I'm excited to be advancing the plot of this chapter the next one will be a filler however I don't really care because I'll also be writing up the finale for Shadow Revolution so that makes me excited,
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Capitulus Quattuor: Explosions! That is all!
Ash started up the Mountain Trail, he felt the morning sun beat down on his back as he climbed he was suddenly blind-sided by a few Joltik like monsters with one eye and longer legs known as Tektites. Pichu managed to stun them with a thunder shock attack before Ash cut them down with his sword.
"That was close." Ash sighed, as they continued up the mountain, he suddenly noticed once he got high enough that it looked like a large cave was blocked nearby, he went up to get a closer look at it. "Wow I wonder how that got there."
"Rock Slide?" Hilda suggested there was a big sigh they looked around and found nothing the sigh came again however,
"Piiiii chuuu." Pichu muttered looking around Ash suddenly climbed up a nearby rock that moved making him scream and fall he landed with a thud and looked over to see a large brown creature with a tan colored Golem like back looked down on him he had spiky hair and his eyes seemed to be closed.
"AHHH!" Ash screamed, "Don't eat me!" he wailed.
"Easy, little guy I'm not gonna eat you we Goron's only eat the rocks found in Dodongo's Cavern they're the most nutritious and delicious we've become such gourmets about it actually." It replied,
"You mean there?" Hilda asked looking towards the blocked cave, the Goron sighed,
"Yeah, but that seems like a distant memory now." He muttered,
"Excuse me Mr. Goron." Ash asked,
"Call me Brock, that's my name."
"Okay Brock, we were hoping we could talk with your leader or something." Ash replied,
"Big Brother huh, alright I'll take you to Goron City you're actually not too far from it." Brock replied as he led them up the mountain they had to dodge a Goron trying to break into Dodongo's cavern,
"I heard the Goron's have a special crop known as a bomb flower why don't you just use that to bomb open the cave?" Hilda asked,
"We haven't had a good harvest of them and we've also gotten hungry to where it's hard for us to pick it up and some of the Goron's tried to eat them…don't ask." Brock replied as they came to the large door way entering it Ash saw a large tunnel like city with a large trio of ropes moving out to the center of the room.
"Okay Big Brother's room is down below, watch out for rolling Gorons." Brock warned,
"Rolling Gorons?" Ash and Hilda asked,
"Pichu?" Pichu asked,
"We roll around in circles a lot when we're stressed, call it a nervous habit." Brock replied Ash nodded making sure he dodged a few of the rolling Gorons he made his way down below passed a large Goron statue he saw a similar rock to the one he climbed on (Which was Brock.)
"Excuse me." Ash called tapping it the Goron woke up and turned to him,
"Heh oh a little fairy boy what do you want?" he asked,
"We're looking for the Spiritual stone." Ash replied,
"Spiritual stone, do you mean that delicious looking shiny red rock that was once displayed above our city?" he asked making the three look up at the pedestal above them.
"I wondered what that was." Hilda muttered,
"Chu." Pichu agreed,
The Goron sighed, "I was so hungry, so I thought it would be okay just to try one little lick. So I snuck up there it was already gone, I think big brother took it away. He also locked himself in his room with it that day, he said 'I will wait for the Royal family's messenger.'"
"Ash you heard him." Hilda whispered,
"Yeah right!" Ash replied going up to the door and pulling out his fairy flute and playing Serena's lullaby the door opened instantly. Grinning Ash rushed in Pichu and Hilda following.
They saw a large Goron with Spiky hair and a beard wearing a cape and gloves glare down at them, "WHAT?! Who the heck are you?!"
"I, I uh I'm Ash and this is Pichu and Hilda."
"Piii chuuu." Pichu muttered clinging to Ash's shoulder.
"N-n-nice to meet you." Hilda stuttered, they could sense he was very angry.
"Listen here!" the Goron snapped "When I heard the song of the Royal family I was expecting the royal Messenger, but you're just some fairy a kid and a baby mouse! Ancient creatures have infested Dodongo's cavern, our quarry and the place was sealed up tight because of that we've had a poor harvest of our bomb flower crop and there's a rock shortage causing hunger and starvation! Have I Byron the leader of the Gorons, lost so much status to be treated like this by his sworn sister the Queen?!" he roared right in Ash's face making Hilda and Pichu cling to Ash who was sweating beads now,
"Uhhh no?" Ash tried,
"GET OUT OF MY FACE I HATE EVERYTHING!" Byron screamed.
PEWOOOOOOOFFFF! A massive explosion sent Ash flying out of the cave right into the city in midair, with Pichu and Hilda stilling holding to him for dear life Brock however who had come down to see how Ash was doing saw what was happening and caught him.
