Alright so I've actually had this chapter done for a while, I just wanted to finish something else as well... a one shot! Be sure to check it out if you want, it's Legend of Zelda of course :) But it's summer! That means hopefully a finish to this story and also another story whaaaat?! But yeah I'm hoping to start another Zelda story that I've had in mind a while ago, and since I have more time than hopefully I'll start writing it! But before that, I must finish what I started, so this is chapter 4 of All Over.
I thrust my sword forward and Ghirahim backflipped out of the way. "I know you killed my parents!" I yelled out to him as he snapped his fingers, disappearing before my eyes. So this was how it was going to go...
"How did you do it?" I asked quieter. It was a question I had been asking myself since I first recognized the laugh. "How were you there?"
"I was always there." Just then Ghirahim appeared on the stake again, sitting on it with his legs crossed. "I had been keeping an eye on you two brats since the minute you came crying into this world."
My eyes widened. He was there? The whole time? Just... watching us?
"But how? How didn't I ever see you?" He rested his elbow on his knee and rolled his eyes. "I was always watching you. But from afar. I've lived long you see. So I've been waiting for the two 'destined children,' and so the second I heard of your inevitable existence, I never kept my eyes off of you."
"But then that day..." I said aloud. He was there. I saw him, even if just for a second. "That day was the first day I had direct contact with you Sky children." He said with a smile. "I must admit I did make a mistake in being spotted. Something that was to never happen again. But what can I say, I'm quite a marvelous sight, aren't I?"
I snarled at him, but kept my ground. Best not to get out of control.
"And then the wing ceremony." I growled, "that day you conjured that tornado. You waited for the perfect time didn't you!? All those years just so you could get her at the right time! You're pathetic! Miserable and disgusting!
"OH SHUT UP!" Ghirahim yelled. He jumped to his feet and clenched his fists, glaring at me. "You know, I was betrayed once too!" And that's when I realized he wasn't even looking at me... He was glaring at my sword.
"Nevermind!" He spat. He snapped his fingers and his blade appeared before him. "You've made me upset boy! And I have an appropriate and humiliating death just waiting for you!"
Just then he lunged toward me, but I flipped out of the way. He growled at me as I sliced my sword at him. His hand caught the tip of it, but I had seen this trick all before and thrust the sword out of his hand.
"You're never going to win." I said, my breath heavy. He simply licked his lips and snapped his fingers. Immediately daggers appeared around him and he flung them towards me. I pushed my shield forward and deflected them, sending the daggers back at Ghirahim. They shot right into him and blood splattered as they pierced his skin.
"Enough!" He yelled. I froze, shocked, as his sword disappeared and black smoke whirled around his body. Soon all I could see was a black cloud capturing him from my view.
I stood rigid and still with my sword and shield up. I was prepared for whatever he may bring.
The smoke started to let up. A few wisps floated up, fading away and I noticed a deep brown underneath it. There was a heavy echoing step. Heavier than Ghirahim's prancing feet. And that's when he appeared from the cloud. Or should I say, it.
The skin was a solid, almost metallic brown and on the head was snow white hair, also rigid and still. The eyes were the worst of all. They were completely white with not even a pupil in them. The only way I was able to confirm that this was indeed Ghirahim, was the diamond pattern running across his body in white.
There was something else I noticed on his body though... in the center of his forehead was a small white diamond and in his chest was a large silver diamond, both of which reminded me of someone... "Fi..." I whispered aloud.
"Yes Master?" She appeared next to me and I glanced from her to Ghirahim. "Ghirahim." I murmured, "he looks just like..."
"Affirmative. Ghirahim seems to have changed his appearance. I advise caution when approaching him." I barely even heard her as I continued staring at this new beast in front of me.
He smiled at me, showing his newly formed and sharp fangs, and then started laughing. It got louder and uncontrollable as he continued, his head bent back. He looked familiar to Fi, sure, but he was so monstrous and outgoing, while Fi was calm and collected.
"Who's ready to fight now?!" He yelled and put up his fists in front of him. He wasn't even going to use a weapon! I wanted to get rid of mine, but looking at his large arms and legs, I knew in this form he was too strong for me without my sword.
Ghirahim jumped right in front of me and did a roundhouse kick straight into my chest before I could even react. I flew in the air, and landed several feet away on my back. I groaned right before I heard his solid footsteps approaching. Gritting my teeth, I knew I had to get up and somehow managed to get on my feet. I clutched my chest as I glared at him and he smirked. "Stronger than you thought. Aren't I, sky child?"
I let out a battle cry and rushed towards him, hoping to catch him off guard. He was ready however, and deflected my slices with his own bare arms. What were they, steel?!
