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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Shadow Link

Rhea rolled her eye from her spot in the tree. Shadow Link was in his place among the shadows. "I doubt he'll be in this room for a while…" Rhea smirked as she looked towards the door that Link would be coming from. "From what I heard, he won't be having the help of his little friend."

"How can you be so sure that she won't just come back?" Shadow Link asked, and formed from the Shadows. Rhea sighed.

"Well…for one…news like what she got doesn't get taken on very lightly, and for another, I have my ways." Rhea laughed. "Don't worry, I have my ways."

"Really now?" Shadow Link looked up, doubtful. Rhea simply glared at him.

"Just because Ganondorf seems to think you're better, doesn't mean that I'm incompetent. I know what I'm doing, try having some faith in me." Rhea snapped. Something about Shadow Link really ticked her off, but she couldn't help feeling at least somewhat comfortable around him.

"Why are you so sure she won't come back?" Shadow Link demanded. Rhea simply stuck her tongue out at him.

"I'm not telling, you're being a jerk!"

Shadow Link raised an eyebrow, but shrugged.

Link sighed as he made his way through about the twelfth room. There were so many in this temple, it wasn't hard to get lost at all. "Navi…where should I go next?" Link asked, as she took his hat from his head and squeezed the water out of it.

"Erm…" Navi murmured, and flew around. She found the next door, and Link swam up to it. When he walked through to it, he saw a giant waterfall, with blocks that seemed to rise up, against the strong current. They appeared again and again, unending. Without a thought, Link jumped to the closest block, and looked up for a stop off. There was a platform at a distance. Link took out his hook shot, and aimed for the wall. It dug itself into the stone, and pulled Link towards it. He landed, and pulled the hook out of the wall.

"Well…let's see what is through this door." Navi started, and Link opened the door. The room was covered by mist, and water made up a thin layer of the floor. In the center of the fog was a tree, and across the room was another door.

"This seems like a pointless room…" Link stated, and walked forward. He made it all of the way to the door, and went to turn the doorknob to reveal it was locked. "That's odd…"

"Maybe we have to find a key or something…" Navi murmured…so I guess we go back and search…" Link shrugged, and turned around, but stopped cold as he saw a shadowy figure in front of the tree he had passed. He squinted a bit as he drew his sword, and the figure did the same. He cautiously walked towards it, and the figure walked towards him.

Rhea watched from a safe, hidden spot in a tree. Her orders were for her not to get involved, but to make sure that Shadow Link did his job right. Originally, she was supposed to make sure that Link's little friend didn't jump into the fight unexpectedly, but things with her were already taken care of, there was no need to worry.

She watched as Shadow Link perfectly timed the actions of Link, so that he was simultaneous. Even his footsteps were the same. Rhea briefly wondered what it would be like to fight herself, but then didn't really care at the same time. If Ganondorf made a Shadow Rhea, then he really would have gone over the deep end. For a brief moment, she almost let herself chuckle at the thought, but had enough training to restrain it. Instead, she moved to get a better view of the fight, but still be concealed by the tree branches.

Link glared as the shadowy figure grew more and more familiar the closer he got to it. When he was only a few feet away, it became clear that the shadowy figure looked a heck of a lot like Link, but yet was the exact opposite. The blood-red eyes glowed with malice, and a cocky smirk had placed itself on his face.

"Surprised at what you see?" The shadow's voice came out, deep and sort of wispy, like what one would suspect from a shadow. Link glared slightly.

"Yes and no." Link answered honestly. "Are you a creation of Ganondorf's?"

The figure simply laughed. "Yes, I am a perfect copy, even better than the original. I am Shadow Link, I know all of your moves, but I am still better than you."

Link raised his eyebrow slightly, but readied his sword. "I'll fight you, and prove you wrong." Navi circled Shadow Link around, looking for any weaknesses. Shadow Link simply looked amused by the fairy.

"Do you honestly need that useless life form?" Shadow Link asked, and flicked at Navi slightly. Navi flew back a few feet, but persisted on.

"It's at least one advantage over you." Link smirked, and the two fighters began to circle each other. Both looked for any hint of weakness in the other's stance. Finally, they both spotted it, and swung, but just in time, they blocked each other's attacks. They backed off each other, and circled again.

