Chapter 6: Our finale...
Link was a bit more in control this time around still a bit unstable but he could work with it. His eyes flickered between Zant then up to where (Y/N) was, he swung his sword up to the chain and cut it. She yelped as the chain jerked before dropping. Link went up cutting the opening and getting her out. He went over to the cage where Young Link was and tossed her inside there.
"Keep watch of her, and if something happens…" Young Link nodded knowing what to do. Link turned back to where Zant was. "Let's make this fair…" He held his sword out. "Now there's nothing holding me back."
Midna grunted as she slammed back into a doorway, she felt her chest heave at the impact. She stood up holding onto her side staring at the walking man in front of her. Dai proved to be stronger than she imagined. She couldn't afford to get distracted now. Seeing a shadow above her she grunted and moved out of the way and back into the open, the sound of falling debris filled the empty dark void while her eyes flickered through the settling dust. She looked up and found him. Dai was standing above the crushed half of the building holding onto a transformed sword.
"Do you give up yet, princess?" She smirks and puts her hands on her hips trying to act the part.
"Why would I? You're just an underclass, lower then me and anyone else here in the Twilight realm…" She paused. "Besides, where was this strength when I needed something done?" He chuckles turning his sword into a spear, he set it upright the tip pointed toward the ground and rested on the bottom balancing himself.
"Why would I showcase such strength against weaklings you couldn't handle on your own?" She grunts. "Every one is below me! But, I hate to be at the top…" He changed the spear into a pair of chained together mini scythes, he thrusted them into the opposite walls from him and hung by the chain by his knees like a monkey. "It's so boring to be up there all alone, have nothing and no one truly want to be with you. Have the ability to hear everything that those say but never enough power to make them eat those words. Everything's just power, power, power!" He changed them back into the spear he had and nearly impaled himself but stopped his body from falling. "It nearly made me want to end my life, but I changed… I figured; I don't want to be at the top, but I love people and their reactions, their emotions, their "problems"!" He teleported behind her, she gasped and formed a hand to block him as he attempted to stab her from behind. He chuckled. "But you should think about yourself, I don't want to kill you but really you're pushing it." They separated.
"I didn't know you were a shapeshifter."
"I didn't know you were this weak." She frowned. "Besides I had no need to tell you." Midna summoned a cannon and shot in his direction. He blocked the blasts with a large double sided sword protecting him then stabbed it into the ground calmly. "Why do you want the light girl to be saved anyways?" She grunts.
"Because, she doesn't deserve to be so miserable... Life just has a very funny way of treating those like her horribly, and she'll never change it." Midna furrows her brows. "But I will!"
Zant and Link were clashing, not landing a single blow on one another, their impacts were so great it seemed to destroy the air around them, waves of white streaks formed in the air around them as their battle went on. Inside of the protective barrier, (Y/N) turned to the wolf who was assumed to protect her, she saw the wolf but she also saw a young child in his one gleaming eye, she touched his head.
"Who are you?" Young Link looked to her and growled a bit.
"Who are you?" Young Link asked her.
"Me? Well, I'm (Y/N)." He smiled.
"What happened? You were acting really different before." She shook her head.
"I don't remember much; I was impaled and found myself unable to wake up. I could feel the most of what was happening to me, and at one point I started to remember a few things of the past with Link." He growls a bit.
"Zant must have done something to you, do you feel any different?" She shakes her head.
"I feel like normal." She paused. "Will Link be okay?" Young Link looked to her.
"You really are back, Link told me you never worry about yourself even in the face of death." She stares at his one red eye. "But as for Link, the way he is now I doubt if he'll let this one go."
Link was pushed back by a large impact on both of their blade, Zant was also pushed back but not as far. He spoke. "You light fool! Why is it that you want (Y/N) back? Is it for some kind of personal gain, or is it just to please that princess of yours." Link chuckled.
"Of course it's not that, I guess you could say I finally found the courage to express how I feel." Zant's lips curled into a smirk.
"As I said before; I gave you the chance, why not take it then? She could have been all yours and then some yet you stood by… I watched as days went by she was terribly alone with you not showing any signs of anything, days where she would become jealous of seeing you with her sister or talk about the other light female. You made her suffer and for three long years that repeated. I wanted to make her my queen originally, but I also wanted her happy so I set her back to you hoping that even if she wasn't mine that she was at least well enough that I could go on with my duties… Yet you failed." Link nods.
"I know. It's honestly a problem of mine. I didn't think that she loved me let alone even thought of me any more than she did all of the, she care for everyone so I didn't think I could be put any higher than that. But now, I know that she does love me, and the one thing that I can say for sure is that I love her as well." Zant's eyes narrowed. "I live to protect her and want her to always be smiling. But I can't do that if I die." He glanced over at (Y/N) who was just staring awestruck, Link chuckled.
