Link started to sweat as he drew Setsuna from her scabbard, and pointed her threateningly at Derek, who stood before him unintimidated.

"What am I going to do?" Link thought.

He was at an obvious disadvantage here. His opponent, a 400-year-old Nephilim, was stronger, faster, and more skilled than him. To make matters worse Link had no idea how to wield Setsuna. He wasn't accustomed to using a curved sword, especially one without a shield.

"I hope you realize how hopeless this situation is," Derek said, his voice cold as ice. "You'll die here. You will die, there is not doubt about it." Link's eyes narrowed.

"Although, if I deal the killing blow has yet to be decided." Derek lunged forward.

Link raised Setsuna, blocking Derek's attack. The raven-haired man smirked before quickly pulling back and striking at Link's gut. The blonde jumped backwards to avoid the hit only to see a fist coming towards his face.

"Damn." The fist struck Link's face, sending him spiraling to the ground.

The blonde held his cheek in pain. His strength was massive! He was able to shatter Link's cheek bone with a single punch.

"It hurts."

Link looked up to see that Derek was waiting for him to get up. Despite being a psychopath, he apparently had honor. Ignoring the pain in his cheek, Link got to his feet, and took a stance.

Derek sighed. "Tell me," he said, "how do you find the strength to fight me, even though that you know you'll lose?"

Link narrowed his eyes and looked down at Setsuna's blade. He saw his reflection staring back at him; now he could fully appreciated the decent-sized bruise on his cheek.

"Why?" Link asked before holding his free hand up to reveal the glowing Triforce, "This is why! I am the bearer of the Triforce of Courage. As long as I can breathe I'll never stop until I defeat you."

Derek was unimpressed by Link's words. He just stood there like a monolith. His green eyes remained steeled and firm.

"I see," he said. "Would you be any different without that mark? Are you a sniveling little coward without that mark?"

Derek took a few steps forward, flaming sword in hand. "You can't do anything without the Triforce, can't you? That mark is like a safety net—a mask that hides your true feelings. Or does that green tunic hide the reality of your worthless life?"

Link visibly flinched at Derek's words. They were sharp and meaningful. They cut him like an actual knife, and the pain was no less severe.

"This is where it ends," Derek declared, his sword held high.

Link closed his eyes and took a sharp inhale.

"I'm. . .I'm not a coward," he thought. "I'm not! And I have too much to live for! I can't die here!"

"That is the strength I've been looking for."

Derek stopped in his tracks and narrowed his eyes. The Hyrulian seemed to be emitting a much more powerful aura. One that might even rival his own. He watched with a blank look as Link's aura expanded and contracted, bursting with color all the while. A burst of red shot out of the left, blue on the right, and finally green straight up in the air.

Derek's eyes narrowed when the colors started to form symbols.

"Interesting," He said, raising his flaming sword, "but futile."

He swung his flaming sword down, creating a huge pillar of black fire, and sent it straight towards Link. The blonde man didn't move, in fact, he didn't attempt dodge the blow. Link raised Setsuna high and sliced down, sending a wave of energy at the onyx flames. The energy flickered before extinguishing the black flames.

"Strange," Derek commented plainly. He didn't care. He was incapable of caring.

Link pointed Setsuna's now glistening blade towards Derek. The blonde's face was painted with a cold look, very much like the raven-haired man's. The aura around Link raged like a wildfire as he did this.

"You sure can talk a good game," Link half-taunted. To be honest, he wasn't really sure of what he was doing, but it didn't matter right now. "Let's see what you got."

"Hmph." Derek ran towards Link at surprising speed.

Link raised the glowing katana to block Derek's attack. A light ripped through the area as black embers flew off the colliding blades. Link gritted his teeth as he desperately tried to push Derek back, but to no avail. The raven-haired man was certainly as strong as he looked. Derek's green eyes pierced Link's blue eyes like a spear piercing its target; with deadly precision.

"Damn, he strong." Link mentally grumbled before pushing Derek away and jumping backwards.

The raven-haired man scoffed and sent move waves of fire at Link who just deflected them. The green eyes man suddenly spit into three. Link's eyes widened, now remembering Derek use this same skill during his fight with Cyrus. Derek and his clones all ran towards Link with the same speed as before. The blonde man raised Setsuna defensively as the clones approached.

