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Ghirahim turned angrily to Link. "Calm. How can I calm down?" he spat at the hero. The white-haired demon shook his fists. He shook his head turning away from the hero. "But how would you know?" Ghirahim said.
There was a soft chime. "Ghirahim,"Fi's voice sounded. Ghirahim looked annoyed at the sword maiden. "Maybe we can't understand how you're feeling, but we want to find Rahzel as much as you do," The blue sword woman said. "We can douse for her and find her swiftly," Fi said tried to comfort.
Ghirahim had to admit this did calm down his raging heartbeat, but it didn't lessen his desire to spill Fierce Deity's blood. "I'll douse for her then," he said as he turned into his sword form. He shut his eyes to feel the warmth of Rahzel's soul. Sure enough, like the light she was her presence shown through. He opened his eyes and followed the beacon that would lead him to Rahzel.
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Rahzel pushed away from fierce deity as soon as her vision cleared and she could see again. She spun quickly so she was facing him. She unsheathed her blade quickly and stuck out at her captor. The white-haired being just smirked as he dodged the attack. Rahzel didn't spend a second being shocked, but tried to strike out again. Fierce Deity just spun her around and pushed her away.
Rahzel snarled and tried to slice at him again. The taller man just stopped the blade on its track. "Now, a pretty girl shouldn't be handling such a dangerous weapon," Fierce Deity said pulling the blade from her grasp and tossing it aside. Rahzel watched as her weapon sailed the air. "Well, now what are you going to do?" Fierce Deity asked mockingly.
Rahzel just looked shocked. Fierce Deity smirked and Rahzel snarled again. "Now, don't mar your face with a frown," he said tracing her face with his hand. Rahzel reacted quickly by biting his arm. The copper taste of blood filled her mouth and Fierce Deity shouted with shock as he removed his arm. He promptly slapped her causing her to fall to the ground where she spat out his blood.
A hand grabbed the front of her tunic and pulled her off the ground. Her feet dangled uselessly in the air. "I really didn't want to hurt you, Rahzel," Fierce Deity said with a deathly calm. His pure white eyes sending a shiver down her spine. "If anything, I respected you. Without all the chaos you caused, I would never awoke to revive Majora," Fierce Deity said.
"Then, Let me go," Rahzel said growling.
Fierce Deity laughed, "No all three of you together are obstructing my plan. Separate, however, you're just what I need to bring back Majora." Rahzel narrowed her eyes at him.
"I don't suppose you tell me," Rahzel said, trying to reach for the dagger she had in her boot.
Fierce Deity chuckled amused as he lowered her to the ground only to drag her. She had a moment to look around herself. She saw that she was no longer in the green maze, but in some sort of cave. She looked for any distinct that she could find her way out. Fierce Deity stopped and tossed her aside. She tumbled across the ground. She pushed herself to her knees as Fierce Deity formed a magical barrier trapping her.
"I'm far too busy to bother with you now," Fierce Deity said, "But since I am indebted to you, I'll leave this window so you can watch the hero and the blade." The man waved his hand in her direction and a small circle formed on the ground at her hands. Rahzel looked down at this 'window' to see Ghirahim and Link traveling through green corridors at a fast speed.
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Link had to run to keep up with Ghirahim's quick strides. The hero didn't mind, but he could feel the anger and the bloodlust rolling off the other. "Ghirahim, we have to think about this before you do something to rash," Link called out. Ghirahim ignored Link and continued at his brisk pace.
"Help me," a thin voice called out. Link stopped instantly looking for whoever needed his help.
"Ghirahim, wait," he called out as the other kept moving. Ghirahim stopped for a moment and turned around. He narrowed his eyes at the hero, but didn't say a word.
Link looked for the source of the cry as Ghirahim stood with his arms crossed upset. Link saw a being tangled in a mess of vines. He knelt down next to the shape which then raised its head. Link jerked back in surprised as he saw the disgusting mass of flesh that was the creature. "What are you waiting for, hero? Get it out of there," Ghirahim said impatiently.
Link did just that after Fi noted that these vines were not coated in the toxin that covered everything else. The hero released the being which disappeared into a plume of smoke. "What was that about?" Link asked looking where the creature was.
"I don't care. I just want to sink my fangs into Fierce Deity's throat," Ghirahim said starting off again.
