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BGM: Hades' Infernal Theme (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
"Time! Space! Reality! It's more than just a boring ol' linear path! It's a prism of boundless entertainment! A single choice can branch out into infinite realities and infinite amusement from yours truly! Alternate universes created from the ones that we know and love! I am Lord Hades, your handsome guide to these wonderful and boundless fun of opportunities! Follow me, if you dare… and bask in the neverending torturous question of:"
SUPER RWBY: WHAT IF?
"What If!"
End BGM
"Well, how's that for a beginning? Chiaki lives her dream and teams up with Link and Midna! She even helped stop Stallord! Wonder what she'll stop next? Let's get this party rolling!"
What If… Chiaki Got Isekai'd to Hyrule? (Part 2)
"Wonder if she'll figure out a way to stop Ganondorf… that should be fun!"
"Mmmm…" Chiaki moaned in her sleep.
"Every good show needs a heart stomping first act, doesn't it?! It's PUNISHMENT TIIIIIME~!"
"Nnngh…"
"Okay! She's already reached the midpoint of my death dungeon! How many more labeled traps can the Super Highschool Level Gamer avoid? Because so far, Nanami's been doing aces!"
"I… I can make it…" She groaned. "I can make it…"
"Zzzzz…" Link snored.
"Aaagh!" Chiaki yelped, clutching her head in her sleep.
"Zzzz… wha…? Zzzz… Epona, you're so soft… zzzz…"
"Not like this… aaagh…"
"You… you're not gonna beat me… you're not… gonna beat me… this… this game is stupid… classmates… kick your butt…"
"Aw yeah, there's the hope I wanna crush! More of that, please! When it's gone, you'll have absolutely nothing! Despair needs a springboard! The grisly death of hope seems to be the natural choice… hop to it, missy! Get them legs movin'!"
"H-Hate… y-you…" Chiaki whimpered.
"Zzzz… huh…?" Midna rubbed her eyes, seeing Chiaki squirming in her sleep. Must be having a nightmare…
"I'm not… giving up…"
"I heard the power of friendship works miracles! I'll give you a ten second head start. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven-"
"AAAAAGH!"
Midna's eyes widened. "What's going on…?!"
"Zzzz… no Lon Lon Milk for me, thanks… zzzz…"
"Chiaki Nanami. Trusted. Beloved. Your untimely demise will scar your friends for life! Despair will corrupt them to the bone!"
"I won't… lose… to someone like you…"
Midna got closer to Chiaki. "Hey… wake up… you're having a bad dream. I'm not sure what it is, but… come on, wake up!"
"Glad you made it~!"
Chiaki reached her hand out as Midna looked at her hand and grabbed it, right when a spear impaled her in the dream. "GAH!" She yelped, sitting straight up and panting heavily, sweat rolling down her head. "Hah… hah… hah… hah…"
She hadn't realized that Midna was holding her hand, or was right next to her.
"Chiaki, are you okay?" She asked as Chiaki clutched her chest, her foot, her arm, her shin, her head. She closed her eyes and tightened her grip on Midna's hand, unaware of Midna close to her.
"Why… why me…"
"Chiaki?"
Chiaki turned to Midna, who was looking at her with concern. She said nothing as she hugged MIdna tightly, softly crying. "Oh! Oh… there there, it's okay. That nightmare's over." She whispered.
Chiaki's breathing eventually slowed down, able to control her breathing. "Th-thanks Midna…"
"I don't mean to pry, but… was the dream really that horrible?"
"I relived my execution in the dream… where Junko just…" She shuddered.
"Oh…" Midna grimaced and rubbed her shoulder. "It's gonna be okay… you're here far away from that demon."
"I know I'm okay, but all my friends aren't…" Chiaki rubbed her eyes.
"I'm sure you'll save your friends from despair."
"I hope so…"
Chiaki closed her eyes, falling back asleep as she fell on her side, taking Midna with her. "Whoa!" Midna exclaimed before chuckling, closing her eyes and sleeping next to Chiaki.
Later in the morning…
"Mmmm…" Link stretched as he woke up, cracking his back as he turned around to see Chiaki cuddling Midna. He let out a chuckle. "That's adorable."
"Ibuki… your songs are amazing…" Chiaki mumbled in her sleep as Link walked off somewhere, coming back with breakfast right as Chiaki woke up and realized she was cuddling Midna.
"O-oh…!" Chiaki blushed as she released Midna and yawned.
"Hungry?"
"Yeah." Chiaki nodded as she immediately ate breakfast while Midna stirred in her sleep.
"You look a little out of it. Had a rough night?" Link asked.
Chiaki frowned. "Had a nightmare… It was reliving my execution."
Link grimaced. "Oh… that's rough."
"Yeah…"
"But uh… look at the bright side. At least you're not… uh…" Link rubbed his head. "Gee, how do I make this sound not as bad…" He mumbled to himself. "At least… you have a second chance?"