"So how did it go?" Brock asked casually,
"He, go, splody" Ash muttered in a daze.
"You should talk to the Goron, that's on the Pedestal above our city he knows Big Brother Byron's secret." Brock suggested, Ash nodded and began to make his way to the top of the city then saw the ropes he had come across before nervously he began to cross them.
"You're okay just don't look down I'll let you know if you need to move okay?" Hilda replied Ash nodded keeping his eye on her he followed her until he felt solid ground again he sighed poking the Goron who looked a little grumpy,
"Let me guess you're here for that Red stone too bad it's not here." He replied,
"Actually we were wondering if you knew a way to cheer up Byron." Hilda replied,
"He won't talk to us without blowing up…Literally." Ash replied,
"Chu, Pichu." Pichu replied,
"Oh, yeah okay I know his secret he loves, fossils, defense and music especially the music that comes from the cave down there." The Goron replied pointing to it.
"Awesome okay thanks!" Ash replied after crossing again he rushed over to the cave and heard the song and realized he instantly recognized it,
"That's Dawn's song!" Ash exclaimed,
"You've heard it?" Hilda asked,
"Yeah she used to play it for me to cheer me up." Ash replied
"That's awesome it sounds like this could be a way back to Kokiri Forest." Hilda replied "It's blocked off though."
Ash examined one of the large green plants "These are probably the bomb flowers that Brock was talking about."
"What do you mean?" Hilda asked, without a word Ash sped back down sneakily grabbed fire from Byron's chambers and raced away as fast as he could lighting the torches.
"That's nice of him Goron City will be much brighter this way" Brock smiled he then noticed that Ash put out the deku stick checked his surroundings lit it again then proceeded towards the rock blocked hole, "Wait what's he doing?" When Ash entered the hole that's when it dawned on them.
"ASH NOOOOOO!" they screamed but it was too late Ash was already scrambling out of the hole as it blew open,
"Awesome, Hilda, Pikachu let's go!" he shouted racing into the hole them following with a sigh Hilda raced ahead and got right in Ash's face.
"Okay explain the method of your madness!" Hilda shouted at him a bright red,
"You said this was a short cut to the Kokiri forest I just figured if we cleared the way we can get to Dawn then back faster." Ash defended.
Hilda returned to her normal pink, "Oh that makes sense good idea but I just hope we won't get into trouble for blowing a hole in the side of the city walls." She replied.
"I think it will be fine…maybe perhaps…." Ash replied nervously he really didn't think that through however when they made it too the light Ash grinned at the familiar sight of Trees that filled the area.
"Hilda you were right, it is a Short cut!" Ash cheered,
"We'll have to mark the way back," Hilda noted,
"Pichu." He replied showing them off his Iron tail,
"On the ground not the log tunnels they're magic so the mark won't stay." Ash replied,
"Hey Over here!" called a familiar voice,
"It's Westwood five!" Ash stated,
"Yes that's me hoot, hoot." He stated,
"You never answered my question about the Articuno that's supposed to be you." Hilda stated,
Westwood nearly fell out of the tree flailing his wings before regaining composure and clearing his throat, "That's not important what is important is that you know that at the end of this enchanted forest path is the Sacred Forest meadow a special secret place where few have walked."
"I don't think it's much a secret anymore my friend Dawn was always going off in here and she always came back fine I think she knows how to find it." Ash replied,
"You maybe on to something Ash I hear a tune coming from beyond the logs as you told Pichu the tunnels possess a mysterious power many people have gotten lost in these tunnels so be careful." Westwood five warned, "However if you are courageous and diligent you'll get through just fine follow your ears and you'll find the Sacred Meadow Hoo hoot!" he shouted taking off.
Hearing for Dawn's music Ash had Pichu mark what tunnel they were going out of heading left, left straight left again then finally right it took him to what looked like a hedge maze but the gate was up.
"Aww that bites how am I supposed to get through?" Ash asked,
"We'll find a way around it let's see if we can climb the wall." Hilda suggested.
"GURAAAAAHHH!" a black shape rushed out at them they all screamed and scattered what was now trying to kill them was a Wolfos a large Zoroark like Monster except it had a Mightyena's face and tail among that large blue mane, "CURRAAJAH!" the Wolfos roared again Ash fell back however he grabbed the sword and raised it high and fast the monster let out a horrible shriek before Ash kicked it off and sent it to its back before it could get up again Ash stabbed it once more killing it he fell to his knees shaken.
