Kenta: I just recently reallized that this is actually THE most popular story I've now got on FFdot net. It's also THE biggest story I've ever written, as the only fanfic I had that even came CLOSE to the chapter count would be Kyuuto's Revenge, which was a story I started when I first made an account on here nearly four years ago.

Wow time flies. Especially when you're having fun! Most of the time I feel like I'm rushed to update some of my stories, but with this one I just keep getting ideas and I just keep updating. It's a much cooler feeling than having this feeling like I have to update before a certain date. Thanks for being so supportive guys!

Anyway, just so everyone knows, I recently pre-ordered the 3DS Ocarina of Time game, which means most likely the next story that I will be writing in Legend of Naruto style will probably be Ocarina of Time. And just curious, would you guys actually like that? A sort of series of NarutoXZelda crossovers? They won't all be the same, like in Minish Cap, Naruto would actually be a Forest Minish and instead of Ezlo helping him it'd be Itachi or someone else. Just a few ideas. I'll be putting more down on my profile under my Stories list, so if you guys want to see anything in particular let me know!

Sorry about all of this author stuff, just had to get it off my chest. Here's the story!

Naruto looked up, the Eldin Springs in front of him. A voice suddenly rung in his head and Naruto knew Eldin was talking to him.

"Heroic Naruto, northeast of here is the province of Lanayru, you shall find the item you seek, and the last of the people you search for."

Naruto frowned. That's right, he was still missing one villager...

"Sakura." Naruto mumbled. The sound of a door opening made Naruto turn. There, a small boy smiled at him, hope in his eyes. "INARI!" Naruto ran to the boy, who tried to meet him halfway, but fell down. Naruto held onto the boy, making him look up at him. "Take it easy, don't go pushing yourself. Especially after an experience like you went through." Naruto said helping him back to his feet.

"Sakura..." Inari started.

"Hmm?"

"You've got to save Sakura! Those monsters left me with the other children, but they probably took her somehwere else! Please Naruto, you have to save her!"

Naruto sighed, putting on a smile. "I know. I'll save her, don't worry, okay?"

"Don't worry about the children, we'll take care of them, especially since we now have weapons to defend ourselves with." Sasori said turning to a madly grinning Deidara.

"YEAH! UN! I FINALLY GOT MY BOMB SHIPMENT BACK! WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS!" He laughed, tossing a bomb in his hand. It was possibly the size of an apple, and had a wicket sticking out of the top.

"Is that, a bomb?" Naruto deadpanned. "How is that going to help you guys?" Deidara grinned evilly.

"Watch this." He grinned as he handed Naruto something that he had never seen before. "This is my art! I can equip any projectile with a bomb, including arrows!" Naruto stared at the bomb-arrow combination before looking at Deidara.

"You made my arrows...explosive?"

"I can, and if you can cough up the cash, I will. But just to show you a demonstration of it's awesome power, I'll let you have these five arrows for free." Deidara pointed to the arrows. "Just use your gauntlet to make the arrows spark. You've got about a ten second interval before it goes off by itself, or, if it hits something, it will explode anyway. Give it a try on that rocky area over there." Deidara said pointing to an area behind the Springs.

Naruto shrugged before taking an arrow and igniting it. He quickly aimed and shot the arrow straight at the spot Deidara had pointed to, and...

KABOOM!

"Woah!" Konohamaru stared in awe.

"That was awesome!" Moegi exclaimed.

"But I don't have a bow or anything..." Udon pouted.

Midna, who was watching in amusement, suddenly got a bad feeling run down her spine. She quickly looked up to see Naruto, his face emotionless.

'Uh-oh'

"Naruto? Are you okay?" Inari said, Naruto still staring at the explosion site. Deidara merely grinned.

'Score one for Deidara the bomb master.'

"Uh-oh...Naruto? Are you okay? Naruto?" Inari suddenly started paling. "Uh, guys? I think Naruto's about to..."

Naruto suddenly started shaking rapidly, his mouth twitching upwards. A demonic aura suddenly appeared around Naruto as he suddenly screamed out "HEEEEELLLL YEEEEEESSS!" The group suddenly jumped back, unsure of what they were seeing as Naruto suddenly turned towards Deidara, an evil grin on his face. "HOW MUCH..."

Deidara grinned. "Since you got me my supplies back, I suppose I can do a special for ya. I'll give ya a bomb bag, full of bombs for a hundred and fifty rupees."

"WHAT?" Konohamaru shouted. "There's no WAY Naruto has that much...cash..." Konohamaru stared in shock as Naruto pulled out his wallet, emptying it to show he had about three hundred rupees.

"And for the Bomb Arrows?" Naruto grinned evilly.

"I'll give ya a set of thirty Bomb-Arrows for about...forty rupees."

Clink. Clink.

Naruto grinned maniacally as Deidara handed him the bomb arrows, tossing the two red rupees in his hand. Naruto's maniacle laughter started up again, and would keep echoing in the village for the rest of the day.

The next morning, Naruto had calmed down. He was still grinning from all of the fun he had yesterday, and he had already bought another set of bomb arrows to replace all thirty of the ones he had used the other day, but as he exited the hotel that Inari was treated at, he frowned. He was still missing a shield. His wooden shield had been burnt when he had faced Fyrus, and he would need another one before he left the village. But where would he get one?

