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It was three days later and the tournament was starting. Link was waiting inside a tent for his turn to go out for a demonstration. The 63 other warriors who had assembled and passed the preliminary tests were all that stood in his way. Link had resolved himself that he would not hold back, not even one scrap of power short of the Meian Blade. His own future and the future of Terra rested on his shoulders (A/n: Gee don't that sound familiar? ^_^). Finally his name was called and he walked out of the tent as the last demonstrator walked back in, looking very red. Outside were about seven hundred spectators and a raised platform positioned so that every one of them could see it. Link walked into it as a loud voice roared over the crowd, "And now it's participant number 49's turn, his name is Link. Link here is an officer in our kingdom's army, and is supposed to be some sort of demon with his weapon. Now then Link, show us what you got."
Link grabbed the handle of his Helix Blade and pulled it out. Link held it lightly in his hand as he began to twirl it around his body, the long blade never even touching him (A/N: Normally this wouldn't be all that impressive, but when you consider that the sword is about as long as he is tall it becomes quite the accomplishment). Soon Link grabbed the handle tightly and began swinging it with considerable force, creating rather massive gusts of wind with t he sheer force of the swings. Link finished up by jumping into the air while raising his sword over his head, and as he fell down swung it down. The ground literally exploded from the impact picking up a cloud of dust. "And a great showing from Link! The judges are giving him a perfect ten all around, only one other participant in this year's tournament has gotten that score. We can expect great fights from both of them, now will the next participant come out?" The announcer yelled as Link walked back inside the tent.
Soon it was time for the real tournament to begin, Link stayed inside the tent not bothering to watch any of the fights. When his name was called he calmly walked out into the ring, and waited for the crowd to die down so his opponent to be announced. Link looked in the crowd for Terra while he waited, and found her quickly. Link gave her a smile with a nod before drawing his attention back to the tent. The announcer called for his opponent and a huge man walked out. Link studied his opponent, big arms and upper body, but the lower body appeared to be weaker than it should be, a large axe strung on his back, and the man wore clothing that hid his weakness and showed his strengths off. The other man seemed way to confident for his own good, paying more attention to the crowd than to Link. When he finally decided to get into the ring the man finally decided to look at Link, a look of confidence across his face. "I'll go easy on yah, but the prize is mine," he said as he took the axe off his back.
"Your arrogance is appalling, you will not win this fight. I have sworn to my charge that I would win that prize, I shall not allow you to win," Link replied only loud enough for him to hear while he drew his sword and raised it horizontally over his head and extended his hand ahead of him.
The moment the announcer yelled go, both fighters charged at each other. Link attacked swinging his sword counter-clockwise while his opponent guarded with the flat of his blade. The large Helix Blade sliced the axe in two, and threw Link's opponent back from the force of the blow. "I give up!" the man yelled when Link started charging.
Link snorted and left the ring after the fight was called with his victory. Waiting for his next match to begin, Link began to look around the tent looking at the remaining opponents. None of which looked very threatening to him. Most of the tournament went by the same way, until the final match. Link went out and waited for his opponent. His opponent was barely an adult, the man that walked out looked like he couldn't be older than eighteen. But, Link was slightly worried this time, Link could tell from the way that he walked that he knew how to fight. "Time to pay for your betrayal," he said as he drew his katana.
Link drew the Helix Blade and prepared to fight, the fight lasted five seconds, the force of the two blades sent Link's opponent out of the ring. "And the winner of this year's tournament is Link!" the announcer yelled.
But Link's opponent wasn't done with him yet. He flew into the air and began to twist and change into an enormous oriental dragon, the flaming beast Volvagia. It focused its eyes on Link and roared, "My master sends her regards!"
Link stepped back and readied the Helix Blade; he looked at Terra out of the corner of his eye. She wasn't running she was walking over to him, Volvagia saw this as well and decided to breath fire at her. Terra just walked through the flames as if they were not even there. She reached Link's side and took out a small dagger, "No, I've fought this dragon before. It knows more tricks than breathing fire, go to Lord Zef and tell him my request. Then I can destroy this beast once and for all," Link told her.
