Part 10 Karu-semaja maré toedai

Dark Tomi looked up at his light, he was looking back at him unflinching. The darkness and light would fight one on one, since Link was incapable of fighting at this point and Zelda had agreed to take care of him anyway. Both wizards had there swords drawn, ready to slash or block if needed. Before any skirmish started however, Dark Tomi whispered one last thing to Zelda, "Make me proud, my love." Zelda smiled at him and then took a step forward towards the emotionally paralyzed Link.

When Light Tomi saw Zelda move he struck. He leapt for his darkness and they began there battle once again. Rage burned within Light Tomi more than it ever had in any of his other bouts with his darkness. The Black Wizard had taken control of the Princess of Hyrule, he made it so Link lost the will to fight, he had killed the woman he loved, killed his fellow wizards, harmed countless innocents, and now this was going to be the one on one battle that he knew he could win. He now contained the power of his darkness along with his own. His power bested that of his darkness and both of them knew it. That was why Dark Tomi tried something different.

Both swordsmen were spinning and attacking with such force and speed that both appeared as black and white clouds with no fleshy form. Their blades were moving so quickly that the momentum disturbed the water and created waves rippling every which way around the yin-yang colored duo. Magic was running up and down the weapons, causing sparks to fly off and fade away. Both could feel wind being generated from the fan like movements they were maneuvering to change from one attack to another. But through it all neither let up in strength, neither changed expression, and not a drop of sweat was shed.

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After she saw Dark Tomi jump away into their fight Zelda made her way up to Link. The boy was still on his knees but he had become more aware of his surroundings. He looked up at the one he loved, not knowing what exactly she was going to do. Zelda was a sage, but he had never seen her use her magic in a battle nor seen her use a weapon, which she had none. If he had heard right she said that she would "Take care of him" so how was she going to do it?

Zelda stood over him, looking down into his eyes. Slowly she lifted her right arm and placed her palm a few inches away from his face. He could see nothing but the tan of her skin, until he saw something that looked like fire, black fire. Link remembered the horse being burned with black fire; it came from one of Dark Tomi's skeletal minions. That meant that Dark Tomi had given Zelda this power and this was what he was going to have to fight against.

Link knew that this fire was meant to harm him and so he let his instincts take over. He grabbed him sword and rolled to his right. Just in time to see the black flames scorch the ground he had been kneeling on. He quickly stood up and faced Zelda.

Zelda turned to him with a glare. "Stay still!" She cried. Once again flames engulfed her hand and she threw the fire ball at his head. Link used his sword this time and slashed through the fire. As he had thought, it sliced through the flames and spread them out around the area instead of landing on him. He knew how to avoid Zelda's attacks. But he still had a problem.

How was he supposed to fight her?

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Swing, miss, block, block, attack, duck, attack, over and over the battle went, repeated, and continued. Light Tomi was now beginning to form questions in his mind, had he suddenly gotten weaker or had his darkness gotten stronger? The thought worried him regardless of the answer. Nonetheless he realized that swords no longer were the way to finish this battle. The two of them had been brought up as wizards, he though they should end the battle as wizards, with magic.

Light Tomi parried two more times and back flipped away. He was standing under the dousing flame of the now burned down house. He formed an idea. He sheathed his sword and raised his hand over his head. The flames that were not too far above him suddenly were summoned to his sides. Slowly but surely the flames took the forms of two human forms made up solely of fire.

Dark Tomi watched as his light summoned flame minions, so he got an idea of his own. He sheathed his own demonic sword and raised his hands over the water surrounding him. Thrusting his arms upward two minions made of water rose from the lakes depths.

The two wizards charged their followers forward, each of them clashed in an elemental struggle. The chill of water and heat of fire met and little by little defused each other. Pillars of steam hovered above them and at last they no longer stood.

Dark Tomi smiled to himself. He had canceled out what would have been a powerful attack if his light had succeeded. He was right to finally use the power of Zelda's Triforce, it was making him even more powerful. He looked over to where his light was standing. But…where was he? Dark Tomi looked left and right and no longer spotted his light opposite.

Without warning an explosion erupted from the ruins of the old lake side house. Out of the old embers rose a huge creature that has made up of the same flames that burned the house down. It was immense in size, possibly twenty feet high and its eyes shown a bright golden light. Suddenly it leapt for Dark Tomi. The Black Wizard knew that he would be crushed if he didn't move, but he didn't budge. He looked down and saw his legs covered in white vapor. He was locked in place and he couldn't think of a spell quick enough to stop the giant coming for him.

