Sheesh, sorry this has taken so long to write. I completely ran out of creative juices after that last insane chapter. That my beloved other half bought me The World Ends With You. Damn you Squeenix for taking over the last 3 weeks of my life. Er anyway, this took a while to get off the ground and hopefully it is not quite as mad as the last chapter, although...nah, I'll let you see for yourselves.
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Chapter Twenty Six – Lord Lukarn and Link Love
Whether Zelda was still having fun after traipsing down a tunnel barely wide enough for her to fit through, most of which was flooded to at least waist height, whilst being accosted by a crazed Zora Princess was anybody's guess. One would imagine that the experience, which for her was uncomfortable and acutely embarrassing, would not leave her in a happy state of mind, but she did not appear to be particularly distressed when the trio finally emerged into a dimly lit chamber at the end of the tunnel.
Glancing at her new hero, blissfully unaware that her hero was actually a girl trapped in her male friend's body, Ruto noted that 'he' seemed to be in a trance. The Zora Princess was aware of what her companion's had been discussing, although much of their conversation about pacts made with Saeru, Running away from Impa because she had been mean and the Dork King and his soaps went over her head. She was not altogether foolish, although her nature did suggest otherwise. To her it was very clear that 'Sheik' liked 'Link' to the extent of nearly declaring his love for the second time in a day, and 'Link' although a little overwhelmed by this, didn't mind too much. This realisation worried Ruto a little. She had no intention of marrying an effeminate man, especially one already in love with someone else, but she did need heirs, or at the very least a husband. Otherwise she'd have to marry that stupid prince from Termina, he was a musician or something. He was way, way below her league.
Ahead of them was a stone doorway that looked almost moulded into the wall. There was no sign of Ganondorf or Nabooru but Ruto guessed they couldn't be that far behind. The journey through the secret passage had taken a lot longer than anticipated. Who would have thought Hylians could get sucked into whirlpools so easily and so frequently? She had lost count of the number of times she had been forced to rescue them. And they were never in the least bit grateful when she did save them either. The pair of them seemed to her to be a bit grumpy. And they didn't like her pets. Or at least 'Link' didn't like them. 'Sheik' acquitted himself nicely by trying to hug an electric eel, whilst it was mid-zap. He admitted to liking cute fuzzy animals too. Ruto began to like him a little bit more.
'Ah well', thought Ruto, sizing up the door and pointedly ignoring her companions, who were having rather heated whispered conversation, 'here goes nothing.' She'd never been into Lord Lukarn's Lair before and she didn't really want to go in now but she had two boys to impress. And impress them she would. "Let's go!" She shouted. She pressed a switch on the side of the door and it slid up into the roof of the chamber. Ahead of them was a thick pillar of steam, and a bitterly cold wind blew through the opening.
She was through the door in a trice, closely followed by her companions. She leaned on a wall as they passed; availing herself of the opportunity presented to ogle her new found friends' behinds. As she leaned back there was a soft clicking noise. Behind her the door slammed shut and the lights dimmed.
"Oops. My bad." She giggled.
For the longest time nobody moved or spoke. It was so cold in the chamber that it hurt to breathe. Link adjusted the scarf around his neck and glanced at Zelda. She was shivering again.
"Ruto, what did you do?" He whispered, his voice trembled slightly as he teeth began to chatter.
"Teehee, I don't know. Aw, are you cold?" She murmured as she sidled up to him (with maximum bodily contact) "I can warm you up if you want."
"Gods no. I'd rather freeze." Retorted Link, shuddering again. He managed to wriggle out of Ruto's embrace and tapped Zelda on the shoulder. "You okay?" He asked.
"Am F-Freezy cold."
"I'd offer to hug you better but I think I'd just make you worse. My clothes are sodden!" He chuckled and added, "It's a shame I couldn't convince Amber to come with us on this trip. She'd be perfect at getting us warm. She could play the 'run away or I'll bite ya' game."
"I wonder w-why is it that your pet is so much s-smarter than you?" Giggled Zelda.
"I resent that, Link!"
"And I resent that you two keep excluding me – a Zora Princess – from your conversations." Interrupted Ruto sulkily. "In any event, that wolf of yours wouldn't have lasted five minutes in that tunnel. She'd have drowned. Nasty animal..."