Terra did so immediately running to where Lord Zef would be as Volvagia lunged at Link. Link jumped out of the way and smacked Volvagia across its snout with the Helix Blade. Volvagia turned its head and breathed fire at Link. Link swung his sword creating a gust that stopped the flames, after landing Link charged and jumped up at Volvagia swinging the Helix Blade upward. Unfortunately it was caught by Volvagia's clawed paw as its other one slashed Link. Link was sent flying into the now empty stands, which were then lit upon fire by Volvagia. Link stood up, unscarred from either slash or flame and gripped the hilt of the Helix Blade in both hands, and swung it in a wide arc. The slash created a strong gust of wind, which put out the flames in front of Link, Link then walked towards Volvagia with a glare that would scare any normal opponent. Unfortunately Volvagia was far from normal, Volvagia laughed demonically and roared, "You believe you can defeat me? I have grown far stronger since last we met."
Terra then came back; Link looked at her and yelled, "Did he grant it?"
"Yes!" Terra yelled back.
Link turned to Volvagia, and it was his turn to laugh. "Volvagia, if you believe this is my true power, you are so very wrong," Link threatened as he rammed the Helix Blade into the ground.
"Oh really? Show me your true power then or die now!" Volvagia roared charging Link.
Link held his arm to his side and charged right back, "I will, meet the Meian Blade!" Link yelled as a white light encompassed his arm.
Link stabbed with it, the Meian Blade erupting from his fist and speared Volvagia straight through the head. "But, how could you..." Volvagia said with a look of surprise as its form melted away.
"So you are our Link!" the billowing voice of Darunia yelled out from the edge of the arena.
Link smirked and said, "Why of course, but now it doesn't matter, the past is meaningless now."
"Bullshit! I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget," Darunia said as he walked over.
"Darunia, any attempt to punish me for my past wrongs will now be considered an act of war against this kingdom," Link said still smirking, but looking as if a great weight was off his shoulders.
"What?!" was all Darunia could yell before Zef and Feta showed up.
"I figured you were lying about not knowing them," Feta said as they walked over.
"Link is right, the prize for winning the tournament was one request that this kingdom would have to fulfill. Miss Terra told me his request and I fulfilled it," Zef said sitting down breathing heavily like he was doing quite a bit of running.
"Wait a second, you mean anything?" Darunia said glaring at Link still.
"Anything," Zef replied simply.
"Then why has nothing bad happened to this kingdom? Surely someone by now would have requested something to harm the kingdom," Zelda asked him sitting down as well.
"An old spell, only the one with the most righteous request would win the tournament, no other can possibly win," Feta answered for Zef who was still out of breath.
"What did he want?" Naboora asked, anger evident in her voice.
"For him and Terra to be cleared of any and all past crimes, grievances, and responsibilities. And I and the kingdom are required by tradition and morality to uphold the request," Zef answered smirking at Darunia who was fuming.
"So he is back to normal?" Saria asked hopeful.
"I refuse to become your Hero of Time again. That incident taught me one important lesson, and I will not ignore it," Link said as he and Terra turned to Zef, "We shall leave now Lord Zef, old enemies have learned of my location and I do not wish to endanger your Kingdom further."
"It will be an act of war if the Sages here attack you," Lord Zef reassured Link.
"I don't mean them, that dragon's name was Volvagia. I had killed it once, and someone had revived it. It takes a great power to do so, and then an even greater one to make a being like Volvagia stronger. The being that did so could easily crush this kingdom if it wished," Link informed him, while retrieving the Helix Blade, as he and Terra walked towards the castle to collect their belongings.
"Then where will you be going?" Impa asked him getting in his way.
"You know attempting to stop me for my past will not yield favorable results," Link told her as they attempted to get around her.
"I know that, Zelda, Saria, and I knew you were our Link for sure last night. We have forgiven you, but I cannot in good spirit allow you to leave and face a danger such as this alone," Impa said sternly.
