Chapter 12: Final Showdown
Link knew what Nabooru had said before and all of them went out of the desert into Hyrule Field. They saw something from miles away: A dark cloud hovering over the middle of the field.
Link took a deep breath and said, "It's time to do or die."
Zelda held his hand and said, "Your friends are with you, Link."
Link looked to his right and saw that Zelda was now dressed in the Sheikah garbs. He didn't blame her. After all, the battle for Hyrule was about to begin and she would have to fight now. Link smiled and would have kissed her, but he decided not to do this at the moment. The fate of the world was at stake and they were all that stood between Ganondorf and the Triforce or the world.
What they saw nearly made them faint. In the middle of Hyrule Field, the ground was pitch black and the sky was a deep red. The trees, once green with leaves were now bare and lifeless. Standing right in the middle was Ganondorf/Majora with their arms crossed.
"I've been waiting for you, Link." Ganondorf/Majora said, a broad smile spreading over their face.
Link took a step forward, a bold look on his face.
"I think it's time I got rid of both of you." Link snapped at them.
The evil beings snorted in laughter, but quickly regained themselves.
"We've seen you bark, now lets see you bite." Ganondorf/Majora snapped back before pulling out a rainbow-colored sword, "If I destroy you, the sages are next. When that happens, you'll never seal me away again! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He informed.
He then threw off his cape, revealing dark armor as red as half-cooled lava.
"Now let me show you TRUE power!"
With that, he raised his hand into the air and fired a rainbow-colored beam at the sages. They all managed to jump out of the way just before the land they were standing on turned into a small crater.
Ganondorf/Majora laughed as they scurried away.
"You can run, but you can't hide!" The evil beings taunted.
"Now!" Link shouted and Saria fired an arrow through a beam of light from Zelda's sword and it hit Ganondorf/Majora in the face. The two grunted in surprise as the arrow collided with the two's face. It didn't hurt much and it felt more like a little bee sting. They were momentarily stunned and Link took this time to slash the two with his sword. It did very little to them; it only scarred their scarlet armor. They shook it off and the evil ones tried a different tack.
Impa had charged with her darkness-draining blade, but Ganon/Majora popped the tip of their sword into the ground. The minute the blade touched the dark soil, jagged rocks burst from underground and Impa had to flip backwards to avoid one. The minute she touched down, another one came up to meet her. She had to keep moving to stay alive, but each rock came faster than the last. He then floated in midair and sought out Link. He dodged an arrow and an electric blast from Saria and Ruto. And when Darunia came for him, Ganon/Majora kicked him in the face. This was too easy.
The spikes on Ganondorf's arms fired at them, hit the ground, and produced purple lightning. It ended up wrapping around Link and electrocuted him worse than an electric eel. Link held a scream in pain behind his teeth and fell to the ground, his body smoking.
Ganondorf/Majora was about to try again when Darunia balled up a fist at the same time when Ruto produced an electric barrier. Darunia put his fist into the barrier, it got electrified, and he slammed it into the evil beings. They grunted in surprise and fell backwards. They were all obviously much stronger than they looked. This was a little problem for them. Ganondorf/Majora raised a hand and a boulder rose from the ground and hurled itself at Link, who had to leap his entire height to dodge it and prevent his spine from being snapped. But the minute he landed, another rock was already coming for him. This time, he launched himself to the side. Just when he regained his balance, there was a rock that he couldn't dodge. He shut his eyes and braced himself. It didn't come. Darunia held out a fist and had obviously smashed the rock into pebbles.
"Well, you can face one of us, but how about these?" Ganondorf/Majora said.
Out of the shadows came five more Ganondorf/Majora's.
"Oh no, there's six!" Saria said with surprise.
The six each drew a different weapon: A mace, a dagger, a broadsword, arm blades, a battleaxe, and a dual-sided sword. A war cry was sounded and all six were off against someone different.
The six Ganondorf/Majora's had split up for different people with different weapons. The one with the dagger was going after Saria and was beginning to take advantage of her. When Saria struck with her sword, he was more than quick enough to move aside. She made a slash that would have gone from his shoulder to his hip if he hadn't blocked it.
"What's the matter, little girl? Had enough?" He asked, trying to throw her off.
Saria simply pushed herself further with the forest sword and continued.
The one with the mace had gone after Darunia and were doing battle with massive sword against the spiked sphere. However, the sword was far lighter than any mace and was being forced back a lot. It was a good thing the Fire Sword was made of magic, otherwise he would have lost by now. Darunia moved aside and hacked the ball of the mace off, but just when he thought he won, it grew back in a puff of red smoke.
"Give it up, Gravel brain. You make better Dragon chow than a warrior." Ganondorf/Majora teased.
Darunia simply growled and pushed harder against his opponent. The one with the broadsword was trying to force his sword at Ruto and filet her if he got the chance. Ruto may not have known about fighting, but she had watched Link fight and she still stood as good a chance as any.
"You'll make a fine snack for my beasts, they've always wanted a fish fry." Ganon/Majora growled in confidence.
Ruto electrified her sword, but the metal blade just absorbed the electricity and Ruto ended up with a good fist to her midsection. She felw backwards, but she quickly got to her feet just in time to block another attack. THAT was too close for comforts.
Nabooru had drawn the spirit sword and a scimitar to do battle with the arm blade wielder. This Ganondorf/Majora was skilled because he could block blades just by moving his arms in the way.
"For someone who calls herself a Gerudo warrior, you disappoint me." He taunted.
Nabooru swung again only to meet another arm blade.
"Surely you can do better."
Nabooru then remembered that Ganondor had been trained for years in the deadly arts as well as magic skills. Whatever this mask was, it was increasing his skill and his strength. But she could sense something in there. This mask had a mind of its own...
The battleaxe warrior was hacking at Impa like a tree, but missing all the time. Unfortunately, Impa had about as much luck. Impa was simply frustrated. She was one of the best warriors she could think of and Ganondorf/Majora was making her look like a joke. And the worst part was that she had to fight him off while dodging boulders, still jutting from the ground.
"You call yourself Zelda's guardian? No wonder she left you!" Ganondorf/Majora insulted.
The worst of all was Link and Zelda. They had to take on the sorcerer with a dual-sided sword and terrifying skill. He had both of their attacks blocked and/or evaded. He flipped over his blades and his feet were barely touching the ground. One time, Link and Zelda tried the "hit high and hit low" trick, but Ganon/Majora simply placed his blade vertically and blocked both attacks. They tried again, but he performed a scissor kick and caught them both. He knocked Zelda out like a light with his iron boot and was left with Link.
Link, without thinking, grabbed Zelda's light sword and he got the Master Sword ready for action. The two swords glowed when they touched each other and looked like they were gathering energy. Link aimed them at the Ganondorf/Majora he was facing and a bright beam erupted from it. It went right through the one he was fighting and Ganondorf/Majora disintegrated. At the same time, all the others disappeared as well. Link had taken a few blows while he was fighting his opponent and he had a bloody nose and some blood was coming out of his mouth as well. Strangely, Ganondorf/Majora was nowhere to be seen.
"Huh? Where'd he go?" Link asked as he searched wildly..
"Right here…" A familiar voice said.
Link whirled around only for Ganondorf/Majora to grab him around the neck. He struggled against his grip, but his fight with the dual-blader had taken a lot out of him.
"I'm going to kill you for this!" Ganondorf/Majora barked as he tightened his grip.
Link was losing air and fast, but something whistled through the air and hit Ganondorf/Majora in the back. It didn't hurt him, but Ganondorf/Majora did turn to see who'd do such a thing. He soon wished he hadn't.