"Ash, are you okay?" Hilda asked,
"Pichupi?" Pichu asked,
Ash looked up "Yeah I'm okay…" he muttered Dawn's song filled his ears once again pushing the fear and the sick feeling he felt after out of his mind. "Hey the gate's down!" Ash cheered they entered the maze and followed it along the way Ash had to chase off a trio of Deku Skrubs who he swore were from the Inside of the great Deku Tree sorry his foot he had to swim over a small pit of water before finally coming to a large set of stairs and climbing them however Pichu wouldn't move.
"Pichu what's wrong?" Ash asked,
"CHU PICHU!" he stated shaking his head,
"Ash, remember you're the first Kokiri to befriend a Pokémon." Hilda stated,
"But Dawn's really nice you'll like her." Ash pleaded Pichu however wouldn't move, he sighed giving in "Alright stay here if you want, we'll back so be here, so we can get back to Goron City right away."
"Chu!" Pichu replied with a nod Ash and Hilda continued up the stairs to see a large Temple with a fan like symbol there was Dawn sitting with a newly carved flute.
"Dawn!" Ash called,
"Ash hi!" she called with a slight cheer happy to see him, "I've been waiting for you to come back this is the Sacred Forest Meadow."
"Yeah a Noctowl named Westwood five told me." Ash replied Dawn pouted,
"That Owl needs to keep secrets." She huffed,
Elsewhere in Hyrule….
"AAACHOOO!" Westwood shouted before quickly summoning all of his pictures, "I'M SO SORRY WESTWOODS FORGIVE MY BIG BEAK!" he shouted going from one to the other, "I'll try harder I'll be DILIGENT!" he stated to the Articuno before realizing what he was doing, "Oh I forgot that was me! Er hem!"
Back with Dawn and Ash…
"So where have you been?" Dawn asked,
"I've been from the Forest to the Castle and Death Mountain. And I met a Princess, who asked me to help her, save Hyrule, by collecting the Spiritual Stones so we can-OOPS!" he stated covering his mouth Hilda sighed,
"Where's Pichu and his Thunder shock when you need them?"
"Uhh, tell no one, please?" Ash muttered sheepishly.
Dawn giggled, "Don't worry your secrets safe with me, here why don't I teach you my song it might come in handy. You'll be able to talk with the spirits of the forest." She replied as he nodded and pulled out his flute.
She played the song a couple of times over once that was done Ash followed then they both began to play nearby Pichu was listening to the song along with a Chikorita, a Treeko, a Bulbasaur and a Snivy who were all enjoying the music, Ash's flute glittered signifying that Ash had learnt the song.
"Thanks Dawn!" Ash told him,
"Don't mention it you've really gotten good, much more skilled than I expected," she replied,
"I wasn't that bad!" Ash whined, but Dawn gave him a look.
"Ash your flute playing was so bad, it knocked out every living creature in a five mile radius including us." Hilda burst out laughing so hard she plopped to the ground laughing Ash growled giving her a look,
"Ha ha I- I'm sorry- I'm done. No more." She swore hovering back up however continued to stifle laughs.
"Hey Ash, don't forget this song promise?" she asked,
"Of Course!" Ash replied as they Pinkie swore,
"If you want to talk, just play the song, we'll be linked telepathically and I'll help you out with this quest however I can." she glanced over to the building "I have a feeling, this place will be very important to both of us someday."
Ash nodded, staring up at the building saying his goodbyes and catching up with Pichu he left however Westwood caught him again, "Hey Ash, did you learn the Flute song from Dawn?" he asked
"Yup!" Ash replied holding up the flute Westwood nodded,
"That song has a mysterious power. Keep your ears open all of you, you just might find more songs like it throughout Hyrule."
"Yeah I know. I found one in Kakariko!" Ash chirped,
Westwood almost fell from the tree squawking he flapped a bunch of times before regaining his composure "You're a smart kid it almost makes my advice redundant aw well I wish you all the best of luck." He stated flying off.
LOS LOS LOS
Using Pichu's markers they returned into Goron City they started to see a small Light up ahead thanks to Ash lighting the Torches the city was pretty easy to spot, "So that's why you lit up Goron City pretty smart." Hilda noted,
"Yep I'm a genius!" Ash boasted,
"Well let's not get carried away," Hilda muttered sweat-dropping Ash suddenly almost tripped over something he pulled it off,
"Looks like some kind of shell?" he muttered curiously,
"Hey I know what that is, that's a Clover Fossil this is perfect remember what that Goron said?!"
"Yeah Byron loves music and fossils with these there's no way he can stay grumpy!" Ash cheered as they picked up the pace exiting the tunnel.
"Hey there you are." Brock stated, "You get everything you need?"
