Beyond the Boundaries

by GamerLUPO

With the only connection between the two worlds destroyed, they both felt a sense of loss, until an eventual loop hole is found! Spoilers for those who haven't finished the game! LinkxMidna Eventual LEMON!Maybe more than one! Rated M.

12. Crunch time!

Fan Fiction: Legend of Zelda

Title: Beyond the boundaries

Chapter#10- Crunch time!

The door to the central axis building swung open as Nid dragged an unconscious Midna into the middle of the living quarters, leaving Midna there face down on the carpet while Nid wiped the sweat from her brow.

"Man! You'd think she was a little lighter than she looks! Hmm?"

Nid looked towards the dining hall entrance to see a disheveled yet collected Anryu step in, her white sleeveless gown dirtied with blood and dirt and almost completely shredded. What was left of her gown now hung in shredded strips over her shoulders and around her hips. Her hair was also a mess but Anryu maintained as stoic as ever.

"Whoa! What the hell happened to you?!"

"As if you need to even ask such a question. You try fending off an enraged savage man-beast and coming out of it in mint condition."

"Ack!"

'Oh, I see. Anryu must be pissed off because of big sis' interference. She hates it whenever anybody disturbs or interrupts anything she's doin'!'

"So then, where is sir-drools-a-lot anyways?"

"Efora had to assist me in brining the deformed Hylian and containing him. He is located at the lowest compartment of the basement. Unlike Midna here, when Link became unconscious he did not change back."

"I see. So what's gonna happen to him? We can't just leave him down there, not for long at least."

"I explained the same thing to our sister; however she has instructed me to leave him down there until further notice. She said she and Hex would take care of Links' dilemma."

"Pffff! Figures. And let me guess…..she hasn't given you the run down as to what really is going on before she came and put our training to a screeching halt now did she?"

Anryu simply shook her head in answer to Nids question.

"Damn that old boobs-for-brain! Leaving us in the dark like this. She hasn't changed one bit!"

Nid and Anryu were oblivious to notice Midnas' sudden stirring. She groaned as she raised herself up on her arms, rubbing the side of her head where she was struck. It was Nids boisterous voice that had yanked her fro her dark slumber. Midna opened her eyes to see Nid and Anryu standing at the entrance of the dining hall conversing about something that seemed to be of great importance.

Once the rining ceased in her ears and her vision cleared Midna could make out everything they were saying.

"She always does this! She tells us to stop whatever it is we're doin' and then she doesn't even fill us in on what's goin' on or what's gonna happen! I tell ya, Anryu, marriage has done nothin' for that girl!"

"Um, Nid?"

"No, no, no, no, no! I'm not finished yet, Anryu. You'd think Efora would lighten up and be all mature about everything, you know? More considerate, More level-headed, Hell, maybe even develop a more wife-like behavior! More her own age, y'know?"

"Nid."

"Thinks she's all that just because she's the oldest one and thinks she can lord it over us! Big shot, know-it-all! I swear, she was cheating at everything we ever played!"

"Nid!"

"What?!?!"

Anryu motioned with her eyes for Nid to look behind her back. Midna saw her tense up immediately as a tall woman, this Efora she presumed, crept up behind Nid with an angered, if not infuriated, look on her face.

She stood at about the same height same Midna herself, clad in a light lavender dress with a hip-length slit traveling down at her side exposing most of her left leg. Midna saw, somewhat to her dismay, that she was EXTREMELY well-endowed with her skin being the same pigment as her sisters with the same pointed ears at her temples. Her eyes, which were dangerously narrow as she stared daggers at Nid, were the same color red as her own. Her hair was a deep blue, cascading down her back in a half braid with a black ribbon tied at the end. She stood wearing heels with her arms crossed over her chest, looking less than amused.

Even Midna felt a chill as she watched a nervous Nid turn cautiously around to meet their sisters' glare.

"Oh! Uh, H-Hey there, big sis! Didn't hear ya come in!"

"So I noticed, Nid."

Efora sauntered nonchalantly closer to Nid, calm and cool looking as a Zora but seeing this made Nid scoot away, trying to maintain a safe distance from her obviously enraged sibling. Anryu merely stood away from the two entirely, coming up beside Midna in a blink of an eye and startling her.

