Garo Hyrule no Kishi

ESKK: Wow it's been a while sense I last updated this story. Well for those of you who have patiently waited for this update I congratulate you all for putting up with this long wait. Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter and as an added bonus I placed a few reference in this chapter as well as plot information won't tell you where or when it is but it's, there. Anyway please enjoy everyone and once you're done leave a review on your way out.

(Start Chapter 6)

Ed and Sarah were climbing the mountain as it didn't take long for them to meet a Goron. "Halt no humans shall pass here during the Trial of Flames ceremony Goro." The Goron said before he recognized Sarah. "Wait is that little Sarah I remember when brother Link brought you over as a little girl during your last trip to Kakariko village you've grown some Goro." The Goron said making Sarah smile.

"Yeah this is my friend Ed me and him are on a bit of a quest but Ed here would like to participate in this trial." Sarah said as Ed looked at Sarah knowing why she did that which was because sense Link was the brother to the Goron race Sarah got free passage through Death Mountain.

"Hmm well if he's with you I guess I can bring him to Boss Cor Goron to see what he thinks follow me Goro." The Goron said before Ed and Sarah nodded and began following the Goron to the top of the mountain.

(Later up top)

The Goron were setting up for the ceremony as many young Gorons were exited to get there marks. The ones who would participate were getting in last minute training as whatever tattoo they get tells what their status as a Goron is. "So the Ceremony requires you to meditate and pray to the Goddess Din right?" Sarah asked as the Goron looked.

"Yeah at first but if you wish to get your mark Din has you undertake 4 tasks, the task of Power, the Task of Courage, and the Task of Wisdom, the last task is more of a question or riddle you must solve and depending on how you answer and what you did during the first three trials decides where you stand in Goron city Goro." The Goron said as he led the two through the crowds of Gorons to Cor Goron.

As they approached the room, they saw what appeared to be a large mat that was outline with rope.

"The first task is the Task of Power. To successfully pass this part of the trials, you must sumo wrestle one of our most powerful Gorons Goro."

A very large Goron stomped into the room. He looked at Ed and chuckled and stepped up to the arena.

"Ed are you sure we should be doing this?"

"We have to if we are to get the Horrors here." He said removing his robe and his undershirt. Sarah blushed at the muscles in his chest and watched as he walked into the arena.

"Careful Ed you have to push your opponent out of the stage to win." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"I know." Ed said as Sarah watched.

Sarah saw no one was watching before she began to whistle and threw two weight seals at Ed's feet giving him the heaviness provided by the Iron Boots of her fathers. "Good luck." Sarah said as she activated them.

Ed seeing what Sarah did nodded before taking his position on the mat. "Ready Goro?" The Goron Referee asked as both were in position. "Begin!" The Goron called before the two went at each other and began pushing the other.

Ed and Cor Goron pushed each other with all their might. Breaking off, they slapped each other, hoping to knock each other down. A particularly hard slap left a bruise on his cheek getting Sarah to gasp.

"Ed be careful!"

Ed spit out some blood and stood again impressing his opponent.

Ed then charged at the Goron a now they were at the edge of the ring. Ed was being pushed to the edge as he tried to stay on. Ed then smirked as he had an idea before he focused his weight and then threw the Goron off the edge of the ring as Ed sighed as he needed to catch his breath.

"And Edward passes the first trial Goro." A Goron said as Sarah ran over to her friend.

"You did great Ed." Sarah said as she smiled at Ed.

"Yeah." Ed said as he got up.

"Now then prepare for the next trial, the trial of Courage Goro!" A Goron called as they had time to prepare for the trial.

"Hmm normally a trial of courage will change depending on the person taking it be prepared to face your worst fear." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Well we have time I've been dying to try out the Gorons hot springs and I hear they added an extension to it to allow Hylians to enter them." Sarah said as Ed looked.

"We can try later I need to prepare." Ed said as he grabbed his shit and duster and began looking for a quiet place to prepare.

"Kill joy." Sarah huffed finding Ed's aloof nature to be quiet troublesome. But partially she was hoping to take Ed to the hot springs she didn't know why exactly though.

(With Ed)

Ed was sitting in another part of Death Mountain as he looked to be meditating. He had his eyes closed so it seems he was trying to find his fear and bury it but he was also trying to prepare for whatever trial the trial of courage was as there are many versions of the Trial of Courage in the world all he had to do was figure out which one this was for. He had time so he just contemplated the trial. As he contemplated his fears, one image kept coming up. It was Sarah looking at him with a smile. Then all of a sudden she gasped and something pierced her heart.

Ed snapped out of it and breathed heavily. Why would that be his greatest fear? He thought it would be something closer to failing his mission. Shaking his head he went back to meditating.

(Scene Break)

The number of young Gorons had decreased sense some of them didn't pass the previous trial. Before them was an ominous cave as Zaruba could sense it, Farore had made it to test those who enter. "Alright now next test is the trial of Courage in here you have to face your fears while protecting an important artifact goro." The Goron said as the group were each given a statuette Ed's was a wolf which was ironic sense his armor was largely based off a Wolf. "You will each enter one at a time and if you can't handle your fear then break the statue and a path will open for you to exit goro. If you can protect that item and endure the fear for 1 hour then you will have passed this is the last chance for you to call quiets goro." The Goron said as many young Gorons got cold feet before one by one some of them gave up as only 5 Gorons were left meaning this trial will at most last 5 hours.

"Now then let's begin goro." The Goron said as Ed walked forward as a volunteer. The Goron nodded as Ed held the item and entered the cave to face his fears.

Ed walked into the cave, light disappearing as he did so. Once the light was gone, he felt the room heat up. He snapped his eyes open and saw he was in some sort of inferno. He took a deep breath and coughed. He figured this was his biggest fears, reliving when his mother died.

"ED!"

Ed snapped his eyes to the side. That voice. Sarah was here? What was she doing in the cave? Ed held onto the item as he coughed. As he walked he looked for Sarah. "Sarah!" Ed called as he looked for Sarah.

"Ed help!" She called as Ed ran through the flames.

It wasn't long until he found Sarah but to his shock she was on the stake tied up as he saw phantoms around him all calling out slurs and insults like "half breed witch," or "burn the invader!" The stake was already a flame as Ed went wide eyed.

"Ed help!" She called with tears in her eyes as the flames moved closer to her.

