Okay, just so everyone knows and doesn't freak out and say, "Augh! You've ruined Tome of Lineage with your spoilers! Curse you, Selphie Louise!" this story will not in any way interfere with my masterpiece, Tome of Lineage. Previously, this would have been a spoiler to said story, but I've decided to change it due to a recent falling out with my partner in crime, Kearra. Her well-received story, Children of the Gods, was originally meant as introduction to these characters so that these stories (that I wrote over a year ago...) would not confuse people greatly. But because of this recent falling out, we have both changed the aimsof our stories. As such, a brief overview of what happened before this story is in order, since Children of the Gods can no longer serve that purpose (although many, if not all of these characters have been introduced in Children of the Gods).
When this story was written, the story went thus: Selphie did not in fact stay in her home time period in Ikana, but returned with Link, Yugi, and their twins, Mable and Raven. In order to understand the opening of this chapter, it is important to know that Mable is an outspoken energy ball and Ravenis quiet and clingy. Kage had built a house for Selphie and they both lived their together for about one or two years, enduring several events and becoming increasingly closer. Iggy and Jiji (the Garos in training, if you'll recall) quit the ninja clan and moved to Hyrule with their friends. The characterRavick (whose debut thisstory is becauseKearra was too mean/lazy towork him into Children of the Gods) is thecaptain of the Hylian knights and a fairly powerful mage. He's kind of dopey, but that's why we love him (and he thinks Din is some hot stuff!)! The rest should be explained in this (and subsequent... -shifty eyes->.>) story.
Din: Hey!
Nayru: You're posting a Zelda story-
Farore: And we're not in the author's notes!
Selphie Louise: Oh, no...
Tingle: Hey! What's going on here? -looks around- Ooh! She's writing another Zelda story!
Darunia: No, fool. If you were listening, you'd know she wrote this over a year ago! -looks at Selphie Louise and grins- Hi, honey!
Selphie Louise: -weakly- Hey... I guess that means you'll be doing the-.
Darunia: Disclaimer! Selphie Louise does not own the Legend of Zelda or any of its characters. They are the property of Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo.
Tingle: The characters she does own are Selphie, Iggy, and Jiji. The characters of Kage, Yugi, Mable, and Raven belong to Kearra. The character Ravick is the property of Selphie's friend, Patrick.
Selphie Louise: Can they read now, please?
(BTW: I just realized that when I upload this document, a lot of spaces are lost so that words and sentences run together. Bear with me folks, as an editor of the school paper, it drives me insane!)
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Chapter 1
The Temple of Time looked especially beautiful today. The sun was floating down through the windows making the hall brighter than usual, although other than that it looked the same as always. All that made it more lovely on this particular day was the blessed event that was about to take place.
A man in white robes stood behind the altar, his face hidden by the hood. Kage stood at the altar where the three Spiritual Stones were placed. His usual dark kimono was replaced by a light blue one. He looked ready to burst out of his skin he was so happy. Link and Iggy stood next to him in clean light blue tunics, seemingly bemused at Kage's excitement. Yugi and Jiji stood on the other side in light blue dresses. They heard a snicker of laughter coming from the end of the hall and turned to see Raven and Mable. "Dad! Look at me!" Raven called excitedly. He also looked incredibly excited, carrying a small white pillow with two rings on it. "I'm the ring bearer!" He was ready to run down the hall to his parents and Uncle Kage, but Mable tugged at the sleeve of his tunic nervously. She was wearing a new dress and holding a small basket with white flowers in it, apparently the flower girl. She timidly walked down the hall with her brother, dropping flowers here and there. When they reached the altar, she stood near her mom to avoid being seen so much while Raven stood next to his dad, but trying to stand out as much as possible. Kage's smile lessened a bit at the twins' behavior. Something didn't seem quite right about it. But his grin quickly returned as he realized who was standing in the doorway at the end of the hall. There was Darunia, the one who would give her away, and Selphie, the one he would be giving away. Kage felt extremely nervous now that she was here. As if she wasn't beautiful enough before, today she was gorgeous. He knew Yugi and Jiji had spent hours dressing her up like a doll. Selphie wore a beautiful