"Hurry up and get into position, everyone in you units, now!" A lieutenant shouted outside of Hyrule castles east gate. It wasn't long ago that everything was peaceful, but once Midna saw the giant red portal in the sky, everything changed. The army was instantly and hundreds of soldiers formed in front of the bridge. They weren't expecting the entire army, fortunately they weren't going to get one either.

"Bring the cavalry to the front. Spearmen behind them, archers in the back. Hurry up, were running out of time." He continued to bark orders. Link sat atop of Epona a few yards away from the loud unorganized mess known as soldiers. He couldn't blame them, the warning was instant, and they had no time to prepare.

His eyes were steady as he watched the same rip in the sky that he saw before. He wasn't sure what to expect, more Twilight Beasts, maybe it was Ganondorf returning for revenge. No matter what it was, he was prepared with both of his blades, his shield, and his bow. The rest of his equipment was still at the castle, he didn't have Midna around so he couldn't have her use the Twilight to store away his items.

"General Link, do you see anything?" The lieutenant asked after he realized the soldiers were ready. Even though they were still preparing, it became something they could do without orders.

"No, just call me Link." The idea of being called General sounded strange to him. It was like tagging on mister when talking to a five year old, it just sounded strange.

Epona spun around giving Link a clear view of what he was working with, he wasn't impressed, nor was he let down. It was a simple army of the basic weapons, each one fully clothed in armor and the Royal family symbol on their chest. It was a sight that Link wasn't used to seeing, but he knew he had to eventually.

Every individual stood in a stern and direct position, they'd be there all day if they had to. Link's eyes strolled through the ranks in silence, this was a new experience for him. He noticed a few heads turning and looked behind him, to see an old man on a horse making his way towards him.

"Rusl, what are you doing?" It was more of a statement than a question, the answer was obvious. Rusl brown steed jogged up to Link and came to a stop, the rattling of a sword and shield made his intentions obvious to everyone.

"I'm not going to just abandon you like this. Once I saw that thing in the sky again, and the army forming up here, I had to come." Rusl said pulling on the reigns of his horse. It spun around facing away from the soldiers and towards where the enemy would appear. A small smile crossed Link's face, he knew Rusl and this seemed like how he'd act.

"There's no talking you out of this, is there." Link followed Rusl and twirled around, after telling the Lieutenant to return to the soldiers. He was proud to fight next to his teacher in an actual battle, maybe even demonstrate some of the skills he's learned.

"I'm still your elder Link, I do what I please." The two laughed together loudly. But a sudden shout from a soldier paying attention silenced everything. The Army of Chaos was coming, the battle was about to begin in a brief moment. The sound of blades sliding against sheathes and shield being raised alerted everyone to that fact.

"Look." Link said as he pointed towards the portal. A small cloud of darkness lowered from the portal, no one knew what to expect. But everyone thought they'd at come in a bigger size, or that the cloud would be bigger. It descended to the ground, shifting and expanding in certain parts.

Four feet came in contact with the grass, as the cloud formed. It began to expose a black steed covered in armor, at a distance it was impossible to see. But the horse's armor had spikes erupted from its shoulders and knees, and one spike erupted from its head. On top of the horse was Ruin, and in his right hand was a long spear that would terrorize the Hylians. His black hair covered the ruby eyes as they examined the enemy force. The Hylians numbers equaled the force he decided to bring, making the battle an easy win.

"One man."

"I was expecting more, y'know an army."

"If he's anything like Ganondorf or that other guy, we might be in trouble."

Soldiers began to mumble behind Link, he raised one fist and they all became silent. All his days of adventure had given him a keen sense of danger, and a good eye. He noticed that after the one man came, the portal remained so the possibility of more coming remained. His danger sense also told him that if this one man would enter a battlefield alone, he had to have skill hidden within that single spear.

Ruin raised his hand and examined it silently, the strength he felt when he raided the other realms wasn't there. His power remained, but that additional strength that was added wasn't within him. His eyes looked past his hand and at the blue sky, it was so much different from the red sky and blazing heat of the Chaos realm. But that's what confused him, the Light Realm didn't instantly change from Light into Chaos.

"It doesn't matter, Brother Chaos wished for this Realm to be destroyed. I will grant his wish." Ruin's left hand tightened the reigns of his horse and he kicked the sides. Alone he charged forward against an entire army of hundreds, the odds seemed slim, but he continued to press forward.

"What is he doing?" Link asked. He started to question his eyes, thinking that the enemy was somewhere else. Even though he was a hero and a legend in Hyrule, Link wouldn't charge an entire army alone, it was stupid.

