A happy and sad moment for us all. This is the finale of Zelda Heroes. I still own nothing!


Part 2

-3 Hours Remain-

"Spinning Blade Sphere!" Link and Knil cried in unison, beginning a combined mid-air Hurricane Spin as the winded Majora came flying at them. They both began to spin around at high velocity like an oscillating and pivoting blade. The fast speed of the swinging blades formed a sphere around the attackers from the light reflecting off of the swift blades. The sphere collided with Majora and she screamed in agony as she was sliced all over, purple blood spraying from the wounds with each scream. Finally, the attack ended and Link and Knil released each other's arms and separated as Ganondorf fired a Black Hole.

"No!" Majora, hurtling away from the latest assault, spun and batted all the bursts back at the Gerudo King. He flew out of the way before impact, allowing the attack to explode in the distance.

Lucius, Vaati, and Kafei reappeared at this moment, looking battered, and pulled off a triple attack.

"Glowing Whirlwind Blade!" they cried as Lucius covered Kafei in light before Vaati fired him out of a cyclone. Majora screamed and repelled the attack with purple waves that surged from her body. Kafei flipped away but soon stopped and went back upright.

"This is getting annoying," Vaati commented, panting a little, despite the Super form's gradual healing properties. Majora soared up as Link, Knil, and Ganondorf flew at her, causing them to hit each other, hard.

"Ow! Watch it!" Ganondorf growled.

"You watch it, Ganondork!" Link retorted. Knil merely rubbed at the cut in his shoulder.

"We're going to have to work together to get out of this," Lucius intervened before civil war started. "Not as a tag-team," Knil humphed.

"I assume you have a plan?" Kafei asked glumly.

"Don't I always?" Lucius replied with a raised eyebrow.

"Come on, let's show Majora who the real villains are!" Vaati exclaimed.

"Yeah, I agree with the 'villains' part replaced with 'heroes'!" Link agreed, raising an arm. Lucius raised his staff.

"Nayru's Love!" the six were immediately healed by a shimmering blue light that enveloped their bodies and remained as a protective aura.

"Come on, assorted villains and heroes! Let's rock!" Link flew off. The others followed and took up a formation.

"Trying to think your way out?" Majora taunted. "There is none!"

The crates exploded outward, sending splinters everywhere, as the monsters poured into the room.

"We stop them here!" the senior officer shouted. "We can't let them get the townspeople!" Dozens of Black Stalfos and Black Dinofols charged in, engaging the soldiers. Team Eye sprang into action, hacking and blasting the enemies.

"Freeze!" Shad encased a couple of Black Stalfos in ice as two more jumped at him, only to be distracted by Rusl's hawk. "Arise!" Two stalagmites shot up and speared the Black Stalfos and they exploded to pieces.

Ashei rolled out of the way of a torrent of fire that a Black Dinofols fired at her and hit him in the eye with an ice arrow. Unfortunately, another Black Dinofols was behind her and breathed a torrent of fire at her too.

"Blast!" she exclaimed, diving away. Luckily, a wall of stone rose up to block the flamethrower and Rusl's hawk latched onto the Black Dinofols's face and sent in running and screaming.

"Okay there, Ashei?" Shad called as he jumped out of the way of an attack and towards her as she kicked a Black Stalfos in the face and shot in the face with a light arrow.

"Never better," she replied as he activated his Burst Glyph that he had just snared a group of foes in, killing them in a series of explosions. "You?"

"Can't really complain, I suppose," he sighed. "Though this battle is somewhat of a pain,"

"Suck it up, nerd boy," Ashei replied.

Rusl carved his way through three Black Dinofols, deftly cutting through their armor, as they rushed at him, and then came to a Black Stalfos. Leaping back, he whistled to call his hawk to his arm and launched it at the foe. While it was distracted, he rolled forward, avoiding a Black Dinofols's blade, and cut the Black Stalfos in half.

"Get back!" Talon warned as the crated shuddered and creaked. "They're comin' through!" The townspeople gave murmurs and retreated a bit, but there was really no room.

"We're trapped like rats in a hole," Ingo grumbled, gripping his pitchfork.

