Kai's RPG Adventure
Chapter 36: Seven Years of Damage
Kai, Toad, Zero, and Hazel were hiking through the woods. Kai was in front and was hiking along happily.
"Let's keep going to Hyrule!" Kai exclaimed. "Let's pick up the pace!"
"What's the rush?" Hazel said. "If we conserve our energy, we'll last longer in battle."
"I want to see my friend, Link," Kai said. "I also want to show Hyrule to you, Hazel."
"What's so special about it?" Hazel asked.
"You don't know?!" Toad exclaimed. "Hyrule is said to be one of the most beautiful kingdoms in the whole world. It is also known as one of the most peaceful…"
They reached the end of the forest. Their eyes widened in shock. Hyrule looked very different from before. The grass had all completely turned brown, everything was in perpetual darkness, and Hyrule looked more like a graveyard.
"What happened to this place?" Kai asked.
"I don't know," Toad said. "Just two months ago, it was beautiful and green. How did it change this much in such a short amount of time?"
"There's only one way to find out," Zero said. "We must head for Hyrule Castle. There, we can get the information we need."
"Right," Kai, Toad, and Hazel said together.
Later that day, they reached Hyrule market. It changed from the busy market it once was into a ghost town. It was absolutely dark, and the stench of dead bodies was in the air. All of the buildings looked like they had been abandoned for years.
"This place is creepy," Hazel said.
"What the heck hit this town?!" Toad shouted.
His shout echoed throughout the entire town. The ground then began to shake a little. Kai and his friends were shocked by what happened.
"I didn't shout that loud, did I?" Toad asked.
The shaking then stopped. Suddenly, patches of the ground began to rise and formed human-like shapes. They were completely brown and held their arms out straight like zombies. Kai, Zero, and Toad drew their weapons. Hazel just shook in sheer terror at the sight of these creatures.
"What are those things?!" Hazel shouted in fear.
"ReDead," Zero answered.
"Just how strong are these things?" Kai asked.
"If you don't let them touch you, you'll be safe," Zero answered.
"So it's best to use spells and projectiles," Toad said.
"These creatures have a huge weakness," Zero said. "Holy magic will kill them instantly. Hazel, this is where you show your stuff."
Hazel then stopped shaking. She held her hands high into the air. Her hands began to glow with a bright, white light.
"I hope this works," Hazel said.
She cast the most powerful healing spell, Curaga. The light hit most of the ReDead and destroyed them. Unfortunately, more rose back up from the ground. Hazel continued to destroy the ReDead with her spells, but eventually, she became too tired to cast any more spells. She fell onto her knees, was sweating, and was breathing hard. The ReDead continued to spawn from the earth.
"I…can't…cast…another…spell," She said in between breaths.
"If Hazel's spells didn't kill them, what will work?!" Toad shouted.
"We have to fight them off as long as we can," Zero said. "We must do everything we can to save our lives."
"Save our lives?" Kai thought. "Why does that sound familiar?"
Kai then remembered the dream he had just a couple of nights ago. The song began to play in his head. He then took out a brown ocarina. A flashback began. Link had begun to part ways with Kai and Toad.
"Wait!" Link shouted.
Kai and Toad turned around. Link ran up to them.
"Take this," Link said.
He handed Kai an ocarina.
"What's this?" Kai asked.
"It's the ocarina Saria gave to me before I left my home," Link answered. "Take care of this for me…"
The flashback ended.
"Maybe I can play that song," Kai thought.
Kai then brought the ocarina to his mouth. He began to play the song he learned from his dream. As he played, the ground below him and his friends began to glow.
"What the heck is going on?!" Zero shouted.
In a flash of light, they disappeared. The ReDead looked around for them, but they couldn't find them.
In another flash of light, Kai and his friends reappeared in a strange building. In front of them was a pedestal with the Triforce symbol on it. A hole was on top of it. The hole was shaped like the tip of a sword's blade. Kai, Toad, and Zero looked around at their new location. The sounds of their footprints echoed within the building. Hazel was still exhausted from her last spells.
