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The Legend of Zelda: Interloper of time

-Chapter 22-

"Yahoo!" Naruto whooped as he and Saria rode on Epona through Hyrule field at high speed. The blonde had a big smile across his face as he urged the horse forwards, his heart beating like crazy as the excitement flooded through him. He made sure to hold the reigns with a firm grip as he leaned forwards and speak encouragingly towards the horse. Saria wasn't as excited as she clung to Naruto's back, but they were making great time and she did find the whole experience rather enjoyable… minus the chafing to her thighs.

"Somebody stop this thing!" The fairies on the other hand not so much. They couldn't keep pace with the speeding horse and so were forced to cling desperately to Naruto and Saria's hair, Navi being the one that yell out from Naruto's head, as they flailed around from the constant movement.

Thankfully for them, Naruto suddenly pulled on the reigns, causing Epona to come skidding to a halt, though for a different reason entirely. "Uh, didn't this used to be a lake?" Naruto asked with a shocked expression as they looked at the barely pond sized collection of water sitting at the bottom of a sandy crater before them. "Probably Ganondorf's work again," Saria said as they dismounted Epona, "At least we know we're at the right place," Seeing the confused looks on the other three's faces, she simply pointed to the temple entrance that was submerged under the last dozen feet of water, only seeable thanks to the crystal clarity of the water.

"Well that's great and all, but how are we going to get down there? I wouldn't be surprised if the whole temple is flooded, and last I checked neither of you can breathe underwater." Navi said, pointing out the most obvious issue.

"If you wish to enter the temple of water, you must speak with the leader of the Zora." Naruto and Saria practically jumped out of their skin as they turned around to see Sheik standing there calmly petting Epona's snout. "GAH! Don't do that!" Naruto shouted as he held a hand to his chest as he tried to calm his heartbeat down.

"Do what?" You could practically see the smugness coming from the question. "Why you little…" Naruto started to march at the Sheikah, but was stopped by Saria grabbing the back of his short collar. "Thank you Sheik, is there anything else we should know." "Yes, dress warmly," Was all he said before tossing something at the ground, blinding them with a sudden flash of light.

"I really hate when someone does that…" Naruto grumbled as he rubbed the spots out of his vision to find, surprise surprise, Sheik to be gone. "Get over it you big baby," Saria said as they climbed back onto Epona. Naruto just pouted as they cut through the dried lake bed and up the path leading to Zora's domain.

Reaching the branching paths, they had to go ahead in foot as Epona was too big to fit in the trails. "See you later girl, make sure to head straight home got it." Naruto told the horse, getting a soft neigh and his hair nibbled on in response before Epona turned around and galloped off. "I really hope Malon was telling the truth." According to the farm girl, Epona was trained to return home by herself when told to.

"I'm sure she was, what would she have gained by lying?" Navi asked as she floated down to his shoulder and leaned onto his neck, then answered her own question. "Nothing, that's what. Now come on, we're falling behind." "Okay, sheesh I'm going,"

The walk was much less eventful then the last time they were here, mostly cause the lack of water meant no Octoroks to worry about as they traversed the various pathways. The only problem they had was that more than half of the pathways had, or were about to, collapsed due to the vegetation that had grown into them shriveling up and dying, destroying most of the support holding them up.

Thankfully after only one close call, they arrived at the cliff that held the entrance to Zora's Domain. With it no longer being hidden by a waterfall the four of them were given a clear view inside, and at the peculiarly disturbing sight that it held.

"Is that ice?" Saria asked as Elia and Navi flew across the gap to look at the clear crystalline material. As they got close, both started shivering suddenly and quickly backed off before they were more than two-thirds of the way across. "Y-y-y-yep, d-d-definitely i-i-ice." Elia said with chattering teeth as she burrowed herself into Saria hair, completely vanishing from sight except for her natural green glow as Navi did the same with Naruto. "S-s-so… c-c-cold…"

Getting the hint, Naruto and Saria pulled out their Goron Tunics and put them on for added warmth before jumping into the tunnel. As soon as they landed though, both of them wrapped their arms around themselves and started shivering slightly. "H-h-holy c-crap!" Naruto exclaimed as he felt the cold bite into his exposed skin and start worming itself through his clothes.

"This i-isn't n-n-natural, there i-i-is no way t-t-the t-temperature c-c-could change t-t-that rapidly." Saria said as they walked down the tunnel, doing their best not to slip on the icy floors. "F-f-fifty r-rupees says it's old g-g-greenheads d-doing." "T-that's a s-s-suckers bet."

Trudging along, the ice was covered with several inches of fine powdery snow that crunched softly under each step they took. Entering the main chamber, both gapped in horror at the frozen wasteland that had replaced the Zora's home. Everything was covered in ice, icicles as big as a person perched dangerously from the ceiling, and glowing white Keese flew through the air in small swarms.

The worst part was the Zora's themselves, dozens of them were scattered around the room frozen solid. Some were in running positions, frozen mid-stride, others were partially sticking out of the water while swimming. The one thing they all had in common was the look of pure terror set on their faces.

They didn't have long to react though as the Keese became aware of their presence and began swarming down at them. "I-Ice K-keese, don't l-let them t-touch y-you or that part w-will be f-frozen solid!" Navi said as Naruto pulled out his hammer and Saria drew her bow.

"Naruto! Bomb!" "Here!" Naruto tossed her a lit bomb which she quickly attached to the end of her arrow and fired into the swarm above them. The resulting blast wiped out a large chunk of the monsters but had an unintended side effect.

"Run!" Naruto yelled as several of the massive icicles broke free and started falling down at them. Ducking under a small out cropping, the duo covered their faces as the chucks of ice crashed into the ground and shattered, sending fragments of ice flying everywhere.

