Mine- Red x Blue
Author's notes! This story contains Blue x Red- don't like, DON'T READ!~ Simple as that. XD Not much to say other than that it revolves around all four of the Links, though primarily Blue and Red. I may or may not work Shadow into this later, but I'll have to see where I can put him in… XD Without further ado, here goes nothing!
Chapter One- An Ordinary Beginning
It was an off-day for us four Links; our next task wasn't a very urgent one, so we weren't breaking any land speed records trying to reach the village that lays a few days journey ahead of us. Princess Zelda just wanted us to check up on a new guard setup that had recently been set into place there, and since there had only been positive feedback from it as of yet, we were taking our time getting there.
Since it was barely mid-February, the normally balmy Hyrule Field wasn't quite so warm- it was pleasant, rather, but too much wind could make you shiver. Our trip so far had been an uneventful one- a fact that did not go unnoticed by us four.
Green, who was leading the group as usual, stretched his arms above his head and let out a happy sigh. "It feels really nice to not worry about getting attacked for once, doesn't it?" He grins.
Red, who is third in line and slightly to my rear left, giggles and says, "Uh-huh! For once we can just take in how beautiful Hyrule is!" Bouncing happily along, that appears to be exactly what he's doing- taking the phrase 'stop to smell the roses' all but literally.
At the back of the group Vio shrugs, his nose buried in a book like was typical. "I suppose so. At least I can concentrate."
"Yeah, like you normally pay attention," I roll my eyes sarcastically. "Sometimes I think you just tune out and wait for us to alert you to an enemy."
Green frowns at me, but Vio just shrugs again. "Well, you may as well put that 'sixth sense' of yours to good use, I suppose." (1) The potential situation diffused, Green and Red laugh as I stick out my tongue in annoyance.
It was a bit of an inside joke among us four- I always seemed to be able to sense enemies before they were anywhere near us, not to mention I had a habit of being an extremely good guesser. I don't personally think it's anything special, but the other three keep bringing it up like it's a big deal.
We lapse into silence again, none of us feeling the need to talk a lot. Green's easy stride sets the pace, and I follow a short distance behind him. Vio lags slightly behind, but it's a very measured distance- close enough to still be a definite part of the group, but far enough to make it known he didn't want to socialize.
Red, on the other hand, is pretty much all over the place. He skips along, sometimes darting up to tag along beside Green and other times falling back to hang with Vio. For the most part, though, he tries to keep his peppy pace close to mine.
It sometimes bugged me how he was always clinging to me- he never bothered Green or Vio as much as he did to me. He'd always come to me first, even if it was something that I know the other two would have been able to help him better with. But on the other hand, I guess I didn't really mind all that much.
Right now he's up ahead chatting aimlessly with Green- I don't know how he always manages to be so cheery. It would hurt my mouth if I ever smiled that much. I swing my arms a little as I walk, staring up at the clouds in the sky and wondering how quickly the wind had to blow to make them move that fast.
"Hey, Blue!" When I hear my name being called and a tight pressure on my arm, I snap back to attention. Red has bounced back to my side, and is currently hugging my arm and gazing up at me happily.
"What?" I grunt, my gruffness pretty much just out of reflex at this point. The other three knew full well that I didn't mean it half the time, and Green and Vio knew pretty well that I meant it even less towards Red.
"Green told me that a bowstring can pretty much work the same way as a slingshot can- is that true?" He tilts his head to the side in an expression of total innocent curiosity. "I've never tried firing anything other than arrows from a bow."
"Of course it's true," I nod, smirking slightly. "Hey Vio, give me your bow." Our purple counterpart wordlessly pulls out the bow, handing it to me without even looking up from his book.
"Don't break it, and if you do something stupid then I wasn't involved."
"You never are, are you?" I roll my eyes. Without stopping I reach down and scoop up a medium-sized pebble, weighing it in my hand before holding it to the bowstring like I would an arrow. Red releases my arm, watching me with a gaping mouth.
