Link and his dark double circled each other, their blades drawn, their eyes always on the enemy. The red, gleaming eyes stared deep into the sky-blue eyes of the Hero of Time.
With no warning, Link struck! He slashed at his evil counterpart, but Dark Link easily countered with his own blade. Link tried a sweeping slash, but Dark Link blocked that one as well. Afterwards, Link swung the Master Sword above his head, but Dark Link simply raised his shield.
"I know your movements..." Dark Link giggled. "I can always predict what you're going to do... and counter any attack of yours." And with a sudden step forward, he thrusted his blade at Link.
Link winced when the dark sword barely missed him, tearing the sleeve of his blue tunic apart.
"Link, look out!" Navi yelped. Link grimaced and blocked Dark Link's continuous attacks with his own blade, but unlike his black double, he started to tire under the enduring assault.
'Time to pull out a few tricks...' Link thought to himself and put some distance between him and Dark Link by doing a backflip. He then quickly reached into his bag and took out the hookshot. While keeping a close eye on his opponent's movements, he took aim and fired the long chain.
Dark Link sidestepped the hookshot and grinned. "Do you think these silly tools of yours could harm me? Think again..."
Link cursed, retracted the hookshot and put it back. Dark Link made no attempt to approach him, he calmly walked up and down and waited for Link's next action with a smirk on his face.
Link thought about it... then he sheathed his sword and took out the bow. He reached back and took an arrow out of his quiver.
'Let's see how you can dodge this one... I've become quite the skilled archer after saving Saria from Phantom Ganon.'
He closed his right eye and pulled back the string. He fired... and the arrow harmlessly bounced off Dark Link's shield.
The dark being laughed. "Did you really think I wouldn't use this shield? Do you honestly believe that you are the only one who can cowardly hide behind such a thing?" He sneered at the green-clad hero. "Now it's my turn..."
He stormed forward, jumped into the air, twirled his sword around... Link jumped sidewards to avoid the powerful slash... and with a powerful motion, Dark Link's black sword came crashing down to the ground, creating a sudden shockwave that threw Link down to the ground.
Dark Link stood up and gave the fallen hero a look of malicious joy. "Your little friend knows that trick, right? Are you surprised that I can use it, even though my weapon isn't as huge and flat as hers? And I didn't even need a fairy to teach me..."
He raised his sword. "The mastery of fencing... my skills with the blade... that's no magic, no dark power. It's in my blood and spirit... just like it is in yours."
He pointed his blade at Link. "You and I we're two sides of the same coin... we're brothers... don't you see?"
"He's crazy..." Navi whimpered. "Link, please watch yourself..."
And then, the evil sneer reappeared on Dark Link's face. "Goodbye... brother!" And he plunged his blade down...
...into the ground. At the very last instant, Link had rolled to the side, so the strike missed him. "Sorry to disappoint you," he grumbled. "But I'm far from finished."
Dark Link pulled his blade out of the ground and growled. "DIE ALREADY!" he shouted and dashed at the hero.
Link welcomed him with his own blade, and then, the two warriors met in a dance of twirling blades and clashing steel. Link then stepped back and attacked Dark Link with a powerful stab... but the evil warrior jumped up and gracefully landed on top of Link's sword.
Link sweated. The weight of his opponent was wearing him out, and if he dropped his sword, he would be defenseless.
Dark Link grinned. "A tricky situation, isn't it? You can't move... while I can..." And he prepared to slash the Hero of Time across the face...
When suddenly, Link used all his power to pull up his sword. The sudden motion made dark Link stagger, and he quickly jumped off. He shook his head angrily. "You dirty little..."
He gasped when he looked back up and noticed that after shaking him off, Link had jumped into the air and now... he was coming at him, his blade raised high above his head...
"HYYYYYAAAAAAAHHH!!" Link yelled as he struck his dark double with the most powerful jump attack he had ever managed to perform in his whole life.
The Master sword slashed right through Dark Link's own, black tunic... and trailed directly along the glowing, red wound on his chest, the one that would never bleed again...
The black sword the dark warrior was holding clattered to the floor. After a while, it dissolved into black smoke and vanished.
Dark Link slumped down. "G-good strike, brother..." he stuttered. "M-maybe... I underestimated you... once again..."
Link stood up and turned around. He looked down at the dark creature that wore his face. They both knew he had won, and so he lowered his blade. "Who are you really?" he asked in a soft voice. "Tell me... and why are you calling me 'brother'?"
Dark Link chuckled. "Wouldn't you like to know..." he murmured.
And then... his form started to lose shape. Slowly, his black body deformed itself into a formless, black blob of darkness... which then seeped down into the ground.
Navi sighed with relief. "Link... you won..."
Link nodded. "Yeah..." But for some reason, he didn't feel any triumph. He looked down to where Dark Link had crouched just seconds ago, and suddenly, he saw a small, wooden frame lying on the ground. Link picked it up and took a closer look at it.
It was a tiny drawing, the picture of a motherly-looking, Hylian woman...
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