InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Green-clothed Warrior ❯ Up The Deadly Mountain of Fire ( Chapter 9 )

The Green-clothed Warrior

An InuYasha/Legend of Zelda Crossover Fanfiction

By: Patriot1776

Author's Note: Sorry to butt into the story, but I need to point out something here for this chapter and every chapter hereafter that involves Link having to go back in time, and mark my words he will in upcoming chapters. Whenever the story is focusing on Link and he's in the past as a ten-year-old, I'm going to refer to him as `Young Link'. When he's in the time that InuYasha and the others are in, as an adult, he'll be simply referred to as `Link'. I'm doing this to keep from confusing you, the reader.

Chapter Eight: Up The Deadly Mountain of Fire

The wall of magic faded around Link, and he curiously found himself standing on the Pedestal of Time, the Master Sword stuck in it. He jumped down off the pedestal, grunting a little. He noticed his voice had gotten higher, and took a careful look at himself. Link was now only about four-feet tall, and looked like a little ten-year old boy! He had become younger! The Master Sword was now as large as he was. His clothes hadn't changed however.

`Well, I'm back to looking like my old self, but am I back in the present, not the future?' he wondered. He turned around, and noticed InuYasha and the others were no where to be seen. `Looks like Sheik was right. The others weren't sent back either. I hope this is a good sign.' Young Link then left the inner chamber and reentered the main room of the Temple of Time. The Spiritual Stones were still on the altar, just as he had left them when he first placed them there. He decided to head outside and see if Hyrule Castle Town was still there. If it looked the way he remembered it, and not as a bunch of ruins, that would be his confirmation that he had traveled back in time. He exited, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Hyrule Castle Town now looked like an ordinary, bustling town. There were people milling around shopping, and the buildings looked vibrant and normal.

`I'm back in my own time. I'm not in the future anymore.' He thought, then sighed. `I'd like to stay here, but I can't. I've got to save the future. All of these people in the future are counting on me. InuYasha and his friends are counting on me too. They can't go home until Ganondorf is dead or sealed up in the Sacred Realm, and they`ve got their own enemy to fight.' Young Link then turned and looked off at Death Mountain, still visible in the distance beyond. The ring-of-fire was nowhere to be seen around it. Instead, only a peaceful looking cloud surrounded the peak. `Time to go back, and make Death Mountain look that way in the future.' Young Link thought, and he reentered the Temple of Time.

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InuYasha was the first to recover from the shock of seeing Link vanish. He looked where Link had been standing and saw that the Master Sword was still there, now resting in the Pedestal of Time. He suddenly got very brave and walked up to it.

"Damn." InuYasha said as he looked at the sword in awe. "Is there anything that this sword can't do?" he asked.

"I think there is." Miroku said, walking up and standing beside InuYasha in front of the sword.

"What do you think it is, Miroku?" Sango asked.

"Link hasn't said anything about this sword having an offensive attack like the Tetsusaiga's Wind Scar. I'm speculating that this sword's magic is purely defensive in nature." he replied.

"I'm not so sure. Maybe he hasn't figured out how to unleash its full power yet, like I once was with the Tetsusaiga." InuYasha suggested, then continued. "Anyway, I wonder how this thing feels in my hands, if it's heavier or lighter than the Tetsusaiga. I'll place it back immediately." InuYasha then attempted to pull the Master Sword out of the Pedestal. As soon as he placed his hand on it however, he felt an intense burning from it, like he'd just placed his hand in a fire! "OWW!!!" InuYasha screamed and yanked his now smoking hand back, shouting expletives as he did it.

"InuYasha, what happened?!" Kagome asked in a panicky voice.

"The damn thing burned my hand when I touched it!" InuYasha shouted as he blew on his hand frantically to try and cool it down. Shippo started giggling. "It ain't funny Shippo. You want me to put your hands on it too, then keep giggling." InuYasha then said at the kitsune. Shippo stopped immediately and looked at Kagome with a `help me' look on his face.

"Hmm…" Miroku said, puzzled. He then reached over and placed a hand on the Master Sword too. His hand was not burned when he touched it. He placed both hands on it, and tried to pull it, but the sword wouldn't budge even the tiniest bit. "InuYasha, this sword has apparently a magical barrier on it like your Tetsusaiga that only allows certain people to touch it, non-demons in this case. For some reason though, it won't budge."

Suddenly, the Master Sword mysteriously lifted up out of the Pedestal on its own! The whirring noise started again, and the platform and Triforce crest began to glow once more!

