Ageless Guardian of Hyrule

Chapter 2

The view as he glided towards the edge of the Great Plateau was rather amazing, especially with the moon glowing high above him. Though despite the amazing view his mind was still reeling and working hard to take in everything King Rhoam had told him.

It wasn't that he had a hard time accepting it but instead he was worrying about the fact he was absent, recovering from it all, for the last 100 years. He chose to pause a bit as he landed back down near the area of the shrine he obtained the bomb rune from and pulled out his slate.

As he looked through it he figured considering the new golden mark on his map was in a blank patch of land to find the next tower so he wouldn't be travelling too blind. After a quick mark on his map he decided to continue.

'It's getting late, I most likely should rest and eat a bit after I get off the plateau and get some distance. The closer I am to the tower the better' he thought as he ran and quickly leapt off the edge of the plateau, moving fast before the Guardian could target him again, and pulled out his paraglider to continue for as far as it would take him.

As he continued on once landing, killing monsters as they popped out of the ground, he crossed a bridge over a river. He decided to stick close to the riverside while continuing forward since, as far as he could see, the river went in the direction towards the tower and a flowing river meant the possibility of fish.

The only problem, as he found a fire with a cooking stove situated on top of it, was the nearby monster camp. But they were only some Bokoblins and nearby the fire he had found was a 'Throwing Spear' which could come in handy for fishing and fighting.

With it being night time the Bokoblins were asleep in their camp, making it easy for him to take out the one sleeping on the archer tower first silently before tossing a sphere bomb into the middle of the camp. The force and power of the explosions, as well as the red explosive barrels littered about, was easily enough to take care of them all.

As he cooked at the stove he found, after fishing with the spear he had found, he was a bit thankful that cooking seemed to come easy to him. 'I should be able to get the tower info on my slate first thing tomorrow morning and then hopefully make it to this Impa person before tomorrow night' Naruto thought as he pulled the grilled fish out from the stove and started to enjoy some of it since he hadn't realized just how hungry he was.

Then again he hadn't really eaten since this morning with the baked apples.

After eating, and storing the leftovers in his bag, he made a 'camp' of sorts using some of the monster's equipment. He didn't know how exactly safe he was sleeping out here but monsters, as far as he had seen, stuck to certain areas and wouldn't be likely to travel up his way.

As his eyelids grew heavier, exhaustion from the day catching up with him, he laid down near the fire and found himself staring up at the stars above him.

'A world I don't remember and I'm immediately tossed into conflict. I should be annoyed or upset or something but…I don't feel any of that. I feel fine with doing this and a part of me is restless to get started' Naruto thought with a slight frown. 'Guess that's bits of my old self still around, wanting me to complete what I couldn't do before' he added before sighing, deciding to sleep and worry about this all in the morning, probably on his way to Impa after the tower.

His rest ended up being rather refreshing as he felt energized as he made his way up and across the river towards the tower, only taking a slight stop to dry off by a fire he made. The tower was thankfully easy to climb since on the side opposite to the water a stone ramp led up to its halfway point.

'Ugh I am so thankful I have the paraglider as getting down from this one would be much more difficult' he thought as this tower didn't have the 'spiral staircase' the other had.

Once the map was put onto his slate he was able to see the path towards the marker wasn't too treacherous, especially since there was a road leading towards it whereas he thought he'd have to travel over mountains originally.

'Well now this won't be as dangerous of a trip now that I know the path ahead' he thought with a slight chuckle before he leapt off the tower, using his paraglider to glide over to the path on the other side of it.

He kept his sword drawn as he walked down the path before having to jump back quickly to avoid a boulder shot at him. He quickly looked over to where it was fired to see a blue squid or octopus looking thing fall down back into the river, a tuft of grass being the only indication where it was.

'Sword won't do well as I'm not swimming in to fight it. If it fired that boulder I have to be fast to hit it' Naruto thought as he quickly pulled out his bow and notched an arrow just as it popped back up, firing another boulder.

He was ready to dodge as he rolled to the side and quickly fired an arrow, which destroyed the grass on top of its head and enraged it. Before it could react or attack again Naruto fired another arrow, quickly killing it.

Slowing down he stopped behind a boulder as he noticed two larger monsters in his path. They, like Bokoblins, had a pig nose but a much longer snout and their singular horn was much longer. They were lankier and taller than Bokoblins and they wielded a very large club that he felt was an uprooted tree.

'Okay these guys might hit heavy so got to be smart' he thought as he drew a bomb arrow from his quiver and notched it, carefully aiming towards one before letting the arrow fly and detonate once it hit the monster's chest.

