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They bolted back to the village. Sure enough there were corpse everywhere. Each one had two small fang marks on the throat.

"I haven't seen this kind of destruction since we defeated Sin." Lulu gagged. Link gave her a blank stare.

"Sin?"

"We'll explain everything later." Yuna sighed. "Right now we need to perform a sending."

"Sending?"

"It means to send the souls of the dead to the farplane. If the souls are not sent then the people become monsters or vengeful ghosts." Julia explained calmly.

"Oh NOW I get it." Link said nodding, "This world is kind of confusing."

Yuna lifted her staff and started to dance gracefully. As she did so, the souls rose from the dead bodies and drifted off into the sky.

Meanwhile Kate watched the sending from the high branches of a tree. She ran her tongue along her razor-sharp fangs, lapping up the last drops of blood that clung to them. Those weak villagers had been a tasty appetizer. A pity that Julia and her pathetic guardians had come so soon…but she knew Julia would rush to help and she would be lured back to the village and right into the trap that Seymour had set. She sat down on the branch with her legs hanging over the side. She waited anxiously.

Back on the ground, Link was keeping his eyes open for danger. Suddenly he noticed a wolf demon materialize near Yuna. He couldn't let it stop her, it would destroy any hope those poor people had left! He silently began to pull the Master Sword from its sheath. He didn't what to alarm Yuna and have her stop the sending. He nodded towards Wakka and Lulu. Wakka pulled out his spike-covered blitzball and Lulu pulled her enchanted Moogle doll. Julia saw what was happening and drew her sword.

Link mouthed the words 'One, two, three…'

"DIE DEMON!" Link roared swinging the Master Sword suddenly and wiping the demon out just as the sending ended.

Yuna's eyes widened in shock.

"I know," Link said nodding, "I'm really something, huh?"

But she was looking right past him at a fiend that had appeared behind him.

"LINK WATCH OUT!" Julia screamed. But she was too late. A clawed hand swiped across his face and blew him back. He heard Julia scream in horror. Link lay on the ground in pain. He reached up and felt his face. He looked at his hand, which was now covered in blood from three claw marks on the side of his face.

The fiend stepped forward again and raised its hand to deliver the finishing blow. With lightening-quick reflexes that ran through his blood, Link produced the mirror shield and used it to reflect light from the sun overhead right into the monsters eyes. It roared in pain. Link used this opportunity to spring to his feet and take the creature's head off with one blow from the Master Sword.

"That was okay." A voice from behind stated, "But you can't handle the next wave coming. Perhaps I can be of some assistance?"

Link spun around. A boy that looked about 17 with shaggy blond hair and blue eyes wearing an odd outfit had come up behind him. He held a blue sword with spikes on the tip in his right hand.

Link pointed the Master Sword at the boy.

"Just who the hell are you?!"

Yuna bolted past Link towards the boy. She wore a look of shock.

"Oh my god! TIDUS?!"

Authors Comments: HAHA! CLIFFHANGER! *gets really cold stares from readers* EEP! Sorry! More soon!