"This must be the room," Link said as he opened the door.
He blinked in confusion when he saw the pink-dressed Poe that was hovering in a corner of the room, her back towards him. On a table in front of her, she had a little bottle.
"Little Jerome, do you like your new home?" she asked in a singing voice.
"Let me out of here!" a small voice pleaded.
Tatl hovered over Ukyo's head and let out a gasp. "That voice... is that... Tael?"
"Sis?" the purple-gleaming fairy muttered. And then, in an excited voice, he yelled: "SIS! It is you! You came to save me!"
Tatl smirked, although a tear of happiness appeared in the corner of her eye. Deciding to ignore it, she said: "Well, that's quite the pickle you're in, bro! How do you always manage to get into these situations? And heh, that pink bow sooo suits you!"
"Hey, cut that out already and get me out of here!"
"You there!" Ukyo said and pointed her spatula at the pink-dressed ghost. "You took one of the torches in the main hall, right?"
Azusa looked at them with a smile. "Oh, hello there! You wanna play with little Azusa too?"
"Um, no," Link said. "Actually, we're just here for the torch..."
"Ah, okay... fine, just take it!"
Ukyo cleared her ears. Did she just hear what she though she heard? "Beg your pardon?"
Azusa gestured at the torch who was attached to the wall. "Asuka told me this game would be fun, but I prefer to play with my cuties. Here, isn't my Jerome just the most adorable little guy?"
"That's my brother, you stupid dimwit!" Tatl hissed. "Now let him go!"
"Shouldn't you, I dunno, fight us or something like that?" Link asked uncertainly.
Azusa shrugged. "Maybe. But, see, I never really liked that Asuka. She's always so bossy... told me I was supposed to hide within that painting over there." She gestured at a black, empty painting that was hanging on the wall. "But I prefer to give my darling Jerome another bow..."
"I told you, my name is NOT Jerome!" the male fairy protested.
"Let him go, you stupid bimbo!" Tatl yelled and flitted around the Poe's head.
Navi groaned. "Can you let him out already? Tatl is giving me a headache with all her shouting."
Ukyo nodded. "Yeah, almost as bad as your constant 'Hey!', isn't it?"
"Yeah, true... HEY!" Navi said, feeling offended.
Azusa pouted. "Aww, do I really have to? He's my favorite plaything of them all..."
"Yes, please!" Link said.
Azusa sighed. "Fine, fine... the woods are full with cute woodland creatures anyway. Maybe Azusa will find something else to play with." She opened the bottle and Tael came shooting out of it, hiding behind his sister.
He shuddered. "Please... please make sure that something like this NEVER happens to me again..."
Tatl smirked. "Maybe you should take those bows out of your hair first."
Tael then looked at the two green-clothed teenagers in awe. ""Ukyo? Link? Wow, is that really you? You have grown!"
"Gee, we didn't notice," Ukyo murmured sarcastically.
"But you're Kokiri," Tael said in confusion. "So how...?"
"Let's talk about this after we found Saria," Link said. He picked up the bottle and looked at Azusa. "You mind if I keep this? Such bottles really come in handy on journeys like ours..."
"Sure, no problem!" Azusa smiled.
"And, would you, by any chance, know where those other ghosts have hidden their own torches?"
"Yeah, no big deal! See that door over there? Just go through the room behind it and you'll come into a room that looks just like this one. I think Mariko is in there."
"Thanks, you're a great help!" And Link meant it. He had never met a sweet and nice Poe like that before.
He looked at Ukyo. "Ready to go?"
"Um, sure... but shouldn't you take your hookshot with you?"
Link looked into his bag... and noticed that the tool in question was missing. He looked around and saw that Azusa was holding the hookshot, petting it affectionally. "And I'll call you 'Francoise', and I'll give you a nice new home and..."
Link sweat-dropped. "Um... may I have this back, please?"
"Awww..." Azusa whined cutely.
After Azusa gave him back the hookshot and promised not to take anything else from their possession, they entered the room she had been talking about.
"Only through that door over there, and we should find this 'Mariko'," Navi assumed.
Link watched the circular room carefully. "I dunno... after all the trouble we went through to reach the first room, don't you think this one isn't a bit too... easy? I mean, we had block-pushing puzzles, winged skulls, Skulltulas, hands that were dropping from the ceiling..."
"Aw, don't be such a worrywart," Ukyo said and stepped right into the middle of the room. "The only thing in here is a big pile of bones, nothing else..."
"WHOOOOOOOH BABY!!!" a loud voice suddenly yelled. "Those are the biggest hooters I've ever seen in my entire life and afterwards!"
"Shake this yummy body, girl!" another voice added. "Hubba hubba!"
Ukyo turned a deep shade of red. "Why, you perverts... where are you? Come out before I kick your butts!"
"Oooh, and she's a feisty one," the first voice shouted. "I hear those are pretty good in the sack!"
"Ukyo, look over there!" Tatl shouted.
Ukyo followed her fairy friend's gesture... and stared at the two human skulls that were wolf-whistling at her.
"What the... talking SKULLS?"
"Haven't you ever heard of the Stalfos before?" Tatl yelled. "Those are undead skeleton warriors!"
"That's right, baby!" the first Stalfos said as his body parts suddenly floated up from the ground to form a complete skeleton body. "And after spending such a long time beneath the ground, you'd be happy for ANY hot babe that is coming along!"
"Come on, let us play with you for a while!" the second Stalfos said after putting himself together.
Ukyo snarled. "Okay, that's it! Link, let's SMASH those things!"
A short battle later, all the pieces of the two pervert skeletons were strewn across the room.
"Oooooh, she loves me..." said one of the undead as his skull was rolling over the floor.
"SHUDDAP!" Ukyo yelled and smashed its skull with her spatula.
Tael shivered. "Wow, you can be scary when you're like that..."
"Let's get the heck out of here!" Ukyo grimaced. "And let's never talk of this ever again!"
"Wait a minute, Ukyo..." Link said. "Isn't that an old chest standing over there?"
"Maybe this is something the ancient Sages left behind after constructing these temples..." Navi assumed.
"Probably," Link said and opened the chest. He grinned and took out a nice-looking bow. "Hey, that's cool! A shooting weapon!"
Tatl snickered. "That's like a slingshot for the grown-ups. No wonder Link is excited..."
That was true. Link had never really liked the fact that his new, bigger hands were just too big for the tiny little slingshot. But now, he had found something even better.
"I can't wait to try this one out," he grinned as he left the chamber with his new bow.
Ukyo shook her head as she followed him. "Men..." she muttered.
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