"So this is the legendary 'Blue Fire', eh?" Ranko muttered as she stared into the blue flame that was burning on the marble pedestal. She held her hand over it... it wasn't giving off any heat. A deep frown appeared on her blue face. "And that stuff is supposed to melt the ice Mom and the king are trapped in?"
"It work," Shampoo told her fiancee. "You see. Gerudo not know much about ice, but have heard stories about Blue Fire too."
"And how are we supposed to carry it?" Ukyo grimaced. "In a bottle?"
Link smirked. "Ukyo, sometimes, you have the best ideas." He rummaged around in his bag, until he found what he was looking for.
His smirk turned into a confused stare when he saw what was inside the bottle. "Huh?"
"About time one of you gets me out of there!" the blonde Poe yelled. "How long do you plan on carrying me around like that?"
Ukyou raised her finger. "Hey, isn't that..."
"The ghost girl we tricked in the Forest Temple?" Tatl snickered. "Yup, of course she is! Link caught her in that bottle, after all. But I must admit, I nearly forgot about her myself."
"How very nice of you," the ghost grimaced. "It's easy to forget poor little Mariko, isn't it? Now, let me out of here! It has been far too long since I was separated from my honey, Lord Onox..."
Ranko winced. "Link, could you put that back? That annoying voice is getting on my nerves..."
"Yeah, sure," Link nodded.
"Hey, don't you dare..." Mariko's voice got muffled as her bottle vanished back in Link's bag. Instead, he pulled out another one. "Here, let's try this again..."
Carefully, he scooped up some of the Blue Fire with his bottle and corked it tight. In the end, he had a small, bottled blue flame.
"I don't believe it, you actually did it?" Ukyo gasped. "Who has ever heard of carrying fire in a bottle?"
Link shrugged. "Well, it's not hot, so..."
"I really hope that stuff actually helps," Ranko sighed. "Or else I don't know what I can do..."
"Airen no worry, Blue Fire will work," Shampoo tried to calm him.
"Yeah... if only we could test it out somehow..."
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Link said. "That frozen treasure chest in the other room I found... we could use the fire to take it. The ice it is frozen in is shimmering red, just like the ice your Mom is trapped in."
"It's worth a try," Ukyo said. "C'mon, Ranchan! We can't keep your people waiting."
"Well, okay," Ranko nodded, hoping that they were right. It would be too horrible if it didn't work.
Link lead them back to the junction, where they took the path leading to the left this time. It ended in a small cavern with icicles hanging from the ceiling and growing from the ground. At its end, there was a treasure chest encased in red ice.
Link gave Ranko the bottle with the Blue Fire. "Here, you should try it."
Ranma took it and nervously approached the frozen chest. "Well, here goes nothing..." she murmured. She uncorked the bottle and poured the Blue Fire over the red ice. And indeed, within seconds, the whole clump of ice was reduced to a small puddle of water to her feet. Ranko stared at the empty bottle in her hands, then she grinned and said: "It worked! Hey, it really worked! Wow, that's great! Now we can free Mom and..."
"Calm down there, Ranchan," Ukyo snickered. She was glad to see her in such a good mood. "Now why don't we take some of that Blue Fire back to Zora's Domain and..."
"Shampoo take some in second bottle," the amazon proudly said and raised her bottle into the air.
"Great, then what are we waiting for?" Ranko shouted.
"Wait a second, I just want to see what's in there..." Link said and walked to the chest.
But when he touched the wooden surface, a dark shadow fell across the room. "What?" he shouted and nervously backed off. "What was that?"
"Link, what did you do?" Ukyo asked with worry as she looked around the unusual darkness.
"I didn't do anything," Link protested. "I just touched the chest..."
"And thereby, you walked right into my trap," a sinister voice spoke up. Two glowing, red eyes appeared above the chest. "I know you would come, Link! And I also know the elder princess of the Zoras would try to save her people. But I have a message for all of you, from my master: As long as the monster of the lake still lives, will the curse upon Zora's Domain never be lifted!"
"Who are you?" Link shouted as he drew his blade. Ukyo and Shampoo drew their weapons as well, while Ranko went into her battle stance. "Show yourself!"
The cavern was filled with a booming laughter. "I am not here, unfortunately! But I am impatiently waiting for you in the Water Temple, Hero of Time! Come to me, and maybe we can talk about what you did to me... and what I will do to the younger Zora princess!"
"Ruto!" Link and Ranko shouted at once. "If you touch her, I'm gonna kill you!" Ranko yelled.
"Such an angry grimace on such a pretty face," the unknown entity snickered. "I have nothing against you or your sister, but as you are my master's enemies, you are mine as well. The only one in your group I have a grudge against is you, Link!"
"Why me?" Link asked. "What did I do to you?"
"You may not know it right now, but about seven years ago, you killed me - and I want my revenge!"
"What?" everyone gasped. Link couldn't believe his ears. His friends were looking at him in awe.
"Link, what's he talking about?" Ukyo whispered.
"I have no idea!" Link defended himself. "I killed beasts and monsters in Ganondorf's service, sure, but..."
"Oh, I was human once," the voice explained. "And no, you haven't killed anyone... yet!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tatl yelled. "If he didn't kill anyone, how could he have killed you seven years ago?"
"I will let you think about it some more, Hero of Time," the voice hissed. "For now, just come to the Water Temple... I can't wait to see you again - or is that for the first time? Ha ha ha ha ha! But we don't want to make it that easy, don't you agree? That's why I prepared a little surprise for you... a little pet of mine who will keep you entertained. Show yourself, my dear!"
And then, the red eyes disappeared, and out of the darkness, a white beast came leaping with a feral growl. The darkness vanished, but the white Wolfos that had appeared in front of them stayed.
"Gimme a break..." Link grumbled. The Wolfos growled and slashed at him with its claws. Link parried the attack with his shield and hacked at it with the Master Sword. Still, the beast jumped over his blade.
"Don't worry, we'll finish that mutt in no time!" Ranko grumbled. "And then we pay that creep a visit... I'd love to introduce him to my FIST!" And with an angry yell, she punched the white beast in the face, so that it got knocked across the cave.
It howled in pain as it collided with the wall. Dazed, it shook its head and wanted to jump back to its feet.
"Oh no, you don't!" Ukyo screamed and slammed her huge spatula down on its head. The Wolfos roared one last time, then it collapsed.
Link poked it with his sword. "It's dead," he exclaimed.
"About time!" Ranko grumbled. "We have to hurry! Who knows what that guy does to Ruto while we're dawdling?"
"Wait a minute, Ranko!" Navi interrupted him. "Isn't the Water Temple at the bottom of Lake Hylia? Then shouldn't it be completely flooded? I mean, you can breath under water, and Tatl and I have our fairy magic, but what about Link and Ukyo?"
"Dang..." the Zora princess muttered. "I didn't think of that..." she then thought of something. "Hey, our store should have a few Zora Tunics in stock. With those, even Hylians can breath under water."
"Now isn't that convenient..." Ukyo sighed. "All right, but I hope you'll wait for us when we swim through the temple... I can't swim as fast as you."
"I think these can be of a great help," Link grinned when he looked into the chest he had opened. Ukyo looked past him and facefaulted.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me..." she grumbled as she saw the pair of heavy iron boots lying in the chest.
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