"For the last time, leave us alone, Skull-Faces!" Ranma's swift kick splintered the skull of the skeleton knight in half.
The other Stalfos didn't seem to be too impressed and raised their blades in response. One of them growled and lunged for him, but a purple blur intercepted the undead creature, leaving only a pile of bones behind.
"They no listen to you, Airen," the buxom Gerudo woman said. "They seem to have a bone to pick with you."
"Hey!" the pig-tailed young man smirked. "You stole my joke."
Shampoo smirked back, and when the remaining Stalfos attacked, they defended themselves with a double spin kick.
Ranma wiped his hands on his pants. "Well, that takes care of them."
Shampoo turned around and smiled at him, but the smile turned into a look of surprise. "Airen, you be careful!"
Ranma spun around and saw that two of the collapsed skeletons had reassembled their bodies, and now were rising from the ground again. "Damn!" he muttered. "They're that kind that only stays down if you break them apart at once..."
But before he could do anything else, a big, blue bear with wings came dropping down from the sky, burying the two Stalfos under his massive behind.
The bear lifted a wooden sign. 'What did I teach you, boy? Always watch your back!'
"Sorry, Pops! I'll keep that in mind." And with a mighty leap, Ranma bounded over his father's head to perform a jump kick, aimed at the Stalfos that had sneaked behind the winged bear's back.
It went down, just like the others.
Shampoo came over to his side and gave him a big glomp. "Aaaah, Airen is sooo strong," she gushed.
"Aw, c'mon, Shampoo..." Ranma muttered as the sexy Gerudo once again clinged to his body. "D'ya have ta do this all the time?" He then grinned and returned the hug. "You know, we're not officially a couple yet."
'Get a room, you two!' the winged bear signed and sweatdropped.
Suddenly thunderous hoofbeats made them turn around in surprise.
"Enough of this!" a booming voice shouted. "All of you, surrender now and I shall spare your lives!"
"Oh, it's Ganondorf's flunky number one," Ranma grumbled as he turned around to face the person who was sitting atop the massive Helmasaur.
Hidden behind the face mask of his helmet, the heavily armored knight's eyes narrowed. "You cur! I am the king's executor! The General of Darkness!"
"Shut it, Kuno," Ranma snapped. "We know you're just one lousy coward within one big tin can."
"Silence!" the figure roared and jumped from his mount. His massive weight made the ground underneath his feet shake. "Tatewaki Kuno is no more. The honor of the Kuno name ended with the death of my foolish father... I have cast off that name, and only Onox remains!" He reached behind his back and drew the massive sword that was strapped to his armor.
"You is just insane coward and pathetic fighter," Shampoo huffed.
"Watch your mouth, traitor!" the dark general growled. "I know everything about you... you ran away from your duties as a warrior under Lord Ganondorf's command and joined with these... rebellious scoundrels. Everyone knows that they are in league with the monstrous Zora."
"If you are looking for a monster, perhaps you should look into a mirror," Ranma shot back.
Onox heard enough. With a roar, he raised his immense blade and attacked both Ranma and Shampoo with a wide sweep. Ranma barely ducked in time, while his beautiful fiancee jumped on top of Onox' blade, bouncing off it with a back somersault.
With a deep growl, the general pulled back his weapon and approached his more dangerous opponent with slow, but firm steps. Ranma tried to see his opponents eyes through the slits of his helmet, but to no avail.
"You better not turn your back to a Gerudo warrior," Shampoo shouted while swiftly drawing both of her curved blades from her belt. With a loud yell, she first crouched down and then attacked Onox' backside with a powerful spin attack.
And with a loud 'clang', the scimitars harmlessly bounced off the general's thick armor.
The man formerly known as Kuno chuckled without even turning around. "You should know best that nothing can penetrate a Darknut's armor, foolish woman!"
And without a warning, he slashed at his pig-tailed opponent in front of him.
Ranma gasped as the insanely long weapon missed him by a hair's breadth. Taken by surprise, he stumbled backwards...
...and landed in the shallow waters of Lake Hylia with a big 'splash'.
Onox grinned behind his helmet as he saw the gorgeous form of an extremely well-endowed Zora girl - no, make that woman - rise out of the waters.
"Aaaaah, so the vicious creature shows its true face," he laughed. "I always knew you Zora scum were masters of the black arts... but now you even disguise yourselves as Hylians? That's unforgivable!"
He raised his weapon again, shoving Genma aside (who was going to stop him) and charged the female Zora. Ranko grimaced and prepared herself.
'General Onox, return to the castle immediately! Lord Ganondorf demands your presence!'
Onox stopped himself upon hearing the voice in his mind, glanced down at his aquatic opponent one last time and then lowered his blade.
"This time, I'll let you live," he grumbled. "But just you wait... the next time we meet, you won't be so lucky!" And he turned around and slowly walked back to his Helmasaur.
The bulky reptile with the heavily armored forehead grunted impatiently, as its master climbed upon its backside.
Shampoo gritted her teeth. "You run away from battle? You are coward!"
She wanted to go after him, but Ranko held her back. "No, Shampoo," the Zora princess told her fiancee. "Let him leave... you know we still aren't strong enough to beat him. He is protected by his armor and Ganondorf's magic." She grimaced. "We still have to train more to reach that goal... and until we can't even beat his henchman, we can't possibly think about taking the master of evil by himself."
Shampoo grimaced and sheathed her weapons, before watching the dark general, as he turned around his mount and rode away.
With determination in her eyes, the purple-haired warrior looked after the dark general. "Gerudos are only puppets for Ganondorf and twin hags," she mumbled. "Auntie is gone for so many years now... and since Shampoo couldn't convince great-grandmother to leave Ganondorf's side... Shampoo has to fight instead!"
Genma raised another one of his signs. 'Are you certain this is a good idea, children? We are only three people, you know?'
Ranko sat down and looked over the smooth surface of Lake Hylia. "Well, we don't have much of a choice, right? If not we, who else is gonna do something against him? With Hyrule Town in ruins, the king dead and Princess Zelda gone, Ganondorf now controls most of Hyrule. Even Death Mountain seems to have fallen under his curse..."
She sighed. "At least everything's fine here... I would hate to see this lake or Zora River to turn into one of Ganondorf's wastelands."
'Don't be too sure of that, boy,' Moosh-Genma signed with a growf. 'Who knows what he is planning for this part of Hyrule?'
"Father-in-law just has to be a pessimist..." Shampoo muttered.
----
Unseen to any keen eye, a formless shape was floating through the murky depths of Lake Hylia.
Almost looking like the water that surrounded it, the creature's hide was similar to an amorphous amoeba, but as sleek as a slimy eel. Right in its middle, a pulsating blob of red, organic matter was slithering up and down the monster's body.
Summoned by the master of evil from a dimension of darkness, the beast would have smirked... if it had a face. But, at the very bottom of the lake, it now spotted what it was seeking... the entrance to an ancient building, situated deep within the waters of the lake.
And thus, the Giant Aquatic Amoeba Morpha was approaching its target... the Water Temple of Hyrule.
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