"Yup!" Ash replied heading back down to Byron's room he poked his head in the room Byron still looked furious then glared when he saw Ash,
"What part of get out of my face, did you not understand kid?!" he growled,
Ash gulped "Umm before you pummel me into Kokiri jelly, please listen to this song!" Ash replied pulling out the flute and playing Dawn's song, after a few second's Byron broke into a smile as he began to dance around.
"Wow, he's good" Hilda mused as she and Pichu finally felt it was safe to enter the room.
"Pichu." Pichu agreed,
"Oh, Oh-OH!" Byron chanted "COME ON!" grabbing Ash and making him spin around the room with him.
"NOT SAFE, NOT SAFE!" Hilda screamed as she and Pichu abandoned the room,
Byron finally dropped Ash and pounded his chest, "WHAT A HOT BEAT, YAHOOO; I LOVE MUIISSSIC!"
PEWWWOOOFFFFF!
"And I love, that Song!"
PEWWOOFFFF!
"This is for you!" Ash muttered holding up the Clover Fossil Byron "oohed" at the Fossil and snatched it inspected it for a bit,
"What a magnificent Clover Fossil and its one I've been searching for a year now, excellent, I LOVE FOSSILS!"
PEWWWOOFFF!"
An explosion lit behind him once more. Pichu and Hilda reentered the room as Byron calmed down and Ash sat up, "Just like that my depressions gone, I have a new fossil and that song, I love it! It made me want to dance like crazy!" he stated, "I am Byron, the Big Boss of the Gorons!" he stated,
PEWWWOOFFF!
Another explosion, it merely blew wind through Ash's hair this time, "Was there something you wanted kid?"
"Yeah, can I have the Spiritual Stone of Fire, please?" Ash asked,
Byron crossed his arms, "The Spiritual stone huh? It's also known as the Goron Ruby, it's our race's sacred treasure. If you want it so bad than go destroy the monsters in Dodongo's Cavern and get it open that way everyone will be happy you look like you can handle a challenge am I right?"
"Yeah" Ash replied confidently,
"Alright, so you pull that off and I'll give you anything you want, even the Spiritual Stone!" Byron agreed,
"You got it!" Ash replied,
"But before you go, take this" Byron replied handing him a gold jagged bracelet with a red ruby in the shape of their race's symbol, "It's not in return for anything just take it if you wear this Goron Bracelet even a little kid like you can pick up a Bomb flower!" Byron replied,
"Awesome!" Ash cheered,
LOS LOS LOS
"Can I ask exactly how you plan to open that big cave?" Hilda asked as they came out at the City's entrance,
Ash winced at that he hadn't thought that through, "Maybe we could find a levitation song and come back?"
"No! Are you crazy?" Hilda scolded, "Do you know how long, that could take?!"
Ash frowned however he saw something that made him grin, "A Bomb flower!" he cheered looking over the fence the Goron shielding it from the sun was asleep, but somehow managed to shield it from the sun none the less,
"Excellent, its right over Dodongo's Cavern, Ash what do you say, we test out your new Goron Bracelet?" Hilda asked,
"I think that's a great idea!" Ash grinned as he picked up the bomb flower and with careful aim chucked it over the fence within minutes the flower exploded blowing the cave wide open.
"Awesome let's go!" Ash stated racing back down the mountain the Goron who was rolling to break it open got the momentum needed but rushed right into the open cave he came back out confused passing Ash as he entered the cave,
"Uh oh, another wall" Hilda stated, "Whoever sealed this place up went all out."
"I got this!" Ash replied picking up a nearby bomb flower and throwing it into the wall where it exploded.
"CHU PICHU!" Pichu cheered as they entered the first thing they saw was a large Dodongo skull,
[Dodongo's Cavern]
"Oh, that's pleasant" Hilda muttered sarcastically. Ash, seeing the lava had switched it out with the Hylian shield then his attention was suddenly drawn to a large Sigilyph like creature that seemed to be attached at the tail to a small column.
"A Beamos" Hilda muttered, "be careful, if they see you they'll fire a laser at you."
"Right" Ash replied thinking on where to go first Ash jumped across the rocks avoiding the Beamos and heading left Pichu hanging on to his shoulder jumped down when he felt it was safe,
Ash saw another bomb flower and bombed a couple of the broken walls (noting the right side had them to.) The left ledge was kind of a dead end, the one on the right side further down through the second door however was his ticket deeper in first off however he had to kill another Beamos with a nearby Bomb Flower,
"This is definitely a weird place," Ash muttered looking around, "Kind of, hot too" he added pulling the collar of his shirt.
"Chuuuuu!" Pichu huffed from Ash's head.
"Trip did warn us, that Death Mountain is an active volcano. We should probably make this quick just to be safe." Hilda replied.
Ash nodded he was about to run in when he crashed into something he got up and shook his head pulling his hat back on his head he saw that he had crashed into a bunch of red Pokémon two of which had fire on them.
