Hey guys! Happy December! To celebrate the new month, I've got a brand new chapter that's ready for you all to read! We proceed on with the desert group as some new faces were introduced in the previous chapters. Unfortunately, Link and Pit get themselves captured by a mysterious foe leading the Yiga Clan. How will Kirby, Sheik, and Shulk's rescue mission go? Read on to find out! As always, don't forget to fave, follow, and review! Now, without further ado, let's get into this brand new chapter!
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Yiga Clan Hideout, World of Trophies
Link and Pit were being escorted into a large chamber inside the enemy lair.
Once they entered the room, they immediately looked around. The chamber was hollowed into a canyon stone dome and the highest point of it was nearly thirty feet. There were Yiga clan banners lining the rocky walls and two dozen clansmen surrounding the two heroes.
Finally, in the center of the room, there was an ornate looking throne that was chiseled from a normal canyon rock. On that throne though, there was a man sitting there. He had red hair, dark skin, and desert worn armor adorned with topaz jewels. His forehead was also decorated with these jewels as well.
When Link got a good look at the person, he was immediately caught off guard. "It can't be…"
"Oh but it is… Link." Responded the man. "I've waited a long time for this. Ever since that light pulled me out of the Sacred Realm."
"Who is this guy?" Asked Pit. "Part of him looks familiar!"
Link explained all he could. "From what the ancient Hyrule texts told me, he's the precursor to the Calamity I've been sworn to fight. This man is nothing but evil incarnate!"
"My name is Ganondorf." Responded the leader.
Pit immediately recognized the name and put the pieces together, realizing that this Ganondorf is the younger version that fought the Hero of Time. As a result, he didn't have any memories of the Subspace War that occurred a decade ago. "There's no way!"
He then got up from his throne and approached the Hero of the Wilds. "I'm surprised to know that the spirit of the hero lives on after over, what was it, ten thousand years after my apparent defeat. As for me, according to what my new servants told me, I get reborn into an evil force of nature destined to plague Hyrule forever."
"Whatever form you take on, you'll still lose!" Shouted Pit.
"You'll always lose, Calamity. As long as my spirit lives, there will always be someone that will stop you." Added Link.
Ganondorf was unfazed by Link's declaration. "Then I have to end that here and now."
The dark lord then conjures a dark and ornate broadsword. He then raises it like an old fashioned executioner above Link's head. "Enjoy your pathetic afterlives!"
Just as when he was about to bring down the blade, an explosion came from the entryway, causing panic and confusion among the Yiga clan members.
White smoke soon started seeping its way in, greatly hindering the sight of Ganondorf and his followers.
A few seconds later, a figure came lunging in Ganondorf's direction. At a closer look, this was Shulk, preparing to deal a devastating Monado swing against the dark lord.
However, the King of Evil reacted fast enough and stopped the incoming blow with his own blade. "You dare interfere with my fight?"
"You ain't seen nothing yet!" Replied Shulk aggressively.
The two then exchanged powerful blade blows as neither warrior gained the upper hand.
As for the assassins inside the throne room, they were dispatched by Kirby who had arrived along with Shulk earlier.
Link and Pit were lying on the ground nearby, but were unable to free themselves from their large metal shackles.
Link decided to crawl his way to the exit. Pit immediately took notice and started crawling alongside him even though the smoke made it hard to see.
Fortunately, Sheik came to their aid.
The Hero of the Wilds looked up at the Sheikah warrior and recognized the symbol on her uniform. The hero immediately realized she was the one who set off the smoke. She took action and got to work picking the shackle locks with her custom needles.
After nearly twenty seconds, Sheik successfully freed the hero and angel from their bonds.
"Thank you." Said Link. "Where do we go from here?"
Sheik was quick to respond. "There should be a room that contains all your belongings, so I suggest recovering those first."
"Understood." Replied Link as he led the way out of the throne chamber.
"Wait!" Shouted Sheik.
Link turned around and looked confused.
"You might need this!" Said the stealth warrior as she tossed the hero a device.
Link successfully caught it and looked at it, realizing it was the Sheikah Slate that he dropped when he was captured.
"How did you get this?" Asked the hero confusedly.
"One of your friends escaped the ambush with it!" Responded Sheik.
The hero had no idea what she was talking about at first until the realization hit him. "Kirby. I knew you wouldn't let us down."
The trio then escaped the throne room and headed into a different chamber. It had two stairwells and plenty of supply crates to hide behind.
However, they weren't the only ones in the room. There were more Yiga Clan members converging on their location.
They were all in a group and approaching them with hostile intent. Fortunately, this was what Link expected.
The hero grabbed his Sheikah Slate and pulled up a feature that allowed him to effortlessly lift a large metal box that was on the bottom of a nearby supply crate stack.
This prompted most of the group to run. Many enemies were crushed under the falling crates, but some managed to escape. This didn't last long though, as Sheik was able to dispatch them with needles tipped with their own sleeping agent.
Link then formulated a plan. "There are more incoming. We should split up. If we do that, we can spread their forces thin."
The hero turned toward Sheik. "You take the stairwell to the left. Pit and I will take the one on the right."
"Understood." Responded Sheik. "We'll meet back here before heading outside."
The trio split to the stairwells, completely unsure of what to expect.
