Disclaimer: ….Be ready for a LOOOONG chapter…
A/N: To answer some of Ri2's questions… again. And I thought I didn't want any reviews game-related… "Maybe that's because the controls are so easy to use"…If you're not Ri2, then you can read on… Unless you're curious, too.
#1: So THAT'S a Mary Sue! I see… Well, a Shadow Elf IS a bit more interesting then a Forest Elf (Sarah) and a Night Elf (Chikara), right? Besides, Shadow Elves have a history of being ruthless and tough. As I said last chapter, Emily is a way better fighter then Chikara and Sarah. Didn't you know that the Shiekah WERE the Shadow Elves (or were the Shiekah Dark Elves…? Who cares.)! The Hylians betrayed them long before Zelda and Lee, trapping them in the Well of Shadows in Kakariko village.
#2: Yes, Chikara's grandma was around during good ol Hyrule times. But she wasn't in Hyrule. She was in a different place, a place where the Night Elf clan lives. If Mikomi, Chikara's mom, was a Night Elf, then you can guess Grandma is ALSO a Night Elf.
#3: The Triforce Sarah has… Quite a few reasons. One, to make the story more interesting. Two, there can't be just all-good Triforce. Then the balance Nayru created would be thrown off. So I decided to make one up that would counter the other three. The black Triforce is as strong as the other three, as to keep it balanced. Without balance, chaos would take over the world! Oh, yeah, I've changed it to "Triforce of Love". Anyway, who says that there absolutely HAS TO BE A BLANK SPOT IN THE MIDDLE! Why call it the 'Tetraforce'? I was thinking more 'Quadforce' :D
#4: About Sarah's staff… Yes, it changing into any weapon, or any item, a little too convenient. But then again… Think about all the wild conveniences of the game… For example, the Master Sword. What a coincidence that some family after Zelda and Lee demolished the Temple of Time and tossed the Master Sword UNDER the castle!
Lee: slaps forehead Why didn't WE think of that?
Zelda: Because we weren't there? We were out of Hyrule at the time.
Lee: …Right.
Me: You could call Sarah a sorceress, I guess, only she's not as powerful as Ganondorf or Vaati (who'll appear in 4-swords and Minish Cap fanfic coming soon… very soon) or Zelda. More to the point, another wild convenience is that the Master Sword survived at all. I mean, the Master Sword is the only sword that CAN defeat Ganondorf, and it is the only thing that happened to survive the big war of Hyrule 1000 years ago. Don't poormouth Sarah's staff when the game had more wild conveniences then she does. Comprende?
#5: Chikara is a descendant of the Hero of Time (a.k.a Lee), but that doesn't mean he's as STRONG as Lee and Zelda was!
#6: No, Orca didn't train Chikara swordplay before Aryll got kidnapped, seeing as Chikara spent his time up and about at night, when everyone except for his mom was asleep. Apparently, Chikara got his moms genes rather then Aryll. A Night Elf, better known as a Twilight Elf, wanders and frolics at night. Chikara was never a fan of fighting, either.
#7: I've turned Chikara into a small, wimpy weakling? Making him look weak in front of two girls who (as I said last chapter) are a million times more experienced Chikara? Emily, near invincibility, nothing physical can hurt her? Chikara SHOULD be good at swordplay because he's Lee and Zelda's descendent? Oh, I think I'm enjoying this… A disagreeable reviewer… Well, Chikara IS a bit frail, but so what? Sarah and Emily have been knowing how to fight for 1000 years now, making them beyond the epic level! Emily is a SHADOW ELF, the MOST POWERFUL ELF OF ALL (next to Dark Elves and High/Royal Elves)! And I didn't give Sarah and Emily eternal youth, Sarah already had it (she's Kokiri, and they NEVER grow up, remember?) and Emily is about in her early 20's in human terms. And Emily can change her looks whenever she wants. All Shadow Elves can. And you'll argue about this, too… How about I prepare a small explanation of all elf types so you can FINALLY get it right, huh! Back to Sarah and Emily being stronger then Chikara… Women are naturally stronger then men anyway, you know. Don't be surprised.
#8: All Chikara is good for is changing the direction of the wind?
Chikara: That's a bit cold…
Me: Chikara doesn't get the gist of fighting yet. But when he ends up in Hyrule again either next chapter he'll realize what he got himself into, and toughen up.
#9: No one knows what the Wind Spirit looks like yet. You'll see in later chapters!
#10: Sarah and Emily NOT in love with Chikara? What, the female character falling in love with the male character makes her a Mary-Sue? …glances at Sarah Whoops. Did I make a Mary-Sue on accident? That's precisely what Sarah is going to do, and Chikara will like Sarah too after Tetra turns him down… Crap, gave something away… Well, sorry Ri2.
If anyone else out there has any questions regarding this fanfic, please don't hesitate to ask me! I'll gladly answer them, or else correct you if you've made a mistake. Just don't become as disagreeable as Ri2.
NOW we can carry on with this fanfic! Read on!
Chapter Six: A God's Challenge, meeting with 4 Goddesses, and the Master Sword.
"Looks like the rain cleared off!" said Emily happily. Then she frowned. "Wait… Then that means the curse of night is over?" Emily began to bawl loudly.
"She's right, Chikara, Sarah. When the three pearls are gathered at one spot, the curse of Ganondorf will be destroyed. Too bad it won't destroy him. But, Chikara, when you set the pearls on the three Triangle Islands, you'll return to the surface a mighty tower: the Tower of the Gods!"
"Tower of the Gods?" repeated Chikara.
"Yep."
"But no such thing existed when Emily and I were in Hyrule, Red Lions! When did it show up!"
"You lived in Hyrule about 1000 years ago… but you didn't stay, did you? I heard that you, Emily, Zelda, Lee and Link left about 950 years before the gods destroyed Hyrule. Hmm?"
Sarah glanced out at sea, and didn't answer for a bit.
Emily stopped bawling and shouted, "Hey, how did you know that!"
Red Lions hesitated for a second, and answered, "Lets just say I am a very smart boat."
Chikara sighed. "How will we know when we get there?"
Red Lions smiled a big smile. "I have no clue."
Leaning back, Chikara looked up at the starry sky. "What happened to the clouds? Chikara-chan can't see any in that horizon…"
"No clouds will appear for a while, Chikara," answered Sarah.
"Yeah," sniffled Emily. "Because light needs to hit the world again, so no clouds shall cover the moon or sun."
Sarah pulled out her ocarina. "I'm bored…" she said, and began to play a song.
Chikara stared amazedly at the ocarina. "Wai! What is that!"
The Kokiri put the ocarina down, and replied, "This, Chikara, is called the Fairy Ocarina… a long time ago, I lived in the Kokiri Forest. I had a friend named Link. You heard us mention him once of twice, right?"
Chikara nodded. "Yeah, and you keep mentioning a Zelda and a Lee, too. Who are they?"
Sarah looked up at Emily. "…They were other friends. Anyway, this ocarina… Link gave this ocarina after he got the Ocarina of Time before we left for Termina…"
"Oh, yeah, I remember!" said Emily, "Like it was yesterday!"
Spoiler Flashback, about 1950 years ago…
"Epona… I wonder how she had a baby so soon?" pondered Lee, bringing forward a baby Epona.
