The Ocean Master: A Legend of Termina
By: Omega Speed
Author's Note: I am in no way affiliated with Nintendo or have any legal ownership of The Legend of Zelda.
I recommend that you stay away from this story if you are either under fifteen years or if your mind is completely shut to some things.
Chapter 1: The Beginning
A lady of about twenty-five was crawling onto shore in Great Bay. She didn't have much time left. She was pregnant and went into labor in a storm near Pinnacle Rock. Soon after, the storm destroyed the ship and her husband was dead and the woman knew she was soon going to die too.
When she was drifting on a piece of wood from the destroyed ship, a male Zora found her and carried her to safety. She insisted that she be the one to crawl onto shore herself. The Zora let her and she made it. The lady kindly asked the Zora. "What is your name?"
The Zora replied to her. "Japas. I am the bass player for the Indigo-Go's."
The lady smiled at him and asked him, "Will you please help me deliver my baby, Japas?"
Japas looked at the woman and saw that she was pregnant and with the way the storm wrecked the ship, she wasn't going to survive. "I will do my best." He said.
The delivery took only about thirty minutes, and when it was over, Japas handed the baby boy to his mother.
"He is such a beautiful boy." said the new mother. "Given the place he was born, I know what to name him." She said. "I am going to name him Gill. Japas, will you take care of my child and keep him safe?" She said, struggling to say those words.
"I will protect him with my life." He said. "I will treat him as if he were my own. I promise you that."
She kindly looked at her son and uttered her last words. "Thank you." She then turned her head to the side and closed her eyes. The kind lady then went into eternal sleep.
Japas went over to where Mikau's grave was and made a wooden marker. On that marker, there were just a few words. [i]Here lies a kind woman and a loving mother.[/i] Japas then took the baby boy named Gill to his new home in Zora Hall.
Over the next sixteen years, Gill became a member of the Zoras. He joyfully played games with the other Zoras and had a natural talent for the fishbone guitar. The Indigo-GoGo's decided that he would be the new guitarist for the band.
Gill was always popular because he was human, yet he could do many things like a Zora. Sure, he wasn't fast enough to have a swim race, and he didn't have weapons on his arms like the others, but he could already beat professional human swimmers and always took gold in human fighting tournaments.
There was only one group of Zoras that he wasn't popular with. These were the Zora elders. They did not like how Japas took Gill in and treated him like a Zora. They especially did not like the fact that Gill was hanging around the other Zora children. They sought any possibility of removing him from their home and Japas didn't like that.
One evening, while Gill was asleep, an elder snuck into his room and took him to the main chamber. He tied a rope that was weighted with a rock and proceeded to drop him into the water. Japas was awake when he heard a scream from the main chamber. He went out and saw that elder, who's name was Jako, drop him into the water. Japas quickly dove into the water and severed the rope with his fin and brought Gill to shore. Then he got into a fist fight with Jako and soon, it was clear that Japas won. Jako was punished for trying to kill Gill and he was taken to an underwater jail near Pinnacle Rock. That is how much the elders hated Gill.
Another thing Gill was gifted at was making weapons. He made all sorts of weapons in his room. He made several boomerangs, tonfa, and swords. One day, he decided on a project that involved the structure of a Zora fin. When he was finished, he had a pair of metal fins that were collapsible. He then decided to show Japas what he had made when he stumbled on Japas having another argument with the elders about Gill. They said that it was time for him to leave Zora Hall for good.
"He will only leave if he wants to." said Japas. "I do not believe he wants to leave, either."
Loral, the head elder, replied, "It doesn't matter. He is old enough now. He is an adult."
Gill interrupted the elders so he could show Japas the fins he had made. "Look what I made, Japas! This is my latest project!" Gill exclaimed.
The Japas and the elders looked and saw what they were. "You made weapons in Zora Hall?!" said Loral. "This is against the law! Gill, you need to go to the main chamber right now! We will deal with you!"
The elders handcuffed him and took him onto the stage. "Get a stool here, this instant!" Loral said.
A Zora came in with a stool and put it down. "Sit!" Loral demanded.
Gill sat on the stool and told two of the elders to watch him. He then went to everyone's door and knocked and told them there was an emergency meeting in the main chamber. When everyone got there, Loral went to the microphone and said, "We have a problem. The human, Gill, has made these!"
He showed everyone the fins. "These are weapons that the human made in the likeness of us! The law is that no one shall make weapons in Zora Hall! The punishment for such a crime is banishment!"
Everyone gasped as Loral said this. "The human, Gill, is no longer welcome in Zora Hall! Get out of our home, human!" Loral took the cuffs off of Gill and he told him, "If you ever come back here, I will bring Jako out of prison and have him kill you!"
Gill ran out of Zora Hall and swam to the shore of Great Bay and found his mother's grave. He then took a knife he had hidden and put it to his neck. "Mother, the elders have banished me from Zora Hall for making weapons. I was just putting my talents to use. If I cannot do that, then I have no reason to live."
He then went to cut his throat and someone stopped him. "Just what do you think you are doing?" Japas said.
"What does it look like?" Gill replied. "I am trying to kill myself."
"You know this isn't something your mother would want to see from heaven." Japas said. "She wants you to become stronger. You need to calm down and meditate."
"What do you mean?" Gill asked.
"Meditation can calm even the most savage heart." he replied. "If you ever need to calm down, meditation is key." Japas calmly said.
"I promise I will learn to meditate and I will also find someone to teach me how to fight. I can help keep the monsters away from Zora Hall and one day, they will see the reason why they are safe." Gill declared.
"Then I will find someone to teach you. I have a friend who lives nearby. You can stay with him." Japas said.
They headed to the south part of Great Bay, where Japas said his friend lives. When they got to the area where his friend lived, Japas pointed to a cave. They walked into the cave and they saw it was well furnished on the inside with several chairs, a coffee table, a few books on fighting and magic, and a set of candles. When Gill looked around, he saw that the cave had several other rooms. There was a dining room for when there were guests, there were several bedrooms, a king- sized bathroom, and the most excellent kitchen anyone has ever seen. Japas headed over to an office-like room and he spoke to someone sitting in a chair, reading a book.
"Hey, Michael." Japas said.
"Hey, you old fish-head, where have you been!?" the man called Michael said. "I wasn't expecting you to drop by after so long."
Michael saw Gill and looked at Japas. "Is this Gill?" he asked.
Gill stepped forward and shook his hand. "Yessir, I am Gill." he replied.
"Well, it is certainly a pleasure to meet you. I am Master Michael, the only human alive that has learned Zora-kai, the highest Zora martial art, though I don't mean to brag."
"Michael is going to teach you Zora-kai. You wanted to learn how to fight better and now is your chance. Zora-kai has three basic points to it. Hand-to-hand combat, magic, and a clear mind are the three things must be in perfect balance in order to properly master Zora-kai. I will be back every month to see how you are progressing. Hopefully, you will be able to master Zora-kai within two years." Japas said.
"Take good care of my son, Michael." Japas then left the cave to go back to Zora Hall and left Gill to train with Michael.
