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Chaos in Hyrule Chapter 2
"Okay," the hero said as he looked at the flaming trail left on the opposite shore. "What in the hell was that?"
Link had been ambushed by a blue creature named Sonic, who seemed to possess incredible speed. And what had he called the gem that had been draining the power from Ruto.a Chaos Emerald? It was just too strange. How had Ganon escaped his prison, though?
He stalked back and forth on that little island for a few minutes before bending down and picking up his ocarina. Malon had apparently given him the abridged version of the story. Now it looks like we'll have to go to the source for some real info around here. Link readied his weapons for any more surprises he'd run across and played the warp song for the shadow temple with a bit of a flair at the end. Soon he was spirited away with a purplish dark light. Soon enough he emerged near his target.
Link looked down. "Oh craaaapp!!" He'd materialized on the fence instead of at the entrance of the graveyard. That was the reason for the deviation in melody was so he could control where he would 'land'. He hadn't exactly concentrated on it though, that's why he's on his head against somebody's grave.
"Are you okay?"
Link pushed himself up and looked over his shoulder at who'd asked. The sun seemed to go behind a cloud as he looked upon him. It was a teenager dressed in a blue tunic and tan pants. At his side was a strange looking sword, the hilt seemed to be a dragon's mouth and the blade it's tongue. To make him seem even more odd was the addition of blue hair and unnatural glowing blue eyes. They were animal-like, wild, but almost at the same time, sad and empty for some reason.
He looked up at the sky and narrowed his eyes. "The sun's going down soon. It's not safe here after dark, you should go."
Link got up and brushed himself off. "Yeah, yeah, Stalchildren and Poes, whatever. Look, I gotta go."
As Link walked past him, he said," Ganon was right about this 'hero', ignorant and sarcastic. Doesn't look too strong though."
Link turned around and saw not but air. A shadow passed over the cemetery with a strange roar and then all was quiet again. The green clad hero didn't waste any time by rushing away from the scene and into Kakariko. The place was the same as he'd left it. The rustic village was quiet at this time of day, people were walking home from whatever chores they'd been carrying out during the day. As he walked out into the main street, Link saw that the main gate to the town was heavily boarded and reinforced with iron bars. Seems that the creatures from the field had tried to get inside. Each of the people who passed him seemed to have two things in common: each carried a weapon and a look of fear on their faces. He wandered around a bit before walking up to the tavern that was usually jumping at sunset with guys drinking away the stress of the work day.
Link opened the door and walked inside. Nobody was laughing, nobody was talking, and nobody was playing the games. The attractive serving girl by the counter next to the Bombchu game was picking with her nails with this bored look on her face. There were about five guys at the bar, swigging some drinks. Link sat down next to a guy he barely recognized without his armor on, Harris, the royal knight assigned to the town that Link had given his Keaton mask to as a kid. He'd always worn it, since his son had apparently changed his mind. Right now he looked like he had the world's weight on his shoulders.
"Hey, Harry," Link said cheerfully. "What goin' on?"
Harris took a look up from his beer and then looked away from the hero, as if ashamed. He could seem to bear to look Link in the eye.
Link tried to look him in the face anyway. "C'mon, man, what's the problem? I've never seen you wanna get smashed before. Does it have something to do with Ganon?"
No answer.
"Answer me, dammit! I leave for a year and the whole world goes to hell!" He got up and looked around the bar furiously. "What the hell is going on around here?"
He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. The stringy bartender he recognized as the organ grinder from the windmill was standing there with a mug on the counter. "Sit down and have a tall one, kid. You're gonna need it for what's about to come next."
Link sat on the stool and took the mug in hand. "It started about a few months ago. Little stuff at first. Murders by drowning, sightings of mysterious monsters in the fields and near the temples. It was all just strange until two months ago when that island parked over Death Mountain. Finally Ganon emerges from whatever prison they threw him in years ago. He defeated all of the Hylian knights and then goes and incapacitates all the sages." He's shaking with anger right about now. "He has this creature go around, this creature made of water, that travels around Hyrule and the desert. It leaves all this dark energy and destruction in it's path. These strong ass monsters and such completely overpower everyone. They say the Gerudo are worse off than any of us right now, poor gals are slaving away in the Spirit Temple on something."