white gown, and her face was hidden under the gauzy veil perched upon her head. She and Darunia walked slowly to the altar, Darunia whispering to Selphie. "Don't forget. If you hurt him or make him do anything he doesn't want to, I will snap you in half," he said. "Finally a direct threat," Selphie answered nonchalantly. "Yes, this is a direct threat. No more glares, leers, spying or anything. I'm warning you straight out: don't do anything I'll make you regret," Darunia replied. They couldn't see through the veil but Selphie was rolling her eyes. They finally reached the altar. "Selphie, you look beautiful," Link said to her, smiling. "Thank you, Link. You, however, look your same hideous self," Selphie answered in a saccharine voice. Link continued smiling as though he had not been insulted. Kage looked at Selphie confusedly. "Enough with the compliments," Yugi said cheerfully. "This is a wedding! Let's do some get hitching!" As she said this, a hard knot dropped into the pit of Kage's stomach and he suddenly felt like something bad was happening. He looked down at Mable hiding behind her mom and nearly screamed at what he saw in her basket: instead of small white flowers were large black insects of various kinds. Her dress suddenly turned blood red as she stepped out from behind Yugi. "I was a bad flower girl… they took away my flowers…" the little girl said in a hollow sort of voice, looking up slowly and ashamedly at her uncle. Kage turned away repulsed and saw Raven standing behind him grinning. "Yeah, she was bad," he said sticking his tongue out at Mable, which seemed only to make her feel more ashamed. "I was a good ring bearer," he thrust out the pillow. "So they gave me these instead of the dumb old rings," he said as his tunic also turned blood red. Kage recoiled at the sight. Instead of the two gold wedding bands were two actual fingers. "What's going on here?" Kage demanded of everyone around him. "Why, you're getting married, Kage, dear," Jiji said with an inhumanly large grin. "Now hush so the priest can do his job," Iggy said, taking Kage by the shoulders and turning him to face the man in white robes as Selphie stepped up to join him. "Wait a second," Kage said as the priest took a large book and opened it. "I don't remember anything about a priest, or even being in the Temple of Time… Who the hell are you?" "Hush, boy," the priest said in an all too familiar voice. "You're getting married!" He shouted as he pulled the hood back to reveal himself: Ganondorf! "No!" Kage screamed stepping back. "Selphie! Run! Don't let him hurt you!" "Run? Hurt me?" Selphie repeated in a pleasantly quizzical manner. "Why, Kage, he won't hurt me. He wants to help us." Kage grimaced and looked away as he lifted Selphie's veil. When he looked back, he didn't bother to hold in his scream. Behind Selphie's veil was a redead. "Now is that any way to treat the woman you love?" it asked. Kage backed away from it. "Now you've done it," Darunia leered at the redead. "I can snap her in two any time you want, Kage!" Kage just looked at them horrorstruck and backed into the altar behind him, falling to the red carpeted floor. "She's your wife, y'know," Navi said floating down next to his head. "No. I won't go through with it. I still haven't said 'I do!'" Kage protested. "I do!" the redead cried. "Works for me!" Ganondorf exclaimed, shutting the huge book with a snap. "You may now kiss the bride!" "NO!" Kage shouted as the redead started to move slowly in towards him. "Kage and Selphie, sitting in a tree!" Raven sang. "NO!" "Come on, Kage. Kiss your wife," Yugi and Link coaxed. "NO!" "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Raven crooned. "NO!" "You gave up your immortality for her and everything," Iggy and Jiji cajoled. "NO!" "I can break her in half any time you want," Darunia assured him. "NO!" "First comes love!" "NO!" "She's your wife now," Navi and Ganondorf said. "NO!" "Then comes marriage!" "NO!" "It's because I was a bad flower girl…" Mable said dejectedly. "NO!" "Give me a kiss, Kage," the redead said, now within inches of his face. "Then comes something in the baby carriage!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Kage!"
"No!" Kage screamed.
"Kage, wake the hell up!" Link shouted, standing over his bed.
"Gah!" Kage exclaimed as he tossed himself right over the side of the bed and landed hard on the wooden floor of his bedroom. Link sighed, holding his temple in his hand as he shook his head at the tangled not of sheets, pillow, and Kage on the floor at his feet. Iggy stood nearby snickering. Kage managed to sit up and lean on the bed for support. "Ooh…" he groaned. He looked up at Link. "Aheh… I'm awake," he said sheepishly. Iggy burst out laughing. Kage glared at him and within two seconds time, Iggy was extinguishing his flaming rumpus.