The phantom seem to be getting closer as Ed looked at Sarah. He held the clay doll and jumped into the flames and held Sarah close. His Madou Robes could be used to shield her as he held her close. The flames grew closer but the minute they touched his flames they also vanished as did Sarah and the phantoms.

Ed found himself in a cavern with a spike in the center of it as he looked around as saw the clay doll was still in his hand. "Strange." Zaruba said as Ed looked to the Madou Ring. "This cavern it's much like the trial of inner shadows but different it seems to be testing your courage and your own heart." Zaruba said as Ed looked and saw a mark on the spike.

Ed touched it and saw it glow before another cave opened. "Guess we keep going." Ed said as he then entered the cave entrance. As he walked through the cave he suddenly came across a large pit. As he looked down, he suddenly heard a very loud roar. This wasn't the normal Horror roar, it was something darker and more primal.

The roaring got louder and he burst out of the pit. Ed got a good look at it. It was huge. Probably taller that the Castle. It filled with spikes and its mouth was huge probably capable of eating the entire Goron village whole. "Ed!" Zaruba called as Ed then looked up and saw what looked like a crystal like girl modeled after the Master Sword.

"Golden Knight your radiance is needed now more than ever." The girl said in an old language as Ed understood it.

It was then that it went up fully in white that Ed had to shield his eyes. Once the light died Ed found himself in the entrance again. "What was that?" Ed asked as he looked at Zaruba.

"I think I know but I need more time to get an accurate answer but by the looks of it, it might be Demon King Demise." Zaruba said as Ed looked.

"Demise?" Ed asked before the entrance opened as Ed looked as light entered the cave.

"Demise was an ancient evil that plagued Hyrule in the time before the Kingdom was founded. It was said that the Hylians were supposedly in the sky after Hylia sealed him away. When it was unsealed, the first princess and first wielder of the Master Sword sealed it away." Zaruba answered. "Demise cursed the descendants warning of his return.

Ed looked and saw something. "So it's possible that Demise appeared as Ganondorf and all those evils that plagued Hyrule." Ed said as Zaruba nodded.

"Yes possibly but more likely as Ganondorf." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Now let's go we still have one more trial to undergo." Ed said before the cave entrance opened and Ed walked out.

Sarah saw Ed and smiled as she looked to him. "Ed you're ok!" Sarah said as Ed nodded. "Are you ok?" Sarah asked as Ed looked. Ed looked to Sarah for a bit as he remembered the fear he felt when he saw her burning before he did one of his rare smiles.

"Yeah just had to face my fears." Ed said as Sarah smiled.

"Well I'm glad you conquered them." Sarah said as Ed nodded and walked over to a Goron and presented the artifact to him as the Goron nodded.

"He passed goro." The Goron announced as Ed nodded. "Now you should go and prepare for the Trial of Wisdom goro." The Goron said as Ed nodded and went with Sarah as they two went to find somewhere to wait.

(Later)

The two sat at what served as the village square as Ed and Sarah sat next to each other. Ed they looked to Zaruba as Zaruba saw this. "Zaruba what can you tell me about the trial of Wisdom?" Ed asked as Zaruba looked.

"Wisdom comes in many forms but Wisdom and Knowledge are two different things, if I had to guess it would be something that would test your wisdom of choice, either choose the wise decision by the many or choose the wise decision by the heart." Zaruba said as Sarah looked.

"Well Naryu always wants to protect the things she loves when Farore can't help, at least according to stories." Sarah said as Ed nodded.

"I need to think on this but whatever this last trial is if we pass it we can enter Death Mountains volcano and begin to seal the Horror seeping the Makai into Death Mountain." Ed said a Sarah nodded.

"Any maybe after words we can try the Death Mountain hot springs." Sarah said as she always wanted to try the out.

Ed looked ad gained a mental image of Sarah in the steamy hot springs before he blushed and hid a bit trying to banish the image from his head. Sarah saw Ed shaking his head. "Something the matter Ed?" She asked tilting her head.

Ed looked and saw the same image as before only it looked far more seductive. Ed shook his head. "Sorry lingering effects from the test.

Sarah looked unconvinced but let it go. The other Gorons gathered around Ed. "Hey it's time for the trial goro." The Goron said as Ed nodded and followed them as with Sarah.

(Later)

It was down to three which were Ed and two other young Gorons as Cor Goron looked to the trio. "Now then sense you are all gathered we may begin the trial, now then for the trial of Wisdom you must choose three options from a question Goro. Depending on your answer will decide if you pass or not. Now here is the question goro." Cor said as he took a deep breath. "You are traveling and you come across a Moblins harassing a group of Traveler and trying to steal from them. You have a sword but they are greater in numbers and physical strength and the travelers don't seem to provide a high reward nor do have much Rupees to bribe with. You can either; walk away and pretend you didn't see anything, stand and fight for the travelers, or fight not with physical strength but with words you will have 10 minutes to decide goro." Cor Goron said as he looked at the three as the time began.

Sarah looked as this trial could end in anyway and Ed needs to be on the Gorons good side to enter Death Mountain volcano. "Come on Ed make the right choice." Sarah said as Ed thought about it. On the one hand, fighting through the moblin horde would be effective but it could end up with the traveler dying. Walking away wasn't an option, he swore to protect humanity and that meant not ignoring those in need. But if his negotiation fails, he could wind up hurt and both he and the traveler could be dead.

Ed then paused. Each of those options sounded like one of the tests. The fight option Courage and the walk away option Power. That would mean the Wisdom option would be…

"Have you made a decision?" Cor asked.

Ed nodded. "Yes. I choose to talk. It provides a way for not only myself to get out but the traveler as well. Barring that, I can buy myself time and the traveler to get away if the negotiations go awry. "Is that you final answer?" The Goron said as Ed nodded.

"You must fight only when other options have been exhausted." Ed said as Cor smiled.

"That is the correct answer." Cor said as Gorons cheered as did Sarah as the other two were shocked that Ed had figure it out the riddle.

'You did it Ed.' Sarah thought with a smile.

(Scene Break)

Ed looked at his arm as it had the Goron crest of the Warrior on it as it was tattooed onto him not to long ago. Sarah looked at Ed as Zaruba chuckled. "Looks like you are officially an honorary Goron." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Though now we need to enter Death Mountain Volcano and find the Horror causing it to distort." Ed said as Sarah looked.

