Trip to the Underworld

Leon's ready!

I don't own Zelda… Enjoy!!!

A wizard rushed through his scrolls, searching for the right one. "Alone I won't beat the princess if Link is there. I must find new servants. Ah! Here it is, the Hellgate spell."

Aganim stood up and faced a black wall. He was in his study, where all of his incantations were kept. The black wall, devoid of decoration served as a portal gate between locations. He picked up the scroll, which was barely readable and, facing the wall, read it.

Once he finished reading the incantation in an ancient language, the wall started spinning, like a vortex was coming out. It quickly turned red and the wizard jumped in.

Where he landed, it was breathtaking. Not because of beauty, but because of everything there, represented evil. He entered a valley of flames, all set in a red soil, like if it was about to burn. Hundreds and thousands of beasts, each a despicable assassin, were bound by chains and tortured by demons of all sizes and shapes. Quickly one of the demons approazhed aganim. The demon was different, because unlike all the others, he was wearing a gray cape and he had an axe with him.

"You made it this far…I'm impressed."

"heh, then you know nothing of my powers. Where are the three demons I asked for?"

"Get one thing straight: Down here, I'm the one in charge, not you, got it?!"

"Whatever…where are my beasts?"

"GRRrrrrrr!!! You dare insult me like this?! You think I'm your servant, no?"

"I don't care if you're going to have a rage fit, just give me my demons first."

"Gr…Heh, As you wish! Zenox! Ryuuma! Tartarox! Welcome your 'master!"

"That's bette…what the hell? Whya re these demons attacking me?!"

"Nobody insults me and get out of here alive!"

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo……………" Aganim's blood lined the floors and was burnt by the flames of hell.

"Hehehe. Now, listen up, you three. Go to the Surface and destroy Link!"

All three beasts growled agreeably and left through the portal, which Aganim had created. The humanlike demon with the gray cape and the axe followed them, closing the portal behind his back. They arrived at Aganim's chamber.

"Wait! Do not destroy this chamber. There might be something of use here…perfect!" he had found an ancient text with all the incantations to summon all the different demons, straight from hell.

"Now, let's move on… Link was last found in the forest. Let's pay him a surprise visit, hehehe…"

Meanwhile, Zelda's expeditioners had set out for the kokiri forest. They were bound to reach the woods by nightfall, since all of them had enough energy to run all the way. Most of the trip was quiet and once the sun set, they reached the woods.

"Hmmm…Careful, we don't know what to expect" said Raiku, seriously, thinking like he was a spy or something like that.

Leon replied with ease. "Sure we do…Little kids with wooden swords."

Rick and Joe couldn't help laughing and even Aerith, who was more solitary, started giggling. Raiku stared at Leon. "Shut up."

"Aww, little baby's scared…" Started Leon.

"THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Raiku was blazing with rage. Before he could control himself, he lunged at Leon, both swords raised.

His two officials tried to stop him as Leon smirked. "Raiku, don't do this!" cried Joe while Rick made things worse. "Hey Raiku, you scared?"

"Rick, you idiot, you're supposed to stop the fighting, not make it worse!"

"Hehe, you worry too much Joe. Raiku will show Leon he is no pushover," said Rick with confidence. "He can beat the crap out of Leon anytime."

Joe wasn;t so sure about Raiku like his brother was. Even though he knew Raiku was powerful, this dude, Leon, was a Royal Guard. He must have something up his sleeve.

And he did. It only took five minutes for everyone to notice that Raiku didn't have a chance. He swung one sword downward, and Leon sidestepped. When he came for the counter, using the other sword in a vertical swing, all Leon did was pull out the Tomahawk and using it as a shield.

"Damn!" Raiku jumped back, while Leon yawned. "Let's stop this before you get hurt."

"No way!"

Raiku charged again, but this time he threw one of the swords at Leon and when Leon came to block it, immediately Raiku got through his defense and aimed his sword at Leon's left ribs. It landed, but surprisingly the one who fell back in pain was Raiku. Seems like his hand was broken.

"What the hell do you have? Steel Ribs?"

"Almost. I have already said that this armor is made from a dragon's hide. It is far superior than steel platebodies and is lighter. There is only a handful of weapons that can penetrate this armor, all in the ranks of the legendary Master Sword. The only way you can hurt me is striking at my exploited face, something I'll never let you do."

"Ugh…ahh my right hand!"

"Yeah…sorry about that, but it was your fault for attacking me. Aerith, think you can fix his hand?"

The young woman didn't know what to respond. She could cure any slash, but a broken bone? "I can try."

"Heh. That's the spirit!" smirked Leon.

"Let's see… get some red potion, add some deku nuts, mix it with some Nayru's elixir…crap!"

Raiku was definitely pissed. "What do you mean'crap'?!!!"

"Well…I'm out of Nayru's elixir."

"Well, guess we better move on and hope the Deku Tree has some."

"Whaaaaaaaat?!!!!!!!!!" roared Raiku. Leon pretended he didn't hear any of the things Raiku said at him for the next hour or so and spoke to the twins, who were puzzled.

"The Deku Tree?"

"You don't know about the guardian of the forest?"

"Nop"

"Huh…The Deku Tree, or the Great Deku Tree, is a living entity that guards the forest. It is he that protects the kokiri and it is because of his power that the Lost Woods transform anyone who stays too long in them into a Stalfos."

"Wha?! A Stalfos?! Oh, no, not a Stalfos!"

"You guys have absolutely no idea what a stalfos is, do you?"

Both gave shameless nods. "Not a clue!"

"Huh…a Stalfos is a dark being. He is very much like a human's skeleton. Stalfos are powerful opponents and even Ganon has a hard time controlling them. That is why he uses only minimal amounts of Stalfos. The have steel pads on their shoulders and usually carry with them a short sword and a round shield. They are so powerful because they can use many techniques that no other monster can use. They are the closest thing to a human, in terms of appearance and fighting abilities."

