Operation: MASKED, Part 6: A Giant's Call

…)X I don't wannaaaa type a dungeon but I have to anyway. )X Sigh, alright, people, we gotta LOOONG chapter here, it's an action stage, a whole dungeon, AND the first boss! Let's get this started.

Chapter 6: A Giant's Call

Jungle of the Apes

Cheren and Harry hightailed after the little monkey girl, having to push away giant shrubs and tree branches as they ran through the thick jungle. "AAH!" The monkey's face shot into Cheren's face, and he screamed and stopped, causing Harry to bump into him and both operatives to fall. They dizzily looked up as the monkey hung from a tree branch by its feet, letting go as it jumped excitedly in front of the operatives as they stood up. "Stop!" Cheren yelled. "Who ARE you?"

The monkey ceased jumping. "Ook-ook. Who are pretty humans, ook?"

"Harry and Cheren Uno, ook." Harry introduced, mocking the ape. "What's it to you, ook-ook?"

"Ook. We no get humans much in jungle, ook-ook. Daddy Gorilla no like humans much. They bad, ook-ook."

"Well, we aren't bad humans." Cheren replied.

"Cheren might be though." Harry remarked, causing Cheren to shoot him a look.

"Couldn't be as bad as demons or pirates, ook-ook. Me watch you chase demons away in jungle."

"One of your friends actually gave us this squirt gun to help, I think." Cheren said.

"You going to chase away demons for us, ook-ook?"

"We'd like to. But more importantly, we're looking for a white-haired girl wearing a mask. Seen anything like that?"

"Ook-ook. Me see little human in scary mask go into sacred temple, ook-ook."

"That must be her!!" Cheren exclaimed happily. "Please! Take us to this temple!"

"Ook-ook. Need special song to get into temple, ook-ook. No idea how other human get into temple. Only Daddy Gorilla know it. Need get it from him, no?"

"Okay, then. Will he give it to us?"

"You need earn it from him. He no like humans. They dangerous, no?"

Cheren sighed, "It's never that easy, is it?"

"Okay. Follow me, ook-ook." (Play the "Zolar Forest" theme from Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time.)

Stage 5: High Jungle

Mission: Meet with the Daddy Gorilla.

The monkey excitedly jumped her way up a vine wall, followed by Cheren and Harry, who struggled to climb up. They had an incredible view of the vast jungle as they were climbing to the top of a massive tree. They looked around the area and saw that several equally massive trees were standing over the jungle as well. They made it onto a ledge around their tree and watched as the monkey swung across some vines to another ledge, mimicking her movements as they swung across as well. There were some Bokoblin on the other side, terrifying the monkey, but Cheren immediately rolled over and swung his sword at them, kicking the monsters over the edge. The monkey jumped for joy before proceeding to swing across some more vines.

These next vines appeared to be floating using propeller leaf petals. The monkey swung across this long row of floating vines to make it all the way to the next large tree. The operatives shrugged and swung after the monkey on the airborne vines. They made it onto the ledge around the giant tree to find the monkey being threatened by Miniblin. The monkey looked up and saw that Harry was burning all of the Miniblin with his S.P.I.C.E.R.. The monkey jumped and clapped before climbing the wall onto a higher ledge. She threw a vine down to them, allowing them to join her. The monkey was then shuddering at the sight of a group of Boko Babas. Harry easily wiped out the Babas by setting fire to each of them. The monkey stepped closer to the next series of floating vines, but looked afraid to swing on them. She pointed ahead, and they saw that some of the vines were actually floating Boko Babas.

Cheren decided to swing ahead on his own first. When he made it to the first Baba, he dodged as its mouth gnashed at him before slicing its head clean off. He was able to swing to the next vine and kept going before encountering the next Boko Baba. He dodged it and sliced its head off before swinging forward. He reached the last vine, but didn't jump onto the ledge since there was a Boko Baba waiting to snack him. He was too far to slice the plant monster, so he squirted it with the reverse-growth water from his S.Q.W.I.R.T., causing it to shrink and vanish. Cheren jumped the ledge, watching as Harry and the monkey soon followed him. They now stood on what seemed like the biggest tree in the jungle. The monkey jumped and clapped some more before leading the duo into a cave entry in the tree.

"Hey, uh, Monkey Girl, quick question: do you guys throw your poo around like other monkeys?" Harry asked randomly.

"Ook-ook, no. That ape stereotype started by maniac zoo apes, ook."

"Well, that's good." Cheren said.

"Awww." Harry looked saddened.

The duo was led into the center of the tree. Above them was a series of tree branches where many gorillas gathered upon. In the center was a huge, black gorilla, who stared at the operatives with hateful eyes. They gulped at the sight of him as the monkey girl stepped forward and jumped onto a tree branch. She turned around and asked the operatives, "You speak Monkey, no?"

"Uhhh… no?" Cheren questioned.

"I can act like a monkey! Ooh-ooh-aah-aah!" Harry exclaimed, dancing around like an ape.

"Stop iiit!" Cheren yelled, smacking the boy.

"You stand before Kerchak. Daddy Gorilla, ook-ook."

"Oh, good." Cheren walked closer and spoke, "Mr. Kerchak, we're looking for a friend of mine. Your monkey said she went into your temple, so we were wondering if-"

"ENOUGH!" Kerchak suddenly spoke in a gruff voice. "Humans are not welcome here… They bring dangers to clan. Human friend lead demonic hordes into jungle… and take members of our clan. Wife, Kala… niece, Terk… and son, Tarzan…"

"Oh, so you DO speak English…" Harry observed.

"Well, we aren't with the demonic hordes." Cheren tried to tell him. "I know it doesn't look it, but I'm the Hero of Time. Sort of… I fight demons."

"Humans hateful.. to all creatures…" Kerchak spoke. "They lock us apes in zoos… and kill pigs and cows for food…"

"But isn't that the Circle of Life?" Harry asked. "And hey, we are in Africa, so…"

"Humans different. Many humans responsible for breaking balance in the world… Humans responsible for destruction in the world. They hate bring power to demons. Lead them to destroy the world…"

"(Kerchak, wait.)" A female gorilla spoke, using what looked like sign language to speak to the Daddy Gorilla. "(How are we any different? We've shown hate, and distrust toward the humans. Are we very different from them?)"

"(They've grown out of their place in nature, Talia. They've brought destruction. They started wars out of selfish desires, and robbed the land of its beauty.)"

"(Our kind is not so noble. Do you not remember Specter and Mojo-Jojo? They have brought bad name to our clan. There are good apes like Tarzan. And good humans, too. Let us trust them.)"

The operatives watched as the gorillas signed to each other. "Wait… so ape language is SIGN language?" Cheren asked.

"Where you think signing comes from, ook-ook." The girl ape said.

Kerchak thought for a second before looking at the operatives. "If want me to let into temple, you prove yourself. Save clan members from demons. If successful, we teach you song that let into temple. Me give you this for good luck." With that, Kerchak pulled out a slingshot and tossed it to Harry, who caught it.

Harry got the slingshot! This fun toy can shoot pellets to a certain distance!

The operatives left the cave and went back onto the ledge around the tree. To their right was a path that led to another set of floating vines. The operatives began swinging the long row of vines as Kargaroks soared around the area. The bird monsters swooped down to peck at the operatives, but Harry gripped his vine with his legs and shot pellets from his Slingshot, dizzying the birds and making them plummet. They were able to swing the rest of the way and reach the next towering tree. A few Green Chuchus appeared along the ledge, but Harry set fire to the jelly blobs with his S.P.I.C.E.R.. They looked up to the higher ledge to their right and spotted a curled up vine. Harry was about to pull it down with his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H., but- "Ahh, crud! I left my G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. at camp."

"Use the slingshot." Cheren told him. Harry aimed his new toy at the vine and shot a pellet, making it unravel. Cheren went first and climbed to the higher ledge, followed by Harry. They found another cave and entered the huge tree. The inside was a deep pit with thin tree logs leading all the way down. However, the pit was also littered with several giant spider webs. Harry shuddered. "Big spiders are big."

