AN: Longest boss fight I've ever written. Just thought I'd share that. I still only think it's only average though, which is a good word for the whole chapter.

Responses:

Gaara-kun39: Yep, Naito finally gets some of the spotlight. I imagine he'll be good for some comic relief every now and then, OOT Link is too serious.

Anime Wildfire: Thanks for the review!

Outofstategrl: Again, sorry about grossing you out… I just hope you'll bear with me. Thanks for the review!

Halomasterchief: I have to say, I don't really know what you mean by OOT Link having few memories… he knows Ganondorf, He knew what happened before he was sent here… I know I never saw much of a resemblance between the rito and zora, so I didn't think he would. But he noticed something familiar about them. For your next question, he doesn't know who the King of Red Lions is. Thanks for the review; it's always nice to see another reviewer.

Linkfangirl01: Wow, if all you ask is that I update this year, I'm guessing it will be easy to keep you happy. I update twice a week sometimes. Thanks for the review!

Freakyanimegal456: Thanks for reviewing!

They stepped into the chamber, which was a circular room with a circular pit of lava in the centre. Naito was about to charge in full speed, but Link grabbed the back of his shirt and yanked him back with enough force to give him whiplash. He shook his head slowly, and stepped in quietly.

Link walked in slowly looking all around. He recognized a monster's lair any day; he saw plenty of them over his lifetime. He looked up, making sure nothing was hanging from the ceiling. There was nothing, but he saw what could only be Valoo's tail, red with a few yellow spines. It hung down through a hole in the roof. Knowing there could only be one place left for the monster Medli spoke of to hide, He backed up the outside. Naito followed. He drew an arrow, infused it with ice, and fired it into the pit of lava. A portion of it turned to rock and a large roar sounded throughout the chamber.

Naito's eyes widened. Link drew his biggoron sword, and Naito looked at him before doing the same. Suddenly the lava rose up and splashed out to the sides, and the rocky portion shattered. It bubbled and frothed, finally giving way to a gigantic bug-like monster. It had a single blue eye, and six legs all in the air as it reared up from the lava pit. Two large arms with praying mantis-like claws waved around up near its head. It vaguely resembled the giant flaming centipede from outside. Naito gasped, Link simply stared at it with steely determination.

It slammed a claw down at them. The two Links rolled in opposite directions and it got stuck in the ground. Link jumped on the claw and ran up its arm, hoping to get a shot at the eye. It turned to look at him, and spewed a fireball at him. He yelled in surprise, and it blew him right off the creature. He rolled as he hit the ground, extinguishing the fire.

The monster lunged at him with its head, and Link thrust his biggoron sword forward. It stopped short before impaling itself, rearing back up. Naito threw his grappling hook at its eye, hoping to hurt it. Instead, at lowered a bony eyelid over its eye, protecting it. The grappling hook bounced off uselessly as it turned to look at him. It began charging a fireball.

Link ran in from the side and tackled him out of the way, and the charged fireball incinerated the ground behind them. "That eyelid is part of its armour!" Link shouted, noticing that the entire bug was covered by bony, yellowish armour.

"Can't you break it?" Naito asked.

"I'll try." Link responded, dodging a claw swipe. He drew his megaton hammer, staring the monster down. It slammed a claw down, and he gracefully stepped sideways, leaping onto it as before. He ran up, jumping over a small fireball. As he reached the shoulder, he brought his hammer crashing down, using all his strength and momentum…

CRACK! A jarring bolt of pain went up his arm, and all he got for his effort was the tiniest chip of bone coming off. The monster shook its arm, and he was hurled off. He managed to right himself as he landed to avoid breaking his neck. He and Naito regrouped.

"So it's invincible?" Naito asked.

"No monster is invincible." Link looked up at the ceiling. The rocky area around the tail looked weak… perhaps he could cave in part of the ceiling? It would be risky, but they had no choice. "I have a plan. I'll distract it. Grapple onto the tail and swing, move it around as much as possible, then jump to safety."

Naito didn't question him. As Link ran off, firing a few arrows at the bony eyelid, Naito began swinging his grappling hook. He threw once and missed, pulling it back before it could get the monsters attention. He threw again, and it hit the tail but didn't catch. "Come on…" He muttered, throwing it again. Success! It wrapped around the tail, catching on a spine. He jumped and scrambled up the rope so as not to hit the monster, and began to swing.

Meanwhile, Link had just dodged another fireball. He ducked under one, and as he came up the monster slammed a claw down at him. He raised his big sword instinctively, and it slammed down on it. He was pushed back until he was against the wall, but he managed to hold it off above his head. He and the monster stared at each other, muscles straining until there was a loud rumbling sound. Both he and the monster slowly looked up. Naito was swinging, and some dust began to fall from above. The kid jumped, and a large ring of rock fell down. It shattered on the monster and it instantly stopped struggling with Link, rearing up and screaming. Cracks had appeared all over its exoskeleton, spidering out all over before it all shattered at once, leaving its black flesh unprotected.

Naito jumped once in triumph as link ran over to join him. Link drew his hookshot, but put it away after realizing the even if he grappled up there, he had to hold the hookshot with one hand, and then couldn't use his sword because it required two.

The monster breathed a large stream of fire at them. Link bolted, Naito close behind. This time Naito got the idea. "Link, I'm going to try and pull its eye closer. I need your extra weight, hold on to the grappling hook with me!"