"Whoa…" As they entered the Lost woods, Joe broke the silence. "Yay! I'm gonna be a stalfos!"

"You idiot!" Rick tried to shut Joe the hell up, but to no avail.

As they reached the exit and reached the kokiri forest, Leon, Aerith and Rick all let out a sigh.

"Whew…Now we can get rid of these idiots."

"Yeah!"

"Um…ok."

"Now, uh, where's Link?"

A kokiri child heard this and approached Rick. "Hey mister. If you're looking for Link, he's over there."

"Thanks, kid. Come on, Leon, Aerith, the two idiots that are screaming like sissies(Rick and Joe) come on! I found him!" Shouted Raiku.

"All right. Where is he?"

"Over there, where that huge tree is"

"huh?" Leon was curious. "What is he doing with the Great Deku Tree?"

"Wait a minute." Rick was surprised. "That's the Deku Tree? That huge oak? And here I was, thinking of making firewood out of him!"

Everyone that was with him went into shock. Joe spoke "You really are the idiot of the family…"

"What are you talking abo-" A spear was raised, aimed right at Rick's throat.

"How can you even think to insult the Deku Tree?"

"Let me handle this." Spoke Leon. After he bargained with the kids for over and hour, they decided to let them go.

As they headed toward the Deku Tree, Raiku couldn't help but ask, "How did you convince them?"

"Aww, it was easy. I just convinced them that you, Rick and Joe were Eunuchs and that you weren't afraid to show it, and then I promised them I'd keep you away from them if they helped."

Joe was clueless, as always. "uh, what's an eunuch?"

His brother answered. "You idiot, it means gay."

"What? I'm not-" Leon quickly shut Joe's mouth with his hands and whispered in his ears. "If they find out, you are gonna be dinner, got it?"

"mm-mmm" Leon let go of his mouth, but the Kokiri just looked at him awkwardly and stepped back.

Finally, they reached the Deku Tree. All five bowed before the Tree, which was the first to speak.

"I presume you come for Link?"

"yes, but first. Do you happen to have some Nayru' Elixir. It's just that my friend over there in the gerudo tunics was hurt severly in a fight he had."

"Ahh, yes. Saria, bring them the vial."

A young woman with green hair approached them with a flask in her hand. It was blue, gooey liquid, much like the drink Joe had taken in the town, when he had his bad beer experience. But this liquid was shining with light. It was brimming with this light, the essence of life. Aerith quickly pouereda drop on the mixture, beated on it for a few minutes and spread it on Raiku's fist.

"Whoa! I can move my fist!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At that, a young man with a Green Tunic that was slashed in the left shoulder came up to them. Raiku was the first to speak.

"Hey, you! Yeah, you in the skirt! DO you know who Link is?"

The man looked coldly at Raiku before responding. "I am Link."

"Oh, shit! So sorry, please forgive me…"

Leon interrupted him. "I thought you said you had found him…aw whatever. Please forgive my friend. He is a complete idiot-"

"Hey!"

"Quiet!!!…As I was saying, he is a complete idiot and does not know when to hold his tongue. I'm Leon. The idiot is Raiku. The twins over there are Rick and Joe and lastly the cute young medic over there is Aerith."

"Hmmm. Pleasure to meet you. I am Link and she is Saria. Any specific reason why you came here?"

Leon responded while the rest stood there: Raiku, Joe and Rick having the idiot championships at who is the bigger idiot and Aerith watching. "As a matter of fact, yes. Sighs…how can I say this…I know! Joe, come over here…since I don't know how to say it, I'll just let him blurt it out." He whispered something into Joe's ear, who quickly shouted back what was told.

"WHAT? GANON'S ALIVE?!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!?!!!!!"

"What? You're kidding, right?"

"Nope. Afraid not. Princess Zelda requested you come to the castle and help her defeat this menace."

"Of course. Le'ts leave in the morning, though. The roads are dangerous at night."

"Sure."

Since the village was too small, the group stayed in the deku tree's area. There they each fell to sleep. Aerith was the first one to nod off. Soon after, all the men popped out one of the barrels of beer and started celebrating.

"Hic…Yeah!!" laughed carefree Leon as he clashed his glass with Raiku"s

"Hey Joe? Want to drink it in …hic….one shot again? Hahahahahahahaha…hic…hahahahaa!"

"Sure! Yeah! But let's make it better." Joe had to have won the idiot championships because he took the barrel, half-full and poured it down his throat. Even though all the men were drunk, still they tried to tell Joe to stop, but he just ignored them as he poured it down his throat.

"…hiccup…Whoooooooooo!Was that great or what?"

"Hic…huh? Hic… you're not burnt?"

"Hell no! Last time I was joking around. Cheers! Hahahahaha!"

The men kept laughing the night away. Soon enough it was morning and they had just fallen asleep. Aerith tried to wake them up.

"Hellllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo? Anyone in there? Ugh…I am not going to waste my time. Kids, bring the ice cold water. Imported from the frozen Zora domain!"

Everyone woke up immediately only to see Aerith laughing. "Ugh…what's so…hic…funny?"

"you guys."

Joe stood up a bit later, but was more scared. "Uh…hic…were's the frozen water???"

His brother slapped him on the head before explaining. "Dude, the…hic… zora's domain hasn't been frozen! You…hic…moron!"

The rest of the morning continued like this, all the men still drunk, while Link, Saria and Aerith were ready to go, just talking until they'd wake up.

In the distance a roar was heard, unlike anything else.

"What was that?"

"I don't know, but I think we are about to find out…"

End of chapter. Talk about cliffhanger, right? C ya!