"Actually I think you'll find that Amber, Link's pet, is a Hylian Terrier and is therefore a dog, not a wolf." Explained Link, "And she's not a nasty animal. She's a sweetheart. Except when she bites you."
"Oh, well if it's Link's pet... er, I was only joking." Laughed Ruto half-heartedly, "Well anyway, I'm not too interested in pets. I am interested in one of you repaying your debt to me. I am owed one husband. Cough up!"
"Can't until we've met Lord Lukarn. That was the agreement." Retorted Link.
"Well you can't meet him."
"Why?"
"Because he'll kill you and then I'll never get a s-stinking normal husband and I'll have to marry that idiot from Termina." Ruto began to sniffle ominously. Link stepped a little closer to Zelda and cringed. Nightmarish memories of the Maku Tree started to waver around his mind. Panic began to set in... Suddenly Ruto was okay again. "Oh well, if he kills you then I'll just marry Link instead." She decided.
"And what if Link is killed?"
"Link can't be killed. I'll protect him with my life!"
"That's good to know!" Said the real Link, laughing. "You know, I have this horrible feeling that we are not alone in here. We should explore."
"Don't you wander off without me!" Ordered Ruto. "Come back here, Sheiky!"
There was the sound of running feet and a squeal and then all of a sudden the room went very dark and very quiet. Zelda shuddered and instinctively took a step closer to what she thought was Link, only to find herself with her back against a pillar of ice. There was very little light in the room and (thanks to Ruto) there was no escape. A thick, soft mist rose from the floor and walls, making it difficult to see anything but a dingy grey colour.
A noise, which had been tickling her eardrums for some time slowly became more apparent. It was the soft trickling of water. As soon as she noticed it, she realised that the mist gently floating up from the ice all around them was getting thicker. Zelda shivered again and sidled to the left, hoping to bump into Link this time. She hit another pillar of ice.
"Er...Sheik?" She called. "Where are you?"
There was no response. She had the horrible feeling that she was alone. The trickling water was the only thing she could hear. She reached her hands forward and touched yet another pillar of ice. She felt panic rising up in her throat like bile and her heart began to bump painfully in her chest. She was trapped. "LINK!" She screamed, forgetting her pretence of being him.
On the other side of the ice, Link was equally as panicked. Ruto watched in some surprise as he repeatedly attempted to shatter the ice with his bare hands.
"Sheiky?" She asked, sensibly keeping out of reach of his fists, "What are you doing?"
Link was arrested from his attack on the ice, a thing his hands were extremely grateful for, and gazed at Ruto in confusion. "What does it look like I am doing? I have to save Zel...I mean Link."
Ruto nodded wisely, she smiled as she caught his eye and glanced away. Suddenly her eyes widened and her skin went a greenish colour (the Zora equivalent of pale) "Um...Sheiky?"
"What?!"
"I think we'd better deal with Lukarn first."
"Huh?" Link glanced in the direction she was staring and swore. "Get down!" he yelled, crashing his body into Ruto. A thick spray of water flew over their head. As it hit the ice pillars it froze and shattered, its shards rained down them. Link shielded Ruto with his body, hoping the sheikah armour would protect him from the hail.
"Hehe, Sheiky, you're molesting me!" Giggled Ruto from underneath him. He glanced down at her and quickly moved. As he moved another jet of water crashed into the wall behind him, shattering as it hit the ice. A high-pitched roar filled the air and a large icicle crashed to the ground just to their right. Link swore and crawled forward. To his right he saw Ruto following his lead. For once the Zora Princess was not grinning inanely. They crawled as quickly as they could, large sheets of ice crashing down on the ground just behind them. Link had the impression that they were being driven forward.
Another jet of water passed over their heads. Link pushed himself harder, forcing his cold body to crawl faster. Suddenly the ground under his hands disappeared. His yell of surprise was smothered by a mouthful of water as he toppled forward into a deep pool. His body was not happy about this new development. He was already soaked to the skin after his adventure in the hidden passage and his body temperature had been steadily decreasing thanks to the copious amount of ice in the chamber. He gasped desperately for air, trying to calm his body which was busy hyperventilating. Chunks of ice passed before his eyes and the cold of the water stabbed at his skin.
