Hello readers new and old. This fiction is a sequel to the Order of Balance. If you haven't read the Order of Balance, prepare to be horribly confused! ^-^
It had been a whole year, one whole year now since Saria had turned twelve (Two years since lost immortality), today she became 13, an age she never thought she would reach, as all Kokiri never age past 12 and only rarely do they become 11 or 12. So, Saria was history's first teenage Kokiri... this however also brought all the effects of adolescence...
Every month she would get these painful cramps and she would bleed out her "Sacred Grove". This had been going on for three months. The first time was the worst, she had woken everyone up with her crying and Epiee had to calm her down... Saria just yelled at Scorch, Fixer, Sev, Link and Kael.
Epiee had said that it was normal and all girls went through this at some point in their life and it was something they just had to deal with. Saria had complained about how she absolutely hated puberty, however that wasn't quite true... There were some things she liked about puberty...
For example she loved the fact that her chest was much larger than it had been a year ago, mind you they were still small compared to Malon or even Romani. She also liked how her body developed curves giving her a faint hourglass shape. Sometimes she found herself abusing these new looks and messing with Link's head. Still that was nothing compared to what they did a few hours ago when no one was home.
Link himself wasn't exactly pleased with all the changes that came with puberty, sure he liked how he was stronger, faster, smarter. (Gabe.N, Gabe.N, Gabe.N... Valve software dot com!)[XD YouTube it] he had more muscle tone and was much taller, like Saria, but more so then her. Saria sure seemed to like it, especially one muscle in particular... (A/N: I'm trying to hint something damnit!)
But in other news, not much else had changed; Saria also got a part time job working at one of the stores in the Castletown Market and was still attending classes. However over the past few months things had been getting odd, considering the clones...
Scorch and his brothers and sisters, they rarely showed up nowadays, Epiee was most common, she came by usually once a week, while Fixer and Scorch showed up maybe once a month... and lately even less... Saria had only seen Sev three times this year...
"I wonder what they're up to?" Saria had said one day while everyone was eating...
"Everywhere we go, everybody knows, oh-ho!" Scorch sang over the gunfire while hiding behind rocks in front of their base.
"SHUT UP!" Fixer yelled at his brother. "This is not the time to sing Hannah Montana bullshit!"
"Sorry dude, I just saw the resemblance between that one line and now... in the fact that... oh you know... THE LEGION ALWAYS FUCKIN' SHOWS UP ON OUR DOORSTEP... NO MATTER WHERE WE GO!"
*Ka-boom* the explosion destroyed the motor pool of the small AOL base.
"Aw C'mon!" Fixer yelped "I think I left my 1950's Camero in there!"
"Guys, now's not the time to bitch... just kill them... it's that simple, wherever they follow us, we always end up killing them, and they just come back for more..." Said Sev
"You say that like it's a good thing!" said Epiee as she covered a squad of marines with a domed frost shield just as a plasma mortar hit near them.
Scorch peaked over the rocks and spotted an un manned M808v main battle tank behind a thin line of enemy stormtroopers. Scorch threw a grenade into them and blew a hole in the line. He switched his shields to full power. "Cover me! I'm going for the Tank!"
"Affirmative" said Sev
"Roger" Said Fixer
"Who's roger?" asked Epiee
"Ok... Going!" Scorch vaulted over the rocks and was almost immediately hit by a laser round from one of the stormtroopers (not Empire) but his shields held and he shot the trooper with his M6 pistol and using his MA5B assault rifle swept a line across the troopers taking a few out and making a path to the tank.
"I got it!" Scorch yelled as he reached the tank *Pew* "AH! Fuck!" a round of pure heat seared through his leg and he collapsed on the tank but managed to crawl into the safety of the cockpit and close the canopy.
"Where... Where is he?" Scorch asked over the radio.
"Trees, northeast" said Fixer
"Got it..." he aimed the turret and fired a shot at the alien hiding in the trees and blew him to little mushy pieces, he then proceeded to do the same to remainder of the attack force, causing them to rout.
