Chapter 11

A Swift End(Pt.2)

"Graaaahh!" A Hylian Knight Roared before jumping into a mass of Kin. The fighting in the main Castle was fierce, The Kin and Knights clashed and many were slain. Kohga is surrounded by a group of Knights, he unhooks his shield from his back onto his arm. Kohga clicks a switch on his sword's hilt, it covers in a fire chuchu jelly. Kohga smiles and rushes the nearest Knight, scraping his sword on the ground, the sparks ignite the fire chuchu jelly and his sword becomes encased in flames. Kohga does a top right slash down to bottom left, which decapitates the Knight and sets him ablaze. The other Knights rush Kohga and he jumps into them slashing right and left. One of the Knights landed a lucky blow and slashed Kohga across the back. Kohga whips around and instantly kills the man, a few moments later and all of the Knights fall down deceased. Kohga yells "Push to the Inner Sanctum!" the Rakakin forces give a battle roar.

A ways away from the Castle Rakasa is approaching the 100 Zoras. By the time he met up with them, they had gotten quite a bit closer. Both factions came to a halt and Rakasa pushed a little forward saying, "Now, What brings a small Zora platoon here to a battlefield?" The Zoras did nothing for a moment then the force split in half. Mipha walked up to Rakasa. Rakasa spoke "Oh, Mipha… It has been… a while." Mipha looked up at Rakasa and said, "Please… Stop this, just ask for peace… i am on your side… ever since you took occupation of our Domain, we have had good trade and good crops… we should just end this war and make peace with Princess Zelda." Rakasa gets off of his horse and looks Mipha in the eye."No, any peaceful options ended when they decided to obliterate my home without any warning. And from there they have killed so many of my friends, You know what i am, i am the Calamity. I hold nothing but hate for the Hylian race, and i will not stop until my Kin have a safe home to return to."

Mipha hurriedly says "Rakasa, you feel more than hate! Look around you… you have so many 'Kin'... you feel more than just hate, or you would not have anyone next to you, over 8,000 people have rallied under your flag, because they believe in you and want to make a better future with you! You Love them Rakasa!" After hearing this Rakasa seemed to falter. He had been implanted with so many memories, so much hate and death, Rakasa scowled and said "No, i do this for my own sake, the more death, the more hate in the world, the more Haunting memories i receive!" Mipha replies "Yes maybe that was true at the beginning, but what about now!? Will you honestly say that you never had any feelings for anyone besides hate!?" Just then Kohga flashed into Rakasa's mind, along with all of his generals and all of the citizens of his cities. "Wh- I... " Rakasa managed to fumble out. Mipha continued "Please… just stop this war with no more bloodshed, too much has already been spilt." Rakasa regained his composure and said "No…" with that Mipha had a disappointed look on her face and she began to turn around to walk away.

As Rakasa saw Mipha about to leave, his heart screamed 'NO!' without a second thought, Rakasa reached out and grabbed Mipha's arm. She stopped and looked Rakasa in his now soft blue eyes. Rakasa immediately regretted touching Mipha, he remembered that tonight was a new moon. His eyes turned red and he let go of Mipha saying "I'm sorry..." however, Mipha was not blighted, nor was Rakasa's hands cold. Rakasa looked at his hand, his hand felt like it was on fire, for an instant, his palm whitened. Like a river being thawed, his blood began to be pumped through his now beating heart. Rakasa fell to his knees and tears rolled down his cheeks. After all of this time, Rakasa remembers the Goddesses words, he says "Only someone, who can give love to anyone, even all of the hate in me… Mipha, you love your people" Mipha replied "everyone deserves kindness, even monsters, you showed me that. When my mind was closed, you opened it and showed me that even monsters were people." Rakasa looks over to the burning city of Hyrule, and says "What have i done…"

