Chapter 6: Beneath the Shadows. Time is running out.
Mikagami and Tamorie looked at her full of sorrow. Rasheed kneeled down and picked her up.
"... I'm going to be going somewhere. We will meet you guys at the temple. And go on to the well and pass the test without us," he said.
"But what would you do? I mean how would you be able to withstand the Shadow Temple? Aside form the Spirit Temple the Shadow Temple is a dangerous place full of traps and wallmasters," Tamorie said.
"We'll be fine. I just have to go and find a way to save her. She was that close to fully recovering until now," Rasheed said. Saya looked at him and sighed.
"All right. But this is the last time. Because I don't know how long I can stand just waiting for her to wake up. I don't want to have to worry all the time," she said with a small smile.
And for the last time, the party split up. Mikagami, Saya and Tamorie went to Kakariko village, where the well awaits. And Rasheed took Misty somewhere in the forest. But where it was warm and quiet. The two disappeared into the forest and were no longer seen. Although, at the wrecked village Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie ran to the well and jumped in. The stonewall that kept it sealed was broken so they knew that something had escaped. But to get to the shadow temple safely they have to go through the well and pass all the tests.
"Seriously, what do you think the test are about?" Tamorie asked.
"Ok look. The Shadow Temple is full of illusions and surprises. Everything is almost completely hidden. Unless you are able to see the truth, you would be lost and trapped in there forever," Saya said.
"But isn't Misty the only one who can see the truth?" Tamorie asked.
"Yes. But she isn't here so we have to go through the well to pass the test and be able to get through the temple," Mikagami said.
"But if she were here, we would already be in the temple and fighting the next boss," Saya muttered. In the well, it was dark and dank. A skeleton was seen lying next to a dead end.
"Now what?" Tamorie asked. But to their surprise the skeleton spoke.
"Behind the shadows, there is always a way through even if you cannot see it," Saya looked at the wall and walked up to it. She placed her hand through it and pulled back. She then walked through the wall, which seemed to surprise Mikagami and Tamorie.
"Hey guys, come here," she said. Both of them crossed through and they were in a chamber with many paths and small rivers.
"Which way?" Mikagami asked.
"How should I know... Left maybe?" Saya said.
"Left it is," Tamorie said. They walked to the left and ended up in another dead end. Another voice spoke to them.
"Beware. Because from here you must retrieve a special key to pass your final test,"
"I have a bad feeling that the final test is going to be very bad," Tamorie muttered.
"Only one way to find out," Saya said and the party passed through. Did they make it out of there? I don't know, but we must go and see how Misty and Rasheed are doing...
It was warm, and where they were heading was where they first fell in love. Not a lot of people were allowed here but that's because the elves around her show no mercy to strangers. But since Rasheed is friends with them, he is welcomed and so is Misty.
"Almost there..." he muttered. One of the elves who is no taller then Rasheed came up to them. She had elf ears, long white hair and a long gray gown.
"Rasheed!" she cried with joy. But as soon as she saw Misty her face dropped.
'What on earth happened to her?" she asked. Rasheed walked passed her without saying anything. She then started to walk beside him.
"She doesn't have enough time to live. We have to find away to save her," he said.
"Take her to the temple. I'm sure we would be able to figure out what is wrong," she said.
"I already know what is wrong. I just need to find a way to save her," he said. The elf girl stopped and watched him walk to the bay.
"... You've changed to much after you left to be with her..." she thought. The salty air made Rasheed feel a little better. He remembered their first kiss here, and how great it was. He sat down and held onto Misty.
"I don't know what to do... I just don't know what to do," he said and some tears fell from his eyes. He couldn't bear to watch her waste away. The blood transfusion was killing her, and he doesn't know how long until she bites the big one.
"... I promised you that I would always be with you. And I'm keeping that promise," he said. He knew that if she were to leave him, he would go with her. He loved her too much to leave her, and if that meant killing himself to be with her. Then so be it.
"We never had to chance to even get married. But I will always be with you no matter what," he said. He lends down and kissed her on the lips. A very passionate kiss, which lasted for as long as she could remember. IN her mind her demon spirit appeared before her.
"So you're going to die like this? When you didn't even complete your mission?" Rain asked.
"I don't know. But I can't shake off the pain. It's just too much for me to handle," Misty said in a sad voice.