"Don't worry," Link heard Setsuna said, "We can do this."

Link nodded slightly before focusing on the Dereks. Blue eyes narrowed as the clones slip off and went in different directions. One directly towards him, one on the far right, and one on the far left; a diversionary tactic since the real Derek is the most dangerous. Link's eyes watched as the Derek's closed in on him.

"Got you!" Link shouted swing his sword in a wide arc releasing a wave of vibrant tri-colored energy.

The Derek's didn't have time to react before they were cleaved in half by the vibrant energy. As they hit the ground they all reverted back to their true form; ink. But something was off. All three Dereks turned into ink, one of them should have been the original. Where-

"Argh!" Link's eyes widened as he looked down. His body when cold at what he saw.

There was Derek's other metal sword, now splattered with blood, sticking through his chest. Link gasped causing blood to spit out of his mouth. His body felt cold. His body shuttered. And his hands shook. This was the closest Link had ever been to death, and judging by how his journey when that was saying something.

"As I said before." Derek said. "You're efforts are futile. I am vastly superior to a hairless ape such as yourself." He said coldly.

Link gasped as the sword as pulled from his body. He collapsed to his knees and held his bleeding wound. Blood seeped out of the wound, squeezing itself through the spaces between Link's fingers. As Link watched his own blood run he felt a strange feeling welling inside of him. The feeling was one of pure animal instinct.

"I will KILL YOU!" Link roared suddenly.

Derek arched an eyebrow before they his eyes widened to the size of saucers as the man in front of him started to change. The man's body erupted with fur as white as snow, it covered him thoroughly and all over. The man's face started to crunch together before extending out like a snout. Link's limbs grew long and slender as his hands erupted with claws and similar claws ripped through his boots.

"Hmm, he's awakened the demon blood." Derek noted.

Once the transformation was completely the now werewolf Link threw his head back and howled loudly. Derek's eyes narrowed when the beast swiped towards him. Derek quickly jumped back and swung his sword at the beast. The beast roared and quickly dodged the swipe before clawing Derek in the face.

"Gah!"

The Nephilim stumbled a bit but didn't fall. He raised hand to his face and felt a warm sensation on his fingers. It was blood. The werewolf Link had actually harmed him.

"Not bad."

Link roared and went for another strike, but Derek was too quick and he dodged. Derek swung his sword towards Link catching the beast on the arm causing blood to spill out. The beast roared with anger and attempted to strike Derek again, but like last time he dodged.

"It appears that he's lost touch with his humanity." Derek noted.

The raven-haired man was knocked out of his thoughts when another clawed hand came speeding towards his face. He quickly leaned back allowing the blades to just barely miss him. Derek suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He looked down to see Link's other hand impaled in his gut.

"He got me."

Derek felt himself being lifted into the air. The raven-haired man made no attempt to defend himself when the other claw impaled itself in his chest. Blood squirted out like a fire house when Link viciously pulled the claws in separate directions. In an explosion of blood Derek's torso was severed from his legs.

"He got me."

Link roared triumphantly before throwing his opponent's remains away. The torso smashed into a tree, shattering it in the process. The legs were sent somewhere in the brush. Link roared again and was just about to descend deeper into the wounds when.

"Stop right there!" A feminine voice shouted.

The beast snarled savagely and turned to see Akali, Ultear, Mai, Ivy, and Anna standing there. They got into their respective combat positions and prepared to attack the creature. Link swung for them but they all dodged. Akali threw her kama at the creature who swatted it away like it was nothing.

"Hmm."

The creature roared when Ivy stabbed him in the arm with her sword. Link cried out with pain and swung a clawed hand at her and it was just about to hit when it a large icicle pierced his hand. He pulled back, and roared with pain and anger. Ivy turned to see Ultear.

"Nice shot."

The ice mage smiled. "Thank you."

Link roared again when Mai started assault his chest with her fists. He attempted to knock her away with his arms, but she dodged every time. She delivered a powerful fist to Link's chest sending him hurling back and into a tree.

Akali continued the assault by throwing smoke pellet down at the area where Link hit creating a blank of smoke. The ninja ran into it and quickly disappeared inside of it. The werewolf looked all around only to find his vision obscured by smoke. Suddenly a shadow ran past and a fresh cut appeared on the beast's chest. The beast roared. The shadows appeared again and this time two more cuts in the shape of an 'x' appeared. Enraged, Link roared and swept his entire arm knocking everything within away. Akali screamed when she was sent hurling into the air before smacking into a tree.