"Wh-What's happening?" Shippo asked.

"InuYasha!" Kagome shouted.

"Miroku!" Sango also shouted.

InuYasha realized immediately what was happening. He grabbed Miroku and backflipped off the platform just as the mystical blue wall returned. A bright ball of light appeared inside of it, then grew and formed up into Link's shape, and Link reappeared, his hands on the Master Sword's hilt. The wall then disappeared, and the platform returned to normal. Link then sheathed the Master Sword and turned around, immediately noticing how InuYasha's hand looked burned.

"InuYasha, what did you try to do while I was gone?" Link then asked.

"I…uh…" InuYasha struggled for the right words to say.

"He tried to pull out the sword, but it burned his hand." Miroku then said. At this, Link shook his head, and sighed.

"Guess I should've warned you before I left. Evil ones and demons cannot touch the sword without it harming them. Did anybody else besides InuYasha try to pull it out? I'm just asking. None of you would've succeeded anyway." he then said.

"I did, but you're correct, I couldn't pull it." said Miroku.

"Only the person worthy of the title `Hero of Time' can pull it out, and that's me. I'm the only one who can pull it, and use it." said Link.

"Well, was Sheik right, did you actually travel back in time?" Sango then asked.

"Yes, I did go back in time. I went back to when I first pulled the Sword. I went outside the Temple to see if there was actually a town out there instead of ruins. There was. That was all the proof I needed. However, I also returned to being a ten-year-old." Link replied.

"So you returned to the time before Ganondorf got the Triforce? Before all the havoc occurred?" Miroku then asked.

"Yes."

"Link, where we headed now?" Kagome then asked.

"I hate to have to tell all of you this but we can't avoid it any longer. It's time to scale Death Mountain." he replied. Shippo fainted again, and the others just let out big sighs.

"Well, we might as well get it over with." InuYasha finally said grudgingly.

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Everybody stood at the entrance to the trail leading up Death Mountain, located on the outskirts of Kakariko Village. Before them were the remains of a gate and gatehouse that seven years ago had barred entrance to the trail. During that time, royal permission had been needed to scale Death Mountain for safety reasons, as Death Mountain had been, and still was, an active volcano.

During the trek back to Kakariko Village, Link had informed InuYasha and company that this was not the first time he had gone up Death Mountain. He had had to scale it seven years ago as a kid in order to get one of the Spiritual Stones. Getting a royal decree to climb it hadn't been that hard fortunately. At that time however, the ring-of-fire had not encompassed the peak, and the climb had been much safer.

They had previously stopped in Kakariko Village and Lon Lon Ranch and stocked up on supplies. Kagome had gotten more arrows, and eaten with the others (all of them except Link thought it might be their last meal). Link had bought a pair of saddlebags for Epona at Lon Lon Ranch and put his new bow in one of them, as he figured he wasn't going to need it for this climb. Both Epona and Kagome's bike were left in Kakariko Village, as they would've been too cumbersome for the trail. Kagome was carrying her backpack however. Link had taken his Hookshot, and he had also bought and filled the three bottles he carried with a red-colored medicine that he said would instantly heal all of one's wounds and completely restore their strength when it was drunk. That statement had made everyone but InuYasha's eyes almost pop out of their heads. Another thing Link had bought, strangely, was a bag full of explosives similar to what the others had seen used during fireworks displays in their own world.

"Be on your guard, all of you. Ganondorf has apparently messed things up real bad on this mountain. Normally, there should be a peaceful looking ring of clouds around the peak, not a fire ring. Let's go." Link warned. They then started up the trail. Boulders dotted the path that hadn't been there when Link had visited seven years ago. As they turned a corner, they looked and saw a massive boulder fall off a ledge and begin rolling at them!

"Oh, no!! Look!" Shippo shouted, pointing. Kagome and Shippo jumped onto InuYasha's back and he prepared to jump out of the way, while Kiara transformed and Sango and Miroku quickly climbed onto her. Link crouched, ready to roll out of the boulder's path. They all skillfully dodged the boulder, and continued up. They encountered more boulders as they went and dodged them as well. They also encountered a few spider monsters that Link took care of.

"Those rolling boulders here the first time you were here?" InuYasha asked Link.

"No they weren't. The spiders were." They continued up until they came to a fork in the path. No boulders were falling down in this part of it.

"Well, which way? Left or right?" Sango asked.

