SSBM Master: Ok I'll start with a joke. Uh…I know, what's the difference………………………. Ok screw it on to the chapter

Well, unless you have short-term memory loss, you'll remember me promising a lot of fighting in this chapter. We'll that's what I promised, and SSBM Master always keeps his promises…well, he does! The person using SSBM Master as an alias doesn't but…Ah hell, enjoy the chapter!

I do not own any of the Zelda cast, items locations or plotlines, except of course, for the one in this story.

Chapter 7: Link and James to the rescue!

All Link could see was the silhouette of Outset when he arrived on the deck.

"Can I borrow you telescope?" He asked the lookout, who handed it to Link without comment. Link gazed into it and gasped at what he saw.

Moblins,

Dozens of Moblins. He had never seen so many in one place. He also saw a huge doglike Knight in, what appeared to be gleaming solid gold armour. It also looked like he was giving the moblins orders. He also could see that the moblins had been ordered to line up all the villagers so that they could find Aryll. However, as Link scanned the line, he noticed that she was missing.

"What's going on?" came a voice. James had evidently made it through the crowd or pirates.

"The island is crawling with Moblins." Link informed him.

"How many?"

"Dunno…" Link replied seriously. "15…20 at the very most"

"They haven't hurt anyone have they?" James asked anxiously

"I don't think so, it looks like they've just lined everyone…wait!" he had just spotted Aryll. Two moblins had just come out of her house trying to restrain her, though they seemed to be finding it difficult. Aryll was doing everything she could to elude capture including: scratching, biting, swearing, screaming, spitting and hitting below the belt!

Link felt a grin creep up his face as his sister bit hard into the arm of one of the moblins and then strike with a kick (that made Link wince) between its legs. Not bad for a fisher! He heard James chuckle, the ship had obviously moved close enough for everyone else to watch the fight. However that was the last spark of energy Aryll showed as the distraction had allowed the other moblin to tackle her, tie her hands together and, most importantly, gag her.

"We're not going to make it," Tetra said suddenly. Link spun around. "Look, they came in those wooden submarines. If they get Aryll there first, they can just submerge and we won't be able to follow them."

"She's right," James said suddenly. He didn't sound nearly as cheerful as before. "We've got to get there quickly!" Link bared his teeth. They needed a distraction and they needed it now.

Orca was the only person (or moblin for that matter,) that was not watching Aryll. He could hear her cursing through the gag, but he was paying attention to a far more promising sight. The pirates we're arriving and although they had always been reluctant to interfere with anything on Outset directly, he was sure they would help them in a time like this.

The only problem was that he had noticed that the ship would not be able to get to Outset before the moblins had gotten to the submarine. They also seemed intent with taking Aryll with them. There was only one thing for it. Orca took a deep breath and bolted towards Aryll

Although Orca was old, he was in great shape and managed to weave in and out of the moblin crowd to the large moblin that was dragging Aryll to the submarine. It gave a squeal of surprise and pain as Orca kicked its arm causing it to let go of Aryll. Then, without hesitation, flung the restrained figure of Aryll over his shoulder and made for the western side of the island. He heard the Knight shout "SEIZE HIM" and the sound of many hoofed feet chasing him.

However, although fit, Orca was defiantly feeling the strain of carrying a bound and gagged 16 year old. He made it to the balcony just outside Her home when a moblin fist collided with the back of his skull, at which point, it was light's out for Orca.

As Link watched Orca collapse on his sister's balcony, he made a mental note to kill the moblin that had hit him first. However, the distraction had served its purpose.

"Link," he heard James say in an urgent voice. "We should be able to jump onto the island by now."

"Easier said than done," Link informed him. The moblins had finally spotted the ship and had swarmed the beach in an attempt to stop anyone exiting the ship. "If we try to jump off, we'll be impaled on their spears." James smirked at him and held up a bomb.

"Oh ye of little faith!" Tetra said. At this point, She lit the bomb and hurled it over the edge. Several of the huge hogs went flying, leaving a large space on the beach.

"LET'S GO!" yelled James. He put on a balaclava like mask that made him look like a ninja and leapt over the edge, Link close behind. They both landed on the space cleared by the bomb and quickly ran towards the centre of the eastern section of Outset, where there was more room to fight. That was when the real action started!

Link could easily see his disadvantage. Link's fighting skills were at their best when he was fighting one on one although he could hold his own in any situation, he was feeling the strain of a 10 on one battle. One of the moblins swung its staff at Link. Link ducked quickly causing the moblin to overbalance and hit two of his allies. One disappeared in a puff of purple smoke. It had been one of the ones injured by the bomb.

Link smiled cockily and glanced to see how James was faring. Link noticed that the numbers game did not seem to be bothering him as much. His elaborate spinning style allowed him to strike from all sides. Link also saw him trying to make his way to the pier that connected the two islands of outset. Link turned back round to his moblin group just in time to parry another attack. He leapt over the spear and struck the head of the attacker, who responded by being his second moblin to vanish.

"Two down…" Link said to himself.

The Moblins attacking James weren't very keen on getting too close. James didn't blame them. He had already mad an example out of two of them. Although one of them had landed a powerful punch before disappearing. He looked to his left and saw one of them blocking his route to the pier. He hesitated for a split second and then dashed towards. The moblin shouted something that sounded like,

"ROHHH MO!" before James launched his right katina into his mouth. Good thing they disappear. James thought as he ran through the space where it had been to get to the pier. He was halfway across it when he stopped to check on his attackers. They had all followed him one after another. This was exactly was James had hoped for. He let the closest Moblin get within reach of him and then gave it a sharp kick to the chest. The moblin overbalance and fell into the water but not before grabbing the moblin behind him. James watched stunned as each moblin that fell into the water grab the one behind it until all of them were drowning.

James shrugged and continued to make his way to Aryll and the old man that had been knocked unconscious. He was just thinking about how smoothly everything was going when the gold clad knight stepped in front of him. He wasn't alone however. He had Aryll, his unnecessarily large sword pressed against her throat.

"Make one wrong move," it said in a very deep voice. "And the sage dies." Before James could even consider a way out of this, Aryll reached up, her hands still bound, and raked the knight's eyes. It howled in agony. James didn't waste any time. The moment it's hand moved, He plunged his sword deep into the eye socket of the knight's helmet. The gold armour it was wearing fell to the floor and purple smoke drifted out of it.

James sighed, happy that Aryll and the old man were safe. Suddenly his medallion started to burn again. He swiftly pulled it away from his skin. Funny, he thought it only burned the one time for each sage. He moved forward to untie Aryll but she was edging away as though frightened of him. Then he realised that he was still wearing his mask. He hastily took it off to reveal his face and Aryll relaxed.

"Are you all right?" he asked, taking off her gag.

"Yes," she replied. "Thank you."

"You're bleeding." James remarked, indicating her arm, which must have been scraped when she was dragged along the ground.

"So are you!" she said back. James wiped his mouth and found a considerable amount of blood where the moblin had hit him earlier.

"S'just a scratch." He said, quickly wiping the blood on his trousers. Orca suddenly groaned and regained consciousness. James moved to help him but Orca pushed him away muttering something about being fine. Aryll moved over to him

"Thanks for trying to save me Orca." She then kissed him on the cheek. Orca grunted gruffly and rubbed the back of his head. "And James…" he turned to face her and she kissed him on the cheek as well. "thanks…" James felt himself go red!

SSBM Master: Well there you are. That should keep the action fans satisfied for a while and there was a little something at the end for the romance lovers as well. I'd like to thank Kirby lover and Aria Zepher for their reviews.