"Well let's go." Sarah said as they needed to talk to Cor Goron first before they can enter the Mountain.

(Later)

"Oh Brother Ed glad to see you what can I do for you?" Cor Goron said as Ed nodded.

"I need to enter the mountain see there is something in there I need to get that is of the upmost importance." Ed said as Sarah then spoke up.

"I can vouch for him." Sarah said as Cor Goron thought about it before nodding.

"Alright you can go in." Cor said as Ed nodded. "Be careful though something has tainted the sacred mountain so if you can defeat it please do." Cor said as the two nodded. Cor soon got out of the way and allowed the two to enter as they went into the mountain to defeat Horror and claim the shard hidden in the temple.

Ed and Sarah walked into the mine. The temperature steadily increased as they descended into the mine. They saw the interior of the mine was filled with lave along with raised platforms.

"Oh man, this place is hot. No wonder the Gorons can work in this. They must love the heat," Zaruba replied.

Ed had covered his mouth. "Got to be careful of the gas. Sarah, stay close."

Sarah nodded and stuck close to Ed before the two began there trek through the temple as they jumped over platforms to avoid ending up in the lava. Every so often the lava would shoot up so they had to time it just right so they can get through. As they walked for a bit they didn't see any Horrors show up at first but when they arrived in the main room Horror popped out as they screeched and growled at the two.

Ed drew the Garoken as he took his battle stance while Sarah drew her Madou Brush ready to fight the Horrors.

"Basic Inga Horrors looks like something or someone sent them to us to greet us." Zaruba said as Ed was ready to fight.

"I think your right." Ed said as the way they moved and ambushed was too organized.

"Less talking more fighting." Sarah said before sending an energy bolt at a Horror. Ed charged at the Horror as he slashed t them with a downward strike as the Horror was cut in half from it being sealed into the Garoken. Sarah sent an energy bolt at a Horror knocking it back before lifting up her right index and middle summoning up a flurry of embers that quickly turned green and lit the Horror aflame. Ed then came in and slashed the last Horror in two sealing it away as Ed looked.

"That was too easy." Ed said as Zaruba looked.

"Don't get cocky there are stronger Horrors in the Volcano be weary." Zaruba said as Sarah nodded.

"Come on if my dad beat a temple like this before I say we can do it just as well." Sarah said trying to be optimistic.

"Yeah..." Ed said as Zaruba chuckled.

"It's nice to see someone energetic and optimistic about this place." Zaruba said as Sarah simply smiled and the two continued on forward through the Volcano.

As they walked through Sarah wiped some sweat off her brow as even Ed had to admit it was hot in here. But they carried on forward as they had to locate the Horror hidden here and cut it down. It wasn't long that they came across a locked door as Ed looked at the lock and like the last temple it was Makai Metal an alloy that was hard for a Makai sword to cut through.

"We need a key." Ed said as Zaruba looked.

"Agreed." Zaruba said as Sarah looked around and found a door.

"Well there's an open door over there we should try to look for the key there." Sarah said as Ed nodded to that. The two then began to make their way to the door as when they arrived they opened it and walked through. They found themselves in another room as it seemed to carry a lot of rare minerals as Ed could guess this is where Hyrule get most of its ore from when the Gorons don't eat it.

As they walked they, soon heard movement as they grabbed their weapons ready for anything. They looked around and to their shock a Horror popped out as it was covered in the ores that made up this room like an armor as Ed glared at the Horror.

"Zaruba!" Ed called as Zaruba looked.

"Horror of the Ore Steel-hide its known for gathering the strongest of ores to make up its armor, though in reality it relies too much on the ore armor to be a powerful Horror, it does have a weakness which is fire if the Horror becomes too hot it releases the ore and starts gathering new ore, but sense this room is filled with rare minerals it has the home field advantage." Zaruba said as it gave the dup an analysis of the Horror before Ed looked to Sarah.

"Have a spell that can boost Madou Fire?" Ed asked as Sarah looked.

"Recently learned it so it should be of great help to us." Sarah said with a smile before the two then eased into a battle stance.

The Horror roared at them before charging at them like a mad bull. The two split apart to avoid the attack as Ed took the chance to attack the Horror but the Ore was tough as the Garoken barely did a scratch on it. "You need to summon your armor to deal with this Horror." Zaruba said as Ed looked.

"Seems I don't have a choice in this." Ed said as he then raised his sword skyward and summoned his armor as now Garo has taken the stage. Sarah jumped to a boulder and fired a Makai Bolt at Steel-hide and was able to do damage to it but not much. When she saw Ed had become Garo she quickly began the spell as her Madou Brush produced a green flame which she began going through a series of stances.

Garo slide the Garoken through Zaruba's mouth as when the Garoken was through Garo's body became aflame in a Green Madou Fire. "Ed!" Sarah called before sending the charged up Madou Fire to Garo causing Garo's eyes to glow as he then charged at the Horror with the Garoken as when he charged he was in a sphere of Madou Fire and cut through Horror lighting it aflame as it quickly began to freak out. The Horror began ripping its armor off revealing a large Oni like Horror as it glared at Garo and Sarah ready to kill them.

"Let's end this." Garo said before he charged forward and cut through the Horror with ease causing it to roar in pain and fury before vanishing into black smoke. Garo whipped his sword to the side before disengaging his armor as now Ed was back.

"Let's go." Ed said just as rocks shattered revealing a treasure chest for them to reap from. Ed and Sarah walked to the chest before opening it and to their surprise a key was there waiting for them.

"Looks like we got the key." Zaruba said as the two nodded.

"Now we can get through that door." Sarah said as the two then began to run to the locked door in the other room to open said door. Inside the next room was a large river of Lava. On top of the lava was a large circular platform with several platforms leading away from it.

"Where do we go Ed?" Sarah asked as the heat began to sweat.

Ed was also sweating and had removed his jacket revealing his torso to a blushing Sarah. "I would say we find an open door." He looked around and spotted a door on a small ledge. "That way."

The two began making their way to the ledge as when they arrived they saw a ladder waiting for them. Ed began to climb first as he was closely followed by Sarah where they arrived at the top. The two then entered through the door and found themselves in a large room with set of levers that connected to a set of bridges and stairs that seem to move around by pulling the switches with either a sword or an unknown item.

"Seems we're in a puzzle room and there are spots that require a special tool to get through part of it." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Then we better get through what we can solve for now." Ed said as Sarah smiled.