"Where are we?" Toad asked.
"I'm not sure," Zero said.
"Ok, new question: How did we get here in the first place?" Toad asked.
"I think I did it by accident," Kai answered.
Zero and Toad turned to him.
"I must've zapped us here using the magical ocarina Link gave me," Kai said.
"Explain this a bit more," Toad said. "It still doesn't make sense."
A few minutes later, Kai finished explaining his dream to Zero, Toad, and Hazel.
"Your dreams are weird," Toad said. "They seem to help us out all of the time."
"That still doesn't explain where we are," Zero said.
"I can answer that," a voice echoed.
Kai, Toad, and Zero turned to face the direction of the voice. A strange, young man was standing there. His face was covered except his eyes, which were red. His skin was tan. A bit of his hair came out of his mask and covered his left. His hair was blonde. He wore a suit with different shades of blue on it. His chest, however, had a silver cloth on it that was decorated with a red eye.
Kai and Zero drew their weapons.
"Who are you?" Zero asked. "If you came for a fight, you just got one."
"I do not wish to fight you," The young man said. "My name is Sheik. I am the last of the Sheikah tribe."
"Sheikah tribe?" Kai said confusingly.
"The Sheikah tribe is one of the many groups of beings living in Hyrule," Hazel said.
She was standing up right behind Kai.
"When did you…" Kai began.
"The Sheikah tribe were said to be endangered," Hazel said. "I guess that this proves it."
"Why are you here?" Zero said as he and Kai sheathed their weapons.
"I must tell you what happened here in Hyrule," Sheik said. "After the kid with the sword and the mushroom-headed person separated from Link, he headed for the Temple of Time, which is where we are right now."
"This is the Temple of Time?!" Hazel shouted. "This is extraordinary!"
"May I continue?" Sheik asked.
"Sorry," Hazel said. "Please continue."
"Alright," Sheik said. "When Link arrived here, he opened the door to the Triforce. Unfortunately, Ganondorf followed him there. He stole part of the Triforce and took over Hyrule. He's ruled here for seven years."
"Wait a minute," Kai said. "Seven years? That's impossible. Toad and I were just here two months ago."
"When Link pulled the Master Sword from the pedestal in this room and opened the door to the Triforce, a strange magical light surrounded Hyrule, sending it seven years into the future," Sheik said. "Even though it happened in an instant, it felt like the seven years actually happened."
"How come only Hyrule was affected by the time-warp?" Toad asked.
"I can explain," Hazel said. "Whenever time magic is activated, it only affects a certain area. When Link pulled the sword, a time spell activated. This time spell surrounded all of Hyrule, sending it seven years into the future. The rest of the world wasn't affected because the spell didn't reach outside of Hyrule."
When Hazel finished explaining, Kai held his head with his hands and was moaning.
"Now I have a headache," Kai said. "Couldn't you have just said the word 'magic'. That explain everything without giving me a migraine."
"Now you know about what happened," Sheik said. "Link is on a quest to gather the power of the six sages so he can fight with Ganondorf."
"Then we have to find Link, use the power of the sages, fight Ganondorf, and reverse everything that has happened," Toad said.
"What about our mission," Zero said. "We came here to find Sakura. We can't stop until we defeat her."
"Maybe Sakura came here so she could team-up with Ganondorf," Kai said.
"I'm not so sure," Zero said.
"It's the only lead we've got," Kai said. "So, let's find Link and stop Ganondorf!"
"Alright," Toad said. "We just have to first get past blood-thirsty ReDead creatures and look all over Hyrule until we find him. That is nearly impossible!"
"He can be found in the Gerudo Desert," Sheik said.
"How do you know?" Kai asked.
"Because I led him there myself," Sheik said.
Sheik then threw something onto the ground and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Where did he go?" Zero asked.
