You guys should go back and read the end of chapter nine. I re-wrote it, cuz I wasn't happy with Link just charging out there. Also, the bombs Link uses in this chapter aren't like the ones in the game. They're about as big as the real ones were back in the olden days. Oh, and to answer KamikazeCow's question: The first two words, Kai and Ten mean to rotate or revolve, and Giri means to cut or slash, so it means something like "Revolving Slash". So, ya know, when I said that Link got in a Kai Ten Giri stance, I meant that he got ready to use his sword spin. Got it? =)
Chapter Ten
Zara stiffened. She dropped to the floor and crawled over to Link, tapping him on the shoulder. But Link, being the heavy sleeper that he was, didn't move an inch.
She moved him around a lot and when he didn't wake up she slapped him across the face. Link's eyes blinked open and he rubbed his cheek. "Oww...what happened?"
"Something is out there," Zara whispered.
Link nodded and reached for his scabbard, drawing his sword. He slowly moved towards the window and peeked out. There were more than ten dark figures making their way towards the lab.
"Great... There are ten of them. Probably more around the other end too."
"What are you going to do?"
Link sat there and thought for a second. "I'm going to have to take out as many as I can before they know what's going on..." He snapped his fingers. "I got it."
Reaching into one of the bags on Epona's saddle, Link pulled out three bombs, then concentrated Din's magic into the tip of his finger. "Okay, I want you to stay here and-"
"No Link!" Zara said. "I didn't come here to just watch you fight! I can fight to. The only reason you had to help me last time was because they caught me off guard. I know how to use my staff as a weapon, and I can use a little attack magic."
Link sighed. "Alright then. Wait for me to tell you to come out."
He grabbed onto the ladder at the side of the wall and climbed up to a small platform, then slowly pushed open a trapdoor in the ceiling. He sighed with relief when it didn't creek and pulled himself up onto the flat blue roof.
It was a dark night, the clouds were covering the moon so there so no light from anywhere. The night was cool, yet Link felt no breeze as he slowly crept behind the chimney and looked around. He couldn't hear their movements, or see them now.
Oh great...
Link kept his breathing shallow, but it sounded like a chainsaw to him in the silence. None of the usual sounds could be heard that night, no crickets chirping, no birds crowing, no wolfos' howling...nothing. His own breathing was all he could hear.
Sages...please help me.
The clouds slowly moved away and the half moon gave off a little more light than it usually would have. Link looked at both sides of him and saw two Sheikah on either side that had been creeping towards him. As soon as they realized he noticed them, they both leaped towards him, their short katanas drawn. Link's hands shot to the top of the chimney, and quick as a flash he pulled himself up, making the two Sheikah crash into each other. He did a quick back-flip and landed on top of the chimney. The young hero quickly glanced around and saw there were about five Sheikah on each side of the lab. Link grabbed two bombs from his belt and touched the tips of the fuse with his burning fingers and threw one down to the right side of the house, then jumped completely off the chimney, tossing the other bomb down at the Sheikah below him just as the first bomb exploded.
The second one blew as soon as Link landed on the bridge (the one that goes across to the little piece of land that stood above the Water Temple).
Gotta be more careful with this last one...that almost hit the house.
Link pulled out the last bomb and lit it, then quickly raced through the gory leftovers of the Sheikah that had been blown-up. As soon as he was in sight of the Sheikah that were around the other side, he did a quick roll to dodge a barrage of darts that came at him, then tossed the bomb over at them. They looked like they were expecting it, but Link had waited long enough so that it exploded right before they jumped away.
He didn't have anymore bombs, and the only Sheikah that were left was the five on the last side of the lab, who had come out and were approaching him. Apparently he had miscounted or something because now there were seven.
Zara, who had realized that Link had used all three bombs, ran outside and cringed at the bloody sight of the Sheikah guts, skulls, and other such body parts that had been ripped apart from the bomb explosion.
She shook her head and ran next to Link.
"You ready?" He asked, not moving his eyes from the shadow warriors in front of him.
