Jason stood with the 30 hid by the river. He searched the cliffs for movement as a soft breeze slowly started up. Link remained with the other nine at the gate, Epona wasn't far away. One of the zoras looked up in his bliss to see something that shocked him. He pointed a finger at the hiding place of the three men. Jason looked exactly to where the men stood and his archer's drawn bows were released. Suddenly, all the men jumped to their feet, with their cover blown, neither side needed to hide. The half of the 86 closer to the rocks jumped up and were immediately attacked by 45 archers and swordsmen. As they fought, the 30 fighters by the river jumped into the lake and started to swim across. The other part of the 86 jogged through the cliffs and were there to join them. Link jumped on Epona and charged into the grass at the side of the lake and within seconds was clashing swords with men along the ground. The other nine galloped in as well and soon were attacking and being attacked.

Link was surrounded by five men who jumped at him at the same time. Flipping his sword to the side, he swung his sword in a wide arc, slashing and taking out them all at the same time. He swung on to the man next to and then moved on to a larger group who were still slipping down the sides of the hills. The thirty reached the shore and came on to the suffering ten who were already showing signs of defeat. Jason took a swing at a soldier before slipping to the side of a fellow fighter. Link cut through as well, but even with the two present there it was obvious that the opposing side was winning. Hyrule's small distraction force was no match for the trained army and the majority of the fighting kept falling to Link and Jason as their comrades fell in battle.

The 45 still attacking above were making headway with the group of men still coming from the cliffs. The 86 were reduced in half as the Hylainians showed major bravery in the cliffs. Link cut through one last soldier and watched as the remaining group on the ground backed off. He looked up to see the group on the cliffs backing away from his soldiers as well. He rested his sword in anticipation as he looked around and asked no one in particular, "Did we win?" Jason kept his eyes glued to the cliffs. "Pick up your sword" he replied as he took on a fighting stance. Link raised his hand and slowly turned his head upwards. Then he saw it.

As his soldiers set down their swords and laughed at the retreating soldiers, Cochon's men swung from above. Within seconds the group of 45 men were cut through like butter. Link lifted his sword and watched them charge down a rocky pass through the cliffs to Lake Hylia. Drawing their swords, the small remnants of the men on the ground looked up in fear. Link had a grave look on his face. He closed his eyes one last long time, then he charged up to the pass determined to meet them. Seeing Link run, Jason soon followed and in a second the two forces were running at each other.

Link reached the others first, he swung and found the fighter he was paired against to be quite and excellent fighter. He back flipped from the force which was still moving and swung again. Link had to flip backwards down the hill in between swings. His hits were extremely inaccurate and he only was able to hit the man he attacked once. At the bottom of the hill he surprised that man and took on an entire swinging hit. A small triumph occurred as he was able to slash five men in front of him across the belly. They doubled over and he was met by the next group. They fought against him just as pressingly and he was slowly pushed back towards the lake. His fighters were trying to fight hard as well and he was very shocked to realize that Cochon's men matched evenly against his. He took one last swing and the next wave of men fell.

10 men started running back up the hill and the forces on the ground pushed even harder against Link's men. Link then realized their plan as he passed the scientists hut and found himself on the border of the lake. Within seconds, one of his comrades was thrown in. The fighter who threw him was going wild and immediately started at Link. Jason swung from behind on that man then found himself pushed from behind – into the lake. Cochon's men started on the two soldiers in the lake and Link's men could only jump out of the way as they were swung at. From the lake, unknown to Cochon's men, were 50 Zoras, all well armed. The soldiers pushed Link's to the very border and started to smile with triumph. It was then that the Zoras hit.

50 fish people leaped from the water and attacked Cochon's men. With the combined force Cochon's men had to retreat. Link was left smiling on the shore, now they had won.

Zelda sat in a large velvet chair as a few royal officials murmured on about the political business in the kingdom. Running in quite expectantly, two messengers bowed and said quite excitedly, "Princess! The forces at Hylia won! And the Zoras are helping us at this very moment!" Zelda smiled at the news, "When are our soldiers getting back?" she asked completely ignoring the officials still trying to talk to her. "Tonight" one of the messengers replied, "And Link and Jason are both still alive". Zelda smiled and sank back into her chair. Everything was going beautifully, well everything except relations with the Gerudos, but she didn't have time to worry about that.

