Author's Notes and Disclaimer:
Killer7 and all its respective characters belong to Goichi Suda, Shinji Mikami, Grasshopper Manufacture and Capcom respectively.
Legend of Zelda and all its respective characters belong to Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo respectively.
To say Legend of Zelda is one of my favorite game franchises of all time would be an understatement. Ocarina of Time is my favorite game of all time and I can say that happily after beating it a good thirteen times in my life.
The second favorite gaming franchise of all time to me is Resident Evil. Why? It had zombies, violence, and conspiracy. And Nemesis. Enough said.
I first saw Killer 7 in the form of a trailer on Cinematech one night. (Note: Cinematech belongs to G4 and Comcast network. No suing me.) And I thought that game was the shit. I got more excited about it when I heard the creator of Resident Evil teamed up with some crazy dude named Goichi Suda to make the game. I bought it when I found it and have been in love eversince. The colors. The story. The stylized violence. I mean come on, people. Who doesn't love a game where you can play a fuckin masked wrestler wielding grenade launchers? To not love that would be un-American!!!
For the longest time I have been plotting fanfic outlines in my head. I especially got to brewing when I found out a year ago that there barely ten fics about Killer7 on . There are more now of course but most of them are one-shots or never finished. And I got tired of it. I had been thinking up three fics at the time. One to be a prequel to Killer7 to explain the assassins' past but in a less complex way than in the game. The second would be a sequel to Killer7 about the revival of the Smiths. And the last one would be a crossover of the In the Forests of the Night books.
The mix of Legend of Zelda came when I decided to play the old 64 Zelda games again. I thought it would be awesome if you could play the sages. Then scenes in my head formed of Link changes into the sages like Garcian would change into the assassins or assassins fighting alongside sages. Heaven smile monsters consuming Hyrule and and a red gimp as a sidekick. It all just came together so easily.
If you're a Killer7 fan who does not understand Legend of Zelda or Zelda fan who does not know Killer7 look it up on wikipedia. That's all I can say. I also advise buying both games. OR at least Killer 7 if you don't already own it. Because we all have the Zelda cartridges. You're a terrorist if you don't!
So for you're reading pleasure. Here is Legend of Zelda: Smiling Assassins. Enjoy! ^_^