"The only safe was down is through these logs. You just stay here." Cheren ordered as he put on the Kateenian Mask. He shrunk to his half height and began crawling through the first log. As Harry waited, his eyes widened when giant spiders—Skulltulas—slowly came down and tried to crawl into the logs. Harry protected his friend by shooting the spiders and making them fall. There were also spiders sneaking up behind Harry, but the boy kept them away using his S.P.I.C.E.R.. He kept defending Cheren until the Kateenian boy was all the way at the bottom.

He unmasked himself as he saw a pack of Skulltulas surrounding a shorter, grey gorilla. Remembering his mom's words on how to beat these things, he ran to the first one, swung his sword up, and flipped it upside-down. After stabbing the underbelly of the bug, the other spiders redirected their attention at him. He ran at the nearest one and flipped it before stabbing its belly. One of the spiders latched onto him from behind, and many others started swarming him as well. Thankfully, the grey gorilla grabbed one of the spiders and swatted them all away, proceeding to jump and smash each one it could. Eventually, the Skulltulas decided to retreat.

"Thanks." The female gorilla said. "I'm Terk. You're a human, aren'tcha? Where'd you come from?"

"Uhhh a parallel universe?"

"Eh, they come from somewhere." She shrugged. "Good luck saving the others." The gorilla proceeded to climb her way out of there.

Cheren made his way back to Harry as the group left the tree. Terk stood over the edge and pounded the tree's cliff, causing a bunch of floating vines to come out, forming a path that led downward and to the left. Terk was headed for Kerchak's tree as the duo proceeded to swing this new set of vines. They swung down to a hillside in the jungle, going below the trees again. They found a small ruin up ahead with some smoke coming out the top. They walked up the small stairway to this ruin when a giant crab suddenly came out from the side at the top.

"Nono, nope, nono, nono, nope." It said as it blocked their way. Both operatives got on either side of the staircase with the crab zig-zagging back and forth. They both ran, and Harry made it behind, burning the crab's backside. They entered the ruin to find a bunch of Miniblin Dancers, who have a brown gorilla tied by her wrists with some rope which they were slowly lowering into a roaring fire. The rope was lowered by a Miniblin on a high platform, who turned a lever. All Miniblins' eyes were focused on the gorilla, dancing with spears raised.

"If they spot us, they'll probably just cut the rope." Harry whispered.

"I have a plan." Cheren spoke quietly as he crouched down. "Stay hidden." Cheren crouched to the first Miniblin, and when he was close, he shot up, covered the creature's mouth, and stuck his sword in its back.

"Whoa…" Harry's eyes widened. Cheren quietly made his way toward the stairs on the right, silently stabbing every Miniblin he snuck up to. Some of the Miniblin on the side were about to glance at the operative, but Harry them with the Slingshot and made them dizzy. Finally, Cheren made it to the stairs and walked onto the platform. The Miniblin at the lever spotted him, but Cheren ran, sliced the monster, and pushed it into the fire. He then turned the wheel the other way and raised the gorilla to safety while Harry set fire to the other Miniblin.

The gorilla woman was set safely on the platform as Cheren cut her ropes. "Thanks. I'm Kala. Kerchak… send you?"

"He send us." Cheren replied.

"Is.. son.. safe?"

"Tarzan? No, not yet."

"They take him… up, ahead. I return to Kerchak. You save." Cheren nodded as Kala left the ruin. The operatives left the ruin as well and spotted a cliffside to the left. They approached the cliff, overlooking a lower area of the vast jungle, and found a small soil pouch with a little sprout. Cheren used his S.Q.W.I.R.T. to water the plant, and it transformed into a flat, leaf platform, which seemed to float in midair. They stood on the plant, and it started making a weird sound as it levitated in the air, going high above the trees and floating away, past the ruin. They saw their selves drifting closer to another huge tree ahead, more far off than all the others.

A group of Furnixes flew their way and began to shoot fire towards the platform. Cheren held his shield out to defend the floating plant from the fire and also hurl his shield at the birds' heads, with the shield bouncing right back. The birds flew past and went behind them, continuing to shoot fire, but Cheren kept defending. A Furnix flew around and shot fire from the side, while another shot fire from behind, but Cheren pushed back the first one and quickly blocked the other one.

The Furnixes retreated as the platform made it to the large tree. They immediately found a bunch of the space-pirates clashing with the demons. After watching a nearby pirate slice a Bokoblin, they ran behind him and Harry singed his bottom. The pirate jumped around and swung his sword at the duo, but Cheren performed a jump attack and sliced him down the middle. They watched a Bokoblin victoriously dance on a fallen pirate, and Cheren snuck up and stabbed him from behind. "Looks like the pirates haven't left yet." Cheren figured. The two left the pirates to fight the monsters and approached a steep slope on their left. When they tried to walk up, they slid down, so the duo decided to dash up and make it. (End song.)

They found another cave and entered the tree, finding a wide, circular chamber where they watched a tall man with a muscular body, long, messy brown hair, and no clothes except for a loincloth, fighting a bunch of demons and pirates with a long spear. "Hey… it's a human!" Cheren exclaimed.

"Hey… are you Tarzan? ?" Harry shouted.

"Mm?" the human knocked away one more pirate before turning to the kids. He felt a shadow loom over him, and looked up and gasped, rolling out of the way before a large robot pirate with an oven on his chest and a cannon for a right arm crashed on the ground.

"Ayee, this is be the favored son of the head gorilla." The pirate said. "If Ay catch 'im, Kerchak will 'ave ta let us into the temple in exchange. Many doubloons be lookin' for ol' Sprocket. And Ay will have them, after I deal with ye meddlesome swags!" (Play "Having a Wild Time" from Kingdom Hearts.)

Sub-boss: Sprocket

The large pirate launched giant cannonball bombs at the three as they dodged. Tarzan ran at him, leaped, and stabbed against his head with his spear. Sprocket swatted the man-ape away as Cheren ran forward. Sprocket shot a bomb at him, but Cheren leapt onto the area around his head and tried to slice him. Sprocket spun his upper body around and blew Cheren away, launching another bomb at the operative. The bomb landed beside Cheren and began ticking, but he and Harry ran toward it and 'Youth Rolled', pushing it toward Sprocket. It exploded close to him and did a little damage against the pirate before he used his left hand to launch a grappling hook, to the ceiling, pulling him upward.

Sprocket was safe on the high ceiling as he launched more bombs at the three opponents. Tarzan climbed up the vines and hung on to the ceiling as he went over to Sprocket in attempt to kick the robot down, but he smacked the ape man and made him hit the ground below. Harry noticed the set of vines leading up to Sprocket, so he used his S.P.I.C.E.R. to set fire to them. The fire went all the way to Sprocket and began burning the robot's claw. It was forced to drop, landing with a thud, and began shooting cannonballs at them again. Tarzan got behind the robotic stove and was able to stab holes in his back with his spear. Sprocket felt the pokes and spun around to smack him away, but he dodged back on his own.

Harry ran up from behind and sprayed fire at his punctured back. Sprocket felt his temperatures rise and quickly turned to shoot at Harry. The buff robot began jumping around the area and creating shockwaves, knocking the operatives off their feet. He bounced closer to them, but Cheren got up and hurried away, tossing his Hylian Shield at the robot's head and getting it lodged horizontally in his mouth. Sprocket banged on his head to get the shield out, but that's when Tarzan leapt onto his head and poked holes into it, also scooping the shield out.

Cheren grabbed his shield as Sprocket tried to shoo away Tarzan. While he was distracted, Cheren pulled out his S.Q.W.I.R.T. and ran at him, shooting water between the bars of his stove. The flames that were in there slowly died out, and Sprocket fell powerless. Finally, Harry hurried over and unleashed a huge stream of fire from his S.P.I.C.E.R., greatly igniting Sprocket's insides. "YARRG! IT ISN'T… SUPPOSED TO GO UP THAT HIIIIGH-" His eyes catching flames, Sprocket exploded. The robot's parts flew everywhere as Cheren and Harry did high-fives and a knuckle-punch, with Sprocket's head landing beside them. (End song.)