The explosion killed the one it hit and sent the other flying towards the mountain side that acted as the wall of the path. Continuing on as the monster was dazed Naruto quickly used the boulder as a springboard and dove his sword into the chest of the dazed monster, killing it as well as it turned into black smoke.

'I should have known there'd be more monsters than just Bokoblins. These Moblins and Octoroks are just new newest for me to find I guess and won't be the last I find' he thought as he kicked open a nearby chest that unlocked with the Moblin's deaths. As he looted it, finding a 'Boomerang' and a 'Soldier's Shield', he continued on and reached the bridge easily enough.

He was a bit surprised as he came to a large building with an odd giant cloth stitched head standing up on its roof. Once he was close enough his slate beeped and notified him it was a stable, which made sense given the horses. As he looked around he noticed some other people around before a man with a large bag on his back waved for him to come over.

"You must be new here as I don't believe I've made your acquaintance" the man said with a smile. The man had brown hair done in a bowl cut and wore a rather short white sleeveless t-shirt and a red bandana. His backpack was massive and set up almost with a sign hanging from a pole connected to it and the man even had a 'counter' that hung with the help of the cord draped over his neck, making him seem more like a merchant.

"The name's Beedle but you can call me – Actually let's just stick with Beedle. Though if you forget my face I'm sure you can remember me by my beetle-shaped backpack" Beedle said as he pointed to his backpack which indeed did have a pair of beetle horns on top of it.

"Well it is nice to meet you Beedle, I'm Naruto" Naruto said as if this man was a merchant like his get up made him think then it could be useful to sell and buy some stuff from him. Especially since if he was going to be travelling he'd need supplies.

"Despite these dangerous times you might catch me travelling all over Hyrule at various stables so if you ever need any wares I'm your man. I stock many special bugs and must-have items for travelers and I always charge a fair price" Beedle said as he looked him over.

"You look rather decked out, you on a journey or something?" he asked as Naruto nodded and shrugged his shoulders.

"A bit, right now I'm heading towards the Sheikah clan's village, don't suppose you know the one?" Naruto asked before Beedle shook his head.

"Sorry, can't say I do but if you need any supplies I can buy stuff off you for rupees and you can buy whatever you want from me" Beedle said as Naruto nodded and reached into his bag.

"Do you buy gemstones since I have a good few of those" Naruto said as he pulled two of the few rubies and sapphires he had from his pouch which was able to easily retrieve items from.

"You betcha, rubies I can give you 210 rupees for and the sapphires are easily 260. I'll give you 960 rupees, which I'm glad I have on me as I recently sold a lot of extra things of mine" Beedle said as he handed over nine silver, one purple, and two blue rupees.

"Thanks, do you happen to have any bedding or tent material?" Naruto asked as if he was going to be camping around he might as well get some stuff to make it easier.

"Yeah actually I bought all that since I come by new travelers some times and they often don't have any of that. Altogether, since you seem pretty nice, I'll give you a discount and give you all you asked for 450 rupees and even throw in a free stove to set up over a fire for free" Beedle said as he reached behind into his bag and, one by one, pulled out the items he asked for.

"Sweet, thanks a lot man" Naruto said as he handed over the rupees before putting what was left as well as the change into his bag.

"Will your bag be able to hold all of it?" Beedle asked before he watched, a bit surprised, as Naruto slipped all the items into his bag like it was nothing and the bag didn't even get bigger. "Wow, that is a pretty handy bag you got there" Beedle added as Naruto chuckled.

"Yeah it really is useful for holding everything. I should probably get going since I don't know how the journey where I'm going will be or how long it'll take" Naruto said as Beedle nodded with a smile.

"Well if you need anything or find any interesting or rare bugs I'm always open" Beedle said before Naruto walked off just as another customer walked up.

Naruto sighed, wishing he had a horse or some sort of faster ride, as he continued on the path. Thankfully, so far, no more monsters had popped up – even once he reached the stone bridge which was the last bridge he'd need to go over to get to his destination.

He was thankful though as along the way he found several large black sparkling rocks along the mountainside that when they were broken some gemstones were found inside. He found several rubies, some topazes, sapphires, and even a diamond. All in all he was sure they'd be useful later on if he was strapped from rupees.

As he continued he paused a bit as under a nearby tree he found someone, or something, quite odd. The…creature looked like a walking tree, rather tall and somewhat chubby. His eyes weren't visible due to what he figured to be the creature's eyebrows and he even had a leaf beard of sorts. The only thing it had on it was a satchel bag.

"What exactly are you?" Naruto asked with a raised brow as the creature seemed to be covering his eyes and shaking.

"Shalaka?! You can see me!?" it asked before Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, I mean you are rather obvious. Are you saying others can't see you?" Naruto asked as it nodded with what he figured to be a smile.