The next instant he felt a pair of arms grab him underneath his shoulders, dragging him. He struggled automatically until he heard Ruto's voice hissing "keep still, idiot." in his ear. She glided forward in the cold water, as silently as only a Zora could, her body barely causing a ripple on the surface. She dragged him to the opposite side of the pool and turned him around so that he could grip the edges of the pool and haul himself out.
"Thanks." He muttered.
"Shhh." Hissed Ruto. She was still in the water, watching something on the opposite bank. Link followed her gaze. Through the thick fog he saw a movement of white. It was almost impossible to make out anything but he realised whatever it was, it was standing right next to the pillars that surrounded Zelda. He glanced at Ruto. "What is that?" He breathed.
"Lukarn of course." Whispered Ruto, keeping her attention fixed firmly on the movement at the opposite side of the room.
"I know that!" Exclaimed Link, a little louder than he had intended. "But what is he?"
Suddenly the pattern of movement changed. The white mist swirled around angrily and a blast of air hit him. It was so cold that all the water on him turned to ice. A terrible, high-pitched shriek filled the air again, making the ground tremble. The next instant the shape charged forward and Link got his first view of Lord Lukarn. It was the briefest of glances, for as Lukarn shot forward, Ruto grabbed Link's legs and hauled him back into the water. She was just in time too, the impact of the blow aimed for where Link's head had been would have certainly killed him. For a split-second, Link thought the beast would crash into the wall, but just before it hit, it swung its body around and stretched its legs, pushing its body in the opposite direction with alarming speed. Lukarn returned to his vigil near Zelda's ice-cell.
From his nice, frozen vantage point, Link sighed (Remembering to sigh very quietly) and met Ruto's gaze. "I think he's attracted to noise." Explained Ruto, softly. Link nodded, feeling it was better to err on the side of caution when fighting this monster. He wondered exactly what Lurkarn was, his vision of him had been extremely brief, but he remembered a narrow, blunt noise, snow-white body and scaly skin. It was very difficult to get a clear view of the dream snatcher through the dense fog that lingered just above the surface of the water. "I gotta get out of this ice-pond." Breathed Link, edging towards the banks of the pool. He had to show Ruto how the tips of his fingers had turned an unhealthy blue colour before she allowed him out of her grasp.
"I've got an idea." She whispered. The next instant she had vanished under the water. Her blue body seemed to melt into the icy darkness of the pool, perfectly concealed in the dim light. She swam towards the opposite bank. Link shrugged and as quietly as he could hauled himself out of the freezing pond. His body was numb with cold and had clearly decided to go into shut down mode. Only happy thoughts of how all he had to do was defeat Lukarn and then he could be himself again, kept the will to fight alive in him.
Despite his best intentions, he could not exit the pool without making some sound. He kept low to the ground, expecting Lukarn to come flying at him again but the monster did not show. He looked over to the opposite bank and saw that the monster's attention was apparently being divided between three points – himself, the pond and the wall of ice housing Zelda. "Ruto?" He shouted. The beast shot in his direction again. Link avoided the blow but this time managed to get a proper look at Lukarn.
He was right about the serpent-like body covered in white scales which appeared to be made of ice. Lukarn's nose was long and blunt, his eyes milky white and clearly sightless. His wings seemed to be made of gossamer, edged in silver and were jagged. Link counted at least six ears on his wide head. His mouth was filled with shark-like teeth, long and razor sharp, curving back. Link smiled as he watched Lukarn bounce off the wall back in the opposite direction. His wish had come true. Now he could be a real hero. He was going to be a dragon-slayer!
He then remembered that he was still trapped in Zelda's body, even if it had taken on a man's form at that moment, and he realised that to defeat a dragon made of ice, he would need access to a flame of some sort and the only flame he knew of was Zelda's fire-ball trick. In Sheik's body he could not do any magic tricks but he knew that Zelda's body was not strong enough to battle a dragon. Link sighed (inadvertently making Lukarn attempt to bite his head off again) and realised that he would have to rely on Zelda (in his body) as the brawn of the operation, himself (as the brain!) of the operation and then he would need some bait. Well that was easy. The bait was currently splashing around in the water pretending to drown to distract Lukarn's attention. For an idiot, air-headed and insane fish girl, thought Link, she was pretty fearless.
