Hmmm so the coronavirus, eh? That's pretty wild. My school just got suspended until the teachers get things worked out so we can do online. Man, I'm just glad I got this chapter out. Hope y'all enjoy! And please stay healthy and safe! (wash your hands, don't touch your face, etc. etc.)

Another day slowly slugged by after the death of Jarin. The sun beat relentlessly on Link's armor as he lay on his back on the back of Rudania, staring up at the sky. He didn't necessarily think during those many hours. He was too busy repeating the same thought of hunger and thirst that filled his mind.

When another day passed after that, Link found that he didn't have the energy to get up. But he knew that he could if he needed to; he simply just didn't have the motivation or a reason too. He was perfectly fine staying right where he was, waiting and waiting for Zelda to come. Link frowned. Was she even coming? It certainly didn't seem like it, but he knew that she had gotten horribly injured, and with that injury comes the need for time. He just hoped that she was alright and that his waiting, hunger, and thirst wasn't in vain.

As the sun crept to its peak on the fourth day, perfectly centered in the open mouth of Death Mountain that Link had to turn his head away lest he should be blinded, he was just about to drift off to sleep when-

Thump.

Something heavy and large slammed into the surface of Rudania, snapping Link out of his stupor and making him jump slightly. He rose to his elbows, his body begging him to just lay back down and go to sleep. He immediately spotted a large cloud of dust that was just barely beginning to settle. Could it be…? Link thought to himself, a spark of hope igniting in his chest. Was it Zelda? He blinked, refocusing his eyes as the cloud of dust settled completely, revealing two figures.

It only took another second before Link realized who it was, even with the flamebreaker armor covering her entire body, and with Yunobo covering half of her frame with his own burly one. His heart thumped wildly in excitement. "Zelda." He croaked out, his voice just barely a whisper as he had not used it in days. He tried again. "Zelda!" This time it was stronger.

The young Hylian perked up at her name being called, stepping past Yunobo and scanning the area until her eyes landed on Link. Since her face was covered by the helmet he could not see it, but Link was sure she was smiling. "Link!" She cried, beginning to move towards him.

Blind in his excitement, Link struggled to his feet, momentarily forgetting his past hunger and thirst. Swaying on his feet, he suddenly felt dangerously lightheaded. His vision blacked out for a moment, making him lean against the main control unit so that he wouldn't fall over. Zelda noticed this and shouted his name again, hurrying towards him.

She was there in seconds. She roughly collided with him out of her own excitement, a sharp clang sounding when they're armor met. She embraced him tightly, pulling back almost immediately as she realized just how weak he was. Yunobo was near them now, holding his hands in front of him in his normal, nervous stance.

"Link… what happened to you?" Zelda said in a lowered tone, her excitement being replaced with worry. She looked him over, now helping him stand.

Link couldn't stop smiling, ignoring the question just as he was ignoring his physical state. "I knew you would come." He said, out of breath from his sudden movements.

"You look like you can barely stand on two feet! Did you get hurt? Are you injured?" Zelda asked quickly, getting straight to the point, her brow still creased with concern.

Blinking drearily a few times, Link tried to swallow to comfort his dry throat, but there was nothing to swallow. "Do you have any water?" He finally said, feeling his dizziness returning with a vengeance.

Zelda's eyes widened as she realized what the problem was. "Oh my Hylia! I'm so sorry! You must be starving!" She then helped him sit down against the main control unit before bringing out a metal flask. "Here, the Gorons gave me this to help with trekking up Death Mountain, but you need it more than I do. Drink slowly." She ordered, taking off the lid and handing it to Link.

Link gingerly took the flask, bringing it to his dry lips. Once the first drop of water touched his tongue, a desperate urge seized him and he tilted the flask violently. Zelda saw this and quickly grabbed it, jerking it away from Link's open mouth. "You have to drink it slowly or else you'll throw it back up and we'll be right back where we started." She said firmly, helping Link drink at a slower pace as Yunobo came up beside them.