The two sheathed their weapons and approached Tarzan. "Humans come here… save gorillas?"

"Yes… We save gorillas." Harry grinned.

"But you're a human." Cheren noticed. "Why would Kerchak…"

"Kerchak, father. Save, me… You, humans… save, us."

"We can't be any clearer." Cheren said, scratching his head.

"Tarzan, thanks… Who, humans?"

"Me, Cheren. Him, Harry." Cheren said, making hand gestures. "We come here, looking for Mi-yu-ki."

"Mi…yuki?"

"Ye-es. She is a friend of mine. Frriiieend."

"M'yuki… friend?"

"Yes. Miyuki is friend."

"*&&X%. (Hee. Hoo. Hoo-ooh-ah.)"

"What?"

"*&&X%. (Hee. Hoo. Hoo-ooh-ah.)"

"Oo..kaay… Well, let's get back to the others. Kerchak will be happy to see you."

Kerchak's Tree

The operatives and Tarzan arrived back at Kerchak's treehouse, the Daddy Gorilla looking down at them from the branches beside Terk and Kala. "So, Tarzan was actually a human?" Cheren asked. "Why didn't you mention this? Why do you hate humans so much if…"

"Tarzan… abandoned as child." Kerchak replied. "Find him in jungle… could not leave him. Raise him ourselves… It mean nothing. He is ape on inside. Humans are human…"

"But Tarzan is a human, too. The inside AND the outside." Harry began to explain. "He's the perfect example! We all have a little ape inside all of us. And apes have a little human. I mean… I raised by humans, but I'm sort of an ape! OO-OOH-OOH-AAAH!" he screeched, dancing around a little.

Cheren shook his head and snickered slightly.

"The point is, our two species aren't so different. And humans aren't all bad. And the same probably goes for other cultures, too."

"It's true." Cheren nodded.

"Hmmm…" Kerchak looked away thoughtfully.

"They did.. fight demons…" Kala reminded.

"Hmmm…" Kerchak looked at them again, "You save clan.. members… Perhaps humans good, too… Maybe you help recover our temple, too… We teach you song that allows you entry. Gorillas." Kerchak and five other gorillas pulled out different-sized drums and began to play them. The order played was second-largest, third-largest, third-lowest, third-largest, largest, second, first, second, and then first largest. They sounded like this:

Boom-bom-dom-bom-BOM! Bom-BOM-bom-BOM! They played it one more time as a refresher.

Cheren readied his Spirit Flute and repeated the notes: White, Blue, Red, Blue, Green, White, Green, White, and Green.

Dooo-doo-do-doo-DOOO! Dooo-DOO-dooo-DOO!

After Cheren repeated these notes, all of the gorillas began pounding on drums, repeating the notes several times and making lots of noise. Cheren was catching on to the beat and followed them on his Spirit Pipes. Harry was waving his finger like a conductor's baton, also moving to the catchy tune. After a few more extra notes and verses, the music came to an end.

You learned the Apes' Waking Cry! This song is so noisy, it can wake the dead!

Kerchak afterwards led the operatives outside to the tree's ledge, followed by some other apes. "Here." Kerchak handed Cheren an Empty Bottle. "Take this. Use to hold stuff."

Cheren studied the small, clear bottle confusedly. "Um… thanks?"

You've got an Empty Bottle! Use this to store water and capture Stray Fairies!

"You go.. to temple, now. Play song.. in Empty Treeland."

"Great. How do we get there?" Cheren asked.

"Only way apes know how! Ook-ook!" the girl monkey chirped.

"Huh?" As both operatives looked confused, they suddenly felt Kerchak's large hands grip both their puny heads. Kerchak slowly turned around and- "WAAAAAH!" their screams echoed as Kerchak hurled them into the distance.

Empty Treeland

The operatives crash-landed in a large, empty field area of the jungle. Across the field was a very short tree with a wide amount of branches growing around. "Well, the name seems to fit." Cheren observed.

"So, what? We play the song here?"

"Hold on…" Cheren noticed a peculiar owl statue, with closed wings, leaning against a nearby wall. Cheren approached the statue and read the inscription: O Hero who shall bring peace to this land, strike with your sacred sword here.

Raising a brow, Cheren raised his sword and struck the owl. It brimmed and released a blinding light. When the light cleared, the owl's wings were open. "Huh… Wonder what that did? Oh well. Guess we better play this song." Cheren walked further out in the field and replayed the notes of the song.

Dooo-doo-do-doo-DOOO! Dooo-DOO-dooo-DOO!

Nothing happened for the first few seconds. Then, the ground started to rumble. The earth around the short tree ahead started to crumble, and the tree began to rise. They soon realized that it wasn't just a tree, but a massive ruin, crumbled and covered in flora. The quaking slowly came to a halt as the ruin stopped rising.

"Whoa… nice temple." Harry said, eyes wide with amazement.

"I wonder how Miyuki was able to get in. You think she knew the song?"

"Let's go in and ask her. If she's still around."

"I hope we at least figure out why she came at all." With that, the team of operatives approached the temple and went up the steep stairway to the entrance. They entered the temple's rectangular entry and prepared for their next challenge. (Play the Woodfall Temple Theme from Majora's Mask.)

Dungeon 1: Jungle Temple

Mission: Get to the center of the temple.

The inside of the temple was cracked and rugged, with sunlight shining through the crumbling walls, and trees and flora growing through the ruin. The first room was just a narrow hallway with trees coming through the floors and ceiling. The duo cut straight through to the first door, where a Skulltula immediately dropped down from the ceiling and blocked their way. They fearfully backed away from the giant spider as it gnashed its fangs at them. Cheren ran around the spider as it turned, and Harry was able to kick it from behind. The spider turned back and glared at him, but Cheren ran and did an upward strike, knocking the spider upside-down. The Uno child then proceeded to leap and strike its weak point on its belly.

They entered the next room, which was cube-shaped, and they appeared on a ledge over a pool of water down below. Small flowers were scattered around the pool, and Cheren already proceeded to water them with the S.Q.W.I.R.T. and make them grow into platforms. The two proceeded to hop the platforms to the ledge on the other side. However, Cheren took notice of a little green fairy inside of a colorful bubble over one of the platforms. "What do you think that is?" Cheren asked. Harry shrugged, and Cheren decided to jump over. He popped the bubble and freed the fairy as it excitedly flew around Cheren and shot into the Empty Bottle he received from the monkey girl.

"You saved me! Please find all the other fairies and take us to the fountain outside this temple."

"Ooookay. This just got a lot more complicated." Harry said.

Cheren sighed, "Guess we better search for 'em, too." The two jumped to the ledge and entered the next door. They appeared inside of a central, circular chamber with a gaping pit down below. Up above, sunlight shone through a hole in the ceiling. There were several doors on ledges around the chamber, but the only accessible way appeared to be on their right. Before they moved forward, a banana fell down from up above and bumped Harry's head. The boy picked the fruit up and studied it strangely.

"Aaaack! Aaaack!" a monkey screeched as it dropped down and started beating Harry for its banana.

"Hey-Hey, get off!"

During his assault, the monkey swiped Harry's S.P.I.C.E.R. and tossed it into the pit. He took his banana back and climbed away as Harry raised his arms in defeat. "And NOW I am S.P.I.C.E.R.-less."

"Just use hand-to-hand combat. Besides, you still have a Slingshot." Cheren said. They continued down the path and found a door. The door had a lock on it, so they had to cross a wooden board bridge and enter the next door. They were inside another room with a watery floor, which had several monstrous-looking plants soaking in the liquid. Cheren jumped first, but the Demon Flytrap immediately snapped him in its petals, munching and crunching on the Uno child before spitting him back onto the starting platform. The brown-haired hero then attempted to shoot the plant with reverse-growth water, but it only smacked it away.

"Well, these plants mean business." Harry said.

"Sigh, at times like this, I wish I had Fi to give me helpful info. Okay, let me try something else." Cheren then placed on his Kateenian Mask and shrunk to Kateenian form. He jumped to the first flower and shut his eyes in fright, but peeked open when the plant wouldn't munch him. "Whew. I guess they must sense my weight. Just wait here, Harry." Cheren said as he jumped across the plant monsters on his own.