"Let's me help I'm good with these type of puzzles." Sarah said as she smiled.

"Very well but we will need to work together on this." Ed said as Zaruba nodded.

"Agreed." Zaruba said as the two then began to traverse through the puzzle.

Sarah turned and approached the lever closest to them. "Ed stick your sword here." She pointed towards the opening.

Ed approached the slot and did as she asked. One of the bridges lowered and the bridge they came from raised essentially trapping them. Seeing no choice they headed towards that door and when they got there they saw the door didn't have a lock on it so they can go through to which they went through the door. When they entered the next room they saw that the room held a Horror there on a stage of sorts that was suspended over a pool of lava as the Horror was large and carried a large hammer on its person as Zaruba recognized the Hammer instantly as he knew what it was. "Ed, Sarah that hammer the Horror has is a Madou Hammer it can be very useful to help us get through this place." Zaruba said as Ed looked.

"How do we get it away from it?" Ed asked as Zaruba analyzed the Horror.

"This is the Earth Hammer Horror Black Club it's known for its brute strength but its weakness is lava though you can never tell because its normal den has a pool of lava to throw off its hunters." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Well what are we waiting for then let's cut down the Horror." Sarah said before she and Ed entered the stage as the Horror sensed them before it began to move. The Horror held a resemblance to the Iron Knuckle that had served Gannondorf Fatefully for many years as its armor face piece glowed with a single eye and with both hands lifted the Hammer ready for battle.

"Well here goes nothing." Ed said as he took a battle stance with the Garoken drawn at the ready.

"This time I'll help." Sarah said as she pulled out her Madou Brush. Sarah waved her brush and inscribed a rune. The rune glowed and then shot beams of light. The Horror flinched but did not fall. Ed quickly charged in, the Garoken parrying the Hammer but quickly had to push it off sense the Hammer's weight was overpowering him. Ed found the Horror had the strength advantage so he needed a way to even out the playing field. Ed jumped back before charging at the Horror but it armor was too thick and as long as the Horror had that armor on it had the advantage. Ed quickly jumped back before rolling behind the Horror and slashing at a strap causing the armor to loosen. The Horror saw this before knocking Ed back as Ed barely dodged the attack as he quickly back flipped away.

"Ed you ok?" Sarah asked as Ed looked.

"Yeah I found a way to lower the Horror's defenses." Ed said as Sarah took notice that some of the straps on the Horror's armor was cut.

"Nice thinking." Sarah said as Ed nodded and the two knew what they needed to hit.

"Aim for the Horror's straps that should lower its defenses that should help us in this fight." Zaruba said as the two then charged forward to continue the fight.

Ed blocked the overhead swing and jumped back. The Knuckle charge and swung his axe intending to decapitate. Waiting for the right moment end rolled out of the way of the shockwave and got behind the Knuckle. Before it could react, Ed slashed at the supports of the armor and it collapsed into dust.

The Horror looked at itself and saw it was stripped of its defenses as it removed its helmet revealing the face of the Horror as it possessed a single eye that moved about. The Horror shouldered its hammer as it then slammed it down causing the chains suspending the stage to fall to the lava. Luckily the chains did not break and began to retract as it glared at the two. The Horror roared as it put up its free arm as a form of defense as it glared at the two.

"Ok its defenses our down time to go all out." Ed said before he raised his sword skyward and summoned his armor before becoming Garo. Garo growled as he slid his sword across his arm fin ready to fight. The Horror quickly went on the offensive as it slammed its hammer upon Garo but the Golden Knight blocked the attack before pushing the Horror away and then send a kick torts it knocking it away. The Horror rolled on the floor before Garo charged and with the Garoken knocked the hammer out of the Horror's hands before he began to slash at it. The Horror of coursed used its armored arms to block the attack much like a boxer as it attempted to keep its guard up against the Golden Knight.

Sarah then came in and used her Madou Brush to send a flurry of fish like creatures at the Horror causing it to react by trying to get them away. "It seems without the armor the Horror is faster, be careful." Zaruba said as Garo nodded and charged at the Horror while it was distracted and began slashing at it.

As Garo slashed at the Horror he was able to get blows in knocking the Horror back before jumping up and doing a spin kick knocking the Horror into the lava. The Horror quickly got out as it was in pain before some of its chain mail moved to reveal a red core of sorts as Zaruba knew what it was. "There's its weak spot hit it there." Zaruba called as Garo and Sarah nodded before with their weapons charged at the weak spot and began hitting it. As they hit the spot they began causing the Horror pain as it knew it had to win.

Garo then with his hand began pulled at the armor to rip off its shield around it core. The Horror was trying to stop it but Sarah summoned chains that pulled at the Horror's arms keeping it from moving its arms. The Horror struggled to move but Garo was able to rip off the armor around its chest before Garo decided it was time to end this. Garo then did a wide arks slash a the Horror's core causing its blood to spill on the floor before turning to dust as in the end the Horror was sealed away into the Garoken. All that remained of the Horror was the hammer as Sarah looked at it just as Garo reverted to Ed.

"Well we have our prize those heavy buttons in the previous room seems to be able to get pressed by that hammer." Zaruba said as Sarah walked over to the hammer.

"I guess I'll take this then." Sarah said as when her hand touched the hammer she lifted it up and found it was lighter then she expected. When Sarah saw the hammer she saw engraving on it which she ready. "Hammer of Dawn." She read as she lifted the hammer up to look at it.

"I guess we have a new Madou Tool to help us." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Let's go." Ed said as when he said that the chains were pulling the platform back onto the upper level as the Lava fell off from the bottom leaving no spot melted as it was apparent this platform was made of sturdy stuff.

"We'll have to go to upper levels to return to the puzzle room better make our way through." Zaruba said as everyone nodded.

The two then walked over to the opposite door and opened it before going through as they found they were in a staircase area. The climbed the stairs before arriving at the top to where another door was waiting for them. The two then entered through the door and found a room that had a lever in it.

Ed pointed Zaruba torts it to see if it was a trap before the Madou Ring spoke. "It's not a trap but judging by its appearance it seems to make a bridge from the river of lava to get us to the source of the Makai Corruption of this temple." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Thank you Zaruba." Ed said as Zaruba nodded.