"Is everything alright, goro?" He asked in his timid, shaky voice, looking down at Link with wide eyes.

Glancing over her shoulder to the young Goron, Zelda nodded her head. "Don't worry, Yunobo… Oh I should've thought about this, letting you go in here without any food or water." She said despairingly, looking back at Link. "I'm sorry."

Link shook his head, placing his hand on Zelda's hand and lowering the flask as he looked at her intently. "Don't be sorry. I'm just glad you're better." His brow furrowed in a moment of confusion. "How… did you recover so fast anyway?"

"I'll explain in a moment. Here-" She held out a leather sack, opening it up and pulling out a strip of dried meat.

She handed the food to Link, who took it gingerly and with immense gratitude. He ripped off a bit, chewing it. Relief washed over him, encouraging him as he ate the entire strip in seconds. Zelda promptly handed him another one as she spoke up.

"The Gorons used a fireproof elixir to take my armor off, and then they treated me with different elixirs and potions. They worked like a charm! It was an amazing feeling, Link. It filled me with energy, and even relieved some of the pain."

Yunobo stepped in. "We always use elixirs, goro! They get the job done."

"And once we've freed Daruk and Rudania and get back to Goron City, I want to try making my own," Zelda added.

Link finished his second strip of meat and felt strangely full. Perhaps even a little sick. Zelda handed him another strip and he began eating it, but only taking tiny bits at a time. "That sounds great." He said after swallowing.

Zelda nodded excitedly, standing up and looking around. "So what did you do while I was gone?" She asked, glancing back down at Link. He began to get to his feet, and Zelda helped him up. He was still lightheaded and incredibly weak, but he told himself he could handle it.

"Well…" Link trailed away in his response, laughing a bit and rubbing the back of his neck. Or… the neck of his armor. "I turned on all of the terminals, and then… just waited, I guess."

"Thanks for doing all of the terminals. And I'm sorry again for making you wait." Zelda said with a small, sheepish smile.

"We tried to hurry as fast as we could, goro!" Yunobo added.

Link shrugged, steadying himself as the action brought another wave of dizziness over his head. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me, and don't feel bad either."

"So you just… hung around here? For multiple days?" Zelda questioned.

"Not exactly…"

Zelda perked up. "What happened?"

Link shrugged again. "I had to fight two smaller guardians, and then I was attacked by Jarin."

"Jarin?" Zelda questioned.

"The yiga from before. He attacked right when I activated the last terminal up there-" he pointed above them to the glowing terminal, "-and then again when I fell asleep later."

Yunobo rubbed his hands together and glanced around nervously. "Where is he now?"

Link's eyes drifted to the bloodstain that stood out on Rudania rather sharply. Zelda followed his line of sight and spotted it, letting out a barely audible gasp. Yunobo let out a little 'oh' once he saw it.

"I didn't have a choice. I had to-" Link's next words got lodged in his throat. He struggled on what to say until Zelda put a gentle hand on his shoulder.

She smiled softly. "You had no choice. I understand."

Yunobo swallowed, trying but failing to be as comforting as Zelda. "Yeah… he was a bad guy, so he had to… yeah." His voice dropped to a mutter, and his gaze constantly shifted from the bloodstain back to Link, then back to the stain.

Wanting to change the subject, Link cleared his throat and reached behind him, taking out his sword and shield. Zelda raised her eyebrows up once she spotted them. "What are those?" She asked.

Link smiled and activated them, both the sword and the shield lighting up in a flash of blue light, little tendrils of the strange ancient sheikah energy trailing off of them. An exclamation of surprise and amazement burst from Zelda, and she seized the sword, staring at it in wonder. "They're the weapons from the two small guardians I had to fight." Link explained as Zelda continued to examine the glowing blade.