"You're weak. I thought you would do better then that. Especially when you were able to beat me," Rain said.
"But I..."
"No buts. Look, I know I am your enemy but I will only say this once. If you die your man over there will kill himself in order to be with you. And your friends heartbroken because you died without fulfilling your mission," Rain said and disappeared. Misty looked down to the ground.
"I... Don't want Rasheed to die because of me... Saya has been a very good friend. Almost like a sister to me. Mikagami, even though we aren't really brother and sister, he was a good brother to me anyway. And Tamorie, I know we just met but you have been great help in our adventures," a bright glow appeared around her and Rasheed's voice rang out. Calling her, for her to come to him. She then disappeared and reawakened in his arms.
"Misty?" he asked. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"You're... Alive," he said with a warm smile.
"... Man... So much pain... feel like I was hit a bunch of times across the head,' she muttered. He then got up and spun her around. He laughed with joy and kissed her again.
"You're alive!" Well that's done. Now back to the others. At the well a large one-eyed monster was seen lying on the ground all shriveled up. At the corners were long legs and arms, dead.
"Well, we certainly passed that test. Now off to the Shadow Temple!" Saya said.
"Yeah but how do we get out of here?" Mikagami asked.
"Uh-oh... Umm I could teleport us to the graveyard," Saya said.
"That would work," Tamorie said. They gathered together and soon they appeared in the graveyard. The sky was black and it was starting to rain. Most of the gravestones were knocked down or the graves were open. Up at the cliff there was a small cave. And that cave was the entrance to the shadow temple. They climbed to the top and ran down the steps. Unlit torches were everywhere, and in the center was a small stone to stand on. Saya stood on it and casted a fire spell that spread through the cave. The torches lit up and the giant door opened.
"Into the shadows we go," Tamorie said. They disappeared into the temple, and weren't seen until they came to an open gap.
"So... Mind telling us how we get to the other side?" Mikagami asked. Saya didn't listen. She pressed herself against the back wall and started running.
"Are you crazy?" Tamorie yelled. Saya jumped the huge gap, and barely made it. She grabbed the ledge and pulled herself up. Mikagami shook his head and sighed,
"God if that were Misty I would have had a heart attack," he muttered.
"Come on guys!" Saya yelled.
"Good lord, how the hell are we suppose to get to the other side?" Tamorie asked. Mikagami then took a running head start and jumped the gap.
"God you're all nuts!" he yelled. Mikagami front flipped as he got close and he landed a few inches in front of Saya.
"Show off," she muttered.
"Hey kid, your turn," Mikagami said with a grin.
"... I know I'm going to break a bone or something," he muttered. He then took a running head start and jumped the gap. He reached out to grab the ledge but missed. His eyes grew wide as he fell. But good thing Mikagami and Saya grabbed him just in time. They pulled him up and let go of him. He was breathing a bit harder and he got up shaking.
"Good lord that was freaky," he muttered.
"It's only the beginning. Things will get much harder as we get close to the boss's chamber," Saya said.
"Rasheed, I think I can walk on my own now," Misty said.
"Nope sorry. But I can't let you walk on your own yet. I want to make sure you wont fall over again," he said. Misty was being carried on his back. They were walking at a slow and steady pace to the fields.
"Well shouldn't we hurry up at least? Our friends need us," she said.
"Don't rush things. Besides I want to go slow so you can recover much faster," he said. "And besides, the last time you left and went off to fight, you could barely stand up."
'Well I feel better now Rasheed," she muttered. Rasheed chuckled at her remarks.
"You're such a firecracker. Always want to make sure your friends are going to be fine. I guess that's one of the many reasons why I love you," he said. Misty laughed a bit herself.
"Hey that's not all the reasons why you love me. And I haven't even said my reasons for loving you," she said.
"Oh? So tell me, why do you love me?" he asked with a sly grin.
"Oh I don't know. Maybe because, you make me happy. You're the nicest man I have ever met. And the only man I really love," she said.
"The only man? What about Mikagami?" he asked.
"Well of course I care for him too. But he isn't the one who really cares for me. I mean he doesn't care for me but not as much as you do," she said.
"Yeah I don't really care for him much," he said.
"That's because he always ends up kicking your butt or dissing you," she said.