"What happened here? And why is everyone so afraid?" Link asked through clenched teeth.
"It's the tiger." Harry says.
"Say what?"
Harris looks up from his beer and repeats," The tiger. He and his two friends have been ransacking the village and stealing whatever they need from us. Since the Grass Assassins multiplied a few months ago, we haven't been able to get any sort of food over here for a couple of weeks. We would be fine if not for those thieves. I tried to stand up to them, but they knocked me out and stole all the food they could carry away." He looked down at his feet. "When I came to I'd been stripped of my armor, my weapons, and even my mask."
Link felt for him. Since he started wearing that Keaton mask in battle against the occasional rampaging monster or barbarian, people had been calling him the 'Kakariko Fox'. He wasn't up to Link's level, but he was fast and precise when he fought. The Gerudos even started calling him 'Zorro'. (Spanish for fox, please don't start wit' me, MAN!!!)
"So this 'Tiger' guy and his friends just ran up in here and started taking whatever they want," Link verified angrily. "Why isn't the Queen doing something about this?"
The bartender laughed. "When I said the sages were outta commission, that meant Queen Zelda too. The council's in an uproar about it."
Link downed the contents of the whole mug and stood up. "Where do these punks like to stay?"
Harris smiled and looked over the bar. "I told you guys he wouldn't take this lying down! They say that the thieves hang around the Dodongo caves. And Link, be careful, man! These guys aren't your normal opponent."
And I'm not normally this pissed off, Link thought as he left the tavern of cheering villagers.
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The place was clean.I mean totally spotless. No Dodongo droppings, no shattered bits of bomb plants, nothing. Link unsheathed his sword and unlimbered the enchanted mirror shield from his back. He cautiously padded through the entrance to the cave and inside. Upon walking into the main chamber our hero expected to encounter a blast of heat that this place usually gave off when he walked in. Even with the Goron tunic it would be annoying. But the place was, well .dead. The ground where the lava was situated had been frozen over with red ice that resisted even the most intense heat. The monsters that liked to frequent this area were dealt with already. The flaming bat's hides were hanging above the ancient Dodongo's head on the chains. There seemed to be some kind of huge shattered green gem in between the fossilized creature's eyes. A crimson pool seemed to be fed into the crater of missing crystal from the chains that laid against the top of the head from the chamber. The red glowing liquid was lava coming from Death Mountain for some reason.
'I've got to go check on the Gorons soon. This just isn't right.' As Link hopped up on the main platform he saw that one of bridges was torn down. The place was obviously inhabited and not by Dodongos either.
"So, you must be Link, huh?"
Link spun around and saw who had spoken to him. Another guy, late-twenties, blond with tiger stripes.all over his body. He even had a freaking tail. He was dressed in scruffy looking brown and green gear and strapped to his hip near his back was a short sword.
"Ryu was right, you really don't look like much," he said.
Link went into a defensive stance and prepared for whatever attack the were- tiger had planned. "So you're the tiger? Got any last words before I start kicking your ass all over this cave?"
'The tiger' simply shook his head and snapped his fingers. Link felt something behind him and instantly twisted his shield around. With a loud clang, the blue clad theif, Ryu had appeared with his strange dragon saber in hand. Without a sound, the were-tiger slid up next to Link and quickly swept his sword out of it's sheath. With a quick slitting movement, he cut downward at Link's flank making a huge gash. Snickering deviously, he flipped away and Ryu strafed away from his opponent with him. After a moment he revealed something in his hand, Link's wallet.
"Nice haul, Rei," Ryu said.
"Thanks, man. Yo, Teepo! Help us take care of this clown!"