"They're incredible!" She exclaimed, trading Link the sword for the shield and squealing in excitement. "It's amazing what the ancient sheikah accomplished." She said in a loving manner, holding out the shield in front of her as if she were defending against an enemy attack.

"But they're just glowing, goro. I don't see why they're so cool." Yunobo remarked.

Zelda handed the shield back to Link while giving Yunobo an offended look. "They aren't just glowing, that's pure ancient energy coming from stationary weapons! And the intricate design in which it forms the blade and bulk of the shield! It's beautiful."

Yunobo gave a small shrug. "They just look like luminous stone, goro."

"Oh!" Link exclaimed, slipping the weapons back onto his back. "That reminds me, I found two luminous stones in some chests. I stored them inside. Wanna have a look?"

Zelda opened her mouth with a smile, but with a glance at the main control unit, that smile fell. "Link… we shouldn't waste any more time." She gazed up at the unit with a mournful gaze. "We need to free Daruk."

Now looking up at the unit as well, Link nodded. "You're right. I'll just grab them now so we can sell them later at Goron City."

"I have a sack we can use to carry them, goro." Yunobo offered, showing a leather sack that was hanging limply on his hip.

"That'll work great. I'll go get them." Link said quickly before hurrying off, stumbling a bit before forcing himself to stay on his feet despite his weak state.

A few short moments later Link returned with the two luminous stones and the Guardian's spear from before, handing the stones to Yunobo and the spear to Zelda. "So you have something to defend yourself with." He said as he handed the weapon over.

Zelda moved the spear around experimentally and activated the blade at the tip. "It's so lightweight." She said with wide eyes.

Link nodded, starting to feel much better now that he had moved around a bit. "It's fun to fight with."

"So what do we need to do now, goro?" Yunobo asked.

"We need to fully cleanse Rudania." Link answered.

Yunobo wrinkled his nose. "But how?"

Link and Zelda turned their heads and looked over at the main control unit as Zelda explained, "We need to activate that control unit. But there's a monster guarding it."

Instantly Yunobo recoiled in fear. "A monster? What kind of monster, goro?"

The two Hylians glanced at each other. "I'm not sure what to call it," Zelda said truthfully.

Link thought about a name for a moment. "How about a… miniature calamity?"

Zelda shook her head. "I was thinking of calling it a blight. That is an infectious disease that I remember studying back before… everything, and the malice has… sort of infected Rudania, I guess."

"Blight sounds much better." Link agreed.

And with that, the two Hylians and the young Goron approached the main control unit, with Link gnawing on another strip of dried meat to regain more of his energy. He handed the Sheikah Slate to Zelda, finished the meat and pulled out his weapons, just as Zelda lowered the slate onto the unit's control pad.

Immediately a surge of malice exploded into the air, making the trio stumble back from the force of it. Yunobo let out an involuntary shriek, and Zelda hooked the Sheikah Slate back onto her hip, holding the spear out in front of her. Link also got his weapons ready, crouching into a fighting stance. His bow and quiver of arrows bobbed against his back, and he made a mental note to use those as a last resort.

"Get ready." Zelda murmured under her breath just as blue strings of light drifted past them and started to form into an orb behind the group. They all spun around, Yunobo letting out another sound of surprise and moving behind Link and Zelda.

The orb continued to grow in size, a strong-looking arm forming with a giant blue, shining blade as the hand. The other arm was skinny, with a small flame flickering in it's skeleton-like hand. Next the rest of its body formed, revealing a bulky head and chest, with a torrent of red hair sticking out from its skull. A single blue eye, like the blight from Ruta, shown in startling contrast to the black and pink glow of the malice that created it. Link quickly realized that his arrows wouldn't do much damage to the behemoth before him, unless he managed to pierce its eye.

Just as Yunobo began to whimper from the sight of the behemoth, Daruk's voice boomed from Rudania, silencing the young goron. "Watch yourselves now! That ugly pain in the crag is Ganon's handiwork. Thing got the best of me a hundred years ago. Good luck, little guy! You too tiny princess! I wouldn't worry much since you got my descendent with ya'-" Yunobo gasped at the mention of his presence, "-but go get 'im!"