Back in the Yiga throne room, Shulk and Ganondorf were still clashing blades. However, the young warrior was exhausting his Monado Arts and overall stamina.
"You have spirit, boy. Much like the hero I'm destined to kill." Said the King of Evil. "Even so, you cannot possibly hope to beat me."
"I wasn't trying to beat you." Responded Shulk. "I was just keeping you busy long enough for your captives to escape!"
The smoke then fully dissipated to reveal nothing more than unlocked shackles and unconscious Yiga assassins.
This enraged Ganondorf to the point where he increased his magic power drastically. He conjured a form of dark energy in his hand and directed it at Shulk.
Shulk was able to see a brief vision of the future which revealed him getting hit by the ensuing blast.
This vision soon became a reality due to the Monado Wielder losing most of his stamina. He got hit by the full force of the blast, launching him out of the throne room and into the chamber with the two stairwells.
Shulk was left incapacitated and vulnerable to Ganondorf's next move.
The Gerudo King realized he needed to end the young warrior's life as soon as possible, so he raised his broadsword once more above Shulk's head.
Just as he was about to deal the finishing blow, Kirby came in and started firing projectiles from his star rod. This was sufficient enough to stagger Ganondorf and knock him down for the moment.
The puffball then pulled out his warpstar once more and quickly picked up Shulk while he still could. This allowed them to escape the hideout and back out into the desert.
It was around dawn, so the sun started to rise. All they could do now was wait for their comrades.
Sheik was running through the left wing of the hideout where she took out any remaining assassins in her path with sleeping needles and grenades.
She went further into the left wing's hallway until she reached the last doorway. She tried to open it, but it was locked. Crunched on time, she decided to blow the door with one of her grenades.
It worked, and Sheik was in her battle pose, ready to fight was on the other side. However, after the smoke dissipated, she saw that there were no enemies inside. All that was there was a huge stockpile of bananas. Enough to feed an entire army for weeks.
Sheik saw this as no surprise, considering the habits of the Yiga Clan, but she decided to loot about half of it before heading back out.
"Just in case we need a good meal." Muttered Sheik to herself.
Link and Pit, despite lacking their belongings, powered on through the right wing of the hideout with the use of the Sheikah Slate, along with their wits and fists.
It turned out that the Slate had so much more than lifting metal objects. It could also conjure remotely detonated bombs and stop objects and people in place.
Link used all of this in order to advance further into the hideout and clear each chamber of assassins.
When they reached the last chamber, they opened the unlocked door and entered on through.
The two heroes immediately saw their belongings, but also saw a Yiga blademaster guarding them.
The hero then turned his head toward Pit. "Get your things while I handle this! Once you're equipped, we switch positions!"
"Got it, Link!" Responded the angel.
Link then proceeded to magnetically grab a spear that was lying to the right with his Slate, pulling it to him and preparing for battle. Along with this, the hero was using the device to fling anything metal at his enemy.
The blademaster proceeded to use his finely polished greatsword and slice up anything the hero could throw at him.
Pit was taking some time gathering his things, but once he was done, the Hero of the Wilds used the Sheikah Slate once more to stop the assassin in place, keeping him frozen in time for no more than a few seconds.
"Now Pit!" Shouted Link.
The angel followed the hero's order and engaged the recovered blademaster while Link gathered his belongings.
Since Pit was more equipped than Link, he had an easier time against the Yiga Clan member. Because of this, he was effectively able to take him out with some well placed strikes from his bladed bow.
Link gathered up the rest of his things. After he was done, he looked at the assassin and a newly equipped Pit. "Great job. Let's meet up with our new ally now."
The two then descended back down the stairwell and met up with Sheik.
The stealth warrior immediately took notice of the newly equipped heroes. "You're back. It was quicker than I anticipated."
"That's some good news." Responded Link. "Let's go."
However, before they left, they saw Ganondorf recovering from his earlier bombardment from Kirby.
He wasn't saying anything at the moment, but he looked to be enraged beyond belief. He held up his right fist that exposed the back of his hand. A familiar triangle symbol shone on it with the top triangle illuminating brighter than the other two.
After a few seconds, purple fire and magic started to flow all around him as his body became engulfed in a vortex of dark magic.
Realizing the danger they were in, the trio quickly escaped the hideout and went outside where Kirby and an injured Shulk were waiting for them.
Kirby shouted at the top of his lungs, successfully getting their attention.
"Get the star ready, Kirby!" Screamed Link. "We're getting out of here!"
Before they could board though, a fiery purple explosion came from the cave as a huge chunk of the Yiga Clan base started to collapse.
The five heroes were shocked at the new development, but at a closer look, they realized something animalistic was breaking its way out of the crumbling hideout.
It looked to be a large humanoid boar-like creature with desert style wrappings, curved side horns, and fiery red hair. He also wielded two gigantic blades that he could lift with ease.
After clearing the rocky structure, the creature took notice of the escaping fighters and raised his right sword.
Once he did, a blazing wall of fire completely surrounded the heroes, preventing them from escaping.
After that, the creature and fighters prepared themselves for the coming fight. Before the monster did anything else though, he made one final declaration that he shouted to the top of his lungs. "None of you are going anywhere!"