"Exactly what I was wondering," said Zelda, approaching the small trio. "Kid, I understand that you can't return to the Forest, cause you were banished, right?"
The kid, whose name was really Link, looked down. "…Yeah."
"Well then, tell me where you'll go."
"We're gonna go explore the Lost Woods! We may find something interesting there!" exclaimed Emily happily.
Sarah nodded, smiling at Link. "Yes, an adventure! Ne, Link?"
Link looked at Sarah, black, soulless eyes staring into Sarah's green-blue. "Yes…" he repeated. "An adventure…"
Zelda glanced at Lee, then pulled out the silvery-blue Ocarina of Time. "Here, kid, take this… I know you'll need this for the adventure ahead."
"Eh? You want me to take this?" Link frowned, and took the Ocarina of Time. "Why would I need this, Zelda?"
"Yeah, tell us!" piped up Emily. "So we'll be prepared for the future!"
"You can't keep secrets from us, Zelda!" added Sarah.
Zelda shook her head. "I can, too… 'Tis my secret. You all can go now, Epona's daughter is ready to go."
"Yes she is!" said Lee cheerfully, smiling a bunny smile.
Link climbed on first, then he handed the Fairy Ocarina to Sarah. "Here, you hold this."
Sarah blinked, and took the light brown ocarina. "For me to hold…?"
He nodded. "Yes… I can't be holding two ocarinas. So you hold it for me, okay?"
Sarah thought a bit, then said, "But Saria gave this to you, Link…" She jumped onto the pony behind Link. "But if you say so. I have no objection."
Link looked back at Sarah, the look in his eye saying he didn't real understand why Sarah agreed with him so quickly. "…Okay. Thank you, Sarah."
"Touching," remarked Emily, and then folded her arms. "But where can I fit on this horse?" Emily sighed, and then smiled. "Too bad you chose the middle, Sarah!" Emily jumped on behind Sarah.
"Oi!" said Sarah, as she was now squished between Emily and Link. Link just sighed.
Zelda and Lee exchanged glances. "Let's follow them after a week," whispered Zelda to Lee.
Lee smiled and nodded. "Okee-doke, Zelda!"
And that ends the Flashback…
Sarah laid down, looking up at the night sky. "That's how I got this ocarina, Chikara."
Chikara, who was now sitting up, looking at the ocean waves roll by again, nodded thoughtfully. "Ah, that's cool… Chikara-chan can't play any instruments…"
"That's right, because you are the conductor, Wind Waker," said Emily from her post at Red Lions head. "I can play instruments, too! I play an ocarina, a very SPECIAL ocarina called the Shadow Ocarina! Only Shadows can hear it."
"I hope you don't attract a lot of Shadows here," said Sarah.
"Grrr!" replied Emily, and pulled out a black ocarina. "I shall play just to defy you, Sarah!"
"Go right ahead. I shall play, too."
Red Lions sighed. Nayru forbid these girls play all night…
1 day, 5 hours and 27 minutes later… (I don't want to go into detail about the whole sail to the Southern Triangle Island… That'd be too long!)
"Emily, are we there yet?" Red Lions voice sounded hopeful.
Emily squinted through her telescope. "Lemme see… YEP! I can see a triangular shaped island! Due north!"
"All right! Chikara, wake Sarah up!"
Chikara nodded, and shook Sarah awake. "Ne, Sarah, wake up! We're at a Triangle island!"
Sarah blinked awake wearily. "But I got to sleep an hour ago…" she sat up, rubbing her eyes. "What? We're at a Triangle island! Which one?"
"Chikara-chan doesn't know. Ask Red Lions."
"Red Lions, where—"
"I heard. I think we're at the Southern Triangle Island. Well, Chikara, go set the pearl on that statue."
"Which pearl?"
"Uhm…. South, south, south…" muttered Red Lions. "Nayru to the north, Farore to the east… then that leaves Din! Place Din's pearl onto the statue!"
"Come on, Chikara!" said Emily cheerfully, jumping off Red Lions head.
So Chikara and Sarah followed Emily to the yellow statue with the sign of Din on it. "Do we just…" asked Chikara, holding the red pearl.
Suddenly, the statues eyes began to glow red.
"Aaack!" cried Chikara. "It's evil!"
"No, not evil…" said Sarah, taking a small step towards the statue.
"Yeah, I would know," assured Emily.
"Yo, you want my help? Then set this pearl down," came a voice from the statue.
Sarah sighed. I forgot that the Goddesses have different personalities…
Chikara stared fearfully into the statue's flashing red eyes. "Should we trust it…? Is it real?"
Emily rolled her eyes. "Oh, let me!" She snatched Din's Pearl and placed it onto the statues hand. "There! We sail north! Come on!" Emily skipped happily back to Red Lions head.
"North…" repeated Chikara, pulling the baton out, and conducted the Winds Requiem.
"Konnichiwa! Hee, hee… How did you like my Hylian? After hearing Valoo, the Deku Tree and Jabun speak Hylian, I decided to try some out!" The Wind Spirit sounded unusually cheerful today. "Anyway, Chikara! Which direction?"
"Um… You're cheerful today…" Chikara sighed, and told the spirit, "We need to sail north."
"North… North! Okee-doke!" The wind blew north.
"Thanks!" Chikara said as he climbed aboard the sailboat. "Okay, Red Lions!"
"Hai, Red Lions! Let's go!" Sarah and Emily cheered at the same time.
Ooh, why do kids have such a huge amount of energy? Even after 1000 years I feel tired from all their energy… I am old… thought Red Lions despairingly.
4 hours and 48 minutes later… (These are NOT random times…)
"Okay, Chikara!" said Red Lions. "This island is the Northern Triangle Island, so set the Nayru's Pearl here!"
"Lets go!" Emily called, and the trio jumped off the boat, and climbed up to the statue.
"Travelers who seek the guidepost of the Goddesses, place the pearl onto my hands," said the statue, eyes glowing blue this time.
"Hai," said Chikara, placing Nayru's Pearl onto the statues open palms.
"One more to go, and I'm going to set it up!" said Sarah indignantly as they climbed aboard the red sailboat named King of Red Lions.
"Okay! Now, we need to sail in a sort of a… southeastern-ish course…"
"Southeastern-ish?" repeated Chikara curiously, pulling the Kaze no Takuto out.
"Again? This is twice in the same day!" said the Wind Spirit before Chikara could conduct. "Well, which way? I need to practice my Hylian!"
"Uhm… We need to go in a… southeastern-ish direction…"
"That means I have to bring in the northwestern-ish wind." The Wind Spirit sighed. "Alright, then. Go on… This'll be a long day…."
4 hours later…
"That was the longest sail of my life!" yelled Emily from her perch.
Sarah nodded agreement, watching the sun set. "Well, lets go! Hand me the Farore's Pearl!"
"Okay, Sarah…" Chikara handed over the emerald-green pearl, and the trio jumped off and waked to the statue.
The statues eyes flashed green, and it said, "Traveler, place the pearl onto my hands."
Sarah placed the pearl on the statues hand.
Then the statue began to light up, as though it were about—
"IT'S GONNA EXPLODE!" screeched Emily.
"Aaaaah!" yelled Chikara, and he and Sarah ran for cover.
"Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah! Got ya!" yelled Emily, doubling over laughing.
Sarah glared at Emily as Chikara looked up nervously. "Are you sure, Emily?" he asked nervously.