"Hey I could beat him up in five seconds if I wanted to," he said. They both laughed as they got onto the field.
"Well, we're almost at the temple," Rasheed said.
"Hey Saya are we there yet?' Tamorie asked.
"About half way," she said. They were in a chamber where guillotines were everywhere.
"... This may take a while," Mikagami said.
"Not if we run and dodge a lot,' Saya said.
"I swear you must be one of those crazy types," Tamorie said.
"It beats waiting for the guillotines to stop slicing," she said. Saya stood close to one of them and waited for it to rise. As it did she ran through. She motioned for the others to come through. Mikagami did so and Tamorie once again stalled for a while.
"Hurry up slow poke," Saya said to him.
"I know I'm going to regret this. But I must do it for her," he said. He was thinking about misty. He knew very well that eh was the one that cased her sudden illness.
"And I plan to make it up to you' he thought. As the guillotine rose he ran through.
"Took you long enough," Mikagami said.
"There's still more for us to get through," Saya said. They looked down the narrow pathway, which was covered with guillotines.
"Oh joy," Tamorie said. At the graveyard entrance Rasheed and Misty continued on to that same ledge where the Shadow Temple is.
"And I thought this place couldn't get any creepier," Misty muttered.
"Still scared of this place?" he asked.
"Brings me bad memories," she said.
"How bad?" he asked.
"Really bad," she said. Rasheed began to think. She never told him anything, especially her past. It made him worry about her more whenever she couldn't tell him something. When they reached the ledge Rasheed let Misty off his back.
"You go first," he said.
"Fine," she said. Rasheed helped her up so she can grab the ledge. She hoisted herself up and rolled inside. She got up and held out her hand. Rasheed grabbed her hand and was pulled up.
"Thanks," he said. They then got up and walked down the stairs. The torches still lit and the giant door still open. They walked through and started to move at a faster pace to catch up with the others.
At the Ferry room they took a quick ferry ride to the other side. As they got closer to the boss's chamber the ferry rocked harder.
"What the hell is going on?" Mikagami asked.
"Got some good news and some bad news. Good news is that the boss's chamber is right there. Bad news is the ferry is sinking and we need to abandon ship," Saya said. As the ferry started to sink faster and faster they had no choice but to jump. So they quickly jumped out and landed in front of the boss's door. Saya got to her feet quickly and grabbed the two men by their arms.
"Come on we have to kill the boss quickly so we can move on and stop the evil from coming!" she said. She kicked open the door and stopped.
"... Perfect... Now what genius?" Mikagami asked. There was a huge gap between them and the boss door. There was no way for them to jump across.
"Damn..." Saya muttered.
"Oh well... So now WHAT?" he cried. He fell over and was about to fall.
'God damn it!" Mikagami yelled. He reached out to grab him but found Tamorie floating in midair.
"What the hell..." Tamorie muttered.
"Invisible bridge... Who would have thought," Saya said. She then walked down the path and made it to the other side.
"Come on," she called. The others ran across because they weren't too sure if that bridge would stay solid. Saya opened the door and jumped through the hole. She bounced a few times when she hit the ground. When Tamorie and Mikagami hit the ground, they bounced higher.
"Some kind of drum... Well I don't see anything," Tamorie said. But they were wrong. As soon as they hit the drum the ground around the giant drum because to fill up in acid. Two giant pairs of hands appeared and began to beat on the drum. They continued to bounce higher and higher.
"Well you were wrong about one thing. I think we found the boss!" Mikagami shouted.
"Bongo-Bongo," Saya muttered.
"Bongo what?" Tamorie asked.
"A shadow beast. You can only see it's hands but the actual body is invisible," Mikagami said.
"Aim for the hands!" Saya shouted. She started to fire some fire daggers at the hands. But end up missing due to being bounced up and down.
'Where's Misty when you need her? She could kill it in matter of minutes by just being able to see the actual target," Mikagami thought. They continued to fire spells at the hands to stop it from hitting the drum. But the hard part is seeing the body of the creature. That would mean randomly firing spells in all directions.
"We're almost there Misty," Rasheed said. They ran through the chambers and dodging shadow monsters. They got into the ferry room but found the ferry shipwrecked at the end.
"Care for a quick swim?" she asked.
"It'll be my pleasure," he said. They both dove in and swan to the other side.
