So I recently (re)beat Dark Souls 1. But this time, I did it on the Switch! How about that, me bragging about something that really doesn't matter at all! It got me thinking on doing a Dark Souls story as well. But that's not a definite, it's a maybe. But to anyone who want's to start, here's some advice. If you start with Dark Souls 1, know that after Ornstien and Smough, the game kinda drops the ball (Aka, the Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith).

Another thing I've been watching John Wick again. Those two movies are excellent action movies and I totally recommend them to anyone who likes good action, great storytelling, and Keanu Reeves. I love these movies so much, I might to a story with it. Hehehehe... Also I just binged watched Firefly for the first time and watched the movie. It was great. I also have plans for a new story that 'll be a comedy, but I can't decide what to base it in. I'll put it onto my ongoing poll for interesting ideas, so check it out.

Saber aka 'I Don't Give a Damn: Ehhh, not really. As you'll see in this chapter, Link isn't dead. But that doesn't mean that someone won't visit the Dream

Sp00kyT00ns: BUT IS IT? I mean, he may perhaps become less stabby stabny? It's a possibility, maybe.

An Indulgent Fellow: Believe me, I know what you mean. I'm inclined to agree with you, but not for the reason you think. The reason that the last chapter's fight scene was different from the one with Cia is because it took me forever to write that chapter and by the time I was done it was 2:00 am and I was tired. Most likely the next chapters with action will probably be better. Hopefully.

Kill King: Ok, I got the last part but I really can't understand the first part.

Axccel: I can see what you mean, but I really don't think it's a plot hole. I always took BOTW Zelda (who I am using in this story) as someone who would take things at face value and wanted a straight answer. Saria was being vague because she was A, Dying. And B, plot convenience. I won't deny that her assuming the Hunter killing the bandits would be the most realistic action and most likely would happen, but a story has to happen.

With that out of the way, let's move on. I OWN EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE TWO FRANCHISES! MWAHAHAHAHA! (Sarcastic tone is sarcastic)

*EDIT* I'm editing all the previous chapters in order for this story to be...well, good.

Oh Amygdala, Oh Amygdala!

Have mercy on the poor bastard...

"How is he?" The princess asked, her voice fearful. The campsite was fairly small for the champions, seeing as how they brought little supplies with them to begin with. They were regretting not bringing enough materials and medical equipment right now. Link's breath was hitched as he laid on a bloody sheet, wearing nothing but his undergarments. A massive cut was across his chest, and it had only recently stopped bleeding.

"I-I can't say." Mipha was quivering as she tried to heal him. She had never attempted to heal Link, no less anyone, in this state. The girl back at the village, Saria, didn't count as there was nothing to be done. The other champions watched worryingly (yes, even Revali) as they watched the "little guy" suffer in a state like this. "H-his chest is torn in half, his r-ribcage is shattered...and his-his-h..." He hiccuped from the tears, before sniffling. "His lung's is punctured..."

That was a bad. A very bad. The other's recoiled in horror from her analysis. It would take a miracle to save him. "His heart is still functional...the wound isn't near a fatal area...but he need's more help. All I can do is just keep him a-alive." She hiccuped some more before continuing her healing, her salty tears dripping onto the floor. The Princess beckoned for the other champions to follow her, leaving the Zora and wounded Hylian alone. Mipha gazed upon the broken body of Link, her sadness never-ending. What had ever happened to the young Hylian Boy she grew up with? The one who had the most innocent and handsome blue eyes? The one who always stood up for her when she was bullied by the other children for being so meek. Now that boy had grown up, and he was dying right in front of her. "Link...can you hear me?" She whispered. If he did, he gave no sign.

"You were always there for me, when we were young. I would always heal you whenever you got hurt fighting bullies, do you remember that?" She lightly chuckled, before resuming her grave face. "Even when we were children, I knew that we would be together for a long time, but I never knew how we would. Now I think I do." He did not stir. "Link, please wake up. For Zelda, for Daruk, for Urbosa, for even Revali, for Hyrule, and for me... Link, I love you."