"Come on!"
So Sarah and Chikara climb back up to the statue.
Below, Red Lions closed his eyes as if in a grimace. "… Oh no."
KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled Chikara.
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" screamed Sarah.
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" cheered Emily.
All three elves went flying into the sky. Red Lion sighed. "I just hope they end up at the Tower of the Gods… I hope I hope I hope…"
On the Eastern Triangle Island, the statue was now the Goddess of Courage: Farore! She lifted the Pearl into the air, and called, "Goddess of Power, Din! Awaken! The Hero of Time's descendant needs us!" Her pearl shined green, and sent a beam of green light to Din.
Which caused the statue to explode and turn into Goddess Din! "Okay, I'm awake, sis! YO, GODDESS OF WISDOM! Time to wake up!" And Din sends a red beam of light to Nayru, which explodes and causes Nayru to lift her pearl all graceful-like.
"Alright, Farore! Our powers gathered, I return it to you so that we may rise the Tower once again!"
And Nayru returns the power to Farore. The green, red, and blue light formed 4 triangles! Three gold ones, and the black Triforce in the middle.
A soft rumbling was heard as something rose from the ocean. The rumbling intensified as the tower revealed itself. The 1000 feet tower could be seen from all over the Great Sea now.
Red Lions was waiting before the Tower of the Gods, hoping that Chikara, Sarah, and Emily were close by. He heard some screaming being immediately cut off, and looked up curiously. The trio of adventurer-elves had just crashed right into the tower. The King of Red Lions narrowed his eyes. "Ooh… That's… got… to hurt…"
Up with the aforementioned trio, Emily pulled her head off the wall, hanging on the wall. "Wow!" she cried happily. "That was FUN! When can we do that again!"
Chikara slid off the wall, falling to the ocean below. A few seconds later, Sarah followed.
Emily frowned. "Fine! Sheesh, everyone's lost the meaning of the word fun!" Grumbling to herself, she slid down the wall professionally just as Red Lions was pulling Sarah and Chikara into the boat. "Red Lions!" she whined. "When can we do that again?"
"Never," he answered.
"NEVER!" repeated Emily angrily. She growled, and jumped onto the talking sailboats head. "Humph! Fine then! Let's enter this bloody tower!"
"This tower, young Shadow-lady, is in NO WAY bloody! The great powers of the Gods reside in this tower! You wouldn't want to anger the light Gods here, would you?" asked Red Lions menacingly.
Emily glared at Red Lions. "I can take it! Come on, quit stalling!"
"Right!" With that, Red Lions cruised into the tower. "Wow…" he breathed. "Its… Its amazing!"
Emily surveyed the room. "What do you mean, amazing? All I see is some really ugly statues--," Emily imitated the face of a statue, "and a weirdo-waterfall and walls with cracks in them!"
"This tower is about 1000 years old! Almost 500 years younger than Hyrule itself!"
"Old and creaky!" added Emily, hearing the walls creak a bit.
Red Lions growled loudly, waking Sarah up. "Itaii…" she muttered, sitting up wincing. "Where the heck are we?" Sarah asked, squeezing water out of her red hair.
"We are in the Tower of the Gods!" announced Red Lions majestically, oblivious to the fact that Emily was mouthing him mockingly.
Sarah smiled, and shook Chikara awake. "Hey, Chikara, wake up! We're inside the Tower of the Gods!"
Chikara wearily opened his eyes. "Nani?"
"We're here!"
"Honto ni!"
"And in one piece!" added Emily. Then she looked down at Red Lions. "So then, King! Now what?"
All three were looking expectantly at Red Lions. "Uhm… Okay! Alright! We'll… Go look at the cracks in the wall first!" Red Lions cruised to the wall looking up at it curiously.
"And…?" said Emily.
"Isn't it obvious?" asked Red Lions, putting down the sail, and setting up the cannon. "WE BLOW THE WALL AWAY!"
"YES!" cheered Emily.
"Blow the wall away!" repeated Chikara fearfully, inching away from the cannon. "Aah… Chikara-chan doesn't like that cannon…"
"Dan kava yoh eerz!" said Red Lions with difficulty, as he was lighting the fuse with a candle that was really Sarah's staff.
"Go… Shi… San… Ni… Ichi…" Emily counted down in Hylian… "FIAH!"
BOOM!
The cannon fired, and broke the wall down. "Kyaaa! Watch the debris!" cried Chikara.
Red Lions blinked, and looked inside. "Wait…"
A/N: Remember, all dungeons and temples, etc., have different layouts…"How will we get Red Lions over this ledge? Its too high for him to sail over…" mused Sarah, hand resting on her chin.
"Then that means that he can stay here, and we three will go exploring ourselves!" said Emily, with an obvious note of joy in her voice.
"But that's okay, right Chikara?" asked Red Lions desperately. Cause I wanna come with y'all!
Emily and Sarah both looked at Chikara, who had his back turned with an Anime sweatdrop on the back of his hat, writing in his journal. "We won't wait forever! Hurry and write!" snapped Emily.
Day 9
The Tower of the Gods is not as impressing as I thought it would be… Emily and Sarah have never seen this place before, so we'll have to rely on gut-instinct. Sad… But the good thing about this place is that I suddenly remembered to write in my journal… 9 days in this journal. Wow, I've managed to write a lot.
Suppose a few hundred years from now… I can look into this journal and remember everything that has happened. Imagine if I get married? (To Tetra? Uhm, never mind!) I can show this to my kids, and them to their kids! …Am I thinking to far ahead? I could die in this Tower…
Stop being such a pessimist, Chikara-chan! Be the optimist! All smiles!
Chikara-chan, Tower of the Gods (not that all impressive, though…), 3:50 PM. Status: …
Chikara closed the journal and looked back, seeing Sarah and Emily staring at him. "Nani?"
"We wanna know if you want Red Lions to come," answered Sarah.
"Yeah, we're holding a vote. Right now, it's 1 for No Red Lions and 1 for Yes Red Lions," said Emily. Red Lions frowned.
"Uh… Chikara-chans undecided…" he said tentatively.
Emily counted the votes with her fingers. "1 for No Red Lions, 1 for Red Lions, and 1 for I'm too stupid too decide."
"Hey!" Chikara shouted, glaring at Emily. "Chikara-chan's NOT too stupid to decide! Chikara-chans not even stupid!"
"Emily, you shouldn't be so mean to Chikara!"
Emily looked down at Sarah, eyebrow raised. "Why not? He's just fun to make upset." She sighed. "Well, Sarah, there is only one way to solve this… Rock Paper Scissors!" she screeched, holding out a fist.
"ALRIGHT!" agreed Sarah, holding out her fist. Chikara watched nervously, who never had seen a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors".
"ROCK… PAPER… SCISSORS!" yelled Sarah and Emily enthusiastically. Sarah held out "scissors" and Emily held out "rock".
"Whee-haugh! I win, so it's no Red Lions today!" gloated Emily.
Red Lions lowered his head, sighing. "No fair…"
"Well, then, Emily, I guess that means YOU'RE leading!" said Sarah, and she stood up. "Come on, Chikara, we'll let Emily lead the way!"
Chikara stood up too, and both he and Sarah looked up at Emily expectantly.