As Daruk's voice faded the blight before them let out a thunderous roar, drifting towards them as it had no legs. It's beady eye zeroed in on Link, and it immediately raised its threatening blade into the air.

"Yunobo, move out of the way! Zelda, you go right, I'll go left!" Link instantly barked out, turning and sprinting to his left while Zelda went right and Yunobo scurried behind the main control unit where he wouldn't be in harm's way. The blight crashed it's blade onto the ground where Link had been moments before, growling as it lifted itself back up and turned to face Link again.

The Hylian champion planted his feet. He was going to fight this monster head on. "Zelda! Throw a bomb to get it's attention!" He shouted, rolling out of the way as the blight slammed its blade onto the ground again. Link retaliated with an attack of his own, but the monster merely blocked it with it's weapon.

Zelda quickly summoned a remote bomb and threw it with a grunt at the blight's head, exploding it right when it collided with it's chaotic red hair. The blight shrieked in pain, whirling towards Zelda. Link immediately took his opportunity, placing his shield onto his back and leaping into the air, planting his sword directly into the back of the blight, the blade of his sword sinking halfway into its flesh of malice. Link hadn't expected for his sword to get stuck, so he hung there helplessly, clutching onto the hilt of his sword and trying to wiggle it out.

The blight's growling grew louder with anger and it spun around violently, throwing Link from it's back. Link landed right next to Zelda, who helped him stand. His guardian sword stuck out of the blight like a blue, glowing thorn, making the horrible monster even more agitated then it was before.

"Are you working on getting your power to… turn on?" Link asked Zelda hurriedly. He grabbed her hand and the two of them sprinted to the side as the blight attacked where they had been standing.

"It's not exactly that easy. I don't know how I did it in Ruta!" She replied, handing the spear to Link. "Take this until you can get your sword back, and I'll focus on… turning it on." She said, giving him a weak smile. It didn't look like she was very confident. Nevertheless Link nodded and took the spear, letting go of Zelda's hand and sprinting to the front of the blight, jumping up and down and yelling until he had caught it's attention. Once he did he pulled out his shield again, waited for it to attack, and jumped to the side once it did. While the blight recovered he lunged forward and jabbed at it with his spear, puncturing its flesh. The blight let out another shriek and twisted its body, suddenly spinning with its weapon pointed outwards. Link gasped and held up his shield just as the blight's blade made contact with him, jarring his arms as it crashed into his shield and flung him backwards.

He landed roughly on his back, just a few feet from the main control unit. He groaned and opened his eyes, seeing Yunobo leaning over him. "You okay, goro?" He asked worriedly.

Link lifted his head a bit and saw the blight approaching, raising its weapon to attack. Link's eyes widened. "Yunobo get away!" He shouted, struggling to get to his feet from his rough landing. The young goron, however, ignored his order and moved so that he was between the Hylian champion and the blight, which was now close enough to attack.

"Yunobo!" Link shouted again, closing his eyes in fear as the blight let out a triumphant roar. He heard Zelda cry out his name as the blight brought its weapon down upon them.

When Link didn't feel any pain, however, he slowly opened his eyes to find both him and Yunobo covered in that orange, spherical shield known as Daruk's Protection. Link grinned and even laughed a bit in relief, slowly getting to his feet. Yunobo stood, slightly crouched, with his hands pressed against the shield, which was the only thing separating him from the blight's weapon. The young goron looked like he was struggling to keep the shield up against the blight's strength, so Link quickly prepared his spear and placed his shield on his back so that he could maneuver easier.

"Yunobo, think you can push the blight away and drop the shield? I've got it covered now." Link said.

The young goron grunted as the blight pushed harder against the shield with its blade. "Are you sure, goro? I… I don't want you getting hurt!"