"Whoa, look at them!" Ash stated,
"Fire types, Charmander, Tepig and Chimchar!" Hilda stated,
"So the fire on them is okay? And how many Pokémon types are there?" Ash asked,
"Yes and eighteen one of which my personal favorite is Fairy!" she stated with a slight ring everyone stared at her she turned a slight red ringing out some more. "Oh give me a break it was a joke!" she snapped.
"So what are you-" Ash was suddenly cut off but some strange scratching sound coming out of the ground were some strange looking creatures they only had a Charmander's tail body and head but their coloring and the horn on their head were reminiscent of Larvitar they also lacked hands and feet and in spite of that they were moving very quickly.
Ash quickly drew his sword and cut through a couple while Chimchar used Fury swipes on the other Charmander and Tepig used flamethrower on another being babies meant they had no armor and were killed easily they started to flash however then lit up.
"They're gonna blow, LITERALLY!" Hilda screamed
"WAAAHH!" Ash shouted running away with the others as they turned to see a set of explosions hit fortunately nothing happened, "Man that was close. So what are you guys doing in here?"
"I'll talk to them. Fairies can speak with Pokémon." Hilda replied getting down to their level they chattered in their own language before she turned to Ash "Okay they said that they were exploring the cavern they were able to get in through a crevice large enough for a Pokémon their size to fit through but it sealed up somehow."
"And with the main entrance blocked, you three were trapped." Ash stated,
"Pichu." He nodded,
"Char/Chiiim/Tepig." They muttered sadly,
"They're also looking for a Cyndaquil who was with them it got spooked by a large Dodongo and ran off." Hilda replied,
"Okay we'll help you guys find Cyndaquil, we're in here helping people anyway." Ash replied, they cheered and began following the boy deeper into the mine like area killing off another bunch of baby Dodongos and heading towards a barred off door. There was a switch they could use to open it however.
"Okay let's do this together ready?" Ash asked they nodded, "Than PUUSSSSHHHHH!" he groaned as they forced the strange Tauros, Machoke hybrid looking statue onto the switch opening the door.
"Excellent!" Hilda shouted as they climbed up and entered the door, a couple of Keese nearby took notice of their presence before they could react however,
"CHAAARRRRR!" Charmander shouted torching them both and killing them.
"Good work Charmander!" Ash cheered,
"Char!" the lizard Pokémon thanked before they continued down the hallway entering another door,
"QUUIIILLLL!" they suddenly heard Ash rushed forward and saw that a Cyndaquil was being chased around by a couple of Charmeleon like creatures with pants and swords they were also a bit human like too.
"Look out!" Ash shouted getting out his Deku shield jumping across and shielding Cyndaquil from the attack before slashing at him with his sword the monster slashed again but Ash blocked it, the other one came up from behind but Tepig hit it with a flame charge both retreated towards another island Ash jumped after them and managed a couple of Jump attacks on one but it knocked him in the Lava,
"AHHHH, HOT, HOT, HOT!" Ash screamed he managed to climb out "STOP, DROP, ROLL!" he shouted accidently knocking the Lizalfo off it's feet as he put out the fire amazingly he wasn't badly burnt and he still had his Deku shield he also took the time to stab the Lizalfos it tried to retaliate but he dodged it's blow and landed another jump attack killing it.
The Fire types and Pichu were battling the other Lizalfo, who swung it's sword it was suddenly hit with four flamethrowers, before Chimchar used flame wheel knocking it towards Ash who landed a powerful jump attack finishing it.
"Whew that was close you alright Cyndiquil?" Ash asked,
"Cynda!" he happily replied,
"Good no one was hurt even Ash who fell in the lava I don't know how you did it, but you did."
"Yup" Ash replied proud of the lava escape feat although he wouldn't be diving back into it again, they went through a door that was unlocked for defeating the Lizalfos and found themselves in a blue like hallway.
"This is different." Ash muttered,
"Yeah it's not red or brown."
"Pichu." Pichu nodded,
"Char." Chimchar agreed they walked further down they suddenly saw an Adult Dodongo it was a large creature with a Ryhorn's head minus the horn and a Dragonite's tail and body. Unlike the babies it had legs like a also like a Rhyhorn and some of a Ryhorn's armor, it snarled rushing towards them Ash quickly rolled out of the way and slashed it's only weak point the tail however the monster swung it's tail around sending Ash into the rock wall.