Emily cleared her throat, and looked around. "Okay… Okay!" she said, and she too stood up. "Okay, troops, we swim over there and enter the door!"
Red Lions raised an eyebrow. "Troops?"
"If you can come up with a better name!" snapped Emily, and she jumped into the water, swimming to her destination.
Sarah sighed, and followed Emily, Chikara behind her.
"Okay, I'll just be here…" said Red Lions quietly. "Dang it…."
"Do that!" called Emily, and the trio entered the door. "Okay… Lets look around this room…"
The room was a rectangular room, the floor damp and the room cold and depressing. Chikara shivered. "Man… Its cold…"
"No it isn't," replied Emily, and she looked around the room. "Well, let's look around!" With a determined, yet dignified, frown, Emily walked forward, head searching for clues and stuff around the room… And she fell down a ledge. "Ow!" she screeched, and she muttered some not very nice words in Shadow language.
Chikara looked down. "You okay?"
Emily snapped up, brushing dust off. "Of course I am!" she snapped, and continued to walk ahead in a dignified manner.
Sarah sighed, and she and Chikara continued to follow Emily. "Are you sure you know where we're going?" asked Sarah 10 minutes later.
"Yeah, we've been walking this room for 10 minutes, and haven't found anything," complained Chikara. "You know, this crack in the wall looks familiar…"
Emily rubbed her forehead. "There's SOMETHING useful in this room…" She walked around to the other side of the room. "Aha! Lookie, a door!"
"Uh, Emily?" asked Sarah uncertainly.
"What?" asked Emily.
"That's the door we entered in…" said Chikara.
Emily frowned. "Fine! We have to explore the opposite side of this floor!"
So the elven trio walked through the door and Emily swam up to Red Lions. "YO! Cruise us to the other side of the room!" she ordered.
"Who are you to give me orders?" asked Red Lions indignantly.
"A Shadow Elf of superb power," answered Emily, jumping on Red Lions head. "Now shut up and cruise us to the other end of the room."
Sarah and Chikara sighed, and sat down in the boat. "This will take a long time…" said Chikara sadly. Sarah nodded agreement.
3 hours later (I want to save time here…)
Emily sat down on Red Lions head again. "Dang it…" she muttered. "I thought that would be it… GAH!" she shouted. "I'm tired of this! WHERE DO WE GO NEXT!" Seizing a bomb from Chikara somehow, she tossed it at the waterfall angrily.
Her outburst surprised Chikara and Sarah. "Whoa, Emily! Calm down!" said Sarah nervously. "We'll find…" she trailed off, looking at the waterfall… or rather, the path behind the waterfall. "Emily…"
"Look at that!" said Chikara happily.
Emily looked back. And smiled. "See, what did I tell you guys? Told you that we'd make it alive! Now, let's-a go!" She glanced down at Red Lions. "That means cruise us over there, mister."
The King of Red Lions blinked. "Oh, right… Sorry, nearly fell asleep…" He cruise the trio to the waterfall path. "Well, that means I have to wait here again… Well, you three, be careful," said Red Lions. "Behind those doors, you'll face the power of the Gods, and at the same time… Chikara, use the Goddesses Power against them."
Chikara glanced back at Red Lions. "Eh? You want Chikara-chan to face the Gods… Mate, we're going to FACE the Gods!" he cried.
"We are?" questioned Sarah, looking back at Emily.
"Who says what we do where and when and why we do things," said Emily. She blinked. "What did I say?"
"Good luck, kids. That's all the hint I have for you all."
"Well, we'll fine out about it all, won't we?" asked Emily, and she led Sarah and Chikara into the next room. It was a circular room with three doorways.Chikara looked at the doors. "Which one do we go to first?" he asked.
Eiyuu…
Chikara blinked. That voice again…? "Did you girls hear that?"
"Not I," said Sarah observing the statue heads.
"Are you sure you heard something like that?" asked Emily, glancing at Chikara in a way a psychologist would to a deranged patient.
"No, Chikara-chan heard it, Emily… It was…"
Eiyuu, kuru kotchi…
That voice is calling to Chikara-chan… Chikara glanced at the door on the left. In there… She said 'in there'… Chikara walked to the door trance-like, following to voice. But how did Chikara-chan know what she said…?
The slam of a door made Sarah and Emily jump. "Whoa! Emily, what was that?"
"I don't know… Chikara, did you…" Emily looked around. "Sarah, do you know where Chikara went?"
Sarah turned around. "Chikara? Chikara, where are you?"
Emily looked around. "He must have gone into one of these rooms… I'll try the middle door, and you go with the right… He can't have gone that far off. If we can't find him, we'll both search the left room!" He better not be…
Sarah nodded, looking worried. "Okay, Emily… We'll meet up here in a half hour or so?"
"Okay!" Emily ran to the middle room, and Sarah ran to the room to the right.
With Chikara-chan…
Chikara was still following the voice. It was leading him through a narrow passageway over a bottomless pit.
Finally, it stopped talking, leaving Chikara in front of a statue. "Eh? What—Where's Chikara-chan? Did that voice bring Chikara-chan here?"
You understand the common speech, don't you? Eh, I guess I'll speak it just for little ol' you.
Chikara looked up and cried out in surprise. "You again? The redhead! You wanna talk to Chikara-chan again?"
Indeed, it was the redheaded Goddess of Power: Din. "Yep, it's me." She was now standing before Chikara. "You wanted to save your sister, but the King of Red Lions has sent you, Emily, and Sarah on perilous journeys to get the three Pearls of ours, right?"
"He did… But Red Lions said that they would help Chikara-chan save Aryll."
"But you never saw the bigger picture? What Red Lions was really doing?"
Chikara looked up at Din. "Eh? What do you mean?"
Din sighed. "Ah, I didn't think so. Maybe you'll figure it out on yourself, won't you, Chikara?" asked Din in an owner-to-a-being-good-puppy way, ruffling his hair. "You seem smart, even though you speak of yourself in the third-person."
Chikara went a bit red. "Uhm… What do you mean, 'in the third-person'? Chikara-chan has always referred to himself as 'Chikara-chan', and no one corrected him…"
"They probably think it's cute," said Din with a smile. "So, how about I teach you something useful for your journey? It'll assist!" Din stood her full height, and wrote something down. "Look at this, Chikara. The wind chorus will play it, and you conduct them, alright?"
Chikara nodded, pulling out the Wind Waker. "Chikara-chan'll do his best to keep up… This is in 4/4 time…"
"I hope you can handle it. Wanna know what it'll do before you do it?" asked Din, seeing his uneasy face.
"Sure…"
"This song is called the 'Command Melody". I'll let you posses me once for practice, okay?"
"NANI? Posses you! Why—How could Chikara-chan do that!"
"You'll use it to move things you could not. Don't worry, I won't let you for long. I can snap out of any possession, especially one as feeble as yours."
Chikara nodded, still looking a bit anxious. "Okay…"
"When you conduct, tell me what to do, okay? Just don't try anything big, Chikara, you barely have enough magic energy for a simple control."
Chikara conducted the Command Melody.
"Ooh, feeling a bit 'powerless', Chikara-chan?" asked the Wind Spirit teasingly. "So, who are you gonna posses?"
"This is just practice, Wind Spirit… Oh, Din over there."
"You gonna try to posses Din?"
"Only for 5 seconds," answered Din. "This kid needs practice."