The instant Link let Sheik's body melt back into Zelda's form, he realised how much colder the room felt. The extremities of his body began to ache and he felt twice as numb as before. On the plus side, thanks to Saeru's training, he had access to all Zelda's magic skills. He killed two birds with one stone by blasting a nice path of flames across the room, warming himself up and destroying the ice around Zelda's cell. It also annoyed Lukarn and for the next few moments, until Ruto managed to distract the dragon again, he had to fend off the attacks of the beast. A quick glance in her direction told him that Zelda was okay although her skin (well it was his skin really) was looking a little blue around the edges.
His next task was to get over to the other side of the room so he could explain to Zelda and Ruto what his plan was. He tried shouting but that only resulted in Lukarn attacking him so furiously that he had to jump back into the pond again to avoid his attacks. He tried sneaking but he fell into the pool after about three steps. Finally he realised that he would have to use Ruto as an envoy. It was easy enough to call her over, but a little more difficult to handle her disappointment when she realised that Sheiky had turned into a girl for some inexplicable reason. She was on the verge of tears, (even with Lukarn attacking them at every possible moment) until she realised that now she really would have to marry Link. That cheered her up immeasurably.
Link began to wonder if rather than being fearless, she was too foolish to realise the danger they were in.
It took a few minutes for Ruto to agree to convey Link's message of: "Keep quiet! Ruto'll distract, I'll bring down, you attack!" to Zelda, and even then she didn't seem to grasp the fact that Link was asking her to be live bait for a dragon. She was too excited by the prospect of helping out her hero to realise the danger she was putting herself in.
For one of Link's plans, it worked surprisingly well. Ruto distracted Lukarn by thrashing about in the water like a landed fish. The dragon could not see the other two attackers though he knew they were there so he concentrated on destroying the one who was floundering in his ice-pool. As he hovered over the pool, squirting water at Ruto (who dived under the surface whenever she was in danger of being hit), Link blasted him with a jet of fire. Lukarn roared in anger and charged in the direction of the flame. As he approached, Link ducked so that the dragon would bounce himself off the wall. He did and shot off in Zelda's direction. Just before he hit the opposite wall, Link shot another blast of fire at his tail. The shock of the attack distracted Lukarn. He swung his head around to face Link, but as he did, his body crashed into the wall of ice near Zelda. Stunned, the dragon fell. The instant he was down, Zelda sprang forward and, using Link's sword, hacked at Lukarn, trying to cut off his ears.
Lukarn did not seem to learn from his mistakes, and as soon as he recovered from his swoon, he set off in the same pattern – attacking Ruto, then Link, then crashing into the wall, then having another ear cut off by Zelda. His attacks became more powerful the more he was injured, and his movements were more erratic. Ruto barely managed to avoid a icicle aimed for her head. Link was knocked against a wall by a jet of water, and Zelda had her arm bitten. But still the trio attacked, shouting out instructions to one another, fighting tirelessly to bring the Dream Snatcher down. As Zelda managed to hack his last ear off, Lukarn went wild. He began tearing around the room, crashing into walls, firing off attacks in all directions, screeching and wailing at the top of his voice. And then suddenly he shot into the roof of the chamber, turned on his tail and dived head first into the pool, slamming into Ruto. The Zora princess screamed as the dragon's teeth grabbed her around the waist and dragged her down.
"Link! Do something!" Shouted Zelda, running towards the edge of the pool. The surface seemed to be clouding with blood and the mist was dissipating. Zelda gulped and tried to spy where Lukarn was. The pool was very deep and dark, there was no sign of either the dragon or it's prey. She glanced at Link on the opposite bank. "We've got to stop him!"
"I know!" Retorted Link, angrily. "But how can we..."
"I have it!" interrupted Zelda, "Electricity. Charge the pool, it'll kill Lukarn!"
"Yeah and Ruto too! Hardly a fitting thank you for saving our lives!"
"I know that but what choice do we have? We have got to stop Lukarn and we have to do it now?"
"But Ruto..."
"But nothing! The Link I know would not hesitate at a moment like this! What is wrong with you?"
"You and your stupid morals that's what's wrong." Muttered Link. "You've polluted my lovely selfish mind for the worst and now I-"
"Oh just shut up! Now is not the time for an argument. Just do it, Link!" Answered Zelda. She glared at her friend. Clearly Link's bad influence had rubbed off on her as much as her good influence had rubbed on him. "Do you want to be stuck like this forever?"
