Old Evil, New Hero

Chapter 8: The Battle Continues

Disclaimer: Still don't own Zelda. If I did, the games would be released more

often. Suing me will get you nothing.

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Last time in "Old Evil, New Hero"...

Nara faced off against a trio of Stalfos

that attacked Kakariko VIllage, and, after fighting valiantly, basically lost.

Just as the end of the last chapter rolled around, the mysterious man who

had helped Nara was about to enter the battle.

Who will win? Will the man triumph and scatter Stalfos remains all over

the village? Or will the Stalfos win? Will Nara even stay conscious long

enough to watch the fight? Will the readers strangle the author if she doesn't

start this chapter soon?

For the answers to most of these questions, read on!

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Feeling unconsciousness starting to claim her and her vision starting to go dark,

Nara watched as the man jumped in front of her to challenge the Stalfos.

She tried to pick up the Master Sword, her fighting spirit trying to will her back

to her feet, but her body couldn't do her spirit's bidding.

~Damn...I must have hit the rocks harder than I thought.~, she thought as she

watched the man keep the Stalfos from killing her.

As unconsciousness finally won out, she felt hands drag her out of danger and

heard the sound of the Master Sword being dragged along the ground by

a very small person, and, just before she passed out, she realized that

it was one of the men from the village and his child taking her to safety.

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The man held his shield up to defend himself as he made sure that the other man

and his daughter(vague enough yet? ^_^;;)had taken Nara to safety, before

turning to face the Stalfos.

"I'm your opponent now. Fight me!", he shouted at them, as he charged toward

them, sword ready to strike. As he ran into sword range of the Stalfos, he swung

his sword, striking the lead Stalfos, while rolling to avoid the retaliatory strike from

the other two monsters.

He rolled to his feet, and immediately swung again, cutting off the Stalfos' sword arm,

leaping to avoid the retaliation strikes from the other Stalfos. On his way down, he decapitated

the Stalfo, its remains dissappearing into dust that immediately blew away.

The man faced the other two Stalfos as they approached him, preparing

to cleave him in two.

They didn't get far because he leaped into the air, just before their swords could

connect with him, and decapitated them both, and the battle was over. The

villagers cheered as the man walked back to his home to check on Nara.

To be continued...

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A/N: This is probably going to be the shortest chapter of this fic. What happened

was, my train of thought derailed while I was typing this fic, and, since my

muse got lost again, I couldn't get it back on track. The result...short chapter.

-_-

Ryoga: Oh, sure...blame it on me. -_-;;

Jen: Well, you did get lost...as usual

Miroku: That is true.

Jen: Miroku? Where'd you come from?!

Miroku: *shrugs and pretends to go into a meditative state*

Jen: *sighs and sweatdrops* In other words, he doesn't want to tell me. -_-

Anyway, comments will be welcome, flames will be used to warm my computer

room.

Ryoga: As usual.

Jen: Shut up. -_-

Until next chapter...ja ne! ^_^;;