"Greeeat, I'll keep watch for any more monkey thieves." Harry called.

Cheren entered the door on the other side, finding a room that was totally inhabited by Snappers, which were giant turtles with spikes around their shells. "Dac-quack." They all said as they curled in their shells and spun at Cheren, the Kateenian boy rolling out of the way. The Hero of Time descendant quickly leapt onto one of the turtles and began to ride it. He held on as the turtle spun around the room to try and shake him off, ending up crashing into a wall. Dizzied, the turtle fell upside-down, leaving Cheren to jump and pound its belly. The other two turtles spun around and launched at him again. Cheren dodged and grabbed on one's back, making it spin around the room and knock out the other turtle before crashing it in a wall.

When the turtles were finished, Cheren watched as a treasure chest spawned in the center of the room. The chest was large, but Cheren was able to open it in his short Kateenian body. He had to climb and go into the chest to retrieve whatever was in there and jump back out. He held up a brown map of the dungeon.

You got the Dungeon Map! This map shows the layout of rooms in the dungeon. Rooms you've already been in are lit green. The yellow arrow shows where you are on the map.

Cheren left the room afterward and back to the room with the evil water flowers. On the other side, he saw that Harry had fallen asleep. He rolled his eyes before taking notice of another, small chest on the side of the room. Cheren jumped over to that platform and opened the chest, finding a Small Key. He smiled at this find before jumping back to Harry's platform, where he did a forceful jump on the boy's stomach. "Ow!"

"Get up, lazy." Cheren stated before reverting to his human form. They stepped back out into the center room and went to the locked door, using the Small Key to open it.

"Hehehe. Small." Cheren rolled his eyes at Harry's remark and entered the room. This room was darker compared to other parts of the dungeon. A zig-zaggy wooden walkway went across a long hallway of water, leading to a spider web doorway.

"I don't think we're getting through there without some fire." Cheren figured. With Harry's S.P.I.C.E.R. gone, the only source of fire appeared to be a lone torch that was beside them, which attracted the attention of moths. They also noticed a tiny Baba sprout on their right. Cheren watered the Baba with his S.Q.W.I.R.T. and watched it grow into a regular-sized Boko Baba, its stem sticking straight up as it snapped its mouth. Cheren sliced the Babas stem, leaving the plant as a dry, wooden stick. "This could help." Cheren grabbed the stick and lit the tip of it on fire with the torch. But when he did, he was immediately assaulted by the swarm of moths.

"Better make a run for it." Harry suggested. Cheren did so and hurriedly ran across the wooden walkway, careful not to slip off the zig-zagged path. He was able to make it to the spider web and burn it down. He then quickly lit a nearby torch on fire and dipped the stick in the water, putting it out and causing the moths to gather around the new torch. Harry hurried over to Cheren's side shortly after. "Hey, dude, there's something underwater." Harry pointed to another bubble with a fairy inside it under the water.

"I'll get it." Cheren sighed as he dove into the water. He swam toward the trapped fairy and popped its bubble, setting it free and allowing it into his bottle. He swam back over to Harry as the boy helped him out of the water. The two continued past where the spider web was and stepped up a set of winding stairs. They reached a second-floor room that was pitch-black, with barely any light to guide them. They did notice the glow of another green fairy on one side of the room, but that was it. They noticed there was water over the edge of their platform, and Cheren attempted to jump across and land on something. He ended up landing on another Demon Flytrap as it munched him and sent him back at the start.

"Heh. You never told me how popular you were with the plant life." Harry smirked.

"Ugh. I would bring a torch up here, but I don't think the game will let me."

"What game?"

"Er- nothing. Lemme look at this map." Cheren pulled out the Dungeon Map and glared at it closely in the thick darkness. There appeared to be a path on their left leading around the water. The two followed the walkway that lay behind a vine-covered fence and came to a dead-end area. In the blackness, pairs of tiny, red eyes stared at them and slithered over. The Black Boes, little puffy balls of blackness, approached and jumped at the operatives, but Harry and Cheren were easily able to kick them away. They searched around the ground until they found a patch of dirt. Cheren's watered the patch and watched as a bulbous yellow plant grew out, immediately glowing with a bright, yellow light.

Cheren lifted the Bub-Bulb and carried it to the start of the room. He set it down, became a Kateenian, and picked it up before trying to jump to a Demon Flytrap. However, the extra wait from the Bub-Bulb alerted the flytrap of his presence and munched on him. He and the bulb were chewed before being shot back to the ledge. "Ookay… just leave it. Makes enough light, anyway." With that, he proceeded to jump his way across the flytraps with lighter weight. He first went over to where the fairy was floating and caught it inside of his bottle with the others. Cheren then hopped over to a smaller platform where it was safe to revert to a human. Above him was a small, ropey vine dangling from the bottom of a ledge. He aimed his S.Q.W.I.R.T. upward and watered the vine, making it grow longer.

Cheren jumped and grabbed the vine, holding on tight as he dangled over a flytrap. He turned around and swung back and forth to build momentum, then launched himself toward a higher vine that was noticeable in the darkness. He climbed a little higher and turned around to face the other ledge. He built enough momentum before launching himself at the top of that ledge. The light from the Bub-Bulb didn't reach, so the area above was still a little pitch-black. A few Black Boes slithered over in the darkness, but Cheren easily kicked them away. The boy searched around the dark area before his feet stepped on a switch, which caused the metal bars on the other end of the room to open. When Cheren stepped off, the bars only returned. Cheren felt around some more before finding a big block about his height. Cheren grabbed the block and pushed it to where he found the switch, and was able to hold it down.

Cheren became a Kateenian and safely dropped down to a flytrap down below. When he turned around, he flinched at the sight of a shadowy demon with sharp teeth on the wall. When he looked over, he saw it was just Harry making shadow puppets. "Harry! What're you doing?"

"C'mon, you know I couldn't. Besides, I get bored waiting for you to finish puzzles."

"Hang on, I'm coming to get you." Cheren turned around and noticed a platform where a Leaf-Boat Plant was sprouting. He watered the leaf and grew it into a boat before climbing in and floating his way over to Harry. The alternate Uno child grabbed the Bub-Bulb and hauled it into the boat with them as they began floating down the opposite direction. The safely drifted past the Demon Flytraps and closer to the doorway. A few Bio Babas were waiting beneath the water in the darkness, so they carefully floated around them before they eventually reached the door.

The next room was a wider hallway with many trees growing through the ruins. There were vines dangling from the branches, lined up in a row to lead to other platforms above a lower floor. However, they noticed lots of snakes curled up on those vines. "You know those snakes are gonna get you when you try to swing." Harry said.

"Then it's teamwork time. Hit them with your Slingshot when they come down." Cheren ran to the first vine and jumped to grab onto it. As he built up momentum to swing across, snakes already began to slither down the vines. Harry took aim with his Slingshot and hit the snakes with pellets, causing them to get dizzy and fall. Harry repeated this process until Cheren made it safely to the next platform. There, he found another giant treasure chest. He opened the chest and peeked inside before pulling out a small, blue compass.

You got the Compass! This handy accessory marks the locations of treasure chests and fairies in the dungeon, and also shows the location of the boss!

With that done, Cheren prepared to swing along the next set of vines. Snakes were still crawling down to get him, but Harry was able to shoot between the open spots between the branches to knock them out. Cheren soon reached the next platform, but remembered he had to think of a way to bring Harry over (since he couldn't shoot the snakes and swing at the same time). Luckily, Cheren found another withered plant on a soil spot and watered it. It grew into a floating leaf platform, which levitated and flew over to Harry's ledge. It allowed the boy to step on and carried him over to his alternate-universe brother. Cheren faced the next set of vines ahead and jumped to grab the first one. Already, Harry noticed the Keese watching him from the walls.

"(Hey, Marty. There's some kid swinging on vines over there.)" one of them said in a squeaky bat language.

"(Where, where, I can't see.)"

"(Oh, you dumbass! Use your sonar!)"

