Chapter 25
Final Battle Part III: Intervention

Green hair, green dress, vivid beauty, it was none other than Farore that had appeared and she did not look the least bit happy.

Zen was just as shocked by her appearance as everyone else was, although a hint of annoyance sparkled in his golden eyes. "What brings you here?" he asked casually, trying to be as pleasant as possible towards her.

She nodded towards him, "You do. You need to stop all this madness and leave this place alone. I give you the option to either return to the heavens with me…or die."

"Me, die? You have got to be joking," he said with a laugh.

During this little chit-chat, Link took the opportunity to get back his sword…using the summoning trick he had learned back in the Moon Temple. Zelda glanced fearfully at him, unsure what to think of this new trick as the Master Sword suddenly appeared in his hand.

"I am not joking," Farore replied, her voice like the sharp, stinging edge of a blade.

Zen's expression became very grim with her words, "Oh, and just how do you expect to kill me? I am not going anywhere with you."

Now it was Farore's turn to laugh, at who knows what. "You think you're immortal don't you? Hahaha, sure the blood of a goddess flows through you but what of your father?"

"I never knew my father, nor do I have any desire to meet him."

Link stood and helped Zelda stand beside him. They really didn't know what to do, so they just stared at Farore and Zen.

"That's such a shame; he's still alive today you know. I'm sure he'd be so proud to see what a noble man you grew to be," she said in a sarcastic manner.

"He's still alive today? Then he has to be immortal, there is nothing clever about you mentioning him," Zen snapped spitefully.

"Oh really now? I have to disagree with you. You see, you have a flaw, a flaw you received from your father. Kaepora Gaebora was once a sage, one of the first sages to guard the Temple of Light, but he was only a demigod. He is not entirely immortal and neither are you. You may have super strength and have been alive for all these years, but you can die and you will." Farore's words rang out for all ears in the room to hear.

For the first time ever, Link noticed what looked to be fear flickering across Zen's eyes, but it was there for such a brief second that it was impossible to tell as he quickly covered it up with a haughty remark, "Oh yeah! Then why are you, Din, and Nayru so afraid to come down here and face me? Instead you sent this insolent boy to 'stop' me! It's pathetic really. No matter what you say, I am unstoppable! No one will ever take that away from me!"

"It is not our place in this world and I am here now, so let's just see how unstoppable you are!"

Zen broke down laughing, "Do you honestly think I am that foolish? I bet you'll have the other two down here in a flash to outnumber me. You sent the boy, so I think I'll just deal with him first. You know, as a little warm-up round perhaps?" Before anyone could even blink an eyelid, Zen vanished…and along with him, Link.

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Link was left in a daze as he reappeared over Hyrule Field, and I do mean over. Zen's booming laugh echoed through his ears as he plummeted towards the ground. Zen's humor was lost on Link as he jumped up, annoyance flaring up in his eyes along with bafflement as to why Zen had brought him here.

"If I were you, I wouldn't be getting any ideas. What Farore said is all a lie. I can not die," Zen said arrogantly.

Sure wish I could be that confident… Link thought bitterly but said aloud, "We'll see about that."

"It is good to know you are up to the fight. When you die, it will only prove to the goddesses how stupid they really are. They should have realized in the beginning that you don't even stand a chance. You thought the Gerudo king was bad enough, let's just see how well you contend in this battle," Zen said snidely and then quickly added, "Oh, and don't worry, I won't take up too much of your time seeing as how you'll be dead quite soon."

Now for Link, that was the last straw. He saw the turnout of this battle differently. Sure he wasn't so confident that he would necessarily be the victor, but he certainly didn't see himself dying anytime soon. If he wanted a chance at winning, he would have to put all of his recent injuries behind him, start out with a clean slate and go all out on this battle as if his very life depended on it. Well technically, his life did kind of depend on it so that was already worked out...