As the fire beast came closer Dark Tomi could only react by putting up his hands in defense. When beat finally came in contact with something he felt no pain. He looked up and saw that a barrier had risen up out of no where. He was perplexed for a minute until he saw that on the back of his right hand was the Triforce of Wisdom. He smirked to himself; this was the same barrier that Link had used before. He looked beyond the shield and saw the flames of the giant and been doused. Light Tomi was still no where in sight.

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Zelda shot three more fire missiles at Link's chest. One by one he slashed his sword through them, shattering the hope of the attack landing upon him. Link put his sword at his side, ready to strike at anymore incoming fire.

He decided that he couldn't hurt Zelda, even if she was under Dark Tomi's control. She was still the Zelda he had fallen in love with. That meant he had to put her in a situation in which she couldn't be a threat.

By now Zelda realized that she wouldn't be able to get through his defenses just by fireballs. Zelda surrounded both her hands in flames again and brought them to the ground. Link watched as the grass caught fire and began spreading, right towards him. Link knew that he wouldn't be able to block something that was on the ground itself, so he did the first thing that came to mind.

Link jumped as far as he could towards the water. Luckily he got there in one leap. He knew that the flames wouldn't be able to get to him on water. But as he was turning around he had forgotten about where Zelda was and that mistake got him a direct hit in the chest with a fireball. His pectoral muscles screamed with pain but Link only grunted. Before he knew what was happening he was falling back, and through the water. Somehow the spell that had been cast on his feet did not stop his entire body from falling.

The water eased the pain of the burn but the salt mixing into the wound made it sting a slight bit more. Link looked down at his legs and saw that the spell had stopped functioning. He cursed himself for allowing himself to get hit, now he couldn't stand on the water, thus he was vulnerable to Zelda's fire attacks.

But before he could think of a plan he felt himself being risen up by some force. Suddenly he was once again standing atop the lake's surface. Link looked to his side and saw Light Tomi; he acknowledged him with a nod and turned once again to where Zelda had been standing before. He found that she was also standing on the water and was walking towards him. In the corner of his eye he saw Light Tomi run off again towards his darkness. But as he watched Zelda approach him he heard Tomi's voice inside his head. He was shocked at first, but then he remembered that Tomi could contact minds and he listened to what he was saying.

"Link, you can't hold back. You have to attack her. I know that you feel resistant to doing so but if we are to win here today you must put your relationship with her aside and think of her as one of his other minions." Light Tomi stated.

"I…I can't. I love her, please, how else is there to stopping this? Just tell me a way so that I can make it so she isn't dangerous anymore." Link pleaded in his mind back to him. He realized that he may have been doing a cowardly thing by not attacking, but he couldn't bring himself to bring harm to her. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if he did. He waited for Tomi's response to him. Zelda was almost on him.

"Fine, I will tell you. By fighting with me during the past day you have heard me cast many spells. You have also cast a spell of you own, the Daiu-Cogein, yes? Do you know what that means Link?" Light Tomi paused for a moment. "You have magical abilities of your own, you can use the same spells as my darkness and I. Use any spell you wish, just be aware that ever spell takes a toll on your energy. Be careful. Good luck."

That was it; he would use magic against her. He knew that he could use magic, he just never thought that he could use wizards's magic. He had heard and seen many spells be used in the past day. He knew one spell that would be able to hold her captive, because it once did it to him.

Zelda was a few feet from Link before stopping in front of him. Link rapidly thrust his arm forward and shouted, "Mititjen!" White vapor shot out of his hand and came in contact with Zelda's body. She was shot back on the nonexistent solid surface of water and was sprawled out like a star. Link had her pinned.

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Dark Tomi was looking rapidly from side to side, up and down, every direction he could think of. When his eyes came to lie on the small island with the Triforce platform he saw that it was now in black flames. He snorted, "I can see that we're all fond of fire today." A bit to the left of the island he saw Link and Zelda, and finally his light running towards him.

Dark Tomi reacted by shooting a bolt of lightning at him. Light Tomi simply waved his hand, deflecting it away. He then stretched his arms out wide and raised them. The water under him began to rise with his arms. Soon he was standing atop a wave that was drifting towards the Black Wizard.

Dark Tomi quickly brought his hands together and flexed them into what look like claws, he then separated them in a harsh manner that made him look as if he were tearing something invisible in the air. Before his eyes he saw the wave his light had created shatter into thousands of small molecules of water.

By the time the wave disappeared Light Tomi was almost directly above his darkness, as he fell back down towards the water he drew his sword in midair and brought it crashing down upon his darkness. But while he was falling he saw his darkness draw his own sword and get ready for an overhead attack. The two swords came crashing together yet again.

