ran over the stone platforms and entered the temple.

Mediv laughed, "Idiots, every one of them, worthless bugs under my power. Soon…very soon…" Mediv melded into the shadows and disappeared.

Somewhere in Great Bay Temple,

"Are you sure you know where we're going Tatl? It just seems like we're going in circles pushing levers and switches that don't seem to do anything."

"Relax, I've done this before, twice in fact, I know where I'm going."

They climbed up a ladder and saw where they ended up, "If that's the case, how come we're back where we started?"

"I said I know what I'm doing," Tatl looked to her right, "We need to turn that red switch over there."

"Again with the switches,"

"Will you quit complaining and just turn the damn thing."

Koizu sighed, "Alright, alright fine, I'll do it."

…

Hours later,

...

"Well that was fun, let's do it again sometime."

Tatl sighed, "Shut up, at least we finally made it to Gyorgs room."

Koizu turned to Tatl, "Gyorg? What kind of name is that?"

Tatl snickered, "Oh, the name for a fish."

Koizu and Tatl entered the room, and Koizu immediately noticed the hole in the middle of the floor. "I'm guessing-"

"Yup, jump."

Koizu sighed, "Let's get this over with." Koizu jumped down the hole and prepared for the rough landing. He landed with as much grace as a falling anvil. "Ow…I really need to work on my landings…ow."

"Well…time to fight him again."

Koizu looked around, "All I see is…aw shit." Gyorg emerged from the water, and jumped over Koizu, landing in the water opposite him. "So that's why you called him a fish."

"Yea, now show him what you've got!"

Koizu grinned, pulling out his twin swords, "With pleasure"

Gyorg could be seen swimming in the water, but Koizu wasn't dumb enough to jump in after a fish ten times his size. 'Okay just have to think of something before-' Koizu jumped into the air to eliminate the recoil as Gyorg crashed into the platform, '-before it's too late.' Gyorg prepared to ram into the platform again, and Koizu got ready to do…something. As Gyorg charged the platform, Koizu went diving into the water in front of Gyorg; being in motion, Gyorg rammed straight into Koizu's swords, but Gyorg didn't seem fazed by the assault, and spun to knock Koizu away with his tail. The hit sent one of Koizu's swords to the depths of the pool, while the other remained lodged in Gyorgs facial area. Gyorg spun again and came jaws bared, 'this is gonna hurt!' Gyorg clamped down on Koizu's arm and began pulling him downward; at this point Koizu realized Gyorgs plan, 'he's drowning me!!!' Koizu, weaponless, began to punch at Gyorgs face and mouth to get the guardian to release him, but Gyorg's hold remained strong and Koizu's vision began blurring, 'cant…air…need' In a last ditch attempt to punch his way out, his punch hit Gyorg in the eye, causing the fish to release his prey and pull back. Koizu scrambled to the surface and took a huge breath of air "AAAAHHHH." Koizu swam for the platform, but Gyorg sneaking up on him. 'My sword is still lodged in him, if I can angle this just right.' Koizu took a deep breath and dove, Gyorg was about to clamp down, but Koizu moved so his left leg was caught. When Gyorg took hold of him, Koizu bent his body towards Gyorg, and was able to grab his sword. 'Eat this, fish!!!' Koizu stabbed Gyorg in hit left eye, and the fish began thrashing in pain, and released Koizu again. Koizu's sword again was lodged in Gyorg, and he was unable to pull it out without leverage, so he surfaced for well needed air.

"Koizu! What's happening in there?!" Tatl voiced her concern.

Koizu grinned, "I partially blinded him, but my sword got stuck, and the other ones- AHH, the hell- AAHH" Koizu was being chewed upon by little miniature Gyorgs. "Damn-AAAHH." Koizu climbed onto the platform and beat whatever fish were still clinging onto him into oblivion. "This makes things harder."

"How are you un-lodge your sword if those little ones keep nipping at you?"

Koizu thought, "I have a plan," Koizu dove back into the water.

"Koizu!" It was then she noticed the large amount of blood that had gathered from the short amount of time Koizu had emerged. "He's badly injured…please by all the holy powers, let him be safe."

Koizu had swum to the bottom of the murky water and retrieved his second sword, once he grabbed it, the small but lethal fish began unmercifully biting him. Koizu was able to grab some and squeeze them till they erupted, but the sheer amount of them made it a losing battle. 'Come on you fuckin fish, come and get me!' Gyorg emerged behind and bit down on both Koizu's legs from behind Koizu was unable to turn and attack. 'DAMN, damn damn damn damn damn!!' Koizu began to feel faint from blood loss and the way things were led him to thinking, 'I'm not making it out of here alive am I? Haha, oh well, at least I'm taking this bastard WITH ME!!!' Koizu cut off both legs and pushed his sword as deep into Gyorgs other eye as possible. The fish thrashed for what seemed like an eternity, but eventually remained lifeless. 'I…did it…sorry Link, Zelda…Tatl…'

Flashback,

Koizu had broken the crystal and the Stalfos had fallen to pieces, along with the Redeads; the Garo's however had not stopped their assault on Koizu, who was backed against a wall with Tatl at his side.