Link immediately back-flipped away from his present location just as a purple-haired swordsman tried to cut him in half with a katana. He was dressed in a black tunic and overcoat that came down to the top of his boots. Unlike Ryu or Rei he wore armor and gauntlets. Link swung three times at Teepo's torso and each time his blade was deftly knocked away. He swung to take out his knees and Link jumped the attack and kicked him in the gut. As if not fazed by the strike, Teepo lunged and tried to run Link through. The hero proved too agile and leaped out onto his sword. Just before he leapt off, he slammed the flat of his sword against Teepo's head.
Ryu and Rei rushed in and surrounded him. Rei, Ryu, and Teepo.They weren't that good. Link pulled his sword behind him and began concentrating his energies into it. The light in the room seemed to be drawn into the pulsing blue blade which after a few seconds became gold.
"YAH!" He released the energy and spin in a 360. A wave of golden energy created a ring around Link as he spun. Three flashes of light occurred in the chamber when the wave reached his opponents. When he was finished he looked around the chamber for his opponents. Each of the trio had mysteriously disappeared.
Fwoomph! Fwoomph!
Link recognized that sound.an exaggerated version of some great beast's wings flapping. He looked up and saw them descend. A large blue dragon with forward slung tusks and wicked red claws gliding down on large leathery wings. Ryu. The black dragon next to him was slowly falling also, the same sort of features with glowing gold eyes and a mane of violet hair behind the snake head. Teepo. Then came the roar, the sort of sound that rocked the entire chamber with the sheer power of it's bass and shook dust from the ceiling. This roar was that of a tiger. A heavily muscled, striped, humanoid beast lithely dropped to the floor. Rei.
"That was a nice little move you've got there," Rei snarled. "Let us show you ours."
Rei leaped at least ten feet in one bound across the platform and raked his claw 'through' Link's chest. Link coughed for a second before gurgling up a bit of blood and falling on his side. Just as he was going to hit the ground, everything went black.
To be continued.
Chaos in Hyrule Chapter 2
"Okay," the hero said as he looked at the flaming trail left on the opposite shore. "What in the hell was that?"
Link had been ambushed by a blue creature named Sonic, who seemed to possess incredible speed. And what had he called the gem that had been draining the power from Ruto.a Chaos Emerald? It was just too strange. How had Ganon escaped his prison, though?
He stalked back and forth on that little island for a few minutes before bending down and picking up his ocarina. Malon had apparently given him the abridged version of the story. Now it looks like we'll have to go to the source for some real info around here. Link readied his weapons for any more surprises he'd run across and played the warp song for the shadow temple with a bit of a flair at the end. Soon he was spirited away with a purplish dark light. Soon enough he emerged near his target.
Link looked down. "Oh craaaapp!!" He'd materialized on the fence instead of at the entrance of the graveyard. That was the reason for the deviation in melody was so he could control where he would 'land'. He hadn't exactly concentrated on it though, that's why he's on his head against somebody's grave.
"Are you okay?"
Link pushed himself up and looked over his shoulder at who'd asked. The sun seemed to go behind a cloud as he looked upon him. It was a teenager dressed in a blue tunic and tan pants. At his side was a strange looking sword, the hilt seemed to be a dragon's mouth and the blade it's tongue. To make him seem even more odd was the addition of blue hair and unnatural glowing blue eyes. They were animal-like, wild, but almost at the same time, sad and empty for some reason.
He looked up at the sky and narrowed his eyes. "The sun's going down soon. It's not safe here after dark, you should go."
Link got up and brushed himself off. "Yeah, yeah, Stalchildren and Poes, whatever. Look, I gotta go."
As Link walked past him, he said," Ganon was right about this 'hero', ignorant and sarcastic. Doesn't look too strong though."