Link met her eyes for a second and then turned away. "Fine." He muttered. He knew Zelda was right. They had to kill Lukarn in order to get their normal bodies back. "I'm so sorry, Ruto." He thought as he chanted the words of a powerful electricity spell. He thrust his hand into the water. There was an almighty crashing, zapping sound and the air began to ring eerily. The water went bright blue and tendrils of lightning sparked over the surface and then there was silence. Link and Zelda sighed and gazed at each other.
Lukarns body floated up to the surface, Ruto still grasped tightly in his teeth, her blue dress was completely ruined and her eyes were wide open in surprise. The surface of the pond began to freeze over.
"Finish it!" Whispered Zelda. "We've got to destroy him."
Link nodded and charged up a final spell. The power of Illumae would sever Lukarn's connection to immortality and would give him and Zelda the power to return to their own bodies. There was a strong flash of white light. They both closed their eyes. When they opened them again, the room was completely filled with thick ice. Ruto had been laid on the frozen surface of the pond, next to her was a sapphire signet ring, cut into the shape of a tear drop.
"I've not seen one of these for a while." Remarked Zelda, stepping forward carefully on the ice. She paused to gaze down at Ruto for a moment before turning to Link and holding out her hands. He took them without a pause. "I'll be glad to be me again." She whispered.
Link nodded again. "Yeah, me too. I wonder what this ring does though?" He turned the silver ring over in his hand and frowned. "Do you think it could help..." He knelt by Ruto and gazed down at her still face for a moment before gently moving the lids down over her eyes. "Poor thing. At least I won't have to marry her now."
"And there's the real Link." Snorted Zelda. "Just when I thought you were going to be a better person from your experiences the real you just can't resist being evil, can you?"
"Sheesh, where did that come from?! All I did was try to lighten the mood."
"A really inappropriate thing to do. You should be ashamed of yourself."
The two were just settling in for a good argument when something unexpected happened. Ruto's eyes opened. The pair fell silent.
"Are you fighting over me again?" Murmured Ruto. "What happened? I feel all tingly."
"Er...aren't you supposed to be dead?" Asked Link.
"Am I?" Ruto looked a little confused and then sat up. "Oh you mean I should be dead because Lukarn dragged me underwater by my waist, trying to drown me, and then I got zapped and then something else happened which I can't remember, teehee, and then I woke again? We Zora are a resilient bunch!"
"You must be to survive that!" Remarked Zelda, scratching her head.
"Yeah, the only thing that can really kill us is pirates and seagulls. Other than that we're indestructible."
"Glad to hear it." Zelda grinned at Link and quietly removed the signet ring from his grasp. She twirled it in her fingers for a moment and then smiled. "Well, I've had enough of my little charade. I would like to be me again but before that, Ruto, I humbly ask for your hand in marriage!"
Link started at this, trying to grab the ring back from Zelda. At the same time the Zora Princess squealed and sprang forward towards what she thought was Link. Then there was a flash of light and Link found himself back in his body once again. He could not fully enjoy the moment, nor avenge himself on Zelda for proposing marriage on his behalf for the second time in as many months, for an instant later he was clobbered by a salivating Zora Princess intent on kissing the life out of him. He fought her off valiantly, all the while cursing Zelda loudly.
"Serves ya right." Giggled Zelda, safe in the knowledge that the crazy Zora girl really did prefer Link to 'Sheik' and in any event viewed any other girl as a rival completely beneath her notice. "Ah, it's good to be me again." She sighed, hugging herself.
She watched with interest as Link finally managed to pin Ruto's arms to her side and physically hold her at arms length away from him. She decided that he was rather cute when he was fending off obsessed women. It was probably his slightly terrified look that did it. "Ruto! Listen to me, please!" Begged Link, speaking slowly and loudly in the hopes of getting through to her mind.
Hoping to hear some declaration of love coming from her newest fiancée, Ruto stopped screeching and smiled up at him. Link glanced over at Zelda and gulped. He really wished he hadn't inherited some of her morals, then he could have really told the Zora Princess that he'd rather boil in oil for all eternity and have his eyes poked out than marry her, but his new morals forced him to let her down gently. "Ruto." He began, still very calmly and slowly. "That is what I would have liked to have said."