He must realize what I'm going to do by now, but as usual he doesn't say anything. I take careful aim, and when I release the pebble it shoots in a perfect trajectory to hit Green squarely in the back of his head.
Green lets out a yelp as his hand flies to the back of his head, and before he can spin around I chuck the bow back at Vio. As he turns his angry glare on us all, I point my finger at Vio. "He did it," I offer automatically.
"That's BS- when's the last time Vio started something out of the blue?" Green snorts. Vio just narrows his eyes and puts his bow away.
"I thought I told you to not involve me?" He hisses, glaring at me too.
"I thought you'd have learned by now not to take my word on something like that?" I snicker. I see Vio smirk slightly, and I'm about to ask why when I feel a sharp stinging line of pain sear along my right shoulder. "OW! WHAT THE- ?"
I whirl around angrily to see Green laughing his head off, the slingshot in his hand. He'd snapped the rubber band against my shoulder, and as I yank the neck of my tunic away I can see a clear line where the band struck my skin.
"Dammit, Green!" I holler, rubbing the injury. "That HURT!"
"You were asking for it!" He retorts saucily, twirling the slingshot before pocketing it and turning around. "Shall we continue?" He glances back over his shoulder to smile innocently at me.
I grumble moodily as our group resumes its pace. I see Red covering his mouth with both hands, no doubt stifling a fit of giggles. "What are you laughing at?" I snap, still rubbing the sore spot gingerly.
"Sorry, Blue," Red apologizes with a slight smile. "You just made a funny face when Green got you."
"Oh, and I don't suppose you could have warned me he was sneaking up on me with the intent to numb my shoulder with pain?" I grump.
Red just shrugs, his grin the slightest bit cheeky. "Well, I could have squealed on you when you were gonna hit Green, but I didn't. I had to play it fair." I don't reply to that- he had a decent point. Sensing he's made a case I can't argue with, Red giggles again and hugs my arm briefly. "You're not mad at me, are you Blue?"
I fix an angry glare on my face and turn it full-blast upon him; he shrinks back and hides his face in my shoulder, only his apologetic eyes visible from underneath his bangs. "I- I'm sorry Blue, I didn't know it would upset you…"
I hold the glare for a moment longer before letting out a laugh, reaching over with my free arm and ruffling his hair teasingly. "Naw, I'm just playing around, Red. I'm not mad at you."
He stares at me blankly before his face screws up in a pouty expression of annoyance. "Bluuuue!" He whines, stomping his foot, (Well, as much as one can while walking.) "That wasn't nice! I thought you were actually angry with me!"
I chuckle a little more and tug on one of his ears lightly. "Aw, come on- would I be angry with you over such a little thing as that?" He frowns and bats at my hand slightly, letting out a squeak as I tug his ear.
"Bluuuuue!" He protests, though I can see him fighting back a grin. "Stop it!" I pull gently on his ear once more before withdrawing my arm. Green glances back over his shoulder at us, smirking slightly.
"If you two don't cut it out soon, I'm gonna have to separate you," He jokes, knowing it wasn't serious by any means. Both of us cut it out, but once Green turns his back on us Red reaches up and ruffles my hair playfully. Had it been anyone else but him, I would have gotten pissed off.
As it was, I just frowned a little- though I know he sees right through me. He grabs hold of my sleeve near the wrist, swinging my arm with his as we all continue walking. He hums a cheerful little tune, probably something he made up on the spot, and smiles up at me.
End Chapter One~
Okay, that's all of chapter one!~ Reviews would be appreciated, as well as questions or comments!~ I've got a fair bit of this already written up, but I'll upload the other pieces as time progresses! Hope you liked it, and hope I can post the next bit soon!
(1)- Okay, this may require a small explanation. In the FS manga, there's one part where Blue randomly gets this sort of 'Spidey Sense' that tells him there's another presence in the room; turns out, it's Shadow's little stalker minion rock thing. XD That's really the only time we ever see Blue do something like that, but for this story I sort of adopted it as one of my headcanons.
~Artimus-Maora