Link turned around and saw not but air. A shadow passed over the cemetery with a strange roar and then all was quiet again. The green clad hero didn't waste any time by rushing away from the scene and into Kakariko. The place was the same as he'd left it. The rustic village was quiet at this time of day, people were walking home from whatever chores they'd been carrying out during the day. As he walked out into the main street, Link saw that the main gate to the town was heavily boarded and reinforced with iron bars. Seems that the creatures from the field had tried to get inside. Each of the people who passed him seemed to have two things in common: each carried a weapon and a look of fear on their faces. He wandered around a bit before walking up to the tavern that was usually jumping at sunset with guys drinking away the stress of the work day.
Link opened the door and walked inside. Nobody was laughing, nobody was talking, and nobody was playing the games. The attractive serving girl by the counter next to the Bombchu game was picking with her nails with this bored look on her face. There were about five guys at the bar, swigging some drinks. Link sat down next to a guy he barely recognized without his armor on, Harris, the royal knight assigned to the town that Link had given his Keaton mask to as a kid. He'd always worn it, since his son had apparently changed his mind. Right now he looked like he had the world's weight on his shoulders.
"Hey, Harry," Link said cheerfully. "What goin' on?"
Harris took a look up from his beer and then looked away from the hero, as if ashamed. He could seem to bear to look Link in the eye.
Link tried to look him in the face anyway. "C'mon, man, what's the problem? I've never seen you wanna get smashed before. Does it have something to do with Ganon?"
No answer.
"Answer me, dammit! I leave for a year and the whole world goes to hell!" He got up and looked around the bar furiously. "What the hell is going on around here?"
He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. The stringy bartender he recognized as the organ grinder from the windmill was standing there with a mug on the counter. "Sit down and have a tall one, kid. You're gonna need it for what's about to come next."
Link sat on the stool and took the mug in hand. "It started about a few months ago. Little stuff at first. Murders by drowning, sightings of mysterious monsters in the fields and near the temples. It was all just strange until two months ago when that island parked over Death Mountain. Finally Ganon emerges from whatever prison they threw him in years ago. He defeated all of the Hylian knights and then goes and incapacitates all the sages." He's shaking with anger right about now. "He has this creature go around, this creature made of water, that travels around Hyrule and the desert. It leaves all this dark energy and destruction in it's path. These strong ass monsters and such completely overpower everyone. They say the Gerudo are worse off than any of us right now, poor gals are slaving away in the Spirit Temple on something."
"What happened here? And why is everyone so afraid?" Link asked through clenched teeth.
"It's the tiger." Harry says.
"Say what?"
Harris looks up from his beer and repeats," The tiger. He and his two friends have been ransacking the village and stealing whatever they need from us. Since the Grass Assassins multiplied a few months ago, we haven't been able to get any sort of food over here for a couple of weeks. We would be fine if not for those thieves. I tried to stand up to them, but they knocked me out and stole all the food they could carry away." He looked down at his feet. "When I came to I'd been stripped of my armor, my weapons, and even my mask."
Link felt for him. Since he started wearing that Keaton mask in battle against the occasional rampaging monster or barbarian, people had been calling him the 'Kakariko Fox'. He wasn't up to Link's level, but he was fast and precise when he fought. The Gerudos even started calling him 'Zorro'. (Spanish for fox, please don't start wit' me, MAN!!!)
"So this 'Tiger' guy and his friends just ran up in here and started taking whatever they want," Link verified angrily. "Why isn't the Queen doing something about this?"
The bartender laughed. "When I said the sages were outta commission, that meant Queen Zelda too. The council's in an uproar about it."
Link downed the contents of the whole mug and stood up. "Where do these punks like to stay?"
Harris smiled and looked over the bar. "I told you guys he wouldn't take this lying down! They say that the thieves hang around the Dodongo caves. And Link, be careful, man! These guys aren't your normal opponent."
And I'm not normally this pissed off, Link thought as he left the tavern of cheering villagers.