"Okee-doke. Just a second, this is going to command a whole enchilada of magic energy…" The Wind Spirit chuckled at her small pun.
Din rolled her eyes. "Oh, that was terrible…"
"There, done! Tell her what to do, you have 5 seconds. Once it's done, the magic will disappear"
"Uh—Uhm, walk to the left 4 paces!" Chikara said hurriedly.
Which Din did. "Well done, I guess," said Din after snapping herself out of it. "You need lots of practice… And more magic energy…"
Chikara staggered a bit to the wall, panting slightly. "Oh… Oh, what was that… Chikara-chan feels so weak…"
"Well, if you continue to practice that, your magic energy will increase itself," said Din reassuringly. "Well, it's time for you to meet up with your friends, they're both worried about you."
"Nani…? Oh, no…" Chikara slid down the wall. "That took a little too much magic… and too much energy… Chikara-chan can't stand…"
"Sorry, Chikara," said the Wind Spirit, "But magic to posses someone will take a lot from even the most magically-energized magic user."
"So, here I leave you, Chikara," said Din. "You still have to meet with Nayru, Farore, and Karin. Don't worry, Emily and Sarah will be here soon!" In a flash of ruby light, she was gone.
Ja ne, Chikara-chan!
Chikara panted, sitting against the wall, trying to catch his breath. "Emily and Sarah…"
"CHIKARA!" Sarah came running to Chikara, Emily behind her. "Chikara, are you okay! Where were you?"
Chikara opened his eyes tiredly. "Sarah…"
Emily kneeled down beside him. "Are you okay?" she asked in a carefree-ish tone.
"No… Chikara-chan just… just…"
"Chikara!" Sarah held Chikara's head up with a hand, looking concernedly into his eyes. "What happened? Did something attack you?"
"No, no one attacked Chikara-chan… Din met with Chikara-chan and taught him the Command Melody…"
"Din?" repeated Emily. "You mean you actually met Din yourself!"
Chikara nodded. "She let Chikara-chan practice the Command Melody on her, but it took nearly all of Chikara-chan's magic energy…"
Sarah sighed with relief. "That's good… I thought something bad happened…"
"I'm out of blue potion," said Emily. "What about you, Sarah?"
"No, and I have no green nor red potion."
"Chikara-chans fine… He just needs some rest," said Chikara.
"Okay, then," said Sarah. "We'll rest here for the day, okay? So we can be energized for tomorrow."
"Then we'll wake up at night," stated Emily. "Fine by me. But I'm not tired. I'll keep watch all night."
Sarah swung the staff, turning it into a blanket again, and placed it over Chikara. "Okay. Thank you, Emily…" She sat down next to Chikara, and fell asleep, too.
Emily stood against the wall, looking at Sarah and Chikara. "Hmm… Maybe they could make a cute couple, if Chikara didn't like Tetra. But about Tetra…" Emily looked towards the other end of the hallway/room. "I wonder if Red Lions knows what Tetra really is…"
The next night…
Chikara blinked awake. "Eh…? Good night?" he asked, yawning and sitting up. "A-re? A blanket?"
"Sarah put it on you. She thought you'd be cold," said Emily, who was still standing against the wall.
"Oh… Really…?" Chikara held up the blanket. "Oh! Look, it has two ribbons on it like her staff!"
"That's because the blanket is the staff. Remember, it can change into anything and everything."
Sarah yawned. "Hello…" she sat up. "Thank you," she said with a smile, and took her blanket that Chikara was holding out. She turned it into a staff again, and stood up. "Well, ready for another work night, Chikara?" she asked.
Chikara smiled. "Yeah, Chikara-chan is. And thanks for the blanket! You are a great friend!"
Sarah nodded. But you still like Tetra… Oh, well. Your happiness is my happiness, Chikara-chan.
Chikara, Sarah, and Emily all walked back to the main room, and looked around. "So, which room next?" asked Chikara.
"How about the middle room?" suggested Emily, "I checked it out yesterday before we searched for Chikara, and a shrine similar to this was inside. But…"
"I know," said Sarah. "I found one, too! But no one appeared! Are they talking to Chikara only?"
"Let's go search the middle room, then," said Emily after a few minutes of silence. They entered the middle room, which looked slightly similar to Dins, but it was more… ocean-like.
"Do you think Nayru might be in here? This room has a blue aura in here… Just like Din's room had a red aura," said Chikara.
"Yeah, and the room I went into had a green and purple aura. Then that must mean that Farore and Karin are in there?"
"Let's see…" Emily, Chikara, and Sarah stopped before the shrine that was surrounded by the blue aura. "Yep, Nayru is definitely here."
Yes, but I need to speak to Chikara alone, Emily and Sarah.
Sarah jumped. "Wow! Was that…? But—"
"Why to Chikara only!" asked Emily, looking miffed.
This is his adventure, Emily and Sarah. This won't take long, and Chikara will be fine. I promise.
Emily let out a long sigh. "Dang it… Well, we really can't say no to the Goddesses, so…"
"I guess we'll wait outside for Chikara, then," agreed Sarah, glancing at Chikara sadly. "But what does Nayru mean by 'this is Chikara's adventure'?"
"We're joining him, so it's our adventure, too." Emily sulkily followed Sarah out of the room.
Chikara looked back at the shrine. "Nayru?" he asked. "Why do you want to see Chikara-chan alone? Emily's right, this is all of our adventure…"
She's your sister.
In a flash of sapphire light, Nayru appeared. "Hello again, Chikara."
"H-Hi…"
"Chikara, you met Din already in this tower, yes? What did she tell you?"
"Din told Chikara-chan that Red Lions was doing something else not related to Aryll or something like that…"
"Chikara, have you ever wondered of you had more family then Aryll and Grandma?"
Chikara looked up at Nayru. "Yeah… But oka-san died when he was 7 or 8… And oto-san left after Aryll was born…"
"Did you ever consider anyone you met before? Someone close by, who you care dearly for?" Nayru bent down to look into Chikara's eyes. "You didn't find that girls aura familiar?"
Chikara shook his head sadly. "No… Chikara-chan doesn't know who your talking about… Sorry…"
"If you don't understand right now, that's alright…." She stood up. "Well, it's time for you to meet with Farore and Karin. I'm sure they might make it clearer for you. Good luck, Chikara." In a flash of blue, Nayru disappeared.
Chikara stood there for a few seconds, thinking. Someone Chikara-chan cares dearly for…? Who would that be… is she talking about Tetra? Chikara went a bit red. "That—That can't be… Tetra can't possibly be related to Chikara-chan!" He shook his head, and walked back to the main room, where Sarah and Emily were waiting.
"Well?" asked Emily. "Have fun?"
Chikara shrugged.
"You look distracted," commented Sarah. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, Chikara-chans fine… Why are you always worrying about Chikara-chan?" he asked curiously, glancing at Sarah, "You always ask if Chikara-chans okay…"
"It's… It's nothing. Just forget about it, Chikara," said Sarah, smiling nervously. "I'm just a worrywart. Now go meet Farore and Karin."
Emily sighed again. "Then we wait out here again…"
Chikara entered the last room alone, looking around. The room was filled with a green and purple aura. "Hello?" he asked nervously.
Hey, kid!
What's this…? A boy?