Link nodded as they skidded to a stop. Naito drew his grappling hook, swinging it as the monster turned to look at them. He threw it, and the claw dug into the top of the eye. Link grabbed the rope quickly, and pulled. The monster screamed and pulled the other way, but Link had put on the iron boots before hand. He hadn't had time to put on the golden gauntlets, but he always wore the silver and they did just fine. He heaved, his muscles hurting and arms feeling stretched. Naito barely registered, almost being lifted off the ground. Link finally won out, and the monster's head was slammed against the floor in front of them. Naito let go of the rope and drew his sword while Link held it down. Naito slashed three times, finishing with a powerful stab right into the center of the eye. Link idly noticed it looked something like his final stab against Ganon, and smiled slightly.

That creature rose up and shrieked in agony, forcing the two Links to cover their ears. It began to burn up, suddenly exploding into purple fire. They eye flew through the air, hitting the ground and exploding. The lava began to cool, as Naito jumped for joy and Link rubbed his sore biceps. A wind kicked up, blowing towards the middle of the room.

Link and Naito followed the wind, stopping in the center of the room. The wind circled around them, and they both vanished.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the mountain, Medli was explaining what had happened in the mountain to the chieftain. Suddenly they heard a faint shriek from the top of the mountain. Valoo's cries of rage subsided. They all looked up, and saw the clouds around their island breaking up.

Link appeared on the beach, near the boat. He looked around for Naito, but could not see him.

"Where is the young one? Naito?" The boat said with concern.

Link shrugged, "He was right with me!"

"Find him!" The boat commanded, and Link took off back towards the mountain. He yelled out Naito's name, looking all around.

"I'm over here!" Naito shouted. Link spun and saw Naito emerging from a tunnel and out onto the beach. Link ran back to him.

"Where were you?" Link asked.

"I dunno. Portal dropped me off by this blue stone, and I learned a song for that baton thing. Then a wind god told me I could control the wind with it." He said.

Link stared at him. "Umm… where were you really?"

"I'm not kidding! Watch." Naito said, drawing the baton. He swished it up, then to his left, then to the right. A heavenly voice sang along, seeming to emanate from above them. His eyes looked glassy suddenly, and he thrust the baton to the north. A golden light spiraled from the bottom to the tip, and the wind, which had been blowing east, shifted all of a sudden to where he was pointing. Alertness returned to his eyes.

Link was surprised, although not in awe. He himself knew a few magical tunes. He and Naito walked back to the boat, who watched them with some relief. As they arrived, they heard Medli's voice call out to them.

"Hey! Don't leave yet!" She called out.

They turned to see her and Komali standing there. Komali was looking down, and holding that large orange sphere, and Medli was standing there cheerily. "Komali has something to say!" She shouted.

"I… I wanted to apologize to you." He said, addressing Naito. "I was being a jerk. I'm going to be brave like you, and get the best pair of wings ever!" he said, brightening up as he went.

Naito smiled and said, "Don't worry about it."

"Look… I want you to have this. My grandma gave it to me, but I don't need it anymore." He said, offering his orb.

"Are you sure." Big Link asked as Naito took it and examined it.

He nodded. Then, to Link's great surprise, Valoo spoke. He had a rumbly voice, and spoke ancient Hylian, but he was definitely speaking. "O great Heroes! Thank you! Gather the three pearls!" he said, while Naito looked on in confusion.

Medli gave them a translation, which Link noticed was a little off. Clearly ancient Hylian was no longer spoken, but that didn't surprise Link. It had been a dying language even in his time. The King of red Lions, who had been quiet up to this point, spoke up now. "Valoo is right. That is Din's Pearl, and there are two more. Gathering them is our only option. But if Ganon has sent monsters here, he will not stop. Hurry! We sail to the south."

Medli and Komali said good bye, heading back to their home. Naito once again played the Wind's Requiem, guiding the wind to the south, and they boarded the boat. Just as they were about to set sail, a blue fish with a very human-like face jumped into the boat. It looked up at the two Links, who were staring at it in complete shock.

"'Hoy, small fries! What? Never seen a fish-man before? Well get over it, we're all over this god-forsaken ocean. Look, I'm gonna be blunt. Your sea chart is the most pathetic piece of mouldy old parchment I've ever seen. It's a disgrace." He said, eyeing the chart in the open storage compartment.

The two Links stared at him. A fish jumping into their boat and insulting their sea chart had temporarily robbed them of the ability to speak.

"Don't look at me like that! God, how old are you, three? I'm just letting you know. I'm only trying to help. Look, I'll fill this island in for you as a gesture of good faith!" he said, drawing a little paint brush from out of no where it seemed. He dipped it in their ink from the compartment, and quickly drew in a labeled sketch of Dragon Roost Island.

"Well? Any thank you? Fine. Jerks." He said, hopping out of the boat. "I'll tell the other fish-men to do the same if they see you."

"To be honest, I'd rather not have random fish jumping in and insulting me." Naito finally said.

The fish shook his fin at him, and submerged. He popped his head back out suddenly and said to the boat, "Oi! You! Kingly red lion guy! That's it! I've paid my debt!" and then went back under after delivering this cryptic message.

Link looked at the chart. Naito's little quips aside, Link thought it would be a good idea to have a chart. He always had a map of Hyrule with him before, and it would be even easier to get lost here with fewer landmarks.

Finally, with no further interruptions, they hoisted the sail and cruised off towards the next leg of their journey.

AN: I know, not great. Try and think back to the marginally better boss fight and find the inspiration to leave a review, possibly with suggestions.