"Come on guys! Quickly fire in random directions while it still can't move!" Saya yelled. Both hands have fallen and now they had to find a way to shoot it down. All three focused their spells in different directions. When they saw the invisible beast show its self , they fired all their attacks at it. But that didn't last long, the beast went back into being invisible and the hands were back to beating the drum. On of the hands hit Tamorie to the edge of the drum, almost causing him to fall into the acid pool.
"Be careful you dolt!" Mikagami yelled. One of the hands grabbed Mikagami and started to squeeze him.
"Mikagami!" Saya cried. She started to fire some more fire daggers to let him go. But what surprised her was a light spell that knocked him out of harms way.
"M-Misty?" It was true. Rasheed and Misty were seen floating above the drum. Misty fired a light arrow spell directly at the boss. It cried in pain but was still alive.
"Stay focused guys," Misty yelled.
"...Misty..." Mikagami coughed. He got to his feet and smiled at her. Tamorie got to his feet and started to fire more spells at the beast while it was still stunned. Rasheed drew his sword and got in a fighting stance.
"Evil creature that needs to be spanked a few times," he muttered. He then lunged at it and slashed it several times until it was nothing. It's blue gore spilled across the drum. But in the center a blue glow appeared.
"Only one more temple after this. And then we would be after the three stones,' Misty thought. She went in the glow and disappeared. They all appeared in the Chamber of Sages and waited for the sage to appear. The purple symbol glowed and the last of the shiekas appeared.
"My name is Impa. The sage of Shadow," she said.
"You're a shieka? But I thought all of them disappeared," Mikagami said.
"True, but I am the last surviving shieka. But now I have a new role. I am the sage of shadows but was also the princess of hyrule's attendant," Impa said.
"Excuse me by asking, but would you tell us what happened to princess Zelda?" Saya asked.
"Same thing that happened to everyone else. Except she was turned into stone. She cannot be awakened without you getting the last sage and finding the three stones," she said.
"We will do that," Rasheed said.
"Now go now. And find the last sage," she said and teleported them back to the temple of light. The symbol for Shadows lit up. They were getting close to completing their mission. Only one more sage and off to find the spiritual stones...
Mikagami and Tamorie looked at her full of sorrow. Rasheed kneeled down and picked her up.
"... I'm going to be going somewhere. We will meet you guys at the temple. And go on to the well and pass the test without us," he said.
"But what would you do? I mean how would you be able to withstand the Shadow Temple? Aside form the Spirit Temple the Shadow Temple is a dangerous place full of traps and wallmasters," Tamorie said.
"We'll be fine. I just have to go and find a way to save her. She was that close to fully recovering until now," Rasheed said. Saya looked at him and sighed.
"All right. But this is the last time. Because I don't know how long I can stand just waiting for her to wake up. I don't want to have to worry all the time," she said with a small smile.
And for the last time, the party split up. Mikagami, Saya and Tamorie went to Kakariko village, where the well awaits. And Rasheed took Misty somewhere in the forest. But where it was warm and quiet. The two disappeared into the forest and were no longer seen. Although, at the wrecked village Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie ran to the well and jumped in. The stonewall that kept it sealed was broken so they knew that something had escaped. But to get to the shadow temple safely they have to go through the well and pass all the tests.
"Seriously, what do you think the test are about?" Tamorie asked.
"Ok look. The Shadow Temple is full of illusions and surprises. Everything is almost completely hidden. Unless you are able to see the truth, you would be lost and trapped in there forever," Saya said.
"But isn't Misty the only one who can see the truth?" Tamorie asked.
"Yes. But she isn't here so we have to go through the well to pass the test and be able to get through the temple," Mikagami said.
"But if she were here, we would already be in the temple and fighting the next boss," Saya muttered. In the well, it was dark and dank. A skeleton was seen lying next to a dead end.
"Now what?" Tamorie asked. But to their surprise the skeleton spoke.
"Behind the shadows, there is always a way through even if you cannot see it," Saya looked at the wall and walked up to it. She placed her hand through it and pulled back. She then walked through the wall, which seemed to surprise Mikagami and Tamorie.
"Hey guys, come here," she said. Both of them crossed through and they were in a chamber with many paths and small rivers.
"Which way?" Mikagami asked.