"Shala-zah! Shala-kah!" it cheered out before clapping. "It's been 100 years since anyone has been able to see me! I'm Hestu and I need your help! The monsters over there stole my beloved maracas!" Hestu cried out, pointing towards a doorway made out of pieces of stone near two small peaks in the mountain he was ascending.

"I think they are still there on the other side of those rocks. I can't use my powers without them. Shoko" Hestu muttered sadly at the end, drooping his head a bit.

"Fine I'll get them for you" Naruto said as just looking at Hestu felt almost familiar or something along those lines. Almost as if the aura around him felt like a friend. "Just stay here and I'll get them back" Naruto said before Hestu nodded excitedly and let him leave towards the direction of the maracas.

Silently he made his way towards it, choosing not to walk straight in and be open to an ambush, and climbed his way up one of the peaks which allowed him to see the camp of three Blue Bokoblins.

Thankfully for him they seemed rather stupid and were close to the edge of the cliff. He wasn't sure he could throw a bomb alone from this far due to how it would reveal his position but after some thinking quickly found a way to make it work. It seemed his picking up of nearly every weapon he found would come in handy as it allowed him to tie a square bomb to a 'Traveler's Spear' he had in his bag with some extra rope he had as well.

He silently took aim, wanting to make it land in front of them all, before throwing it where it landed. The Bokoblins didn't see it until it was too late due to him being able to throw the spear from further back with a smoother arc and before they knew it the bomb exploded and sent them all flying off the cliff side.

'Well at least these monsters are dumb, can't say the same about them all but at least these are' he thought as he hopped down from on top of the hill and made his way up the archer tower and retrieved the two red maracas for Hestu.

"SHALA-KALA!" Hestu yelled in surprise as he walked up with the maracas in hand. "Those are…those are my maracas!" Hestu cheered happily as Naruto nodded.

"Yup, those monsters weren't too difficult to get rid of to get these back thankfully" Naruto said while he handed them back to the large tree creature.

"Thank you so much! I don't know what I can do to repay you" Hestu said as he looked around nervously before shaking his maracas and bouncing a bit. "Yes! Please come and find me again in the Korok Forest hidden inside the Lost Woods! I can give you something in return there for sure" Hestu said as Naruto merely shrugged his shoulders, not really doing it for a reward but decided to go along with it.

"Okay, I guess I'll see you then when I'm in the area. I'm just have to meet with someone first but I'll get around to it" Naruto said as Hestu nodded.

"Okay then! See you there! Shalaka~" Hestu sang before he shook his maracas and disappeared by being sucked into the ground below.

Naruto could only raise an eyebrow, oddly not surprised as a part of him felt like he's seen this before. 'Shouldn't dwell on it too much, I need to continue' he thought before he continued on the path towards the golden marker on his slate.

It was only a few minutes later that he found himself walking under a wooden archway decorated with banners that matched the designs om his slate. 'This is definitely the place' Naruto thought as he walked through the archways before his slate binged and alerted him that he had entered 'Kakariko Village'.

As he entered the village he was amazed at the sight and also felt oddly nostalgic, his mind trying to remember the village as he felt like he's been here before. After looking around a bit he noticed an older lady sitting on the ground with a frown.

"Are you okay miss? Something wrong?" he asked before the woman let out a chuckle and waved it off before shakily standing up.

"I'm fine, just twisted my ankle but it seems fine now. Say what brought you all the way out to our village? We often don't get outside visitors" she asked as Naruto pulled his slate off his belt.

"I woke up in some temple with only this nearby. I was told to come here and talk to someone named Impa about helping me and possibly setting me on a path to regain my memories or something" Naruto said as the woman nodded with a gentle smile.

"That slate is a symbol, one of the hero of legends. There are few who know of such legends besides us Sheikah who have been waiting for you for quite some time. Lady Impa for sure will be able to help you in your journey and quest. Just follow this here path and it will lead you to her building, it is quite hard to miss with its size" she said with a nod as she turned behind her before turning back to him with a nod.

"Well thank you very much for the help" he said before the old lady nodded and walked back to what he figured to be her house.

As Naruto walked through the village on the path he entered in on he saw various buildings varying from people's houses to a few shops before he stopped at what seemed to be a clothing store.

"Welcome to Enchanted, my name is Claree. Please feel free to look around at my wares and ask if you have any questions" Claree the female store clerk said with a smile as Naruto nodded and began to look around since if he was going to travel around he'd need some more clothes.

He noticed her selling a Stealth set and a Hylian set of outfits. "Say do you buy gemstones as well?" Naruto asked as he counted up that he'd need 2,070 rupees for everything in total and he only had around 510 with the leftovers from what he got from selling a few gems to Beedle.