"As long as we hold out until Grasshopper beats Majora, we'll be fine," Romani said assuredly.

"How can you be so sure?" Ingo asked with a twitch of his mustache and a raised eyebrow. Romani looked sad.

"Ingo, knock it off!" Talon snapped. The crates gave one last shudder and then exploded outward, allowing a single file of Black Stalfos to enter. Romani sniped the first one with a light arrow and Ingo killed the next one before Talon grabbed the third, minding the sword, and smashed him into the fourth. "If we keep 'em bottlenecked, they won't be able to fight back!" Talon pointed out.

"Brilliant deduction!" Ingo grunted, driving his pitchfork forward against his foe's shield. Romani fired a light arrow at its face and it disintegrated.

"What'll we do!" Tim exclaimed at all the sounds of fighting from all over and nearby.

"Just don't give up," Malon said softly, patting his head.

"I believe that Kafei will save us," Anju added. "He's never let me down before,"

Romani…please be okay… Cremia thought, looking back in the direction they had retreated from.

Link and Knil joined arms and held their blades out as they rushed forward.

"This again?" Majora laughed. Vaati, Lucius, and Kafei veered off, passing by Majora in the process. "Missed!" Ganondorf rushed forward and delivered a Warlock Kick to the Spinning Blade Sphere, sending it forward at high velocities. Majora turned in time to see it and get hit again. She screamed as she was cut at least a hundred times by the super blades.

"Divine Storm!" Lucius and Vaati cried, pointing their staff and finger, respectively, at Majora. Once again, a massive hurricane engulfed the evil deity and struck her with dozens of light bolts. Kafei teleported over to Ganondorf and leapt of his arm as he charged a Warlock Punch.

"Warlock Launch!" they shouted as the thief was launched through the Divine Storm as it ended, slicing through Majora's body. She screeched in pure torture and rage.

"You…" her body shook and twitched as she drooped in exhaustion. "Impossible…I have…all the despair in Termina…as my power…" She raised her arms and screamed in outrage. The Moon started to glow with an aura of orange flame and descend faster.

-5 Minutes Remain-

"No!" Lucius cried.

"You will all die!" Majora shouted. Link grimaced and rushed at her, slashing through her. She grunted in shock and pain as he sped by, leaving a trail of purple blood from his blade. Knil sped through next, slashing off her other arm and leaving a trail of purple blood. Kafei teleported to point-blank range and smashed her in the face as a Double Divine Lightning struck and fried her with a scream. Vaati sliced across her body with a series of air blades before Ganondorf blasted her with a Black Hole. "I…w-will…c-consume…EVERYTH-TH-THING!" she screamed.

"Anti-Energy Cannon! Fire!" Knil unleashed a beam of pure obliteration at the dark deity, disintegrating her body completely in a mighty show of power. Majora was finally defeated.

"Yeah!" Link cheered. "We did it!" The entire continent shook as he finished.

"The Moon is coming down!" Kafei exclaimed. "Blast, we were too late!"

"We have to do something!" Ganondorf exclaimed. "I refuse to die like this!"

"And I don't want to miss out on all the treasures that I haven't taken yet," Vaati added.

The entire area shook. Team Eye and the guards looked around as the monsters wavered and faded.

"What's going on, yeah?" Ashei asked.

"Let's go find out," Rusl said, leading the way up to the observatory.

"I have the most abhorrent sentiment about this…" Shad muttered.

"What's happenin'?" Talon asked as the area shook.

"The monsters are gone, let's go check!" Romani exclaimed, running outside.

"Hey, wait up!" Ingo shouted as they followed her.

Team Eye stood outside the observatory staring at the spectacle that was going down in Clock Town.

"The Moon…" Rusl muttered.

"It's falling, yeah?" Ashei finished.

"Oh, I by no means thought that it would end here with you two," Shad lamented. "You two are my dearest of friends!" He latched onto Ashei and buried his face in her shoulder. She was too busy being shocked to respond.

"No…is it really…?" Romani trailed off.

"Looks like it," Ingo said with little semblance of his usual macho attitude.