"That never fails to get old with you, does it?" Iggy asked, finally putting out the flames.
"Nope," Kage said smirking. Link smirked as well.
"Enough fooling around," he said. "Get dressed! It's a big day!" he instructed, pointing to a set of clothes laid out on a chair. It was a pale blue kimono similar to the one Kage had just worn in his dream. "Hurry up! We haven't got all day!" He and Iggy left the room, Iggy laughing one more time at Kage before closing the door.
Kage looked at the kimono anxiously. He'd forgotten why he'd had that dream and all the ones like it in recent weeks. He stood up from the floor and sat on the bed, planting his face in his hands and pushing the hair out of his face. Why hadn't he thought about this three weeks ago when he'd asked Selphie to marry him? He should've know about this anxiety back when he knelt down in front of her in the Sacred Forest Meadow.
He looked out his window and saw the forest surrounding their home and smiled as he thought about that day. Kage had suggested simply that they take a walk, a common enough experience. They'd wandered through the Lost Woods until they found that most sacred of meadows. She'd been so calm and peaceful; she enjoyed just being out there in the woods. He remembered she ambled over to the stump beside the Forest Temple and sat down.
That's when he walked over. He simply stood in front of her, not doing anything. She looked up at him and asked what was up. Then he knelt down in front of her- the surprised look on her face very clear in his memory- and said, "Daisuki, Selphie. I love you so very much, and I know you love me… and we've known each other for four years now… so…" He'd produced a ring from his pocket. It had a fairy light embedded in the gem. She'd gasped when she saw it. "So…please… will you marry me?"
He remembered how she stared at the ring for a minute and how he thought she would say no. But then she smiled, threw her arms about his neck, kissed him, and said yes. He'd slipped the ring onto her left ring finger and kissed her again.
Kage sighed again from his place on the bed and rubbed his head. If only he'd given it more time, maybe he wouldn't feel so… so…
"Kage! Come on! You're gonna end up being late!" Iggy called through the door.
"Hold your horses, fire-butt!" Kage called back, snapping out of his reverie. "I'm gettin' there!"
"Hey! Don't kill the messenger!" Iggy answered. "Link's the one who's complainin'! Plus, don't forget. Darunia's down there too! You know you don't wanna get him mad!" Kage heard Iggy clomp down the stairs. He sighed, getting up from the bed and walking over to the chair with the clothes, watching them for a minute as though debating whether to actually put them on or not. His hand finally made the decision to pick them up when he jumped.
"Kage, get your groom-ass down here!" Darunia hollered up the stairs. That got Kage going. He scrambled into the kimono, put on the shoes as he hopped toward the door, and finally nearly tripped down the stairs.
"Nice entrance," Iggy teased as Link looked up from scolding Darunia for saying the "a" word in front of Raven, who was quietly sitting at the kitchen table, watching in silent bemusement at Daddy scolding Uncle Daru, who could have easily snapped him in two. Kage shuddered slightly at seeing the little boy in the same light blue tunic he'd been wearing in his dream. He would have roasted Iggy again if he didn't know he'd get in trouble for ruining Iggy's clothes for the wedding.
"Whatever…" he sufficed with saying. "I'm here now, so you guys can stop harassing me."
"Harassing you?" Darunia repeated. "It's your wedding day. We're trying to help you actually get the job done!"
"I didn't know you actually wanted me to get the job done," Kage said quietly, smirking.
Darunia leered at him. "All I want is for Selphie to be happy, and if marrying you makes her happy," he paused to shake his head as though not believing it. "Then I'm gonna make sure she marries you."
"Yeah, yeah," Kage said, starting to get himself a glass of water.
"What do you think you're doing?" Iggy asked, taking the glass away.
"I was gonna get myself a little something to eat," Kage answered, about to take the glass back.
"Eat?" Darunia repeated. "Oh, you're not eating, my friend," he said grabbing Kage around the middle and hoisting him across his shoulder, carrying him toward the door, Iggy, Link and Raven following. "You are going to your wedding."
"I can walk myself, y'know!"