I yelled out again and slashed faster, left to right. He managed to keep up, and that's when out of nowhere, I bashed my shield right into him. He stumbled back and I sliced across his chest and the protruding diamond in the center of it.
He backed down for a second, raising a hand to his chest, but then swung his other fist right into my face. I yelled out in pain from the undeniable strength. I wiped my bleeding lip with the back of my hand and that's when I realized I dropped the master sword. How could I be so stupid?!
There was laughter and I looked up to see Ghirahim smiling, holding my sword in his hand. He licked the blade and swung it around a few times. "Look what I found!" He yelled out. He ran to me and started slicing and jabbing at me. Luckily I still had my shield, so I focused on deflecting his attacks.
He suddenly kicked my arm holding the shield, causing my whole torso to be exposed. My arm ached in pain and before I could bring it back up, he sliced the blade diagonally from my shoulder to my hip. I gasped as the pain registered and my whole body stung and burned. In some places my chain mail had protected my body, but in others the chain mail broke and my skin was sliced open, the broken pieces of the chain mail bent into the gash. I couldn't help it anymore and I yelled out in pain.
This just fueled Ghirahim's fire and he smiled devilishly. In my head I was trying to come up with the best plan to catch him off guard and bash him with my shield. Perhaps if I act as though I was going to go into hand to hand combat with him. Then I could whip out my shield at the last minute.
I was just about to put my shield on my back, when Ghirahim raised my sword towards the sky. What was he doing...? No. He couldn't, could he? "Fi-" I started to say, but she wasn't with me right now. I thought back to when I received the sword. Fi never said anything about having to be a certain person to deliver a skyward strike. Just as long as you had the sword, then you could do it.
I quickly glanced up to see light filling the sword from hilt to tip. My eyes instantly widened. My first instinct was to put my shield up, but I knew even my Hylian shield wouldn't be able to block that. I was helpless. I actually had no way out of this. Was I actually going to die? At the fate of my own sword nonetheless? What other weapons did I have?...
In the blink of an eye I pulled out my bow. I had a plan. It was a plan that was most likely going to backfire and make me wind up dead, but hey, I was Hylia's hero after all.
I slowly pulled back an arrow, keeping my breath steady as I looked death in the eye. Ghirahim shook his head with a laugh and lifted the charged sword.
Maybe death wouldn't be that bad. After all, I figured, this life wouldn't even be that worthwhile anymore without her.
I looked Ghirahim in the eye as he sliced the sword vertically in the air, sending a skyward strike directly at me. I watched as the light got closer and closer, sky rocketing towards me. I took a deep breath and slipped my fingers off of the string, sending the arrow straight ahead.
If I had blinked I know I would have missed it. The arrow soared forward, straight through the beam of light. But as it went ahead, it sucked the energy towards the tip, driving it back the way it came. Ghirahim stumbled and yelled out as the arrow drove directly into the diamond in his chest. The energy obliterated the crystal surface, and it broke open. The edges oozed and dripped blood as the arrow fell onto the ground.
"You..." Ghirahim breathed out. "You will never be a hero..." He covered the exposed diamond with his hand as I slowly walked towards him. I went up right in front of him and grabbed the master sword back from his wretched hands. From here I noticed small white wisps escaping from the hole in his chest. "You're right." I whispered. I raised my hand and if what I thought was correct, then this should work. "I'm not a hero." I reached into the hole in his chest and grabbed the hilt buried inside. "I'm a legend."
I yanked at the hilt and slowly unsheathed a large jagged sword. Ghirahim fell to the ground in pain as I examined the blade.
It wasn't like any weapon I've ever seen before, that's for sure. The whole blade was spiked and the same color of brown as his skin. The hilt was a rich black, the end having bat-like wings extended from it.
"Ugh." I turned around to see Ghirahim on his hands and knees. He was trying to cover up with his hand a white smoke now spilling from his chest. I took the tip of my master sword and placed it under his chin. I jerked his head up and forced him to look me in the eye. I spun the dark sword in my hands and smiled at him. I dropped his head and started to raise the large sword, when Fi appeared.
"Master Link." She started, with her calm tone. "I can confirm that raising the blade you received from Ghirahim will seal the demon Lord within it. But I suggest taking a look before you do." She gestured towards Ghirahim, and I turned around, wondering what she wanted.
"Master." She said. "Examine the light coming from Ghirahim's chest." Ghirahim growled at Fi, but she continued. "I sense a strong aura coming from it." I nodded, curious as to what this meant.
"Master Link, this aura is the same as Zelda's. I detect an 85 percent chance that this is Zelda's soul."
What?! So yeah. I'll be sure to update sooner! Thanks for reading and review please! ^^
-Zelgirl48