"Yeah, but all my friends are wrapped up in despair…"
Link rubbed his head. "Well, uh… I know you can probably save them from despair…? Aaagh, I got nothin'..."
Chiaki gave him a small smile. "Don't worry about it. The fact that you're trying to cheer me up is enough. Thank you…"
Link nodded with a smile, and then had an idea. "Wait, I think I know what'll cheer you up."
"You do?"
"Come with me. I have an idea."
The trio walked out as Link pulled out Ilia's Charm and played Epona's Song, where they would see Epona galloping toward them before stopping. Epona looked directly at Chiaki in confusion with a snort. "Easy girl… she's with us. She's nice." Link said gently as he motioned his head to Chiaki.
Chiaki slowly approached Epona, slowly reaching her hand out as Epona stayed motionless, but when her hand got closer, Epona moved her head and let her touch her snout. Chiaki smiled as she rubbed it. "Soft…" She smiled as arms grabbed her waist. "Wah!" She yelped as Link picked her up and put her on Epona's back, then he climbed on as well.
"Alright, I know a particular place!" Link said. "Yah!"
Epona whinnied and then galloped away as the wind blew through Chiaki's hair. She couldn't help but laugh, closing her eyes and letting all her worries just melt away.
A few minutes later…
BGM: Stables (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Epona trotted into a ranch. "Whooooa." Link said, causing Epona to stop as he hopped off.
"Where… are we?" Chiaki wondered as she looked around.
"Lon Lon Ranch."
Lon Lon Ranch?! Chiaki thought in surprise as she hopped off. "What are we doing here?"
Link chuckled. "Figured you could have a companion with ya." He said as he walked over to a girl who was busy working. "Hey, Malon!"
"Oh hi, Link!" Malon greeted. "How's Epona treating you?"
"She's doing well. Listen, I was wondering if you have a horse for my friend here."
"Oh, certainly! We have plenty of them to choose from."
At that moment, Chiaki looked around at the available horses. Some were brown, some were white with brown manes… nothing really struck her fancy.
However, she spotted one horse that caught her attention. The horse in question was black, while also having metal plating on the hooves and a purple mane. "Whoa…" She whispered.
"Hmm? That's a peculiar one." Link said.
"Yeah, it's definitely a unique horse. We found her a few years ago but wouldn't exactly fit in with any of her friends. No one knows where she belongs either." Malon explained. "Bit of a wild one too."
Chiaki approached the horse as the horse looked at her. It then trotted over to her as Malon flinched, only to see it stopping and nuzzling Chiaki, causing the gamer girl to giggle. "Whoa…"
"Well, I'll be." Link chuckled.
"Does she have a name?" Chiaki asked.
"Nope. My dad calls her Blackberry, but I think she despises the name given I've seen her eat his hair every chance she gets."
Chiaki smiled, gently caressing the horse's snout. "How about if I call you… Ibuki?"
The horse snorted, seeming to like the name better than "Blackberry", as she let Chiaki climb on her. "Ibuki, it is!"
"If I didn't know any better, that's probably one of her friends back in her world." Midna said from within Link's shadow.
"How much?" Link asked, pulling out his wallet.
"Eh… don't worry about it." Malon waved it off. "Uncle Ingo was planning on getting rid of her soon, so I'll just tell him that she ran away in the middle of the night." She winked.
"You sure?"
"Yeah. Yesterday, he went "That horse is a danger to us all! If we don't get rid of it, it'll kill someone! I'll kill it tomorrow in the afternoon"!"
Link sweatdropped. "Huh…"
"Awww, but she's an absolute sweetheart!" Chiaki said as Link reached up and nuzzled Ibuki's face.
"That's what dad and I keep telling him, but does he listen? Nope." Malon tossed Chiaki a bottle of Lon Lon Milk. "Here, have this!"
"Thanks." Chiaki stored it away as Ibuki and Epona took off, away from Lon Lon Ranch.
End BGM
A few minutes later…
"Sooo, where to first?" Midna wondered, sitting on top of Epona's head.
"If I may." Fi came out of the sword. "I failed to mention that Master Link can dowse for items."
"Dowse for items? Cool. …What's dowsing?" Link asked.
"You can use your sword as kind of like a metal detector." Chiaki explained as they looked at her weirdly. "Er… I mean, item finder."
"Chiaki is correct. For example, you can now dowse for the Mirror Shards."
Link pulled out the Master Sword, seeing that it was glowing. "Huh, I'll be darned…" He mused as he looked around as it started ringing like crazy after he pointed it at Chiaki's head.
"Oh look, you found one on Chiaki's head. You really are good at dowsing for items!" Midna snarked, causing Link to shoot her an annoyed glance. She shot back with a teasing smirk while Chiaki snickered.
Link turned around, picking up on something from afar. "One's close by."
Midna noticed what he was pointing it as she looked into the distance. "Soooo, is it beyond Mount Lanayru or-"
"No, I think it's in Mount Lanayru."