"I'm not sure," Kai said. "That doesn't matter right now, anyway. Let's go to the Gerudo Desert and find Link!"
"There's one problem, Kai," Hazel said. "How do we get past the ReDead?"
All four of them then stood there and thought of their next plan. Kai's eyes widened. He then smiled.
"I've got an idea!" Kai shouted.
Outside of the temple, dozens of ReDead stood around, waiting for their next target. Kai, Zero, Hazel, and Toad then burst through the door. They began to run past the ReDead. The ReDead then began to surround them. When the ReDead were gone, Kai, Toad, Zero, and Hazel walked out of the temple.
"That was a great idea!" Hazel shouted. "They'll be chasing those Shadow Clones for a while."
"I gave them just enough chakra to transform and run for about 10 minutes," Zero said. "So we'd better hurry and get out of this town."
They then headed for the exit. Meanwhile, the ReDead completely surrounded the clones. One of the ReDead latched onto the clone of Kai. The clone then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The other three clones then disappeared as well. The ReDead then walked away.
Kai and his friends reached the Gerudo Desert.
"There's got to be an easier way to cross this place," Hazel said. "Walking through that desert will take days."
"Who said we'd have to walk?" Toad said.
"You're right," Kai said. "Running is a lot faster."
"Not that!" Toad shouted. "This!"
Toad then pulled out a white whistle with green polka dots on it.
"Toad, that's a whistle," Hazel said with no enthusiasm. "How will that help?"
"It's no ordinary whistle," Toad said. "It's a magic whistle that the Princess gave to me before we left the Mushroom Kingdom. Check this out."
Toad took in a deep breath. He then blew as hard as he could into the whistle. The sound of the whistle echoed throughout the desert. When he was out of breath, he stopped blowing the whistle and took in a deep breath.
There was a short pause.
"What happened?" Kai asked.
"You'll see," Toad said.
Suddenly, four green figures began to rush toward them. When they got closer, they became more visible. They were four green, dinosaur-like creatures that stood on their hind legs. On their backs were saddles. The dinosaurs stopped when they reached them.
"These are Yoshis!" Hazel shouted.
"What's a Yoshi?" Kai asked.
"A Yoshi is a dinosaur-like creature native to the Mushroom Kingdom," Toad said. "Trained Yoshis let anybody ride on them. They can move at three-times the speed of any ordinary human."
"COOL!!!" Kai shouted. "Let's ride!"
They sped through the desert on their Yoshis. Kai was in the lead. They eventually reached a strange town. Kai and his friends stopped the Yoshis here. The town was completely empty.
"This place is abandoned," Zero said. "If we're lucky, we can find some food and shelter for the night. We'd be best to enter the Spirit Temple in the morning. We could end up spending all day in there."
"Right," Kai said. "But what if we get attacked?"
"We'll have a guard-shift," Zero said. "I'll go first, next Hazel will go, then Kai, and Toad will go last."
"Ok," Kai said. "Let's look around for someplace to sleep."
That night, Kai stood in front of a building. It was his turn to keep watch. Toad then walked up to him.
"It's my turn," Toad said.
"Ok," Kai said. "I'd better get some sleep."
Kai then walked into the building. Toad then began to keep watch. A few minutes later, Toad was still keeping watch. He had a hard time trying to keep awake. His eyes began to droop a bit.
Suddenly, rustling noises were heard in the distance. Toad's eyes widened.
"What was that?!" Toad shouted quickly.
There was a long pause.
"It…it was probably nothing," Toad said. "I'm hearing things. Nobody is in this town."
More rustling noises were heard. Toad then began to shake in fear. He began to repeat to himself the same thing over and over, "There's nobody here. There's nobody here. There's nobody here."
Suddenly, five tan women in desert clothes appeared out of nowhere. They wielded swords and had gems on their heads. They all just stood there for a minute. Toad's eyes were wide with shock. Nobody was moving.