"Tarnation…how could we go out this way?" Talon slumped to the ground.

Grasshopper…Romani thought as a tear streamed down her cheek.

"The power of the giants can stop the Moon," Knil said suddenly. "We have the power of the giants!" He flew up to the Moon and seized it with his hands.

"C'mon, guys! We gotta help!" Link flew up and grabbed the chunk of rock too.

"Might as well. We have nothing to lose," Ganondorf joined them.

"I will never allow Termina to be destroyed!" Kafei flew up and took a hold. Vaati chuckled.

"I might as well lend a hand, too," he too joined them as they pushed on the Moon. It continued to struggle to fall, but the six motley warriors held it fast.

"Push together!" Link shouted.

"Everyone's counting on us!" Lucius yelled.

"Don't let the world die!" Kafei exclaimed.

"For all the treasures…" Vatti added.

"…all the suffering that I have caused…" Knil interjected.

"And the future of the Ganondorf Empire!" Ganondorf finished.

"It's stopping!" Rusl exclaimed.

"That light!" Ashei pointed as the golden glimmer underneath the massive rock. "Link and the others must be trying to stop it, yeah?"

"I wish them Goddess-speed," Shad said, looking up at the spectacle.

"It's stopping!" Ingo exclaimed.

"Grasshopper!" Romani shouted with a smile. "Do it, Grasshopper!"

"Go, Link!" Talon added, rising and holding up his arm. "Push that thing back where it belongs!"

Lightning shot everywhere as the six pushed the Moon up. Majora's will driving it, though, it refused to quit falling.

"Release everything you have!" Lucius shouted. "Force it back into the sky!" All six glowed like a golden supernova as they fired all of their Super forms' power into Moon. Slowly, it began to ascend and, then, it rocketed back up into the heavens. Reaching orbit, it stopped, the face fading from it, and began to follow its normal path.

"It's…over…" Link muttered.

So it was, at 3:30 on the Fifth Day since the incident started, that Team Link and Team Shadows vanquished Majora and put the cursed moon back where it belonged. The people of Clock Town untied in celebration as it dawned on them what had happened. The two teams returned to South Clock Town, landing near the ruins of the clock tower as their Super forms faded away.

Epilogue

Night of the Fifth Day

"And so, I present Link, Lucius, Kafei with awards for averting the apocalypse and saving our fair city!" Mayor Dotour announced from the podium. The crowd cheered as Team Link came up to get their medals. Link scratched the back of his head bashfully as he accepted his and shook the Mayor's hand. Lucius bowed politely and shook the Mayor's hand as he accepted his award. Kafei smiled politely and shook his father's hand as he took the medal and stood with his comrades on the other side of the quickly-erected stage. "Now, I present three more awards to three unexpected heroes that, for whatever their reasons, helped defend us from certain doom! Ganondorf, Vaati, and Knil, please come forward!"

"What?" Ganondorf exclaimed from the back of the crowd. "Did I just hear right?"

"Yep," Vaati replied with a chuckle. Knil humphed.

Team Shadows came onto the stage after pushing through the murmuring crowd.

"Ah, there they are," Dotour said. Viscen, standing nearby, gripped his spear tighter.

"I don't think they'll try anything too bad right now," Link muttered to him in his cocky fashion. Dotour shook Ganondorf's large hand and handed over his medal. The Gerudo King smiled broadly in his self-important fashion and went to stand next to Team Link. Vaati took the medal and analyzed it.

"This isn't even pure gold," he whined. "Oh, well…" he shook Dotour's hand and went over to stand next to Ganondorf. Knil walked over, took the medal, and went to stand with the others. Dotour seemed unruffled by Knil's rudeness and went back to his wooden cone. "Now, we have three brave detectives that came back to help, even after the guard captain and I had offended them. Please applaud for Rusl, Ashei, and Shad, otherwise known as the Team Eye Detective Agency!" The crowd cheered as the trio came up on the stage. The loudest cheers came from the Bombers. "I hereby award them these medals and…" A guard came up with a large rupee bag. "10,000 rupees," Rusl looked shocked as he received this generous gift. "Taken from the bounty that the Black monsters left us in the streets," Team Eye, still shocked, went over to stand with the others. Dotour signaled down the applause. "It takes a lot to fight for others, even more so when you're not even trained soldiers, but ranchers that normally supply food for others. Romani, Ingo, Talon, I award you now for your bravery!" Team Lon came up on stage, looking rather embarrassed at this unexpected gesture. They received their medals and went to stand with the others. Link and Ganondorf had started a toe-stomping fight, but Lucius quickly broke it up with a threatening raise of his staff. "That concludes the awards! Now, let the festivities begin!" Several fireworks shot up and exploded above the city.