A flash of emerald and amethyst, and Farore with Karin appeared. Farore was all excited, with a childish look, but Karin looked a bit ghostly. Just like she did when Chikara-chan saw her…
Farore smiled. "Hey, how are you?"
"Fine…"
"Yeah, you wish," commented Karin.
"Karin, don't be so rude to the Hero—"
Karin bobbed Farore on the head. "Baka! Don't let him know about that yet! Chikara shouldn't know yet!"
"Know about what?" asked Chikara.
"We can't tell you," said Farore with a frown at Karin. "Something that No—I mean, Red Lions will reveal soon!"
"Anyway, we have to give you this," said Karin, looking impatient to just get to the point and return to the heavens. She held out her hand, and a bow appeared. "Here you go, the very bow used by the Hero of Time."
Chikara gaped at the bow. "Eh! For Chikara-chan! Why—"
"You'll need it to face your challenge," answered Farore. "And don't worry about arrows," added Farore, seeing Chikara open his mouth, "because that bow will never run out of arrows. I know; I made it." Farore smiled.
Karin rolled her eyes. "I'm getting bored."
"Mate! What—What challenge! Red Lions said we'd meet a challenge from the Gods, and he said we'd use the Goddesses powers against them…"
"And that bow right there," said Karin, "is the Goddesses power. Come on, Farore; we can't give him any hints."
Farore sighed. "Aren't you the least bit curious about… Uh, lets go!" she said spotting the glare from Karin. "See you later, Chikara-chan!" said Farore sweetly, and in a flash of emerald and amethyst, they were gone.
Chikara looked the bow up and down. "Whoa… But, Chikara-chan doesn't know how to use it…"
Then have Sarah teach you!
She'll help you out, I suppose…
Well, see you later Karin!
Yeah, yeah…
Chikara looked at the bow again, and walked back to the main room. By now, it looked like Sarah had turned her staff into a ball and was bouncing it on the floor while Emily counted the bounces.
"1,200… 1,2001… 1,2002… 1,2003… 1,2004… 1,2005… 1,2005…" She blinked. "Sorry, lost count."
"Well, so far your record is 3,457," said Sarah. Her ears pricked and she looked to the door. "Chikara! You're finally back!"
Chikara nodded. "Yeah… Do you girls think you could teach Chikara-chan how to use a bow?"
Sarah and Emily exchanged glances, and nodded. "Sure, we could," said Emily, sounding like she was trying to stifle sniggers.
"It's not that hard," assured Sarah, changing the staff into a bow. "Just watch us, and practice, okay?"
45 minutes later…
"There… Chikara-chan thinks he mastered it…" Chikara nicked an arrow onto the bowstring, and fired, hitting a bit over the bull's-eye.
"Yeah, not bad for a beginner," commented Emily. She counted the arrows that hit the Sarah's-staff-target. "Hmm, three arrows on the bull's-eye, two on the white lines, five on the red, and nineteen out of the target circle… I take that back."
Chikara sighed. "Oh, well… Chikara-chan will get better if he practices a bit more."
Sarah patted his back. "You will, Chikara, don't worry about it." Sarah got her staff back. "So, now what?"
"We go up the wind portal," answered Emily, and they entered the wind portal to the top of the tower.
Sarah looked around. "Whoa… How high up are we…?" she looked curiously over the edge, and scooted back next to the wall. "Yee… We're up high…"
"Truly?" asked Chikara, looking down. "Wow! Chikara-chan can see all of the Great Sea from here!"
"Well, let's meet our challenge!" said Emily determinedly.
They nodded, and entered a big room…
And it was HUGE, blue-ish room, with a huge head-like thingy and hands next to it.
"Eew," commented Emily. "What an ugly head thingy." Chikara nodded agreement.
But Sarah looked up at the head, and had a sudden understanding look in her eyes. "I see… I need to awaken Gohdan with Karin's Pearl…"
"Sarah?" asked Chikara, looking at Sarah. "Are you okay?"
Emily glanced back at Sarah. "Whoa, I forgot that you had that black Triforce… Chikara, Sarah never told you?"
Chikara shook his head. "No, she didn't… Why, should she have?"
"Yeah, she should've, Chikara: Sarah is the Avatar to the Goddess of Love and Loss, Karin."
"Nani!" cried Chikara. "Sarah's an Avatar!"
Sarah nodded, and pulled out the final purple Pearl. "Alright…" She held it up to the sky, and a ghost-like apparition of a deity surrounded Sarah.
"Sarah!" Chikara was about to run to her when Emily held him back. "Emily, what are you doing! That Karin girl is going to—"
"Don't do anything yet…" she said. "Karin needs to use Sarah's body so her power can be used… Just wait a bit…"
"Sarah…" Chikara looked anxiously over to Sarah, was speaking with a voice that wasn't hers.
"Gohdan, awaken now… A Night Elf, a Shadow Elf and the Avatar wish to challenge you…"
The pearl shone, and disappeared. Then the eyes of the head… turned on. It began to come to life, and it detached itself from the wall, it's hands following it.
"Kyaaa!" yelled Chikara and Emily simultaneously. Sarah shook her head and looked at Chikara and Emily.
"What are you screaming at?" They both pointed upward, and Sarah let out a yell too. "Jeez, I forgot! This is our challenge from the Gods! We defeat this, we get access to Hyrule…" Sarah smiled slightly.
Emily grinned. "Then let's defeat this thing!" Chikara gulped and nodded.
Gohdan's hands detached from the wall, and it immediately attacked. His fist aimed for Chikara first…
Who dodged by jumping. "Yeeee! Why is it aiming for Chikara-chan!" he cried, rolling away from the other fist. "He wants to squish Chikara-chan!"
Sarah swung her staff, changing it to a bow and arrow. "We have to aim for the eyes!" To show an example, she nicked an arrow onto the bow, took brief aim and fired at the eye, causing the eye to close.
"Okee-doke!" said Emily, and shot another arrow at the other eye on the other hand.
Chikara looked around. "What can Chikara-chan do? He hasn't mastered the bow and arrow yet,"
"Well, then think of this as your first test with it!" yelled Emily, shooting one of Gohdan's eyes.
Gohdan's head shook, and he opened his mouth.
Sarah glanced back and gasped. "Everyone, watch out! He's about to expel fire!"
Which Gohdan did. He shot fire from his mouth, but once again, he aimed for Chikara. "Aiiieeeee! Don't hit Chikara-chan he's defenseless right now! Why is he aiming for Chikara-chan!" he nicked an arrow, and looked up. "When can Chikara-chan hit it?"
"Just aim for the eyes, like I said!" said Sarah.
Emily grinned again and nicked three arrows onto the bow. "Something Sarah could never achieve!" she announced happily, and shot at Gohdan's eyes.
His eyes both shattered, and he fell down, mouth hanging open.
"Nows your chance, Chikara!" said Sarah. "He's stunned momentarily, so be quick! Toss a bomb in his mouth!"
"A bomb!" Chikara pulled out a bomb, and asked hurriedly, "How can Chikara-chan light the fuse?"
Sarah swung the arrow, turning it into a Fire arrow. "Watch out!" she shot the Fire arrow at the bombs fuse.
"Alright!" Chikara tossed the bomb into the mouth, and backed up. "Did it explode yet?" he asked.
Boom
"It did! Now we have to repeat this cycle, and we'll eventually defeat it!" said Sarah.
