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The Legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time

-Chapter 12-

-Unknown Place-

Familiar blue eyes slowly blinked open as a deep groan sounded out. Shaking his mind free of cobwebs, Naruto rubbed his eyes as he yawned. "Ugh, Saria-chan is it already… time… to…" His voice trailed off as he noticed how his voice sounded different and his arms were much longer than they should be and gloved. "… … …WHAT THE HECK!?"

Looking down, he saw that he was standing much taller than he used to and wearing different clothes. They were similar to his usual one's color wise, consisting of a long green shirt and white pants. His pouch of stuff hung off a thin belt across his waist as a thick leather strap ran across his chest from his right shoulder to left hip. The weight on his back told him that his shield along with something else. "Naruto?"

Hearing an unfamiliar feminine voice beside him, Naruto snapped his head towards the source and froze. Standing next to him was a young woman around his current height with a budding chest and petite frame. She was wearing a short green cloak over a white blouse with a gold compass on a chain around her neck, a dark red skirt, and tall leather boots that reached just over her knees (Linkle's outfit, hyrule warriors minus crossbows). The most eye-catching feature for Naruto though was the familiar bright green hair atop her head. "S-s-Saria-chan?"

When she slowly nodded her head, Naruto stepped forward and grabbed her shoulders, checking if she was actually real or not. "Hey, did you forget about us." Jumping at the sudden voice, both looked up to see Navi and Elia, who didn't look any different, floating above their heads. "Hi! Nice of you to remember us." Navi said with mild sarcasm as she landed on Naruto's shoulder, Elia doing the same with Saria. "Now that we've all reunited, how in Nayru's name are you two suddenly grown up? And where the hell are we?" She asked, getting the duo to finally notice their surroundings.

They stood on a large platform in the shape of the Tri-Force surrounded by a hexagonal pool of water. In each corner sat a circular platform of a different color, gold, green, red, blue, orange, and purple. The space around them was completely empty other than a few smaller pools pouring above them. "Good question young one," A elderly voice said causing them all to tense. The golden platform glowed brightly and a portly old man appeared on it. "One I have the answer too."

"And just who are you supposed to be?" Naruto asked as he started to reach for the Master Sword (Which was somehow in a sheath on his back). "Peace, I mean no harm," The elderly man said while holding his hands up. Staring straight at him for about a minute, Naruto reluctantly withdrew his hand and nodded. "Fine, but you better give us some answers."

"Of course, as for your friend's question, this place is known as the Chamber of Sages, situated in of the Temple of Light within the very center of the Sacred Realm. The very last fortress against the forces of evil." The man said, shocking them. "Then we need to go, Ganondorf is-" "It is already too late to stop him here."

"What do you mean it's too late!? We have to- Guh!" Naruto demanded as he tried to step off the platform only for a thin blue barrier to appear and knock him back. "Relax young hero, I'm sure you are very confused and upset-"

"Well of course I'm upset!" Naruto yelled, cutting the man off this time. "My best friend and I are suddenly giant! We're stuck listening to some weird old man rambling! And Ganondorf if off doing Kami knows what when we could be stopping him!" He exclaimed, pounding his fists against the barrier that held them till he was left huffing on the ground.

The man waited calmly while Naruto did this several times until Saria stopped him by grabbing him around the neck. "Naruto, calm down… Deep breaths," She told him as he squirmed in her hold for several seconds before slowly calming down. Once he did, Saria turned to the man and motioned for him to continue.

"Well, um… as I was saying, you cannot stop Ganondorf here for the same reason your appearances have changed so dramatically. The Master Sword you drew from the pedestal is a legendary weapon that evil may never touch. Only the Hero chosen by the Goddesses can wield, or Heroes in this case which is most unusual case." He said though muttering the last part so they barely heard it then spoke up again, "When you drew the blade though, you were too young to be said heroes so the Master Sword sealed your spirits here in slumber. That was seven years ago."

All four of them froze at these words as they washed over them. "S-s-seven y-years?" Saria asked. "Yes, seven years," The man said, "In that time, with the door opened, Ganondorf the desert king of the Gerudo's march through the forbidden Sacred Realm and touched the Tri-Force. This gave him the power he needed to become the King of Evil."

"I, Ruaru, and six others known as sages were the ones whom originally sealed the sacred realm away with our power. We would have been able to repel this evil as well but Ganondorf somehow knew of this and had five of the others killed and their temples desecrated with his power to prevent new sages from feeling the call of awakening. The seventh, the one you know as Zelda had managed to escape into hiding while I able to remain unfound here. Without anyone to stop him, he seized control of Hyrule and turned it into a nightmarish place full of monsters."

