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Ok, I don't own Nintendo's characters in this story.

I'm just the writer of this fan fic.

Please enjoy ^_^

P.s. Sorry once more for the late add on

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Chapter 6: Link's Masked Farwell

Ganon laughed as his blow sent Saria flying off the edge of the floating isle. Malon started to run after her, but Darunia held her arm and wouldn't let go. Link ran as fast as he could to the edge of the isle, grabbing the gilded sword on the way, and jumped off. Ganon laughed at Link's seemingly futile attempt then turned his attention towards Zelda. Everyone got ready to fight Ganon, but they were a little distracted by what happened to Saira. So, when the battle started, Ganon had the upper hand, and was taking every cheep shot he could.

Meanwhile, Link was falling faster and faster, and finally caught up with Saria. Link then grabbed her and asked, "Saria, can you hear me?"

Saria opened her eyes and weakly said, "Link....don't worry about me.....save...the others...", she then passed out.

Link shed a tear, and returned to the floating island with Faroe's Wind.

When Link returned, he saw that the only people Ganon hadn't knocked unconscious were Zelda and Naboroo, and he was about to kill Zelda. Ganon turned around when he heard someone running behind him, and fell to his knees in pain when he felt Link cut his tail.

Link then rushed back to Saira, and brought her to Zelda and asked, "Can you help her?"

Zelda shook off her amazement of Link's return, and said, "I think so. Set her down and I'll see if I can help."

Link then set Saria down and kissed her forehead. Zelda then held Saria thinking Link chose her, until Link kissed her for head as well, and thanked her. Zelda kissed Link back and they both blushed.

Zelda then said, "I guess I should help everyone else"

Ganon was about to get up, but Link hit him with another Light Arrow.

Link then walked to Naboroo, who quickly kissed him, smiled, and said, "Be careful hero. I still have to repay you for your kindness you showed me those seven years ago."

She then winked, making Link blushed. Zelda then held everyone else, and Link gave all, except Darunia, a kiss and hugged his brother, which he was wondering if it was a good idea while he was being squeezed out of what felt like, half his life.

Link then said to everyone, "This may sound strange, but when I tell you, open the gate to the Sacred Realm."

The Sages nodded, not sure was Link meant, and Link ran back to Ganon and prepared to fight him. Ganon got up as soon as he could, and tried to stomp Link, but Link rolled out of the way and stabbed Ganon's tail again.

To Link's surprise, Ganon laughed at Link and said, "You are so eager to fight me, that you forgot you don't have the Master Sword. You may have had a bit more energy for that first cut, but you can't hurt me with such a weak sword."

Ganon then wrapped his tail around Link and started squeezing him with it. Just when it seemed Link couldn't take any more, Impa stabbed Ganon in the tail with the Master Sword. Ganon dropped Link and swiped his sword at the Shekia, but she ducked the blow. Impa then quickly gave Link the Master sword, and Link quickly shot Ganon with a Light Arrow to give Impa so time to escape. When Impa was safe, Link slashed violently at Ganon's tail making him yell in pain. Ganon tried to turn around to swipe Link with his sword, but Link quickly rolled under his horse-like-legs and slashed his tail every time. Eventually Ganon fell to the ground, and everyone thought he was finished until he grabbed Link. Though he was weakened, Ganon had a good grip on Link.

Ganon looked at the sages and said. "Send me to the Sacred Realm again if you want, but you'll lose your hero too!"

Everyone was startled and didn't know what to do. Link told the sages to open the Sacred Realm, but they didn't listen, they just didn't want to lose Link if there was a better way. Ganon then stole one of Link's fairies and healed himself. While Ganon was healing, Link managed to stab him in the hand with the Master Sword. Ganon dropped Link, and quickly picked up his swords and prepared to fight Link again.

Navi flew out of Link's hat and asked him, "Do you think you can still fight?"

Link groaned a bit then answered, "Barely. I don't want to use our last resort, so I'll see how well I can do for now."

Navi nodded, then asked, "Hey Link, how did you make your arrows stronger?"

Link smiled and answered, "Well, in a place called Termina, I found some new arrows, and they seem to be stronger than my old ones and a bit easier on my magic."

"Then let's try a few on Ganon and see what they do.", Navi suggested.

Since Link was in a bit of a pinch, he figured why not, and with that, he shot a Fire arrow at Ganon's feet. Ganon jumped back at the feel of fire burning his feet, and Link quickly shot an Ice Arrow at Ganon's foot just as he landed, freezing his foot to the ground.

