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The Legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time

-Chapter 13-

-Hyrule Field-

"Ha… ha… ha… So… hot," Saria wheezed as she wiped the sweat from her forehead. Naruto nodded weakly beside her as they trudged through the baked landscape, Navi and Elia's didn't say anything as they were currently in the pouches clearing out the seven-year-old moldy food. They had been walking for most of the day now, and it had only gotten hotter since then.

Add in that they were out of food, it was hot, low on water, it was hot, tired, oh and did I mention it was hot, because it was really freaking hot. Saria had her hood up to cover her from the sun while Naruto used his shield. "And that's the last of it," Navi grunted as she shoved a mushed-up ball of goop out the pouch before wiping her hands off with Naruto's shirt. "That was honestly the nastiest thing I've ever done." She gagged as she floated onto Naruto's head and in the shade.

"No kidding," Elia said as she did the same with Saria's pouch before huddling under her hood. Not much talking was done after that as they continued their long march. When night started to fall, all four sighed in relief as the temperature rapidly cooled. Saria used the map to find a small river that thankfully had a trickle of water still running through it.

Deciding to stop for the day, Saria began setting up the tent and building a fire while Naruto scoured the area for anything edible with Navi's help. Currently the young man and fairy duo were crouched at the river bed, Naruto holding a sharpened branch as a spear. "Please tell me those are safe to eat." He quietly begged as they stared at a group of frogs lazily hopping around. Navi hummed softly as she examined them before nodding, "Common river frogs, they should be fine."

"Good," Naruto slowly stalked towards the unaware amphibians before rapidly striking with the spear. A few minutes later, Naruto could be seen happily roasting said frogs over the fire with Navi perched on his shoulder. "Okay, they'll be good for a bit, get back to your exercises." She told him, getting him to grumble as he placed an old dried leaf on his forehead only for it to groan as it went flying off a few seconds later.

Ever since the accident at the ruins of Castle Town, the other three had banned him from using his chakra until he redid all the chakra control exercises. Saria was having a similar issue with her bow as she found she could channel power into her shots like her slingshot but were much more powerful than before as well, leaving large cucco sized caters wherever they struck. Her accuracy had also dropped as she was still unused to using said bow.

Now though, Saria was sitting next to Naruto at the fire staring at the flames as she rubbed her arms. Occasionally she would stop to look at her legs or arms, a lost and confused look across her face that worried Naruto. "Hey…" He called softly, causing her to look up at him, "…are you okay?"

"I… I don't know, I feel so strange," She admitted as she went back to staring at her hands. Naruto grew somber as he glanced at his own arms. "Yeah, I know what you mean." Everything felt off ever since they'd awaken in the Temple of Time, things felt different, sounded different, heck some things even seemed to taste different. Though Naruto was sure this was affecting Saria much worse than him.

Trying to comfort her, he wrapped his arms around her shoulder and pulled her close. "Well, no matter how odd things are, at least we still got each-other, right?" He asked, a large grin on his face. Saria stayed quiet, simply snuggling deeper into his grasp as she continued to try and process all this.

When the frogs finished roasting, the quartet ate quickly before turning in for the night. Thankfully, the tent was just big enough for Naruto and Saria to squeeze into and sleep, though the close space left both slightly embarrassed.

-Next Morning-

Waking up as soon as the sun started to rise, Naruto caught several more frogs to eat now and later while Saria collected as much water as she could from the small trickling stream. Walking as quickly as they could, they were thankfully able to reach the edges of the Kokiri Forest a little after noon.

As soon as they stepped under the shade of the trees though, an odd conflicting sensation formed inside Saria's chest. On one side, she felt a strong joy and euphoria of finally being home, but on the other, she felt as if something was telling her she didn't belong here and should leave. It sent an uncomfortable shiver down her spine that really confused her.

Seeing Naruto giving her a concerned look, she quickly shook it off and said, "Just a little chilly after being in the sun all day." The look on his face told her that he didn't believe her, but he didn't push it as they continued to navigate through the thick foliage. They followed the familiar paths they wandered as kids, though with great difficulty as they were clearly not meant for adults to use.

Eventually managing to stumble upon the entrance to Kokiri Village, Naruto and Saria felt their hearts freeze. The once lively and cheerful place was now a disaster. Deku Baba's and Deku Scrubs littered the area as all the houses had been boarded up or sealed closed. Several of the Kokiri children were seen jabbing the creatures away with sharpened sticks through small gaps in the homes.

Drawing his sword, Naruto rushed forward and quickly sliced several of the attacking monsters to pieces. Saria wasn't idle either as she drew her bow and turned a fair few into bloody smears. When all of them were taken care of, Naruto shook the blood free from his blade and sheathed it while walking up to the barricaded door closest to him.