"Ah! Brother!" Naruto turned to see a Goron walking up to him. "I have heard of your works in the Mines, and now news of you is traveling to all other Gorons. On behalf of our Patriarch, Darbus, we would like to give you this." The Goron handed Naruto a bag and, when Naruto looked in, he found multiple bombs! Much bigger that the ones Deidara had. "These bombs are much more powerful, and we would not dream of anyone trying to use them, but seeing as you've saved us, you are more than worthy enough to use them. And if you ever want to take a hot spring bath, you are always welcome in our mountain!"

With that, the Goron curled up before rolling back towards the mountain. "Well, that was nice of him and all, but I don't think I'll be going back up that mountain for awhile..." Naruto sighed. He then started walking through Kakariko village, now able to actually look around. The past few times he had come through here he was always rushed, so he couldn't do much. Walking back towards the spring where Epona was resting, Naruto spotted a store near the hotel. Coming closer, Naruto twitched. There were posters of Udon grinning placed all over the building.

"What is he thinking?" Naruto said walking inside. He found Udon behind a counter, setting up merchandise. "Udon, what are you doing?" Naruto asked, startling the boy.

"Oh, Naruto, it's you. Well, since everyone seems so worked up about helping out, I figured I'd help out too. I've decided to open up a shop here. Have a look at my wares." He said waving his hand to his right. Narto quirked an eyebrow as he started looking at what Udon had to sell. A red potion, some arrows, (I should probably get more of those later), a wierd hawk mask and a shield.

"I dunno, I don't see any...wait a minute! Where did you get THAT?" Naruto shouted, pointing to the metal, Hylian Shield.

"Ah yes, I had found it in the graveyard. Apparently some Knight had gotten killed here and he left his shield. It seemed to be a waste, so I took it."

Naruto twitched at Udon. "You know that's called stealing..."

"I call it new stock."

Naruto slapped his forehead. 'and now I'm about to set a bad example...' "Okay Udon, how much for the shield."

"You're going to put it back?"

Naruto sighed. He was going to get it now. "No, my old shield burnt up trying to get you guys the bombs, so I need a new shield."

"Aha...well, I suppose I can part with it for seventy rupees."

"SEVENTY?" Naruto shouted, shocked.

"What? You paid a hundred and fifty for a bomb bag."

"That was for the bag AND bombs...you know what, forget it." Naruto pulled out the last of his money. "Here you go."

"Thank you for doing business." Udon said handing him the shield.

"You are an evil little child, you know that?" Naruto said glaring at him.

"Compliments are appreciated." Udon smirked.

After running around Hyrule field beating monsters and getting some money back, Naruto sat on a hill, the sun starting to set in the west.

'North of here, in the province of Lanayru, you shall find the item you seek, and the last of the people you search for.' Naruto thought, remembering Eldin's words. 'So that means that Sakura and the last Fused Shadow piece are basically in the same area...' He looked down at his boots. 'I've been fighting monsters so much...I don't really know if I want to stop. I mean, I've never had so much fun. Sure, it's been scary at times...but...'

"What's wrong? I thought you wanted to save all of the villagers?" Midna said appearing next to him. Naruto turned to her for a moment, watching her.

'I've met an imp, became a fox, defeated dozens of monsters...and everytime I end up looking at her I can feel myself tensing...'

"What?"

'What am I going to do when this is all over?' Naruto frowned as he looked back towards the far off horizon.

"If you're going to stare at me you could at least SAY something..." Midna grumbled.

"What are you going to do once you get all of the Fused Shadow Midna?" She tensed. "Are you going to go back home? You're an imp, yet you know alot about these fused shadows...and those wierd shadow things that I keep fighting in the Twilight Realm...are you going to use the Fused Shadow to destroy all of them?" He turned to her. "What are you going to do when this adventure ends?"

Midna stared at the blonde. Was he...sulking? Was he that saddened that the adventure he was on was coming to a close? He looked like he was ready to cry...

"Well, I...well...um..." Midna was completely at a loss for words. She thought this guy HATED what he was doing. He was always shaking, always yelling, always complaining, yet now, looking at him as the last piece of the fused shadow remained...he was sad? "I don't know..."

Naruto stared at the imp. She looked like she was really at a loss for words. Naruto smiled weakly.

"Heheh, sorry. I must seem like a pretty sad hero, huh?" The blonde said getting up. "Anyway, I still owe you for helping me, and I already promised you that I'd help you get all of the Fused Shadow pieces, so I guess I'll have to have as much fun as I can before it all ends, huh?" Naruto said grinning brightly. Midna stared at him for a moment. The way he seemed to smile, even with all of his grief and sadness, especially as Twilight began to fall...

Midna quickly turned around. "Y-yeah. So let's go!" She returned to his shadow. Naruto watched his shadow for a moment before saddling up on Epona and riding to the north. Midna watched the blonde from his shadow, trying to calm her rapidly beating heart.

'What was that?' She wondered.

Kenta: Wow, after sixteen chapters I've gotten through the prologue and the first two dungeons...but I'm not even halfway done yet, so please stay with me guys! Next Chapter Naruto is ready to head back to the Twilight Realm, and after he gets all of the tears he gets to hear about the Fused Shadow pieces. How will he react to it? What will happen before he goes to Hyrule Market? Will he get some help later? MUAHAHAHAHAAA! You guys gotta wait!

But it will all come in due time.

Kenta Raikiri