Before the two could begin another sword battle Light Tomi back flipped away again shot a bolt of lightning at his darkness. Dark Tomi had barely enough time to bring his sword up and slash through the lightning that fired towards him. The electricity defused when it made contact with the sword. The two swordsmen continued firing at each other with one spell after another, usually using the environment around them, sometimes using their own strength. Spell after spell the battle continued and little by little their strength began to wilt.

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Zelda struggled to get free from the spell Link had put her in. Link knew that this was a chance he was waiting for in order to rejoin Tomi in his battle. But before he went running towards them he walked over to Zelda and looked down at her. She looked up at him with first disgust and then with fear.

"You have to know Zelda, because I think that some part of the real you can still hear me. I still love you. I don't blame you for what Tomi's darkness has done to you. I promise that I will bring you back to you normal self." Link told her while looking deep into her eyes. He meant every word he said.

Feeling satisfied with what he had told her he turned back to where Tomi had run off to and he ran in that direction too.

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The two wizards were shooting every spell that they could think of. Projectiles of energy were going this way and that, sometimes meeting with each other only to cancel each other out.

Finally, it happened.

Light Tomi has hit on his right shoulder then once again on his right thigh. He stopped firing spells; those two hits stunned the right side of his body. He collapsed to the ground, unable to move properly. He saw his darkness walk over to him, he had his sword drawn. He watched as the Black Wizard pointed his sword down and said with a smile, "This time, I'll make sure you die."

Without warning Dark Tomi was tackled from the side. Because of the surprise attack he was knocked over with his sword still in his right hand. He looked up to see who had interrupted his near murder.

Link was protectively standing over Light Tomi. The White Wizard waved his hand over the right side of his body, healing himself of his paralysis.

Both wizards stood up once they had recovered from their surprise attacks. Dark Tomi looked back at where Zelda was pinned down. He snarled and cursed her under his breath. Light Tomi was happy that Link hadn't heard what he had said because most likely he would have gone off on another frenzy. He couldn't have Link going anywhere now; he needed him here so that he could do a maneuver he hadn't had the chance to use before. All of them were getting more and more exhausted and this was the perfect opportunity to work his magic.

"Link." Light Tomi said within Link's mind. "I need your aid with this next spell. When I say the command words, I will say them out loud so you will hear them, I need you to open all of your senses and allow yourself to be open to the feelings you feel. This spell may be intense and dangerous for someone that is not adept at magic, but this needs to be done. I cannot explain to you what it does now, just please agree to this."

"I do." Link stated in his mind. Whatever idea that Tomi had at this point would be good. He wasn't sure how much longer he would be able to fight.

Light Tomi watched his darkness and vice versa. The two wizards were trying to read what the other would do next. But regardless of what the darkness did, nothing prepared him for what happened next.

"Karu-semaja maré!" Light Tomi shouted. He quickly grabbed Link by the arm of his tunic and cried, "Toedai!" Link opened himself up for the spell and almost immediately he saw why he was told to do so.

Link lost the sight of the world around him. All there was, was dark…or was it light? There was such a confusing feeling in his body that he couldn't manage his eyes to work properly. It felt as if he was undergoing the Daiu-Cogein spell again. He felt something reach into his body and pull out. Then everything in his body hurt, it was a pain that felt similar to every bone in his body breaking. He felt his skin tear apart, if he had skin anymore. Everything was so confusing and wrong that he felt as if he were dieing and yet waking up from the dead. Then finally after he had undergone the worst, Link fell into bliss. He could feel every part of his body again, he felt more powerful, more whole that he had before. This was what he and Tomi needed in order to defeat Dark Tomi

Then finally, the warrior opened his eyes.

He was met with the dark stare of confusion and fear, it was coming from the Black Wizard. He felt different, as if he were in a new body. He looked down into the water and saw his reflection. Staring back at him in the shaky mirror image were two glowing eyes. But that wasn't all; he saw that his tunic had become as white as Light Tomi's robe. Also, his hat had been replaced by the hood of a white robe that hung around his shoulders. It was Tomi's robe.

Link couldn't make sense of this. He looked over to where Light Tomi had been standing…and saw no one. Link didn't understand, until he finally put two and two together. He had fused body, power, and mind with his wizard friend. They were one. The two light bearers who had been fighting this relentless battle had finally opened up to become this all powerful warrior.

He looked down to his belt to see two swords, Tomi's on the left and Link's on the right. He smiled to himself, "This is going to be sweet."

Link…or Tomi…or Link and Tomi looked up at their stunned enemy. In a flash both swords were drawn, Tomi's in right hand and Link's in left, and he got into his dual wielding stance. With Link's sword near his right hip and Tomi's sword behind his head.

This was the Final Battle.

End of Part 10