Chapter 33: Renewed Alliance
He stood in the center of the ruins of Hyrule Town; glancing at the cursed and resurrected people which were now re-deads… he realized that he was the main problem of Hyrule and that Ganondorf was just a small problem compared to his importance as the common enemy of the people. If he had let everything run its course and decided not to join Ganondorf, then maybe… just maybe he would've been different than he would be now. The only inhabited places in Hyrule were now Kakariko Village, Goron City, Lon-Lon Ranch, Lake Hylia, the underwater caverns, and the Gerudo Fortress; he needed somewhere to stay away from the further corruption of Ganondorf.
He was currently in the right mind process at the time, meaning that he was thinking exactly the same way as he had when he was still at home and also the time he spent as a Zora; at the same time he had little or no memory of where he was before the start of his journey seven years ago, sometimes a vision flashed into his mind of living in a technologically advanced civilization and wishing to be brought into Hyrule. He shook those thoughts out of his mind and sighed, he thought that he used to be the kind of person that was always quiet and rather aloof from crowds and the idea of fighting…. but he guessed that everything about him had changed in the past.
He started to walk out of the town square when he heard a small agonized moan behind him, as if someone's soul had been destroyed and the body was cursed to walk until they had wasted away. Re-dead… he thought to himself, …It must have somehow recognized me as being the source of its eternal woe. He turned around and saw a small re-dead slowly approaching him. He widened his eyes when he realized that this re-dead was the girl he had killed seven years ago, the puncture wounds from his tentacles were still present on her body.
He started to back away but felt five pairs of arms grab him from behind, he glanced behind himself and saw five re-deads grabbing him from all sides, "Damn," he growled, "I can't be killed by these mindless creatures! I refuse to be killed now!!! Not like this!!"
He heard the light feminine laugh of Zelda behind him across the hole, causing him to jerk his head to face her. "This is such an ironic scene, Maiku." She folded her arms across her chest, "Imagine… the killer of the people to be killed by the soulless bodies of the very people he killed!!!"
"You find humor in this?!!"
"Of course."
"Please, Zelda… help me!!! I don't know how long I'll be normal, but just please… help me."
"How can I trust you?"
"I was wrong about choosing the darkness, I admit that! Just please… help me…!"
"….."
"Don't think about it!!! I can help you take Ganondorf out of the picture!!!"
"What; so you can just back backstab us when our guard is down?"
"Please… believe me, princess Zelda. You believed in me to save Hyrule seven years ago, let me redeem myself to you and Link by helping the cause of restoring Hyrule's former prosperity by destroying the Evil King and by sealing him away in the Sacred Realm!!!"
"Okay, I believe you, Maiku."
"Okay, just wait there, Zelda." He gripped the hilt of his sword and withdrew the blade from its scabbard and turned his attention to the re-deads, "Would you… get the fuck… off of me!!!!" In one quick motion he slashed in a full 360 degree angle and chopped each re-dead in half. He turned around to face Zelda and leapt over the chasm separating the Market square and the gate leading to the fields. "I thank you for believing me, Zelda. We have to go to Kakariko Village right now."
"Why?"
"Some terrible is about to awaken from beneath the well."
"You can't mean…!!"
He nodded, "Yes, the evil spirit that your attendant Impa sealed beneath the well."
"We've got to hurry!!!"
He removed his shoulder armor and cape; keeping his scabbard on his back, "Yes, let's go."