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The legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time

-Chapter 14-

-Entrance to the Forest Temple-

"ELIA/WISP!" Saria and Fado screamed as they saw the two fairies get pulled into the temple. As soon as he was back onto his legs, Naruto charged towards and through the doorway only to find an empty hall. "Elia! Wisp! Can you hear me?!" He called, only getting his echo in response.

Saria, let's go. …Saria?" When he didn't get a response, he turned around to see the horrified look on her and Fado's faces as they laid there frozen. Heading over to them, he crouched down and gently shook her gently, snapping her back to reality. "Come on, we have to get moving."

She only responded by nodding dumbly as she was pulled to her feet. "Fado, head back to the village and tell everyone to stay inside until I come back." Naruto told the small blond, taking charge of the situation. Fado shakily nodded as she stood up before running off into the fog, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Heading back to the temple with Saria in tow, Naruto looked at Navi who was curled up on his shoulder, quivering violently as she clung to his neck. Gingerly scooping her into his hand, Naruto lifted it up and settled her onto his head where she quickly buried herself in his hair, her shaking causing a mild tickling sensation against his scalp that he ignored.

Looking down the corridor, Naruto's gaze hardened, his eyes glowing a bright blue at the sight of various monsters before them. He slowly drew the Master Sword from his back as continued to walk forward, not noticing as a slight orange and blue aura emanating from his body and spiraling down to the blade.

The monsters, large demonic looking hands that scuttled across the floors, ceiling, and walls, tensed upon sensing their presence and charged straight at them…. they were showed no mercy. In less than a minute, Naruto and Saria were at the other side of the hall, and all the monsters were chopped to bits or impaled via arrows.

Finding the door locked, Naruto sliced it apart and they continued forward. The room they entered was a large chamber with cracked brown wall, oddly lush red carpeting, and four brightly burning torches that burned a different color each, red, green, blue, and purple. These flames sat in a perfect square formation around an empty rectangular frame in the center of the room. Two other doors were up some stairs to their left and right.

As soon as they got close to the torches though, four cloaked figures appeared from thin air, one by each torch. The only defining features about them were the brightly colored hoods they wore that matched the flame they stood by, and the purple one who had a crest like crown atop her head. "Eheheheh. Looks like we have some intruders my sisters, you know the drill." She said in a rasping feminine voice as she and the others swooped small handheld torches at the flames and scooped them up and vanishing.

Eye visibly twitching, Naruto sighed as he looked to either side. "Well then, left or right?" Naruto asked while looking to Saria who was still quiet. Seeing her lost expression, he gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Come on, we will get her back, but I need you focused." He told her calmly getting her to slowly nod her head. "…let's go left."

The left path lead to a large enclosed courtyard, with them on an overhang several feet up. Hopping down, they were immediately attacked by a giant Deku Baba that burst from the ground, only to be just as quickly dispatched by Saria shooting through its stem. Slicing the head in half for good measure, the duo looked high and low before finding another door covered in vines.

When they stepped through, both were knocked for a loop at the sight before them. "How the hell?" Naruto asked as he and Saria looked at the Twisted corridor in front of them. Both felt slightly nauseous as they walked forward from feeling their center of gravity shifting to match the floor as they walked. Several skulls on the ground caught them by surprise when they suddenly sprang to life in an emerald blaze to attack them, managing several burns before being taken out.

Eventually getting out of the tunnel, they stood at the bottom of a staircase with an empty picture frame. Halfway up the stairs they found an identical empty painting, but at the top was a painting of the blue Poe that had stolen fire. Taking this as a sign they were close, they walked towards it only to blink in surprise when the painting turned black with a sinister giggle. Naruto shrugged this off and was about to continue forward when Saria grabbed his arm.

"Look," She pointed to the painting in the middle of the staircase, which now had the Poe on it. "I think its hiding inside the painting and switching whenever it sees us." She said, proving her point by walking towards it and causing it to vanish again. "I have an idea," Whispering her plan, Naruto quickly moved to the painting at the top again with his sword poised. Saria stood near the center painting and cautiously peaked out towards the bottom with her bow drawn.