"Of course, gemstones are something all stores take due to their rarity and how versatile they can be used. If you want you can offer some up in fair trade if you wish to purchase" Claree said as Naruto walked up and pulled out around five rubies, two topaz, and a diamond – all of which he found from before.

"Oh my! That is easily worth 1,910 rupees. You can buy almost everything in my store with all this" Claree said before Naruto looked around, adding up the numbers in his head before setting down an additional 160 rupees which totaled up to 2,070.

"That should be enough for everything right?" he asked as the woman nodded with a smile and happily clapped her hands.

"Yes! Thank you so much for your patronage. And, as a thanks, I'll throw in a set of clothes I was waiting until my current stock was bought to put it out since with these gems I will be able to make so many new clothes" Claree happily said as she pulled out a pile of clothes and a pair of boots.

"This is the Climbing set, it's made with ancient techniques my grandmother left me that will help increase your climbing speed and grip. I hope though that you return soon as I have something very amazing in mind" Claree said with a bow as, one by one, Naruto slipped the items into his bag.

"Thanks, I'll be sure to drop by again and check to see when the item is finished" Naruto said, thankful to get some new clothes, before he left and continued on down the path.

It wasn't long before he found what he figured to be Impa's house which, if my the addition of 'Lady' that the older woman used for her, explained the guards out front since he figured Impa was most likely their leader.

"Halt! You there!" one of the two guards yelled once he got too close. "Do you have business with Lady Impa? If not turn back and do not dare trespass upon her abode" the other yelled as Naruto frowned and pulled his slate off his belt again.

"Look I was told to come here by….as odd as it sounds….the ghost of King Rhoam. He told me to come here to Impa to help me maybe regain my memories" Naruto said as both guards stared at his slate with wide eyes.

"Is that….a Sheikah Slate? It can't be, if it is that would mean you are…" one mumbled before they both stood up straight. "Please forgive us for behaving so rudely. We have heard the legends from Lady Impa herself but never expected to meet you in person. Please friend…go ahead inside" one of the guards said before they both stepped aside, letting him, somewhat unsurely, walk up the steps towards the house.

As he made his way up to the top he stopped as he noticed a silver haired girl was scrubbing the ground. She looked around as old as he seemed, being around 18 or so, and from her position of being on the floor it allowed him to see she had a rather plump rear with a modest chest.

Her hair was long but had a top knot and two bangs framing her face and she wore an outfit that he came to realize was the Sheikah red, blue, and white. She also had the eye design drawn in red on her forehead before she looked up at him with her red eyes.

"Oh hi there, I'm here to see Impa" he said as the girl stared up at him in shock before her face grew red and she quickly stood up.

"A man!?" she yelled as she covered her face with her hands. Naruto stood there a bit worried and confused at how the girl was reacting, unsure if he should leave her be before she moved her hands away and noticed his slate on his hip.

"That's…a Sheikah Slate" the girl said as she looked from the slate and then back up to him a few times. "Could you be the hero my grandmother told me about? The he-hero Na-Na-Naruto Uzumaki?" the girl asked as Naruto rose an eyebrow at her.

"S-Sorry I'm just n-not too good at speaking with men. My n-name is Pa-Pa-Paya" she stuttered out before she sighed in relief, seemingly for finally getting her name out to him. "I know I should be able to say it easily given it's my own name and all" she said with a sigh before Naruto waved it off.

"Don't worry about it so much Paya, speak at your own ease and don't push yourself" Naruto said with smile, holding in a chuckle as the girl's face heated up and she stared at the ground shyly.

"Anyway my grandmother has been awaiting your return ever since I was little. Pl-Please hurry inside" Paya added with a shy smile before motioning to the door in front of them.

"Wow, she's been waiting 100 years for me? Well…guess I shouldn't keep her waiting any longer. It was nice meeting you Paya" Naruto said with another smile before he turned to open the doors, missing the dark blush on the girl's face before she covered it with her hands again.

As he walked into the room he noticed the only person in the room was an old woman sitting upon three red pillows as she wore a straw hat on her head that covered the top of her face.

"So….you're finally awake" the woman who he figured to be Impa said before she lifted her head up, looking at him before a smile formed on her face. "It has been quite a long time Naruto I am much older now but….you remember me, don't you?" she asked as Naruto frowned and walked in.

"I'm sorry Impa was it? I don't remember anything other than my name after waking up inside a temple on the Great Plateau. I came here actually because someone recommended you to help me maybe regain some memories and help with the whole Calamity Ganon thing" Naruto said with a frown as he noticed the frown on the older woman's face.