"Well let's pull it." Sarah said before Ed pulled out the Garoken and used it to pull the lever. When the lever was pulled gears began to move as the spun and in the end made a path way for them to go to. The two then went into it as they soon arrived at a room with a small puzzle that had a treasure chest in a cage.

"Best to get that chest a door key might be in there." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Well let's solve this just listen to me." Sarah said as she smiled.

"Alright." Ed said before he and Sarah went to the small puzzle.

Sarah looked at the puzzle and quickly solved it. When the puzzle was solved, two creatures crawled out of the lava. They looked like large lizards and they looked vicious.

"Careful Ed they are Dodongos. They can burn you pretty badly," Zaruba told him seeing as some of the Previous Garo's had tangled with Dodongo's from time to time.

"Man they look as vicious as dad described." Sarah said as this was the first time she seen one.

"Best aim for its tail that's where it's weakest." Zaruba said as Ed nodded. Ed went after the first one while Sarah switched to her sword and shield and went after the second. The two began battling the Dodongo and sense they were commonly slow they made quick work of them. But once they were defeated a large treasure chest appeared as it seemed to have an ornate design.

"That looks like it has the boss key." Sarah said as Ed looked.

"Let's check it out." Ed said before walking over to the chest. Ed soon began opening the chest as a light shined from it before he pulled out its contents and Sarah was right as it was the boss key.

"You got the main key but you still have to find the other switches to build the bridge to the boss door." Zaruba said as Ed understood.

"Let's go." Ed said before the two continued their search for those last two levers to form the bridge.

Heading back into the room with the bridge, they saw they could now reached the room to their left. Entering the room they saw it had several suspended platforms over a large river of lava.

"How the hell are we supposed to get across?" Sara shouted.

Ed looked at the platforms. "They look like they are magnetized. Let's try the Iron Boots."

"Wait what about you?" Sarah asked as Ed smiled.

"Don't worry I'll make my way." Ed said as Sara nodded.

Sarah walked on the bridge for a bit before activating the iron boots causing her to go flying torts the platform as she was now attached to it. Sarah then began making her way to the other side of the river. Sarah then arrived at the other side of the river as she took off the boots and smiled that she made it.

Meanwhile Ed looked as he got what he needed as he knew he had to be fast about this otherwise he might end up falling into the river. "Hope you know what you're doing Ed." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"So do, I." Ed said before he saw the wall. Ed quickly ran on the side of the all performing parkour as he then jumped to the other side and continued the momentum. This allowed him to get to the other side of the river as he landed next to Sarah. Sarah was shocked to see this as she was expecting him to do something different. "You have got to teach me how to do that." Sarah said as Ed smiled.

"Maybe one day." Ed said before he began walking ahead. Sarah huffed as the duo made their way through the door as they began exploring the dungeon. After all a Madou Tool might be hidden here that can help them against the Horror causing this corruption. As they walked they soon arrived at another room with a lot of suits of armors in it. By the looks of this it seems that Hylian Knights came and fell here. But that was when Zaruba spoke.

"Ed, Sarah I detect a Horror in this room, it's not the main Horror but it's pretty powerful." Zaruba said as Ed quickly drew the Garoken while Sarah drew the brush. Ed looked around trying to find the Horror before he heard the clanking of armor. Ed looked around and noticed that there were suits of armors that stood empty as if to make a display. But that was before out of nowhere an armor appeared behind the too. Ed saw its shadow and quickly pushed Sarah out of the way before getting out of the way himself. The Armor was possessed by a Horror as it wielded a large Hammer as it screeched and shouldered the hammer.

"That Horror is the Forge Horror Smelt, it's commonly seen wielding a hammer and usually uses that hammer to forge things it needs. But it has a smelting forge on its left shoulder allowing it to forge anything in the heat of battle. This Horror is very troublesome be careful." Zaruba said as the Horror grabbed a large rusted sword before its left shoulder open to reveal heat. It then put the blade in before the shoulder thing smashed it multiple times as once it was through the sword was as good as new if not better then new. The Horror duel wielded the hammer and the sword as it looked ready to kill.

"Crap." Ed said as this fight might be difficult.

"You're telling me." Sarah said as she took a battle stance.

The Horror charged and swung its hammer. The hammer struck the ground sending a shockwave that nearly knocked the two down. Ed recovered quickly and sped towards the Horror. He struck the armored figure only to get a clang. The armor laughed and punched Ed before Ed crashed into a pile of armors as it hurt. He began to get up as Zaruba then began to speak. "It seems the armor is pretty thick we're going to need to step it up a bit Ed." Zaruba said as Sarah looked.

"Yeah no kidding." Sarah said as she soon noticed something on its back. "Hello weak spot." Sarah said before drawing her sword and charging at the Horror. The Horror saw this and slashed at Sarah who back flipped away. "Ok got to be smarter." Sarah said before drawing her sword and shield and getting ready. Sarah then jumped and rolled behind the Horror before slashing upward causing her sword to cut the ropes holding the Horrors armor and making said armor fall off.

The Horror saw this before as its body seemed to be melded with the forge on its shoulder as Sarah smirked. "What's wrong missing something?" Sarah asked before Ed charged and slashed off the Horrors helmet causing it to reveal the demonic dog like head. The Horror roared as it quickly through the sword at them causing the two to jump out of the way. The Horror then began smashing the Hammer at them as Ed blocked the attack with the Garoken before pushing it away and slashing at the Horror.

The Horror jumped back before its eyes glowed and it ran over to the nearest suit of armor. The Horror vanished into the armor before the armor came alive as the forge appeared on its left shoulder. "Looks like every time it loses its armor it goes and grabs a new one." Zaruba said as Ed held his stance.

"Then I think you should suit up Ed." Sarah said as no doubt Garo can end this battle in a heartbeat.

"Let's weaken it more before we go for the kill." Ed said as he held his stance. Ed swung his sword over his head and summoned his armor starting the clock. Sarah targeted the spot again and Ed struck the forge area. While he was doing that, Sarah attacked the armors to remove the ability to jump armors. When, the second armor went down there was only two left as the Horror jumped ship. Ed continued to attack the horror knowing he had less time than he thought. One final strike destroyed the armor. The horror looked around and saw its armors gone. Ed used the distraction to destroy and absorb the Horror.