"Finally, food!" Ganondorf exclaimed, quickly eating the contents of an entire buffet table by himself, much to the befuddlement of the cooks. Unfortunately, not eating for a while reduced his ability to eat so much and he quickly went sprinting for the bushes to get rid of a fair amount of it, much to the amusement of some.

Vaati had charmed quite a few valuables out of the present women, mainly by distracting them with the charming while he took their stuff, and was relatively happy until an old lady called the guards on him.

"It was scary for a while but-" Link was cut off as Vaati and several guards literally burst through his conversation with Romani. "What was that about?" He shrugged. "Anyway, I'm glad you're okay. Sorry to worry you,"

"It's okay, Grasshopper," Romani replied. "But what'll you do now?"

"I guess I'll go over to Holodrum for a while or something," Link shrugged. "The world's my backyard, after all,"

"Oh, I see, so you're running off again…" Romani hung her head.

"Well, I get bored in one spot," Link protested. "I'd ask you to come with me, but I don't think Cremia can handle a ranch on her own with just Grog,"

"You're doing it again," Lucius said as he passed by with a plate of food.

"Stay out of this, old man!" Link shouted after him. True, Lucius was probably only a few years older than Link, but the insult stood. "Well…" he looked back to Romani. "I suppose I could hang around here for a while and ruin Kafei's life, but I have to go back to Hyrule occasionally. Zelda declare war on Termina to find me if I stay too long," he chuckled.

"Okay, fair enough," Romani smiled. "Let's go try some of that cream soup," They hardly took two steps when the Bombers tackled Link.

"We've got the hero!" Tim exclaimed.

"Help, midgets have got me!" Link flailed unenthusiastically. Romani giggled at this display.

"What are you doing here?" Knil glanced over at Ashei.

"Same thing you are," she replied. Knil looked back at the sky.

"Shouldn't you be with that nerd?" the alter ego asked, jerking his head towards said nerd as he engaged Lucius in an intellectual conversation.

"Nah, I don't like that kinda nerdy talk, yeah?" Ashei replied. Knil didn't answer.

"Chug, chug, chug!" the carpenters chanted as Ingo and Talon downed bottle after bottle of Chateau Romani.

"I drink ya unduh da tabuh, lazeh ooaf!" Ingo slurred at Talon. The portly rancher put down his tanker.

"In ya dweam ya puggeded jowk!" Talon retorted drunkenly. Cremia and Malon stood nearby, watching with distasteful expressions.

"Well, at least the Milk Bar's getting good business," Cremia sighed, trying to console herself more than anyone.

"Well, we survived the Moon again," Kafei said to Anju as they reclined against one another on the roof of the Stock Pot Inn.

"Yes, I knew that you'd save us," Anju replied. "The man I love can do anything," Kafei blushed slightly.

"Thanks for having such faith in me," he said with a smile. They shared a chuckle before kissing and then laying back to look at the stars, or what stars they could see with all the lights of the party below.

"Hands off the buffet, green boy!" Ganondorf growled as he and Link reached for the cream soup.

"You already ate your share and puked it out, tubby!" Link rejoined.

"WHAT? Why you little…" Vaati suddenly appeared, having ditched the guards, and put a hand to Ganondorf.

"This is a party, try to keep from combat until it's over," the wind mage said. Ganondorf crossed his arms with a huff and went to find something else to eat.

"So why did you guys help out, anyway?" Romani asked Vaati as he took a roll.

"Well, we can't fulfill our designs if there's no world, you understand," he replied nonchalantly.