"You okay Ash?!" Hilda asked,
"Yeah, I'm fine." Ash replied,
"Watch out for the tail and you should be fine!" Hilda stated,
"Okay!" Ash replied as he charged again this time performing a jump attack on it then jumping back when it swung he repeated this until it died the explosion was much larger,
"Why do these things blow up when I kill them it's not fair!" Ash whined,
"Char, charmander, char, char, char." Charmander explained,
"Charmander says that it's a defense mechanism it's so enemies don't go killing more of their kind, many foes are usually caught off guard by the explosion and an adult's is powerful enough to kill." Hilda explained.
"Tep, Tepig, tep, tep, tep Tepig, oink!" Tepig added,
"Tepig added that, they're very combustible inside they have chemicals that will explode the body usually regulates the chemicals so they don't mix when the Dodongo dies however it makes the two mix."
"Chimchar, chim, chim char!" Chimchar stated,
"Chimchar stated that the stomach of a Dodongo is very sensitive to the chemicals but they mix a tiny bit in breath out to make a flamethrower of their own it's lining protects it from damage. However of something goes wrong it could die from the explosion because of the stomach rupturing."
Ash blinked, "Okay, I think I got, but just in case…tell me the whole thing again, I wasn't listening." They all face faulted,
"ASH!" Hilda snapped,
"CHU PICHU!" Pichu shouted in anger.
"It was too confusing so I stopped listening!" Ash whined in defense,
"I'll break it down for you then, usually the Dodongo's usually won't let a couple of gases in their stomach mix but they will if they're about to die and blow themselves up to protect their friends they will also allow the two to mix if they want to breath fire too their stomach doesn't get hurt because of a special layer…how was that?"
"Got it perfectly!" Ash stated,
"Good then let's keep moving." Hilda replied as they continued onwards having to kill the remaining Adult Dodongos,
"The door still didn't open." Ash muttered,
"Pichu!" Pichu called pointing out a torch,
"Hey I've got it!" Ash stated pulling out a deku stick "think one of you could light this for me?"
"Chim!" Chimchar replied, "Chim CHAR!" he shouted unleashing a small fire that hooked itself to Ash's Deku stick he quickly lit the torches and the group continued through the door they suddenly saw a large stair case with bomb flowers lining all the way around it.
"I wonder if you could set those all off at once…" Hilda mused,
"Hmm hey Hilda if a bomb exploded with a bunch of other bombs what would happen?" Ash asked,
"They'd all explode figuring that much out isn't the problem, we need another bomb flower." Hilda replied,
"I'm sure there's one here-There!" Ash stated picking it up and placing it in the blank space they backed away and hid as it exploded it was then followed by several more large explosions that caused the whole stair case to drop down a level.
"Wow…" Ash muttered,
"Never underestimate the power of blowing stuff up." Hilda added,
"Chu Pichu!" Pichu confirmed with a firm nod. Ash and the Pokemon climbed up the stairs while Hilda flew up waiting for them a little bit ahead, they made it to the ramp and went up it Ash had to snipe some Keese with his Sling shot before they could continue on.
Ash picked up a rock and sniffed it, "it doesn't look that tasty." He muttered,
"Well to you it isn't but to a Goron it is." Hilda replied, as they came to a room with white colored versions of the Keese in fire.
"Fire Keese!" Hilda shouted, Ash quickly got out his Sling shot and felled them when they tried to dive bomb them he sighed in relief he suddenly saw the four Fire Pokémon trying to push an Armos statue over a switch,
"Here let me help you rrrrnnnggggg!" he stated as they pushed the statue onto the switch.
"Goron Braclets rule!" Ash stated they all cheered in agreement. Ash winced when he saw blade traps, moving back and forth,
"Keep to the wall and peak out when things are coming I'll ring when one is coming your way." Hilda stated,
"Okay." Ash replied it took a little time but they made it through they all slumped down in relief when they did so they headed towards a large stone door using yet another Bomb flower, they bombed it open.
"Okay let's go!" Hilda stated as they climbed through the door in the next room was a switch that required Ash to get out his Slingshot and hit an eye switch nearby, with the Fire trap that hindered his path gone for the moment they quickly crossed.
Several more Baby Dodongos appeared and the group had to take them out. They went through a second door that shut behind them Ash gasped when another pair of Lizalfos attacked they had had to scatter Ash got out his Deku shield and blocked an attack from one before countering with a jump attack allowing Charmander to hit him with a Scratch attack.
"PIIII CHUUUUUU!" Pichu shouted zapping the other one before it was hit in the gut by Tepig's Flame charge,
"CYNDA QUUIILL!" came a flame thrower attack from Cyndaquil when the Lizalfo Ash was fighting had landed a combo on him Ash groaned and got up rushing forward while it was stunned and hit him with a powerful jump attack then getting revenge for the combo by hitting it with one of his own he managed to kill it just as the other one came.