*Knock, Knock* "Hey, you all okay in there?" He asked only to hop back to avoid getting jabbed in the eye. "Get outa here you monsters, nobody wants you!" A familiar voice yelled causing Naruto to blink. "Mido? Hey Mido, calm down we aren't monsters."

There was dead silence for several seconds, "H-h-how do y-you know my name?" Mido's voice called back shakily. "I know your name because we know each-other! It's me, Naruto!" There was complete silence once again, only this time the door slowly opened and two eyes cautiously peeked out. As soon as they caught sight of him though, they narrowed before Mido burst out of the hut with a yell.

"NARUTO! This is all your fault!" Naruto could only blink in surprise before he felt a huge amount of pain between his legs as Mido punched him in the crotch. Falling to the ground, he barely registered the various other punches hitting him as he cradled his groin with a whimper.

"It's your fault the Great Deku Tree is dead! It's your fault Saria left and died! And It's your fault all these monsters keep attacking us!" Mido yelled as he punched at the helpless blond before his arm was grabbed from behind by Saria, completely freezing as she said. "Hello Mido, long time." Mido's head slowly turned around and he locked eyes with the greenette and her fairy. "S-Saria?" "Yes Mido, now what have I told you about blaming other people for things?"

-One long scolding later-

The Kokiri, minus Mido, were looking at Saria in shock and awe as she asked about what had happened while they were gone. Mido explained how after they had left, the Kokiri had assumed Saria had died from leaving the forest and that it was because of her and the Deku Tree's death that all the monsters had showed up.

While they were talking, Naruto was doing a head count of them all and found someone missing. "Has anyone seen Fado?" He asked, his worry growing as all of them shook their heads negatively except for Mido. "She said she felt something drawing her towards the lost woods, something about trapped spirits." He mumbled out.

Even more worried, the quartet headed out in search of her. Walking into the lost woods, an eerie feel washed over them as they walked through the foggy area. "You used to go in here all the time, any idea where she might be headed?" Naruto asked. "Yeah, my old private spot. I used to always find myself there when I needed to think, it's right uum,"

Saria had started to march ahead only, only to stop as confusion filled her being. "It's uh, its…" She kept looking left and right, trying to remember which way to go only to come up with a blank. "I… I… I don't know…" She muttered, not understanding why she couldn't remember.

Before she could question it further though, a soft hum echoed around them. "Isn't that… … your favorite song?" Elia asked as they listened to the humming. "That's gotta be Fado!" Naruto said excitedly as he grabbed Saria's arm and ran in the direction the tune came from.

Rushing through the foggy terrain, they hurried as the singing got steadily louder until they burst into a clearing. To their relief, Fado stood before them, calmly humming away atop a small stone platform with her guardian fairy Wisp floating above her. Before her was a large stone door that seemed to be reacting to her humming as it glowed bright green in sync.

"Fado!" Saria called in relief as she rushed up to the small blond and hugged her tightly. This seemed to knock the girl out of whatever trance she was in as she blinked several times before registering the greenette. "Huh... Saria? ... ...Saria!" She yelled happily, returning the hug. Placing the girl down, Saria's face quickly grew stern.

"What are you doing out here? The lost woods are dangerous, especially n-*CRASH*" Saria was cut off mid rant as the door behind her exploded into rubble. Out of the dust, a long, red furred, tendril shot out and attacked. With little time to react, Naruto hopped in front of the two girls, holding up his shield to absorb the blow only for him and the others to get blasted backwards by the force.

Dazed from the impact, none of them could react as two were grabbed by the tendril and pulled back into the doorway with muffled screams. "ELIA/WISP!"

-Chapter end-

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Extra: The big question

-Chamber of Sages-

"Hang on," Naruto said, interrupting Ruaru mid explanation. "If we were just stuck in some weird sleep thing for seven years, where the heck did these new clothes come from?" He asked while gesturing to his current attire. "Um, well, uh…" The sage of light fumbled as he hadn't expected them to ask about that.

"Wait a second, did you change our clothes you perv?!" Naruto yelled as Saria covered her chest and crotch with a furious blush. "What?! Of course not! I would never!" "Then how do you explain it, Jiji?!"

"Uhhhh…"

-Two months earlier, Clothing store-

"How's this look?" Din asked as she held a fancy dress over Saria's sleeping form. "To fancy," Farore rejected as she checked the various clothing racks of the store they were in. The mortals of the area were passed out on the ground and piles of tried clothes littered the area.

"Oh, how about this then?" Din held up a pair of black tights and stretchy mini-shirt. "To skimpy," "Oh, you're no fun…"

-Present-

"…Gifts from the goddesses?"

-The end-