Once everything settled, Naruto and Saria peeked out from cover to see that most of the remaining Keese had dispersed and luckily none of the Zora-icles had been harmed from the collapse. "Let's not do that again," Naruto said, no longer feeling as cold thanks to the adrenaline running through him.

"Yeah, good idea," Navi said as she sent a small glare at the sheepish greenette and blonde before burrowing back into Naruto's hair. Cautiously stepping out of their cover, the two of them started back up the path towards the throne room, squashing and shooting any Ice Keese they ran into along the way.

Upon entering the throne room, both blinked in surprise at finding the King of Zora's not only frozen, but completely incased in shining translucent blood red ice. "Not quite what I was expecting, but still problematic." Saria said with a sigh as she plopped onto the ground. "Now what do we do?"

Naruto didn't respond, instead looking around the area for anything they might have missed. Spotting something sticking out of the snow next to the frozen king, he clambered up the 'throne' and dug around the area. "Maybe this could help!" He called down to Saria as he held up a large piece of paper covered in sloppy writing as he hopped back down.

Grabbing it from the blonde, Saria quickly glanced over it only to feel a large sweatdrop run down the side of her head.

-To …yo..e who …. this,

We of the Zor…. help, Gano…rf has cursed this d….n to suffer eternal …nter for o..r sal to bo… wn to his will. As I …te ..is my ….ious baby Ruto is attempting to bre…. curse by clearing the ….rkness cloaking the sa…. Temple of Water …. bottom of Lake Hylia. I fear she ma…. unable to do … and ….grave danger. The temple its… is ….most comp…ely filled with water th.., so for a …but a Zora to suc..y traverse it's interior, you must …. sacred armor of the Zora r..al family. It allows … resp..re l..e a Zora It is hid..n in….t… caverns behin…Jabu Jabu's fountain... Please s…e …y daughter,

-King Zora

'You'd think a king would have better handwriting than this,' She thought as she barely managed to understand the mess of words. "Well, if I'm reading this right (and unfortunately that's a big IF) then there should be something at Jabu Jabu's fountain that could help us."

"Fine, as long as we don't have to go inside that stupid fish again, once was enough for me." Naruto said as he and Saria shivered at the thought of walking around in Jabu Jabu's stomach. Climbing back up the throne, the duo squeezed past the frozen King and Naruto smashed open the frozen gate with a chakra enhanced swing of the Megaton Hammer.

"Okay lets gooOOOOOOO!" Saria had started to say, only to slip on the frozen ground and started to slide down the slightly sloped surface with a yell. "SariaAAAA!" Naruto screamed as he rushed forwards to catch her only to end up slipping as well, falling onto the girl as they sped up. The two rolled around in a mess of limbs as their fairies flew into the air to avoid getting squished.

When the blonde and greenette finally reached the bottom and stopped moving, Navi and Elia swooped down to make sure they were okay and to nag at them to be more careful. Instead, they stopped halfway, looked at the sight before them, and broke out laughing as they held their sides. Why you may ask?

Somehow, Saria had managed to end up on top of Naruto in a straddling position as the pair lips were locked together. It took nearly a minute for the both of them to regain their bearings and realize the position they were in, but when they did Naruto and Saria's faces practically glowed crimson as they split apart and scrambled away from each-other.

Standing up quickly, the duo avoided each-others gaze as they dusted themselves off. "Aww, should we start preparing the wedding?" Elia asked in a teasing tone as she landed back on Saria's head. "I better be one of the bridesmaids," Navi said, bursting into more laughter as the two teens sputtered out denials.

Doing their best to ignore both the embarrassment of the incident, and the relentless teasing from the two fairies, Naruto and Saria searched the iced over fountain. Just like inside, everything in the fountain had been completely frozen, including Jabu Jabu who was barely seeable inside a large glacier that stuck out near the center.

It took several minutes, but they eventually found a section of ice that covered a small cave. Fixing the blockage with a quick swing if his hammer, Naruto went into the small cave first before signaling that it was safe. "Well this was a big waste of time…" He muttered as they looked at the completely empty cave. "Let's go, maybe this is just the wrong one."

"No it's the right one, look," Saria said as she stood at the back of the cave, pointing to a part of the wall. Confused, Naruto walked over to where she was and looked closely at the area she pointed at. Carved into the wall and just barely visible, was the ever-familiar triangular symbol of the Tri-Force.

While Naruto was looking at it, Saria dug around in her pouch until she found the Ocarina of Time and put it to her lips.

-Play Zelda's Lullaby-

As she suspected, the moment the last note played through the air, the entire wall sank into the ground, revealing a hidden room with a single large chest made of blueish wood with silver inlay.

Approaching the chest slowly, never know if there might be more traps, she and Naruto pulled up the heavy lid to reveal two sets of neatly folded up armor sitting at the bottom. They matched the chest's theme, being made mostly of blue fish-like scale armor with silver edging and decorations. "That… that is way to convenient." Naruto commented as he looked around suspiciously.

He highly doubted that there just happened to be exactly two sets of the magic armor that supposedly let them breathe underwater just sitting around in the same place for them to find. There was no way they were that lucky, and was one of them steaming slightly?

-Realm of the Goddesses, Five minutes earlier-

"Ha… ha… ha…" Din panted tiredly as she sat next to her personal smithy. Bits of silver and blue metal littered the workspace, several disfigured looking sets of armor scattered across the room. "Those brats better be thankful for this." She said as she held up a perfect replica of the Zora armor she made so many years ago. Brushing off some metal shavings, she carefully folded it up and teleported it away with a brief flash of red light.

-End Chapter-

AN: Will the people who keep PMing me asking me to put Naruto in either a harem or with both Zelda and Saria please stop. The pairing is set and staying that way. Thank you for reading and please review.