Kohga and all of the other Generals enter the inner sanctum. Link and 20 Royal Guards held their positions in the room, Zelda was farther back. Kohga shouts "Your Tyrannous reign ends today Princess! Step down and no one needs to be hurt any farther." The 20 Royal Guards all unsheathed their weapons in unison. "I guess it isn't going to be that easy huh?" Kohga catches a glimpse of Varrik, Kohga continues "Leave that one for me." The Generals and Captains all run in to fight the Guards. Kohga zooms over to Varrik with a deadly speed and he slashes at Varrik, Varrik blocks and the two of them fall into deep combat. "Why did you kill Grom!? He trusted you and you stabbed him in the back! Now you fight for those Hylians again? You two timing piece of trash!" Kohga shouts at Varrik and begins to have the upper hand. The Royal guards begin to falter and some fall down dead. The Rakakin Forces are too strong and push the Royal Guards back. Link is holding back the lines and took down a few Captains. Kohga kicks Varrik in the chest and then runs over to Link to save more Kin's lives. Link and Kohga begin to fight for everything they believe in.

Rakasa is running up Hyrule's Castles steps hoping he can make it there in time. *Pant Pant* "Just a little farther!" All of the Kin just watch as Rakasa runs through the city.

Why you ask?

A few minutes earlier: "It was then, that i knew that Mipha was the 'Bride' that the Goddesses told me of, the one to put a permanent end to the Calamity that resides in me. Mipha has a kind heart, and a gift to heal. I told Mipha that i would stop the fight and allow both sides to live together in peace, but for a price. We made a bargain, that once this was over, she was to be my bride. She was overjoyed that there would be no more bloodshed and she gave me a hug. When she embraced me… i felt like a new person, the feeling was beyond words… i first began to burn, and then… a soft lul, i felt at peace… my skin became clear, my blight was gone, my eyes back to normal and my hair a silvery white. She saw me and let go, she looked at me in a different light. I ran to the Castle to stop the war and end it in peace. My heart beating, my soul free, i guess i didn't need Mipha to be my bride, but a warm embrace of love."

Rakasa burst into the Inner sanctum free from blight, but… he was too late. Link drew his sword from Kohga's chest and Kohga fell to the ground blood dripping from link's blade."No…" Rakasa rasped, Rakasa clenched his hand and gave a battle cry, the entire room froze. Time has literally stopped, Only Link and Rakasa are able to move. Rakasa shouts "You are me, and i am you, we are the same, and we are total opposites." Then Rakasa's Soul came out of his body and his body Darkened, becoming the Calamity. Rakasa entered Link's body and the two of them became one. Now came the clash of good against evil, Link against the darkness. Who knows how long the battle took, time was irrelevant. But the Evil Calamity was slain, and Link held the knowledge of all Kin. Time resumed, Rakasa's soul came back out of Link, it materialized into Hylian form and touched Kohga's forehead saying "Son, come back to me" Rakasa had tears rolling down his face, he kissed Kohga on the head. The room lit up and light came from Kohga's body.

The three Goddesses say in unison "Rakasa, you are Rakasa no more, The Calamity is gone forever, you have done well. Rest, you have not slept for Eight years, it is time for you to rest." Kohga's eyes open and his wound begins to heal. Rakasa looks at Kohga and smiles, "I Love you my son." His eyes close and Rakasa dissipates into the air. "I now… Can rest…" his voice is heard in the room, then silence. The Kin drop their weapons and begin to weep. Kohga has tears rolling down his cheeks. Link looks at Princess Zelda and drops his weapon. "The Battle is over…"

Mipha Feels a warm breeze, and a voice say "I have always loved you." Tears rolled down Mipha's cheeks as she turned around and traveled home.

Kohga becomes the ruler over all of Hyrule; a place where monsters don't exist, all living things are treated the same. Zelda was appointed as a Council Woman and she continued to live in the Castle. As for the others, they all lived under Kohga's reign, and led a peaceful life.

One Year later: Kohga walks into a little girl's room. He goes to a bookshelf and picks up Rakasa's Blackened Journal. It took him a while to recover all of the pages. He sits down besides his daughter Rain. He opens it up, Rain then says to her father Kohga, "Ayah... another bedtime story? Aren't i too old for bedtime stories?" Kohga softly replied "Not this story little one", turning the page, Kohga began to read.

The-End