"Oh dear that was a fear we had when Princess Zelda brought you there. Please come sit down, I'm sure you have many questions which I will do my best to answer for you" Impa said as she looked behind him.

"Paya dear can you come bring a pillow for Naruto to sit on?" Impa asked before the girl behind him let out an eep and hurried inside, quickly retrieving a pillow for him.

"So the way you introduced yourself it seems you know me and I at least knew you before losing my memory" he said as Impa nodded with a warm smile.

"Yes we were close as I was the trainer of Princess Zelda and you were her bodyguard and knight. Wherever she went you were always beside her and through that we got to know each other. While it is sad that you forget it is fine as you are safe and awake once more" Impa said with a chuckle before Naruto nodded, feeling a bit sorry to forget but knew now that the loss of his memories wasn't his fault but the result of being healed.

"So do you have any idea of what I should do next? King Rhoam mentioned the Divine Beasts and whatnot but I have no idea where to start. Plus if you add in my missing memories I don't think I'm in any condition to fight Ganon" Naruto said as Impa nodded and hummed in thought not visibly surprised by the mention of the supposed long since dead former king.

"Princess Zelda, after placing you in that sacred chamber, told me something you had told her. She said across Hyrule there are 13 shrines, shrines incredibly different from the ancient Sheikah ones you most likely encountered on the Great Plateau. You told her should your connection be forgotten to immediately take the tests of these shrines to regain your power" Impa said as she pointed towards his slate and then held out her hand, asking for it before pulling out a paper map that was hidden under top pillow of the stack of three she sat on.

"Oh so I just need to do these 13 shrines and I'll regain my memories?" he asked as he handed her the slate, watching her as she made a marker for each shrine.

"I am not certain but it should help the process, you very well might remember by going to familiar places and meeting familiar faces besides my own as I have aged greatly over the hundred years. These shrines will be mainly needed to help you regain your strength and allow you to find something incredibly important" Impa said, handing back the slate before she turned and pointed to the picture behind her – more importantly the glowing sword in the green clad man's hands.

"The sword that seals the darkness. It was damaged after you were hurt and taken somewhere to recharge and heal so you must find where it is located as well" Impa said with a frown before she shook her head. "But do not despair I am certain you will come across it in your journeys to free the four Divine Beasts from Ganon's clutches" she quickly added before he nodded and looked at his slate noticing the markers she had made were numbered.

"Are these 13 shrines supposed to be done in a specific order?" Naruto asked before Impa nodded with a smile.

"Yes the map you left were numbered and you made sure to make it clear you cannot jump numbers. Actually, as you probably saw on your slate, the first is nearby in the forest just outside the village. It seems you set it up like this so you could start after being told about them relatively fast" she said with a smile before looking around a bit.

"Paya dear, can you come and do something for me?" Impa asked before Paya returned from outside, where she had ran off to after giving him the pillow to sit on.

"Yes Grandmother?" Paya asked as she stood beside Naruto, blushing and struggling not to steal peaks at him which made Impa chuckle at.

"Please accompany Naruto here to the sacred shrine outside our village with our sacred item for me" Impa said before she motioned towards the orange glowing orb beside her. "Take this with you Naruto, it will unlock this shrine and make the others appear and become active as well. You had them locked to keep bandits out as the promise of power tends to attract unsavory eyes" Impa added before Naruto nodded and picked up the rather large orb before turning to the blushing girl.

"Well, lead the way Paya" Naruto said with a smile, making the girl blush darker and nervously nod.

"O-O-Of course Sir Naruto!" she stammered before opening the door for him.

"Relax, you don't need to call me that" Naruto said with a chuckle before turning back to Impa. "I'll be back after I hopefully pass this trial and I can get some suggestions of which Divine Beast to start with" Naruto said to Impa before the older woman nodded with a smile.

"Do be safe in the shrine. I await yours and my granddaughter's return" Impa said before Naruto turned back to follow Paya through the village.

"Thanks for helping me with this Paya, say do you live there with your grandmother?" Naruto asked while Paya nervously nodded while she led him through the village and up a mountain pass.

"My grandmother and I live on the upper floor of the house" Paya said before looking away from him nervously.

"Did I do something to scare you or make you afraid of me?" Naruto asked as they entered the edge of the forest before she quickly froze in her tracks and turned around even faster.

"Of course not!" she yelled before blushing and burying her face in her hands again shyly. "I-It's just I've been raised around stories of you a-and meeting you is something I never thought I'd get to do" she mumbled into her hands before he chuckled and set the ball down for a moment.

"Well you don't need to be so nervous around me Paya honestly, okay?" he said before she nodded, uncovering her face and revealing a rather cute smile on her face.

