InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Green-clothed Warrior ❯ The Hero Clad in Green and The Bet ( Chapter 3 )

The Green-clothed Warrior

An InuYasha/Legend of Zelda Crossover Fanfiction

By: Noah W. Woods

Chapter Two: The Hero Clad in Green and The Bet.

The zombies had an iron grip on each of them. Kagome was starting black out, when suddenly, the zombie holding her was hacked in two by a sword. The figure holding the sword then moved to Sango and killed the zombie holding her. Miroku's zombie was the next to be put to the sword, followed by InuYasha's and Shippo's. They then dropped to the ground, gasping and wheezing for air. Kagome was the first to look up at their rescuer.

The man who had rescued them was about the same height as InuYasha, was wearing a green tunic and elvish hat, white leggings and arm coverings, and brown boots, with his elvish hat drooping down his back to the middle of it, like a hood. In his left hand was a blue-hilted claymore, the sword that had killed the zombies. On his right arm was a large iron shield that was ornately decorated. He had long, pointed ears, blue eyes, and beautiful blond hair. His face held no emotion, but was full of seriousness and intensity.

"Come, we must leave this area. They'll be back soon." he said to all of them. They hesitated, unsure whether to trust this stranger. "I'm serious, they'll be back. Come if you wish to live." he shouted back at them. They still hesitated, but when a zombie started to reform behind Kagome, InuYasha grabbed her bike in one arm, her in the other, and started following him. The others did so too. Once outside the gate and safely back in Hyrule Field, Kagome broke the ice.

"Thank you so much, whoever you..."

"Link's the name." their green-clothed rescuer said.

"Right, thank you so much, Link."

"What were you doing in there? Trying to get yourselves killed?" Link then asked sternly.

"What? We were perfectly all right in there. We didn't need your help." InuYasha said to him.

"I saw otherwise. Now tell me the truth. What were you doing there? You weren't going after Ganondorf, were you?"

"As a matter-of-fact, we were."

At this, Link shook his head and looked down, then muttered to himself.

"You are very lucky I was there to save you. Otherwise, none of you would be standing here." he finally said.

"What do you mean by that crap?! I could've taken him! Here, I'll show you!" InuYasha shouted. He then drew Tetsusaiga and ran toward Link threateningly. Link only put up his sword and easily stopped InuYasha's swing. InuYasha then started swinging at Link furiously. Link was able to parry his blows, but he was getting pushed back from the force of them. The sounds of Tetsusaiga striking Link's shield and sword were very loud and making the others cringe. Sparks of energy were flying too whenever the Tetsusaiga came in contact with Link's sword.

`This guy's strong physically, but his skill is not that good.' Link thought, parrying another swing from the hanyou. `Why does he have dog-like ears? He seems to have much more strength then his looks suggest.' Just then, InuYasha brought Tetsusaiga down hard. Link just barely put his shield up in time, but the momentum from the impact sent Link's shield back real hard. Seeing an opportunity, Link then threw a quick left handed punch and slugged InuYasha in the jaw with the hilt of his sword, knocking him down. Link then backed away from him.

InuYasha got back up, growling in rage and baring his fangs. Blood had started to dribble from his mouth from being hit by the hilt of Link's sword. He then summoned the Wind Scar and sent it flying toward Link! `What the…! No chance of blocking that with my shield! I've got to try and deflect it with the Master Sword!' Link thought as the attack sped toward him. He waited until just seconds before the attack would hit him, then swung his sword at the attack.

To the amazement of all except Link, the Wind Scar was reflected off of Link's sword and headed back towards InuYasha! `WHAT?!' InuYasha thought as he jumped out of the way, barely in time. The attack sped by him and shattered a few trees a few feet behind. Immediately Link ran at him, so fast in fact that InuYasha had no time to react. Link swung his sword at the base of Tetsusaiga's blade, using his sword to push InuYasha`s arm and the Tetsusaiga to the side, leaving InuYasha wide open to attack. Link then crashed into InuYasha with his shield, knocking the bewildered half-demon back to the ground, hard. Link then put the tip of his sword to InuYasha's throat.

