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Legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time

-Chapter 2-

-Grove of the Great Deku Tree-

The grand entity that is the Great Deku had seen better days. Its once wonderfully healthy brown bark had faded, as its now wilted leaves slowly started to fall. "Time grows short as Evil arises," The tree muttered, pausing to release several short yet powerful coughs. "Fate has begun to move its pieces into play. Navi! Where areth thou, come hither."

A small fairy, glowing a light blue and wearing a simple blue dress, zipped into the grove and stopped in front of the great tree with a salute. "I'm here Deku Tree, what do you require." "Ah Navi, the time has come. Please bring the boy from another land to me, it is of the most importance so make do make haste." "Of course, sir," The fairy said before darting off towards Kokiri Village.

Navi flew through the thick foliage of the forest with practiced ease, bobbing, weaving, and twisting at just the right times to avoid crashing. Arriving at the village in record time, she floated up above the little huts to try and spot her quarry. Having no luck, she floated down to a blond kokiri girl sitting atop the village store. "Excuse me, do you know where the boy from another land is?"

The kokiri looked up at Navi and thought about it, "If you mean Naruto, he's over with Saria." She said while gesturing to a small hut to the right of them that had small amounts of smoke coming out that Navi dashed towards. "He's said something about making something called ramen." She stated seeming to have missed the blue fairy's departure.

Navi dove at max speed towards her target, the wind whistling in her ears as she shot by, startling a trio of kokiri boys and their fairies as they argued on who really knew everything. She screeched to a halt upon reaching the door and was about to enter when a joyous cry rang out. "Finally! After Three freaking years, I've finally done it!" A boy's voice yelled out. Floating in cautiously, Navi found the unusual sight of a young blond boy with whisker like marks across his cheeks dancing in joy before a large cauldron whilst a green haired girl sat at the table with an amused expression across her face.

Saria looked just as she did three years ago, only now she had a small brown satchel attached to her hip that had a small slingshot peeking out of it. Naruto on the other hand was a few inches taller than he used to be, his hair was a bit longer and less wild with Elia wrapping herself up in one of his locks, he now wore regular Kokiri clothes as his old clothes were a few sizes too small, and had a simple wooden shield and the Kokiri's sword strapped upon his back.

"Well come on then Naruto, with the way you talked about this stuff I'm rather curious myself." Saria said as she tossed him two wooden bowls. The two had been living together ever since he had arrived as the other kokiri (mainly Mido) believed he shouldn't have his own place as he wasn't a kokiri himself. Of course, some (again mainly Mido) were also rather upset when Saria offered for him to continue staying with her and he accepted.

The last three years had been full of the two getting into all sorts of misadventures, such as pranking the other Kokiri, though took months of nagging on Naruto's end to get Saria to go along and even then only as long as the pranks were guaranteed to be harmless. Saria had attempted to teach Naruto how to play her favorite instrument, the ocarina, unfortunately for her Naruto lacked any form of music talent… and was officially banned from ever trying to attempt so ever again. Naruto had also convinced Saria to start carrying something to protect herself, even if it was just a slingshot, after an incident they had with a skull-kid a year prior. That moment is also why he currently carried a sword and shield with him.

Naruto had just filled up the two bowls and placed them onto the table when Navi snapped back to reality and cleared her throat getting the duos' attention. "Oh, hi there, you lost?" Naruto asked as he held his hand out to the fairy. Landing on his palm, Navi shook her head. "Nope, the Great Deku Tree asked me to bring the boy from another land with him, that is you right?" She asked, sighing in relief when Naruto nodded.

"Tree-Jiji needs to talk with me? Why didn't he just call me himself?" Naruto asked confused. "He has grown very ill and has no-Whoa!?" Navi was cut off as both Naruto and Saria stood up at the word ill. Flying out of his hand, Navi saw the two grab their bowls and rush out the door. "Hey! Wait for me!" She called rushing to catch up.

Both slurped down the noodle dish, Saria mentally agreeing that it was indeed a delicious meal, and ran towards the Grove of the Great Deku Tree. Deciding to save her own energy, Navi gently landed atop Naruto's head and snuggled into his soft hair next to Elia. "So fluffy, am I right?" "…yeah."

"Sorry!" Saria yelled over her shoulder to Mido whom had tried to bar the way only to get bowled over. In less than a minute the four of them (counting the fairies) stood before the G. Deku Tree. Saria cupped her mouth in shock as she saw the obvious signs of sickness upon their protector. "Great Deku, what has happened to you? You were just fine yesterday."

The Deku Tree coughed several times before speaking. "A horrid man from the desert appeared before me and demanded an ancient relic from me that I have guarded since ancient times," The tree pauses to cough several more times, "When I refused, he placed a curse upon me that put me in my current state in an attempt to take it by force. Now, I must warn you..." He paused once again only this time due to a large bulge that appeared upon its side. "Prepare yourselves!"