Link nodded. "Don't worry. I've got this."

Yunobo looked down on Link with a worried expression, biting his lip before focusing his attention back on the blight and letting out a wordless shout as he pushed outwards, the shield erupting around them and throwing the blight back a few feet. Link instantly darted towards the disorientated monster, coming around behind it and jumping like he did before, stabbing the spear into the blight's back and letting go of the weapon as he landed back on the ground. Now both his spear and his sword were stuck in the blight's back, but while the monster shrieked and writhed in pain, Link jumped again, grabbing onto his sword and using his weight to tear a jagged line down the blight's back as the force of his jumped ripped his sword from it's flesh. Liquid malice poured from the blight's open wound, causing it to seizure uncontrollably and shriek inhumanly.

"Zelda, now!" Link cried, sprinting out of the way as the blight flung about.

Zelda took a step forward, opening her eyes as she had been standing still with them closed just moments before. Her eyes both flashed golden for a moment and she raised her hand, letting out a wordless cry as her golden power surged from her palm and enveloped the blight in its light. Link quickly shielded his eyes, feeling the sheer amount of power as it ruffled his hair and threatened to blow him right off of Rudania.

Soon the light faded, and everything was eerily silent. Link opened his eyes, seeing Zelda first, who was breathing hard but was smiling brightly. However, her smile faded and her eyes widened as she looked forward. Link followed her line of sight and his jaw dropped.

The blight was still hovering exactly where it had been before, staring Zelda down with it's single blue eye. Except now it was surrounded by a large, spherical shield exactly like Daruk's Protection. It twitched its head and hovered the flame in its hand over its blade, causing it to glow a startling orange before straightening and letting out a thunderous roar in defiance.

Zelda looked just as stunned as Link felt. Her face was pale, and her gaze drifted down to her hand that had released her torrent of power. "I… don't understand." She murmured as the blight approached, just about to attack.

"Zelda, look out!" Link cried, snapping himself out of his stunned daze and sprinting towards Zelda, pushing her out of the way and raising his shield as the blight let loose a burst of flame towards him from its open palm.

Link crouched behind his small shield as the flames hit it, feeling the heat increase immediately. The shield wasn't big enough to guard his whole body, and he felt the metal of his armor heating up and burning his legs. He gritted his teeth in pain but stayed still until the flames ceased, slowly standing and wincing as his legs throbbed in pain.

"Link!" Zelda exclaimed, rushing towards him and pulling him out of the way as the blight let loose another fiery attack. "Are you okay?" Zelda asked hurriedly.

Nodding, Link quickly changed Zelda's focus away from him. "Zelda, what happened? Why didn't your power work?" He asked, trying to keep his voice calm even though his heart was thumping violently in panic.

Zelda shook her head. "I don't know! I-Look out!" She suddenly shouted, pulling Link again as they both sprinted out of the way of more flames from the blight. "I have to try again, but I can't with it protected with a shield like that! I didn't even know it had one!"

Link looked up at the blight and its shield that surrounded it, his brow creasing. "We need to find a way to get inside that thing."

"But if it was able to block my sealing power, then what can make it through?" Zelda asked as they sprinted out of the way of another attack.

"I…" Link trailed away, turning to look at Zelda. He didn't have any ideas and felt completely helpless. "I don't know!"

Just then they found themselves before the main control unit, where Yunobo was still crouched behind. "What's going on, goro? Wasn't that light supposed to finish that thing off?" The young goron asked, his voice wobbling with noticeable fear.

Link and Zelda came behind the unit to catch their breaths as the blight let out another roar. "We don't know… we can't get inside that shield, but we need to find a way." Zelda quickly explained. Just then a large gust of continuous wind began blowing past the trio and towards the blight, and when they all peeked out from behind the unit, they found gusts of wind and fire getting sucked into the blight's shield and circling it as a ball of fire was gradually growing in its hand.

"What is it doing?!" Link shouted above the roar of the wind.