"Well partner, this might be my end."

Tatl turned to him, "No Koizu! You can do this, you have to hang in there!"

Koizu laughed weakly, "Tatl…if only you were human…I easily would have fallen in love with you."

Tatl didn't know how to respond to that, "Wha-wha-what?"

At that moment a bright light came from Stone Tower, and all the Garo's burst into flames.

"Hehe…they did it." Koizu promptly fainted.

"Koizu!"

End Flashback

'Human or not…I still love you…see ya…'

Tatl couldn't see Koizu at all, but then she saw Gyorg's body float to the surface. "He did it!" But then Gyorg's body turned to ice, turning the rest of the pool to ice with it. "NO, KOIZU!!" Tatl searched the ice to see if he had somehow survived, but all she found was, "No…no no NO!!!!" Koizu had both his legs removed, and had been promptly frozen underwater. "NO, dammit Koizu you can't die, you can't!!!" Tatl couldn't remember the last time she cried, but she was now weeping uncontrollably. "Koizu no…why…damn you Majora, DAMN YOU!!!" the blue portal opened near the center of the platform. "Why appear you damn portal, Koizu's dead, he can't use it!! I-" Tatl sank to the ground sobbing.

It had taken hours, but he had finally reached Twinmolds room. 'Time to settle this and get to Majora.' Link jumped into the hole; when he landed, there was no sandstorm, and Twinmold never rose from the sand. "How the-"

"Perhaps this is what you came for?" Link turned to the sight of Mediv, holding Twinmolds remains.

"You…why?"

Mediv sighed, "I already told you, I never had any qualms with you, or your princess, or you lowly friends; the only one I wanted was the Deity. With him gone my only option is to move forward, as the holy dead can not be brought back by conventional means, even I can't do such things. I plan to move forwards, but Majora still wants to end the world, and I don't know about you, but I rightfully think this planet should live."

Link sort of understood, "You want to live your life, but can't if the planets destroyed."

Mediv nodded, "Precisely."

Link didn't like one thing, "Then why word it so difficultly?!"

Mediv smirked rudely, "Because I like to see your feeble mind try to comprehend such 'big' and 'complicated' words." Link was aggravated beyond belief, but didn't make move an inch. "Here's your worthless mask, beat Majora for me would you?" Mediv used magic to float the mask in front of Link, who earnestly grabbed it. "Good, now then," with a wave his hand the blue portal opened, "Please leave my tower, I need to do some renovating." Link ran into the portal.

"I still don't trust you completely, but thanks."

Mediv scowled, "Don't expect me to curtly respond, but I will tell you your friend at Great Bay is in need of assistance."

Link looked stunned, "How do you-"

"I know all, see all; I'll warp you there now if you'd like?"

Link still didn't trust him, but, "Fine."

Mediv smirked, "Have fun then," The portal turned whitish and Link vanished.

"Imbecile, the only word to describe him. He'd believe the devil if fed the right words."

Link landed right at the entrance to Gyorgs lair, and he quickly ran inside and jumped to the bottom; he saw the portal open and became confused. 'Strange, why would-' Link then became aware of small sobbing. Turning to the source he saw…

"Tatl?"

Tatl barely registered Link was there, "Link…"

"Tatl, what happened, where's Koizu?"

Tatl began shaking, "He…he…" She began crying again and Link then saw why; frozen under ice, without his legs, was Koizu.

"Koizu…"

"He beat him…but look at the cost…why'd he do it, why the hell did he have to die!!!" Link didn't have an answer, "Link…please go without me…I'd hold you back…just leave me here for awhile." Link could see she was emotionally distraught, so he did as she asked and went to the portal, grabbing Gyorgs remains and- 'This looks like a person' –another part of the mask.

MAN I'M GOOD!!! See, when I have time and I'm home alone, I can write some damn good stuff. Now as to why I played Tatls emotions more than I played Malons when Oni died is because I feel Malon would hold in her emotions and bottle them up, which we all know is a big no-no for game/anime characters. Tatl on the other hand I feel would outright yell and scream given her character in the game, and I did what I felt she would do. So please don't flame me things like that, but do R&R, I get lonely sometimes.