The Keese flew over and tried to knock Cheren off the vines, but Harry easily knocked the bats away with Slingshot pellets. Cheren had to keep turning to swing to vines in different directions, but Harry defended him from bats long enough for him to reach the ledge by the door. Cheren found another Float Plant and watered it. The magic plant drifted over to Harry to carry him to his teammate. Before they entered the door, they noticed another green fairy inside of a bubble behind a tree. Harry tried to shoot at it, but it was too far for him to get a good angle. "Just leave it, we'll come back later." Cheren said.

The two entered the next room, which was smaller and cube-shaped, and also had a watery floor. They walked down a wooden pathway to the lower floor in the room, on a ledge where another door sat. They looked up in the corner across from them and saw a monkey sitting atop a branch that led behind a vine-covered fence, which totally blocked whatever was on the other side. The only other way to go was in the door beside them, so that's where they went. Immediately, metal bars sealed them inside. The room was slightly darker with a large puddle covering most of the center. (Stop the music.)

"Bamp." They watched as a lizard-like demon with yellow skin and a jacket dropped down from the ceiling, wielding a sword. The Dinofols didn't look menacing to the operatives, but that was before it sprouted a second head, third leg, and second sword. The two-headed monster breathed fire from both heads as it spun around. "MAMP!" (Play the Mini-boss theme from Majora's Mask.)

Sub-boss: Dual-Dinofols

Cheren charged at the lizard monster, but the two-headed beast rapidly swung their swords at him and kicked him back. Harry ran at the monster, but it spun around, whacked him with its tail, and slid him backwards. "Okay… Together!" Cheren exclaimed as they jumped to their feet and charged at the monster at the same time. The beast kicked both of them with its three legs, stunning them, and then proceeded to flip forward and strike with their swords.

"Trying going around!" Cheren suggested. Both operatives ran in separate directions around the monster, but each head kept an eye on an operative. Cheren tried running back the other way as they both charged to attack him, but one of the heads swung its sword at Cheren while the other attacked Harry. Cheren was kicked away by the one's leg while the other caught Harry in its tail and tossed him beside his ally. Cheren got up and put his Kateenian Mask on afterwards and ran at the monster. He tried to roll behind it, but the lizard(s) easily caught the short boy in its arms. The right head used its arm to bounce him like a ball, then passed him to the other head's arm. They both passed Cheren back and forth before grabbing him in both arms, running forward, leaping, and slamming him down onto Harry.

The Dual-Dinofols stepped back and waved its arms in victory as Cheren removed his mask, gasping for breath. "Hokay… we can't take turns and we can't go together. These two attack together better than we do."

Harry's eyes perked in realization. "Maybe we can't attack together, but I'll bet THEY can't attack apart!"

Cheren looked up in realization, exchanging smirks with Harry. "Split up!" The two ran at the monster and immediately ran in separate ways around it. Cheren got on the opposite side of Harry's as they circled around, with a head watching each of them. They approached the monster, but immediately ran back, and when they tried to strike at the operatives, they pulled each other back, causing the two-half monster to topple over. When it was down, Cheren hurriedly lunged forward and dealt blows against it.

The Dual-Dinofols flipped back to its feet and spun around unleashing two breaths of fire around their area. The operatives dodged the fire before running at the demon, running around in opposite circles to confuse it. When they were on opposite ends, they ran at it, then jumped back, causing the two heads to lunge at opposite directions and fall over. Cheren once again leapt over to deal more blows against it. The Dinofols got back up and screeched in rage. Both sides charged and began rapidly spinning into a sword-tornado, moving around the room in attempt to slice the two operatives. Cheren and Harry 'Youth Rolled' around the room and stayed away from the two-headed lizard until it got tired and stopped spinning.

The two operatives went back to opposite ends of the beast as they each faced a head. The heads kept a steady eye on their operative, ready to strike at any time. Cheren ran at it first, then jumped back before he struck, Harry ran at it next, then jumped back to avoid the sword. They each took turns dodging their respective heads before they both ran at the same time, jumped back, and made the heads force each other back and fall over. Cheren then leapt into the air and dealt a fatal blow into the monster's chest. (End song.)

"Baamp… Mant…" The lizard's heads gasped as they stood up, wobbling back and forth. "Aamp…" When they tried to wobble in opposite ways, their attached body prevented them, and they fell over defeated. "Ba-lamp." (Replay the Woodfall Temple Theme.)

The metal bars opened as a giant chest appeared in the center of the room. Cheren and Harry high-fived before the Hero of Time descendant walked over and opened the chest. A golden light shone from the chest as Cheren stared with amazement and wonder. Cheren reached into the shining chest and held his new item up in victory. It was a yellow banana bent into a boomerang.

You got the Bananarang! This tasty little toy emits a scent that no monkey can resist. On top of being able to hit and grab distant targets and objects, this is one toy to go ape over! To equip it, select it to 'Y', 'Z', or- Wait, whuh?

"Great! We did all that for a banana!" Harry exclaimed. "Are you sure you aren't half-ape yourself?"

"Well, my mom turned into a monkey one time. But let's see what we can do with it." The two left the mini-boss chamber and looked up at the monkey that was in the corner of the outside room. Cheren got an idea, holding up his Bananarang and tossing it above the fence across from them. Immediately, the monkey spotted the tasty banana, jumping excitedly as it leapt grab it. The boomerang already flew back to Cheren and the monkey fell behind the fence. It hit a switch on the other side and made the fence fall flat on the ground, revealing a door on the other side.

"Before we go on, let's head back real quick." Cheren said as he led them up the wooden path onto the higher floor, then back into the wide hallway with the vines and trees. Cheren looked to the Stray Fairy behind the tree and tossed his Bananarang around it, popping the fairy's bubble and bringing it back to him. He caught the fairy in his bottle before the two proceeded back to the fence's room. They crossed the fallen fence and entered the door that was on the other side.

They appeared atop a ledge behind some metal bars, overlooking a room with yet another watery floor, and several circular log platforms hanging from the ceiling via vines. Cheren readied his Bananarang and tossed it around the room, slicing the vines and dropping the platforms as they began to float on the water. Cheren noticed another monkey down in one of the corners and tossed the Bananarang down below to grab its attention. When the boomerang flew back to him, Cheren then tossed it in the direction of a switch in the opposite corner, guiding the monkey over to the pressable and getting him to stand on it. The middle part of the bars opened as a result, allowing the operatives to climb down a ladder.

As they stepped onto the floating platforms below, Cheren noticed a Stray Fairy's location was marked in this room. He jumped around to the right side of the cage they were just in and found another fairy floating in a bubble. Cheren tossed the Bananarang up and popped the bubble, catching and bringing the fairy down. After putting it in the bottle, they entered the next door and found their selves back inside the round central chamber. They were on a slightly higher ledge behind a fence, and on their right was the path they first followed in this room. They found a standing wooden board and Cheren rolled into it, making it topple over and land on the lower path, forming a shortcut.

Wondering where to go next, they studied the map. "…Hey Har, check it out. There was another area in that room with the bridge and those moths."

"What d'you think's in there?"

"I dunno. A Boss Key?" The duo crossed the shortcut and went back into the room with the zig-zaggy bridge. They looked up and saw that there were two ledges on opposite sides by the ceiling, linked together by a bridge. Cheren spotted a monkey crawling around up there and tossed the Bananarang above the bridge. The monkey became excited and crossed the bridge to try and catch it, but it went back to Cheren. Cheren tossed it to the ledge on the other side of the bridge, making the monkey crawl over. When the Bananarang went back, the monkey grabbed a rope ladder that was rolled up, and pushed it over the edge as it unraveled, making a way up.

Cheren and Harry jumped to and climbed the new ladder, patting the monkey on the head. They walked across the bridge and went down a stairwell on the other side. In this next room, they were on another ledge behind metal, vine-covered bars. Down below was another monkey in the corner, and a switch in the other corner, but the monkey had to cross a pool filled with Demon Flytraps to get across. There were logs dangling from vines above some of the flytraps, so Cheren tossed his Bananarang to cut the first one. The flytrap snapped the log in its mouth and chewed, so Cheren quickly tossed the projectile down to make the monkey jump onto the closed flytrap.