"Ouch." She groaned.

Mai narrowed her eyes and ran towards the beast, Anna by her side. The two looked at each other before rushing down the roaring beast. Mai punched but Link dodged and grabbed, picked her up and threw her into Ivy. Anna remained and she battled the beast with her blow and with support from Ultear.

"You're a big fella aren't ya?" She mocked.

Link howled with anger and lunged towards her, but Anna dodged. While Link recovered from his lunge Anna deliver a series of kicks to the ribs and under the armpits if she get them. Under the armpits was a weak spot on the body. But her kicks proved to be ineffective. Link swung his arm back, but she rolled out of the way.

"He's tough," Anna said. "His armpits aren't weak spots."

"Then maybe we need to hit him all over." Ultear said as she produced orb.

The mage threw it towards the beast and struck it in the stomach with great force. A few moments later numerous copies of the same orb appeared and relentlessly pounded the beast from all angles. Link howled in anger as he desperately tried to destroy the orbs, only managing to break a few of them.

"Now! Attack!" She shouted.

Following her orders everyone jumped on the beast at the same time. They slashed, kicked, stabbed, punched, and hacked the beast mercilessly. The deadly barrage went on for what seemed like hours until they all stopped. Everyone jumped away from the beast and panted heavily.

"Did we get him?" Mai asked.

The beast didn't make a sound. His white fur was matted with blood, his left eye was shut as blood leaked down, and he was breathing heavily. Link groaned before suddenly falling forward in a beaten, bloody mess. Everyone sighed with relief.

"Yes. We got him."

Suddenly a bright light engulfed the fallen werewolf's body. A few moments later the werewolf vanished and was replaced with the sight of Link in the exact same state was the werewolf. Everyone gasped and took a shocked step back.

"The werewolf was Link?" Ultear asked.

"Apparently." Ivy replied snidely.

"Well. . .we messed up." Anna added.

"..." Akali remained silent.

A sudden rustling caught their attention. They spun on their heels towards the source of the rustling and prepared themselves for another fight. If another fight was coming they were sure if they could win this one since fighting the beast took a lot out of them. A few moments later Cyrus came walking out of the bushes, his mouth splattered red.

"I love rabbits." He said giddily.

He turned to see the girls and Link. The demon arched an eyebrow when he noticed Link's deplorable state. He placed his hands on his hips and glared heatedly at them.

"What the fuck is this shit?" He demanded. "It looks like you beat the shit out of him."

Everyone flinched at his words. They were as sharp as knives and cut just as deep. Now, while Cyrus was a pretty calm guy, when he got angry things happened, bad things. To avoid incurring the demon's wrath they all remained silent.

Arching an eyebrow, Cyrus stepped forward.

"No one's talking huh? Is that how it's going to be?" He asked and was still met with no answer. "Alright, no more Mr. Nice Guy."

Cyrus shifted into his demon form.

"WHICH ONE OF YOU DID THIS SHIT?! TELL ME OR I'LL PERPETUALLY FREEZE THE INSIDE OF YOUR BRAS!"

"WE ALL DID IT! WE THOUGHT LINK WAS A MONSTER WHO ATE LINK SO WE FOUGHT HIM!" Ivy shouted.

"IVY!" Everyone shouted.

"I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T STAND IT!"

Cyrus smirked and reverted back to his human form. His eyes shifted between all of them before suddenly raising an eyebrow.

"Huh, there is one less," he said.

Everyone gasped and looked to the side where Akali had stood, but found only an empty spot. Everyone silently cursed the ninja's name as they faced Cyrus' wrath. The wolf demon was just about to do something when he suddenly stopped and sighed.

"Oh shit,"he muttered. "I just remembered my mother and sister are coming to visit. I'll let this slide as long as you don't embarrass me. My mother does that enough already."

They all quickly nodded and as a group they started to head back. Cyrus remained behind and picked Link off of the ground and followed with the blonde over his shoulder.

Alright, the The White Wolf rewrite is live. But I'll keep my word and continue this story till the end. The name of the rewrite is Dog Days is in the same category as this story.