A massive entity of darkness descended at an angle behind Ruin, and the entire Hylian army was taken by surprise. The rest of the Chaos soldiers formed around Ruin, they were like demons falling from the sky. The sudden arrival of the hundreds of soldiers shocked Link, but he instantly realized the situation and jumped into action.

"Go!" He took off on Epona and rode forward determined on saving Hyrule again. To his left was Rusl with his blade drawn. The trotting of the horses became a repeating beat like drums, he could hear his heartbeat over all the noise. The intense rapid thumping, pumping adrenaline through his body.

It all seemed to move so slowly, the oncoming soldiers in front of him. He saw every detail, every blade, spear, axe, and shield perfectly. The red eyes of Ruin and his steed glowed as they started deciding on targets. Link could see his emotionless face, his determination and power hidden within a thin frame and blank face. They were drawing closer and Link was on a head on collision with Ruin, his sword wouldn't be able to defend him from Ruin's long spear.

Both sides roared before colliding with each other, Link pulled up on Epona's reigns and the horse leaped into the air over Ruin. But the Chaos General didn't seem to pay Link any attention, after being jumped over, Ruin brought his spear down upon a Hylian piercing his armor and heart. The horse stabbed another unfortunate soul that was in front of it with the spike on its head.

Thrusting his spear forward, another Hylian attempted to be the Hero for a change. Ruin flipped backwards off his horse and landed on the dirt ground, twirling his spear. In a deadly dance, Ruin swirled throughout all that attempted to get near to him and cut them down. In only a matter of seconds, his body count was beginning to exceed the Hylians.

Even without Ruin there, the Hylians were being cut down like sick animals. A single soldier in the chaos army was at least a six inches taller than a Hylian, and they were built like machines. With only killing on their mind, the Chaos warriors would brutally execute any that stood before.

Rusl got off his horse and decided to fight the Chaos soldiers in their own way. He pushed forward, bashing one with his shield then extended his right arm going through them with his blade. As that one fell, another stepped up to his side and brought its axe down. Stepping to the side and spinning in a circle, Rusl was able to cut him down and another behind him.

As he looked around quickly, he swallowed the reality of battle. The ranks and order the soldiers were in separated, it was every man for his self almost. His eyes came upon a Hylian bringing down his spear on a Chaos that fell, but before he had any time to celebrate. An axe was driven into his ribs and a stream of blood spilled forward. Even though it was a painful sight, the one thing that hurt Rusl the most was realizing one thing.

They were losing, badly.

A majority of bodies on the ground were young, viciously slaughtered Hylians. The lucky died instantly, the unfortunate laid on the floor with mortal wounds fighting death. Rusl raised his shield and blocked an oncoming sword, the force of the blow sent an aching pain into his forearm. He began to realize why things were the way they were now, the Chaos warriors were easily stronger physically.

He looked under the helmet at the face of his opponent and saw moblin like features. Wide mouths and glowing red eyes, their skin was jet black and like a heavy leather. It's nose arched upwards like a pigs and tusk like teeth protruded from its mouth. Whatever they were fighting were in no way, a simple warrior.

Link too realized this, but being younger and stronger than Rusl. He had less trouble avoiding their attacks and delivering his own. A soldier attempted to stab him with a spear, but Link leaned to the right and stepped forward. Bringing his sword up, he carved a large diagonal wound across the chest of his enemy. The dark red blood stained Links clothes, and he knew that he had to get some sort of armor after this.

A Hylian soldier was punched in the chest by a Chaos warrior and he stepped backwards attempting to recover from the pain. But as he gasped for air, a sword was headed directly towards his chest to end his simple life. By only a fraction of an inch, the sword strayed off its target and the wielder fell to the ground with a gaping gash in his side.

"Fall back, your too far in." Link said to the young man hoping he'd be able to go back to the rest. Trying to make sure his effort wasn't for nothing, Link stepped away from an attacking Chaos and watched the Hylian run back to the rest. But something caught his eye, and he realized that Rusl was in danger.

Link looked into the Hylian force and saw the damage that Ruin was able to create on his own. But like Link, Ruin noticed a person that was inflicting heavy casualties on his side, but his eyes stopped on Rusl. The Chaos General slowly walked towards Rusl's position, easily killing any person in his way. Rusl didn't even notice the predator that had its sights on him, he was too busy trying to survive his self.