Link then smiled as the ice grew higher on Ganon's leg, and said, "Thanks for the idea Navi. You're a great help partner."

Navi blushed light blue, and Link quickly attacked Ganon before he could break free. Ganon took a lot of stabs and cuts before he was finally able to break free, and by that time, he was as badly injured as Link. As soon as he was free, he slashed Link's chest, and sent him flying to his back.

Ganon then walked up to Link and said, "You fool, you know the Triforce of Power is on my hand. And you also know that makes my power limitless. Why don't you just give up now, and hand over your Triforce of Courage?"

The Trifoce of Courage then began to glow brightly on Link's hand, as he said, "As powerful as you may be, you are not perfect, you still have your weaknesses. You rely souly on your Triforce to help you cheat death, and increase your strength so only you can be victorious. Well, I was not given the Triforce of Courage for no reason. I'm Hyrue's guardian, and I will even sacrifice my life to make sure your evil never re-surfaces!"

Link then hopped on his feet and got ready to fight again.

Ganon laughed at Link's speech and said, "You hero's are all the same, noble to the end. Not to mention you always have some grand statement that should paralyze me in fear. Yes....noble to the end you are, but the end has come for you, and I will use every bit of my power to make sure that I have rid myself of you once and for all!"

And as he spoke, Ganon then healed himself and quickly attacked Link. As tired as Link was, he was doing pretty well for himself, he only got scrapped by Ganon's sword and even countered with some very slick moves that often caught Ganon by surprise. After more hours of fighting, both Link and Ganon were tired. Link was much more tired than Ganon, and he often felt himself slipping away. Everyone knew Link would die of exhaustion if he continued his fight like this.

Naboroo and Impa devised a plan to help Link, and Malon assisted too. Malon threw her shoe at Ganon's head. Ganon quickly turned around as he felt something hit him, and Naboroo flashed a bright light in his eyes with her swords to blind him. While Ganon was distracted, Impa called Link, and tossed her last blue potion to Him, and wished him luck. Link quickly drank the blue potion, and slashed Ganon's tail before he started to chase Malon. Ganon fell to his knees and turned around furiously shot a drop dead stare Link. Link ran and quickly slashed Ganon before he got up again.

Ganon yelled at Link, "Why won't you just die! You heros linger like a boil! I will kill you, then I'll take care of these pests once and for all!"

Link put his sword up and said, "You dare to compare me, and other heroes to such a thing!? I may not be the greatest person in this world, but I'm no boil! You and those like you are the annoyances to Hyrue. You are a thorn in Hyrue's back side. But I will throw you from your stolen palace, and seal you away in your eternal prison for the rest of your days!"

Ganon laughed at Link and said, "You fool. Even with the Triforce of Courage, you still can't defeat me!"

Link smiled and said, "Well, I did it before. And now, I know more new tricks, and I'll show you my favorite. I'll show you what it's like to fight the deity of heros."

Link took a deep breath, then pulled out the Fierce Deity's Mask and said, "I will destroy you for everyone you have hurt!"

Ganon smiled and said, "What about those who you have hurt? You may have fought against me, but remember, you also fought in my army and caused as much damage as I have. Your hands are as dirty and blood stained as mine. So you can stop with your act of nobility."

Link looked down, and Ruto yelled, "Don't listen to him Link. Remember that Ganon was controlling you."

Ganon glared at Ruto, making her jump back a bit, and continued, "Was I controlling you Link? You were so willing, the spell barely had to enforce your mind to do anything."

Everyone could see Ganon was really getting to Link, and Darunia was confused on what Ganon was talking about.

Link looked up at Ganon and said, "I will make amends to those who I have hurt, and atone for what I have done to my friends."

Ganon laughed at Link and said, "You fool, how do you expect anyone to ever trust you as much as they used to? They may know you were under a spell, but they'll never forget what you have done. They well never truly forgive you."

Everyone except Darunia looked down when Link looked at them. Link was sadden at the fact that Ganon was right, but he was also happy that Darunia thought no less of him.

He then smiled at Darunia, turned his head to Ganon and said, "Then...so be it. I cannot do any more to amend for what have done, than ask their forgiveness, and protect them as I once have. If they do not wish to receive my help any longer...well...then so be it...."

With that, he put his mask on. Everyone was surprised at Link's next transformation. It was slightly different from his regular form. His muscles increased a bit, he was slightly more tanned, his hair turned white, and his eyes glen white, in contras to the war pain on his face. Ganon stepped back from Link's sudden surge in power, though it wasn't too great, he still felt it best to prepare himself. Link felt much more confident about destroying Ganon now, he could even feel the power from Ganon's Triforce being drained, and how powerful Ganon truly was.