Cheren quickly cut the next log down to make the flytrap catch it, then had the monkey jumped to that closed flytrap just before the first one reopened. Instead of a log, a regular vine was curled up above the next flytrap. Harry had to shoot his Slingshot to make the vine unravel, then Cheren threw the Bananarang down to make the monkey jump and grab the vine. The ape held on tight as Cheren chopped down the next log for the flytrap to eat, then had the monkey swing off and land on that flytrap. With one last jump, Cheren repeated the process one more time, having the monkey jump the last flytrap and make it to the switch. The bars opened as a bridge extended to the ledge on the other side. As they crossed the bridge, Cheren studied his map and pointed to a beehive at one of the walls. Harry was a little hesitant at first, but he fired his Slingshot and broke the hive open, releasing another fairy. Cheren tossed his Bananarang and brought the fairy over, putting it in his bottle.

The two crossed the bridge and entered the door, with metal bars immediately sealing them in on the other side. They proceeded down a straight, empty hallway until a voice was heard. (Pause song.)

"Datsh far enough, you mortalsh!" The orange demon chameleon, Gekko, exclaimed as he dropped from the ceiling. "You've interfered long enough!"

"Hey! You're Majora's minion!" Cheren exclaimed.

"Yesh! My name is Gekko! And your pitiful attempts to rescue the girl have already been washted! Miyuki hash already gooone, ha-ha!"

"Darn it! I KNEW we shouldn't have slept!" Cheren stomped in anger.

"And to make shure you shtay out of our minds for good, it'sh time to deshtroy you! He-ge-gek. GEKAAAHK!" (Play the Mini-boss Theme from Majora's Mask.)

Sub-boss: Gekko

The Gekko lunged at Cheren and started throwing punches and kicks, but the operative was quick to dodge as he grabbed and swung his sword. The Gekko back-flipped and crawled up the walls, over the ceiling, and dropped down on Harry, pinning and smashing the boy's face against the floor. Cheren ran to strike at him, but Gekko back-flipped again and kicked off the walls before doing an aerial-kick at Cheren. The Uno child slid across the floor, but shot back up as Gekko hopped toward him. Cheren gave a cry as he ran at Gekko, swinging rapidly, but the lizard demon swiftly dodged his attacks before sliding behind the operative.

Cheren, his back still turned, suddenly ducked as Harry charged at him, and Gekko's eyes widened as he was tackled. The two rolled along the ground until Gekko threw Harry off, only for Cheren to come and deal a blow against his chest. Gekko stood up and crawled up the ceiling again before dropping and latching onto Harry's head. Cheren tried to slice at the monster again, but Gekko jumped back. Cheren then pulled out his Bananarang and hurled it at the monster, who jumped to the side and cackled. However, the boomerang flew right back and bonked Gekko on the head, making him dizzy. Cheren seized the moment and ran to strike him.

"Uguck-uuck…" Gekko grunted as he leaped over the operatives and hopped down the hall. Cheren and Harry hurriedly followed him to a dead-end room with a gaping hole in the wall, exposing their view to the tree branches outside. "He-ge-gek: GEKKAAAAHK!" At his call, Gekko's loyal Snapper popped out of the ground as he hopped on. "Dur-dur!" The Snapper extracted spikes and spun around rapidly before shooting at the operatives, who dodge-rolled and made him crash. The Snapper spun around again, and this time, Cheren stood before the edge over the ruined floor, and dodged out of the way before Gekko could ram him.

The giant turtle nearly slid off the ledge, so Gekko stopped him as they wobbled over the jungle chasm. Cheren ran forward and 'Youth Rolled' into the turtle's behind to knock them both down below. The Snapper grabbed a tree branch in its mouth as the Gekko began climbing around the branches outside. That's when Cheren watched as the girl monkey swung down and into the room. Cheren smirked as he waved the Bananarang in the air and tossed it at the Gekko. The Gekko caught the boomerang and laughed cockily as he waved it around, but the laughing was ceased when the monkey climbed over and latched onto Gekko's head. The monster frantically tried to shake her off before falling off and bumping his head on a lower branch.

Gekko tossed the boomerang back to Cheren before crawling back onto the floor. The Snapper had swung itself back to the floor, and Gekko crawled onto its back. They repeated their previous pattern and spun around, lunging at Cheren and Harry. When they came around again, Cheren tossed the Bananarang into Gekko's mouth, making the monkey leap and tackle him off the turtle. Gekko threw the monkey off before beginning to crawl around the ceiling. Cheren noticed the abandoned Snapper and slipped on his Kateenian Mask, leaping on the turtle's back.

"Dac-quack." The turtle chirped as it rapidly began spinning around. Cheren held on as tight as he could as the turtle zipped all around the room in every direction. Its rapid spinning went on for ten more seconds until they finally collided with the wall, making the Gekko drop from the ceiling. The turtle fell unconscious as Cheren got off and reverted to normal. With one final cry, he leapt and struck the Gekko with a jump attack. (End song.)

"AI-AI-AI-AI-AI-AI-AI-AI-AI-AI-AIIEEE!" screamed the Gekko it jumped with extreme pain. It gripped the wound in its hip as his throat suddenly swelled. The swelling went up to his mouth before he finally barfed out the light-blue frog from earlier. "Blaaaah… You-sha giving me WO-O-O-OUND! Mashter Majora no-sha be HAPPY!" With that, the defeated minion hopped away across the tree branches. (Replay the Woodfall Temple theme; yeah, we're not done yet. XP)

The two then directed their attention to a barred gateway on the left side of the room. The gates slowly opened and allowed them access to a blue chest with fancy yellow stripes. "They really went all out with that one." Harry observed. Cheren walked over and cracked the chest open. A golden light shone from it as Cheren pushed it open all the way. The glowing stopped when Cheren pulled out the item inside.

You got the Boss Key! Now you can get inside the chamber where the boss lurks!

Having gained the Boss Key, the duo proceeded to leave the room, leaving the frog to hop in its place. They hurried all the way back to the central chamber and saw that the only other way to go was the northern most door. They looked up and saw the monkey that took the S.P.I.C.E.R. sitting atop a tree branch. Cheren tossed the Bananarang to the lower part of the branch and made the monkey walk over, where he pressed a switch and activated a bridge connecting to the northern door.

They crossed the bridge and entered the next room, which was rather short. There was a gap in the path to the next door, and down below was a single Demon Flytrap sitting in the water below. Directly above the plant was a large pot attached to a rope. Cheren pulled out his S.Q.W.I.R.T. and shot water into the pot, the extra weight slowly making it sink. When it filled with enough water, the pot plummeted down onto the flytrap, giving it water and making it rise. Cheren put on the Kateenian Mask and jumped the flytrap. Harry tried to follow him, but ended up caught in the plant's mouth and spat back to the start. As Harry recovered, Cheren shot him a smirk. "Oh, ha ha! I still got less than you!"

Cheren pulled off his mask and walked over to a small plumb on the ground ahead. He watered the plumb and made it expand in size. Cheren picked it up and hurled it over to Harry's side. The alternate Uno child caught the bouncy plumb and set it on the ground. He stepped back and ran at the plumb with enough momentum to bounce to the other side. Harry brushed himself off as they entered the next door.

This next room was their last. Before them was a dark abyss, and on the other end of this massive room was a large door with a huge lock with horns. There were several tree branches around the room that led up above the middle of the chasm. Cheren noticed the first monkey on a tree branch on the left side of the room. He tossed the Bananarang to lure it up to the top above the chasm. As the Bananarang returned, they noticed another monkey on their right trapped behind a spider web. To their left was a wooden walkway that led up to a torch. Cheren spotted a tiny Boko Baba and gave it some water. When it shot straight up, Cheren sliced it and robbed its stick.

