I FINALLY made it to the Fire Temple. I had to race Ingo like 6 times to get Epona. X-XI'm so rusty.

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Anyways, without further ado, I bring you Chappie 71. :)

The pair clambered up a ledge after Link had slain the Torch Slug.

Navi was scouting the area, looking around for any enemies.

"There's a few more ledges, but other than that, I don't see any opponents." She called out, sounding thoroughly relieved. "At the top level, there's some metal wiring I bet you can climb, but there's some fire blocking it, we'll deal with that later."

Link was waiting anxiously at the bottom level for his fairy to return. Though neither of them mentioned it or brought it up, there was an unspoken bond that seemed to have developed over the weeks that they had been together killing monsters.

"You're actually not eating something three weeks old for a change," Navi said sarcastically as she floated down, gazing into her partner's worried eyes.

"I actually wait four weeks," Link answered seriously. He continued to look at Navi with a fretting stare, as if he was concerned about her sanity.

"What?" Navi said, feeling self-conscious. "I swear I wiped off the remnants of my last meal…do I have spinach sticking to my face or something?"

Link lowered his gaze.

Navi groaned.

"Oh, don't tell me…I've seen that look before."

In fact, Link was always wearing that look. It was the look of guilt, as if he had done something wrong…or stupid. Usually stupid.

Navi prepared herself, trying to soothe her nerves. "What did you lose this time?"

Link was now the perfect shade of pink. He was drawing a circle in the ground with his toe agitatedly.

"The bow." He mumbled.

"You lost the bow?" Navi said incredulously. "Oh, c'mon Link…it's a big bulky object with two sharp points…"

Navi suddenly got a bright idea. "Wait, take a look in your boot! That's where your slingshot was before, wasn't it?"

Link flushed. "Um, well, yeah, but…"

Reluctantly the Hylian pulled off his boot and upended it.

Navi's nose wrinkled and immediately she began to regret ever interrogating him.

A shower of rupees, mouldy foods (some Navi couldn't even distinguish as they were covered in green hairs), an assortment of wrappers, keys, and other objects began to pile up. But no bow.

"I thought you just had really big feet," Navi echoed tonelessly, stunned.

"That's what everybody thinks," Link muttered sheepishly, beginning to paw through the pile with his hands.

"You are definitely never laying a hand or finger on me after this," Navi croaked, completely grossed out. The fairy edged away slowly, as the stench was really starting to get to her.

Link, embarrassed, stood up after a few minutes, the tips of his fingers covered in a sticky, purple goo.

"What is that?" Navi asked with a mixture of disgust and curiosity.

"I think its Playdoh gone rotten," Link said, fascinated. He rubbed his fingers together curiously. "Wow, that'll make a nice addition to my collection."

"You're going to wash your hands clean of that-that thing and dump all of this into the lava," Navi said firmly. "It's gross, unhygienic, and is the leading cause of disease in Hyrule today."

Link appeared affronted. "Well, it's not completely my fault, y'know, there are other slobs in Hyrule too."

7 Years Ago

A large Hylian rally was outside Link's treehouse, chanting "No more disease, no more disease!", all of them clutching oversized, vibrant and glaring orange signs.

The Kokiri watched from their homes, amused.

Link was staring at the crowd confusedly.

"Statistics show you're sixty percent of the problem of disease today!" one of the Hylians shouted.

"Yeah, because of you, we have to wash our hands every single time after we eat," another yelled. "Can you imagine how much work that is for us?"

Link shrunk back, blushing furiously.

"Go away," he yelled back feebly. "Don't make me throw one of my boots at you!"

"Go ahead!" the leader of the rally screamed back.

An oversized boot the size of a fully grown man with mould, several different types of fungi and bugs crawling all over it flew through the air and landed with a loud thud in the middle of the crowd, which had scattered the minute they saw the tip of the boot.

"That's the Old Lady Who Lived in a Stinky Stinky Shoe for y'all!" Link shouted triumphantly at the retreating crowd.

Later on that night, the Kokiri had a giant bonfire and roasted marshmallows, thanks to Link-who provided the wood, which just happened to be the crowd's signs.

"Disposing of the evidence," Link said proudly, throwing a chunk of wood into the roaring fire.

Fire Temple

"Link, snap out of it," Navi said, disgruntled.

Link blinked several times. "What? Cool."

Navi motioned to the giant pile of junk. "I want to get rid of that stuff, just carry it and throw it into the la-"

Link had already taken his own approach, though; with a loud clang, the junk was shoved off the edge.

"I guess that'll help chase away any future visitors," Navi said grimly. "Where's your bow?"

Link shrugged. "I'm not sur-oh, hey, here it is!"

The Hylian beamed and withdrew it from his other shoe.

"How big is that shoe?" Navi said incredulously.

Link grinned, thinking back to his memories. "Big."

Navi shook her head, trying to rid herself of these confusing thoughts. "Okay, just shoot that crystal case over there."

She flew over to the object she was describing. "Come on, hit now."

Link nocked an arrow and aimed.

Navi quickly flew out of the way.

The arrow whizzed through the air, scraping the top of Navi's head.

"Not me, you dimwit, hit the crystal case I was at a few minutes ago!" Navi shouted heatedly. "But, if you were aiming at me, that was pretty good." She added a few seconds later under her breath.

"Oh," Link muttered, blushing. He aimed and miraculously hit his target. Navi grinned.

"Nice," she crowed. The crystal case shattered, and on the upper level, the fire that was blocking the wires was extinguished. "Just jump over here and climb up the ledge."

Link nodded, but began to pale.

"It's only a metre down," Navi said reassuringly. "If you fall, I'll um…put a pillow there."

"Pillows are hard," Link complained.

"A sheet of rock?"

"Rocky or flat?"

"Flat."

Without further ado, the Hylian leapt across the small gap and clambered up the ledge with agility.

Navi was waiting at the top level. "Climb up the wire fencing."

"What do Gorons have with bridges and wire fencing?" Link grumbled as he gripped one of the wires firmly.

"I guess wire's plenty up here," Navi said, sighing. Link continued his climb up, whining continually about how the wires burned his fingers, how he didn't like this at all, how he was hungry and thirsty and tired, how he wanted to go home, and how he desperately wanted to fall down and go to sleep.

"You are the worst companion anyone would have to travel with," Navi said dully, trying to block out Link's complaints. Though she didn't say it aloud, this part of their journey had actually gone pretty smoothly.

The pair eventually made it to the top. Link squinted, gaping.

"Navi…"

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