"Let's hope our luck lasts," commented Emily. "This thing will get tougher."
Down below the sea, in Hyrule…
Zelda leaned on the wall, panting slightly. She had just frozen time, and even then, she could see that the situation was desperate, though nearly finished. "Where are Sarah and Emily…" she asked herself. "I sent them to the surface 1000 years ago to bring help… It can't have taken that long!" Zelda picked up her sword, the Light Sword. "I'm ready for more… Lee, how are you up there?" she asked, looking up at the balcony.
Lee looked down at Zelda and answered, "Fine! No healing needed here! But I can't see the kid anywhere. I think he might be…" Lee paused and looked around. "Do you see him down there?"
"No… I don't think he died or anything… Nor do I think he was captured… Could he have sneaked off with Sarah and Emily?"
"Or could he have fled cowardly?"
"Or could he be right here, about ready to attack this blue pig-like thing?" asked a cold voice to the left of Lee. Link glared down at Zelda. "Well? Aren't you going to unfreeze time now, so we can get this over and done with?"
Lee sighed. "Don't' do that, kid! I didn't see you anywhere!"
"Huh… The advantage of being smaller then you…"
Lee waved to Zelda, and Zelda nodded. "Right… I'm ready too…" she unfroze time, and chaos returned.
Back up at the surface, in the Tower of the Gods…
Chikara backed up against the wall, clutching his arm. "Itai…"
Sarah looked back at Chikara. "Are you okay?"
Chikara nodded. "That fist grabbed Chikara-chan, but Chikara-chan landed wrong… Think Chikara-chan broke his wrist… he can't fire arrows now."
"Well, it's a good thing it is your left wrist," said Emily, aiming for an eye on Gohdan. "You just can't use your shield for a while… Just focus on bomb-throwing." She fired, and Sarah fired, and it fell down, mouth open again.
Chikara held the bomb, Sarah shot a Fire Arrow to light the fuse, and he tossed it into Gohdan's mouth. This time, the
Boom
was bigger, and Gohdan jumped back to life. But this time, it had on the face of defeat. "Well done, hero and heroines," he said. "We Gods acknowledge you to be strong enough to go down to Hyrule. Go down without fear…"
He went back into the wall, his hands returning to the wall too. The wind portal appeared again.
"Well…" said Chikara, rubbing his wrist.
"Yeah, let's go!" Emily, Sarah and Chikara walked into the portal, and ended up with Red Lions again.
"By Nayru! You are back alive!" he cried when he saw the three of them. "Wow… Wow, I'm impressed! All three of you defeated the Gods powers?"
"It took a while, and anyway, it was Sarah and Emily who did most of the work," said Chikara, shaking his wrist then wincing. "All Chikara-chan did was finish it off with bombs… and he broke his wrist…"
Red Lions whistled. "Ouch, I bet that hurt. Well, I guess that means—"
"WE CAN RETURN TO HYRULE!" shouted Sarah and Emily happily.
"Yes, return to Hyrule…" he said sounding serious, but the King of Red Lions couldn't help it: he smiled too.
They cruised outside, where a golden portal shone brightly. "Come!" yelled Sarah.
"Let us return to Hyrule!" shouted Emily.
Chikara looked down at the sea. "Hyrule is down there somewhere?" he asked amazedly, using his hat to tie around his wrist.
"Yes," said Sarah, "Hyrule is where the Goddesses left it 1000 years ago…"
And they cruised into the light, sailing down below.
Back in Hyrule…
Zelda stabbed the last one with her sword, and fell to her knees. "Phew…" she panted. "We did it… No more… It's a good thing we arrived when we did… Or Hyrule would've been destroyed completely…" her ears suddenly pricked. "Something's coming back down… Sarah and Emily…? Are they back?"
Lee and Link joined Zelda. "Can you stand?" asked Link, looking at Zelda.
"Yes, I can, kid… I'm just tired… I can't freeze time 5 times for us all and still be peppy, you know… And Lee, the Master Sword…" By doing this, I can hope to seal Ganondorfs power… I hope it works, and I hope no one really pulls this…
Lee looked sadly at it. "I know… I need to leave it in the room below so the Goddesses can restore its power," he answered promptly. "But can't we do that ourselves? Seeing as you are the Sagess of Time?" Lee asked hopefully.
"If all seven Sages were here, we could," answered Zelda. "But… The six others must have died with Hyrule…"
Link shook his head. "Who had to leave in the first place…? Well go on, Lee, we'll wait here. Someone's coming."
Lee nodded, and ran under the secret passage under the 'Hero of Time' statue, and placed the Master Sword in the pedestal. "Okee-doke, Goddesses… Please restore power to this sword either by your power or by the hands of our descendents…" he said, following Zelda's instructions. "But honestly," he said to Zelda when he rejoined them. "By the hands of our descendents?" he repeated.
"By our descendant, actually," said Zelda, standing up, "Cause I have a feeling that's who's coming down here… I just hope he or she won't…"
Link sighed. "So what will we do? Go to the surface of the Great Sea to find Sarah and Emily ourselves, or what?"
"We go to the surface. Come on, kid and Lee…" Zelda held Link and Lee's hands, and used Farore's Wind to send them to the surface, just as Sarah and Emily entered Hyrule with Chikara. Hmm… How ironic.
Back with Chikara, Sarah, and Emily…
Sarah and Emily looked around. "Oh my… I forgot how… What happened to this place…" said Sarah sadly.
Emily squinted around. "Its dry down here. Zelda did a good job…"
Chikara looked up at the castle. "Whoa… This building is… gargetonous! Is this the castle you girls always tell Chikara-chan about?"
Red Lions answered, "The very castle that generations of the Hylian Royal Family lived… But it seems that…"
Chikara glanced at Red Lions. "Hylian Royal Family?" he repeated curiously.
"The Hylian Royal Family is like the traditional symbol of Hyrule right next to the Triforce. The princess would always be the next Sagess of Time when the previous queen died. The pieces of the Triforce get returned to the next in the bloodline…"
"But you don't know where Courage, Wisdom and Power are," finished Emily shrewdly.
"We know where Love is, though…" said Sarah, holding up her left hand. A black triangle was visible on the green glove.
"Yep. So anyway," said Emily, jumping off Red Lions head. "Lets go meet up with Zelda, Lee, and the kid!"
Sarah nodded, and tapped Chikara. "Come on. Lets go explore the castle!"
Chikara nodded, looking at his wrist. "Sure, Chikara-chan will come, but can red potions heal broken bones?"
"No."
Chikara sighed and followed Sarah and Emily into the castle. "Kyaa! This place IS gargetonous, even in the inside!"
Sarah nodded. "And it's been remodeled. How it looked when we left 1000 years ago."
"So what are we looking for down here?" asked Chikara, eager to learn more about Hyrule.
"We're looking for Zelda, Lee, and the kid," repeated Emily. "Great friends of ours. We were supposed to find back up 1000 years ago, but something happened…" Emily scratched her head. "I suddenly forgot what I came to the surface for… I forgot about Lee, Zelda, Sarah and the kid…"
"Same here," said Sarah. "I wonder how meeting Chikara suddenly made us remember everything about Hyrule…?"