Cheren hurried up the walkway and lit the stick on fire, making the moths immediately swarm all over him. Cheren jumped down and hurried to the spider web and burned it, setting the monkey free. It jumped excitedly before heading up a branch to join the first monkey. They then noticed a set of vines that led over the chasm to a caged monkey. When Cheren ran to grab the first vine, snakes began to slither down, but Harry kept them away with his Slingshot. He kept defending his ally as Cheren swung the vines and made it to the platform with the monkey. He pressed a switch and set the ape free as it crawled up to join the others.

Cheren swung back to his friend and noticed another monkey trapped in a cage in a small cave above the room's entrance. There were two seeds and two soil spots. Cheren put the red seed in the furthest spot and the blue seed in the closest. He watered both of them as they grew into a short and tall flower platform. The platforms were grown so that the tallest was further from the monkey, but it was still close enough for Cheren to jump. He pressed a switch and released the last of the four monkeys.

He made his way up beside the others as one grabbed the bottom of the branch with its feet. The other monkeys climbed down each other and held on upside-down, swinging back and forth. The two exchanged nods and ran to grab the lower monkey's arms, with Harry holding Cheren's legs. They swung across and landed before the Boss Door. But before they continued, Cheren noticed a Stray Fairy in the corner of the abyss below the ledge with the torch. Cheren tossed his Bananarang and caught the fairy, bringing it over to catch it. They noticed another fairy floating over behind the right side of the Boss Door's wall, and Cheren once again tossed his boomerang to grab it.

"So, we going to fight one of these 'bosses' you told me about?" Harry asked.

"Umm, not yet. I wanna return these Stray Fairies first." Cheren said, studying the map. "And we missed one in the first room. Guess we're heading back."

And just like that, they returned to the first room. Cheren studied the map and pointed to an opening above a tree branch. He tossed the Bananarang, popped the bubble, and caught the fairy.

"Hooray! You've found all my parts! Take us to the fountain outside the temple!"

Cheren stuffed the fairy bottle in his jacket as the two headed outside. (End song.)

Outside the temple

The two stepped out onto the temple's porch and searched around for any sign of a fairy fountain. They noticed a cave with a dim green glow across the plain. Harry and Cherry exchanged shrugs and headed over to the cavern.

Inside, they found a circular pool of pure water where a group of green fairies drifted around. The fountain was surrounded by three stone archways and a bright, green light shone from the forest leaves in the background. The two stared with wonder, the light reflecting in their eyes as Cheren approached and popped the bottle open. The fairies shot out of the bottle and flew around Cheren in excitement.

The lot of fairies spiraled around the center of the fountain and fused together before vanishing in a flash of light. Cheren and Harry stared curiously as the fountain glowed with a green light. Before their eyes, a figure emerged from the fountain. It was a little girl, with pure white skin, white clothes, and long, white hair that covered her eyes. She wore a shirt made of leaves and grass that exposed her bellybutton, a dress also made of white flora, and was barefoot. The girl grabbed the middle of her long hair and pulled it back, exposing a playful smirk and sharp black eyes that stared at Cheren. The girl brushed her hair behind her head and made a few stretches before speaking. "That was unneedidly rough. You couldn't have carried my parts in a bigger container?" she said with a serious tone, in a little girl's voice. "Even so, I thank you for saving me. I am the Great Fairy of the Jungle. My name... is Ashlyn."

Cheren shook his head. "You're the Great Fairy? You're just a girl."

She frowned grumpily. "Well, you're just a boy. Or were you expecting an older woman with little-to-no clothing? I thought you'd be better than that dirty ancestor of yours."

"Ancestor? You mean you knew Link?"

"No. My brethren knew him. But I'm much better. I don't very much care for your tone, either." she said as she slowly stepped closer to the operative, her feet making light splashes as she moved. "You're much too serious for your own health. In my jungle, things are more alive. Just because you're a meat creature, you shouldn't feel any less lively."

Suddenly, she zipped onto Cheren's head, her toes clutching tight to his hair as she bent over and looked Cheren in the eyes, her head upside-down and in his face as her hair dangled. "After all, how can you expect to save that friend of yours when you yourself don't even live to your fullest?" She giggled and breezed back to the center of the fountain, her arms stretched into a horizontal line. "This jungle is rich with a special light. If you listen closely, you can hear everything breathing with the life force that the gods blessed the beings of this earth with."

Cheren rolled his eyes and said, "If I wanted a lesson on how to live life, I would've brought Sheila with me."

"Even so, you won't be able to save your friend without a little more spirit. You're too serious." Ashlyn then zipped over beside Harry, putting an arm around him. "Look at this boy for example. You can learn a few things from his upbeat attitude. And he's cute, too." Harry grinned as Ashlyn lightly pinched his cheek.

The fairy spirit zipped back to the center of the fountain. "Regardless, it seems thanks are in order. So, I will grant you this to be on your way." The fairy made a few gestures with her hands as the area turned darker, the only light being from the ripples of the water. Ashlyn balled her hands together and opened them, revealing a flower with closed green petals. She inhaled a breath and blew on the plant, scattering the petals as they circled Cheren in a whirlwind. The child rapidly spun around in the wind before coming to a stop. In its sheathe, Cheren's sword began to glow.

You learned the Great Spin! Charge up enough energy in your sword to unleash a powerful shockwave!

The light returned to the area as Ashlyn spoke again. "Oh. And I want to give you this, too." she said as a ball of light formed in her right palm. "I wanted to change the design on it, but... well, it'll do." The ball of light grew and became the mask of a woman with three long, pink strands of hair. Cheren took the mask as it drifted over to him.

You got the Great Fairy's Mask! This mask can summon lost Stray Fairies to your location. When a Stray Fairy is nearby, the mask's hair will start to glow.

"The reason I was so scattered like you found me was because Miyuki came and used her powers to destroy me. It's my guess she did the same to my brethren around the world."

"Why would Miyuki do that?" Cheren asked.

"I don't knoooooow. Though it's probably because we fairies are spirits of good. We keep positive energy around our lands, and Miyuki- or should I say Majora- wanted to stop that. I want you to use that mask to find the lost fairies within the temples. Each one should grant a new special power, and hopefully some advice. I wish you luck, Kids Next Door. If you need to be refreshed, this fountain should heal your injuries. May your journey be a safe one." A wind breezed across the fairy's hair and dress, a smile on her face as her eyes closed peacefully. The young spirit transformed into leaves that gently blew away in the wind.

Back inside the Jungle Temple

"Little fairy girl's got a point," Harry said as they made their way back through the Jungle Temple, "You really need to lighten up. Even I know when to have a little fun on a mission, and I'm related to the two biggest workaholics that ever lived."

"You forget that I am, too." Cheren stated. "But how YOU got to be Sector Leader is a big mystery. All this 'lightening up' stuff, your sector must do pretty choppy."

"Hey, I can be pretty serious when I need to be. If kids are being turned into Senior Citi-zombies, or Father's going back in time to rewrite history, I can be pretty focused."

"Yet you don't care much when girl from another universe is possessed by a demon and comes here to wreak havoc."

"What I mean is, I'm as focused on missions as you or our parents. I just don't wanna sound too serious, otherwise I'll sound like a jerk."

"Huh." Cheren rolled his eyes.

"Hey, the Kids Next Door's a kid organization, right? So as kids, we need to know how to have fun AND be serious about missions. Subtract the 'fun' part, we might as well be adults. Or at least smelly teenagers who keep thinking about girls…"

They shortly arrived at the huge Boss Door and stuck the golden, horned skull key into the lock. The big door opened and revealed a stairway that led straight upward. "I'm not even sure why we're here anymore." Cheren said as they proceeded up the stairs. "Miyuki's gone, there's nothing else to do in this temple."

"Maybe we'll find a giant golden snowcone."

They reached an outside at the very top of the temple, surrounded by trees as the sun shone down from a gap above. They flinched when a door suddenly sealed the stairway, blocking their exit. (Play the "Boss Battle Stagnox" theme from Zelda: Spirit Tracks.)

A few twigs fell from up above, and they looked up and gaped as a gigantic monkey in a terrifying, wooden mask, with fierce eyes and sharp teeth, glared at them from the treetops. The monkey dropped to the center of the battlefield and panted furiously. Before their eyes, two more arms emerged from the monkey's back, wielding sharp swords shaped like bananas. The monstrous ape danced crazily and gave loud, angry screeches, wagging its spiked tail at the two operatives.