The palace of Hyrule celebrated that night and immediately sent out more defending troops in their glory. Not so far away, the leaders at the fortress were having an entirely different problem.

Nabooru banged her fist on a table as she nearly yelled at a messenger, "What do you mean they haven't returned! Where are they?"

Gerudo officials surrounded the table and tried to calm their leader, "They might have just gotten lost" they replied. "We sent newer scouts, they might not know the forest as well as we thought they did".

Nabooru shook her head in frustration as the messenger cringed. "I'm sorry" she said, "they had last reported finding some unusual activity around a forest clearing".

Nabooru stood and still shook her head, "No! Why have they done this, haven't we made it obvious we want no involvement?"

Isle walked and grabbed Nabooru's wrists, "We've made it very clear" she said trying to comfort her, "This might have been some mistake".

Nabooru shook her head, "no..." she turned and walked out of the room still muttering "no…"

A little late, Renova jogged into the room and was met with icy glares. "What did I miss?" she asked slightly cringing at the stares.

Isle frowned, "A scout party has been captured. And we keep hearing horrible reports".

Renova's eyes dulled, "Oh" she replied.

Ruby frowned, "Nabooru thinks this is all her fault for some reason. She is in one of those moods…"

Renova pondered this for a moment before she timidly lifted her head, "Will we be joining the war then?"

The room stayed silent as Nabooru reappeared around the corner, "If they do not give me my scouts back", she replied, "yes".

The morning air felt unusually cold against the guards faces. They paced around a well armed but quickly made fort. Inside the many chambers of the fort were the higher officials of the assassins.

Ganondorf sat on the edge of a silk bed as he stared at the ground. No one was bothering him, and he was left to think. For the first time, he wasn't the superior leader. Although he was much wiser in fighting, Rouge and Cochon were in their late forties and over twice his age. The lack of power was very frustrating, but going back to where he would be in complete power was out of the question for him right now. For some reason, he couldn't figure out what he wanted to do with Nabooru.

The guard standing outside looked across the forest clearing. He squinted his eyes at a nearby bush.

"Hey" he yelled to the other guard, and then finished to himself, "Did I just see something red?"

The second guard on duty called out "what do you see?" He stared again at the bush, and again with the breeze something red flapped up.

"What is this?" He started towards the bush and something was screaming though his mind, it was Gerudo red. He walked slowly forward and then leaped at the bush. Lying on his belly, he looked up to see a red handkerchief caught on the branch.

He laughed as he pulled it off the branch and yelled, "False alarm". This time the second guard didn't respond.

The first guard turned around to see his friend lying on the ground. "What…?" he said in a startled matter as something heavy hit him on the ground.

Slipping past the now clear gate, Nabooru jumped on to a supporting wooden beam of the fort and climbed onto the top of the fort's gate. Inside multiple guards paced around but none of them seemed to notice her. No alarm, meant no worries. Nabooru jumped on to the ground and immediately slipped behind some boxes as she mapped out her path from the gate to the fort. She waited until the first guard's back was turned before she jumped up and dashed to a pillar. Within a few seconds, she was at the fort where she slipped down behind the guard and jogged in.

The halls were built in what would be called a plain fashion to the Gerudos. The straight main paths ran parallel to each other down through the building. The side hallways however, were scattered about, obviously the sign of the fort being quickly made. Nabooru navigated through the two main hallways and easily slipped by all the opposing guards. But after ten minutes of searching she could not find her goal.

Slipping on to a higher rafter to quickly hide herself, she jumped and held her breath as two guards walked by muttering to each other.

"Does it seem like Ganondorf is in a foul mood today to you too?" one asked.

"Actually", the second replied, "I couldn't tell what kind of mood he was in. He is in a moody mood I guess…"

The second one slurred as he spoke and staggered along next to his friend, Nabooru could have pounced and knocked the two out at once. But as she jumped from the beams she did not, there was no need to obviously, those two were indeed drunk and of no harm.

As Nabooru turned the corner, she saw the small hallway the guards had just came from. It was then that she realized a second prize that lay in this fort. She slipped down the hall and entered the room at the end of the hallway.