"Yeah," Ganondorf interjected, coming back over with a roasted cow leg in hand and biting a chunk off. "And don't think that I'm your friend now, either, green boy!" he pointed the leg at Link, spraying him with a couple of bits of meat. "I'm still gonna build the Ganondorf Empire!"

"Good luck with that," Link said dismissively. The Gerudo King growled and stalked off.

"Hey, nerd boy," Ashei came up to Shad. "Seen Rusl?"

"I believe that he was speaking with the Mayor," Shad replied. "Oh, there he is now,"

"I never expected to get such a huge reward," Rusl exclaimed as he got close to them.

"Well, they had a bunch of extra rupees laying around, yeah?" Ashei pointed out. "Don't read too much into it,"

"Well, be thankful for lemons and apples alike, I always say," Shad added.

"Meaning?" Ashei raised an eyebrow.

"Bad or good intentions aside, be pleased you received it," Shad clarified.

"Stout, Lanky…why'd you go and do this to yourself?" Romani sighed as she looked at the two comatose drunks that were passed out by the milk table, covered in milk and sporting huge milk mustaches.

"It was a tie…" Malon muttered, still impressed.

"Hey, Romani, Cremia!" Mr. Barten, the bartender, said as he mopped up the table and prepared more mugs for those who wanted to buy some.

"Hi!" Romani replied before going over to Malon. "I guess you, Stout, and Lanky will be going back to Hyrule soon, huh?"

"Well, we have to run our own ranch," Malon replied. "But we'll write, I promise!"

"Hook-handed horse…" Talon muttered in his sleep.

"What?" Romani gave him a look.

"You don't want to know," Malon replied, recognizing the allusion to one of his 'scary' stories.

"I guess this is it," Vaati said as he and Ganondorf joined Knil in the corner. "It's been nice working with you, but we're all enemies with opposing objectives,"

"I guess it was tolerable," Ganondorf admitted. "I'll go easy on you in the next fight, maybe," he grinned sinisterly. Knil turned and began to leave.

"Good-bye, Knil!" Vaati called with a childish giggle. Knil humphed and gave a backwards wave as he walked off. "I'm off!" Vaati teleported away. Ganondorf reveled in the aloneness that he'd gotten unaccustomed to in the last five days before flying out of town as well, shoving the feeling aside.

"Knil!" Link called, running over to him as he walked out the south gate. "Are you sure you don't wanna join the good guys?" Knil humphed.

"Thanks but no thanks, green boy," he muttered. "I do only as I decide," With that, he disappeared into the gloom covering Termina Field.

"So he didn't go for it, huh?" Lucius said as Link returned to him.

"Nope," Link replied with a smile. "But I didn't really expect him to,"

"Well, he'll be around, don't worry," the mage replied. "So you're staying at the ranch for a while?" Link shrugged.

"Might as well. Maybe it's time I started doing less drifting and more relationship-building," he chuckled. "Don't get me wrong, I love travel, but I'll try staying in one spot longer," Lucius laughed. "What's so funny?" Link demanded, perhaps playfully.

"I think you learned something," the mage replied. Link crossed his arms and pouted.

"Well, meanie, what're you gonna do?" the hero asked.

"I was thinking of becoming a teacher," Lucius replied. Link burst out laughing.

"I can see that!" he said. Lucius thonked him on the head. "No, really," Link rubbed his head. "No one'll shirk their homework with your staff being the punishment," He looked around. "What about Kafei?"

"I think he wants to stay here," Lucius replied. "I think we should let him, he deserves it,"

"Yeah," Link nodded. "So it looks like Team Link is all but disbanded,"

"No…not disbanded," Lucius shook his head. "Just think of this as a vacation,"

The party continued on into the night, as the people of Termina rejoiced in their escape from destruction. Many more tales would come from the lives of the four teams that worked together to save the land, but those stories will have to wait for another time.

Fin


And that is that. The favorite team poll will remain up for a little while, but I've got another poll that I wanna put up so the stragglers better act fast. Remember to review and thanks for reading my little mash-up of Sonic Heroes and Zelda. And look out for the new poll. It's about the sequel.