"The left leads up to the summit. To go that way I believe would mean certain death. The right leads to Goron Village, the home of the race of stone-eating people who live on this mountain. I think that's where we need to go. I've got an idea of who I think the next Sage is." Link said.

` "Yeah, go on. Who do you think he is?" InuYasha asked.

"His name is Darunia, the leader of Goron Village. I cleared out a monster-infested cave for him seven years ago in exchange for the second Spiritual Stone." The others stared at him for a moment in amazement.

"How did you do all this stuff you did as a child?" Miroku asked him.

"Courage, lots and lots of it. That and brains, but mostly courage. I've always had plenty of that. That's why I wasn't fazed or frightened one bit when Kagome and I ran into Phantom Ganon in the Forest Temple. For some reason though, ever since I first walked out of the Temple of Time as an adult, I strangely feel like I've got a limitless amount of it." Link replied.

"Well, whatever. Let's go find this Darunia and see what he needs now." InuYasha said as he started down the path on the right. The others followed him and Link took the lead again. Soon, they came upon the entrance to a cave with a banner over it and entered.

They were now standing in a gigantic cavern with many levels, with them standing at the top level. Cave paintings and torches dotted the walls, and there was a platform suspended by ropes in the exact center of the cavern. Everybody except Link looked around in wonder. Link, however, felt that something wasn't right.

"What a cave. Never seen anything like this in our world." InuYasha commented.

"Something's wrong. Very, very wrong." Link said.

"What is it?" asked Kagome.

"Where are the Gorons? I don't see any." he replied.

"What's that down there?" Shippo then said, pointing. He was pointing at what appeared to be a rock rolling around on the level below them. The rock seemed to rolling on its own, since the floor was totally flat in that area.

"That's a Goron. He's rolling around, that's how they go from place to place. However, he looks to be the only one here. This whole place should be crawling with them. I've got a feeling something bad has happened here. Come on, we need to talk to him." Link said. They then followed Link down a few stairwells until they got to the area where the sole Goron was rolling around. They tried to approach the Goron, but when they did, it turned around and rolled away from them.

"Hey wait! We want to talk to you!" Kagome shouted.

"I'll never talk to the likes of you! You're probably working for Ganondorf too!" it shouted as it rolled away from them.

"Hmph. I'll stop him." said InuYasha.

"How? With your bare hands?" asked Link.

"Yeah."

"That won't work at all. I'm warning you. Don`t try it."

"What do you know?" InuYasha snapped back, and waited for the Goron to roll back around to where they were. When it approached, InuYasha prepared himself and then jumped in front of it with his arms outstretched in front to try and catch the Goron. BAM! Instead, InuYasha was utterly run over and sent flying. He slammed into a wall and slumped to the floor, dazed and seeing stars. His body left an impression on the wall where he had hit. The Goron continued rolling as if nothing had happened. Link closed his eyes and shook his head while Kagome ran over to see if InuYasha had been hurt.

"I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen." Link then said.

"What else is new?" Sango said as she watched Kagome help InuYasha to his feet. Link, meanwhile, had gotten out his bag of explosives and pulled a black ball with a fuse and a small tinbox out of it. Sango, Miroku and Shippo stared at them curiously.

"What are those?" Shippo asked.

"What are you doing?" Miroku asked.

"Stopping him. Don't worry, this thing won't hurt him, he`s impervious to it." Link replied. He watched the Goron carefully and when the Goron was a certain distance away, he used the tinbox to light the ball's fuse. He waited a few more seconds, then threw the ball at the Goron like a grenade. The ball bomb went off with a BOOM and stopped the Goron in its tracks.

"How-how could you do this to me? You, you're Ganondorf's servant!" The Goron than said, still balled up. It continued. "Hear my name and tremble! I am Link! Hero of the Gorons!" At those words, a confused look came to everyone's faces. Even InuYasha walked over looking confused. The Goron then got up. It was dark skinned and pretty chubby. Its head was pretty big too. When it saw Link's clothes, a confused look came to its face as well. "Wait, you don't look like a follower of Ganondorf. Who are you?" the Goron asked at Link.

"I have the same name as you. I am also Link." Link replied. A bright look then came to the Goron's face.

"It's you! It really is! You in the flesh! The great Dodongo Buster and hero, Link!" Link and the others all raised their eyebrows at the Goron. He continued: "I'm the son of Darunia. Do you remember him?" Link nodded, and started to say something, but the Goron interrupted him. "Dad named me after you because you're so brave. It's a cool name, and I like it. You're a hero to us Gorons. Can I have your autograph?" A look of shock came to everybody`s faces, and Shippo began to laugh. InuYasha had now had enough of this and stepped in between Link and the Goron abruptly.