"NO!!! Don't kill him!!" Kagome screamed, her eyes teary.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to kill him." Link said, not taking his eyes off of InuYasha. He continued. "You have a powerful weapon, but not quite the skills to match it. Now sheathe your weapon, and keep it sheathed. I don't want to have to show you just how good I am with a sword, because I'm afraid I'll actually kill you." With that, he sheathed his own sword and shield on his back and helped InuYasha to his feet. InuYasha was grumbling to himself as he got back up.

"How did you reflect his Wind Scar attack?" Sango asked him as InuYasha sheathed Tetsusaiga.

"That`s simple." Link replied, casually drawing his sword again, looking at it, then showing it to everyone. "It can reflect any magic that's thrown at it. It's called the Master Sword."

"It can reflect...ANY magic thrown at it?" InuYasha asked, gulping as he said it.

"Yes, and now for my question. Why are you all going after Ganondorf, and what are your names?" Link then asked as he re-sheathed the Master Sword.

"I'm Miroku, and this is Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and the one who you fought with is InuYasha. We believe we've been sent here to vanquish this Ganondorf. This land is not our home. We're from a different dimension and believe the only way to get back to our own world is to kill him."

Link stared at them for a moment, then shook his head.

"Who are you looking at? It better not be at me." InuYasha growled at him.

"Your intentions are good, but none of you have the means to carry them out. That includes you, InuYasha." Link finally said.

"What the hell are you talking about!?" InuYasha said directly to Link's face, his own red with rage.

"What I'm saying is that I'm the only one who can kill him. You all can help me, but I'm the only one who can actually kill him. And yet, none of us can even get to his castle yet."

"Why can't we reach his castle?" Shippo then asked.

"Because I had just been to it and tried to enter it when I found you. His castle is unreachable at the moment because it's sitting on a platform that floats over a moat of lava. There's no bridge to get to the platform. Even if you did manage to somehow get in, none of your weapons would've had any affect on him anyway."

"Not even my Tetsusaiga?" InuYasha asked.

"Nope. Not even that. The only weapon capable of actually harming him is the one I carry, the Master Sword. That's because of the magical artifact he has."

"You mean, he's got the Sacred Jewel, the Shikon no Tama?" Kagome asked in a scared voice.

"I've never heard of that artifact. Tell me about it." Link ordered her. Kagome then launched into an explanation about the Sacred Jewel. When she finished, Link sighed.

"That little stone is nothing compared to what Ganondorf possesses." he finally said.

"WHAT?!" all the others dropped their jaws in unison.

"What could possibly be more powerful than the Sacred Jewel?" Miroku asked after recovering from his shock.

"The Triforce. That's what Ganondorf has. It's an inanimate object, unable to tell good from evil, and it contains the power of the goddesses that created Hyrule. With it, you can create your own world, or destroy the one you stand upon. You can make yourself immortal, etc. You can obviously see Ganondorf's choices." Link then gestured back through the destroyed gate with that sentence.

"What does the Triforce look like?" Shippo then asked. Link then turned around to show them his shield. On it was the same design that was over the door to the cathedral in the ruins: three golden triangles forming a larger triangle.

"See the crest of golden triangles painted on my shield? That's what the Triforce looks like." Link then said as he turned back around.

"Is it this `Triforce' that makes him invincible then?" Sango then asked.

"It makes him almost invincible, but not quite. That's where the Master Sword comes into play. The Master Sword was forged ages ago to be a check against the powers of the Triforce. It was only to be used in case the Triforce fell into the hands of one with an evil heart, like Ganondorf. Only one a with righteous heart may use the Master Sword."

Miroku thought about all of this. Then a grave conclusion came to him.