"P-Please then let's continue, it's just a bit further" Paya told him as he picked the orb back up and continued to follow her until they arrived at a clearing that had a metal platform that had a bowl insert in the middle and glowing orange lines similar to the orb he had in his hands.

"Hmm at least it's clear this is the spot" Naruto said as he stepped up onto the platform.

"Truthfully I was not aware of this spot, being that this forest is considered sacred and only a select few may enter with an even more select few being allowed access into my grandmother's house" Paya said while she watched him place the orb into the bowl only to watch it disappear and the bowl insert to be gone and a the eye that was on his slate and Paya's forehead to take its place.

They both braced themselves as the ground around them shook and a shrine like the one on the Great Plateau rose from the ground. Only instead of the Sheikah Eye that the other ones had above the door there was a spiral design.

"Wow, such an amazing construct was hiding underground?" Paya wondered aloud as she followed closely behind him as he stepped up onto it.

"Please place your hand on the pedestal to confirm your identity" the pedestal spoke out, surprising Paya before Naruto did as it asked.

He watched as the pedestal pulsed between blue and orange before Naruto felt something stab his hand, making him quickly pull it away to reveal a needle had rose up and stabbed his hand. "Checking for a match…Match found. Shrines have been activated. May you succeed in their tests" the pedestal said before the door opened.

"Are you okay? What did it do?" Paya asked as she took his hand to look it over before blushing and quickly letting it go once she realized she was holding his hand.

"It's okay it just seemed to need to stab my hand to confirm it was me who was trying to activate it" Naruto said as he watched the pedestal sink into the floor. "You wait up here and I hopefully won't be too long" Naruto said before Paya nodded with a smile.

"I will await your return" she said before he stepped into the shrine and moved down into the insides of the shrine.

This shrine was completely different from the four previous ones as the floor of it was entirely covered in sand, the room being much longer than he expected with a set of stairs leading up to a stone statue being on the other end.

"Welcome to the shrine of Shukaku! To pass this test you must be wary of your steps as there is only one solid path hidden under the sand. One wrong step and you will sink through the sand and die" a male voice spoke out before letting out a slightly crazed laugh.

"I'm testing you on your courage to continue, your ability to notice things, and how well you can feel the sand around you. Good luck" he added before letting out another laugh.

Naruto frowned as the light around the elevator went away, allowing him to step out onto the stone floor and look out onto the sand pit in front of him that started a few feet ahead. 'I doubt he was lying about the only one path part but will I really sink straight away?' he thought before he tested it a bit, throwing a metal crate that sat nearby only to watch it fall through the sand instantly.

'Okay…he meant what he said so I need to be careful' he thought as he took a cautionary step forward, letting out a sigh of relief as he feet hit a floor below the sand. He paused a bit as he crouched down, trying his best to see any difference in height in the level of the sand to maybe help him figure out what was the path and what was empty space below.

He stared for what felt like a good solid couple of minutes before, much to his annoyance, he let out a groan as he couldn't tell any difference. 'I'm pretty much stuck here until I figure something out' he thought before his eyes widened a bit as he got an idea.

'Since the sand comes up to my shins, I might be able to use something long enough to test the floor in front of me without endangering myself' he thought with a grin as he pulled out a spear and stuck the end of it into the sand and started to slowly move forward.

It was a slow process, him having to quickly stop and move his spear around to find solid land each time it fell deeper into the sand. He even had to use it as a pole vault once to cross a gap in the sand.

"Nuh-uh! None of that" the voice spoke out before a stream of sand shot up out of the sand beside him and grabbed the spear out of his hand just as he made it a quarter through the sand pit. "Smart thinking but that goes against the purpose of the test. You must feel the sand and use it to guide you. You're lucky I'm not tossing you back to the beginning" the voice added making Naruto groan but not, a bit surprised at the sand stealing his spear and the fact the temple was talking to him but continued on.

He was hesitant as he inched forward, trying to do what the voice said and 'feel the sand'. It wasn't until he almost fell in and was only able to save himself by quickly leaning back to land on the safe floor behind him that he realized what it meant by it.

It wasn't until he reached forward towards where he almost fell through did he realize the sand with no floor below it was clearly colder than the sand with floor below it. 'Does the stone below the sand warm it up or something? I guess this is what he meant by feel the sand' he thought with a smile, glad he finally figured out the secret behind the maze.

He still took his time, making sure to test the sand before fully moving on with each step. It took a bit longer but, after various twists and turns of the maze, he was thankful to finally make it to the other end.

Making his way up the stairs he was face to face with a stone statue of what looked like a very large raccoon, if the marks around its eyes were anything to go by, that was also covered in a lot of odd markings.