Zelda narrowed her eyes up at the blight as wind continued to surge inwards towards it, the ball of fire in its hand slowly growing bigger and bigger. A light then seemed to go off in Zelda's head as her eyes widened and she gasped. "I know what to do!" She exclaimed excitedly, pulling out the Sheikah Slate and summoning a remote bomb. She then stood and came out from behind the unit, throwing the bomb towards the blight with a grunt.

The blue bomb instantly got caught in the current of wind, going through the shield and circling around the blight. Zelda then held up the slate and activated the bomb, making it explode right in the monster's face. The blight shrieked in pain and surprise, the shield disappearing as it fell onto the back of Rudania, and the winds grew calm and stale once more.

Zelda then dropped the Sheikah Slate and closed her eyes again, bringing her hands together in a prayer like gesture before taking a deep breath and opening her eyes again, raising her palm as it began to shine. The blight was just recovering from the blast when Zelda's power erupted towards it once again, engulfing the monster in its blinding light. The blight released an ear-piercing shriek as it began to burn from existence, before the light finally diminished and the beast was gone. The spear that had been burrowed into its back clinked sharply as it landed on the back of Rudania, having nothing to hold it up in the air any longer.

Slowly lowering her hand, Zelda let out an exhausted breath and began swaying on her feet. Link quickly got to her side, helping her stay standing as Yunobo rushed towards them as well.

"You two did it, goro!" The young goron cried, cheering and laughing happily.

Zelda smiled weakly. "Thanks to you too, Yunobo. You helped."

Link nodded. "If it weren't for you, I could've died." He said with a smile of his own.

Taking another deep breath, Zelda turned with Link's help as the trio all faced the main control unit, now free from the malice that had circled around it just moments before. "Now we've got to activate the unit." Zelda said, turning her head to look at the Sheikah Slate that lay on the ground.

"I got it!" Yunobo exclaimed as he stepped forward and picked the slate up. It was comically small in his giant hand, so much so that just his two fingers he was using covered the device completely. He dropped the Slate into Link's open hand with a beaming smile on his face, taking a step back when Link shook his head and offered the Slate back to the young Goron.

"You should do it. You are Daruk's descendant, after all." He said with a grin.

Yunobo's face brightened immensely as his grin widened. "You mean it, goro?"

Zelda nodded. "Of course! You get the honors."

"Thank you! Thank you, goro!" Yunobo exclaimed, taking the Slate back from Link and hurrying to the control pad. He quickly placed the slab of Sheikah Tech onto the control pad and lifted it off as it flashed blue, which turned the main control unit from it's orange color to the same cool blue. Yunobo gasped in awe and took a few steps back, while Link and Zelda smiled up at the unit. It was relieving to finally have another Divine Beast cleansed. And for Daruk…

"Great work, all of you!" A booming voice sounded behind them. Link and Zelda both turned to find the Goron champion, Daruk, standing before them with a giant grin on his face. Yunobo turned as well, letting out another gasp. Link glanced over his shoulder to better see the young Goron who was behind them, and the look of shock and disbelief made his smile grow just a bit more. It must be incredible for the young Goron to see his ancestor, let alone the famous Goron champion.

Link turned back to face Daruk, locking eyes with his friend. Daruk's grin widened. "I owe you all big for this. Because of you, my spirit is finally free. Can't thank you enough!" The champion exclaimed, his smile faltering just a bit as he scratched the top of his head. "I feel like I should apologize…" He began, regarding the small group with a guilty expression.

Zelda stepped forward slightly. "For what? You didn't do anything wrong." She said, her hands clasped over her chest. Link felt his stomach lurch. No… it was something he didn't do. He thought to himself, biting the inside of his cheek to keep his lip from trembling. The weight of it all came crashing down around him. This was Daruk. His friend that he could count on. His brother.