"How should I know... Left maybe?" Saya said.
"Left it is," Tamorie said. They walked to the left and ended up in another dead end. Another voice spoke to them.
"Beware. Because from here you must retrieve a special key to pass your final test,"
"I have a bad feeling that the final test is going to be very bad," Tamorie muttered.
"Only one way to find out," Saya said and the party passed through. Did they make it out of there? I don't know, but we must go and see how Misty and Rasheed are doing...
It was warm, and where they were heading was where they first fell in love. Not a lot of people were allowed here but that's because the elves around her show no mercy to strangers. But since Rasheed is friends with them, he is welcomed and so is Misty.
"Almost there..." he muttered. One of the elves who is no taller then Rasheed came up to them. She had elf ears, long white hair and a long gray gown.
"Rasheed!" she cried with joy. But as soon as she saw Misty her face dropped.
'What on earth happened to her?" she asked. Rasheed walked passed her without saying anything. She then started to walk beside him.
"She doesn't have enough time to live. We have to find away to save her," he said.
"Take her to the temple. I'm sure we would be able to figure out what is wrong," she said.
"I already know what is wrong. I just need to find a way to save her," he said. The elf girl stopped and watched him walk to the bay.
"... You've changed to much after you left to be with her..." she thought. The salty air made Rasheed feel a little better. He remembered their first kiss here, and how great it was. He sat down and held onto Misty.
"I don't know what to do... I just don't know what to do," he said and some tears fell from his eyes. He couldn't bear to watch her waste away. The blood transfusion was killing her, and he doesn't know how long until she bites the big one.
"... I promised you that I would always be with you. And I'm keeping that promise," he said. He knew that if she were to leave him, he would go with her. He loved her too much to leave her, and if that meant killing himself to be with her. Then so be it.
"We never had to chance to even get married. But I will always be with you no matter what," he said. He lends down and kissed her on the lips. A very passionate kiss, which lasted for as long as she could remember. IN her mind her demon spirit appeared before her.
"So you're going to die like this? When you didn't even complete your mission?" Rain asked.
"I don't know. But I can't shake off the pain. It's just too much for me to handle," Misty said in a sad voice.
"You're weak. I thought you would do better then that. Especially when you were able to beat me," Rain said.
"But I..."
"No buts. Look, I know I am your enemy but I will only say this once. If you die your man over there will kill himself in order to be with you. And your friends heartbroken because you died without fulfilling your mission," Rain said and disappeared. Misty looked down to the ground.
"I... Don't want Rasheed to die because of me... Saya has been a very good friend. Almost like a sister to me. Mikagami, even though we aren't really brother and sister, he was a good brother to me anyway. And Tamorie, I know we just met but you have been great help in our adventures," a bright glow appeared around her and Rasheed's voice rang out. Calling her, for her to come to him. She then disappeared and reawakened in his arms.
"Misty?" he asked. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"You're... Alive," he said with a warm smile.
"... Man... So much pain... feel like I was hit a bunch of times across the head,' she muttered. He then got up and spun her around. He laughed with joy and kissed her again.
"You're alive!" Well that's done. Now back to the others. At the well a large one-eyed monster was seen lying on the ground all shriveled up. At the corners were long legs and arms, dead.
"Well, we certainly passed that test. Now off to the Shadow Temple!" Saya said.
"Yeah but how do we get out of here?" Mikagami asked.
"Uh-oh... Umm I could teleport us to the graveyard," Saya said.
"That would work," Tamorie said. They gathered together and soon they appeared in the graveyard. The sky was black and it was starting to rain. Most of the gravestones were knocked down or the graves were open. Up at the cliff there was a small cave. And that cave was the entrance to the shadow temple. They climbed to the top and ran down the steps. Unlit torches were everywhere, and in the center was a small stone to stand on. Saya stood on it and casted a fire spell that spread through the cave. The torches lit up and the giant door opened.
"Into the shadows we go," Tamorie said. They disappeared into the temple, and weren't seen until they came to an open gap.
"So... Mind telling us how we get to the other side?" Mikagami asked. Saya didn't listen. She pressed herself against the back wall and started running.
"Are you crazy?" Tamorie yelled. Saya jumped the huge gap, and barely made it. She grabbed the ledge and pulled herself up. Mikagami shook his head and sighed,
"God if that were Misty I would have had a heart attack," he muttered.