"Guys, it's a good thing we're here. With such awesome power at his command, I'm afraid this Ganondorf is going to make Naraku seem like a weakling whenever we fight him. It's a good bet that he'll try to take over our world too, if he finds out about it." he said.

"Indeed. Ganondorf will only be satisfied when everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, including your own world, comes under his rule. The Triforce is what will allow him to do it." Link then stated.

"So we have to kill a man with almost god-like powers huh? Wonderful." InuYasha complained, then sitting on the ground.

"InuYasha I feel the same way as you do, but complaining about it ain't gonna help. At the moment, even I cannot enter his castle." Link then said. InuYasha then got up and walked over to Link.

"Well, how are you going to become more powerful, so you can?" he asked.

"I need to get six magic medallions. I've got one already, but to get the others, I'll need to go through and purify five temples that are throughout Hyrule. Since you all are here, that part just got a little bit easier, since you can help me."

"Where's the first temple at?"

"The Lost Woods, adjacent to Kokiri Forest, but the person who told me all of this told me that at the moment I cannot even enter it. But first, I need to get a horse. Follow me if you want, but I'm headed to Lon Lon Ranch."

"Let's get going then." said InuYasha.

They all then set out for Lon Lon Ranch, in the middle of Hyrule Field. Sango offered Link a spot on Kiara's back, but he declined, choosing instead to run or walk on foot until he had a horse. Link was puzzled when he saw Kagome and Shippo riding the bike, not knowing what to think of it. It took them awhile, but they finally got to the ranch by late afternoon. The ranch was huge, with a large corral dominating the place. Surrounding the corral was a racetrack of some sorts. At the entrance to the ranch stood the ranch house, and a stable. Link first tried looking for Talon, the ranch owner, but was surprised to see Ingo, the ranch hand instead standing out by the corral, wearing fancy clothes.

"Where's Talon?" he asked him.

"Talon is no longer the owner of this ranch. The Great Ganondorf saw how much of a lazy bum he was and handed the ranch over to me." Ingo said proudly. Kagome walked up to Link and took him aside.

"I don't believe he's telling the truth." she whispered to him.

"I don't think so either." he whispered back to her. Link then motioned for the others to follow him, and walked over to the covered stable and entered it. It was in there they found the person Link was looking for. Inside was a beautiful young brunette, wearing a tan dress. But she looked weary-eyed too, and was holding a bucket. Miroku shifted a little upon seeing her, and started to walk towards her, with that certain look on his face. Link noticed this, and immediately delivered a powerful left hook to Miroku's face! POW! Miroku grunted as he was sent sprawling to the floor, dazed. His right eye had started swelling up immediately.

"Try anything else, and next time you get it between the legs." Link then said angrily, towering over him. Miroku looked up at him with a frightened look on his face and backed away. Link then turned back to the woman.

"Malon, where's Talon? Do you recognize me? It's me, Link." he asked her.

"Link? Wait a minute. You look just like the green-clad boy that stopped by here seven years ago, just older and more handsome. Are you him?" the woman, Malon, asked. Link nodded. "I thought so. So Link is your name, huh? Whatever you do, don't believe anything that Ingo tells you. He kicked Talon out a month or so ago, and forces me to help him. I have no choice but to obey, because if I don't, he abuses and treats the horses badly. He won't let me leave the ranch either. There's nothing I can do."

"What about Epona? Is she still here? Ingo better not have done anything to her!" Link then asked.

"That's another problem. Ingo is trying to tame Epona so that he can present her to Ganondorf. I haven't taught him the song to tame her with. I'll die before I do that. He's had no success so far taming her since he doesn't know the song."

"Why don't we just kill the man and be done with it?" InuYasha then asked.

"Who are you?" Malon then asked, looking at him.

"Oh, sorry. I forgot to introduce my new friends to you. This is InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Miroku. It was Miroku who was making that lusty advance toward you earlier. I found them wandering around what used to be Hyrule Castle Town Market." Link then introduced them to her.