"Wha-?! Where??"

"Safer here than over there."

Midna had to give her that. The next thing she knew she was watching as Nid received the ass-whooping of her life while an enraged Efora scolded her while dishing out mind-numbing, unimaginable punishments that made both Midna and Anryu flinch and cringe. After the dust settled Efora dusted herself off casually, leaving a tangled Nid groaning on the floor, barely alive from what Midna and Anryu could tell.

"Oh! You're finally awake!"

Efora chimed as she noticed Midna for the first time. She stepped over a battered Nid and walked up to Midna.

"Here, let me help you up, princess."

Efora held out her hand for Midna to take. She eyed it questionably, as if something would happen to her once she took it.

"Hmm? Oh, it's quite alright. I won't hurt you, my dear. I promise!"

Casting a quick glance at Efora Midna decided to take her hand. Efora helped Midna to her feet and smiled.

"It's a pleasure to meet the princess of Twilight. I'm Efora, as I'm sure my younger sisters have already informed you of. I hope they haven't been too much of an inconvenience for you since your arrival."

Efora spoke in reference to a still barely conscious Nid, sparing her a quick stern glance before returning her attention to Midna.

"N-No, not at all! It's …quite alright. Um, is she going to be……you know, alright?"

"Hmm? Oh, her? Yeah, sure! She'll be just fine, I assure you! Nothing like a little TLC to put a little sister in her proper place."

"Uh …..s-sure thing."

"Now, there are some things we need to discuss with you, Midna, regarding the up-coming battle with Shun. First of all, I must explain why I had to stop you in the middle of your training with my sisters. Come, let's sit over here."

Efora motioned to the couch in the middle of the living quarters. They both sat side by side but at about an arms length. She noted the sudden stern face Efora had suddenly.

"We have to re-strategize if we are to successfully bring Shun down but there are problems we need to take care of before that can happen. First of all, how did you feel in your unreleased form?"

"My….unreleased form?"

"Yes, your unreleased form. The form you take when an emotion reaches to an all-time high, to the point of your attribute energy manifesting itself into your physical form and transforms you into your unreleased state. Your inner beast, to put it simply."

"Oh! So that's why I can't remember much of what's happened."

"Mmm, not good, princess. If you can't recall what you felt then that means you failed the trial. If you los yourself entirely to your unreleased form then you will end up attacking indiscriminately, meaning you'll end up destroying everything. That's the worst for you, anyways."

Something about the way Efora said that rubbed Midna the wrong way.

"I don't like the way that sounded, Efora."

"Yes, I figured you wouldn't. So that's why I have to speak with you. It's about Link."

She didn't like where this was going at all.

"What's happened?"

"During the training with Anryu, Link achieved his unreleased form with hardly a problem. However, He has not been able to come to his senses nor has he been able to revert back into his human form. I fear if he stays this way, we will have no choice but to kill him."

"You're insane! There has to be another way to bring him out of it!"

"My husband is looking into it as we speak but I cannot make any promises at this point. I'm sorry, Midna."

"But why kill him? You are aware of who and what Link is, don't you?!"

"Yes, I do realize who Link is and what he has done for the world of the light. But that alone is not enough to shield him from himself. With all that power he has, now that Ganon is gone from that world, he has accumulated it unknowingly within himself and now that it threatens to consume him Link may be in danger of actually becoming a threat to all worlds. Please understand, Midna."

"But….to destroy him….."

"I know. And though I can't promise you much I can give you my word that we will do all that we can to only use that as a last resort. In the mean time, I and my husband with my sisters will do all we can to snap him out of it."

Efora saw the inner turmoil from deep within Midnas' eyes, her sorrowful look making her want to cry but both of them knew this was no time for tears. Midna immediately sobered up, shutting her eyes and shaking her head, trying to push her fears down into her gut for the time being. Once her head was again still Midna looked to Efora with determination in her fire lit eyes.

"No. Efora, allow me to be the one to snap Link out of it."

"Midna."

"Besides, I have to give the technique another shot in order to pass this trial anyways. I don't think there is neither a better opportunity nor the best motivation than this one….don't you agree, Efora?"