Daruk let out a big sigh. "You're right, little Princess. I was doing all I could to protect Hyrule when that thing got the best of me." His guilty expression turned a bit more lighthearted when he gave them all a wobbly smile. "Sorry that me resting with the rubble caused such a mess."

Another lurch in Link's stomach forced him to step forward, shaking his head furiously. "No! Daruk it's-" His words got caught in his throat, but he forced them out. He would not leave until he had said what he needed to. What he wanted to. "It's not your fault. It's mine." When Link caught Zelda opening her mouth to say something, he placed a hand on her shoulder, shaking his head and turning his attention back to Daruk.

"I wasn't strong enough to beat Ganon. I wasn't strong enough to face him at Hyrule Castle, and because of that, you… suffered. And I…" Link hesitated, taking a deep breath as he felt his eyes threatening to water. "I am so sorry. I wish it wasn't like this. I wish things could be different. I wish you were still alive, and we could beat Ganon together… That was the plan, right? I'm so sorry Daruk.. I-" His words were cut short by Daruk, who raised a hand in the air to silence him. Despite everything, a comforting smile was still on the Goron's face.

"Listen, little guy, everything is not your fault." The Goron champion began, "If you feel the need to apologize for anything, then that's fine by me, but I won't allow you to beat yourself up about me. You, the princess, and my descendant got Rudania back under our control! That's good news, right? And you're right 'bout that whole Ganon thing. Now that you and the princess are back and kickin', our century-old Ganon beat-down plan can finally go into effect! Once you've gotten the rest of 'em champions back and runnin', you and the princess are gonna head to Hyrule Castle and we're gonna light that thing up!" Daruk raised his fist into the air, a determited, confident look on his face.

Link couldn't believe it. How can he be so sure? We haven't even helped Urbosa and Revali yet, and the Master Sword… Link thought to himself, taking a shaky breath. No… he's right. Zelda and I are doing all we can. We won't fail again.

"Daruk…" Zelda began, "It's been wonderful seeing you again." She said with a soft smile. Link nodded in agreement.

The Goron champion chortled. "Same to you, princess. You know, when the little guy there first got onto Rudania, I told him that you're a fiery princess and that you can face anything! I hope you realize that I still believe that."

The smile on Zelda's face grew and she nodded. "Of course." She said with a sort of quiet reverence.

"Now…I'm gonna take Rudania 'ere down the mountain. I'll have a better shot at Ganon there." Daruk said, his smile turning more serious. Link sensed that this was goodbye, and his stomach lurched painfully once more. He wasn't ready to leave his brother yet.

"Wait!" Yunobo suddenly cried, a look of regret coming over his face as Daruk, Link and Zelda all turned their attention to him. "I-So-You're… you're the real Goron champion! The real Daruk!" Yunobo sputtered in surprise.

Daruk let out a hearty laugh. "Who else would I be?" He replied in his booming voice. "And since you're my descendant, I expect you to take good care of the Gorons, eh?"

Yunobo stood up a little straighter and nodded furiously, almost bowing. "Yes sir! Yes I'll take care of them! I'll do it for you sir!"

Seemingly satisfied, Daruk nodded and looked back to Link and Zelda. "Well, looks like I'll have to be leavin' soon. Or rather, you three will be needin' to leave, heh."

Right as he said that Link noticed a familiar sensation come over him, and when he looked down at his hands, he saw them slowly turning to the same golden dust that had whisked him and Zelda away from Mipha. A surge of panic came over him and he looked back up at Daruk. He wasn't ready to say goodbye yet! He needed more time!

"Wait, Daruk!" Zelda cried, half of their bodies already covered by the golden dust.

The Goron champion then seemed to remember something. "Oh! And remember, from this moment forth, the power of protection from the depths of my soul, now lives inside you two." He said with a large grin, pounding his chest with his fist. "Good luck!"

The power of protection? What does that mean? Link thought, not having time to open his mouth before the golden dust turned to a blinding light, and the sight of the Goron champion was lost to him.