"Are you kidding?! That place is cold!"
"Oh, you'll survive." Link put the Master Sword away as Fi went back inside. "Let's go!"
"Right behind you." Chiaki nodded, urging Ibuki to go forward as both horses headed straight for the mountains.
Sometime later…
BGM: Snowpeak (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Brrr… it's a little brisky." Chiaki said.
"I've been through worse… maybe." Link responded as they walked through the snowy mountain as he dowsed for the mirror shard, pointing him in the right direction as they kept going as both horses climbed up the mountain, Epona batting away a few Ice Keese with her head while Ibuki back kicked a Wolfos.
They soon made it to the peak of the mountain where they saw a yeti near a tree.
Whoa… he's a lot bigger in person. Chiaki thought as they approached the yeti.
"Hmm? I see no humans often, huh? Why humans come to snows? You… on spiritual journey? Look for true selves?"
"No, we're looking for a mirror." Link said.
"Mirror in faraway place… but you're lucky you met me! I found shiny mirror piece. Same mirror as that on human girl's head?" He pointed to the mirror piece on Chiaki's head.
"Yeah." Chiaki nodded.
"Uh! You come to house and see yourself! I caught fish. I make you meal and give beasts something warm. You slide down to house. Follow me!" He punched the tree to make an ice leaf-sled fall to the ground as he hopped on and proceeded to slide down the mountain.
"Hmm…" Chiaki looked at her own shield. I wonder… She thought as Link walked over to one of the ice sleds. "Hiyah!" She threw her shield down and landed on top of it as she started shield surfing down the mountain.
"What the…?" Link wondered as he looked at his own Hylian Shield.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Midna asked.
"Oh yeah." Link nodded as he shield surfed down the mountain while the two horses looked at the sleds and then at each other.
"WAHOOOOOOOO! THIS IS AWESOOOOME!" Chiaki cheered as she shredded down the hill, jumping between cliffs as she used her sword to cut through unsuspecting ice Keese and continued shredding through until she reached the bottom, where she slowed down… only to slip and fall on her butt. "Whoa! Mmmph!"
She slid down a few extra feet but she laughed anyway. "1080 Snowboarding trained me for this." She giggled as she got up, turning her head to see Link shredding through and then gracefully stopped compared to her.
"Let me guess, you fell?"
"How can you tell?"
"There's snow all over you."
Chiaki giggled. "How did I not notice that?"
They then heard the sounds of distressed whinnies as they turned to see both Ibuki and Epona sliding their way down on the ice leaves. By the time they got to the bottom, Ibuki pranced to the home like it was no big deal while Epona was shaking like a leaf.
"There there, girl… you're okay." Link said, petting Epona to calm her down. They approached the home and walked inside, leaving both horses outside.
"Don't worry, we'll find a very big blanket for the two of you to stay warm!" Chiaki told them as they shut the door.
End BGM
BGM: Snowpeak Ruins (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Yikes, talk about a fixer upper…" Midna said. "There's snow and ice everywhere in here."
"They're yetis. I don't think they'd care, admittedly." Chiaki pointed out.
"Mmm, true." She nodded as they opened the front doors to see a smaller yeti.
"Uh? Oh, humans… you look cute." She said, causing Link to chuckle while Chiaki blushed a little bit. "My name's Yeta. Yeto told me about mirror he found. Bad things happen ever since he got mirror. Got sick. Monsters appear everywhere."
"Where's the mirror then?" Link asked.
"Up in third floor. Head sick to where not think straight… I give you map." She handed them the dungeon map.
Wait, this is a dungeon? Midna wondered.
"Forget where key is. Maybe try door over there."
With a nod, Link and Chiaki walked into the other room where Yeto was making some soup.
"Wife not looking too good, uh? Not healthy since mirror. So I make soup for her. Fish from Zora village are most nutritious!" Yeto walked over to a pile of crates and pulled out two fishing rods. "Here! Have few, meant to get rid of 'em! Have fishing rods!"
"Oh, thanks." Link said, taking one. Huh, it's better than the one I have back in Ordon…
Chiaki looked at hers, a glimmer in her eyes. I think I know how I'm gonna stand up to Ganon~! She thought.
"Alright, let's go look around."
"Where going?" Yeto asked.
"Going to find the mirror." Link said. "You said-"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!"
"Yeta?!" Yeto wondered as he ran off, as did the heroes as they ran into the living room to see a peculiar sight.
Epona was curled up next to the fireplace while Ibuki nuzzled Yeta, causing her to giggle. "Tickles! It tickles!" Yeta giggled.
Both Link and Chiaki sweatdropped while Yeto let out a hearty laugh. "Was going to give horses blankets! No need now!" Yeto chuckled.
"How in the world did they get in?" Link wondered.
