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Hiya…Long time no update…sorry that this took so long. Jeesh…I never knew a computer could have so many problems at once! (Sigh) Finally got my Word Processor back up. Anyways, without further adieu, the next chappie of Legend of Zelda: the Arrival of the Shinobi!

Chapter 4: There's Always the "Small Print" in a Deal

Link strode along the mountain trail; nothing really bothered him except the occasional tektite, random rolling Goron, or the cawing of a crow. He was certainly pleased that he got rid of those coherent brats. What did Zelda mean by bringing them here to protect him? Jeesh! Seriously! Their kids! And their teacher's a big ass pervert! That's the worst help anyone can get in my opinion! Link went on with this rant in his mind as he walked up the trail.

Link didn't get very far in his mental rant when he heard the sound of a sandaled foot slipping on loose rock on a cliff above him and a great thud. Link unsheathed his sword and stood deathly still. Then he heard a loud voice followed with a softer but harsher one.

"Man, that was close!"

"Naruto, you baka, he can hear us!" Link leaped up to the cliff and found the three ninja crouched down trying to not be heard. Link stared, cussed, then flipped off the side and ran up the trail.

Sakura gasped and leaped from side of the road to the other side of the road until she cut off Link's escape; yet, it didn't work very well because Link grabbed her shoulder, with the hand that didn't have a sword in it, and flipped over her head and ran up the path.

"Damn, he's good!" exclaimed Naruto as they ran after him. Link heard Naruto's comment and thought to himself. You've not seen anything yet! Link wheeled around, sheathed his sword, brought his hands to his side, closed his eyes, and focused his magical energy to his palms and sent a wall of flames toward the ninjas. The three of them flipped into the air and landed behind the Hylian hero. Link wheeled around to find himself surrounded by three brats!

"Hmmm…not bad." Said Link smiling evilly; the ninja trio glared angrily.

"You broke your promise to us and Zelda!" yelled Sakura angrily. "And you nearly burned us alive!" Link closed his eyes as he shook his head in disappointment. "Hey! Quit trying to act suave, you big fat liar!"

"Tsk, tsk…" he began, "First of all; I never broke my promise to anyone, because Hylians can't lie; and second; I knew perfectly well that you'd be able to dodge it with ease…now didn't you?" Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke, stared at him dumbfounded. "And third of all; do I look suave?"

"But you said" Naruto began to protested, "that you would willingly let us…wait…" Naruto's voice trailed off and came back with a single word. "Crap!"

"There was 'fine print' to the deal, wasn't there?" Asked Sasuke, Link just smiled. Sakura's anger rose dangerously.

"Kuse soa! (Damn it!) Quit trying to justify everything that you've done wrong!" Link glared at Sakura with his sapphire eyes.

"I think that Naruto and Sasuke are the only ones that actually understand what I meant when I said, 'I will willingly let them follow me to the ends of Hyrule,' I never said that I would tell you where I was going, nor did I say that I would tell you when I was going, nor did I say that I would make sure that you would keep up."

With each explanation Sakura grimaced a little with the thought that she assumed that those terms were included inside that one small, sentence.

"Now that you understand what was in the term, I must bid you farewell." Said Link, taking his hat and bowing gracefully to the three ninja; and with that, he turned to leave only to be stopped by the yell of Naruto.

"Hey! What if we defeat you to win those terms that you didn't include in the first deal!" Link stared incredulously at the hyped-up blonde dunce then smiled.

"Who would challenge me?" He asked imperiously.

"I would." Said Sasuke casually from behind Naruto and Sakura. Link unsheathed his sword and shield to show that he was up to the challenge.

"But if I win," He added, "the old term is still in effect, and I get to do this ambassador mission alone and you get to tell your teacher that you couldn't find me, okay?"

"Hmph." Scoffed Sasuke, his hair covered his eyes, "…Deal." Sasuke pulled back his face to reveal the Sharingan Wheel Eye. Link slightly shivered at his gaze, hardened, then charged forward. Sasuke's eyes widened and wheeled upward to disrupt Link's attack. Link pulled out an arrow from his quiver and sliced Sasuke's bare leg with the tip of the head. Sasuke landed hard on the ground and got back up only to see Link standing over him.

"I thought you were better than that." Link sneered. I want to fight him at his best! Give me your all! Link looked down closer and noticed that he was performing a jitsu. Crap! It was a diversion! Sasuke thrust his hands out in the sign of Tiger, pulled his pointer finger and thumb to his mouth, inhaled, and exhaled a powerful ball of fire. Link had just enough time to perform Nayru's Love to protect him from major damage.

"Hmph!" sighed Sasuke, watching Link being pushed by the jitsu to the other side of the cliff on the mountain.

Naruto leaned to whisper something to Sakura, "Have you noticed, that move never works?" Sakura, who was currently biting her nails, took the time to elbow him in the groin in an effort to shut him up. The inner Sakura was ranting and raving about how she was going to deep fry the Hylian on a skewer if he hurt Sasuke-Kun. While the fight conspired onward for a while, Naruto was singing falsetto from the blow to the "Family Jewels" that was given to him, by a trained female ninja. When Naruto gained feeling back "the Place Where The Sun Don't Shine," he saw that Sasuke was gaining the edge.

