Chapter 32: Holy Ship

Following an armada of Ganondorf and Urien's minions, Link and the others found themselves overlooking a shipyard where many boats lay in the water docked waiting for someone to set sail in one of them. As the monsters swam towards the shipyard, Link and the others readied themselves for yet another combat.

"If this is where the monsters are attacking, then I can only assume that Eddo is somewhere around here," said Link.

"You are correct, this is where Pumm wanted me to lead you, but let's see if these beasts can alleviate my boredom," chimed in Cody.

"I knew you'd say something like that," grumbled Guy.

"Hey, I like fighting, ain't nothing wrong with that," remarked Cody.

"I agree with that, fighting is quite fun," said Ryu.

As a Kargaroc swooped down with a bomb in its talons, Link fired an arrow up at the foul feathered creature hitting the bomb in its talons which made it explode taking the Kargaroc with it. As a group of Geozards leapt out of the water to face the heroes, a few Kargarocs also swooped down and dropped some Bokoblins onto the ground to face of against the heroes too.

"Looks like we have our work cut out for us guys," stated Maki.

"Not really, they may look scary, but we should be able to handle this with the nine of us," replied Alex.

A group of the Bokoblins swung their crude cleavers at the group making the heroes jump back to avoid being hit. Zelda transformed herself into Shiek and threw out a group of needles towards the Bokoblins making them raise their cleavers to block the needles. Alex rushed forward and knocked some of them back with his Slash Elbow. Guy rushed forward as well and knocked another group back with a spinning shoulder tackle move he called the Hozanto.

"Let's have some fun!" exclaimed Cody as he threw out a punch towards one of the Geozards who deflected the punch with its shield. The Geozard spit out a glob of water at Cody who dodged the attack and pulled out a small cluster of rocks and threw them at the Geozard. The Geozard blocked the Bad Stone and swung his sword in a horizontal motion at Cody who dodged hit the Geozard with an uppercut which created a mini tornado. The Geozard succumbed to Cody's Criminal Upper.

"Aw, come on, put up a better fight than that," grumbled Cody.

At that moment, a group of Bokoblins surrounded him, but Guy knocked away a few with his Bushin Senpukyaku as Maki punched away one with a rushing punch attack she called Genko.

"We're not letting you have all the fun Cody," said Maki.

"Fine by me, but don't beat up all my targets," responded Cody.

Another Geozard lunged at Chun-Li who flipped away narrowly avoiding the sword. She felt a hard water blast hit her in the back though and turned to face the Spume that shot at her from its watery hiding spot.

"Kikoken!" yelled Chun-Li.

Chun-Li's projectile shot out of her palms and decked the Spume making it go up in a puff of smoke. As the Geozard tried to take advantage of Chun-Li's distracted state, Ken spun at the monster with a Tatsumakisenpuukyaku disorienting the amphibious beast.

"Thanks for the save," said Chun-Li.

"Don't mention it, this guy is all wet if he thinks he can beat us," remarked Ken as his Shoryuken finished off the Geozard. Ken dodged a water blast fired at him by a Spume and retaliated with a Hadoken dispatching the slimy creature.

Another Kargaroc swooped down at pecked at Shiek, staggering back a bit, Shiek threw out a long chain whipping the Kargaroc. Unbeknownst to the warrior princess though, a Bokoblin fired an arrow at her which grazed Shiek's shoulder, the Bokoblin prepared to fire again but Alex grabbed the little red monster and Power Bombed the Bokoblin into oblivion.

Ryu leapt at a Geozard and threw out a kick which was blocked, Ryu then went for a sweep knocking the Geozard to the ground. Link leapt forward driving his sword into the Geozard making it vanish in smoke. A Spume nailed Ryu with a water blast that made him stagger forward as a Bokoblin swung its cleaver at Ryu. Ryu barely dodged the cleaver as he punched the Bokoblin in the face and chained his punch into a Shoryuken, Link threw a bomb at the Spume taking that nuisance out of the picture.

"Bingo!" yelled Cody as he threw out a powerful rushing punch called the Zonk Knuckle at a Bokoblin sending it flying. As Maki saw herself get surrounded by Bokoblins, she spun around on her tonfa delivering a powerful kick called the Reppukyaku to the Bokoblins around her pushing them back. Guy knocked a few more back with his Hozanto once again.

"Their numbers are dwindling, we should be done here soon," commented Guy.

At that moment, an axe went whizzing through the air and the blade lodged itself into Guy's left shoulder blade making the Bushinryu ninja yelp out in pain as he dropped to a knee clutching his shoulder. A group of Bokoblins charged at Guy ready to make a kill while he was down. Cody and Maki charged after the Bokoblins to protect their injured friend.

"Who the hell threw that?" asked Alex as he saw what happened. An axe whizzed through the air again, and Alex threw a Bokoblin in front of the axe making whoever the axe thrower was hit their own ally.

Soon, another flock of Kargarocs swooped down this time carrying red hued lizard like creatures with light plates of armor on that were brandishing axes, they all let out hisses at the group of heroes.

"Dairas! I'm sure you're all now aware that they love to throw their axes at people!" exclaimed Link as he dispatched another Geozard.

"Yeah, I'm all too familiar with that already," groaned Guy as he remained knelt down, axe still lodged in his shoulder. As the Dairas charged towards the heroes, the Moblins also lumbered over towards the heroes.

"I think we're gonna need more power for this," said Shiek as she changed back into Zelda. At that moment, a Daira threw an axe at her, Zelda quickly deflected the axe with Nayru's Love, Chun-Li charged before the Daira could grab another axe and kicked it in the face before following it up with her Hyakuretsu Kyaku smacking the lizard with a series of powerful kicks.