"Oh I would think you could, just leave her to me and it won't matter if you die!" Zant made a small dash before teleporting and stabbing Link in his stomach, Link groaned in pain but grabbed his blade preventing him from moving it.
"Wrong choice!" Link yelled out as his stuck his blade behind him and hit Zant in his chest. Zant's grip on his own sword loosened and soon fell all together. He grunted and stumbled backward removing the blade from his body. He was losing blood and it came out of his mouth as well, he fell to his knee and watched as the blood dripped on the floor staining it with crimson(?) droplets. Link removed the blade from his side and groaned as it was removed from his body, he turned to Zant and walked over to him. Zant panted and looked up to Link as he towered his body.
"What are you waiting for! Kill me!" Link shook his head.
"I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to save (Y/N)…" Zant grunted and collapsed on the floor losing blood fast, the blade seemed to do more damaged than it seemed and he passed out. The barrier around (Y/N) and young Link was removed and they both came running for Link.
"Link!" Link held his side as (Y/N) ran up and hugged him tightly.
"(Y/N) I-" She cut him off.
"No, I don't wanna hear it from him, I want to see you, the real Link. My Link." He stared at (Y/N) then grunted as (Y/N) felt around his neck, he touched her hand and removed the mask going back to his normal self. The mask fell with a wooden clank and Link nearly fell over in pain, being a Deity, pain was different. (Y/N) supported him but he smiled down to her, he felt up her side and went to her cheek. "Link… Did you really mean what you said? That do you love me?" He nodded staring down to her.
"Every word of it." She smiled somewhat before going up in an attempt to kiss him. They broke from their closeness remembering where they were. Link held onto her when the room around them began to shake. "Midna!" (Y/N) turned to Young Link.
"Link go and see if she's okay, I'll help Link out of this place." Young Link nodded to her and bolted out of the room. (Y/N) put his arm around her shoulder and they walked as quickly as they could out of the throne room.
Outside Young Link stood in front of a sitting Midna. She was hurt badly but he protected her from the man standing in front of them. (Y/N) and Link managed their way out of the crumbling castle. She left Link against a wall as she ran to take the place of Midna. Link held the wall as he yelled out to her.
"(Y/N) stop! You'll get killed…" She yelled back while running.
"It doesn't matter, I have to do something for Midna!" She ignored Link as he yells and went over to the tiro. Dai looked down to Cassie and frowned.
"You defeated him didn't you?" (Y/N) grunted and stood in front of the weakened Midna.
"Dai stop this at once!" He chuckled.
"Oh, and what does the princess intend to do? Yell at me?" He stood on the ground a small distance from them. "You. Have. No. Power! Everything you hold is within your voice and it doesn't affect me!" (Y/N) listened and took his words with a grain of salt. She knew her worth and if she was true to herself she'd be fine. Behind (Y/N) she pulled out the sword she had taken from link after helping him. It was a soldier's blade but she held it as if she were more then used to it.
"Try your best. I may not be Minda, Link or Zelda, but my whole life I've been training myself so... so if the time came… I could protect those that I love!" Dai stared at her before he chuckled, he got louder and louder until he stopped suddenly.
"I think I may, Light one." He teleported in front of her, (Y/N) reacted and blocked him. She was pushed back but fended off his every attack. Young Link had helped Midna over to where Link was.
"Link… Is she alright?" He nods to the Queen.
"She wasn't hurt… But I don't know if she'll be able to handle this one." Young Link barked a bit.
"Don't say that! She's promising and has a lot of heart, if she really did train I'm sure she'll be amazing!" Midna and Link looked to him and prayed that (Y/N) would be alright.
"You are skilled." He chuckled. "More then that Twilight Princess was…" She clashed and was being pushed back they were now on equal grounds, in terms of defense, in attack he was stronger. He would teleport around her and sometimes catch her off guard but she could react and just barely block him. "But you're still an amateur!" He was about to hit her from the front, she went to block but he teleported at the last second behind her. He found his chance to strike her from the back to end it. She closed her eyes before yelling out as she blocked it from behind, she turned with her blade and looked at him before she disarmed him.
"I may be. But you're blind to what's in front of you!" She stuck the blade into his body and went through him, he groaned out and hunched over grabbing the blade at its edge.
"I-impossible! H-how did you…" She grunted as she removed the blade catching her breath, she let it drop to the ground and spoke.
"We're a lot alike. You and me. We have everything but don't want it, we want what those around us have; friendships, love, family, emotions... But this is my way of saving you… You're in the Goddess' hands now." He felt death strike him as he dropped to the ground in a cold heep. He fell and remained there motionless. (Y/N) panted before she started to feel light headed, she fell back weak and tired. But upon impact she felt the warm soft gold fur on her bare arm. She looked over seeing Young Link, Midna and Link all there smiling to her. She smiled as well before her eyes welled with tears and she went to embrace them...
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! But by some flames I can assume that perhaps this being a reader insert makes it weaker. Eh, whatever I still am going to finish it like this! Fav and review!