Efora saw the twilight princess give her a small smile, still trying to mask her obvious sadness. She felt there was no changing Midnas' mind. Feeling a sort of defeat Efora let out a soft chuckle and smiled back at the Twili woman.

"Well, I guess you have a point there, princess. Alright but I can tell you right now that from this point on , it's only going to get much harder from here."

Midna stood from her seat and straightened out the front of her sarong. She then proceeded to raise her arms and stretch them, cracking her joints and loosening her muscles in preparation for what was to come.

"Oh, as if I've never heard that one before. Yes, I'm aware that this will be no easy task, wherever Link is concerned but we've been through harder times before and not once has Link ever given up on anyone. So I, in turn, will do the same."

Efora, now with an amused grin on her face, rose onto her feet as well.

"I admire your determination in this, Midna. Kinda reminds me of a similar situation that occurred here some centuries ago."

Efora spoke with such a fond distant tone that it made Midna look up at her from doing leg exercises.

"Efora?"

"Hah! But that was then! This is the here and now. So come on, what are we still standing around here for? Anryu!"

The younger girl came up beside Efora, now clean and sparkling as she was before the start of the training.

"Yes, sister?"

"When your younger sister finally becomes conscious I need you two to whip up something good for dinner!"

"I see. The usual feast then?"

"Feast?! Hah, no way! This will call for at least five banquets, ten tops! Oh, and be a dear and scrap your sister off the floor before doing anything else, please. Otherwise the stains will set."

"Yes, sister Efora."

MEANWHILE…….

'Damn! He's nearly broken completely through my shield! At this rate it won't last much longer.'

A bloodied warrior stood with an opposing force, trying to push back a now completely feral Link. His gold and bronze armor now lay in crumbles on the ground, parts of his upper body armor still remaining. His pectoral armor plating had long since been destroyed, leaving his upper torso area exposed. Now the only thing keeping the Hylians fangs away from his body was his shield, which was on the brink of being shattered to splinters, and his left arm with a silver arm guard between the snarling creatures' jaws.

Finding a small break in their struggle the warrior raises his leg and kicks Link away with a force so strong it sent the wolf-creature smashing into the stone wall with a crushing force. Yet, still it was not enough to slow the beast down. With a fierce snarl Link reared his hand back and sank his claws into the warriors' right shoulder, making him shout out in pain. Link struggled to dislodge his hand from the shoulder of the warrior, his claws embedded into the bones. The warrior answered back with a slash of his sword, slicing straight down on the right side of the beast, making it howl out in pain.

The beast used its other fist to strike the warrior away from him and put some distance between them. The warrior stood panting heavily, never taking his eyes off of the feral beast for even a second. The feral Link stood on all fours, growling, snarling and gnarling his chops with his hackles still raised, his tail standing up in a sign of dominance. He could see the beast was nowhere near his limit but he felt his nearing.

His arms were so tense, even the muscles beneath his skin were twitching involuntarily. His legs felt like iron boots were melded with his bones. The slash wounds that decorated his body in a savage fashion began to ache and become hard with the drying blood caked over the open flesh. His silver white hair was no longer bound back but now flowed wildly around his shoulders with each move he made. His grips were locked around the hilt of his blade and the handle of his shield, tense with the will to break Link free from the beast within before irreparable damage was done. Though his will was strong his body was nearly spent, his vision beginning to blur. The beast stood crouched, running his canine-like tongue over his exposed fangs and growling.

It wasn't until the sound of a door opening that the beast lunged at the warrior with his fangs ready to deliver a finishing kill move when a blast of energy sent the beast back with excessive force, smashing him once again against the stonewall.

"Hey, you alive in there?"

Efora called out into the basement. In the dim lighting she could make out the warrior backing up in her direction, still with his eyes on the beast. With shaky legs he moved beyond the doorway and as soon as it was clear Efora closed the door with a loud grunt.

Midna looked with wide terrified eyes at the spectacle presented in the full light of the room. The warrior stood with his arms at his sides, his bloodied chest heaving with each painful breath he took. The smell of blood, sweat, metal and stone emanated from the warriors body. Just how long were they down there and how long had they been fighting?

With a deep rumbling beastly groan the warrior sank to his knees and slouched his head forward, dropping his weapons and making long tendrils of his silver white hair fall over his face.