*Twang, Thunk*

"Now!"

Barely registering as the painting she shot bursting into flames, Saria spun on her heel and fired again into the one behind her just as the Poe appeared. Naruto meanwhile raised his blade and drove it straight through the final painting causing it to also burst into flames, only once it flared out it revealed his blade to be impaled through the actual Poe as she screeched in agony.

"Noooooo! My sisters shall avenge me!" She screamed as she dispersed into sapphire flames, her torch falling to the ground and shattering. "Well, that's one down." Naruto said while pulling his sword free. Continuing past the stairs, they walked down another corridor to a large open room with a checkered floor. Just as they were about to enter though, a sudden grinding noise caused Naruto to pause. This ended up saving both their hides as a heavy stone plate crashed to the ground, covering all but a few spaces of the floor.

Navi finally poked her head out from within Naruto's hair and audibly gulped at the sight. "That does not look pleasant." She said in a small voice as they watched the plate rise back to the ceiling. What followed next was a lot of screaming, close calls, and swearing that will all conveniently be glossed over till they reach the other side.

"Never… again…" Saria panted out as they stood on the opposite side of the death trap. She had nearly been squished flat at least four times as they dashed from safe space to safe space to reach this side. "Agreed," Naruto and Navi said simultaneously. Keeping completely alert as they walked down yet another corridor, they soon found themselves at the top of a staircase that was a mirror copy of the one the saw before. The only difference, the Poe in the picture was bright red now.

And unlike last time, as soon as they were in sight of the Poe painting, it automatically burst into flame as the red Poe charged them with torch burning furiously. "This is for Beth!" She screamed while swinging her torch, launching a storm of fire at them. Ducking behind a wall, Naruto pulled Saria close as he held his shield up to deflect any stray flames.

Once the heat died down, Saria popped out from cover and quickly shot the raging Poe's torch from her grasp. "Gah! Why you little-gurk!" Whatever she was about to say was cut off, literally, as Naruto sliced her in half vertically. Ignoring the dispersing remains, the trio quickly hurried along through the room to find themselves inside another courtyard with two doors, one straight ahead and the other several feet in the air to their right.

Taking the easier door ended up leading them back to the main chamber, with two of the torches now burning brightly again. Back tracking, the trio looked up at the sheer climb to the other door. "Are you sure you can do it this time?" Saria asked nervously as Naruto scooped her into his arms.

"For the dozenth time, yes I'm sure." Naruto grumbled as he planted his feet onto the wall and slowly walked upwards. Thankfully, other than the occasional slip up where Naruto slightly lost his grip, the climb went off without a hitch and they stood before the second door.

Opening it lead them to a mostly empty room with a single large picture of the green Poe.

*Shing*

Thick metal bars blocked off the only exit as the green Poe burst from her painting in a flare of fire. "You shall pay for what you have done!" She called as emerald flames swirled around her. When it cleared, in the Poe's place was a large skeletal monster with glowing green eyes, an old cracked shield, and a bent up rusty blade.

"Stalfos, very fast and smart, be careful." Navi informed before ducking back into the safety of Naruto's hair. "Thanks Navi," Naruto said as he charged forward and locked blades with it as Saria hung back, waiting for an opening.

Ducking under an overhead slice, Naruto struck the Stalfos against the chest, only to groan and back off slightly as the bones he damaged rapidly repaired themselves. The same happened when he bashed in the things head with is shield, sliced it in two, and even blew the whole thing up with a bomb. Analyzing the fight, Saria quickly figured out the problem, the Stalfos was just a puppet, they needed to focus on the puppet master.

Looking around, she barely noticed a feint ripple in the air near one of the corners and drew her bow. Aiming towards the Stalfos, she pulled the string back and took a deep breath.

*Twang, Thump*

Naruto was just about to slice the Stalfos apart for the dozenth time or so, when the whole thing fell to the floor with a clatter. Confused, he looked to Saria to see her focusing at something and followed her gaze. Right in the farthest corner of the room the green Poe floated, a shocked expression just barely seeable on her shadowy face as she gazed at the arrow shaft buried in the center of her forehead.

