Yami watched patiently as Ganondorf worked on a spell that he had insisted on using in order to summon allies that could work to impede their enemies' progress. The King of Evil had said that this spell would create powerful warriors that are obedient shadow versions of the one that it is cast on. It had intrigued the Dark Lord, and so he had allowed his colleague to proceed.

"How much longer?" Yami asked emotionlessly.

"At least an hour," Ganondorf said with certainty as he continued working. "By that time, our new servants will be ready and awaiting our command."

"I see." Yami thought that they wouldn't need any assistance. With their powers combined, he and Ganondorf would easily be able to crush anyone who stood in their path. But the Evil King had made a valid argument: neither of them had their full power back yet. They would need time to regain their strength. The living shadow couldn't argue with that, so he agreed to Ganondorf's plan. Besides, he was interested in meeting these new "friends."

-o-

Link yawned as Epona trotted into another forest. It had been about a week since he had left home, and he was getting tired from travelling for so long. Nothing really happened after that teapot monster attacked. After that, he became a bit more cautious. But that was quickly getting dull. He almost fell asleep, but bolted upright when he heard a woman's voice.

"Dammit!" the voice shouted. He quickly steered Epona into the voice's direction. When he found the voice's owner, he dismounted and approached the woman's prone form. He jumped when she suddenly picked herself up with a look of frustration on her face. "Why did this have to happen to me? Why couldn't it've been someone else?" She then turned to face Link. "Just what the hell are you looking at, you oversized grasshopper!?"

"Oversized..." Link was utterly dunbfounded. He looked this strange young woman over. She looked about his age, and had wild yellow eyes. Her hair was white with a pair of red lines running parallel through it. She was wearing a weird, white and red dress-like outfit that he had never seen before. It had a V-neck design, revealing a good bit of cleavage from her... very impressive bosom. He couldn't help but stare at that particular spot for several moments. He suddenly heard the girl scream "Pervert!" as he felt something hard hit his groin. He fell down down to his knees, holding his manhood and gasping in pain.

"If you ever want to have kids someday, don't stare at my chest like that!" she shouted angrily.

"C'mon, Ammy," said a high-pitched voice. Link looked and saw a tiny, bouncing... thing on the girl's left shoulder. "Give the guy a break! He looks like he travels a lot, so he probably hasn't seen a woman in a while."

Link groaned as he felt the pain in his private area slowly fade. He stood up and glared a the weird-haired girl. "You didn't have to knee me you know! You could've just snapped your fingers in front of my face instead of possibly making me impotent!" She slapped him.

"Don't talk about your junk like that in front of me, you asshole!" she shouted at him. He glared at her. This chick was really pissing him off. In fact, he hadn't been this angry at anyone since his first few days travelling around Hyrule with Midna.

He sighed and mentally counted to ten. "Look, I don't want any trouble. I'm currently looking for someone. Some chick named Amaterasu. You know her?"

The girl's eyes widened at him. "You're looking for Amaterasu?" Link nodded. He was relieved that he had run into someone who could help him. The girl smirked at him then, making him wonder about this Amaterasu. "Well... look no further, elf-boy."

It took him a few seconds to get what she meant. His eyes widened as he pointed at her, once again completely dumbfounded. "Y-you're Amaterasu? The legendary sun goddess from Nippon?" She nodded. He immediately went into a bow of apology. It was now Amaterasu's turn to stare at him with a dumbfounded look. "Please forgive my rudeness! I didn't know that you were a goddess! Please don't disintergrate me for my ignorance!"

"Um... sure." Ammy didn't really know what to make of this guy. Issun had a point about him though: he looked well-travelled. Maybe... "I'll forgive you officially if you tell everything you know about a person that I'm looking for."

"Okay," he said in a slightly nervous tone. He probably didn't run into gods too often. "Who are you looking for?"

"We're looking for a guy called the 'Hero of Twilight!'" Issun said out loud.

The green-clad young man looked at the both of them in surprise. "Huh... I guess we both found what we were looking for."

Amaterasu gawked at the guy. "You have got to be kidding me."

-o-

Hours later, they were around a campfire. Amaterasu had just finished explaining her situation to Link, who stared at her in amazement. "So... you're a wolf that was transformed into a human?" Ammy nodded. "What a coincedence. There was a time when I was turned into a wolf. How about that?"

"You were turned into a wolf once?" Ammy asked. Link nodded. She then got a hopeful look. "Can you tell me how change back into my original form? I hate being human!"

Link raised his hands to try and calm her down. "I'm sorry, but even if I knew every detail of how you were transformed, there's really nothing that I can do. I'm no expert when it comes to magical stuff like this."

Ammy's hopeful smile faded at that. She hung her head in disappointment. "I see. I guess I can't hold that against you."

"Hey, cheer up, Ammy!" Issun said as he hopped up and down on the ground. "Now that we have Link with us, we can find Yami and his buddy and put them both down!"

"Buddy?" Link asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh," Amaterasu said as she slapped her forehead. "I forgot to mention that. My old nemesis, Yami, has apparently made a new friend." She said "friend" with a lot of distaste. "That's why we needed to find you. You're the only one capable of beating this new guy."

"Yami's got an ally, huh?" Link said with a sigh of complaint. Why can't things ever be simple? "Can you tell me about him?"

"Well," Issun said, cocking his head from side to side. "We don't really know a whole lot about him, other than the fact that has the title 'King of Evil.' That sound familiar?" Link stared at Issun with a look that was so intense, the little Poncle thought that young warrior might just kill him for mentioning that title.

"He's back?" the Hero of Twilight muttered. He got up and walked over to a tree, with Amaterasu and Issun giving him curious looks. The young hero punched the tree with enough force to break through the bark and cause his knuckles to bleed. "THAT BASTARD IS ALIVE!?" He turned back to Ammy and Issun. "Do you know where he is?" His voice was now filled with anger and contempt.

"W-we already told all we know," Ammy stammered. It wasn't like her to get nervous, but looking into Link's eyes just then made her feel as though he were the god and she was nothing more than a mortal peasant.

"Damn him," Link said angrily. He sat back down next to Amaterasu, still fuming at the thought of the Evil King being alive. He looked her dead in the eye. "I guess since I know about your enemy, it's only fair that you know about mine."

"What do you mean?" Ammy asked.

Link looked up at the night sky. "The King of Evil. The Dark Lord. The Prince of Darkness. The Demon King. These are all names for one man. The most evil person that this world has ever crapped out. His name is Ganondorf Dragmire." As Link began to explain all he knew about the Evil King, Ammy started to feel sick at the thought that any human could possibly be that evil.

-o-

"It is done," Ganondorf announced with his trademark evil grin. Before him and Yami stood a pair of dark individuals. One was a young man, and the other was young woman of about the same age.

"Good," Yami said dispassionately as his shadowy form approached the young woman. To the girl, he asked, "Who do you serve?"

She smirked. "You and you alone, Lord Yami."

Ganondorf's grin went slightly wider. With a pair of obedient super warriors at their beck and call, he and his colleague would be unstoppable.