Earlier…
Ibuki let out a soft whinny, shivering a bit as she walked up to the door, turned around and horse kicked the doors wide open. She happily pranced in while Epona looked at her as if she lost her mind, but walked in anyway since even she was freezing.
Back in the present…
"If I had to guess… the door wasn't shut all the way." Midna said.
Chiaki let out a giggle. Why do I have this feeling Ibuki did something? Even in horse form, she's still a goober. She thought with a smile on her face.
"So, were saying something about mirror, uh?" Yeto asked as the two nodded. "Why, mirror in bedroom! Unfortunately, key is missing and don't want to leave wife's side. Maybe you get it."
"Sounds good to us." Chiaki said and turned to Link. "You wanna split up and cover more ground?"
"Sure." Link nodded as the two split up.
"Bedroom… that right…" Yeta coughed a little.
Chiaki walked outside, aiming her Clawshot up on the roof and latching onto it, proceeding to climb up and stared at the master bedroom from afar. "Alright, let's see if I can't do some speedrunning strats."
She proceeded to run across the roof, jumping down near the bedroom as some Ice Wolfos jumped in front of her and snarled, only for one to quickly melt into nothing when Chiaki fired a Fire Arrow into it, startling the other as it whimpered and ran away.
"That's what I thought." She said as she climbed up the steps, finding that the door was locked, but she backed up and aimed for the window, firing her Clawshot and climbed up, then found herself at the window with metal bars that looked wide enough for her to slip through.
However, there was some glass in the way.
I can break this easily. Chiaki thought, pulling back her fist and punching through the window. "Nnngh!" She winced, pulling back as some shattered glass had pierced her skin. "Ugh… that wasn't smart at all…" She pulled out the glass as some blood trickled down her hand right as she jumped down.
"They wouldn't happen to have bandages in here, would they?" She wondered as she walked toward a drawer and opened it up. She smiled and put some wrap over said wounds. "That'll do it." She then turned toward the mirror shard and walked over to it.
"There you are, gorgeous. Now let's get you out of here before Yeta turns into a monster."
She paused, blinking. "...Wait… oh no…"
She immediately turned to the locked door and ran toward it, trying to open it but to her dismay, it was locked.
She turned to the mirror and walked over to it, picking it up but discovering it weighed more than she had hoped for as she fell on her back along with it. "OOOOF!" She grunted as she pushed it off of her.
With a groan, Chiaki walked over to the bed and sat on it. "I didn't think this through at all… I'm not strong like Akane or Nekomaru…"
She looked over at the drawer where she got the bandages… and an idea came to her. She wrapped the bandages over the mirror and then used her Clawshot to latch onto the window and used the bandages as a pulley. She sat on top of the mirror and pressed the trigger as the mirror started to go up… only for the bandage to snap off half way.
"Waaaaaaaah!"
THUD!
"I'm okay…" She rubbed her head as she went back to the bed and folded her arms. "Great, now what am I gonna do? Just sit here and wait for that door to open?"
She sighed. "Wonder if I can entertain myself somehow…" And of course, I don't have my 3DS, Game Boy Advance or Vita on me…
End BGM
BGM: Argue For and Against (Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody)
Chiaki practiced swinging with her sword, getting in a stance she was comfortable in and kept swinging.
She pulled out her arrows and proceeded to make a house of arrows similar to a house of cards, but instead of cards, it was arrows. The arrows stacked up pretty well as she put one last arrow on said house.
"Ah… ah… achoo!" Chiaki sneezed, causing the house of arrows to fall apart, while also letting out some electricity, fire, ice and small explosions to boot. "Aww…"
Chiaki twirled an Ice arrow between her finger tips while sitting at the edge of the bed. An idea came to her head as she looked at the tip of the arrow and shrugged, sticking her tongue out and pressing the ice arrow against her tongue… aaaand to her dismay, it got stuck.
"Nnngh! Nnngh!" Chiaki groaned, trying to pull it off… until she resorted to using a Fire Arrow to thaw herself out.
Up on the window from where she was, she had placed the Mirror Shard in the center of the room as she aimed carefully and tossed an arrow like a dart, barely missing it on the right, then overshooting it, undershooting… until an arrow struck the middle of the mirror.
"Woo! A hundred points, baby!"
"Echo!"
Chiaki put her hand to her ear, but heard nothing echoing back.
"ECHO!"
Still nothing.
"Mmph…"
End BGM
Fifteen minutes later…
Chiaki lay on the bed, completely bored out of her skull with an annoyed look on her face. "Come on, Link… hurry up already…" She mumbled.
Click!
Chiaki gasped, sitting up with a glimmer in her eye as Link walked in with Yeta. The sparkle in her eye disappeared when she saw Yeta. Oh no…
"Why's the mirror on the floor?" Link wondered.
"Loooong story…" Chiaki sheepishly admitted.
"Oh… mirror on ground. How unfortunate." Yeta said as she picked it back up and placed it back on wall.
"No no no no no! That's a horrible idea!" Chiaki protested, but to her dismay, Yeta didn't listen.