"Impa, you have no idea what I am capable of, the Meian Blade is only one of my weapons," Link said as they walked around her, and his tone implied that there would be no arguing with him.
"Been a pleasure serving with you Link," Feta said as Link turned around.
"As it has been with you Feta. This will not be the last we meet, I will guarantee you of that," Link replied as he and Terra entered the fortress.
And that folks is chapter 2 of Retribution! Damn, that took a hell of a lot longer than I thought, I kept trying to write more details on the tournament, but each time I did it ended up sounding really stupid. And I refuse to post something that even I think sounds stupid. Now for the questions you folks can answer...
1): Is there a romantic...Nah I'm just kidding you on that ^_^, everybody has figured out it isn't, the real question is: Who do you think the enemy Link is referring too?
2): What other weapons do you think Link has?
3): How does he plan on fighting this foe?
4): Why is Darunia so bitter? (I know why, but I want to see if you all can see my warped logic)
5): Were the fight scenes good?
6): Do you like where the plot is going?
7): Who is happy that Navi has not appeared for a very long time?
8): Who thinks I should have Link wield both Helix and Meian Blades in the next fight?
9): Who is your favorite character so far?
10): I'll give you folks a chance to redeem yourselves, take a guess where I got the idea for Link and Terra. It has been severely changed from where I got the idea, and you have to look very hard at the chapter in Evil Link where Terra is introduced to see it. I'll give you a clue; it came from a very popular anime and is on my favorite anime list in my profile.
11): For the reviewers who contributed something to Evil Link, do you mind if I use them for this fic as well?
Damn that's a lot of questions; guess it is obvious I want a long review. Now push that little review button and give me a nice long one. Yep I want longer ones for this one, and I need more people reading Eternal Conflict, another fic I'm writing, I can guarantee that you have probably never read any Zelda fic like it on fanfiction.net. I myself have only seen one other fic that is even remotely like it. And now, for the one thing missing from this fic thus far, Uwhehehehehehehehehehehehe! My laugh of course, Ciao for now ^_^.
It was three days later and the tournament was starting. Link was waiting inside a tent for his turn to go out for a demonstration. The 63 other warriors who had assembled and passed the preliminary tests were all that stood in his way. Link had resolved himself that he would not hold back, not even one scrap of power short of the Meian Blade. His own future and the future of Terra rested on his shoulders (A/n: Gee don't that sound familiar? ^_^). Finally his name was called and he walked out of the tent as the last demonstrator walked back in, looking very red. Outside were about seven hundred spectators and a raised platform positioned so that every one of them could see it. Link walked into it as a loud voice roared over the crowd, "And now it's participant number 49's turn, his name is Link. Link here is an officer in our kingdom's army, and is supposed to be some sort of demon with his weapon. Now then Link, show us what you got."
Link grabbed the handle of his Helix Blade and pulled it out. Link held it lightly in his hand as he began to twirl it around his body, the long blade never even touching him (A/N: Normally this wouldn't be all that impressive, but when you consider that the sword is about as long as he is tall it becomes quite the accomplishment). Soon Link grabbed the handle tightly and began swinging it with considerable force, creating rather massive gusts of wind with t he sheer force of the swings. Link finished up by jumping into the air while raising his sword over his head, and as he fell down swung it down. The ground literally exploded from the impact picking up a cloud of dust. "And a great showing from Link! The judges are giving him a perfect ten all around, only one other participant in this year's tournament has gotten that score. We can expect great fights from both of them, now will the next participant come out?" The announcer yelled as Link walked back inside the tent.
Soon it was time for the real tournament to begin, Link stayed inside the tent not bothering to watch any of the fights. When his name was called he calmly walked out into the ring, and waited for the crowd to die down so his opponent to be announced. Link looked in the crowd for Terra while he waited, and found her quickly. Link gave her a smile with a nod before drawing his attention back to the tent. The announcer called for his opponent and a huge man walked out. Link studied his opponent, big arms and upper body, but the lower body appeared to be weaker than it should be, a large axe strung on his back, and the man wore clothing that hid his weakness and showed his strengths off. The other man seemed way to confident for his own good, paying more attention to the crowd than to Link. When he finally decided to get into the ring the man finally decided to look at Link, a look of confidence across his face. "I'll go easy on yah, but the prize is mine," he said as he took the axe off his back.