A cheer came from the men...
"Wait!" Said a Russian "They are not retreating they are regrouping!" (A/N: Lol Reznov... *slap across the face to me, I know*)
Sure enough they returned and in greater force... but the last time was an ambush, they were more or less ready now...
"FIRE!" Yelled a high ranking AOL officer.
All at once 30 fuel rod cannons fired their green payload, impacting the LOD ranks and scattering them and burning most to a radioactive crisp... the remainder of the Legion force was finished off by the Alliance ground forces.
Once the casualties were rounded up and everything was set back into order...
"Hey, Lieutenant you gonna be ok?" asked Sgt. Kyle, one of Scorch's underlings (Marines)
"Yeah, I'm sure" he replied and limped towards his siblings.
"Scorch man, you don't look so good... we should get you to infirmary..." said Fixer.
"Not you too! Look I appreciate you concern, but I'm a Spartan, I am perfectly capable of taking a round to the kne- AHHH!" he yelped as pain shot through his leg.
"You were saying?"
"Fine, fine..."
Later...
"Humph told you, nothing a little bacta won't fix..."
"Well, we did discover something about the weapon used to shoot you... according to the Covie Loyalist records, supplied to us by the Covie separatists, the weapon was a proto-type rigged to fire pure solar energy in a blazing hot beam, which can tear and burn through flesh, armour and light shielding with ease... the only reason you still have your leg in one piece is because of who you are, that and your shields were almost at full strength. Anyways, it is called the Holy-Grail sniper rifle... holds one round but that round is devastating and almost always a kill"
"Did you recover the weapon?"
Fixer laughed "I guess Covie don't want us touching their stuff, the moment I touched it, it self-destructed... hence the burned gloves... see?"
"Ha-ha yeah..." Scorch said
Fixer sighed "You know, I'm kina worried about Saria and Link..."
"Who?" Scorch asked
"What!?" Fixer Exclaimed
"Kidding, jeez, I wouldn't forget those two..."
"Hmm... well anyways, how 'bout tomorrow we go out for a visit huh? It feels like its been a long time since I have seen Cremia..."
"Ha, you mean last time you bedded her?" Scorch smirked
"Shh! Shut up... you know the rules by the handbook don't you?" Fixer hissed
"Yeah, yeah... out world relationships and blah, blah, blah... I couldn't give two shits... maybe one, but no more..."
"Sometimes I really do want to kill you..." mumbled Fixer
"Well feel free to come at me bro!" Scorch taunted
Fixer sighed "Nah... You'd just waste me..." he admitted
Scorch laughed "Smart man"
The next day...
*Huff, huff* "Wow Sars, your pretty fast... I don't think I could keep up..."
Saria parried one of Link's strikes and flipped over him then ducked a swing and blocked a downwards strike off the hilt of her blade.
"Thanks"
Link panted a bit "Think we should call it a day for your lessons?"
Saria put the wooden daggers on the table to the side of the gymnasium "Yeah... and then maybe we can-" Saria was cut off.
"Link! Saria!" Called Kael "Scorch and Fixer are here!"
"Ooh!" Saria exclaimed and headed up with Link following.
Once they were on the ground floor Saria greeted Scorch and Fixer by hugging them, she thought of them as extended family... Kael and Sev were also present.
"Hey kid, what's happening?" asked Scorch
"Nothing much..." Saria came to a halt "What's wrong?" she asked noticing their expression.
"Huh? Nothing..." Saria kept looking at them "What? Can't a protector come and drop in for a visit to check up on his little sister?"
Saria giggled "I guess not... but still, you almost never stop by without some sort of news... so what is it?"
Fixer chuckled "She's got a point man."
Scorch scoffed "Fine... if you're so outta it then here's what's going on... nothing..." They all looked at him confused "I mean it, 'cept for yesterday there have been no signs of action from the LOD, so it seems they could care less about Hyrule then we thought, which is good news for you... but in other news, anything new for you?"