BGM: Blizzeta Theme First Half (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Better. Here, you look at it properly, uh? Uh… so pretty…"
Link side eyed Chiaki, who was already pulling out her sword. Instinctively, he did the same as he noticed that Yeta was behaving strangely.
"Pretty… so pretty…"
Yeta's head started to Twitch as she also started groaning.
"Pretty… mirror… so pretty…"
Immediately, Yeta turned to face them, only her head switched to a more demonic face.
"NOT TAKE MIRROR!"
Chiaki flinched while Link readied himself. I've seen creepier. He thought to himself as Yeta rose up as windows shattered as the wind howled and snow formed on top of her to create a massive ice monster.
Twilit Ice Mass - Blizzeta
Link pulled out his Ball and Chain that he had picked up earlier and began to swing it into Blizzeta, causing the massive ice sculpture to slide while Chiaki pulled out her crossbows and started shooting her with Fire Arrows to slowly melt it.
Blizzeta spun forward, shooting out a massive ice storm that forced them to dodge, but it was a bit slippery as both of them got hit by the ice storm as Blizzeta then moved toward Chiaki, but Link swung his ball and chain again, striking Blizzeta as she spun back to the wall as Chiaki shook it off and then launched a few more fire arrows to melt her further as Link struck Blizzeta with the ball and chain a few more times until Yeta's ice golem shattered.
End BGM
Yeta let out a groan before she rose up, letting out a screech as ice pillars surrounded her before forming into an ice pillar herself.
BGM: Blizzeta Theme Second Half (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Link and Chiaki looked at each other, and with a nod, the two of them split up the best they could around the ice as the ice pillars fired ice lasers, where Chiaki blocked with her shield and then rolled out of the way while Link lined up his shot and threw the ball and chain into Blizzeta, shattering a good portion of it once it hit a wall.
Blizzeta screeched as the ice pillars fired icicles at him but he swiftly blocked with his shield, and then the ice pillars came up and slammed down on him as he ran away from it while Chiaki realized Blizzeta was wide open as she pulled out a Bomb Arrow and shot it, striking it and causing more of Blizzeta to be chipped off.
With a loud screech, Blizzeta slammed into the ground and created a wave of ice, sending the two back as Chiaki got up, only to almost get struck by one of the pillars hadn't she instinctively dodged rolled out of the way… well, more like dodge sliding on the ice.
Okay, dodge rolling on ice is a bad idea! Chiaki thought as both of them dodged the shockwaves that came from the pillars as Blizzeta attempted to crush the both of them as she had trapped them, only for both of them to escape via Ball and Chain and Fire Arrow as Blizzeta crushed the ice underneath her as both Link and Chiaki swung/shot their weapons at her, shattering the ice prison once and for all.
End BGM
The Mirror Shard flew down after Yeta fell to the ground as Midna came out and took it once it shrunk down. Oh, NOW it shrinks down… Chiaki thought in annoyance.
"That makes two! …Technically three given Chiaki's hairpin." Midna said. "Still… to think the mirror is capable of corrupting anyone as innocent as her…" She then looked up at Chiaki. "Which reminds me, you were in this room for a long time with this mirror, right? How weren't you affected?"
"Uh… I think I'm just… built different? I dunno." Chiaki shrugged.
"Eh, good enough." Midna shrugged it off. "Now let's go and-"
"YETAAAAA!" A voice cried as Yeto came charging in and shoved Link and Chiaki down.
"Waaaah!"
"Whoa!"
Yeto scooped up Yeta. "Uuuuh…" Yeta groaned. "Yeto…"
"Yeta…"
"Mirror… so sorry…"
"Forget mirror! Look into my eyes. You'll see true beauty in them than some dull mirror."
Yeta smiled. "You're right. Can see them beautifully."
"Awww!" Chiaki gushed.
"Heh, how about that." Link chuckled.
"Alriiiight, let's get those horses out of here and we'll find our way to the Grotto." Midna said as they walked away.
Later…
"Okay, so if I have a hunch…" Link said, dousing for the mirror shard as they were in the Sacred Grotto. "Aha, okay, so it's this way."
"What the heck are you doing?" Skull Kid wondered as he watched them. "Are you seriously thinking that sword's an item finder?"
"You have any better ideas?" Link asked.
"That depends. What are you looking for?"
"A Mirror shard. Kinda looks like this." Chiaki pointed to her hairclip.
"Yeah, I might have seen it. Of course, it'll cost ya~!"
Midna gave him an annoyed look and pointed to Chiaki. "You know she can just Clawshot you again, right?"
Skull Kid gulped. "Aheheheh… I'll… just leave you alone then! I don't wanna deal with the buzzkill again!"
I'm not a buzzkill… Chiaki thought.