Toad then began to stutter. He then shouted and ran into the building. The women began to chase him. Kai, Zero, and Hazel were still asleep. They woke up to the sound of Toad screaming.
"What's going on?" Kai said sleepily as he rubbed his eyes.
"DESERT BANDITS!!!" Toad shouted.
Kai, Zero, and Hazel drew their weapons. Toad ran right behind them and drew his staff. The women ran up to them.
"Who are these people?" Kai asked.
"Fight now, ask later," Zero said.
Zero made some hand-signs and created a clone of himself. Each of them took on one of the women. Kai's sword clanged with the woman's. Every time Kai made a strike, the woman blocked it. Eventually, they struck their blades together at the same time. They both tried to muscle their way through the other's sword. Kai then spun his blade around and knocked the woman back into a wall. She was knocked out.
The two Zero's fought side-by-side against two of the women. They both made hand-signs, but they made different hand-signs.
"Earth Style: Earth-Seal Jutsu!" one of the Zero's shouted.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" the other shouted.
The ground below the Gerudo women rose and trapped them. The second Zero then breathed a fireball that scorched the trapped women. The women weren't burnt to a crisp because of the first jutsu, but they were definitely knocked out.
Toad and Hazel stood back-to-back as they faced their opponents.
"Let's combine our magic," Toad said.
"Right," Hazel said.
They both jumped back until both of the women were directly in front of them. The women charged forward. Hazel created a barrier that blocked the women's attacks. The women were knocked back. Toad then pointed he staff toward them, which glowed bright yellow.
"Hazel, now!" Toad shouted as he cast a Thundara spell.
When the attack came near the women, Hazel surrounded the women and the lightning with a barrier. The lightning blasted over and over inside the barrier. When the explosions ended, Hazel took down her barrier. The women had passed out. Kai, Toad, Zero, and Hazel ran up to each other.
"We won!" Kai shouted.
Suddenly, a couple of dozen of the same women surrounded them.
"You had to say something, didn't you," Zero said angrily.
"What do we do now?" Hazel asked.
"Plan B," Zero said.
"WE SURRENDER!!!" Kai shouted as he raised his hands.
"That's Plan C, you idiot!" Zero shouted.
"Then what's plan B?" Kai asked.
Zero nodded his head toward the bag on Kai's waist. Kai wasn't sure what Zero was hinting. Zero continued to hint toward the bag.
"What are you talking about?" Kai asked.
"The bomb-rocks, you idiot!" Zero shouted.
"Oh yeah," Kai said. "I haven't used them so long, I'd forgotten about them."
Kai took out three bomb-rocks. He threw it toward the women.
"Now, Hazel!" Zero shouted.
Hazel created a barrier that surrounded them. The bomb-rocks were just outside of the barrier. The explosion blew up the building they were in. While surrounded by a clear barrier, Kai and his friends flew through the air. When they crashed into the ground, the barrier disappeared.
"I love bomb-rocks," Kai said.
"We don't have time," Zero said. "We have to hurry toward the Yoshis."
When they got to the Yoshis, they found that they'd been chained up.
"Now what do we do?" Hazel asked.
"Whatever we do, we'd better do it fast," Zero said.
Another woman appeared in front of them. She had long, red hair that was tied up into a ponytail. Her skin was tan. She wore desert clothes, just like the other women, but her pants were long and pink and she had long, pink gloves. She had a saber in her left hand.
"Crap, we're caught," Zero said.
The women then slashed the chains on the Yoshis and freed them. Kai and his friends were shocked.
"What are you doing?" the woman said. "I'm giving you a chance to run."
"Who are you, and why are you helping us?" Kai asked.
"My name is Nabooru," the woman said. "Don't ask why I'm helping you, just be thankful that I am helping you. Now, run before I change my mind."
Kai and his friends then got on the Yoshis.
"Thanks, Nabooru," Kai said as they ran off. Nabooru watched as Kai and his friends disappeared into the desert sun.
To be continued…