Emily sighed. "So, lets split up and… search this massacre," she said, seeing the dead bodies of enemies and such. "I'll search upstairs, Sarah search the ground floor and outside, and Chikara, search downstairs under the statue! Okay?"
"Sure!"
Chikara looked around. "Downstairs?" he asked.
"Under the statue. Now lets go!" Emily ran upstairs, Sarah to the left, and Chikara ran the stairway under the big 'Hero of Time' statue.
"Wow, such beautiful… paintings?" asked Chikara, looking at the stained glass windows of various people and items. "A green haired girl? She wears a similar outfit to Chikara-chans and Sarah's…" he looked at all the stained glass windows. "Amazing… These are lovely… Wonder who they are…" Chikara walked lower down the stairs, and his feet met with water. "Whoa… Is it flooded down here?"
"Chikara! Chikara-chan! I can feel something in this room!" the Wind Spirit suddenly perked up within Chikara.
"Kyaa! Wind Spirit is that you? What can you feel?"
"I don't really know… But go look up at the big clearing over there!"
Chikara looked up and hurried to the clearing. "Here? Chikara-chan can't see anything except—"
"Wai! Look, it's the Master Sword! I've heard of it, Chikara-chan! Go pull it!"
"Pull it? Nan de? Chikara-chan already has a sword."
"Then you'll get two swords! Now go pull it!"
Chikara sighed. "Fine…" he walked to the Master Sword, and put his hands around the hilt of the blade. "Itai…" he muttered, feeling a sharp prick of pain in his wrist. He pulled it out slowly, and glanced upward. He could've sworn that it looked brighter. "Ah, the heck with it!" he pulled it out all the way.
Upstairs…
Emily looked down at Sarah. "Sarah! Did you feel that?"
Sarah looked up too. "Yes, I did… It felt like…" she gasped and looked at her left hand, which suddenly began to shine a black-ish glow. "Wait, the Triforce of Love is… Wait, that means that…"
"It means that either the Hero of Time is nearby, or the Sagess of Time is…" Emily blinked. "But that's not possible… Zelda nor Lee is here…"
Sarah and Emily quickly exchanged glances, and both looked at the 'Hero of Time' statue. "Chikara!" Emily jumped down and followed Sarah to the room below.
What they found when they reached the bottom stairs was Chikara staring at the Master Sword, looking like his was in a trance or something.
"Chikara?" asked Sarah, waving a hand in front of his face.
Emily narrowed her eyes. "I know what kind of face that is… He's either seeing a Sage or Sagess right now, or seeing a deity above… Chikara!"
Chikara blinked, and shook his head. "What—What happened…? Where is… There was someone talking to Chikara-chan…"
"What did he or she look like?" asked Emily.
"Chikara-chan can't recall… She was… Really beautiful… Blue hair, blue eyes, and a blue dress… It was all blue… Then a redhead with red eyes and a red-orange outfit joined her… Then two more joined them. The smallest one was green-haired and eyed, with a green dress. Finally, the last one was a bit scary. She had black hair, but purple eyes, and purple dress, with purple thick strands hanging… She looked kinda like you, Sarah."
Sarah blinked. "Did she…?"
"And?" pressed Emily. "What happened after that?"
"Well… Chikara-chan couldn't understand them; they were speaking Hylian. But, they kept pointing it, and… Chikara-chan woke up…"
The trio stood there for a few seconds. This is weird… thought Emily. Only those with the blood of Lee and Zelda flowing through them can hold the Master Sword… Chikara knows nothing of Hyrule, except the small bit of history we told him… I can't feel anything from him… How can he wield the Master Sword if he is not a descendant…?
Sarah was deep in thought too. Chikara met the Goddesses… All four of them. Nayru he met first, then Din showed up, and Farore and Karin showed up at the same time… Why did the Goddesses meet with Chikara when Lee met with Raru in Hyrule… Why is it that the Goddesses take such an interest in Chikara… Or, did the Goddesses meet with him because the Sages are really…?
"Should we show the Master Sword to Red Lions?" asked Chikara, looking at the great sword. "He might know what to do with it."
"Well, Zelda, Lee, and the kid aren't here…" said Sarah, looking sad. "What do you think happened, Emily?"
"I don't know…" answered Emily, the three of them walking back to Red Lions. "Maybe they… Or did they… Or maybe they defeated all the bad guys and went to the surface to find us."
"Hopefully. Suppose they—"
"BY NAYRU!" roared Red Lions. "THE MASTER SWORD!"
"Yes, Red Lions…" muttered Chikara, rubbing his ear, and sheathing the Master Sword. "Now Chikara-chan has two swords."
"Wait, take that back out!" said Red Lions hurriedly. "Girls, is THAT the Master Sword!
Sarah and Emily nodded. 'Yes. I don't know how it got here, but…"
"Could Lee have left it by mistake?" asked Sarah.
"No, it wasn't a mistake…" said Emily, looking at the sword now it the sheath. "It… Looks different…"
"Well… Well, Chikara!" said Red Lions. "It looks like we can finally save your sister!"
Chikara smiled. "Really! How?"
"The Master Sword is the most powerful sword of all, forged by the hands of the Goddesses themselves, so the Hero of Time and the Sagess of Time could save Hyrule together! With that sword in your hand, no one can stop you from saving your sister, now even Ganondorf, for it is that sword that felled him when Lee fought him!"
Chikara pulled out his old sword, the Hero's Sword. "But… What about this sword? Can Chikara-chan still use this?"
Red Lions jerked his head side to side as if shrugging. "If you want. But the Master Sword is more powerful then that old thing."
Chikara saddened. "This sword isn't old…"
"Well, enough stalling!" shouted Emily. "Let us return to the surface!"
Sarah nodded, and she and Chikara climbed aboard while Emily jumped on Red Lions. "Now is the time to save Chikara's sister…" said Sarah, while they were going upward. "What's her name again?"
"Chikara-chans sister's name is Aryll."
"Aryll…" repeated Sarah. "That's a cute name…" And so is 'Chikara'… Sarah smiled at Chikara. "I hope we can save your sister, so your heart can be set at rest."
Chikara looked at Sarah. And he smiled too.
Aaw… How sweet, an ending? Eh? Whoa! 29 pages! This WAS a long chapter… Sorry about that… --; Anyway, Ri2, before you flame me for this, the Goddesses in this fanfic DO have different personalities. Why? Cause I said so. Who's typing this fanfic, you or me?
Din is the perky middle sister, a bit of an attitude sometimes.
Nayru is the calmest, wisest and smartest of the three, not to mention the eldest.
Farore and Karin are what you would call the twin baby sisters. Farore is the regular, typical "girl-next-door" personality while Karin is an all-out romantic while looking for a weak someone to annihilate.
Karin is the darkest of the 4, but is a powerful as all three combined, but she still needs to be revived.. You got something to say, then you got something to say, Ri2, and I will gladly correct you and answer you again. Ye have been warned.
To the rest of you, ja ne!
Dictionary of the Nihongo (Japanese) used in Chapter 6:
Wai!Wow!
NeHey
Konnichiwa!Hello! Or Hi!
HaiHere you go; yes?; okay!; coming!
Itaiused for "ouch" or "Owwie"
Nani?What?
Honto ni!Really!
GoFive
ShiFour
SanThree
NiTwo
IchiOne
Nan de?Why?
Kuru kotchiCome here
EiyuuHero
Baka!Idiot!