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"I may be a Zora, and a Royal Zora at that, but I'm more resilient than you'd think. I've spent the last decade in exi.... in the lost woods. I think I can handle a little heat." He drank deeply from his flask. He'd almost let slip that the Zoras had exiled him. He didn't want to start off on this group's bad side... and he was still ashamed of the whole situation. He needed redemption. He just hoped killing this overlord would be enough to give him that. He extended a hand to the man who'd approached him. "My name is Korin. Prince of the Zoras at your service."

Yamamaru stood and listened. For some reason this Zora felt familiar yet he could not put his finger on it. He himself did not know the Zoras well so he could not figure out why he felt like he knew him. He also wondered what he was doing here and not at Zora's domain but he kept this thought to himself. Yamamaru still felt like he did not belong so he stood a few feet away from the others. He also thought the Zora was hiding something but could not figure out what it was. Even if he knew, it would not be ideal to tell about it for he himself was hiding something as well.

((Sorry, I was gone on a trip for three days. I guess I forgot to post it here since I posted in the other RP. And please don't rush us, alright? You don't have to post until we get there and that way, it's assumed he's alright.))

"Denji, the Hero of Time." He answered as he took the Zora's hands. It only really occurred to them that the only other Zora had touched was Ruto when she demanded to be carried. If it wasn't for Ruto, he would think touching the Zora's scales would have been weird. "If you're alright in the desert, then we have somewhere we've got to go." He mumbled, then glanced around. Mercutio was no longer anyway to be seen. As much as he wanted to find the lost Neko, he couldn't waste anymore time. Denji could only hope Mercutio could find his way out of the desert.

Mercutio shook his head. What the hell was he thinking? Why did he decided that he could find the temple and get out the heat himself. He sat down in the hot sand and used his robes to cover his head. He had to keep himself from getting too hot, or he would die from heat related illnesses before he died of thirst.

Denji stopped and waited. His ears twitched the small sounds of his own breathing, but he couldn't hear Mercutio no matter how hard he tried. His trained eyes couldn't see him either. "I'm ready. Let's go." Denji murmured as he hushed his group along. He followed the poles to a structure in the middle of the desert. After he read the sign posted out front, he pulled out the lens of truth. "Keep following me, guys." Denji murmured back toward Korin and the others.

Yamamaru looked up at the group of cacti-like monsters and knew what they were right off the back.
"Leevers? They tend to guard places in deserts so that means we are getting somewhere at least."
Yamamaru said this well drawing his halberd, ready for combat. He watched the Leevers for a few minutes as they spun around the group waiting for a opening to attack.

Korin was used to this kind of combat. Seed spitters often traveled in packs. "Stay close together!" He drew out his sling. With practiced accuracy, he let loose several spiked projectiles. The spinning cacti appeared to be close range fighters. Korin had both a sling and a spear. He had the advantage of reach. He stabbed at the green pests with his spear as they drew closer.

Korin ran options through his head. His spiked projectiles did hardly anything. They only worked if he could hit a vital and these things didn't seem to have any arteries to hit. His deku shots wouldn't stun these. The flash stunned any one looking at it, but these things didn't have any eyes. His spear was a good offence, but he could only kill one at a time and only at a certain speed. And they just kept coming. They had one choice: escape.

Korin swung the chain on his shield in an arch and brought it down on one of the incoming pests. Retracting the shield, he used his other hand to draw out the Zora Sapphire. It was time he tested its true power. Holding it up, he closed his eyes and pushed his will into the stone. Sensing his royal blood, the Sapphire lit up with a bright blue light. Blue energy drew a misty circle around the small group of heroes before surging outward and expanding with a loud rushing noise. The small assailants were lifted from the sand and flung into the distance. Luckily, the enemies were small, making this attack far more effective. He'd bought them a small window of time to escape. "Run, now! We have to go!"