Legend of Zelda: Mask of Shadow
-Part Two-
Author's Note: Hey there, my loyal readers (the very small group of Zelda fans who actually want to read my material) I have decided that this story would be more suitable in the two-part-setup. What I mean by this is that I am sorry to say that this part is the final chapters to Legend of Zelda: Mask of Shadow. The reason why I made this decision is that I didn't want to put the character Maiku into every Temple around Hyrule's landscape; but he will still go into some certain Temples, though… just depends on which ones I want to have in this concluding part to the slight changing of the original and well done story of Ocarina of Time. Well, I think that I've talked for way too long so without any further interruption… Chapter 32: Maiku …
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Chapter 32: Maiku
It had been two weeks since Link's awakening in the Temple of Time and his breaking of the evil force that resided in the Lost Woods and Maiku hadn't been able to delay Link. No matter how many times he attempted to delay Link, the Hero of Time always found some way to escape and now he was becoming dangerously close to awakening the last two Sages; on top of that, the count of Ganondorf's minions started to diminish even more by each passing day.
He stood in his chamber in Ganondorf's castle. The chamber itself was rather dull compared to Ganondorf's chamber with the small organ across from the door and the stained glass windows, but he was comfortable. His chamber had dull dark grey stone walls with finely carved etchings of the Triforce in the walls in some places, his bed had Hyrule's best constructed mattress and had magnificently carved head and foot boards with images of hellish creatures and images of the slaughter of Hylians and other people from the neighboring countries. "Damn it…" he growled to himself under his breath, "Link is, by far, even more clever than I expected! He and Zelda have already freed Saria, Darunia, the Water Temple maiden, and I know that he has Rauru's medallion…. Now all who's left are… Impa and Nabooru…" He clenched a gloved hand angrily, "Why do I rely on Link so much…? He can do everything right even though I've tried to delay him…." He closed his eyes and heard the doors to his chamber open and slam shut, followed by the sound of heavy footfalls on the black marble tile. "What do you want Ganondorf?" he said with annoyance in his voice.
"You lied to me about your capabilities to delay Link, Maiku!!!" he yelled angrily at Maiku, "You said that you would successfully delay him longer than he needs to awaken the Sages than he normally would!"
He turned towards Ganondorf to face him, "I never promised anything, Ganondorf… I simply said that I would help. Even as I speak, he is heading towards Kakariko Village to find it burning…. Also to see the Sheikah, Sheik in the village…"
"Damn it, Maiku!!!" the evil king yelled at him, reared back his arm, and landed a devastating punch onto the side of Maiku's head, launching the Mask of Shadow from off of his face, "You've got to stop talking like that!!!!"
He landed on his stomach, face down on the marble tile. "My mask…" he said painfully, "… You are going to… anger… the mask… for harming its wearer…." He pushed himself and stared straight at Ganondorf, finding the evil king with an expression of amazement and satisfaction.
"So that's how you look like now, huh?" he laughed heavily and coldly, "Your face isn't even normal anymore…"
He felt as though his face was burning yet chillingly cold at the same time, "What are you… talking about…?" he touched his face with his fingers and found that his skin had become sleek. "My skin is… different somehow…" He glanced down onto the tile and noticed that he had a faint reflection in it. His face had changed drastically, his mouth had been reduced to a faintly visible line and his nose had completely vanished, his skin was as black as death's cloak, and his eyes were still fully red, but were the only light color on his face. "I am changing by every passing day, becoming less human than anything… and more than that… I am welcoming the change…."
"And why do you say that?"
"All my life… I have been looked down upon, judged by the way I looked; no one ever gave me a second's thought… sure, I only had a few people to accompany me but it just wasn't the same…" He grasped the mask and placed it back onto his face, "And now… I have the power to destroy anybody who stands in my way!!" he said with a growl in the back of his throat, "Nothing will stop me from my intentions… not even…" his voice started to make itself sound as though it were doubled, "… You, Zelda, or even Link…" he focused his gaze to the large window overlooking the ruins of Hyrule Town, "In a few more weeks, Link will be here to cut you and your reign over Hyrule out of existence… If you treasure your existence so badly that you can't afford to damage it then why don't you start to handle everything that he must overcome?"
"So what are you going to do?"
"Delay the son of a bitch from reaching the main Temple enemies…"
"Bongo-Bongo and my mothers Koume and Kotake?"
He simply nodded, "Yes… and the Shadow and Spirit Temples would be the best playgrounds for me to fight in… however, as I said before, I do not intend to kill him; just slow down and weaken him… you try and give those damn monsters a pep talk…"
He started to walk towards his chamber door but Ganondorf grabbed his arm, "I advise you to get your hand off me…"
"Why are you trying to lay the duty of the Temples on me?" Ganondorf growled
"Don't give me that tone, Gerudo… I do more work than you do!! I go everywhere in honor of your name and you do nothing except give out more orders… If you excuse me, I shall be on my way to Kakariko Village…" he jerked his arm out of Ganondorf's grasp and walked out of his chamber.