In the tree, Rhea almost yawned. The fight wasn't really that interesting, and she inspected her nails a bit. 'Shadow Link just needs to go for it or something. Since they fight the same, it's no fun at all.' She thought, a yawn even seemed to appear in her mind.

This time, Link dove unexpectedly, and Shadow Link blocked it. Link flipped back and turned to swing his sword, which Shadow Link parried and swung, successfully landing a blow across Link's chest. Link made a jab and his sword went through Shadow Link's shoulder. Both of them backed up, panting slightly.

Rhea rolled her eyes from her spot. 'They can't be tired already?'

This time, Shadow Link was the one to dive blindly, but Link just dove and slid, and made a deep gash in Shadow Link's right ankle. Shadow Link staggered for a bit, but turned around and jumped when he saw Link's sword go for a lethal stab towards his spine, and landed on the sword, and swung. This cut made a gash along Link's left cheek. Link loosed the grip on his sword, which sent Shadow Link tumbling to the ground, and landed on Shadow Link's stomach, his sword tip was at Link's throat, ready to plunge through and kill the shadow being.

Shadow Link growled at Link, and Link simply glared back. "Give me one good reason that I shouldn't kill you." Link said, in almost a smirk. "It seems that you were wrong, the original is better than the copy."

"If you're going to kill me, than get it over with." Shadow Link growled. Suddenly, there was a knife at Link's neck, and he carefully turned his head to look at who the knife-holder was. The girl was tall, with black hair, one grey eye, and one black eye.

"If you want your precious Hyrule to have its hero, than I suggest you leave Shadow Link with me." Rhea's voice was dangerous, and icy. Shadow Link glared at her.

"What makes you think I can't just take him out, and then go after you?" Link asked.

"The only way forward is through that door, and I hold the key. If you leave him, I will give it to you." Rhea stated, and pressed her knife into his throat, to remind him if he tried anything funny, he would die, and Hyrule would be screwed.

Link thought about it for a moment, and after a moment, Navi began to circle Rhea, just in case Link needed a weak spot quickly. After another moment, Link released his grip on his sword, and sheathed it. Rhea let off on the knife just a bit, but kept it to his throat to make sure he still didn't attempt to double-cross her. She knew that a hero like him wouldn't, but her line of work didn't pay to take chances.

Actually, it didn't pay, at all.

"I'll leave him, give me the key." Link demanded, staring into Rhea's dark-colored eyes. Rhea snarled at him, but handed him the key. A growl of protest came from Shadow Link, but Rhea and Link ignored him. After a momentary stare-down, Link turned his back on Rhea, and went for the door that was locked. As he went through it, the growl from Shadow Link grew fiercer. Rhea simply kneeled down and slapped him.

"Don't say a word to me about what I just did." Rhea growled, and dragged his arm around her shoulder. She then lifted him to his feet. "You are in no room to talk, since you just made a mockery of yourself."

Shadow Link continued to snarl anyway. "Why didn't you kill him when you had t he chance?" He demanded as Rhea dragged him towards their way out.

"I don't fight dirty, and I believe that one little key won't make much of a difference." Rhea stated plainly. "Besides, it wasn't my battle, and I personally don't care whether or not Link dies. I don't have the same motives as Ganondorf."

"Then what are your motives?" Shadow Link asked, his voice steely and dangerous. Rhea didn't look at him, but only to her destination.

"I don't know." She said bitterly, but honestly.

Link looked down into the river he had stumbled upon with disinterest as he thought more about the girl who had suddenly appeared. He wondered why she didn't just attack him, like all of his other foes.

"That girl was strange…" Navi murmured. "Yet…she was strangely familiar…"

Link nodded. "I wonder if she always worked for Ganon, or was a newer recruit after his take-over."

"Who knows? Let's just save the water sage for now." Navi stated. With a brief nod of agreement, Link continued on.

End of Chappie

SORRY ABOUT THE LONG WAIT! Really, I'm sorry. I was trying to update it a few days ago, but my mom flipped out on me…and then…err…I've been grounded for the past week, so I was way to pissed off to write anything. Being grounded was MY fault, but yeah. I'll try and update quicker, especially since my speech meet was cancelled this weekend…stupid snow…we have a LOT of it out west, and then I hear about the eastern area of the U.S. and I want to go there really badly…

I'm pathetic. Anyways, I'll try and get the next chapter out as soon as possible, so have a good day and stuff!