In her stunned silence the Poe dissipated into emerald flames, the only sound being of her torch shattering and the clatter of the arrow falling to the floor. Seconds later, the bars on the door slid free and the two were able to leave undeterred.

"Now what, that was the last room here." Naruto asked as they dropped back into the courtyard. "Let's try the main chamber again, there might have been something we missed." Saria suggested.

Reentering the main room again, they were surprised to see the final Poe sister floating in the center of the room crying. Slowly approaching, Naruto actually felt a bit bad as he heard the ghostly woman cry. "…Beth *sniff* …Joelle …Amy *Hic* you took them all away from me…" She cried while slowly turning around.

"…you took them away… killed them all… I'LL KILL YOU!" She screeched as she suddenly split into four. Naruto was just barely able to grab Saria and leap away as intense violet flames devastated the area. They stood back to back as the four purple Poes circled around them. Saria shot the two she saw while Naruto sliced at the others but neither had any affect as the arrows simple passed through their targets and the other two floated out of range.

Getting frustrated, Naruto unconsciously channeled chakra into the Master Sword making it glow a pure white. Swinging the blade, both he and the Poes were caught by surprise when a wave of shot out in an arch and destroyed one of the copies.

Recovering quickly, the remaining Poes rapidly launched several balls of fire at the duo causing Naruto to pull Saria down and cover them with his shield. Both yelped as stray flames burned their sides and legs. Once the attack stopped, the duo dashed out from the circling enemies and hid behind a stone pillar. "Do you think you could pull that off again?" Saria asked, Naruto response was to hold the brightly glowing blade for her to see.

"Good, then wait for my signal." Without another word, she charged out and shot several arrows at the trio. With their attention held, Saria ran straight along the edge of the room while ducking and dodging the various fireballs launched towards her. Once she was on the other side, she switched to charging straight at them causing the Poes to freeze in surprise.

"NOW!" She yelled while falling into a slide. The reason for this was shown as Naruto popped out from cover and sent a long arching cut that left a moderate gouge into the floor but more importantly sliced through all three Poes. Two vanished instantly while the last cried in pain as the wave cut her deeply, causing soft purple flames to flicker out the open wound.

Screaming in rag and pain, the Poe shot fire randomly through the room until several arrows burst through its chest. Falling to the ground slowly, the Poe weakly wheezed as it spoke it's last words. "You may… have beaten me and my sisters… *Cough, Cough* …but you shall never… make it to save them." She said with a wicked grin across her face as she finally dissolved into flame and the last torch relit.

As the odd rectangle lifted reemerged from the floor, Naruto and Saria approached it cautiously. "What the heck are we supposed to do with this?" Naruto asked, only for Saria to shrug. Help thankfully came in the form of Navi popping back out and saying, "It's an elevator, just climb on and it'll take you down." And then just as quickly ducked back into hiding.

Doing as told, the moment they stepped inside, it shook slightly before sliding down into the ground. Seconds later, the elevator emerged into a new room and settled onto the floor. The room was completely circular with a single doorway leading down a long corridor.

"EEEEK!" Familiar voices screamed out causing Naruto and Saria to sprint down the hall as fast as possible. Bursting through the door at the end, both came to a halt at the sight before them.

Elia and Wisp were trapped, thankfully unharmed, inside a glowing bubble of energy situated on the ceiling. The room itself was a large empty chamber with vines covering the majority of the room. The biggest attention grabber though was the building size, blood red, nine tailed fox with black armor sitting in the center of the room staring at them with a blood thirsty smirk. "Hello Ningens," It said in a deep, intimidating voice that caused shivers to run through them. "You wouldn't believe how long I've been waiting for to see you, particularly you." It said while glaring at Naruto.