When the Horror vanished all that was left was its hammer. Sarah walked over to it as Zaruba and Ed saw the Inga and Jaki on it. Before Ed could stop her Sarah grabbed the Hammer but instead of it harming her the Inga and Jaki on it vanished as if a mere touch from her was enough to purify it. Ed looked shocked as it was the same with her Madou Brush as Sarah lifted up the hammer and quickly found she needed two hands to hold it. Sarah looked over to Ed and caught him staring as Sarah looked.

"Ed you ok?" She asked concerned for her friend.

"Y-yeah sorry." Ed said as he might have to bring this up with the Watchdog.

"Well then best to keep moving to the Horror if we dally any longer we might miss it." Zaruba said as the duo nodded.

The two then left the room and soon found that there was a lake of river of lava that seemed to curve before stopping near the boss door with the big lock. Sarah looked around the room and saw a bolder on a catapult as she had an idea. "Ed follow me." Sarah said before taking Ed's hand and dragging him to the Catapult with him releasing a yelp.

When the two arrived at the Catapult Sarah saw a lever where Ed can use the Garoken to help change the catapults position, there was a button she had to use her hammer for to launch the boulder. They had to aim this just right if they wanted to get the boulder into the river of lava. "Let me help with this one I can guide Ed with the aiming Sarah you get ready to launch the boulder." Zaruba said as the duo nodded and got ready.

Ed began to move the Catapult around under Zaruba's instructions as he saw that the ledge they needed to get to was blocked. If they could use the boulder to create a path it was be very useful. "Stop there." Zaruba said as Ed nodded.

"Ok Sarah now." Ed said before Sarah nodded and with the hammer hit the switch causing the boulder to go flying torts the fenced wall creating a hole in it before the boulder fell and sunk into the lava.

The two quickly got into their position again ready to launch Ed. Zaruba told Ed to move the catapult to the right. Then getting onto the cup, he waited for Sarah to wind up her hammer and slammed the catapult down. The momentum easily cleared the cliff and Ed landed on top.

"How am I going to get up there?" Sarah called out. Ed looked around and spotted a large enough rock. "Hold on, just get on the catapult."

Sarah did as instructed. Ed picked up the boulder and heaved it onto the lever. The catapult launched Sarah straight up and in Ed's arms. Both of them blushed at the closeness "Uh..." They both said and of course Zaruba decided to put in his two scents.

"Love in the making here." Zaruba joked as Ed glared at his Madou Ring nearly dropping Sarah.

"Zaruba!" Ed yelled at his Madou ring which only made said Madou Ring chuckled at Ed.

"Um can you let go of me now?" Sarah asked as she looked to Ed. Ed's blush quickly returned before he carefully put Sarah down before looking away and scratching his nose.

"Well then enough distractions we should continue on through the temple." Zaruba said as the group nodded to that and began their journey once more.

The duo then began to traverse the volcano as they battled their way through Horrors and monster to find the boss key. They found the switches around the temple as they began building the bridge to the big door. In the end they build the bridge as now they had access to the boss door. "Ok let's take on the Horror causing this corruption." Ed said as Sarah nodded. The two inserted the boss key and once it was in the locks began to turn before it became undone as the lock fell as with the chains as the door soon opened. The two entered the room ready for whatever foe awaited them on the other side.

(Inside the Boss Room)

The two entered the chamber and saw that a battle had just took place here as they saw the Horror causing this an overgrown Inga Horror was on the ground before it turned to dust. They looked and saw two figures in the room both of which were quite dark in aura.

*Insert Skyward Sword OST Ghirahim Theme 1

One was a young man who seemed to look a bit like a younger version of Ganon but he was more wild looking in oppose to Ganondorfs sophisticated persona. The other was a pale white man with a cloak over a set of white cloths that seem to all have a diamond design while on his ear was a diamond shape earing. This pale man with white hair seemed to look Hylian but in fact he was far from it as he had a sort of demonic aura to him as he was similar to jester of sorts.

Zaruba could sense it this being wasn't Hylian, human, Horror, or monster in fact he seemed to be a mixture of a true Demon and a Spirit as the two men saw the two. "Oh it seems we have guests here." The man said pleasantly with a sense of elegance to his voice.

"Finally this Horror was boring anyway." Pyrus said as he jumped down and looked ready for a fight.

"Now, now young Pyrus be patient I'm sure our guests are quiet curios as to who we are especially the descendant of that reached sky child." The pale man said referring to Sarah as that confused her. "After all we shouldn't lower ourselves to being Uncivil especially against a, would be Hero and her Knight." The man said as Ed had his hand on the Garoken as everything about these two made his hairs stand on end. Like they're very presence was just bad news for everyone they are around.

"Shut up Uncivil means I get to cut lose and tear apart opponents!" Pyrus said as the man looked to the two.

"Who are you two?!" Ed demanded as the pale man looked to them playfully

"Oh my, it seems in my reprimanding of dear Pyrus I had shown myself to be uncivil, allow me to rectify that." The pale man said before looking to the duo. "I am the Demon Lord who has been acting from the shadows for quite a long time all in preparation for the great revival. You may call me Ghirahim." The Demon Lord said as he laughed a bit.

"But I do prefer to be indulged with my full title: Lord Ghirahim. But I'm not fussy." Ghirahim said as Ed knew he heard that name somewhere before, perhaps in the ancient archives. Ed knew these two were bad news and knew they were keeping this place in a corrupted state thus Ed drew the Garoken from its sheath as Ghirahim looked to the young man.

But when Ghirahim looked to Ed his eyes showed him a similar image from so long ago from an encounter a long time ago in the Sky View Temple before Hyrule was founded. "Deja vu." Ghirahim said as he laughed a little. "You boy with the Golden Armor you are much like that one person, that one person who I despise with a passion and the fact you drew your sword against me I must say this brings back such memories." Ghirahim said as Ed glared. "Well then I suppose we can indulge ourselves for a bit after all I have been meaning to look in on one of you Golden Knights." Ghirahim said as Pyrus smiled.

"Finally some action!" Pyrus called out as he was hoping for a chance to cut lose.

"But to see one who carries the blood of that wretched hero and servant of that Goddess, and one who seems to remind me so much of him and the humiliation he had dealt me... IT INFURIATES ME! IT'S OUTRAGOUS! IT'S UNACCEPTABLE!" The Demon Lord roared in fury as he glared at them. One who carries the Heroes blood and one who seems to carry the Hero's will and courage but then vanished catching the two off guard. "This had left quite an appetited for some good old bloodshed and it would make me so happy to see a descendant of that Reached Hero of the Goddess and that boy with the heroes aura killed and humiliated the same way it was done to me." Ghirahim said as he was clearly pissed off from an event in the past.