With that said, she laid down beside him, holding him close, but gently. Her eyes closed, tears slowly drip drip dripping down as she listened to his pained breaths.

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"This is a disaster." Truer words had never been spoken by the Goron. The 4 of them were standing outside of the main tent (Zelda's Tent, it was the largest due to her royal status) within a small circle.

"What do we do? It's obvious that he need's help." The Gerudo chiefess spoke up, acting as a voice of reason.

"That man is still out there though, and he have no idea what he's doing." The Rito brought up, eager for some payback.

"We need to get our priorities straight. Link's condition is what matters." The Princess decided. She then turned to the Rito. "Revalli. I need you to start looking for the nearest active village. Find and ring back any and all medical supplies, doctors, anything that could help Link." Revali nodded before soaring into the air. "Daruk, Urbosa, you two establish a perimeter around the campsite and grab some food and water. I'll stay here with Mipha and get a fire going until we come up with a better plan." The plan was agreed upon, and the two then set off into the forest. The two walked through the tree's, with Urbosa being the one to hunt for meat, seeing as how she was far stealthier than her Goron comrade. Daruk on the other hand, would carry the firewood and the mushrooms and other plants for cooking.

"Think you can grab some more of that mutton? That'll hit the spot." Daruk asked cheerfully, with the Gerudo woman glancing at him.

"Is meat the only thing you Goron's eat?"

"Hey, back home we ain't got nothing but meat!...and rocks." Urbosa rolled her eyes in amusement and shot another stray sheep with one of the spare bow's they had. Grabbing the carcass over her shoulder, she and the Goron began the long walk back to the campsite, for it was turning into night soon. The silence, only cut by the chirping of crickets, was palpable for the two. But the champions knew that they weren't fine at all. Rather, they were far from it. In the end, it was Daruk who wound up both the courage and strength to speak up. "So...you doing all right?"

"What gave you the impression that I wasn't 'all right?'" She snapped back.

"Well, I don't know. Same reason I'm not doing all right." Urbosa sighed as she looked to the ground.

"What was that fight?" She asked.

"It was-" Daruk began to respond, but was cut off by the chiefess

"I'm not talking about the actual fight. I'm talking about what happened in it. Who-who was that man? He's different than any other Voe I've ever fought!" She then began to list off the reasons that this man, this one man, was different. "His speed, aggression, tactics! I've never seen them before. He wasn't trying to win a fight, he was trying to kill us!"

"Well, the Yiga clan tried to kill us too!"

"But they fought with honor! They were more methodical, more focused on killing you with dignity! This man...he didn't care about anything. He fought with nothing held back, and he got worse once he brought out that scythe..." Indeed, she was correct. Daruk remembered that blade, the blade that tore open the little guy's chest. It was...brutal. The blade looked old, older than anything he had ever seen. Yet it was also advanced, for the ability to transform a curved sword into a scythe was unnerving to say the least.

"The only way we even managed to drive him off is that we fought him all at once! If we're ever separated and he comes for one of us..." She trailed off. Daruk knew why. "*Tch* Let's just go." The two then continued walking in silence. The journey back lasted a few more minutes, and once they arrived, Revalli was there as well.

"Did you find anything?"

"I managed to grab some more bandages from a town nearby, but they couldn't spare anymore. They were recently attacked by wild Moblins." The Rito explained.

"It'll work." Zelda spoke up, before heading quickly inside the tent to give the bandages to Mipha. The crackling of the fire was one of the only noises in the night as they cooked and ate in silence, no one saying a word. That was what the princess preferred at the moment. Her mind pondered the mystery man. Who was this figure? As much as she despised that man right now, she couldn't help but think on what he said before they fought. He claimed that he didn't destroy Malon village, and Saria mentioned that other people came before him. Had she been acting too rashly? Had she not thought about the situation before everything went wrong? Still, there was no forgiving the man for what he had done to Link. She was too lost in her thoughts to notice the crickets had stopped chirping, but Urbosa caught on. "Something's wrong...Zelda!"