"Nice to meet you all. Anyway, don't you dare kill Mr. Ingo. I won't allow it. I believe he still has a good heart inside. He just needs to be humbled." Malon then replied. That gave Link an idea.

"What? Oh, well. I guess you women never change." InuYasha then said.

"Hey!" Kagome yelled at him.

"I think I know what she's talking about. Come. We shall give Mr. Ingo a humbling he'll never forget." Link then said, rubbing his chin. Everybody except Malon followed back outside to the corral. Link meanwhile, had noticed that Kagome had a bow on her. "How many arrows do you have on you?" he asked her.

"What?" she replied.

"How many arrows have you got? I'd like to borrow your bow for a minute." Kagome then checked her quiver.

"I've got 5."

"That's more than enough. May I borrow it then for a few minutes?"

"Hold on a second. Those arrows of hers are magical, and they are her only means of defending herself should she become separated from us." InuYasha stated to Link as he stepped in between them.

"InuYasha, it's alright. They only glow like they usually do when I use them. In somebody else's hands, they're just normal arrows."

"Are you sure?" InuYasha asked her, a lot of doubt in his voice.

"Yes. I don't mind if he uses them."

"Feh. OK, then." InuYasha reluctantly let Link take her bow and her arrows. Link then approached Mr. Ingo.

"How good are you with a bow?" Link asked him.

"I've had some practice. I think I'm a pretty good shot." replied Mr. Ingo.

"Good enough to hit a pot on top the stables from the other side of the ranch?" Link asked.

"What? Are you that good?"

"Yes, and I'm willing to lay 100 rupees on the line to prove it." At that, InuYasha and the others eyes blinked in unison.

"OK. What do you want if I lose?"

"I get my choice of horse to leave the ranch with, for free."

"You're on." Link then went and got a ladder and set it up on a wall of the stables, set up two pots on the roof, and climbed back down. Ingo meanwhile had went to get his bow. They all then assembled on the other side of the ranch.

"I'll go first." Link stated. Taking Kagome's bow, and one arrow, he carefully lined up. `Even though this is my first time with a bow, I was a crack-shot with my slingshot, so this shouldn't be too hard to adjust to.' Link thought. He took careful aim, slowly focusing his sight on one of the pots. He then let fly. The arrow soared through the air normally, without any glow on it whatsoever. The shot was dead on, and the arrow hit dead center, shattering the pot to pieces.

"Nice shot. I'm impressed." Ingo then said. He then took careful aim, and let fly. Unfortunately for him, the wind blew as his arrow neared the remaining pot. The wind knocked the arrow off course, and missed. "Shoot! Looks like you win, boy."

"Nice try nonetheless." Link said to him, giving Kagome her bow and quiver back. Keeping his side of the bet, Ingo first gave Link basic info on how to ride a horse. After receiving this and being let into the corral, Link said he wanted to try a few out in the corral before making his choice. He had decided not to choose Epona right away to keep from making Ingo suspicious. After trying a few of the other horses and getting used to them, he then walked outside the corral, and to everybody's puzzlement, got out a blue-colored ocarina, and played a few notes on it. A beautiful red and brown mare with a white mane then casually trotted out and Link got up on it. That's when Ingo realized it was Epona!

"Hey! You can't have that horse! I'm going to be giving that one to the Great Ganondorf! How'd you tame that wild horse right under my nose anyway?" he shouted up at Link.

"That's a secret I'm not telling you. Besides, you're starting to break your end of the bet. You agreed to let me have any one of the horses I wanted if you lost, right InuYasha?" Link asked him.

"That's right. You did agree to let him have any horse he wanted if you lost the bet. You keep your end of the deal, or I get out this." InuYasha said glaring at him, then gesturing towards his sheathed Tetsusaiga. Mr. Ingo looked as if he was going to explode from rage, but then got calm, and walked over to the gate at the entrance to the ranch.

"Well, as promised, I'll let you keep the horse, but," He then closed the gate. "I'll never let you or your friends leave this ranch!!"