Link's grip tightened on the Master Sword and he surged forward with an amazing burst of speed. In order to go all out he would definitely have to unleash the full capability of each of the weapons he had acquired on his quest, and he had a gut feeling he hadn't even come close yet to doing just this.

Zen could have easily done his little magic trick to take Link out, but instead he didn't...he used brute force and nailed Link with a fist to his jaw. Link was forced to the ground under the heavy blow and knelt there for a second trying to recover.

"Down already, huh?" Zen said mockingly. "I guess this means I was right." The broad sword Link had never seen in action before was now withdrawn from its sheath on Zen's back.

Link tried to stand and back out of range from the huge sword…succeeding at both.

Vera wasn't here, Navi had been long gone. He would have to devise his own strategies like he had trained himself to do. How lazy his mind had become when he had allowed himself to be so reliant on the knowledge of fairies. He could do this, he just needed to concentrate...and ignore the aching pain that now resonated from his jaw.

"Just give up already, you can't win," Zen called out, annoyance in his voice.

"Says you," Link spat back, and once again he charged. This time he front flipped high over Zen's head and attempted to pierce his head with his sword. Zen swung his sword and the force from it as it met Link's blade sent Link flying into a nearby tree.

Link nimbly jumped up, he was already doing pretty crappy…that was pretty obvious. But what could he do to make up for it? Was Zen really that powerful to be able to sentence him to a demise he had not yet met?

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"W-where'd they go?" Zelda stammered her watering eyes aglitter like two bright sapphires.

Farore stomped her foot down angrily and muttered some incomprehensible curse word under her breath, "Zen took the Hero somewhere where he could finish him off without interference. We have to find them."

"I want to help!" Vera suddenly exclaimed. "I need to do something to relieve myself of what I've done…"

"Go right ahead, nothings stopping you," Farore snapped, her temper obvious. "Come along now, the both of you and follow me."

Zelda and Vera did as bidden, baffled by Farore's…behavior.

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"With the Golden Arrows, you must cast a light into Zen's dark heart."

Link remembered that quote. Zen was presently too strong, but maybe he just needed to weaken Zen enough…and the Golden Arrows were just what he needed.

He quickly pulled the bow and arrows out and notched one arrow to the string. Zen stood there and crossed his arms defiantly. Humor danced clearly across his eyes as he waited for Link to make what he thought would be a pathetic move.

Faith…that's what I need…To believe… Link took aim at Zen's chest and fired. Unlike the incident with the tree, the arrow certainly did do something.

In a flash of golden light, it flew from the bow. Upon impact with Zen's flesh, Link received a much bigger show. The arrow exploded into multiple bright lights and Zen's anguished cry was heard through it all. When the lights faded, Zen was breathing heavily, surprise, pain, and anger now replaced the look of humor that had previously been in those golden orbs of his.

"Now we're gettin' somewhere," Link said with a cheeky grin.

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INSPIRATION ROCKS! Hahahahahaha! Especially for a book worm like me who just finished almost a 300 page book in under a day and found the inspiration from that. Jesse kissed her! Jesse kissed her bwahahahaha and here I thought he was going to break her heart…that sexy 150 year old dead guy…he kissed her! Yesssss!

Jupiter: LOL! I already knew what was going to happen!

((cough)) Eh heh heh…excuse my crazy rambling (AND Jupiter, you're a butthead)…but I really thought the guy was gonna break the chicks heart in the book and I'm…just an insane lunatic o.O lol.

Make sure you check out reviewer replies! Don't be afraid, I typed them up before I lost my sanity. ; ) lol.

-blondie91 (If you have questions concerning this fic, ask now!)

Disclaimer: He kissed her, he kissed her! He LOVES her hahahaha! Oh…yeah…disclaimer…I knew that…Um…I don't own the Legend of Zelda, but by rights (the fact that I made him and all that other crap up), Zen, plot, places, minor and major characters are mine. lol.

Jupiter: Yeah, I think they get the point that HE KISSED HER! AND I'M NOT A BUTTHEAD! ROAR