Link and Sasuke were exhausted; both where spent magically ("Chakrally"), physically and mentally. Link had once again lost his sword, and Sasuke had used up all of his kunai and shereiken.

"This is stupid." Link said angrily. "I thought I'd actually get a good fight out of you…obviously I was wrong, you're just a weakling." Sasuke's eyes flared with new life; suddenly, he disappeared. Link turned in time just to see Sasuke retrieving two kunai and lunging off of a pole toward the Hylian hero. Link swung his shield to deflect the blow, only to feel a kunai slide in front of his throat. Link cursed and dropped his shield and put his hands slowly into the air…the fight was over…Sasuke had won.

Later up Death Mountain

Link grumbled as the three ninja followed him up the rock-ridden trail that led to Goron City. Somehow these guys just love to finish with moves that totally humiliate their opponent! THIS JUST SUCKS! I'VE BEEN FINISHED BY A PERVERT, AND NOW A LITTLE BRAT! WHAT THE HECK? GRRRRRRRR…

"So Link…about that deal we made…" said Sakura, beaming with joy of the outcome of the fight. "Is there any 'small print' you want to tell us? Because if we find that you're trying to pull something, we'll tell Zelda and let HER take care of your punishment!"

"I'm not afraid of Zelda!" retorted Link angrily.

Naruto put his hands to his mouth and created a high-pitched voice, very similar to Zelda's, "LINK!"

"WAAAAUUUGGGHHH! SWEET GODDESSES! RUN!" Link yelled frantically putting his hands over his head and hit the dirt. Naruto, Sakura, and even Sasuke laughed at the Hylian.

"Like setting a firecracker to a llama!" Naruto laughed, holding his gut.

"A llama?" asked Sakura.

"…Never mind." Sighed Naruto.

"Here we are, Goron City." Moaned Link miserably he was quite mad about the whole making fun of him being "scared" of Zelda… YEAH RIGHT! The four of them walked past the gateway and entered the grand city of the gravel eaters! Naruto approached a balled up Goron, and poked it in where the neck should be. The Goron's head popped up and knocked Naruto backwards with a thud.

"Goro? Sorry about that!" The Goron helped Naruto back to his feet and looked at Link. "Link! You're back!" The Goron went to give Link a "Big Goron Hug" in which Link quickly dodged, and noticed a particularly large Goron on the bottom level.

"Hey Darunia!" Link yelled waving to the leader of the Gorons and jumped down to great to talk him, face to face. "Where's Link?" He asked, looking around.

"He's right here dummy!" Laughed Darunia pointing to (Hylian) Link.

"NO! Not me! Your son!" He grumbled.

"Oh!" Darunia stared for a second. "He's in the Crater doing some Goron business. Who are your friends?"

"Oh…" Link looked at the three ninja, "erm…"

Sakura stepped forward and introduced them to the Goron Leader.

"My name is Haruno Sakura; this is--" she would have gone on if Darunia hadn't interrupted her with questions similar to the ones that Link asked when they first met, yet, they started to trail off to typical Goron questions, such as:

"What kind of name for a girl is Haruno!"

"Who says their first name last, and their last name first!"

"What the heck is a Shinobi?"

"Eeeaaarrrthee?"

"Do you eat rocks?"

"What are rocks like in your world?"

"Why don't you eat rock!"

"Not even sand! Jeeesh! You're missing out!"

"What DO you eat?"

After the Whole Fiasco of Questions

Darunia was talking animatedly with Link when his son came out of the entrance to the Crater in a raging panic.

"DAD! There's an army of monsters coming this way!" Goron Link heaved and puffed from running to his dad. Darunia and Link stood up in shock. "What should we do?"

"We must evacuate Goron City into Dodongo's Cavern!" Said Darunia immediately; Link looked quickly to his Spiritual Brother.

"We can't do that!" Link said quickly, "The only exit is the entrance! It will only lead to a massacre!"

"Link's right!" added a Goron. "And he would know more than anyone since he went to the very heart of the Cavern!" Darunia looked concerned. Link sighed and turned to Darunia.

"I will go and see what's going on." Goron Link practically jumped out of his rock shell.

"NO! You can't! There was someone who was saying something about finding you!" Link stared incredulously and gave a start.

"I guess Zelda was right…" Link mumbled, more to himself than to anyone in the room. "But I'm still going. I'll take these three--" -he pointed to Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke- "who were actually hired to protect me; Darunia, I'll be okay. Send word to Kakriko Village, and evacuate there. If I go and meet the army, they won't come after you."

Darunia stared and sighed. "May the goddesses be with you, Link."

"Thanks.

A/N: Nehehehehehehehhhh… Sigh…. I'm really sorry that this took too long to get finished…go ahead…pelt me with temporal piggies of doom…(stretched arms out and falls to knees) PELT MEEEEEE! (Cry)

Link: You're an idiot.

Zelda, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi: (nod nod)