That was when Ed felt Ghirahim breathing down his neck as Ed and Sarah looked as Zaruba was also shocked at this. "Though it seems uncivilized of me to take out my frustration on those who had nothing to do with the Heroes crimes against me but to see two who have such close relations and mirroring aspects to the Hero I can't seem to control that anger." Ghirahim said as Ed felt a hint of fear coming from his spine and from Sarah's look so does she. "But I promise upfront not to murder at least one of you the girl here is needed in the long run for the great resurrection." Ghirahim said before sending his long tongue out causing the two to get away from him.

"Now then shall we begin?" The Demon Lord asked as Pyrus appeared next to Ghirahim while holding a large dragon spear as the Demon Lords cloak vanished leaving him in his white leotard like clothing.

*End OST

*Insert Skyward OST Ghirahim Battle 1

Ed drew his Garoken as Sarah drew her sword and shield knowing they might be in or a tough fight but they had to power on through. Pyrus transformed into a Dragon and roared ready to fight. The dragon roared and charged at the two. Sarah blocked the initial charge, but Pyrus did his job and separated the two. Ed rolled out of the way and sped towards Ghirahim. He slashed from over his shoulder and was surprised when his strike was stopped.

"Hm...So this is the great power of a Makai Knight. I must say, I am not impressed." He pushed the sword away and methodically moved closer summoning his sword. Ed growled and charged again looking for an opening.

Ghirahim and Ed clashed swords as it was apparent to Ed this demon had far more experience than he. Plus Ed could already tell by the way this guy moved he was holding back tremendously no doubt considered him a minor threat. Ed then saw the chink in his strength he was arrogant so sure of himself that it blinded him to what his opponent was planning. Ed decided to use that arrogance to his advantage and go in for the sure kill.

Ed slashed at his opponent but the Demon Lord blocked the attack but Ed used that to his advantage and used the momentum to kick the Demon but the Demon Lord dodged the attack before slapping Ed to the side with his free hand. "Ed be careful this guy he's using enough of his strength where he knows you stand no chance." Zaruba said as Ed looked.

"I know." Ed said as he needed a plan fast.

"Better think of something." Zaruba said as Ed knew he was out matched in this.

(With Sarah)

Sarah fought Pyrus as the spear wielding Dragon Knight was ferocious with his attacks as Sarah blocked and avoided his attacks. "Come on little girl show me what you got!" Pyrus called out as he spun his spear before charging at Sarah who was barely able to block his attack with her shield. Sarah was sent back a bit as the Dragon Knight kicked her before hitting her with the flat side of his spear as Sarah was severely out matched.

The Dragon man roared in pain before Sarah switched to her sword and began slashing at the skull of this man causing the helm to start cracking. Pyrus then flew upward and transformed into his human form before falling downward with his spear ready before attempting to skewer Sarah. Sarah avoided the attack before slashing at Pyrus who used his dragon scale gauntlet to block the attack then swung his spear hitting Sarah to the side as Sarah quickly rolled and regained her footing just in time to block another attack.

"You're getting better little girl." Pyrus said as Sarah smirked.

"Or you're getting predictable." Sarah said before pushing him away and performing her father's famous Spin Attack which knocked Pyrus back.

"Then better try something new." Pyrus said as he quickly got up. "Like this!" He called before shooting out fire breath which nearly fried Sarah if she hadn't gotten out of the way though parts of her cloths got burned a bit.

"That was close." Sarah said as that was a close call for her.

"Come on little girl the fun is just starting." Pyrus as he was just getting excited.

(With Ed)

Ed slashed at Ghirahim as Ghirahim blocked the attacks but Ed decided to play sneaky as he made it look like he would attack at one spot but Ed quickly switched and attacked the opposing. Ghirahim then snapped his fingers summoning diamond shaped daggers which he sent as Ed who deflected them at Ghirahim using the Garoken. Ed then charged at Ghirahim and began slashing at him doing damage to the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord was knocked back as he looked at the wound and saw a scratch at his otherwise flawless skin and took notice to how it sizzled from the heat or Soul Metal.

"Impressive for a human." Ghirahim said as he looked at the wound.

"But you are still not much of a match for me." Ghirahim said before vanishing. Ed looked around for a moment before Ghirahim appeared behind him and when Ed turned Ghirahim slashed at Ed's chest area getting through the Madou Robes as Ed yelled in pain as blood seeped out staining his normally white Madou Robes red. "Oh it looks like I left a bit of a scar." Ghirahim said as he was enjoying this. That was when a Dragons roar was heard before a black fairy appeared and whispered into Ghirahim ear.

"Oh it seems playtime is over dear Knight Boy." Ghirahim said as he took out there prize which was a shard like the one they had claimed in Faroe but larger and the marks more prominent. "I suppose we shall take our leave after all we need but only a few more pieces to make the crown." Ghirahim said as Ed forced his body to move and glare at Ghirahim.

"Crown?" Ed asked as he looked at the Demon Lord.

"Oh you haven't heard then dear knight boy, perhaps another time first I must collect my cohort and be off." Ghirahim said before snapping his fingers and vanishing.

"Stop!" Ed called but it was too late.

(With Sarah)

Sarah was winning her fight as Pyrus stabbed his spear into the ground as he glared at Sarah. "I can't be losing yet I still haven't challenged a god to a fight yet." Pyrus said to himself. But before he could attack a hand was on his shoulder and to his shock it was Ghirahim.

"Come along Pyrus we shouldn't delay much longer after all we got what we came for." Ghirahim said as Sarah was shocked to see Ghirahim holding the shard piece they came for.

"No!" Sarah called as she tried to stop him but when Ghirahim snapped his fingers the two were gone. That when she remembered Ed as she looked and saw Ed was hurt. "Ed!" Sarah called as he ran over to Ed and saw him bleeding badly.

"We need to get him stitched up fast. Quickly open a portal." Zaruba said as Sarah nodded.

"Got it." Sarah said before opening the port under Ed and then the two were teleported back to Kakariko village.

(Later Kakariko village)

The two arrived at the village as the nearby leader saw that Ed was injured. He acted and helped the boy to the doctor as Sarah took out her Potions and held them in case Ed needed them.