Immediately Efora came to the warriors' side and kept him from falling forward using her arms to hold him up by his shoulders, a feat that was almost a strain as he was towering her by three feet. His blood stained her lavender dress and ran in thin rivulets over her chest.

"Are you alright, my love?"

With a tired sigh, the warrior answered,

"I've….been better, thank you."

"Hex, I told you not to overdo it. I swear you're going to make me have a heart attack one of these days!"

The warrior let out a deep amused chuckle.

"The thought of you having a heart attack over wounds like these are somewhat comical, love. Now if you had said that I was going to make you have your first wrinkle now that would have been more amusing. "

"Ah! You have some nerve! I'm still in my prime, need I remind you! You can be so cruel someti-"

"Wait a minute!"

The two looked at a confused Midna, who was gawking at them like she had just been told that the world was a trapezoid.

"You mean to tell me your husband, who was looking into Links' dilemma, is Hex? That grand creature we met in the beginning of this whole thing?!"

Efora let out a light giggle at seeing Midna become angry, why it amused her no one knew.

"Yes. Hex and I are married and are the guardians of this realm. As to the grand beast form, he takes that form whenever he is out doing his rounds."

"It makes more sense for other-worlders to be greeted by a vast beast rather than to be greeted by a beast-man, don't you think?"

'They're both insane!'

Midna thought as she rubbed her temple taking everything in. Efora helped Hex rise to his feet and kept his arm looped over her shoulders for support.

"Forgive me, Midna. I was not capable of reaching Link in any way at all."

Hex gave her a slight bow of his head, seeing he felt ashamed for his failure.

"It's alright, Hex."

She answered simply with a smile.

"But dear, that is why we are down here."

"Hmm?"

"Efora's right. If we are going to complete these trials then we must help each other and do for each other, just as we did once before."

They saw Midna look towards the door where Link was being kept. They then looked to each other and nodded in mutual agreement. Efora went from Hexs' side and took hold of the thick bronze door handle. Midna took a step towards the door and as if on cue, Link let out a monstrous growl that made the entire door rattle and the sound of heavy chain links could be heard rattling about.

Efora looked to Midna who still held a determined look on her face. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, letting it out in a slow and even exhaling breath. Midna gave a quick nod of her head and Efora then pulled open the door. Midna stepped inside the basement and as soon as her bare feet touched the ground Efora closed the door behind her but not before yelling out,

"Give 'em hell, princess!"

It was eerily still inside, the moisture in the air making it cold inside. Midna stood idle for a while, listening for any movement. For a while nothing came. A small rustling sound came from deep inside the basement and she grew alert immediately. She took a cautious step inside, listening for anything other than her own footfalls.

A small chill ran down her spine as a low rumbling, or what sounded like rumbling, echoed from the depths of the basement.

"L-Link? Are you in here?"

She continued to slowly progress forward, moving her feet as silently as she physically could. A quick rush of cool air whipped past her left side and Midna flinched to her right. Nothing caught her eyes as she scanned the immediate area so she went on.

Going deeper into the basement Midna could make out a shadow within a shadow. Something was hunched over, something that was making a faint rattling noise with chains. Swallowing the lump rising in her throat Midna went on further, trying to make out the shadow.

As she got closer she could make out a low breathing sound coming from the shadow. She felt her heart cringe as she approached it, the dim lighting making its frame come into view, making it a little easier to see. The breathing became louder, became heavier, sounding like a wounded animal. Finally Midna came close enough to see the beast, hunched against the wall, breathing heavily with the smell of blood, moisture and metal. It had its back to her, his furred back rising and falling with each feral breath.

Midna took a tentative step towards it, her footfall making its entire body flinch. The sight of Links' current state was enough to make it wrench in her chest.

"Don't!"

It barked, making Midna flinch an entire step back.

"L-Link."

"Stay away."

His voice came out in a monstrous distortion, sounding so wretchedly miserable. It was as if he was no longer capable of human speech, as if he had never spoken a word in his life. She could hardly believe it was her Link that was this beast. Still, she did not back down.

"Link, look at me. It's Midna. And I won't just go away. Not when my hero is left suffering like this."

He let out a mangled whine and edged away from where Midna stood, his back still facing her.