"CHIIIMMM CHAARR!" a flame wheel to the back caused it to fall down Ash landed a couple of jump attacks on him and that was the end of that.
"Whew…." Ash sighed.
"Those Lizalfos seemed to be guarding the way its like someone put them in here." Hilda noted.
Ash nodded, "Yeah….Serena said that Giovanni would go after the other stones he would totally make it so that the Gorons couldn't get anything in here." He stated as they went through the newly locked door Ash used his Sling shot to shoot an eye switch but panicked when only one fire trap was defeated.
"Now what do I do?!"
"Ash, over here," Hilda called Ash turned and saw the other eye switch, he hit it and the group quickly crossed as the first Fire trap returned.
"Very clever" Ash muttered, as they went through the next door he was back in a room he was previously in earlier only this time he was in the area he couldn't reach he quickly made his way over to the chest opening it and pulling it out,
"I got the thing!" Ash sang holding up what looked like a sack he opened it, "Whoa bombs awesome!"
"Looks like the sack, is made from a Dodongo's stomach. That should make carrying them around easy." Hilda stated,
"Hey I just thought of something, how'd the bombs and their sack get in here?" Ash stated,
"Well from the stand point of a Fictional story they were placed there for the Protagonist to find." Hilda replied,
"Yeah okay, but this is real life how does it work then?" Ash asked
Hilda mused for a minute, "Let's not think about that too hard." Going through the next door the group found themselves above the skull.
"Talk about going around in a circle." Ash muttered,
"Chuuu," Pichu muttered looking around,
"Hey look at this!" Hilda stated going over to a small rock the group gathered behind her as she read, "Giant dead Dodongo, when it see's red a new door will open."
"What does that mean?" Ash asked they saw a bridge with two holes.
"Let's get a closer look." She noted when they got to the bridge they all held their noses in disgust.
"Uggg it's Methane gas….which is flammable, Ash I know what to do!" Hilda declared.
"I don't think Charmander and his friends want to breathe right now, besides it's to far down." Ash replied,
"I know that, drop a bomb and each eye and we're in!" Hilda replied,
"I gotcha!" Ash replied as he pulled out a bomb and let it drop in one eye which lit up brightly. He quickly made his way over to the other eye and dropped the second bomb allowing him access using a ledge. Tepig found to climb down the group made it back to the central platform after using a Bomb flower to kill the Beamos which had somehow come back, they then entered the skull.
"Hmm I thought we'd be seeing the boss by now." Ash muttered he opened a small chest containing a bomb refill and saw a block he would have to push. He also heard a couple of Fire Keese coming after him, but Pichu quickly took them out with Iron tail opening the door after crossing a room full of blocks and more Fire Keese the group made it to the other side and pushed the block into the hold opening the final door.
"Now what?" Ash asked,
"Chu pi!" Pichu stated showing him the floor was cracked, Ash bombed it and it made a hole.
"Okay here we go! Ah!" Ash jumped into the whole.
"Chu!"
"Chim!"
"Char!"
"Quil!"
"PIG!" Hilda flew down after them Ash suddenly felt a wave of heat wash over him sighing he suddenly felt the ground shake he turned and saw a large monster with a Ryhdon's head and body with a non-drill like horn Metagross legs and Groudon feet.
{Infernal Dinosaur King Dodongo}
The Monster suddenly curled up and rolled towards them with a small screamed the group dodged it went into the wall and hit turning around and breathing fire before rolling again.
"How are we supposed to beat that?!" Ash stated,
"Hey remember what we said about the Dodongos' stomach?" Hilda asked,
"Little bit why?" Ash replied,
"I bet if we through a bomb in that big maw of his he'll get a nasty case of indigestion if you catch my drift." Hilda replied.
"Okay I got ya!" Ash stated as the King Dodongo circled back around pulling out a bomb Ash waited till the monster opened his mouth when Ash saw it open he quickly threw in the bomb and the monster swallowed in in surprised there was a loud boom smoke came from it's mouth as it slumped down stunned,
Ash and Pichu quickly got in there and started hacking away with the Kokiri Blade and Iron Tail the monster suddenly roared scaring them away, it began its powerful rolling attack a little faster this time Ash had to keep an eye on it.
"Ash here it comes!" Hilda called Ash nodded pulled out a bomb and turned around he didn't have time to light it however,
"Charmander, char!" Charmander called to him. Ash nodded and threw the bomb Charmander lit it up with his flamethrower and the King Dodongo swallowed it exploding inside the monster fell once more Ash rushed forward and landed another combo and a few Jump attacks while the fire types and Pichu attacked with Physical moves the monster got back up now mad it tried to crushed them fortunately they dodged.