Boss fight: Masked Mutant Monkey, MUKAK

The two slowly stepped side-to-side as the monkey glared and made the same movements. It swung its spiked tail, but they ducked, and then attempted to crush them with its right sword, but they back-flipped and avoided. Cheren, already sensing the monster's weakness, raised his Bananarang in the air and waved it around. The monkey stood on all fours- er, all sixes, and panted as he stared at the luscious banana. Cheren threw to the side of the field, causing the monkey to follow it and stare. When its back was turned, Cheren leaped and sliced its huge behind, the monster screeching and gripping its bottom as it hopped around. It stopped and angrily glared at Cheren. He reached its bottom right hand behind its back and pulled out a wooden covering, slapping it on its bottom.

They jumped around and dodged as the monkey slammed its fists into the ground, trying to crush them. The ape's long arms slammed quickly, but the operatives safely avoided them as Cheren pulled out his Bananarang again. He caught the monkey's attention and tossed the fruit-toy to the side, making it follow. Cheren ran to try and attack the monkey's behind, but the wooden covering served as a great shield, and when Mukak felt Cheren attacking it, he grabbed the Uno child in its lower right hand and furiously shook him around. The ape screeched as it rapidly banged Cheren against the floor several times. He took Cheren in both free hands and shook him in the air before hurling him at Harry. Mukak hopped in the air and clapped at its own successful attack.

Harry helped Cheren up as the brown-haired boy gritted his teeth in anger. Just then, they heard the familiar cry of another monkey, and the female ape from before jumped her way up the trees and made it onto the battlefield. She presented to Harry his stolen S.P.I.C.E.R., who smiled as he took it back. They focused their attention on Mukak again as Cheren grabbed his attention with the Bananarang, throwing it to the side. As Mukak followed it, Harry ran over and unleashed flames at the wooden covering with his weapon. The monkey's behind caught fire as he leapt into the air, hopping around in pain. He brushed his hands across his behind and put the flames out of his scorched behind. The operatives laughed as the monkey steamed with rage. A lightbulb appeared above his head, for he formed an idea, but he first noticed the bulb, grabbed it, and tossed it away. Afterward, he pulled out two corks and stuffed them in his mask's nose.

Cheren tried to wave the Bananarang around to grab the monkey's attention. The scent didn't pick up in his nose, so he opened his mouth and unleashed a swarm of moths, which formed a cloud around the child as Cheren tried to swat them away. Mukak leapt and tried to smash the operative under its fists, but Harry pulled him out of the way. He used his S.P.I.C.E.R. to set fire to all the moths and destroyed them. When Mukak swung a sword at them, they dodged it, then performed the split-up technique. Mukak turned and faced Cheren, but Harry pulled out his Slingshot and shot the ape's back. Mukak turned as Harry began moving crazily like a monkey, making the angered ape come closer. Quick on feet, Cheren dashed over, sliced the ape's behind, and zipped back before the monkey could snatch him. Mukak chased Cheren, but Harry ran over and burned his rear with his S.P.I.C.E.R..

The mutated ape unleashed a deafening scream from his lungs in pure rage. They watched as the ape leapt over the edge of the battlefield. In the distance, he was climbing the towering trees in the background, going high above the battlefield. His apes gripped the leaves as he aimed his tail down, which formed a cannon that launched a series of bombs at the duo. Cheren and Harry rolled around and avoided the bombs, looking for a way to stop him. They then noticed their girl monkey friend jumping for their attention. She was bent over, gesturing to her back. Cheren caught the hint and placed his Kateenian Mask on, shrinking to his alien form. The monkey turned, and Cheren leapt on her back.

The female monkey leapt over the edge and began climbing the trees as well, Cheren clutching tight to her back as they slowly turned upside-down. They made it nearly to the top of the leaves as Mukak crawled around like a spider with its arms. The ape aimed its tail at the operative and girl monkey and fired its bombs, the monkey evading as quick as it could. They approached the mutant monkey as it took a swipe with one of its left hands. As the hand came at them, Cheren hopped off his monkey, careful not to fall into the abyss above, and grabbed the monster's hand. He held on tight as the beast tried to shake him, then bit into the giant hand with his big Kateenian teeth. Mukak tossed Cheren off for the monkey girl to grab him, shaking his aching hand.

Mukak was now forced to use only three arms, and two legs, as it aimed its tail and fired more bombs. One of the explosions nearly hit the monkey, almost causing her to fall. She held on with one hand, and Cheren kept a grip on her back as she pulled herself up. Mukak approached them, but Cheren leaped onto his face. The ape shook its head around and tried to grab him with a right hand. Cheren jumped to its hand and took a big bite, making the monkey shaking him off onto the girl monkey.

Mukak used its other two arms to grab its swords and held on with its feet. He walked toward the upside-down group and swung its blades horizontally, but the female monkey quickly crawled away. Unable to catch them, Mukak decided to hang on with its tail, build momentum, and swing over at them, spinning with its blades. The two narrowly avoided the blades as Cheren's monkey kept crawling, Mukak continuing to chase them via swinging. As they evaded the monstrous ape, they noticed the large hole in the leaves that was letting the sun in. They quickly crawled over, and Mukak chased them as they went beside the hole. Mukak built up momentum one last time before swinging at the two, who dodged to the side. (End song.)

When Mukak missed, he felt himself frozen in midair. He looked to see the sky and clouds below his feet and remembered he was upside-down. He glanced toward the… us, and said, "Aah?" With that, the ape went falling and screaming straight to the battlefield. Harry ran out of the way as the ape's head collided with the floor. He went into a state of dizziness as his body lay on the ground.

The female monkey brought Cheren back down as the boy changed back into a human. They approached the fallen monster as its head spun dizzily. Cheren held a curious look as he stared at the mask on the monkey's face. He pulled out the Spirit Flute and calmly played the Song of Healing.

Doo doo dooo, doo doo dooo, doo, doo, doo-doo-doooo.

The monkey brimmed with a light as it reached its arm toward the sun above. "Aaah… Aaaah…" The ape totally fainted as it was engulfed by blue flames, fading away.

The mask that was worn by the ape shrunk to a regular face size and dropped on the ground. "Well, I dunno about you, Cheren, but that was pretty fun." Harry stated with a smirk.

"Heh. Yeah, it was. …Weird mask, though."

"Why do you think he wore it?"

Cheren walked over and picked the mask up, studying it.

You've seized Mukak's Remains! You've just freed the spirit that was kept within the body of evil Mukak!

Cheren suddenly felt the mask shaking in his hands. "Huh? AAAAHHH!" The mask exploded into a flash of light.

Spirit World (Play the Giants' Theme from Majora's Mask.)

Cheren found himself atop a platform, towering over the vast jungle below. Birds and bugs chirped for miles. Columns of water rose into the heavens, and tiny bubbles drifted about the realm. "What…What is this?" Cheren asked, looking around the strange realm.

"ROOOOOWWRR-rr-rr-ROOORR."

Cheren gaped. In the distance of the realm, the blurry image of a colossal figure appeared. It was a red-skinned Giant, with long legs, green, short hair and a small green beard, a nose that went down its whole face, and tiny, black eyes. "What is that thing…"

"ROOOOOWWRRRR…"

Before Cheren's eyes, Fi appeared from the light. "Fi??"

"I speak for the Giants, Master. '...You.. saved.. me…'"

"Saved you? From what?"

"'The curse… returns… Only we… may stop it…'"

"You mean… Majora's Mask? But, what are you things?"

"'…Save… the others…'"

"Others? You mean… other Giants? W-Where are they?"

"'Inside… the temples… which channel… the peace around the land… Save them…'"

"If… I save them… will you help?"

"ROOOOWWWRR-rooo-rooo-ooor-OOOR-ROOOORR!"

"What?? I can't understand! Fi, what's he saying?!"

Fi disappeared. Everything around Cheren turned into pure white. "Hey! W-Where're you going?! Fi? Hello? WAIT!!!"