"Your arrogance is appalling, you will not win this fight. I have sworn to my charge that I would win that prize, I shall not allow you to win," Link replied only loud enough for him to hear while he drew his sword and raised it horizontally over his head and extended his hand ahead of him.
The moment the announcer yelled go, both fighters charged at each other. Link attacked swinging his sword counter-clockwise while his opponent guarded with the flat of his blade. The large Helix Blade sliced the axe in two, and threw Link's opponent back from the force of the blow. "I give up!" the man yelled when Link started charging.
Link snorted and left the ring after the fight was called with his victory. Waiting for his next match to begin, Link began to look around the tent looking at the remaining opponents. None of which looked very threatening to him. Most of the tournament went by the same way, until the final match. Link went out and waited for his opponent. His opponent was barely an adult, the man that walked out looked like he couldn't be older than eighteen. But, Link was slightly worried this time, Link could tell from the way that he walked that he knew how to fight. "Time to pay for your betrayal," he said as he drew his katana.
Link drew the Helix Blade and prepared to fight, the fight lasted five seconds, the force of the two blades sent Link's opponent out of the ring. "And the winner of this year's tournament is Link!" the announcer yelled.
But Link's opponent wasn't done with him yet. He flew into the air and began to twist and change into an enormous oriental dragon, the flaming beast Volvagia. It focused its eyes on Link and roared, "My master sends her regards!"
Link stepped back and readied the Helix Blade; he looked at Terra out of the corner of his eye. She wasn't running she was walking over to him, Volvagia saw this as well and decided to breath fire at her. Terra just walked through the flames as if they were not even there. She reached Link's side and took out a small dagger, "No, I've fought this dragon before. It knows more tricks than breathing fire, go to Lord Zef and tell him my request. Then I can destroy this beast once and for all," Link told her.
Terra did so immediately running to where Lord Zef would be as Volvagia lunged at Link. Link jumped out of the way and smacked Volvagia across its snout with the Helix Blade. Volvagia turned its head and breathed fire at Link. Link swung his sword creating a gust that stopped the flames, after landing Link charged and jumped up at Volvagia swinging the Helix Blade upward. Unfortunately it was caught by Volvagia's clawed paw as its other one slashed Link. Link was sent flying into the now empty stands, which were then lit upon fire by Volvagia. Link stood up, unscarred from either slash or flame and gripped the hilt of the Helix Blade in both hands, and swung it in a wide arc. The slash created a strong gust of wind, which put out the flames in front of Link, Link then walked towards Volvagia with a glare that would scare any normal opponent. Unfortunately Volvagia was far from normal, Volvagia laughed demonically and roared, "You believe you can defeat me? I have grown far stronger since last we met."
Terra then came back; Link looked at her and yelled, "Did he grant it?"
"Yes!" Terra yelled back.
Link turned to Volvagia, and it was his turn to laugh. "Volvagia, if you believe this is my true power, you are so very wrong," Link threatened as he rammed the Helix Blade into the ground.
"Oh really? Show me your true power then or die now!" Volvagia roared charging Link.
Link held his arm to his side and charged right back, "I will, meet the Meian Blade!" Link yelled as a white light encompassed his arm.
Link stabbed with it, the Meian Blade erupting from his fist and speared Volvagia straight through the head. "But, how could you..." Volvagia said with a look of surprise as its form melted away.
"So you are our Link!" the billowing voice of Darunia yelled out from the edge of the arena.
Link smirked and said, "Why of course, but now it doesn't matter, the past is meaningless now."
"Bullshit! I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget," Darunia said as he walked over.
"Darunia, any attempt to punish me for my past wrongs will now be considered an act of war against this kingdom," Link said still smirking, but looking as if a great weight was off his shoulders.