"Congratulations! You have passed my test! Sure it took you longer to get the trick of walking through it down but I can't complain since you passed!" the voice cheered before sand started to travel up from the pit behind him until it collected around the statue and encased it.

"Take the prizes and awaken the first chunk of your memorizes! These ones cover the furthest back up until you first fought me and helped save my former jinchuriki from how he used to be" it added before the sand compacted around the statue with a loud crack before the sand poured off of it to reveal the statue was hollow and inside was a comma shaped stone with a hole in it, which a cord was laced through it, and a small gourd.

The stone was the color of sand and he couldn't tear his eyes away from it as it almost called for him and made his gut tense up. The second his hand touched the bead he had to steady himself on the base of the broken statue as his head burned.

"Remember…Remember the version of yourself of the far past…Remember the shinobi you are!" a voice different from either Zelda or the voice in the shrine yelled out to him as he let out a gasp and a rapid fire of images flashed through his head.

He remembered Konoha and everybody from back then but, even then, there were blurry figures - large ones that he couldn't hear their names nor see them other than a black blur. The only larger figure he could remember was Shukaku.

"So you remember me. How nice to be the Shukaku the One Tailed Tanuki" Shukaku spoke out in his head making Naruto instantly realize Shukaku as the voice of the temple.

"Wait Shukaku? Is that you?" Naruto asked as he remembered everything about Shukaku from his name to how he used to be in Gaara.

"Yeah it's me and for now I'm the only one awake. This feels so weird" Shukaku said with a laugh. "For now just grab magatama and the gourd and put the latter on your waist, with me awake again I'll let you use the magnet release. The rest of your chakra and abilities are locked for now, as are the others until you go to their shrine" Shukaku said as Naruto nodded and put the gourd onto his belt next to his slate while slipping the magatama around his neck and under his shirt.

'Will you explain what is going on?' Naruto asked as Shukaku sighed.

"You already know what is going on kid. You are in Hyrule 100 years after being healed in the temple. I may have been asleep but that doesn't mean I didn't know you woke back up. Trust me when I say to continue and things will be answered as you go on" the tanuki said with a tone of seriousness that was an incredible rarity for the slightly deranged Bijuu.

Naruto nodded as, while confused about the memories he now had, a part of him wasn't worried – as if he was reading a book he already had read before and while forgetting the ending he still remembered that the ending wasn't a bad one.

'Fine I guess that's fair. Focus on the task at hand and I'll get answers but answer me this' he thought as he heard Shukaku grunt. 'Everybody from back then is dead….aren't they' he asked as Shukaku sighed.

"They have been for several thousand years. This isn't the first time you woke up after a long sleep, this is though the first you came out of with amnesia. You've come to terms with it once and you can feel it can't you?" Shukaku retorted back as Naruto frowned but nodded, understanding a bit as while the news of their deaths didn't affect him nearly as much as he thought it would.

"Let's just hurry, you got that cutie waiting for you outside. Best not to keep her waiting~" he sang out as Naruto chuckled and walked across the sand, it solidifying under his feet as with Shukaku he didn't have to worry about falling though.

As the elevator arrived back outside he smiled as he saw Paya turn around and quickly stand up from her seat at the end of the shrine's platform. "Sir Naruto! You were successful" the girl said with a smile that made his smile grow more.

"Yup got the first one of these," Naruto said as he pulled out the magatama to show to her "and also please call me Naruto" he added making her blush and nod. "We better get back as the sun is starting to set and I need to find an inn to stay at or something" Naruto added before Paya shook her head quickly.

"W-Why don't you stay at grandmother's house? I-I'm sure it'll be better than an inn and you may continue to talk with her" Paya spoke out quickly before Naruto rose an eyebrow at her but nodded.

"Sure, we'll see what Impa thinks but we should start heading back" Naruto said as Paya nodded and they both started to make their way back to the village. As they arrived back at Impa's house they were met with a smile from the older woman.

"I see you succeeded in the shrine's test well enough. I do wonder what you have remembered with its passing" Impa said as Naruto frowned.

"I remember being a shinobi back in Konoha up until I fought and saved Gaara. There are missing pieces still as in the bits I remembered some figures were blurry" Naruto said while Impa nodded.

"You cannot remember the other Bijuu until you reawaken them inside you after passing their temples. Your powers will start to unlock the more temples you complete" Impa said while Naruto could only nod. "Though with it getting late I insist you spend the night before you continue on. Especially since we still have more to talk about" Impa added while Paya smiled behind Naruto, something Impa noticed with a smirk.

"You may stay in the spare room in the back and we can talk more over dinner, how does that sound?" Impa asked as Naruto nodded.

