The temple looked more eerie than Inu-Yasha thought it would be. All over the cracked and aged walls were vines that looked as though they wanted to snag you into it. He decided that it was best to stay close by Link. Down they went into the lower dungeon and up a winding trail of stairs into the center of an even more eerie room, all of which wall had the same picture on it. It looked a violent and stormy forest with a long, never-ending road leading deeper into it. "...It doesn't look like it's here." Link muttered. "Well then," Inu-Yasha almost snarled. "I came here for nothing so I'm gonna leave right-" Just as he was about to leave, the railing of the stairs made itself into a gate and closed on them. They were trapped!
Inu-Yasha heard a whinny behind him. He turned to see a dark-skinned man with hair and eyes like fire and dark amour mounted upon a floating horse that looked almost identical. "It's Ganondorf!" cried Link. "That's Ganondorf?" sneered Inu-Yasha. "Damn it, he's ugly!" Ganondorf snickered evilly and placed a mask on his face. It was a skull mask, an evil and sinister-looking one at that. Then the horse began to literally float in midair! "Now he's even uglier!" Inu-Yasha nearly shrieked. The horse leapt into a painting and rode down the rode. Link backed up with Inu-Yasha, bow and arrow ready. "Which painting is he coming out of?!" he cried. Nervously Inu-Yasha turned his head this way and that wildly, watching each painting carefully. Suddenly, he thought he saw movement in one painting.
"It's THAT ONE!!!" he pointed to it and as soon as the horse leapt out, Link shot at it, injuring both it and its rider. Two more times was this process repeated. Finally, the horse went away and the ghostly phantom floated by himself now. He shot a thunder ball right at Link, but he managed to block it with his sword. Back and forth went the thunder ball until it struck the phantom, causing him to fall to the floor on his knees wounded. "Get 'em Inu-Yasha! Quickly!" Link called. "About damn time!" came his answer. Repeatingly, he struck the foe with the Kaze no Kizu. At last, the phantom was defeated! As soon as it disappeared behind a blue flame, a bright blue white light shined in the floor. "What do we do now?" questioned Inu-Yasha. "Step into the Light." Link said calmly. Inu-Yasha did so and felt his whole body being enveloped in the Light.
It carried him to a large old tree in a forest clearing. The tree wasn't old. Ancient seemed more like it. In fact...it was dead. Link appeared by his side a few seconds later. He walked up to the tree's front and as he did so, a much smaller tree literally sprung up before him. After talking with it for a little while, Link walked up to Inu-Yasha and said, "Let's go Inu-Yasha!" "Where are we goin' now?" he questioned. "To Kakario Village. That's the only way we can get to Death Mountain!" When they got out of the forest, Link took out a small, blue, flute-like instrument. He played a small tune upon it then quickly put it away. "What are you doing?" Inu-Yasha asked. "Calling my ride." Just then, a whinny echoed and a beautiful sorrel mare with a flaxen mane and tail galloped to link's side and nudged him affectionately who in return embraced and patted her forehead.
"Nice horse." Inu-Yasha said. Link smiled at him showing thanks. "This is Epona." Link informed "She's an old and great friend of mine. Wanna ride her?" "Err...I'm not much of a horse-person!" he admitted, blushing. "Go on," Link urged gently. "She's a very smooth trot and she never bucks. Great jumper as well." Regretfully, Inu-Yasha mounted onto the mare and positioned himself comfortably. Epona begin to trot a little before Inu-Yasha could even grab the reins! But Link was right; her trot was indeed very smooth. Suddenly her pace began to quicken-and Inu-Yasha still hadn't grabbed the reins! Right when she went over a jump, he went flying from the saddle. Link ran over to see if he was okay, but rather then get flustered or groan in pain, Inu-Yasha was laughing. "I told you I ain't no horse person!" he managed in between laughter. Link chuckled a little too as he helped his friend to his feet. Epona trotted back to her master's side and snorted. "It's okay girl," he said, patting her forehead again. "I know it was only an accident." Link mounted onto his mare and motioned for Inu-Yasha to follow.