No sooner had he spoken that a massive, spider like creature with a large red eye burst from the tree showering the four in bit of bark and wood. "EMERALD! GIVE ME EMERALD!" It hissed at them before pouncing. Diving in separate direction, Naruto slashed at one of its legs making it hiss angrily while Saria backed away to a safe distance. "Oh, did that hurt!" Naruto called intentionally pissing it off so it would stay focused on him. "Go over to Saria." He said the two fairies in his hair who quickly did as told. "GIVE GHOMA EMERALD!" The monster screeched as it swung two of its forelegs at him forcing him to hop backwards. "Go to a jeweler if you want one so badly!"

While Naruto kept its focus, Saria pulled out her slingshot and aimed carefully. 'Wait for it… wait for it… wait fo-Now!' Releasing the cord, Saria and the two fairies watched as the small rock she launched flew through the air and dug into Ghoma's eye. "GRAHHHAHA!" It flailed its head around wildly, trying to get the sudden intrusion out, only to freeze as the Kokiri sword was buried hilt deep into it's eye as well.

Pulling the sword free, Naruto backed away to where Saria and the fairies were at and watched as the monsters body spontaneously combusted into sick purple flames and began shrinking. Once it finished, all that remained was the desiccated body of a regular spider. Walking back to the tree, tear's fell from all four of them as they saw the gaping hole coming from the Deku Tree as sap oozed freely to the ground.

"Though the beast is slain... You can see the damage done is too great for me to recover… Naruto, the one from another land… I called you here despite knowing you would be endangered in the process… though I have no right to do so… may I ask one last request of you?" Naruto tried to speak but words failed him so he simply nodded. "Take this emerald… keep it safe from the dark one…" As he spoke, a green glow shone through the grove before fading to reveal a glowing green emerald with held in a gold clasp in the shape of a seed. "Take it to the princess… of destiny… the owl will guide you… warn her of…. of the coming threat… of the man of the desert… of Ganon…dorf..."

As the name escaped his lips, the last bit of life slipped away from the once mighty tree and his barked fully faded to a dull lifeless grey. Saria fell to her knee's as sobs wracked her body, Naruto wasn't much better as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close as the tears continued to fall.

-The next Day- -Kokiri Village-

The once welcoming and lively atmosphere was gone, replaced with the somber, depressed air of grievance. Neither Naruto or Saria said a word as he packed a pack with enough food and water to last several days. Navi and Elia floated above the two also in silence, their natural colorful glow muted down to almost nothing.

As the last item was packed away, the Kokiri Emerald itself, Naruto slung the bag over his shoulder. Walking over to Saria, he tried to say something, anything, but the words refused to come out. "I always feared you'd have to leave one day." Saria said as she stared out a nearby window. "You aren't a kokiri, so it was only a matter of time I suppose." Turning to look at him, he saw how her eyes were bloodshot from crying. "I don't want to say goodbye."

"It's not forever, as soon as I deliver this gem I'll-" "That's why I'm going with you." Saria's statement left Naruto shocked long enough for her to pull up an identical travel bag. "Wha… but Saria, if you leave you'll die!" Naruto exclaimed, trying to reason with her. "We don't know that for sure, its only rumored to. Besides if I start feeling unwell or something I can just head back." She stated, Elia landing atop her head just as she sprinted out the front door. "Saria!"

Running outside, Naruto paused only for a second to spot which way she went, giving Navi enough time to dive into his hair, before giving chase. He ran as fast as he could but inside he knew it was pointless as Saria had always been the faster one. Much sooner than he liked, the sight of the main exit from the forest came into view and Saria quickly disappeared down it, much to the shock of Mido who had been standing guard.

Rushing by the still stunned Kokiri, Naruto pushed himself as much as he could. Slowly he started gaining on her, but the forest was quickly disappearing around them. Foot by foot the distance between shrank until Naruto was close enough and he managed to tackle Saria to the ground. Both laid on the ground breathing heavily before a smirk formed upon Saria's lips. "I guess I'm coming along."

Confused, Naruto looked up and finally realized what she meant, the Kokiri forest had stopped several feet behind them. Shoving him off, Saria stood upon and dusted herself off before offering him a hand. "Let's get going then."

-End Chapter-

AN: Surprise! Saria tags along! I did this for several reason. The main two being A. Naruto is not the most intelligent individual, he has no real good long range capability without his Jutsus (Which he will get SOME later on that will be explained then) and is extremely reckless whilst most dungeons and enemies of the zelda verse need someone with good puzzle and problem solving skills, and B. Once he does get a few jutsu and chakra abilities, even just limiting him to basics such as wall/water walking would make many areas and challenges to easy, so now he'll have to worry about and help a traveling companion/ his best friend.