The monster came up from behind them Ash quickly threw a bomb and Tepig did the same thing for him this time the monster fell after another round of blows it roared knocking them back Ash was right in his way of rolling the boy screamed and rolled up tight fortunately and miraculously the Hylian shield managed to protect him,
"Whew that was close." He sighed the monster glared from behind him Ash suddenly saw the looks of horror on his friends faces, "Oh right the bomb." He replied calmly, before screaming frantically trying to get one out but stumbled. Hilda Pichu and the fire types screamed at him to hurry or just run however Ash pulled out a bomb and threw it then ducked hoping for the best fortunately as it would turn out Dodongo lit the bomb causing his stomach to explode quickly. Getting back up Ash hacked away and landed a powerful jumped attack finishing the monster off.
"GURRAAAAHHHGGG!" King Dodongo screamed before rolling away helplessly into the lava where it was instantly burnt to death,
Ash sighed then saw the light, "Let's, get out of here!" he stated as they all ran into the light which carried them out to the entrance of the cave.
"Ahh so much better, nice and cool out here." Ash stated,
"Pichu!" Pichu agreed,
"LOOOOOKKKKK OUUUUTTT BEEEELOOOWWWWWW!" yelled a voice, the thing that dropped caused Ash to fly a good four feet in the air before he fell down and turned to see a big Goron grinning.
"It's me Byron, well done!" he stated picking up the boy and hugging him with a big Goron Hug, "I LOVE YA KID!" he stated Ash let out a choked sound before his head lopped over Hilda and the Pokémon screamed in horror as Ash was dropped Byron hadn't realized what happened,
"Thanks to you, we can now eat the delicious rocks from Dodongo's cavern until out Stomachs burst and get more bomb flowers that'll beef up our crop! What a wild adventure, it will make a great story!" he stated with an explosion as Hilda zipping around like a maniac before managing to clear her head long enough to think to revive Ash with her magic in the back ground all the while Pichu and the other Pokémon were crying their eyes out they stopped when Ash sat up.
"I feel funny." Ash muttered feeling sore.
"Yeah that would be because I revived you, Byron accidentally killed you with a bear hug." Hilda hissed keeping her voice low.
"WHAT!?" Ash screamed,
"That's what I said!" Byron stated, since he had kept talking while Ash recovered, "I can't believe the Dodongo's suddenly appeared in such great numbers, and the big rock blocking the cavern no doubt it was the work of that evil Gerudo Giovanni. According to Brock he was seen casting a spell, on the cave shortly after was when the trouble started."
"Did he ask you for your Spiritual stone?" Ash asked,
"Yeah, more like demanded it." Byron replied, "Give me the Spiritual Stone, and only then I will open the cave for you and kill the Dodongo's within. You on the other hand Ash risked your life to save us!" he stated patting Ash on the head unfortunately it was once again too strong for Ash and the poor boy was floored.
"Thanks…" Ash muttered getting up,
"Hey I've got, it how's about you and I become Sworn brothers!" Byron stated,
"Do I have to wear a costume and give a speech?" Ash asked,
"Nah there's not even a ceremony, just take this as a token of our friendship!" Byron stated holding his hands up a red light flashed over them and down came the Spiritual Stone of Fire looking like a fire orb, but with a dark ruby like appearance the gold framing around it was somewhat heart shaped with a spike sticking out slightly on each side. It then landed neatly in Ash's hands.
Ash received the Goron Ruby; this is the Spiritual Stone of Fire. He is also now Byron's sworn brother which means lots of love and explosions hooraay anyway Ash now has two Spiritual Stones only one more to find
"Brother you'll keep brushing up on your skills won't you?" Byron asked,
"Yeah you bet!" Ash replied,
"Chu Pichu!" Pichu added,
"Excellent you should go see the Great Fairy that lives on top of Death Mountain, she knows a secret sword technique that sure to power you up!" Byron stated, "But before you go HEY LET'S SEE OFF OUR NEW BROTHER!"
Two more rocks came down one of them Brock the other the Goron from just outside Byron's room,
"Ash you were fantastic!" Brock cheered as the guard came towards him.
"How about a big Goron hug Brother?" Ash blanched memories of Byron's hug came back Ash screamed. Running towards the trail however three more Gorons came down knocking him off his feet the Pokémon caught up to him as he quickly scrambled up and rushed up the path Pichu and the fire starters trying to keep up.
Sorry this took so long guys But I've been a little bit excited about my new Deviantart account NexusPieXIII I only have to do the BBF chapter and I know you guys have been looking forward to the Shadow Revolution Finale so I'll try to be faster and yeah that scene was my explanation of why Link ran from a Goron hug also I got the thing shout out to Chuggaconroy!
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