He knew he had to work fast, but, before he started, he turned his head to his friends and said, with what sounded like his regular voice and a deeper, more calm voice speaking at the same time, "I'm sorry for those who I have killed and how I tortured you all. I know that after all of this, I should ask nothing of you, but I must ask this. Will you please forgive me?"

Everyone was stunned at Link heart filled words, and Link looking into their eyes and brining back memories of their long friendship that they shared with him.

That look left them un-able you bring any words up, all save Darunia who said, "It is ok brother, we know you are not the one who truly meant to hurt anyone. You're only human, and therefore, not perfect. The same as us, the sages, we are not perfect either and we can ask no more of you than what you can offer." Link was truly moved by this, and the girls felt a little bad for not thinking of anything to say, but Darunia then said, "I believe we all agree in that."

Everyone quickly agreed with Darunia's words and cheered Link on.

Ganon, who was sick and tired of these moments of lovely, sappy feelings, noticed Link didn't have a shield, and figured it would take him too long to dodge and attack with his oversized sword. So, just before Link returned his attention to him, Ganon shot a powerful blast at Link that was about twice his own size. Link saw the blast out of the corner of his eye and he quickly swung his sword at it, as the light seemed to engulf him. Everyone stepped back in fear of Ganon's victory as the light faded, and gasped in awe as Link and Ganon stood there breathing very hard. Ganon couldn't believe Link was able to use that sword so well, and Link smirked and as he said, "Look up." Ganon raised is eye brow and looked up just in time for his attack to fall on him. Link smiled at how much that damaged Ganon, but Ganon wasn't quite as happy.

Link knew he needed his foe to waste more energy, so he figured 'Why not test my durability on him', and with that, Link drew a circle around himself with his sword, and told Ganon, "If you're really so powerful, then you should have no prablem defeting me while standing in this circle."

Ganon glared at Link as if Link had gone mad, but when Link started laughing at Ganon and mocking him, Ganon dashed in front of Link, and started his attack. Much to Link's delight, Ganon wasn't even coming close to hitting him. Ganon would stand and swipe but Link either ducked, jumped, or side stepped Ganon's attack. Ganon was surprised by Link superior speed, but he quickly thought of a plan to make Link take his mask off. He caused the ground Link was standing on to collapse, and as Link lost his balance, Ganon shot seven blast at Link's friends that froze them on impact. Link was very relieved that his friend were ok, but his ray of hope stumbled down when Ganon charged up his black energy ball.

Ganon looked down on Link and said, "You maybe faster, but how can you save all of them without using your Light Arrows?"

And with that, Ganon released his magical energy ball at Malon, Ruto, Zelda, Impa, Naboroo, Saira, and Darunia. Link panicked for a second, then he remembered the special qualities of his sword. Link quickly sent his own magical spheres with a few swipes of his sword, after locking on his targets, and dispelled Ganon's blasts.

Ganon was shocked at Link new attack, and was a bit worried about what Link was going to do to him. Link saw his friends frozen, and both he and Navi knew what had to come next. Link quickly shot one of his spheres at Ganon, paralyzing him on impact, and rushed towards his friends.

Ganon desperately tried to heal himself for a sneak attack on Link, but he couldn't feel anything below his neck.

Meanwhile Link unfroze his friends with Din's Fire. He took off his mask and hugged Malon, Zelda, Naboroo and Impa in his regular form. He hugged Saira as a Scrub and his regular self, Darunia as a Goron, and Ruto stole as kiss while Link was in his Zora form.

Link put up all of his masks, and put his Firce Diety mask on and said, "When I give the signal, open the Sacred Realm for Ganon."

They all nodded, except for Malon, and Link rushed of for a jump slash attack on Ganon. Just before Link cut Ganon, Ganon swiped Link with his tail. Link landed on his back, and looked up to se Ganon looming over him.

"Foolish boy, your feelings and compassion have cost you yet again, and for the LAST TIME!", Ganon said with a smirk while holding his sword overhead.

And with that, Ganon swung his swords at him. Link quickly blocked with his sword, rolled between Ganon's legs, and ran behind him. Ganon stumbled forward a few steps and turned around to see Link in the air, holding his sword over his head just about to slash him. Ganon fell back at this sight, and Link cut deep into his chest. Ganon yelled in agony, as fell to his back. Link started slashing and cutting Ganon's chest and face, making sure Ganon had no time to regain his strength. Link ended his assault with a stab to Ganon's heart, which then Ganon passed out. Link then rolled Ganon on his stomach and tosed off all of his items to his friends then noticed Ganon's strength coming back to him. Link then sighed heavily, stood on Ganon, pulled his arms back, places his feet behind Ganon's neck, and started pulling on him arms while stomping on his spine.