"Come on guys!" Saya yelled.
"Good lord, how the hell are we suppose to get to the other side?" Tamorie asked. Mikagami then took a running head start and jumped the gap.
"God you're all nuts!" he yelled. Mikagami front flipped as he got close and he landed a few inches in front of Saya.
"Show off," she muttered.
"Hey kid, your turn," Mikagami said with a grin.
"... I know I'm going to break a bone or something," he muttered. He then took a running head start and jumped the gap. He reached out to grab the ledge but missed. His eyes grew wide as he fell. But good thing Mikagami and Saya grabbed him just in time. They pulled him up and let go of him. He was breathing a bit harder and he got up shaking.
"Good lord that was freaky," he muttered.
"It's only the beginning. Things will get much harder as we get close to the boss's chamber," Saya said.
"Rasheed, I think I can walk on my own now," Misty said.
"Nope sorry. But I can't let you walk on your own yet. I want to make sure you wont fall over again," he said. Misty was being carried on his back. They were walking at a slow and steady pace to the fields.
"Well shouldn't we hurry up at least? Our friends need us," she said.
"Don't rush things. Besides I want to go slow so you can recover much faster," he said. "And besides, the last time you left and went off to fight, you could barely stand up."
'Well I feel better now Rasheed," she muttered. Rasheed chuckled at her remarks.
"You're such a firecracker. Always want to make sure your friends are going to be fine. I guess that's one of the many reasons why I love you," he said. Misty laughed a bit herself.
"Hey that's not all the reasons why you love me. And I haven't even said my reasons for loving you," she said.
"Oh? So tell me, why do you love me?" he asked with a sly grin.
"Oh I don't know. Maybe because, you make me happy. You're the nicest man I have ever met. And the only man I really love," she said.
"The only man? What about Mikagami?" he asked.
"Well of course I care for him too. But he isn't the one who really cares for me. I mean he doesn't care for me but not as much as you do," she said.
"Yeah I don't really care for him much," he said.
"That's because he always ends up kicking your butt or dissing you," she said.
"Hey I could beat him up in five seconds if I wanted to," he said. They both laughed as they got onto the field.
"Well, we're almost at the temple," Rasheed said.
"Hey Saya are we there yet?' Tamorie asked.
"About half way," she said. They were in a chamber where guillotines were everywhere.
"... This may take a while," Mikagami said.
"Not if we run and dodge a lot,' Saya said.
"I swear you must be one of those crazy types," Tamorie said.
"It beats waiting for the guillotines to stop slicing," she said. Saya stood close to one of them and waited for it to rise. As it did she ran through. She motioned for the others to come through. Mikagami did so and Tamorie once again stalled for a while.
"Hurry up slow poke," Saya said to him.
"I know I'm going to regret this. But I must do it for her," he said. He was thinking about misty. He knew very well that eh was the one that cased her sudden illness.
"And I plan to make it up to you' he thought. As the guillotine rose he ran through.
"Took you long enough," Mikagami said.
"There's still more for us to get through," Saya said. They looked down the narrow pathway, which was covered with guillotines.
"Oh joy," Tamorie said. At the graveyard entrance Rasheed and Misty continued on to that same ledge where the Shadow Temple is.
"And I thought this place couldn't get any creepier," Misty muttered.
"Still scared of this place?" he asked.
"Brings me bad memories," she said.
"How bad?" he asked.
"Really bad," she said. Rasheed began to think. She never told him anything, especially her past. It made him worry about her more whenever she couldn't tell him something. When they reached the ledge Rasheed let Misty off his back.
"You go first," he said.
"Fine," she said. Rasheed helped her up so she can grab the ledge. She hoisted herself up and rolled inside. She got up and held out her hand. Rasheed grabbed her hand and was pulled up.
"Thanks," he said. They then got up and walked down the stairs. The torches still lit and the giant door still open. They walked through and started to move at a faster pace to catch up with the others.
At the Ferry room they took a quick ferry ride to the other side. As they got closer to the boss's chamber the ferry rocked harder.
"What the hell is going on?" Mikagami asked.