Link's dowsing lead them to some ruins. However, they were quickly ambushed by some Shadow Beasts. "I was wondering if you'd ever show up." Link said as he jumped in, slashing away at the Twilit Beasts as one flanked him and prepared to tackle him, only to get electrocuted by Chiaki's Shock Arrow, prompting Link to turn around and sliced through it to destroy it, then they all disappeared.
"I got your back." Chiaki said with a smile.
"Thanks." Link nodded.
"Strange how they seemed to ignore her in favor of you…" Midna said.
"Maybe they don't see her as a threat."
"Oooor maybe you have some kind of fragrance that attracts them." Midna grinned, causing Link to sweatdrop.
"Riiiight…" He chuckled as they walked through the arch, where the ruins formed into the Temple of Time.
BGM: Entrance to the Temple of Time (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"So this is what it is like to feel nostalgic…"
"Huh?" Link turned to the Master Sword. "What do you mean?"
"Oh, don't worry about it." Fi said as they slowly walked through where Link turned his head to see some pots lying around as he walked over and smashed them all.
"Oh hey, I was feeling a bit low on Bomb Arrows." Chiaki said, picking them up as they then walked through the doors to find a pedestal, where Link instinctively put the Master Sword inside the pedestal, causing stairs to appear. Link pulled the Master Sword out as they walked up the stairs.
End BGM
BGM: Temple of Time (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
They walked up the stairs, only to see there was only one statue and one that was missing. "There should be two here, right?" Midna wondered.
"Yeah. We have to find it." Link nodded.
"That's what I thought."
They heard the sound of a platform moving up as they turned to see Chiaki having put a pot down on a switch, making a platform rise. "Oh, uh… sorry, got a little ahead of myself." She chuckled.
"Ah, don't worry about it." Link chuckled as they walked up, lighting a few torches as a chest appeared, where Link pulled out a key and they walked further up to unlock the door.
In the next room, they saw a young Gohma wandering around, where Link immediately took out with an arrow, them he stepped on a switch that caused a gate to open up, but when he stepped off, it closed. Link used his clawshot to pull a pot to him and put it down on the switch, then they walked up, only to discover another gate blocking their path, so Chiaki turned around and hit the pot with an arrow to destroy it, causing the gate to open up as they walked through, where they met a few Lizalfos where they both fought them off until Link cut them down and used a Finishing Blow on one of them while Chiaki struck another with an Ice Arrow.
The last Lizalfos got up, only to get punched away by Midna, as the Lizalfos hit an Armos, who angrily hammered the Lizalfos in the head before hopping toward the duo, only they rolled around him and struck it, causing to fail its hammer about before exploding.
A small treasure chest appeared as Chiaki walked over to it while Link examined the peculiar pots in the room, noting that they had a large hole in the middle of it while Chiaki pulled out a purple Rupee.
Fi came out of the Master Sword, examining the pots with intrigue. "I suspect there are more to these than meets the eye."
"You too, huh?"
Fi nodded. "Perhaps we need to examine the Temple of Time thoroughly. It may hold something valuable for these peculiar pots."
"Well, in the meantime…" Midna put two of them on the switch, causing the gate to open up. "They're just paper weights."
"Indeed." Fi nodded and went back into the sword.
They walked through the hallway, taking out a Keese that was hanging out by a mural and walked through the door, finding themselves in a big open room that was crawling with Baby Gohma in the middle. They walked around it, taking care of two Lizalfos where they walked up the stairs, pulling out their Spinners to cross a large gap in the stairs and made their way to the platform where Link pushed a switch, causing the platform to lower itself down to where the Baby Gohma were.
Link walked over and picked up a pot where a few baby Gohma got curious, only for Chiaki to kick them away, then they went back up and placed a pot on a switch where Midna went over and picked up another one, avoiding the blade traps as she put it on the other switch, causing a platform to rise up as they climbed up, then went into another room where they destroyed two Armos with bomb arrows, then Chiaki went up the stairs to collect a red Rupee while Link snagged a key from the chest.
They walked out, and went around the middle as they climbed up the stairs and unlocked the door. Once they walked in, they were greeted by sliding walls and Beamos, which they proceeded to blow up while hitting a switch with arrows to get the walls to move, their prizes being a Compass and stairs. They went up the stairs to be greeted by Lizalfos and Dynalfos.
The Dynalfos attacked the duo after they took care of the Lizalfos, where it knocked Chiaki down despite her blocking with her shield, but then Link came in with a Jump Strike to knock the Dynalfos down, then impaled the Dynalfos to finish it off.
"You okay?" Link asked, helping her up.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Chiaki nodded as they worked their way through the sliding walls until they got into the next room where they saw a small army of Gohma. The two looked at each other before they bombarded the small spiders with bomb arrows to blow them up, where a treasure chest appeared as Chiaki snagged herself another purple Rupee as they climbed up the stairs and solved a weighted scale puzzle together as they went into the next room, consisting of a Beamos and some blade traps, where Chiaki hit the Beamos square in the eye to deactivate it, then they walked up the stairs to be greeted by electric fences, swinging pendulums and spike traps.