Zelda was pushed out of the way of the monster's lunge. Daruk growled as he felt the claw's of this mystery monster rip his skin, but he was able to push it off and have it slam into a tree trunk. The rest of the champions rose up and grabbed their weapons, even Mipha had rushed out of the tent with her spear. Slowly, the beast that they were all watching rose up, and Zelda gasped in horror.

Whatever this beast was, it was once a person. One could see the distinct features of a Hylian upon it's mangled and distorted face, the pointed ears being the major factor. But any resemblance to a living sentient person was gone once you went down to the neck. Hair and scarring covered and emanated from it's entire upper body, and it wore no clothing except rags. On the lower half, it's hands and feet were now claws, and the former fingers were now long talons which were a sickly pale green color. The leg's seemed to have the beginning of tentacles at the bases, and was growing a tail similar in shape to a snake.

The thing roared a deathly cry, a mixture of sheer hatred and...sobbing? It then threw itself at the 5 of them, aiming for the closest, that being Zelda. She covered her face away in horror, but was saved by an arrow from Revali. The beast flew back onto the ground, scampering to it's feet before being put down by a slash from Urbosa. But that was not the end of it, for as soon as it died more of those things burst from the forest! These beasts seemed to also resemble the other species as well! The one's that seemed to be related to the Zora were smaller than the others, but quicker. The Rito monstrosities had their arms replaced not be claws, but blades. The Goron mutants were the largest yet slowest, and could not be knocked down it seemed. The ones that looked like a Gerudo were able to hack up bile that caused instants nausea. There were dozen's of these...monsters.

The skirmish was bloody, as these beasts roared and snarled at their prey! A select few charged at Daruk, who smashed them away with his Boulder Breaker. But that was not enough for him not to be scratched. Mipha stabbed several of the beasts who went for her with a grace unseen by most men. But nevertheless she too was wounded. Revalli took to the skies, launching arrow upon arrow at these demons, but the monsters that took after his own kin snarled at him and swiped at him with their blade arms, and sent spikes at him! One landed onto his right wing, and with a cry of pain, he fell from the heavens. Urbosa and Zelda stood back to back, with the Gerudo slicing and bashing away any beasts that came for them while the Princess shot spell after spell to the beasts. In the end, it was not enough, for they were being swarmed. As the champions huddled together, weapons towards the beasts, they were being encircled by a dozen of these things. They were trapped.

"Hugh...hugh...w-what are these things?" Daruk asked, panting.

"I don't know..." Revali answered, a fear in his voice that was rare for him.

"We're being overwhelmed, we can't get through." The Gerudo Chieftan said, her arm's bloody.

"There's no way out!" Mipha cried, but was interjected by the Hyrulian Princess

"No! We can't give up, we won't! We won't die like this, not when Link still need's us!" Zelda yelled out. "We've been through worse together, and we came out stronger! We're not going to let these thing's end us today!" The champions looked at their leader, the princess who once was dainty and afraid and now a confident leader, and smiled. They would survive. They would fight this out till the end, and whether they died or not, they would fight. "To the end?" Zelda asked her friends.

"To the end." They all spoke. Raising their weapons, they met the beasts roar and prepared for the inevitable charge...

BANG!

One of the beasts dropped dead, it's head now a pile of mush on the dirt. The champions (and the beasts, surprisingly) turned to where the noise came from. The tree's seemingly parted for the mystery man from before to enter the field, wielding now a sword and dagger, with another dagger on his hip. They watched as he turned to the beasts, with a smile upon his face.

Earlier

The chirping of the crickets, the soft wind, the rustling of the leaves. All these sounds were calming for the good hunter as he walked up a hill. He needed a distraction right now, due to the day's earlier events.