"Sounds fine to me since I know there is a lot to talk about" Naruto said before Impa looked over to Paya with a smile.

"Paya, will you be a dear and ready the room for him?" she asked as Paya perked up and nodded.

"Of course grandmother, right away" Paya said as she hurried off making Impa chuckle before she looked to Naruto who let out a tired sigh.

"So, these Divine Beasts. Any idea of where to start?" he asked as Impa smiled and nodded.

"I will tell you over dinner, for now relax as with the shrine and a portion of your oldest memories returning you are bound to be tired" Impa said as Naruto nodded and sighed, hoping some rest and some talks with Impa would allow him to take it all in and figure out where to start tomorrow.

Dinner was incredibly relaxing as he sat next to Paya and across from Impa and the room he was given to sleep in was very comfortable but he took a while to sleep with everything on his mind. It even stayed on his mind even until the next morning where he stood at the open doors of Impa's house in his new Hylian set of clothes, the hood of it lowered as he looked at Impa with his slate in his hand.

"So Vah Ruta is the closest Divine Beast? Up northeast of here right?" he asked as they had talked about where he was going to start on the quest to free the Divine Beasts and decided to go for the closest one and go from there.

"Yes but I expect you will have to visit the Zora's domain before attempting to cure the Beasts. It shouldn't be too much of a trouble given your relations with the Zora in the past" Impa said making Naruto raise an eyebrow at. "You shall understand once you arrive there as it's best they explain things" Impa added making Naruto nod and slip his slate back on his waist after he was sure he knew the way towards the goal in mind, making a note to find the tower for that area once he got there.

"N-Naruto, before you leave please take this!" Paya stuttered out, finally using his name with no 'sir' in front after him correcting her so many times, as she held a sheathed blade towards him laid across her hands.

The blade was a regular length sword with a circular guard with, as he drew it, fang of sorts near the handle.

"It's an Eightfold Blade, a traditional sword forged by our clan. Take it and use it to protect yourself as I believe you will find use in it" Impa said as Naruto smiled and accepted the blade from Paya with a smile.

"Thank you Paya for it, I'll use it well" Naruto said chuckling a bit at Paya's blush before sheathing it and slipping it onto his waist.

"Do feel welcome to return and visit whenever you want as you can warp to the shrine in our forest, your room is always open to you as I feel you will have more questions for me as you regain more of your memories" Impa said before Naruto nodded, somewhat happy to have somewhere to return to if needed.

"I'll keep that in mind goodbye you both" Naruto said as the two Sheikah women watched Naruto head down the front stairs with Zora's domain as the next destination in the lengthy journey ahead of him.

-Chapter End-

Pairing: Naruto x Urbosa/Mipha/Zelda/Paya/Medli/Midna

*EDIT*

As of 2/26/2020 I made a small change, I edited it to where Naruto only remembers back to when he first fought Gaara instead of going all the way to Nagato since that is waaaaaay too far to go for a first set of memories

*EDIT*

Keep in mind that this is a Zelda fic and Zelda games are all super long and with this fic including Breath of the Wild, Twilight Princess, and Wind Waker this story is going to be long. Don't expect things to happen fast or Naruto to zoom around to complete everything instantly. I want this to be realistic so things are going to take time at least until he gets a horse where it'll make things go a tiny bit faster and before you say anything I already have one or two horses in mind for him.

Just so you all know, durability isn't going to be a thing in this fic. Naruto's weapons, shields and bows will only break if something powerful and larger hits them like Lynel's and their weapons, Guardian blasts, Blights, or if they are destroyed due to catching fire.

Also Naruto will often, like he does in canon, think up plans on the fly in battle to make fights easier for him. Plus I'll try not to bore you all with random fights mainly only showing them if they are new enemies he finds along the way.

I have something in mind involving the Korok and whatnot but no, Naruto isn't going to go around hunting 900+ seeds.

Naruto's body also remembers things more than his mind does like how to fight and stuff since with him it's something that is engraved. He forgot his personal memories but his body remembers everything, kind of like the one Castle episode where the guy forgets himself but his body can still sign his name due to having done it so much.

Chakra is something I want Naruto to unlock much later on, for now with each temple he'll unlock the Bijuu's special element only and regain portions of his memory with it. Reason for it is if he could use chakra it would make the story somewhat too easy, although I have an idea in mind for Naruto to make him less OP with him having chakra. It's still in the process of ironing it out so we'll see for now.

Paya will get more development as right now it was her first meeting with him. Give her some time and she'll fill up her diary about him and crush on him more whenever he returns to the village as I want Kakariko village along with one other village I have in mind to be somewhere he can go to so he can recharge and settle down a bit after certain parts in the story.

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