They were able to get around them, placing pots on the switches to have them move on as they walked in and saw two Armos with a few young Gohma as the Armos charged right at them, only to get destroyed when they flanked them and thrusted their swords into their backs, causing the gates to open as they walked over and opened the door, only for the door to lock on the other side.
"Well, might as well take on-... Chiaki, why are you nervous?" Link asked.
"Oooh… let's just say I know that this guy hits like a truck." She paused. "Er… I mean a heavily fortified steel horse carriage."
"They make those?" Midna wondered. "Man, I wanna see that in action."
BGM: Darknut (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
They approached the Dark Nut, as he turned around to face them, unsheathing his massively large sword.
The Dark Nut proceeded to charge forward at the duo, swiftly swinging his sword down as Chiaki rolled out of the way while Link proceeded to use a Helm Splitter to get behind him, then he slashed at him again, but the Dark Nut backhanded him away.
Chiaki aimed her crossbows and fired a few Bomb Arrows, hitting him as he turned around while some armor fell off and approached the Ultimate Gamer. Bad idea! Chiaki whimpered as she jumped away as the Dark Nut swung down while Link raised his sword up and threw down a Skyward Strike, hitting him in the back as the Dark Nut turned around and jumped over, swinging his sword but Link blocked with his shield, but slid several feet while Chiaki pelted him with more bomb arrows.
Soon, the armor came off as the Dark Nut growled, throwing his sword away toward Chiaki who instinctively ducked as he pulled out his other sword and charged at Link, who was a lot faster and swung the sword as Link blocked, parrying with his sword while Chiaki looked at the larger sword that he carried and had an idea, picking it up while also thankful that Link had the Dark Nut distracted given the fact that… his sword was heavier than it looked.
Chiaki ran toward the Dark Nut once she maintained her balance and charged ahead as Link thrusted his sword into his stomach as the Dark Nut backed up with a growl… only to get struck in the back by Chiaki, knocking him down and finishing him off in the process.
End BGM
"Shouldn't have thrown your sword away." Chiaki said, dropping it on the ground.
"Nice one." Link complimented as they approached the treasure chest that appeared, and they pulled out two Dominion Rods for their trouble.
Fi came out of the sword, looking at the Dominion Rods. "Hmm…"
"Something on your mind?"
"Try using your Dominion Rod on that statue above us." She suggested as Link used the Dominion Rod on the statue, where it came to life as Link guided it off the platform.
"Whoa! That thing's got a mind of its own!" Midna said.
"Actually, it has to do with the Dominion Rod. With them, Master Link and Chiaki can proceed to use their rods to control anything to move them freely."
"Soooo, it's a possession rod."
"I do not think "Possession Rod" will catch on."
"Oh come on, you're basically taking possession out of any inanimate object and making them move. It's obviously a possession rod!"
"It is not possession."
"How do you define "possession" in your era?"
"Not like this. You are making these objects submit to your domination. Hence: "Dominion Rod"."
Midna sweatdropped. "I'm a hundred percent sure that you're wrong…"
"I am a hundred percent sure that I am correct."
"Riiiiiight… suuuure." Midna rolled her eyes.
"Well, anyway, let's get this guy downstairs. If I recall correctly, those bells act like teleporters for the statue." Chiaki said.
"Good enough for me. Let's go."
Many many MANY destroyed objects and enemies later…
"Easy does it…" Chiaki said as she placed the statue at the front door, causing it to open. "Booyah!"
"Let's go." Link said as they walked through, taking out the remaining Beamos and dodging the pendulums as they proceeded to go through the door.
BGM: Armogohma Battle First Half (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
They walked into the dark room, both of them at the ready when the skylight above them darkened. They looked up to see the culprit. Armogohma.
Twilit Arachnid - Armogohma
A shiver went up Chiaki's spine. She didn't have arachnophobia, but that eye looking down at her was enough to unnerve her.
Armogohma proceeded to crawl around the ceiling, being stopping and opening up her eye to fire a laser at the duo as they dodged the laser as Link fired an arrow to strike her in the eye, causing Gohma to fall to the ground as Chiaki used her Dominion Rod on a statue to smash her into the ground.
With a screech, Armogohma flipped over and crawled up the wall… only to slip off when Chiaki fired a few experimental ice arrows on the wall to make it slippery enough to make her fall to the ground.
"I'll be honest, I didn't think that'd work." Chiaki admitted as Link used the Dominion Rod to crush the massive spider.
Armogohma flipped over again and hissed, leaping over the duo and landing on the wall, scurrying up the wall before Chiaki had the chance to freeze another wall. She then proceeded to fire a laser while shooting out spider eggs from her thorax, but Link went ahead and borrowed a Bomb Arrow from Chiaki and fired it, destroying the little miniature army while Chiaki fired a Shock Arrow into the eye, causing Gohma to fall once more and then Link proceeded to use his Dominion Rod to crush Gohma once and for all.
