Kyuubi quickly swam back to Crystal-Water Domain with a bottle of blue fire in tow, determined to save Queen Mizuya. Once inside the frozen city, the vermillion-haired demon made his way to the ledge where the frozen Queen sat.

"I hope this works, I really do..." He whispered as he opened the bottle, blue fire rushing out towards the red ice. Immediately, the ice crumbled and melted. All was quiet. Then, with a slight groan, the large fish-demon shook her head and blinked. She looked around before she stated,

"Oh! I've- I've come back to life!" Queen Mizuya looked towards Kyuubi and asked, "Young man, was it you that saved me?" Kyuubi bowed slightly and replied,

"Yes, your majesty." Queen Mizuya smiled softly,

"Then thank you. But... where are all my guards and attendants?" The Queen looked about quickly before she huffed and pointed towards Kyuubi, "Bah! You there! You must help me find my people!" Kyuubi looked away a bit before stating,

"But.. they're all trapped under a giant sheet of ice. And they won't be freed until I can go inside of the Water Temple and break the curse that froze everything!" Queen Mizuya seemed to think for a moment before she sighed,

"Hm... Alright then. But you simply don't look like you can breathe underwater!" Kyuubi chuckled nervously,

"Um... Well, that might be a problem..."

"It's too bad you're not a light demon. They can change their elemental power with merely a thought!", Queen Mizuya hummed while trying to reach for her staff. Kyuubi, who was trying to help the Queen with her predicament, flinched before Sakura said,

"You're half light-demon, remember?" Kyuubi nodded before he tried to see if he could change anything just by thinking.

"What would I even think about anyway? Hm..." Kyuubi suddenly found himself thinking about when he was exploring Lord Jabu-Jabun's stomach with Sanbi. Kyuubi softly exhaled but was cut from his thoughts when Sakura cried out,

"Kyuubi, look!" Kyuubi opened his eyes and looked at the nearest reflecting surface. His claws had turned from the burgundy shade to navy blue, the ends of his ears and hair were the same tint, and his eyes had turned blue.

"Does this mean that it worked?" He asked, looking at his claws again. Queen Mizuya looked over and spoke,

"Ah, you have water-demon chakra now. So..." She waved her staff, "I give you my blessing to go to the Water Temple."

"Thank you, your majesty." Kyuubi bowed before he nodded to Sakura and they both left the chamber.

When they made it to the main part of the Domain, Sakura asked, "Shouldn't we try and see if the song Shisa taught you will take us to the Water Temple?" Kyuubi nodded before he took out his Metronome and sang,

'Reflect like a river...

Look deep inside yourself...

You'll learn things that you would

Never know...'

After the last word had been sung, a swarm of blue fairies came in from nowhere, chiming and laughing away before the flew around Kyuubi and Sakura, whisking them away...

The fairies dropped them off on a large, blue and gold stone plate with symbols for water and storm engraved on it. After the fairies flew away, Kyuubi looked around and gasped. This was...

No.

This used to be Lake Konya. The beautiful lake that was filled with sparkling blue water and colorful fish...

Now the whole area was covered in a grey mist that blocked out the sun, rain was pouring from the sky but it wasn't water that rained down. It was a black substance that just served to make the mist even thicker.

There was hardly any water left in the lake for that matter. Just a small amount that could barely sustain itself, let alone any animals. Kyuubi looked around a moment, truly missing the water that had once flowed here. He was about to look around, to see if anyone was left, when there was a screeching in the air.

Kyuubi looked up just in time to see a small, orange and purple bird rushing towards him. It wasn't a normal bird by any means and Kyuubi found that out first hand when the bird began pecking at him, hungry for blood.

"Ah! Stop it, damn it! That hurts!" Kyuubi yowled, trying to smack the bird away. The bird wasn't letting up, in fact, it just let out an echoing call. Immediately, more birds started flying over.

"Kyuubi, we have to go!" Sakura yelled. Kyuubi nodded, trying to find where he could escape to... The water!

The young demon jumped into the remaining water and dived deep under the surface. The birds, of course, didn't follow. Kyuubi was shocked to find that he was able to breath, but he remembered that he had changed his chakra earlier. He was about to swim back up when he saw something. It was a gated door with a blue gem above it.

"Is that the door to the Water Temple?" He asked Sakura (fairies technically didn't have to breathe) as she floated next to him. The fairy nodded and Kyuubi spoke up, "Can I have those anklets back?" The Iron anklets appeared in a sparkle and Kyuubi quickly put them on before they helped him sink to the bottom of the lake.

The demon struggled to walk over (getting a bit faster with practice) and stood in front of the gate. He looked around, trying to find a way in, when he looked at the gem again. "Hm..." He thought for a moment before he brought out his Hookshot and aimed and shot at the gem. Just as he thought, the gem floated away and the gate began to open.

"Are you ready, Kyuubi?" Sakura asked. Kyuubi nodded and said,

"Let's go.", walking into the darkened gate.

A/N: Yeah... The whole changing element thing. I couldn't exactly have Kyuubi change his clothes like in the game because the Kyuubi No Kitsune cloak is what gives him his power.

But, once again I'd like to thank everyone for reading. And I'd like to doubly thank those who actually review! Oh well, preview time:

Next time on The Legend of Hoshi: Metronome of Time:

"Honestly, what do you think you are? Some brave, heroic demon who is going to save Kon? Ha, you're a filthy, disgusting mutt and no one is going to ever love or acknowledge you as other wise. Not even Hoshi..."

"SHUT UP!"

A dungeon of puzzles, nightmares, and memories... The Water Temple!

-Tyranno's girl.