"Uh-huh," Zara replied simply. She held her staff out and sent a flash of solar magic at the Sheikah, stunning them. Link, with the Master Sword in both hands, raced towards them, and stabbed right through the one up front, then kicked him away so that his sword came out, and punched another Sheikah in the face.
Zara came running up behind him, jumped onto his shoulders, then leaped off, ramming her staff into the face of the Sheikah at the very back, making his nose get crushed back into his head.
A Sheikah attacked Link with both a katana and a dagger about ten inches long. He swung his dagger at him and Link grabbed the arm, then slashed at him, which the Sheikah blocked. The green-clad hero twisted the Sheikah's arm, and a nasty 'snap' was heard. The arm went limp and dropped the dagger. Link back-kicked another opponent that was coming up behind him, grabbed the dagger, and stuck it into the Sheikah behind him, then slashed across the chest of his other opponent that had held the dagger. He quickly knocked him down then jumped on top of him, crushing his ribs.
Meanwhile, Zara had shot a fireball directly into the face of the Sheikah she was fighting, and while he was gripping his face and screaming in pain, she put him out of his misery by swinging her staff into his neck, snapping it instantly. Five down. Two to go.
Link hopped off of the body but was met by a slash across his back. He turned around and ducked just in time to dodge another slash, then swung his leg around for a sweep. The Sheikah's legs were kicked out from under him and he hit the ground on his back, then rolled out of the way, barely dodging Link's downward stab. He threw a dart up at him, but the aim was off so it only made a little cut on his cheek.
The young fairy smacked her adversary with the end of her staff across his cheek, but he quickly retaliated by kicking her in her stomach. She doubled over in pain, and the Sheikah raised his weapon to drive it into her. Amazingly, she was able to put up her staff and throw him back.
"Fountain Burst!!" She yelled, driving her staff into the ground. The ground under the Sheikah started rumbling and a gush of water broke out, lifting him into the sky. She jumped up and brought her staff down towards him, but before it could hit, he had crossed his arms and disappeared.
Zara dropped to the ground and turned to see Link finish off his opponent.
The Sheikah ran at Link and forced his sword towards him. Fortunately, Link stepped back so the sword didn't go very deep into his left shoulder. The pain made him drop the master sword, and he stepped back, the hand that was over the wound still holding the dagger. The Sheikah grinned from under his mask. "To think, it'll be me that defeated the Hero of Time!"
What happened after that seemed to go in slow-motion. He ran towards Link and stretched out his arm to stab him. Link swung his dagger outward, knocking the sword away, then jumped up, doing a back-flip-kick, which sent the Sheikah flying to the edge of the Lake. Link ran, and then did a cartwheel to cover the rest of the distance, and at the end he slammed it down into the shadow's chest.
Stopping for a second and panting heavily, Link kicked the body into the Lake, and it slowly sunk down....
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"So, about these warriors that have been killing people around Hyrule..." Rittowa started.
"They're the Sheikah aren't they?" Isuke muttered.
"That's my guess," she shrugged. "I was sent out from my tribe with my two sisters to find out who they are, and if they'll be a threat to us."
"What happened to your sisters?"
"They...died."
"While fighting the Sheikah?"
"Yes..."
"Ah, I see now. It's not so much an investigation anymore is it? It's more like a quest for revenge."
She didn't say anything.
"Well, look... I have my own score to settle with these shadow people. But right now I am looking for someone to aid me in my fight against them. Why don't you join me and we can fight them together?"
"Heh....Sounds good."
Isuke smiled a bit and nodded.
I need to find Link...He is the one that can really help us defeat these monsters that have invaded our lands...
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Link dropped back and sighed, leaning against a wall inside the lab. Zara walked up to him. "Here, I can heal your wounds."
Link nodded and slowly pulled the top of his tunic down and unbuttoned his under shirt. "Are you okay?"
Zara nodded. "Just a little cut and a bruise."
She put her hands over the stab wound in his shoulder and it started to glow until it disappeared. The fairy took a cloth she had soaked and whipped off the blood.
She was working on the cut on his back when the door opened and the Doc walked in sleepily.
"Eh....What was all that racket I heard earlier?"