End BGM
BGM: Armogohma Battle Second Half (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Hmph. That wasn't so bad." Link said as Armogohma disappeared in a puff of black smoke. He put the Master Sword into the scabbard… only to look at the smoke in disbelief. "What…"
The smoke cleared to reveal the eyeball, only it turned around and let out a terrified screech as Gohma scurried away with a small army of baby Gohma by her side.
"...You gotta be kidding me." Link said while Chiaki held in her laughter. He immediately pulled out his bow, but Chiaki stopped him.
"Don't waste an arrow." She said, winking at him as she pulled out her Dominion Rod. With a nod from Link, the two aimed their Dominion Rods and fired at different statues, ready to crush Gohma at a moment's notice but she scurried out of the way in a panic.
"...Oh for Twilight's sake." Midna said as she went over and punched the spider into a shadow where Chiaki used her Dominion Rod to make the statue crush the spider, instantly killing Gohma.
End BGM
"You're welcome." Midna nodded proudly, taking the Mirror Shard.
Fi came out of the Master Sword. "We now have all four. Let us head back to the Arbiter's Grounds."
Later… at Arbiter's Grounds…
Chiaki sighed, pulling the hairpin out of her hair after hopping off of Ibuki. "I'm gonna miss this…" She said as she placed it on the mirror, which caused it to shine brightly and made the portal to the Realm of Twilight appear.
BGM: Mirror of Twilight Completed (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Some call our realm a world of shadows, but that makes it sound unpleasant… the twilight there holds a serene beauty… you have seen it yourself as the sun sets on this world. Bathed in that light, all people were pure and gentle… but things changed once that foul power pervaded the world."
"It was all our doing…"
Midna and the others turned to the sages approaching them.
"We overestimated our abilities as sages and attempted to put an end to Ganondorf's evil magic… I hope you can find it in yourself to forgive our carelessness…"
They bowed before Midna. "O Twilight Princess."
End BGM
BGM: The Twilight Princess (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Midna's eyes widened. "Wait… so you knew?"
Flashback…
"As a ruler who fled her people, I'm hardly qualified to forgive you."
"What are you doing?! Stay back!" Midna demanded.
"Oh, but it's time for a change, Midna. A change that will benefit this land!" Zant declared, using his magic to strike Midna, knocking her down and forcibly changing her into an imp.
"Nnngh!" Midna grunted as she looked at herself. "Wh-what…?! What have you done to me?!"
"No one would want to listen to such a shrimp. They'll bow to me."
Midna's eyes widened as she quickly ran off as Zant watched her flee. All he could do was laugh maniacally while Midna found herself away from her own domain. She conjured up a helmet with her power as she scowled angrily.
"In our world, we've long believed that the hero would appear as a divine beast. That's when I found you. I thought i could use you, Link. And I only cared about returning our world to normal… I didn't care what happened to the world of light. Not at all."
End flashback
End BGM
BGM: Enter the Twilight Realm (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"But after witnessing the selfless lengths that Princess Zelda and you have gone to… your sacrifices… not to mention hearing that Chiaki never gave up despite being locked in some torture maze and coming here and selflessly helping us out… I now know, in the bottom of my heart, that I must save this world too. There is no other way."
Midna turned to the portal. "If we can just defeat Zant, the curse on me will dissolve, and we may be able to revive Zelda." She then turned to Chiaki. "And… if I'm able to, I'd be more than honored to come with you to stop this Junko lady from turning your entire world to despair."
Chiaki smiled. "I'd be happy to have you along if it were possible."
"Right. But right now, Hyrule and the Twilight Realm comes first." Midna turned around. "You guys coming or what?"
Link chuckled. "Let's go save your world."
"Let's rock and roll!" Chiaki grinned as they went into the portal, unaware of Ibuki deciding to run along into the portal as well, leaving Epona by herself. She let out an annoyed grunt and chased after Ibuki.
"Stay tuned for part three of this! Will Chiaki ever make it back home? Will Zant and Ganondorf say otherwise? We'll just have to find out!"
I was going to also include the Realm of Twilight in this chapter but... honestly, I've spent nearly a week on this chapter and wanted to finish it so I decided to finish it a bit earlier than planned. But hey, Zant and Ganondorf fights in the same chapter? Absolutely! Also, if you're wondering why no Temple in the Sky... honestly, I hated that dungeon. The more I wandered around, the more drained I was getting to the point where when I finally got to Argorok, I was just... out of it. Double Clawshot? Nope, no excitement there. Fighting a dragon? Should always be fun, but unfortunately, Argorok was placed in the worst dungeon in the game that I just couldn't bring myself to be excited.
Ibuki: Yeeeah, that place blows.
Deadpool: Indeed.
But who knows, Argorok might show up someplace else instead. Oh. also, Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass is looking BEAUTIFUL!