"Hello! Excuse me! Isn't there a bigger thing to worry about than getting his autograph? Like telling us where the rest of your friends and Darunia are?" InuYasha then said to the Goron sternly, tapping him on the head with his fist.

"Who are you? Wait a minute, you look like a servant of Ganondorf!" the Goron the said abruptly.

"Don't worry. Him and others are with me." Link then introduced InuYasha and his friends to the Goron. "Now, like InuYasha said. What happened to the others? Where's Darunia?" Link then asked.

"Dad went to the Fire Temple. There's a dragon inside!" the Goron replied.

"A dragon?" InuYasha and the others said in unison.

"Yes, a dragon. You've got to save him! If you don't, even he will be eaten by it!"

"Tell us more about this dragon." Miroku asked the Goron.

"A long time ago, there was an evil dragon named Volvagia that lived in this mountain. He was very scary, and ate Gorons! The Goron hero at that time however, used a huge hammer and… BOOOOMMM! Destroyed it just like that! This is a myth that's actually true! I know, because my dad, Darunia, is a descendant of the hero."

"What about your friends? What happened to them?" Link then asked.

"Ganondorf's followers came while Darunia was away and took them all to the Fire Temple to be fed to Volvagia! Dad said that Ganondorf was the one responsible for bringing Volvagia back to life."

"That's terrible and utterly cruel! Why would he do such a thing? Why would he want to feed the Gorons to Volvagia?" Kagome then asked.

"Dad said he's doing it as a warning to other races who might try to oppose him. Dad meanwhile went to the Fire Temple alone to try and save everyone! Link, you and your friends have got to help!"

"Where's the Fire Temple located?" Link then asked the Goron.

"It's inside Death Mountain's crater. Unfortunately, it's blistering hot in the crater because there`s pools of lava in it. Someone in your clothes will be overcome by the heat in just a matter of minutes without some protection of some type. Let me go get you some heat resistant clothes." The Goron then walked off to another part of the cavern to get the clothes.

"Well Link, looks like I get to go with you this time." InuYasha said with a grin.

"What makes you think that?" Link replied.

"Because I've faced dragons before. I recently slew one the size of a giant. Figured out how to summon my Wind Scar at will in the process." InuYasha replied.

"You referring to Ryuukotsusei?" Miroku asked him.

"That's right."

"Link, he speaks the truth. We all saw him do it. InuYasha was tiny compared to that dragon. InuYasha must be the one then to follow you into the Fire Temple." Miroku then said.

"Yep. And this Volvagia is probably gonna be a pushover compared to Ryuukotsusei." InuYasha then said.

"I'll ask when the Goron comes back then if he has a set of clothes for you." Link then said.

"I won't need them. This yukata and haori I'm wearing were made from the fire rat, and are already impervious to fire and heat. I'll be okay." InuYasha then said.

"He's telling the truth there too. I've seen him walk through fire without a scratch." Kagome said.

"You having to follow me then is probably what Sheik's going to say if we run into him on the way to the temple then." Link then said. At this time, the Goron returned with a set of clothes that looked exactly like what Link was already wearing, except they were red colored.

"Here Link. Dad had these made especially for you and was planning on giving them to you if you came back to visit. With them on, you can spend as much time in the crater as you want. Are any of these other people going with you?" the Goron then asked.

"I am. I've faced dragons before, and Link's going to need my help in killing this one." InuYasha then said.

"Is there any way we can get into the crater without having to climb up to the summit of Death Mountain? I'd like to avoid going that way if at all possible." Link then asked the Goron.

"Yes there is. There's a shortcut to the crater located behind the statue in Dad's room. You'll have to pull the statue out of the way though." it replied.

"I'm on it. Show us to his room." InuYasha said. The Goron them led them all to a sparsely decorated room with a huge statue in it. InuYasha walked up to the statue and grabbed a hold of it. Grunting, he then pulled the statue away from the wall, revealing a hidden passage. Link then went off to change, returning minutes later wearing the heat resistant tunic and hat the Goron had given him. He handed his regular clothes to Kagome.

"OK InuYasha, you ready?" Link asked.

"You bet I am. Let's get going and kill this Volvagia. I'm hungry for some action." he replied.

"Be careful InuYasha!" Kagome said in a very concerned voice as Link and InuYasha entered the passage.