Raising his head from the ground, Ganondorf looked up in surprise. He scanned the well decorated room twice before suspiciously coming back to the floor at his bed. Although his eye looked to be stationary on the ground, Ganondorf kept a close watch on his piles of rich ornaments and décor.

Nabooru crouched behind a barrel of jewels. Around her were piles of pillows and silk, obviously the decorations of a king. She peered her eyes around the corner, to look at the large silk bed. Ganondorf sat in the middle. Even though his head was down, Nabooru could feel the heat of his gaze through the back of her head. He lifted his head in one last surveillance and stood up.

Ganondorf slowly clicked his boots over towards Nabooru. The shadow of his tall frame hovered over leaving a dark shadow on the barrels of jewels. He stared at them for a moment, before swiping his hand and knocking them to the floor. Jewels spilled out everywhere and Ganondorf looked down to a surprise. No one was there.

He looked down in confusion again, before a voice spoke up from behind him, "Looking for me?"

He spun around to face the defiant figure of Nabooru standing behind him.

He looked down, with a grim expression on his face as Nabooru spoke again. "I want my scouts back".

Ganondorf's lips curled to a smile, "So demanding aren't we, I don't even get a hello". He stepped forward to bring himself directly in front of her.

Nabooru bit her lip in frustration as she stared up at him. "Hello Ganondorf" a forced smile came out, "Its been a while hasn't it?"

Ganondorf raised an eyebrow, "You sound stressed, my dear you work too hard."

Nabooru tilted her head, barely being able to keep the large grin, "Well, it seems I have to work hard, because otherwise my people get locked away from me and my king leaves to go sit on his butt and laugh".

Ganondorf's expression changed to that of amusement, "Is that how it seems to you? I left the lovely Gerudos to come here and…sit on my butt?"

"Ganondorf…don't push my mood. Just give me my scouts back".

Ganondorf replied calmly, "Nabooru, I don't think I can do that right now. I don't even know where they are being kept".

Nabooru winced, "Really?" she asked as all of her former commanding air seemed to drain out of her. Ganondorf nodded as she dropped her head and walked away from him.

Nabooru stopped at the silk bed and collapsed on the side of it as she looked back up to him. "You look a little lost" Ganondorf said looking at her still amused.

She sighed, "My scouts are gone…and I don't really want to put all of the girls through fighting".

Ganondorf shrugged, "They would fight if you told them to".

He walked to her side as she continued to sulk on the bed. "Are you sure you're okay?" he asked staring down at her, "I've never seen you not want to fight before. You normally fight everyone, and win. That's why you are the Gerudo general. I'm surprised you didn't jump at this opportunity, I mean it's the perfect chance to get me again isn't it?"

Nabooru hunched her shoulders, "Ganondorf, I'm the reason you're here, I don't want to have to fight you because of…that."

Both of them stopped talking for a moment as a large thumping was heard outside, some guards were patrolling by.

Nabooru listened as they faded away before turning back up to Ganondorf. "I know that you and I will never see the same way about my betrayal to you. I will always think it right and you will always this it was wrong. So maybe, you could just return and we could forget all about it…"

Ganondorf bent down and sat beside her on the bed, "I'm afraid I can't do that now" he replied, "This is my opportunity to have power again…Just trust me on this, I will never attack you or the Gerudos."

Nabooru nodded, "Okay…I would love to believe you, but there is one little problem, I want my scouts back".

Ganondorf smiled, "Then go get them, I'm not stopping you".

Nabooru stood and walked towards the door as Ganondorf called out one last thing, "Naby, just so I know we are on the same ground, I still hate you".

Nabooru smiled mischievously, "I'm sure you do, but just so you know as well, I really wouldn't mind if you came back to the fortress." With that, she swept out of the room and back into the hallway.

Ganondorf sank back on to the side of the bed and ran his hands through his long red hair. He heard some guards walk by again and he sat up to softly shake his head. They were by far too loud, but he figured they would figure that out if they encountered Nabooru sneaking around out there. He looked to the exit of his room as the name lingered on his mind. The worst part was he knew that even though she felt guilty now, pretty soon she would go back to her previous way of thinking that she was right and he was wrong. And in a way, he knew she was right.