"Rusl, look out." He shouted at the top of his lungs. But the sounds of battle blocked his voice, the clattering of swords against armor, or the shouts of pain were slowly bringing his friend to death. Link shouted again but a Chaos soldier noticed him, unable to defend. Link received a cut on his forearm before slicing the tip of his sword through his attackers collar bone.

Ruin's slow walk changed into an average jog. His spear tip dragged across the ground, ready to be brought up and remove all distractions between its holder and his goal. The Lieutenant that organized the Hylian army stepped in front of Ruin and swung his sword at a diagonal angle only to be stabbed in the chest and tossed over Ruin's shoulder. The more that stood in his way, the quicker he started to move.

Rusl was oblivious to Ruin's intent, his focus remained on a Chaos soldier of a higher rank than the rest. He estimated a second-in-command rank or something along those lines, his strength and skill was obvious. A dark wine red armor with a single blade in hand, a menacing figure on the battlefield to see.

"Die Hylian." It growled in an equally menacing voice. Rusl didn't show it, but he was surprised to hear this one speak, the other Chaos warriors simply roared or growled. It made him wonder if they were capable of speech, but this one was either special or one of the few. The Lieutenant brought down its blade on Rusl and he raised his own defending against the attack.

Sparks flew as the two blades crashed against each other, Rusl stepped back feeling the impact from the blow. He was able to see that he was easily outmatched in strength, and he used that to his advantage. With a side step, he pushed the blade forward and dragged it across the crimson armor cutting it open and spewing the blood underneath. But as he looked back at what should've been a fatal, the injured warrior dropped its blade and spun around. With an amazing amount of strength and weight behind it, the Lieutenant slammed its forearm into Rusl's chest.

The blow lifted him off his feet and into the air for what seemed like five feet away. Using his weight to help him stand, Rusl rolled across the ground and stood instantly preparing for another attack. He pulled the blade over his shoulder and pointed the tip towards his target and analyzed the situation.

He saw the wound that should've been fatal on any other being within the battle. It injured his opponent, and sent him into a blind fury. Running on all four limbs, he charged forward slamming into anyone in his way. Rusl waited steadily, hoping his old bones would react when he needed them to. It was a technique he taught to Link recently, a direct stab that used every section of the body to provide the force, speed, and stability needed to execute. It also required perfect timing, once he struck it would take a second to return to a position to defend his self. That one second could mean death if he missed.

The charging beast lunged forward and raised his arms in an attempt to tackle and maul Rusl to death. But in that second in the air, Rusl was able to identify his target and steady his breathing. The direct center of the chest was his target, and he wasn't sure if even that would've been fatal. Time stopped for Rusl alone, and in that quick second every muscle in his body pressed forward to give him the needed ability.

The blade pierced through the armor and erupted from the center of the spinal cord going through his opponent. The same dark blood dripped from both sides and the enraged Chaos soldier was run through. Using his shoulder, Rusl rammed into the body and forced him backwards into another behind him.

Not even taking a moment to enjoy his victory, he glimpsed at the bloodied corpse he had made and turned around to continue aiding his soldiers. But in front of him wasn't a Chaos warrior, or a Hylian waiting to aid a Hero on the battlefield. But the man that stepped down from the Invasion Gate and charged an army alone.

"You." Rusl mumbled as he looked into the eyes of Ruin, the same eyes that stared him down. His blade raised in a stance to defend him from any coming attacks from the spear. But it wouldn't help him much, Ruin's technique would easily break through any guard and deliver fatal blows.

The Chaos general reacted instantly, horizontally swinging his spear and attacking Rusl's guard. Using the flexibility of his weapon, Ruin instantly made a complete turn striking at Rusl from the right side. Rusl quickly responded by pulling off his shield and defending his self from the attack, once he felt the impact on his shield. He brought up his blade to strike.

As if he already knew Rusl next attack, Ruin twirled the spear behind his back forcing Rusl to step back. Ruin's every movement was graceful, as if he knew every movement of every individual on the field. His spear spun in intricate loops that made predicting the weapon impossible, and attacking without thinking suicide.

"I am the Holy Bane General, Ruin." He said performing a spinning attack. An arc of electricity followed his blade and anyone in his reach, Chaos or Hylian, was cut open and shocked to death. Rusl ducked under the blade and lunged forward seeing an opening that he thought was there, sadly it never existed.

Ruin's knees bent as he ducked over and rolled across the ground, all while spinning the spear. The lightning effect followed afterwards and Rusl jumped upwards, going over Ruin and the spear. He rolled across the ground behind Ruin and got to his feet pointing the blade towards the General.