____________________________________________________________________________ __
The place was clean.I mean totally spotless. No Dodongo droppings, no shattered bits of bomb plants, nothing. Link unsheathed his sword and unlimbered the enchanted mirror shield from his back. He cautiously padded through the entrance to the cave and inside. Upon walking into the main chamber our hero expected to encounter a blast of heat that this place usually gave off when he walked in. Even with the Goron tunic it would be annoying. But the place was, well .dead. The ground where the lava was situated had been frozen over with red ice that resisted even the most intense heat. The monsters that liked to frequent this area were dealt with already. The flaming bat's hides were hanging above the ancient Dodongo's head on the chains. There seemed to be some kind of huge shattered green gem in between the fossilized creature's eyes. A crimson pool seemed to be fed into the crater of missing crystal from the chains that laid against the top of the head from the chamber. The red glowing liquid was lava coming from Death Mountain for some reason.
'I've got to go check on the Gorons soon. This just isn't right.' As Link hopped up on the main platform he saw that one of bridges was torn down. The place was obviously inhabited and not by Dodongos either.
"So, you must be Link, huh?"
Link spun around and saw who had spoken to him. Another guy, late-twenties, blond with tiger stripes.all over his body. He even had a freaking tail. He was dressed in scruffy looking brown and green gear and strapped to his hip near his back was a short sword.
"Ryu was right, you really don't look like much," he said.
Link went into a defensive stance and prepared for whatever attack the were- tiger had planned. "So you're the tiger? Got any last words before I start kicking your ass all over this cave?"
'The tiger' simply shook his head and snapped his fingers. Link felt something behind him and instantly twisted his shield around. With a loud clang, the blue clad theif, Ryu had appeared with his strange dragon saber in hand. Without a sound, the were-tiger slid up next to Link and quickly swept his sword out of it's sheath. With a quick slitting movement, he cut downward at Link's flank making a huge gash. Snickering deviously, he flipped away and Ryu strafed away from his opponent with him. After a moment he revealed something in his hand, Link's wallet.
"Nice haul, Rei," Ryu said.
"Thanks, man. Yo, Teepo! Help us take care of this clown!"
Link immediately back-flipped away from his present location just as a purple-haired swordsman tried to cut him in half with a katana. He was dressed in a black tunic and overcoat that came down to the top of his boots. Unlike Ryu or Rei he wore armor and gauntlets. Link swung three times at Teepo's torso and each time his blade was deftly knocked away. He swung to take out his knees and Link jumped the attack and kicked him in the gut. As if not fazed by the strike, Teepo lunged and tried to run Link through. The hero proved too agile and leaped out onto his sword. Just before he leapt off, he slammed the flat of his sword against Teepo's head.
Ryu and Rei rushed in and surrounded him. Rei, Ryu, and Teepo.They weren't that good. Link pulled his sword behind him and began concentrating his energies into it. The light in the room seemed to be drawn into the pulsing blue blade which after a few seconds became gold.
"YAH!" He released the energy and spin in a 360. A wave of golden energy created a ring around Link as he spun. Three flashes of light occurred in the chamber when the wave reached his opponents. When he was finished he looked around the chamber for his opponents. Each of the trio had mysteriously disappeared.
Fwoomph! Fwoomph!
Link recognized that sound.an exaggerated version of some great beast's wings flapping. He looked up and saw them descend. A large blue dragon with forward slung tusks and wicked red claws gliding down on large leathery wings. Ryu. The black dragon next to him was slowly falling also, the same sort of features with glowing gold eyes and a mane of violet hair behind the snake head. Teepo. Then came the roar, the sort of sound that rocked the entire chamber with the sheer power of it's bass and shook dust from the ceiling. This roar was that of a tiger. A heavily muscled, striped, humanoid beast lithely dropped to the floor. Rei.
"That was a nice little move you've got there," Rei snarled. "Let us show you ours."
Rei leaped at least ten feet in one bound across the platform and raked his claw 'through' Link's chest. Link coughed for a second before gurgling up a bit of blood and falling on his side. Just as he was going to hit the ground, everything went black.
To be continued.