"Watch out!" Link cried, as he hit yet another Bari with a Deku Stick.
The floating, electrified jellyfish splattered apart in a shower of sparks and slimy particles.
Ruto shielded her eyes against the remains of the monster. "Ewwwww..." she said. "That's disgusting."
Link sighed as he looked down at the remains of his splintered, wooden stick. As fragile as they were, Deku Sticks would break apart every time he hit an enemy with them. Still, as he couldn't hit the Bari with a metal weapon, using his sword was out of the question.
"Stupid elcractical jellyfish..." he muttered.
"It's 'electrical', can you keep that in mind?" Navi sighed. "Really, Link, some day we just have to do something about your education..."
Akane smirked. "I wonder how he managed to survive until now... Honestly, are there no schools in the forest?"
Link shrugged. "Dunno what you mean, but we managed to do just fine up to this day. And I really never figured that I would leave the forest one day, you know?"
"Can we just go on with it?" Ruto asked impatiently. "I want to find my mom's precious stone."
"By now, I think I can imagine what 'precious' means..." Link grumbled as the princess climbed back on his back. "Like stupid, dumb or annoying..."
They approached the next 'door'. The strange bony contraption retracted as soon as Akane touched its surface, so they could enter the next chamber.
Akane shook her head. "All of this organic stuff gives me the creeps, you know? I mean, walking around a whale's belly... My life can't get any weirder than this."
"You tell me..." Link grumbled. "But at least you don't have to carry a whiny princess around on your shoulders."
WHAP!
"Stupid boy!" Ruto yelled as she whopped Link's head. "You should see it as an honor, carrying me around Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly! Now go, and no complaints!"
"Yay me..." Link groaned as he rubbed his head. "I can't imagine anything more glorious as carrying a fish-girl with a temper around a whale's slimy belly, fighting el... electric monster and searching for a dumb little stone..."
WHAP!
"I said, no complaints! Now, get going!"
They crossed yet another chamber, defeated a few of those floating stingrays and opened the next bone door.
They were standing in a circular room, with a round platform in its middle. And on it, some sparkling item was lying.
"There!" Ruto shouted and wiggled around on Link's shoulders. "That's my mommy's stone! Quick, throw me up there!"
"Well, if you insist..." Link smirked, drew back his arms, grabbed Ruto's behind...
Ruto blushed a deep azure blue and yelped. "PERVERT!"
Link grinned, then he threw the Zora princess onto the platform with all his might.
"OW!" Ruto cried as she fell on her tender little tush. "Hey, be a little more careful, okay?"
"Just hurry up and take the stone, okay?" Link shouted. "We don't have the whole day!"
Muttering to herself, Ruto stood up and rubbed her sore little bum. She walked over to where the glittering sapphire was lying and picked it up. She was just going to go back to her 'friends', when suddenly...
"GWAH!" Ruto shouted as the ground beneath her feet started to shake. "Wh-what's going on?"
And then, the whole platform rose up, out of the ground, and took Ruto with it. Akane gasped and tried lunging for the platform, but it was too late: It rose up and vanished in a vertical shaft in the ceiling, which they hadn't even noticed previously.
"EEEEEEEK!" Ruto's shrill voice came from upstairs. "What the... what's THAT? An... an octopus...?"
Link threw Akane a confused look. "What's wrong with her?"
"I think we're just going to find out..." Akane grimaced, as the platform came down again.
Link gasped as he realized that not Ruto was sitting on top of the platform, but a fat, slimy monster with a tubular face and rubbery tentacles...
"A Bigocto!" Navi gasped. "Be careful, Link, you can't hurt him from the front."
The giant octopus-like monster gave off a gurgling noise and jumped off the platform, in-between the two children... and then he turned around, facing Link.
Link grimaced as the Bigocto started heading his way. "Ho-how am I gonna hurt him if I can't reach his backside?"
"Um... I suppose you RUN FOR IT!" Navi shouted as she zipped out of the way.
Link yelled as the Bigocto chased him all around the platform, never stopping once. He tried jumping up on the platform several times, but it was just too high for him.
Akane on the other hand... thanks to her Sheikah training, she had no such problems. She nimbly jumped up on the central platform and observed how the Bigocto chased Link around the chamber.
After the third round, she shouted. "So... having fun yet?"
"Very funny!" Link yelped. "Why don't you come down here and HELP ME?"
Akane nodded. "All right, I already have a plan... I think I figured out his movements."
She stood up, straightened her arms and pulled something out from under her belt... it was a wooden throwing tool, carved masterfully to ensure a smooth flying path.
Akane waited a few more seconds, squinted her eyes and took aim...
"HURRY UP, WILL YA?" Link yelled as the Bigocto closed in on him.
"YA!" Akane finally shouted, as she let the boomerang fly.
The twirling weapon flew a curved path... and smacked directly into the face of the octopus monster.
Link didn't even notice it, he just kept on running and yelling, all around the room... until he smacked into the big, green butt of the monster.
"Quick!" Navi yelled. "Hit him with the sword!"
Link nodded and stumbled back to his feet, drew his Kokiri Blade and swung it through the air.
"Hey, slimy!" he yelled. "Mind if I BUTT in?"
And he sliced at the Bigocto's behind with a clear cut.
The monster gave off another gurgling yell, jumped straightly up into the air, waved its short tentacles around, landed back on the floor... and fell back on its butt. A small puff of smoke came out of its tubular snout, and then... it was defeated.
Navi sighed. "Now that... was something else."
"Um... nicely done, if I may say so..." Akane commented. "Now that was a very... exceptional way to defeat your opponent, you know?"
Link felt like collapsing on the ground and cry. "Aw, shaddup..." he mumbled.
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