Ruin rose to his feet facing Rusl and altered the direction of his spear, it began to move in a figure-eight as he spun it on both his right and left side. A ring formed around them, not a single soldier wanted to interrupt the duel between the two fighters, the Hylians were afraid to help. But the Chaos warriors knew that if they stepped in, Ruin would kill them on the spot for interfering his fight.

"Hold on." Link shouted from the distance. Ruin stopped his assault and looked in the direction of the Hero annoyed. His eyes narrowed as he pointed towards Link and decided to get rid of the distraction.

"Zasmal, kill him." Ruin said quietly. Normally it wouldn't have heard him over the noise, but some how his steed heard his call. It began to run towards Link, stomping and stabbing anything in its path. But what made Link notice it instantly was the electricity that began to form around the spikes. Its charge became an oncoming ball of lightning heading his direction.

Link took a few steps back and tightened his grip on his sword, the Triforce of Courage giving him the strength to stand against it. He pulled the sword down to his right side and held it there, watching the threat come towards him. He waited silently, envisioning a suit of armor attached to a skeleton. He learned from an ancient hero a technique called the mortal draw, after years of training he created his own version. Link called it the mortal assault, because of how little it changed from the original attack.

A stream of bodies laid behind it as it moved towards him, the armored lightning stallion, Zasmal. Link examined every individual spike on the horses armor and he saw exactly what he was looking for. There was an opening directly along the neck of the beast, and he knew that was the only target that would bring it down instantly.

The air surrounding him felt stiff and dry, an effect of the electricity. He had only a second to react, if anything blocked this attack he was sure to get the electrocution of his life.

To all that saw what happened, the only thing they realized was Link moving behind Zasmal. Then the horse dropping to the ground as blood pooled from its neck. It was years of training that granted Link the speed he needed to do that, even though it seemed like minutes to happen. The assault and death of the horse took place in no more than ten seconds.

"It does not matter to me, as long as you all suffer for making my brother grieve." Ruin's calm composure left as the Chaos race's blood pumped through his veins. The emotionless exterior was slowly being corrupted by the violent and powerful impulses that the entire army had within them. The graceful dance was replaced by an onslaught of rapid and deadly attacks.

Rusl stepped backwards, taken by surprise. He avoided most of the attempts but a single strike went directly into his left thigh, cutting through flesh and slicing bone. With a shout, Rusl leaned over to one side trying to overcome the pain. A second strike pierced his right knee, destroying all functions of that limb. Before he was able to fall to the ground, Ruin delivered a fatal blow.

"Die, hero." Ruin muttered before giving Rusl his attention. By using his right hand to push forward from the bottom, and his left hand guiding the point, the tip pierced through Rusl's chest. Coughing up blood, Rusl tightened his grip on the blade and raised his head. His eyes quickly shifted to Link, seeing his victory over a powerful enemy, a weak smile spread across his dying lips.

"I'm not the Hero." Rusl raised his right hand, attempting to bring Ruin with him. But it only invoked the Holy Bane General's wrath, an arc of electricity surged through the spear. The sheer intensity of the bolt created a light that made vision impossible. The smell of searing skin arose, but then was replaced by smoke as the flash disappeared. When sight was recovered, Ruin's spear was covered in blood, but Rusl's body was electrocuted at a point to where it ceased to exist. His remains were a pile of dust that survived the heat and burning cloth that would eventually be lost in history. The only pieces of him that survived were his sword which laid next to his ashes, and the memory people that knew him had.

"Rusl!' Link shouted as he watched his friend, and mentor, was run through and completely destroyed by Ruin. Even though he was the Hero, his courage would sometimes overwhelm his sense of reasoning and become arrogance in a sense. Not thinking about how he was going to even handle Ruin's fighting style, or even how to defend from the lightning.

Link reached behind his back and drew the second of his two Ordonian swords. Without clearly thinking, he ran forward with both blades dragging against the dirt. Ruin heard Link's shout of agony and turned towards the Hero, raising one hand towards him. Ever soldier that stood within Links way, created a walkway to Ruin by moving out of his way. The sounds of battle ceased, and it seemed that everyone was watching the duel between the two heroes of the army.

As everyone noticed what the others stopped fighting to look at, the entire area grew quiet. Link's ran through the hall made for him by the soldiers, tears in his eyes and anguish clouding his mind. Ruin entered a simple stance holding the spear like an average soldier, but once Link got within his reach, everything would change.

"I'll kill you." Link shouted as he pressed forward. Never before has so much rage drove him to so recklessly, and when he fought an enemy as dangerous as Ruin. A reckless charge would end his life.