"Got some good news and some bad news. Good news is that the boss's chamber is right there. Bad news is the ferry is sinking and we need to abandon ship," Saya said. As the ferry started to sink faster and faster they had no choice but to jump. So they quickly jumped out and landed in front of the boss's door. Saya got to her feet quickly and grabbed the two men by their arms.
"Come on we have to kill the boss quickly so we can move on and stop the evil from coming!" she said. She kicked open the door and stopped.
"... Perfect... Now what genius?" Mikagami asked. There was a huge gap between them and the boss door. There was no way for them to jump across.
"Damn..." Saya muttered.
"Oh well... So now WHAT?" he cried. He fell over and was about to fall.
'God damn it!" Mikagami yelled. He reached out to grab him but found Tamorie floating in midair.
"What the hell..." Tamorie muttered.
"Invisible bridge... Who would have thought," Saya said. She then walked down the path and made it to the other side.
"Come on," she called. The others ran across because they weren't too sure if that bridge would stay solid. Saya opened the door and jumped through the hole. She bounced a few times when she hit the ground. When Tamorie and Mikagami hit the ground, they bounced higher.
"Some kind of drum... Well I don't see anything," Tamorie said. But they were wrong. As soon as they hit the drum the ground around the giant drum because to fill up in acid. Two giant pairs of hands appeared and began to beat on the drum. They continued to bounce higher and higher.
"Well you were wrong about one thing. I think we found the boss!" Mikagami shouted.
"Bongo-Bongo," Saya muttered.
"Bongo what?" Tamorie asked.
"A shadow beast. You can only see it's hands but the actual body is invisible," Mikagami said.
"Aim for the hands!" Saya shouted. She started to fire some fire daggers at the hands. But end up missing due to being bounced up and down.
'Where's Misty when you need her? She could kill it in matter of minutes by just being able to see the actual target," Mikagami thought. They continued to fire spells at the hands to stop it from hitting the drum. But the hard part is seeing the body of the creature. That would mean randomly firing spells in all directions.
"We're almost there Misty," Rasheed said. They ran through the chambers and dodging shadow monsters. They got into the ferry room but found the ferry shipwrecked at the end.
"Care for a quick swim?" she asked.
"It'll be my pleasure," he said. They both dove in and swan to the other side.
"Come on guys! Quickly fire in random directions while it still can't move!" Saya yelled. Both hands have fallen and now they had to find a way to shoot it down. All three focused their spells in different directions. When they saw the invisible beast show its self , they fired all their attacks at it. But that didn't last long, the beast went back into being invisible and the hands were back to beating the drum. On of the hands hit Tamorie to the edge of the drum, almost causing him to fall into the acid pool.
"Be careful you dolt!" Mikagami yelled. One of the hands grabbed Mikagami and started to squeeze him.
"Mikagami!" Saya cried. She started to fire some more fire daggers to let him go. But what surprised her was a light spell that knocked him out of harms way.
"M-Misty?" It was true. Rasheed and Misty were seen floating above the drum. Misty fired a light arrow spell directly at the boss. It cried in pain but was still alive.
"Stay focused guys," Misty yelled.
"...Misty..." Mikagami coughed. He got to his feet and smiled at her. Tamorie got to his feet and started to fire more spells at the beast while it was still stunned. Rasheed drew his sword and got in a fighting stance.
"Evil creature that needs to be spanked a few times," he muttered. He then lunged at it and slashed it several times until it was nothing. It's blue gore spilled across the drum. But in the center a blue glow appeared.
"Only one more temple after this. And then we would be after the three stones,' Misty thought. She went in the glow and disappeared. They all appeared in the Chamber of Sages and waited for the sage to appear. The purple symbol glowed and the last of the shiekas appeared.
"My name is Impa. The sage of Shadow," she said.
"You're a shieka? But I thought all of them disappeared," Mikagami said.
"True, but I am the last surviving shieka. But now I have a new role. I am the sage of shadows but was also the princess of hyrule's attendant," Impa said.
"Excuse me by asking, but would you tell us what happened to princess Zelda?" Saya asked.
"Same thing that happened to everyone else. Except she was turned into stone. She cannot be awakened without you getting the last sage and finding the three stones," she said.
"We will do that," Rasheed said.
"Now go now. And find the last sage," she said and teleported them back to the temple of light. The symbol for Shadows lit up. They were getting close to completing their mission. Only one more sage and off to find the spiritual stones...