Ruaru sighed, his shoulders sagging with noticeable exhaustion. "With the others gone, my own power has weakened to so little that the only influence I have left is over this chamber you see before you." Turning to them, he shook his head and stood firm again. "But now that you have aged enough, we have a fighting chance, if you go to the temples and help the new sages to awaken then we shall have the power to stop Ganondorf and seal him within the void of darkness that was once the Sacred Realm. I wish you luck on your quest."

Naruto and Saria were suddenly encased within glowing crystalline prisms that slowly floated into the air as he spoke. "Hey! I ain't done with you yet! Let me outa here you-" Whatever he was going to say was cut off as they vanished in a flash of light. Ruaru sighed once again as he rubbed his head, "I have the feeling I will regret doing that somehow."

-Temple of Time-

"-stupid Jiji!" Naruto finished as He and Saria were dropped into the chamber of the Master Sword. "Ohhh! I'm gonna get him for that, I promise." He growled while shaking his fist at the ceiling, getting the other three to sigh at his antics. "Come on Naruto, you can plot your vengeance later, I don't think it's very safe here." Saria said, gesturing to the worn down and ready to collapse walls surrounding them.

He didn't have time to respond as the sound of something hitting the ground behind them cause them to react. Standing there was an unknown man wearing white and blue clothes that hid all his features other than a single red eye and golden hair. Across his chest was an odd symbol of an eye that looked familiar but none of them could place. Naruto quickly drew his new sword and shield while Saria tried to aim her slingshot, failing however as soon as she pulled the cord the slingshot broke apart in her hands.

The man took a single glance at Saria, tilting his head slightly as if confused before focusing onto Naruto or more specifically the sword in his grasp. "Hero of Time… I have waited a long time to meet you," He said, getting them to tense further, "Relax, I merely wish to pass on a message."

"Yeah, and what exactly would that be? Better yet, why should we trust you?" Naruto asked as he slowly got between the man and Saria. "You seek to help the sages awaken by cleansing their temples, do you not?" He asked, this sent Naruto even further on edge as he got ready to charge only for Saria to grab his shoulder and shake her head. Growling, Naruto backed down and the man continued. "One is within the forests, one in the mountain of fire, one under a vast lake, one within the house of the dead, and one within a goddess of sand. Trust me on this or not, it is up to you. Though I would hurry if I were you, your little friends of the forest are in quite the predicament as we speak."

With his piece said, the man threw something to the ground, blinding them with a sudden flash of light. When it cleared, the man was nowhere to be found. "Let's go," Naruto grumbled as he marched straight out the building, he may not trust that man but he wasn't going to risk the Kokiri's lives because of it.

Sadness filled them all once the sight of the ruins that used to be Castle Town was revealed as they stepped outside. Pushing it to the side, Naruto and Saria cautiously walked through the now desolate pathways as they headed towards the wall. Along the way, Saria reluctantly took an old bow and quiver from one of the various desiccated corpses to arm herself as she had found her boomerang to be in a similar condition to her slingshot.

"SKREEE!" All four of them found themselves frozen as a loud screech rang out. Unable to move, they were forced to watch as several of the corpses along the ground slowly stumbled to their feet and began shuffling towards them. Shaking off the paralysis the quickest, Naruto scooped Saria up in his arms and ran. Heading towards the nearest building he could, he quickly channeled chakra into his feet and started to- *Boom* "AHHH!" *Crash*

They were set flying backwards as the wall exploded the instant he placed his foot onto it. Smashing through several buildings, Naruto was knocked out by the impact while Saria and the fairies were simply dazed. Saria, Elia, and Navi groaned as Saria pushed some of the rubble off of them. Standing up slightly shakily, she hoisted Naruto onto her shoulder and wielded the Master sword with her free hand.

Navi and Elia took the lead, using their small size to scout and flight to scout out the safest and quickest route out of the destroyed town. Stumbling along with them, Saria gagged as the foul smelling blood of the ReDead she decapitated from behind splattered on her cheek. Eventually making it to the remains of the drawbridge, she hobbled across the dry moat and collapsed on the other side with a tired pant.

Sighing to herself, Saria glanced at Naruto who was just starting to wake up then towards Hyrule Field which shimmered from the now sweltering heat before falling back onto her back. "This is going to suck so badly." She groaned as she could already feel herself beginning to sweat.

-End Chapter-

AN: The poll is in and the winner is… Saria! Yeah, no surprise there I guess. Thank you to those who voted and if you didn't get what you voted for, then I'm sorry. Now I honestly had a lot of trouble with this chapter as I had to remake the entire dialog from game logic to life logic, so sorry if it's a crappy one. As for Naruto basically blowing himself up, he has been in stasis or whatever for seven years while he aged, his chakra levels would have increased dramatically during that time thus his control is shot again. Also, I recently ran into 'reading' stories and am curious if someone would be willing to make one with this as I find the concept interesting and humorous. Thank you for reading and please review.