He then yelled, "Open the Sacret Realm NOW!"

Everyone's eyes widened, and Naboroo asked, "Link, are you crazy?! You'll be sucked in too!"

Link smiled as he held Ganon in a death grip and said, "I've left my things for you all."

Everyone was shocked to heard this.

Saira was about to say something, but Link cuff her off and continued, "Zelda, I left your ocarina, the Master Sword, and my new Mirror Shield. I think it'll be a nice reminder of me. Impa, I leave you some mushrooms I found in Termina. With your extensive knowledge of medicines and food, I'm sure you'll find a good use for them. Naboroo, I leave you the Silver Gauntlet that I promised to give you those years ago and the Golden gauntlets. I'm sure it'll help you find that treasure you were searching for. Darunia, brother, I leave you my Fairly Ocarina. I left the notes for Saira's Song written on it for you." Ganon started to struggle some more, but Link stomped Ganon's back hard and continued. "Saira, I leave you that picture we took, my bow, arrows, sling shot, Gilded sword, Hyrulian shield and Lens of Truth. You can find many secrets with the Lens of Truth. Ruto, I leave you my picture box and that picture we took together . I think you will take many great pictures with it." Ruto was a bit jealous that Link and Saira had a picture too, but flattered Link still had it, and Saira felt the same way about Ruto and Link's picture. "Malon.....I know I can't replace your ranch, but I left you a map to Termina and my special mark. My mark will allow you to deposit and withdraw rupees from my account. You should also visit Romania Ranch, tell them you know me. I also left you my Bomber's Book, it has a map of Termina. I hope this helps you start over with your own ranch."

Link noticed Ganon was starting to get the upper hand, so he concentrated on taking Ganon's energy. Link's friends couldn't believe what was happening.

"Link, just let go. We can transport Ganon as soo as you get out of the way.", Zelda said, hopping to reason with Link.

But Link persisted, "No. Ganon would try to break free again. As Hyrue's guardian, it is my duty to keep Ganon from doing just that."

No one want to believe this, they pleaded with Link, but he just wouldn't listen. Link noticed his hand was glowing brighter than usual. He looked at it to see Ganon's Triforce was faintly glowing on his hand. Link then realized he was draining Ganon's Triforce. After finding this new technique out, Link started draining as much of Ganon's power as he could, leaving just enough energy to keep Ganon alive. Link then got a plan to send himself and Ganon to the Sacret Realm, but he couldn't drain any of the Sages' power without holding them. Suddenly, it hit Link. He had their medallions, and he could drain their power through them! He then concentrated hard on gathering the power of the Sages. As Link drain the power required to open the Sacred realm, Zelda, Impa, Naboroo, Saira, Darunia, and Raura started to feel weak.

"Oooh…I feel…so dizzy….", Saira said as she fell to her knees. Zelda fell back, but Impa caught her as she fell down herself.

"What's wrong?!", Malon asked.

"Malon....stop Link...he's taking our power......to open the Sacred Realm…and our strength to…keep...us...from…stopping…h...i..m.", Zelda said as she fell unconscious.

Malon looked at Link and yelled, "Link stop it! Please, we don't want you gone!"

Link just ignored her and continues draining the Sages power.

Saria then weakly said with a horse voice and tears in here eyes as she fell to her knees, "Link....please don't.....I forgive you....Please Link....don't leave us...Don't leave me again..."

Link tried as hard as he could to ignore his bestfriend and finally got enough power to temporarily open the gate to the Sacred Realm. The Sages then passed out, and Ganon then awoke, and sensed what Link was about to do. When he did, He struggled as much as he could, but Link had taken too much of his power.

Link then looked at Malon and said, "I'm sorry Malon. Remember, look on the map on my book. Oh, and you should probably talk to a few people you see."

Malon solemnly Looked at Link and nodded and then said, "Good-bye Link, I....love you."

Link smiled at her and said, "I love you all. Good-bye."

Link the opened the gate to the Sacred Realm and a blinding light shown over Link and Ganon. Malon shielded her eyes while listening to Link's and Ganon's screams fade into the brightness. When the light faded, and when Malon looked to were Link and Ganon were, she saw...nothing....

To be continued....