"Not really..." Saria admitted trying to hold back a giggle.
"Oh, C'mon... your both taller, more athletic and what not, surely one of you must have taught the other something?"
Saria was snickering wildly now.
"What's her problem?"
"Well your right Scorch she has learned something new, in fact she is learning more about swordplay" Link said hiding a smirk, it wasn't a lie... but not exactly the truth either...
"Cool" Sev said "Maybe one day you could take me on?"
"Um... no thanks Sev, I think your blade is a bit too big for me..." Saria said calming down from her snickering, then breaking out again...
"hmm... your right, I do have a bastard sword..."
This time Link couldn't help laugh either.
"What?" Sev asked
"Oh nothing" Said Saria in a singsong way, but she noticed Fixer facepalm.
"Ok then... well me and the guys were just checking up on you... we're going to hang around the Castle town area for a bit though, so you may see us around..."
Link and the others nodded.
"Hey, Scorch just gimme a minute..." Said Fixer and he pulled aside Link and Saria. "Just so you know, I'm not as easy to fool as my brothers..."
Link and Saria looked at each other nervously.
"You guys 'did' it didn't you?"
"Did what?" Saria asked
"You know... 'It'"
"No I don't know 'it'"
Fixer rolled his eyes, sighed, and leaned into Saria's ear "You know..." he paused "...sex?" when Fixer pulled away Saria was as red as twenty piece rupee.
"P-promise you won't tell Tatl?" Saria pleaded
"As long as you guys are careful, Tatl is worried for good reasons, you guys aren't quite old enough... however I myself think it is wrong to keep lovers from doing such things, no matter the age, lovers should do what they feel right and follow their instinct... unless it involves killing themselves over a girl they had just met six days ago, but it turns out she wasn't really dead, so then she kills herself as well for real, but I digress..(*cough* Romeo & Juliet *cough*). So yeah I will keep your secret... I won't even tell my brothers..."
"Thanks" Link said
"No problem... oh and" he opened his pip-boy's inventory "Take these if you intend to go at it again..." he gave link a blank brown box "Erm... inside are some... safety tools of the trade... so... yeah, make sure you use them" and Fixer headed back to the truck and got in the back as Scorch pulled out.
Link opened the box and looked in and was embarrassed to think about what was in there...
"So Saria..." he said trying to change the subject "this is a new year... filled with new challenges and obstacles... but with effort and perseverance we will overcome them... it won't be easy but together we can do anything..."
Saria smiled "So when do we start?"
A/N: AOL! Love it :3
*smash*
WILL YOU GUYS CUT IT OUT!?
Scorch: Sorry running!
Me: from!?
?: SCORCH! Ima rape you!
Me: Oh...
Scorch: See ya!
Silver: WHERE IS HE!?
Me: Well... Silver... whats your problem?
Silver: You! Ima kill you too! You, Scorch, stuck with that ranch girl!
Me: Ooooohhhhh... well... in all honesty I hadn't created you until late last episode...
Silver: *Glare*
Me: Well, I'll fix it, I was going to anyways!
Silver: I... hate... you!
Me: oh shut up why did you have to bring it up now? You couldn't wait until I was writing the next chapter or so? Besides... you know Scorch and his fetish with long ears...
Silver: *awkward pause* I don't know whether to nod and agree with you or be insulted...
Me: Elves have long ears, big deal...
Silver: *sigh*
Me: Now if you'll excuse me I haven't perfected your character, into the drafting room you go.
Silver: Awwww... :(
(dunno why I did that... but it'll never happen again [maybe :3]... and that's your news)
PS: if anyone wants the long awaited SaLink lem that is missing from this fic, let me know, I may have it stashed around here somewhere :3
PPS: I only have up to 5 chapters finished, so I wont be uploading nearly as often as I did last time.