The champions of Hyrule had found him, and seemingly wished for his death. Curious, he did not know why. Though if he had to think about it, the Princess did mention that he was a 'murderer.' Maybe they fought he slaughtered everyone in the town from last night? A pity, he did not wish to kill one of the champions. They were good folk from what he had heard. But life goes on, he supposed. That was why he was walking up this hill and towards the temple he had spied earlier. He was tracking something.

Earlier that day, before the encounter with the hero's of the land, he was cleaning his weapons when he heard a rustling in the forest. He investigated for a bit, but found nothing but a scent. A familiar scent. One from his time back in Yharnam. The scent of beasts. He did not know why there was this scent, but he needed to find out. So, here he was now, searching for the source of the scent and this temple was seemingly where it came from.

Idris drew the Rakuyo off of his back before stepping towards the large building. It had certainly seen better day's, for the steeple had collapsed and there was broken glass everywhere. But this was nothing new to Idris, it only served as a reminder of his past. He hooked up a lantern to his belt and lit it, before stepping down the stairs. The passageway was damp, a liquid dripping from the ceiling. But the Hunter ignored it as he went further down the passageway until it ended. A intersection, three way's forwards. One left, one down the middle and one right. This would take time. Idris stood still as he pondered his next move, but his thoughts were interrupted by the distant sound of scuttling feet. The scent was growing stronger and stronger every passing second. He transformed the Rakuyo and prepared for the worst.

An oncoming horde charged at him from the middle path, these beasts...they were both familiar yet different at the same time. They're movement and howls were much like the beast patients of burnt down Old Yharnam, yet they seemed to be a combination of both beast and Kin...how strange. Yet in the end, they were beasts and beasts must be hunted down. Idris began to tear his way through the oncoming horde, slashing and cutting down any beasts unlucky enough to get close to him. He bisected one's torso from hit's body, sending it flying. He drove his dagger through another's skull all the way down to it's mouth. He jabbed one in the eye. He slaughtered his way through these monsters.

Yet most of them didn't fight back, rather they ran right pass him, as if they were trying to go somewhere. Soon the horde stopped, for they all had ran outside. Idris followed, confused by this. Only once he returned outside did he see the beasts head towards the nearby smoke. A campsite. People could die and the plague could spread.

He would not take any chances. Not now.

Now

Idris roared as he stabbed a beast through the forehead before rolling to the next one. Several slashes from the main blade ended it's life. He then rolled out of the way of a slash from a Goron Mutant, before spinning his blades to cut the beast multiple times. He then sidestepped another's lunge before stabbing it in the back. As it knelled, he jammed his hand straight through it's back, and ripped out bone and organ. 8 left. He dodged another's multiple swings before switching to the Blade's of Mercy. He lunged at the beast, transforming the blade into two while he did so.

The cut across it's throat ended it's life instantly. He then began to cut into another mutant, slashing and stabbing wildly at both a Zora and Rito Mutant. After dealing with those two, he turned to the remaining beasts and rolled towards them. He stabbed forward into one's gut, taking a hit from another beast while doing so. He ended the life of the one who wounded him quickly, with a cut across it's leg and into it's skull once it landed. 3 left. He faced the final one's left, two Hylians and a Zora. De-transforming the dagger, he pulled out Eveyln and fired two times

Bang!

Bang!

Two beast's fell. The final beast roared and leapt on top of him, gnashing and trying to bite his face off. They struggled for a bit, before Idris pushed it off and with a quick jerk of his hands, and snapped it's neck. It fell to the side, unmoving. Idris panted and caught his breath before standing to face the stunned faces of the champions. Sheathing his weapons, he spoke. "We have much to discuss, champions of Hyrule. I need your help. "

How's that for a chapter? Eh? Eeeeh? Eh, it was okay I guess. Not my favorite chapter I wrote but this feel's like a good place to stop for now.

See you all next time!