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Rahzel watched the scene confused. She knew Fierce Deity had created the weird creature, but why she had no idea. She watched as Ghirahim continued his march to find her. She smiled at the determination he had. "Very sweet. A hero looking for his damsel in distress," Fierce Deity said smugly from the other side of the barrier. Rahzel looked up at him with narrowed eyes. "Don't look at me. Keep watching," Fierce Deity said pointing back to the window.
Rahzel turned her attention back to watch the pair. Ghirahim was leading with Link a long distance away. There was a large explosion where Ghirahim was. Rahzel gasped as she saw him sail in the air and nearly collide with the toxic barriers. Out of the smoke that blocked most of her view, a large spiny creature crawled out of the ground and started to attack Ghirahim. Before she could see what happened next, the 'window' closed leaving her staring at the stone floor. She looked up into Fierce Deity's pupilless eyes and growled. "I will kill you if you harm him," She shouted as the slammed her fists against the barrier.
Fierce Deity smirked amused, making Rahzel slam the barrier harder. To her surprise, the barrier shattered like bits of glass. Rahzel charged forward. Just as she was about to slam her fist into his smug face, the area around her shifted. She was no longer about to punch Fierce Deity, but about to rush right off a ledge and into an underground lake.
She couldn't stop herself, but her movement was stopped before she careened off the edge. She was turned around so she was still at the edge of the ledge barely keeping her balance. Fierce Deity had a tight grip on her tunic. Rahzel was breathing heavily realizing how close she was to falling into the lake. But she wasn't grateful to Fierce Deity, she despised the way he looked so condescending. All she wanted to do was show him all the pain she caused Link, Ghirahim, and herself.
Fierce Deity chuckled, "Thank you, Rahzel. This was a definite step forward." Rahzel didn't have time to look confused before he let go of his hold on her. Gravity took hold and Rahzel fell. Her back crashed against the water's surface and she sunk. Panicking, she clawed at the water in a desperate attempt to reach the surface. She watched as her breath left in a slow stream of bubbles. Her heart was racing and her mind wanted to succumb to panic. She definitely made distance in the oddly violet water. As she reached up to the surface, her fingers stopped at the edge of the water. She would have screamed if it wouldn't have waste air. Her lungs started to burn as they reached the end of their air supply. Her body reacted naturally and tried to breathe in. The water burned, but she didn't black out or choke. Now that the panic somewhat wore off, she realized that her brain didn't feel oxygen deprived.
"You must be very confused," Fierce Deity said from a far distance. Rahzel swam that way. She was treading water with her head brushing the water's edge. Fierce Deity stood there at the lake's shore with a woman that looked exactly like herself. The Rahzel on the shore looked very amused at the situation. "You may know that there are three ways to break a sealing curse. One, the caster releases it, two, another being with similar magic level casts a counter spell," Fierce Deity started to explain.
"What does that have to do with me?"Rahzel asked, now used to not needing air, but not comfortable with it.
"Easy, I can't ask the three goddesses to release Majora and there are no other being with the same magic as them. So I have to rely on the third method," Fierce Deity explained. Rahzel was silent as she waited for him to continue it. "Which is similar to what you did. You asked Link who was given permission by Hylia to release your subjects."
"So you need the word of one who is appointed by the goddesses. What does that have to do with us?" Rahzel asked.
"I'm getting to that. The goddesses appointed the beings that most resemble their most value trait. Farore chose Link for his undying courage. Naryu originally chose Zelda for her wisdom, but that responsibility now fell to you…"
"And Demise was the third till we killed him. Ghirahim is Din's second choice," Rahzel finished.
"Exactly. You would never give into my pleading at least with your morals. So I had to separate your 'dark' side from your 'light' side if you pardon the expression," Fierce Deity said.
Rahzel understood completely. Dark Rahzel was still her, but all her negative traits. "You will never get Link to become this dark version of himself," she argued.
Fierce Deity laughed, "That's where you're wrong. Everyone has a dark side that can be trigger by a 'fatal flaw' if you would say. Yours was vengeance."
"I never," Rahzel started.
"So what you did to Ishcard?" Fierce Deity asked. Rahzel fell silent. "Link's flaw is prejudice; Ghirahim's bloodlust." Fierce Deity smiled wickedly. "I'm so close I can almost hear Majora's voice."Rahzel narrowed her eyes at Fierce Deity and her own body. Fierce Deity turned to Dark Rahzel, "Go and bring them here."
The woman nodded and turned to leave. Rahzel watched as her own body walked off. She hoped that Ghirahim could see past the disguise. If the two men were led here, it would be all over and Majora would be revived.