"I don't care what you want! Let go of our friends!" Naruto yelled as he recklessly charged the fox. "Make me then," The fox said cockily while swatting at Naruto with its tails. Blocking with his shield, Naruto winced as the impacts shook him to the bone. Rolling out of the way of a second barrage, he sliced one of the tails off with a grin… only for it to quickly vanish as the tail healed itself within seconds.

"Oh, that is so chea-Oof!" Naruto grunted as a tail struck him in the stomach and sent him flying into the wall, the Master Sword flying from his hand and landing next to Saria. The nine-tailed fox casually walked over and pinned the stunned boy to the floor with its paw, completely unaffected by the arrows bouncing off its armored body. "You have something of mine, and I want it back." It said as it lifted Naruto into the air and prepared to eat him.

Reacting quickly, Naruto reached into his pouch and pulled out a bomb. "I hope this is it then!" He yelled while lighting the bomb and throwing it down the fox's gullet before it realized what happened. For a brief second nothing seemed to happen, then the Fox's stomach expanded suddenly as it coughed out smoke and collapsed to the ground.

Pulling himself free from its grasp, Naruto rolled away as the fox stood up and shook its head, several bits of armor dislodging from its body while doing so, revealing a glowing red gem on its back. "…that actually hurt." The fox growled angrily as it glared at the blonde. "Oh, does the poor foxy need a kiss for his boo-boo." Naruto taunted as he pulled another bomb out.

Not bothering with speech, the nine-tails lunged forward and attempted to crush him. Rolling to the side at the last second, Naruto through the bomb at the fox's back, only to stop in surprise as the Fox howled in agony upon its detonation. Saria, who'd run out of arrows at that point also noticed this, or more specifically the cracking gem on its back before looking towards the Master Sword lying next to her.

Naruto grunted as he dodged another attempt at being crushed, and tried to attack with another bomb only for it to be deflected by the beast's tails. Backing up, he groaned as his back hit the wall. "Saria! Little help here!" He yelled while looking in her direction, only to freeze when he saw she wasn't there. Following his gaze, the fox chuckled darkly while turning back to him. "Well, well, see what happens when you rely on others? They leave you to d-"

His speech was cut brought to a halt as Saria dropped from the ceiling, having used the vines to climb up, and onto his back with the Master Sword dug deep into the gem. "GRAAAAAAAHHH!" Howling in agony, the fox bucked and shook trying to knock the unwanted passenger free to no avail. Saria pressed the sword in as deep as she could before twisting it, shattering the glowing jewel and causing the fox to freeze up.

The fox collapsed onto its side limply before bursting into a red miasma, causing Saria to fall to the ground with a yelp. Naruto rushed over to her as Navi popped out of her hiding spot and started treating their wounds. The bubble holding Elia and Wisp captive burst into particles, allowing them to fly down to the others. Elia latched onto Saria's face in joy while Wisp stole Navi's spot inside Naruto's hair.

The reunion didn't continue for long though, as they noticed the cloud of miasma condense together into a spectral version of the fox's head. "Don't think this is over Ningens! I'll be back and stronger than ev-" The fox was cut off again, this time by a shining purple portal opening above it. "I knew giving you power would be a useless endeavor." A disgustingly familiar voice sounded out causing Naruto to pick up the discarded Master Sword. The apparition seemed to quiver slightly before regaining its composure.

"'Lord' Ganondorf, I was just caught off guard, it shall not happen again." The fox said, nearly spitting out the word Lord. "Indeed you won't, as punishment for your failure I banish you to the space between dimensions." Dark laughter sounded out as the fox was sucked through the portal with an angry howl before the portal vanished.

None of the remaining group had any time to react to this as they were all engulfed within a blue light.

-End Chapter-

AN: Sorry it took so long, the original file got corrupted and I had to rewrite the whole chapter from scratch, which is also why this chapter may seem a bit rushed feeling. On the positive side, the people who wondered about the kyuubi now have their answer. Speaking of which, for those who think the Kyuubi was to easy, he was powered up by Ganondorf thus he had to follow Zelda-verse rules, which include the need of a giant, easy to exploit, and obvious weakspot. Thank you for reading and please review.