A Moblin swung its heavy spear at Alex who deftly parried the blow and then retaliated with a Flash Chop making the Moblin stagger and Alex delivered a boot to the Moblin's rotund stomach however another Daira threw an axe towards Alex making the buff blonde halt is attack on the Moblin and dive out of the way of the ax. The Daira ran towards Alex throwing axes at random not allowing Alex to mount an offensive. Ken fired a Hadoken at the Daira which stunned it temporarily allowing Alex to run forward and suplex the lizard making it go up in smoke. The Moblin tackled Ken knocking him back, and prepared to drive its spear into the martial artist. Alex lunged forward smacking the lizard with a Slash Elbow though allowing Ken to get up as he chained a standing uppercut into his flaming Shoryuken making the Moblin expire.

Ryu threw out a Hadoken at a Daira which was snuffed out by the axe that the Daira threw, Ryu charged forward and leapt into the air barely missing another thrown axe and kicked the Daira in the face, the angry lizard pulled out another axe and swung at Ryu grazing his chest. Ryu winced but kept his composure as he delivered a punch to the Daira's gut followed by a Shoryuken taking out that Daira. A Moblin whacked Ryu with his spear though sending the Japanese man flying to the ground. Link rushed to Ryu's aid throwing out his Gale Boomerang to disorient the Moblin, Ryu rose up and rushed towards the Moblin with his Tatsumakisenpuukyaku riddling the large creature with numerous spinning kicks. Link then finished off the assault with his Spin Attack sending the Moblin up in smoke. Another Daira threw its axe at Link who quickly turned around and deflected the axe with his shield. The force of the axe though made Link stagger back but Ryu fired another Hadoken to snuff out another thrown axe by the Daira allowing Link to fire a bomb arrow at the Daira's head making snuffing out its existence.

"Damn, do these things have an unlimited supply of axes?" questioned Maki as she shoved a Bokoblin into an axe thrown by the Daira.

"Beats me, but these Daira creatures are total assholes!" exclaimed Cody as he dodged another axe and kicked the Daira near him away with a lunging kick that he called the Ruffian Kick.

"That could be where they're pulling their axes from," replied Maki.

"Please don't joke around right now and just finish these things off," groaned Guy as he clutched his wounded shoulder which was bleeding quite a bit.

"Everyone, shield your eyes now!" shouted Link.

Taking Link's advice, everyone covered their eyes as Link tossed a Deku Nut down. The blinding flash that the Deku Nut produced stunned many of the monsters allowing Link and the others a prime opportunity to strike. Acting quickly, everyone launched their attack before the effects of the Deku Nut could wear off. Eventually, all the monsters where dispatched allowing everyone to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

"Glad that's over with, I hated those Daira creatures," grumbled Alex.

"Seeing as how much of a pain in the ass they were, I'm sure Ganondorf and Urien will be sending those things a lot more often though," stated Ken.

"Maki, I suggest you take Guy to get treated, I'll catch up with you after I make sure these guys get to where they need to go," chimed in Cody.

"On my way," said Maki as she helped Guy to his feet and the two made their way to the nearest hospital to help Guy get treated for his injury.

A door at one of the cabins creaked open and out stepped a short dark skinned man with a big nose. He was wearing spectacles, a white tank top, black pants, and a white bandana.

"Hmm, so you guys took care of those beasts, not bad, you saved everyone's skin here," commented the man.

"No problem sir, I assume that you are Eddo," replied Chun-Li.

"Yes I am, is there something I can help you with?" asked Eddo.

"Pumm sent us to come and see you, he was wondering if you'd be willing to loan a ship for these guys to examine that tower out in the ocean," answered Cody.

"Ah, you're friends of Pumm, excellent! Of course I'd be willing to lend you a ship of mine, just make sure that you don't wreck it," said Eddo.

"Thanks man, and if any damages happen, we'll gladly pay you back for it," responded Link.

"And with that, I'd better go catch up with Guy and Maki, you guys take care, why don't you stop by the Lumpy Pumpkin again after you conquer this tower," said Cody.

"Thanks for helping us out though Cody, it was much appreciated," replied Ryu.

As Cody departed, Eddo motioned for the others to come with him as he showed them the ship they would be comandeering. It was decent sized boat which looked to be powered by steam.

"This is one of my finest vessels, I'll let you use it to sail to that tower, it should be a nice comfy ride for all of you, provided none of you get seasick," commented Eddo.

"You don't have to worry about that, and thank you for letting us use your ship, we will return it to you in great condition as well," replied Zelda.

"Good luck though my friends, and smooth sailing to you!" exclaimed Eddo as the heroes boarded the ship and prepared to set sail.

After getting the ship prepared, the heroes set sail, Link steered the ship towards its destination across the Australian waters, after a while of sailing, the tower began to become visible off in the horizon.

"So this is the tower, I'm sure we'll find another Secret Text in here," remarked Link.

"We should also find Byrne's mentor being held captive in here apparently," added Alex.

"Well then Link, full speed ahead! The sooner we topple this tower the better!" exclaimed Ken.

"Yes, I agree, we will defeat these challenges with all due haste!" responded Link proudly.

And with that, Link sailed onwards as him and the rest of his team were ready to take on the challenges that awaited them in the tower that loomed over them.

Author's Note: Yup, I got this update out quite quickly. Of course I'm still looking forward to the upcoming Zelda games for 3DS and Wii U and I'm also looking forward to Ultra Street Fighter IV. I recently went through Zelda II again (the Japanese version) and man I hated those Dairas in Death Mountain so I felt the need to include them in the story as well. Next chapter, we begin Tower of the Gods. Well with the Wind Waker Wii U release, I wanted to put another Wind Waker dungeon in. I'm off to work on the next update, but until then, please read and review. Goodbye dirty pirate underwear!