(With Din)

Din opened her eyes as she had seen the entire battle with her abilities as a Watchdog. She herself was not knowledgeable on this Crown bit she instant knew Ghirahim but it shouldn't be possible, he shouldn't be alive but apparently he was and if he had been alive for so long no doubt be is planning on resurrecting Demise once more.

"Golden Knight, Child of Light and Dark I hope you are prepared because your power will be needed to stop Ghirahim." Din said knowing the duo would need allies to combat Demise and Ghirahim. All hope was now riding on those two.

(Scene Break a few days later)

Ed began to come too as he looked around confused as to how he got here. He looked and it appeared that he was in the village leader's home which didn't make sense, considering his last memory was fighting Ghirahim and Pyrus before the Demon Lord slashed at his chest before the two escaped. Ed got up as he looked around as he noticed on his bed side was Sarah as she was sound asleep as Ed was surprised. Was she here watching over him the whole time he was knocked out and how long was he knocked out anyway?

Ed's movement though caused Sarah to begin to wake up as she opened her eyes and the half Twili saw Ed and smiled. "Ed your awake!" Sarah called out glad to see Ed was awake.

"Hey Sarah what happened?" Ed asked as then Zaruba spoke.

"Better look at your chest to see what had happened." Zaruba said as Ed looked at his chest and to his shock he saw a large scar where Ghirahim had slashed him as Zaruba spoke once more. "Ghirahim gave you one nasty scar and it took a lot of stitches to fix up luckily you'll live and knowing you it won't bother you much." Zaruba said as Ed looked.

"Those two though they were so strong." Sarah said as it was lucky she was able to defeat Pyrus.

"Then we have to get stronger." Ed said as Sarah looked to him. "With experience and training we'll be able to get stronger and with each battle we learn something even when we lost we still learned something, we learned that there are foes out there much stronger than us so we have to become stronger ourselves and be ready for the next time we confront them." Ed said as Sarah looked at Ed. Even though he had lost he still saw a way to get stronger. It was a part of Ed she had come to respect even if it was a bit naïve.

"Well your father went on ahead to scout the next province to see if it was covered in twilight he should be back soon." Sarah said as Ed nodded before remembering something. "Oh and dad was able to put a good word in with the Gorons to let us use there hot springs and have it all to ourselves for the night." Sarah said as Ed was shocked.

"Really?" Ed asked as that was surprising.

"Yeah and I did say we would go to the hot springs after we got through Death Mountain." Sarah said as Ed looked to her before nodding.

"I did promise I suppose." Ed said as Sarah nodded.

"Alright then let's go the hot springs awaits!" Sarah said as Ed nodded.

"Ok just let me get dressed." Ed said as Sarah nodded and left the room to get ready for the hot springs.

"Hope you don't plan on popping her cherry during this quest her father might try and murder you." Zaruba joked as Ed glared.

"Shut up Zaruba." Ed said as he hated when the Madou Ring got like this.

(Scene Break later the Hot Springs)

The sun was beginning to set and sense no messages came in from the Watchdog it meant that there were no Horrors in the area. Ed was already in the hot springs as he was wearing shorts as he was dipped into the water. Normally when he is alone he would enjoy hot springs without the shorts but sense Sarah would be coming in soon he had opted to wear shorts. Call him a prude if you want but sense these springs belong to the Goron he did not want to ruin it.

As Ed sat in the water he soon heard the door to the Elevator of the mountain open as Ed looked to it expecting Sarah in swim wear. "Hey Sarah the water is great and- EH!?" Ed called out as he saw Sarah walking out with nothing but a towel to cover her decency which surprised Ed to no end.

"Hey Ed." Sarah greeted as she blushed. Ed quickly turned away so he didn't end up staring as Sarah walked into the water.

"Um Sarah didn't you pack any swim wear for this journey?" Ed asked with his face blushing beat red as he heard Sarah come closer.

"I did but I wanted to enjoy the full hot springs experience so I left it with my stuff." Sarah said as she was soon behind Ed. Ed spared a glanced at Sarah and saw the Twili markings on her body in the form of birthmarks as he saw even like this Sarah held an intense beauty that only he could have hope of comprehending. "You don't have to look if you fell embarrassed Ed." Sarah said as Ed nodded before the two ended up sitting back to back enjoying the water. Ed could feel Sarah's own nervousness from behind him as he was wondering what was wrong.

"You know… I never met my mother." Sarah began as Ed was now curios. "Dad said she came from another world and left me with him sense her world wouldn't accept a half Hylian as one of them, considering her tribe and the Hylians had a bad history." Sarah said as Ed listened.

"I always wondered what she was like, why she did what she did, and how strong was she in magic to be able to send me here without the need for the Mirror of Twilight." Sarah said as she looked down into the water. "For as long as I can remember the Ordonians treated me like family but some of the younger ones whisper about me, about how I look and the markings on my body too odd to be normal birthmarks." Sarah said as she continued. "And when travelers would come by the whispers grow louder and if they were not ogling me like a piece of meat they questioned my lineage and sometimes I get called one word I hated so much, Half-breed." Sarah said as Ed was shocked. "It wasn't like I was born between the union of someone from Holodrum and Hyrule no I was born between a Hylian a denizen of light and a Twili a denizen of the dark, and I was considered a freak to the outsiders that sometimes I was scared of leaving the village." Sarah said with tears in her eyes.

"What made you agree to come with me on this journey?" Ed asked as he looked to Sarah.

"Well you did Ed." Sarah said surprising Ed with that statement. "You have so much courage to face the Horrors even if some of the things they've done would drive a man insane, you have power yet you use it to protect, and you have a sense of wisdom that I can never hope to match you are everything that I want to be, and if I got to travel with you I know nothing bad would happen to me because I have you by my side." Sarah said as she then looked over to Ed. "So thank you Ed for giving me the courage to explore Hyrule." Sarah said as Ed was shocked before smiling to himself.

"You're welcome Sarah." Ed said as he moved his right hand to interlock with Sarah's left hand in the water as the two just sat there enjoying the hot springs. But anyone who saw them here could tell a bond was being formed here one unbreakable bond that would decide things for generations to come.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and those who had remained to read this story. Thank you. Anyway I hope to see you all next time so leave a review on your way out and as always ja ne.