"Not……safe……leave…me…"

She felt a sort of anger rise into her chest and, with a loud grunt, took hold of his shoulder and forced him to face, slamming his shoulder into the stone wall and making the chains clatter loudly.

"I said NO, damn you! Now look at me. Look at me!!"

She all but shrieked at him to look at her, pinning him to the wall by his shoulders. Hesitantly Link opened his feral eyes, revealing to Midna his eye color. An entire shade of faded blue lit his saddened eyes; his iris's shifting from a circle to a slit and to a circle again. She could see Link struggling to control his feral beast side, but she could not tell whether he was wining or losing. His muzzle was dirtied with dried blood and dirt, his chops twitching as he emitted small whines and distorted whimpers.

Link tried to hold his eyes on Midna, his iris' a solid black dot in the middle of his eyes, indicating his control over the beast but when Midna advanced closer to him with her eyes still on him, his eyes shifted suddenly back into the faded iris-free blue.

He clenched his teeth tightly before letting out a sharp, "GO AWAY!!!!"

Link rose to his full height, immediately towering Midna and knocking her away with a mere swipe of his arm, sending her careening into a wall. She nearly blacked out from the impact but kept her wits about her and struggled to her feet.

"Link …don't make me DO THIS!!"

Tears stinging her eyes Midna gathered a fierce amount of energy into both of her hands and directed them at Links chest, making him howl out from the force of it. Growling, Link charged at her, her energies burning his fur and producing blood to run down his body.

Once he got close enough Midna stopped with her magic and sent a roundhouse to his temple, making him stumble backwards while letting out mangled grunts. He stumbled backwards by a few steps with his arms flailing about as they tried to balance out his toppling weight. Midna took advantage of his momentary pause in assault and rushed him, sinking her elbow into his gut with a great shriek of effort mixed with emotional frustration. It was enough to send both of them hurtling to the ground with a force so strong it shook the earth beneath the stone floors.

She was hoping it was enough. Midna inaudibly prayed her current state was enough to get link back to his senses, to get him to wake up from his monstrous slumber. The creatures' body stirred beneath her frame and a quick spark of hope flickered in her crimson eyes.

Though Midnas' efforts were great, the tides had not turned in her favor. With a grunt, the creature knocked Midna away from him, making her crash into another stone brick wall. With a tired groan Midna looked to the creature as it slowly advanced towards her. Her vision blurred as her consciousness began to slip from her mind, her senses becoming numb with fatigue and despair.

'Damn……no choice…!'

Midna dislodged herself from the wall and steadied her stance, small rocks crumbling away from the broken wall as her legs wobbled under her weight. She took a calm deep breath and re-imagined her progress from before, during her training with Nid.

'Gotta remember the feel of it, alright? Now that you got to that far of a level, you gotta keep in mind of how it felt when you reached it. Once you do that, you can trigger it at will. Think of it as when you learned how to ride a horse, once you learn you never forget.'

Nids' words filled her head as Midna recalled her instructions when she went with her to Eforas' estate. With a renewed sense of determination Midna let her magical energies flow freely around her body, creating a small tornado-formation around her. The neon blue energies swirled, calmly at first, and then it progressed to a violent torrent, surging furiously around her. The force from it created wind currents, making the creature struggle to reach her.

Taking another breath Midna closed her eyes as her body was overtaken by her own magic and her emotions, just as she did before. The result was the same as before. Extra limbs sprouted forth from her ribs, hips and shoulders and each were edged with the same neon-blue claws. Her hair danced with the violent currents as her cloak disappeared from sight.

Calmly, almost demonically, she opened her eyes to reveal their blood-red hue, her lashes glowing with the eerie luminescence. She let out a snarling hiss at the feral wolf-like creature, expanding her limbs and extending their claws. In turn, the creature let out a challenging roar and bared his fangs at the arachnid-like Midna. A lone tear rolled from her eye before Midna charged at Link with full force….and the intent to kill!

-End

A/N: Wow! That took a long time to write! Y'know, re-reading this, I got to thinking….'I'm Evil!!!' But I had to make something more interesting. And it gets even more interesting from here but I thought a nice little cliff-hanger would be good right about now (I try not to do too many but….here we are!) Anyways, reviews are welcome! Flames too! Thanks!!