"Eh?"
"You know the whole begging for your hand in marriage, and I promise I would have asked had circumstances been different but given how things stand it would not be fair to ask it of you."
"W-what?" Ruto's smile faltered and her eyes began to fill with tears.
"You see..."Continued Link, gulping again, for possibly the first time in his life his cheeks were tinged slightly in pink, "I can't marry you because I...er...I am already kinda in love with somebody."
"You are?" Whispered Ruto, confused. "Who? Tell me and I'll kill her and then we'll be together, Linky! Oh we'll be happy and you'll forget about her and..."
"I'd never forget about her." Said Link, softly, purposely avoiding Zelda's rather incredulous gaze, his feet shifted about uncomfortably. "I'm pretty sure that the way I...um...feel is a forever kind of thing. So, er, sorry and all that."
For a moment Ruto was on the verge of hysterical tears, her eyes seemed to be drowning and her bottom lip quivered. The next second she had cheered up because Link kissed her briefly (remembering to avoid mentioning any comparison with kissing fish that sprang into his mind) and assured her that she too would find real love one day. "You really love this girl, huh?" Whispered Ruto, when he released her.
Link still avoided looking in Zelda's direction and found suddenly that studying his feet was actually pretty interesting. "I think I loved her from the first moment I saw her, just before she tried to electrocute me." He admitted, quietly. There was a pause and then:
"Oh. My. God." Screamed Ruto, breaking his reverie. "That is just so...Cute! It's like the sweetest thing I've ever heard!"
If he hadn't already guessed it, Link clearly saw now that the Zora Princess was suffering from some kind of bipolar disorder. She was now jumping up and down, hands clasped at her breast, blushing profusely with a sparkly look on her face. "That is, like, totally awesome." She breathed, barely able to contain her excitement.
"Er, aren't you mad?" Asked Link, Ruto glared at him. "I mean-aren't you mad at me?"
"How can I be when you've just said the cutest thing ever?" Giggled Ruto. "It's so sweet it makes me want to be sick. It was so romantic. Sigh."
Link scratched his head and watched as Ruto bounced around, squealing. He glanced at Zelda and saw she was staring at him with her mouth open. It wasn't quite the most attractive pose she had ever been in, nor had he taken particularly good care of her body whilst he had inhabited it, so she was dirty, her hair was a mess and her make-up smudged, but to him she had never looked quite so beautiful before. He smiled at her.
"I...um..." Stammered Zelda, wondering why her mind had chosen this, above all others, to suddenly desert her.
Link took another scared look in Ruto's direction. She was now waltzing with an imaginary friend, singing loudly and hideously tunelessly. "Think we'd better leave?" Prompted Link. Zelda nodded and slowly backed off towards the door. Link quietly followed her. He vowed never to return to the Zora's domain.
About half an hour after the pair had escaped, Ganondorf and Nabooru finally reached the final chamber. Having spent the last two hours crawling through the most frustrating temple they had ever had the misfortune to come across, both were cold, wet, miserable and annoyed.
It didn't really help matters when they met Ruto instead of Lukarn and she explained that her dear friend Linky had gone off with the pretty sparkly ring that Lukarn had dropped. It was likely Ganondorf would have killed Ruto had she not made a chance reference to her passion for all things rubbery and yellow and duck shaped and how Link's hair had almost been the same colour as her favourite bath time buddy.
That happy reference earned Ruto her ticket out of the water temple and earned Ganondorf her eternal adoration. She decided thereafter that blond haired blue eyed men were not her type, she preferred orange haired, green skinned Gerudo warlords with a dubious level of sanity. Unfortunately, Ganondorf had to leave on some extremely urgent business before he could be persuaded to marry her. He and Nabooru almost appeared to be running for their lives as they left.
Fortunately for Ruto, about two minutes after their leaving, her actual fiancée arrived from Termina and said something like 'You're freaking totally my type, babe.' And she was hooked.
Okay, so sorry for the mix of styles in this chapter, I'm not entirely convinced that they gelled very well? It was quite hard to write but I hoped you like the dragon at least! And sorry for the ending, it was silly even for me! See ya next chapter :P