"What?!" was all Darunia could yell before Zef and Feta showed up.
"I figured you were lying about not knowing them," Feta said as they walked over.
"Link is right, the prize for winning the tournament was one request that this kingdom would have to fulfill. Miss Terra told me his request and I fulfilled it," Zef said sitting down breathing heavily like he was doing quite a bit of running.
"Wait a second, you mean anything?" Darunia said glaring at Link still.
"Anything," Zef replied simply.
"Then why has nothing bad happened to this kingdom? Surely someone by now would have requested something to harm the kingdom," Zelda asked him sitting down as well.
"An old spell, only the one with the most righteous request would win the tournament, no other can possibly win," Feta answered for Zef who was still out of breath.
"What did he want?" Naboora asked, anger evident in her voice.
"For him and Terra to be cleared of any and all past crimes, grievances, and responsibilities. And I and the kingdom are required by tradition and morality to uphold the request," Zef answered smirking at Darunia who was fuming.
"So he is back to normal?" Saria asked hopeful.
"I refuse to become your Hero of Time again. That incident taught me one important lesson, and I will not ignore it," Link said as he and Terra turned to Zef, "We shall leave now Lord Zef, old enemies have learned of my location and I do not wish to endanger your Kingdom further."
"It will be an act of war if the Sages here attack you," Lord Zef reassured Link.
"I don't mean them, that dragon's name was Volvagia. I had killed it once, and someone had revived it. It takes a great power to do so, and then an even greater one to make a being like Volvagia stronger. The being that did so could easily crush this kingdom if it wished," Link informed him, while retrieving the Helix Blade, as he and Terra walked towards the castle to collect their belongings.
"Then where will you be going?" Impa asked him getting in his way.
"You know attempting to stop me for my past will not yield favorable results," Link told her as they attempted to get around her.
"I know that, Zelda, Saria, and I knew you were our Link for sure last night. We have forgiven you, but I cannot in good spirit allow you to leave and face a danger such as this alone," Impa said sternly.
"Impa, you have no idea what I am capable of, the Meian Blade is only one of my weapons," Link said as they walked around her, and his tone implied that there would be no arguing with him.
"Been a pleasure serving with you Link," Feta said as Link turned around.
"As it has been with you Feta. This will not be the last we meet, I will guarantee you of that," Link replied as he and Terra entered the fortress.
And that folks is chapter 2 of Retribution! Damn, that took a hell of a lot longer than I thought, I kept trying to write more details on the tournament, but each time I did it ended up sounding really stupid. And I refuse to post something that even I think sounds stupid. Now for the questions you folks can answer...
1): Is there a romantic...Nah I'm just kidding you on that ^_^, everybody has figured out it isn't, the real question is: Who do you think the enemy Link is referring too?
2): What other weapons do you think Link has?
3): How does he plan on fighting this foe?
4): Why is Darunia so bitter? (I know why, but I want to see if you all can see my warped logic)
5): Were the fight scenes good?
6): Do you like where the plot is going?
7): Who is happy that Navi has not appeared for a very long time?
8): Who thinks I should have Link wield both Helix and Meian Blades in the next fight?
9): Who is your favorite character so far?
10): I'll give you folks a chance to redeem yourselves, take a guess where I got the idea for Link and Terra. It has been severely changed from where I got the idea, and you have to look very hard at the chapter in Evil Link where Terra is introduced to see it. I'll give you a clue; it came from a very popular anime and is on my favorite anime list in my profile.
11): For the reviewers who contributed something to Evil Link, do you mind if I use them for this fic as well?
Damn that's a lot of questions; guess it is obvious I want a long review. Now push that little review button and give me a nice long one. Yep I want longer ones for this one, and I need more people reading Eternal Conflict, another fic I'm writing, I can guarantee that you have probably never read any Zelda fic like it on fanfiction.net. I myself have only seen one other fic that is even remotely like it. And now, for the one thing missing from this fic thus far, Uwhehehehehehehehehehehehe! My laugh of course, Ciao for now ^_^.